The Peachtree

City Council has joined the chorus of voices seeking more environmental

information about a power plant that is proposed for south Fulton County

on the Fayette County border.

Council approved

a resolution at its regular meeting Thursday night which has already been

signed by the Fayette County Commission. The resolution calls for an independent

company to conduct an environmental impact study for the power plant project

proposed by the Williams Company.

Councilman

Steve Rapson, who is employed by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners,

abstained from voting on the measure.

Plans call

for a 1,230-megawatt plant on a 288-acre track in south Fulton County.

The plant will be fueled by natural gas.

Estimates call

for the plant to also use nearly 6.5 million gallons of water a day. A

Williams spokeswoman said most of that will come from treated wastewater,

which will be used to cool the plant's massive turbine engines.

Company officials

have said repeatedly that they are in sympathy with local requests for

more information, and have delayed their requests for rezoning to give

the community more time to learn about the plant.

Mayor Bob Lenox

said plans "seem like the height of folly to put an electric generating

plant in the middle of a residential neighborhood." He also noted

that the plant would not be producing power for Georgia.

"I have

an awful lot of questions about this thing," Lenox said.

Company officials

say the location is ideal because the plant will be gas-fueled, and there

is a natural gas pipeline right next to the site.

The resolution

would be forwarded to the Fulton County Board of Commissioners and the

mayor of Union City, since both jurisdictions will have to make zoning

decisions regarding the proposed plant site, said City Manager Jim Basinger.

Councilwoman

Carol Fritz said she has a problem with air emissions blowing over Fayette

County while the company plans to conduct mitigation activities in Henry

County.