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January 24, 2007 | Draft Environmental Impact Statement available for power plant project Contact : Nancy Southworth The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is holding public meetings on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Associated Electric Cooperative’s proposed power plant project near Norborne, Mo. Meetings will be Feb. 6 at the Knights of Columbus Building, 311 E. Patterson Ave., Salisbury, Mo.; Feb. 7 at the Best Western State Fair Inn, South 65 Highway and 32nd St., Sedalia, Mo.; and Feb. 8 at the Rupe Community Center, 710 Harvest Hills Road, Carrollton, Mo. Each meeting is from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and will include a presentation summarizing the findings of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement and the opportunity for attendees to make oral and written comments. AECI, the wholesale power supplier for Missouri’s rural electric cooperatives, has proposed building a 660-megawatt, coal-based power plant to meet growing electricity demand among its member-owners: six generation and transmission cooperatives that serve 51 local distribution cooperatives. The proposed plant site is northwest of Norborne, Mo., in Carroll County. The alternate site is in Holt County near Big Lake, Mo. The Draft Environmental Impact Statement evaluates the scope, alternatives and additional significant issues related to the power plant project. The document is available electronically at www.aeci.org in the “Building for Tomorrow – Coal – Public meetings” section and on the RUS Web site, http://www.usda.gov/rus/water/ees/eis.htm. The document also is available at public libraries in the region around the proposed and alternate plant sites (see list below). For more information about AECI or the power plant project, visit www.aeci.org. Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. is owned by and provides wholesale power to six regional and 51 local electric cooperative systems in Missouri, southeast Iowa and northeast Oklahoma that serve more than 800,000 customers. AECI’s mission is to provide an economical and reliable power supply and support services to its members with the vision of being the nation’s lowest-cost wholesale power supplier. AECI is a Touchstone Energy Cooperative. ### An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V Released: 24 January 2007
Copies of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement are available for public review at the following locations (hours vary; contact individual libraries for available times): Boonslick Regional Library Sedalia Branch, 219 W. Third St., Sedalia, MO 65301, Phone: 660/827–7323 Boonslick Regional Library, 950 E. Main St., Warsaw, MO 65355, Phone: 660/438–5211 Cameron Public Library, 312 N. Chestnut St., Cameron, MO 64429, Phone: 816/632–2311 Carnegie Library, 316 Massachusetts St., St. Joseph, MO 64504, Phone: 816/238–0526 Carrollton Public Library, 1 N. Folger St., Carrollton, MO 64633, Phone: 660/542–0183 Concordia Library, 709 S. Main St., Concordia, MO 64020, Phone: 660/463–2277 DeKalb County Public Library, 105 N. Polk St., Maysville, MO 64469, Phone: 816/449–5695 Dulany Memorial Library, 501 S. Broadway, Salisbury, MO 65281, Phone: 660/388–5712 Downtown Library, 927 Felix St., St. Joseph, MO 64501, Phone: 816/232–7729 East Hills Library, 502 N. Woodbine Road, Suite A., St. Joseph, MO 64506, Phone: 816/236–2136 Hale Library & Museum, 321 Main St., Hale, MO 64643, Phone: 660/565–2617 Lexington Library, 1008 Main St., Lexington, MO 64067, Phone: 660/259–3071 Little Dixie Regional Library, 111 N. Fourth Street, Moberly, MO 65270, Phone: 660/263–4426 Macon Public Library, 210 N. Rutherford St., Macon, MO 63552, Phone: 660/385–3314 Marshall Public Library, 214 N. Lafayette, Marshall, MO 65340, Phone: 660/886–3391 Maryville Public Library, 509 N. Main St., Maryville, MO 64468, Phone: 660/582–5281 Mid-Continent Public Library, Excelsior Springs Branch, 1460 Kearney Road, Excelsior Springs, MO 64024–1746, Phone: 816/630–6721 Mid-Continent Public Library, Kearney Branch, 100 S. Platte-Clay Way, Kearney, MO 64060–7640, Phone: 816/628–5055 Mound City Public Library, 205 E. Sixth St., Mound City, MO 64470, Phone: 660/442–5700 Norborne Public Library, 109 E. Second St., Norborne, MO 64668, Phone: 660–593–3514 Oregon Public Library, 103 S. Washington St., Oregon, MO 64473, Phone: 660/446–3586 Ray County Library, 215 E. Lexington St., Richmond, MO 64085, Phone: 816/776–5104 Rolling Hills Consolidated Library: Eastside, 1904 N. Belt Highway, St. Joseph, MO 64506, Phone: 816/232–5479 Rolling Hills Consolidated Library: Savannah, 514 W. Main St., Savannah, MO 64485, Phone: 816/324–4569 Robertson Memorial Library, 19 W. 20th St., Higginsville, MO 64037, Phone: 660/584–2880 Sedalia Public Library, 311 W. Third St., Sedalia, MO 65301, Phone: 660/826–1314 Sweet Springs Public Library, 217 Turner St., Sweet Springs, MO 65351, Phone: 660/335–4314 Washington Park Library, 1821 N. Third St., St. Joseph, MO 64505, Phone: 816/232–2052 |
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