[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 64 (Monday, April 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 17161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-7657]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Job Corps: Preliminary Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)
for the Installation of a Small Wind Turbine at the Pine Ridge Job
Corps Center Located at 15710 Highway 385, Chadron, NE 69337
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Labor.
Recovery: This project will be wholly funded under the American
Recovery and Reconstruction Act of 2009.
ACTION: Preliminary Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for a
small Wind Turbine Installation to be located at the Pine Ridge Job
Corps Center, 15710 Highway 385, Chadron, NE 69337.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations
(40 CFR part 1500-08) implementing procedural provisions of the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Department of Labor,
Office of the Secretary (OSEC) in accordance with 29 CFR 11.11(d),
gives notice that an Environmental Assessment (EA) has been prepared
for a proposed Wind Turbine Installation to be located at the Pine
Ridge Job Corps Center, 15710 Highway 385, Chadron, NE 69337. Through
the EA and consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife and the
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, the proposed plan for the
construction of a wind turbine at the Pine Ridge Job Corps Center will
have no significant environmental impact. This Preliminary Finding of
No Significant Impact (FONSI) will be made available for public review
and comment for a period of 30 days.
DATES: Comments must be submitted by May 5, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Any comment(s) are to be submitted to William A Dakshaw,
P.E., Division of Facilities and Asset Management, Department of Labor,
200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N-4460, Washington, DC 20210, (202)
693-2867 (this is not a toll-free number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the EA are available to
interested parties by contacting William A Dakshaw, P.E., Division of
Facilities and Asset Management, Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Room N-4460, Washington, DC 20210, (202) 693-2867 (this is
not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This EA summary addresses the proposed
construction of a single 100 kW rated or two 50 kW rated wind turbines
at the Pine Ridge Job Corps Center.
The wind turbine will be installed on self-supporting towers
approximately 120' above the ground. The wind turbine will produce
clean energy for the Pine Ridge Job Corps center, demonstrate renewable
energy capabilities to Job Corps Students and help the program meet
federal requirements in Executive Order 13423 for renewable energy
production.
This project is not expected to have a negative impact on
population demographics, the surrounding area, environmental quality,
or natural systems and heritage. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and
the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission were consulted on this project.
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission determined the project will have
no effect on state listed threatened or endangered species.
Based on the information gathered during the preparation of the EA
and the consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife and the Nebraska
Game and Parks Commission, the construction of the Wind Turbine
Installation at the Pine Ridge Job Corp Center, 15710 Highway 385,
Chadron, NE 69337 will not create any significant adverse impacts on
the environment.
Dated: March 31, 2010.
Edna Primrose,
Director of Job Corps.
[FR Doc. 2010-7657 Filed 4-2-10; 8:45 am]
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