Oglethorpe Power Corp.; Finding of No Significant Impact

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Notice is hereby given that the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) has made a Finding of No Significant Impact with respect to the potential environmental impacts resulting from a proposal by Oglethorpe Power Corporation to construct a 500 kV transmission line between its Rocky Mountain Switching Station at its Rocky Mountain Pumped Storage Hydro-Generation Facility located northwest of the City of Rome, in Floyd County, Georgia, to Georgia Power Company's 230/115 kV Pinson Substation located near Pinson, also in Floyd County, Georgia. The Finding of No Significant Imapct is based on a Borrower's Environmental Report prepared by Oglethorpe Power Corporation and submitted to REA. REA conducted an independent evaluation of the report and concurs with its scope and content. In accordance with REA Environmental Policies and Procedures, 7 CFR 1794.61, REA has adopted the Borrower's Environmental Report as its Environmental Assessment for the 500 kV Rocky Mountain to Pinson Transmission Line.