Williams Inc.

officials said Thursday they will do everything possible to make sure

a cemetery on the site of a proposed power plant on the south Fulton/north

Fayette border is protected.

Williams spokesman

Paula Hall-Collins said the company is clear in making sure the family's

interests are protected.

"It's

our intent to try and not touch the cemetery. In fact, we plan to give

it a face-lift, since it's in such disrepair," she said.

Collins said

the company is looking at all options, including moving the footprint

of the building, to make sure that all interests, including the cemetery's,

are considered.

A storm of

protest has surrounded the company's plans for a 1,230-acre, gas-fired

power plant on 288 acres on Peters Road between Ga. highways 92 and 138.

The firm has

delayed its request for a change in zoning to a heavy industrial category,

to provide more time for dialogue with residents.

Hall-Collins

said the company is currently getting together studies that she plans

to have ready by the end of this month that will address residents' concerns,

such as visibility and environmental impact.

Last week,

leaders at Christian City, the well-known retirement/children's home next

door to the proposed plant site, approved a formal resolution opposing

the power plant, but Collins said Williams will meet with Christian City

after all the company's research is completed.

"We want

everybody to have a say in this. We'll listen to their experts and we'll

also present ours," she said.

As for the

cemetery, Collins said the company has known about it since it first placed

an option on the property. Williams has been in contact with descendents

and plans to make every effort not to disturb the graves, she said.

Opponents of

the plant, including Fayette County Commission Chairman Greg Dunn, are

hoping the presence of the cemetery and a 50-year covenant directing that

it never be moved will stop development of the plant. Wetlands may make

it difficult for the company to move the plant itself, Dunn said last

week.

Meanwhile,

Union City Mayor Ralph Moore had a press conference last week and asked

Williams to rescind its zoning requests. Part of the plant site is in

Union City, so both Fulton County and the city must approve the zoning

if the project is to go forward.

Moore said

he could not comment specifically on the power company's zoning request,

but asked Williams to consider other issues besides a great location.

He asked the

company to focus on the residents and assume corporate responsibility

in listening to the citizens' requests.