[Federal Register: May 20, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 97)]

[Notices]               

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE



Rural Utilities Service



 

South Mississippi Electric Power Association; Notice of Finding 

of No Significant Impact



AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.



ACTION: Notice of finding of no significant impact.



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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) 

has made a finding of no significant impact with respect to the 

construction and operation of an 85-megawatt electric generation unit 

in Jones County, Mississippi. South Mississippi Electric Power 

Association proposes to construct and operate the unit. RUS may provide 

financing for the project.



FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Quigel, Engineering and 

Environmental Staff, RUS, Stop 1571, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250-1571, telephone (202) 720-0468, e-mail at: 

bquigel@rus.usda.gov.



SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: South Mississippi Electric Power Association 

proposes to construct an additional single, 85-megawatt, simple-cycle, 

gas-fired electric generation unit at South Mississippi Electric Power 

Association's Moselle Generating Station. The Moselle Generation 

Station is located approximately 1 mile north of Moselle in Jones 

County, Mississippi. No additional electric transmission lines or 

natural gas pipelines will need to be constructed for this project.

    Copies of the Finding of No Significant Impact are available from 

RUS at the address provided herein or from Mr. Joey Ward, South 

Mississippi Electric Power Association, 7037 U.S. Highway 49, North, 

Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39404-5849, telephone (601) 268-2083. Mr. 

Ward's e-mail address is jward@smepa.com.



    Dated: May 14, 2002.

Blaine D. Stockton,

Assistant Administrator, Electric Program, Rural Utilities Service.

[FR Doc. 02-12578 Filed 5-17-02; 8:45 am]

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