Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation and Skyline Telephone Membership Corporation; 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 (FONSI) with respect to a loan application submitted to REA by Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation and Skyline Telephone Membership Corporation through REA's Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program. Each has applied for $400,000 to provide financing assistance to Alleghany County, North Carolina, to develop a 50-acre site in the Alleghany County Industrial Park for Bristol Compressors. The FONSI is based on a Borrower's Environmental Report prepared by Blue Ridge Electric Membership 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 site development project.