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July 12, 2007 | Final Environmental Impact Statement available for power plant project Contact : Nancy Southworth The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is accepting written comments until Aug. 13 on the Final Environmental Impact Statement for Associated Electric Cooperative’s proposed power plant in Carroll County, Mo. 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. The Final 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 attached list). 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 850,000 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 ### Copies of the Final EIS will also be available for public review at the following locations (hours vary; contact individual repositories for available times): Boonslick Regional Library Sedalia Branch, 219 W. 3rd Street, Sedalia, MO 65301, Phone: 660/827-7323. Boonslick Regional Library, 950 E. Main Street, Warsaw, MO 65355, Phone: 660/438-5211. Cameron Public Library, 312 N. Chestnut Street, Cameron, MO 64429, Phone: 816/632-2311. Carnegie Library, 316 Massachusetts Street, St. Joseph, MO 64504, Phone: 816/238-0526. Carrollton Public Library, 1 N. Folger Street, Carrollton, MO 64633, Phone: 660/542-0183. Concordia Library, 709 S. Main Street, Concordia, MO 64020, Phone: 660/463-2277. DeKalb County Public Library, 105 N. Polk Street, Maysville, MO 64469, Phone: 816/449-5695. Dulany Memorial Library, 501 S. Broadway, Salisbury, MO 65281, Phone: 660/388-5712. Downtown Library, 927 Felix Street, 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 Street, Hale, MO 64643, Phone: 660/565-2617. Lexington Library, 1008 Main Street, Lexington, MO 64067, Phone: 660/ 259-3071. Little Dixie Regional Library, 111 N. 4th Street, Moberly, MO 65270, Phone: 660/263-4426. Macon Public Library, 210 N. Rutherford Street, 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 Street, 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. 6th Street, Mound City, MO 64470, Phone: 660/442-5700. Norborne Public Library, 109 E. Second Street, Norborne, MO 64668, Phone: 660-593-3514. Oregon Public Library, 103 S. Washington Street, Oregon, MO 64473, Phone: 660/446-3586. Ray County Library, 215 E. Lexington Street, 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 Street, Savannah, MO 64485, Phone: 816/324-4569. Robertson Memorial Library, 19 W. 20th Street, Higginsville, MO 64037, Phone: 660/584-2880. Sedalia Public Library, 311 W. Third Street, Sedalia, MO 65301, Phone: 660/826-1314. Sweet Springs Public Library, 217 Turner Street, Sweet Springs, MO 65351, Phone: 660/335-4314. Washington Park Library, 1821 N. Third Street, St. Joseph, MO 64505, Phone: 816/232-2052. Released: 12 July 2007 |
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