Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Notice of Floodplain and Wetlands Involvement for the Proposed Jacksonville Electric Authority Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustor Project

Zusammenfassung

The Department of Energy (DOE) announces its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Council on Environmental Quality NEPA regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508), and the DOE NEPA regulations (10 CFR Part 1021), to assess the potential environmental and human health impacts of the construction and operation of a project proposed by the Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) that has been selected by DOE to demonstrate circulating fluidized bed (CFB) technology under the Clean Coal Technology (CCT) Program. The proposed project would involve construction and operation of a CFB combustor fueled by coal and petroleum coke to repower an existing steam turbine at JEA's Northside Generating Station in Jacksonville, Florida, to generate nearly 300 megawatts of electricity (MWe). This EIS will support a DOE decision regarding whether DOE will provide approximately $75 million in cost- shared funding (about 24% of the total cost of approximately $309 million) for the proposed project. The purpose of this Notice of Intent is to inform the public about the proposed action;