TY - RPRT T1 - ST. JOHNS RIVER CROSSING, CLAY AND ST. JOHNS COUNTIES, FLORIDA. [Part 1 of 2] T2 - ST. JOHNS RIVER CROSSING, CLAY AND ST. JOHNS COUNTIES, FLORIDA. AN - 756827161; 14270-090451_0001 AB - PURPOSE: Construction of a limited access roadway and bridge crossing of the St. Johns River between Clay and St. Johns counties in northeast Florida are proposed. The project area focuses on the communities south of Duval County and the Jacksonville metropolitan area where a large amount of residential development is occurring. Although the areas north and south are served by wider bridge crossings of the St. Johns River, the two-lane Shands Bridge that carries State Road (SR) 16 and services the population in this area is the only bridge between the eight-lane Buckman Bridge to the north and the four-lane United States (US) 17 bridge nearly 30 miles farther south in Palatka. Within the project area, connection points for a new route that could reasonably be expected to carry additional traffic are Branan Field-Chaffee Road (SR 23) west of the river and Interstate 95 (I-95) east of the river. Ten build alternatives and a No Build Alternative are evaluated in this draft EIS. All Build Alternatives would involve a new bridge across the St. Johns River. The two northern alternatives (Black and Purple Alternatives) would cross the river north of Green Cove Springs, and the existing Shands Bridge to the south would remain in place. The eight southern alternatives (Brown 1 and 2, Orange 1 and 2, Green 1 and 2, and Pink 1 and 2 Alternatives) would cross the river near the existing Shands Bridge, which would be removed after the new bridge was completed. For any of the build alternatives, the proposed project would consist of four, six, or eight lanes within a 324-foot-wide right-of-way. Based on input from scoping, local jurisdictions, and alternative analysis, the Pink 1 Alternative has been identified as the locally preferred alternative. Estimated costs ranging from $1.9 billion for the Pink 1 Alternative to $2.5 billion for the Black Alternative would make the project untenable using traditional methods of finance, while a preliminary toll revenue and feasibility study indicates that the St. Johns River Crossing Project would not be toll-feasible as a stand-alone project under any of the build alternatives. Thus, for tolling purposes only, this project will be combined with the Branan Field-Chaffee Road (SR 23) Project. This combined toll route would form a beltway outside of the I-295 loop from I-10 to I-95 and would make the St. Johns River Crossing Project toll-feasible. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Construction of the new alignment would provide additional capacity to improve current and future transportation network deficiencies in the near term and would help alleviate congestion. Providing access for residents to local employment centers would aid in promoting and supporting economic development and an improved crossing of the St. Johns River would result in more efficient emergency evacuation. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The build alternatives would impact 1,163 to 1,812 acres of wetlands, 1,395 to 2,044 acres of wildlife habitat, and 18 to 46 acres of aquatic resources. Right-of-way requirements would convert 1,301 to1,907 total acres and displace or relocate 31 to 58 properties, including up to 34 that would impact the minority and low-income population. Noise impacts would range from 27 to 35 sites. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), River and Harbor Act of 1899, and Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601). JF - EPA number: 090451, Draft EIS--347 pages, Technical Reports--CD-ROM, December 28, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 1 KW - Roads and Railroads KW - Agency number: FHWA-FL-EIS-09-02-D KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Biologic Assessments KW - Bridges KW - Cultural Resources Surveys KW - Demolition KW - Highways KW - Hurricanes KW - Navigation KW - Noise Assessments KW - Relocations-Property Acquisitions KW - Rivers KW - Section 4(f) Statements KW - Traffic Analyses KW - Transportation KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Florida KW - Saint Johns River KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, NPDES Permits KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits KW - River and Harbor Act of 1899, Section 9 Permits KW - Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, Compliance UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756827161?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-28&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=ST.+JOHNS+RIVER+CROSSING%2C+CLAY+AND+ST.+JOHNS+COUNTIES%2C+FLORIDA.&rft.title=ST.+JOHNS+RIVER+CROSSING%2C+CLAY+AND+ST.+JOHNS+COUNTIES%2C+FLORIDA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Tallahassee, Florida; DOT N1 - Date revised - 2010-06-15 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 28, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - ST. JOHNS RIVER CROSSING, CLAY AND ST. JOHNS COUNTIES, FLORIDA. [Part 2 of 2] T2 - ST. JOHNS RIVER CROSSING, CLAY AND ST. JOHNS COUNTIES, FLORIDA. AN - 756827157; 14270-090451_0002 AB - PURPOSE: Construction of a limited access roadway and bridge crossing of the St. Johns River between Clay and St. Johns counties in northeast Florida are proposed. The project area focuses on the communities south of Duval County and the Jacksonville metropolitan area where a large amount of residential development is occurring. Although the areas north and south are served by wider bridge crossings of the St. Johns River, the two-lane Shands Bridge that carries State Road (SR) 16 and services the population in this area is the only bridge between the eight-lane Buckman Bridge to the north and the four-lane United States (US) 17 bridge nearly 30 miles farther south in Palatka. Within the project area, connection points for a new route that could reasonably be expected to carry additional traffic are Branan Field-Chaffee Road (SR 23) west of the river and Interstate 95 (I-95) east of the river. Ten build alternatives and a No Build Alternative are evaluated in this draft EIS. All Build Alternatives would involve a new bridge across the St. Johns River. The two northern alternatives (Black and Purple Alternatives) would cross the river north of Green Cove Springs, and the existing Shands Bridge to the south would remain in place. The eight southern alternatives (Brown 1 and 2, Orange 1 and 2, Green 1 and 2, and Pink 1 and 2 Alternatives) would cross the river near the existing Shands Bridge, which would be removed after the new bridge was completed. For any of the build alternatives, the proposed project would consist of four, six, or eight lanes within a 324-foot-wide right-of-way. Based on input from scoping, local jurisdictions, and alternative analysis, the Pink 1 Alternative has been identified as the locally preferred alternative. Estimated costs ranging from $1.9 billion for the Pink 1 Alternative to $2.5 billion for the Black Alternative would make the project untenable using traditional methods of finance, while a preliminary toll revenue and feasibility study indicates that the St. Johns River Crossing Project would not be toll-feasible as a stand-alone project under any of the build alternatives. Thus, for tolling purposes only, this project will be combined with the Branan Field-Chaffee Road (SR 23) Project. This combined toll route would form a beltway outside of the I-295 loop from I-10 to I-95 and would make the St. Johns River Crossing Project toll-feasible. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Construction of the new alignment would provide additional capacity to improve current and future transportation network deficiencies in the near term and would help alleviate congestion. Providing access for residents to local employment centers would aid in promoting and supporting economic development and an improved crossing of the St. Johns River would result in more efficient emergency evacuation. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The build alternatives would impact 1,163 to 1,812 acres of wetlands, 1,395 to 2,044 acres of wildlife habitat, and 18 to 46 acres of aquatic resources. Right-of-way requirements would convert 1,301 to1,907 total acres and displace or relocate 31 to 58 properties, including up to 34 that would impact the minority and low-income population. Noise impacts would range from 27 to 35 sites. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), River and Harbor Act of 1899, and Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601). JF - EPA number: 090451, Draft EIS--347 pages, Technical Reports--CD-ROM, December 28, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 2 KW - Roads and Railroads KW - Agency number: FHWA-FL-EIS-09-02-D KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Biologic Assessments KW - Bridges KW - Cultural Resources Surveys KW - Demolition KW - Highways KW - Hurricanes KW - Navigation KW - Noise Assessments KW - Relocations-Property Acquisitions KW - Rivers KW - Section 4(f) Statements KW - Traffic Analyses KW - Transportation KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Florida KW - Saint Johns River KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, NPDES Permits KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits KW - River and Harbor Act of 1899, Section 9 Permits KW - Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, Compliance UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756827157?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-28&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=ST.+JOHNS+RIVER+CROSSING%2C+CLAY+AND+ST.+JOHNS+COUNTIES%2C+FLORIDA.&rft.title=ST.+JOHNS+RIVER+CROSSING%2C+CLAY+AND+ST.+JOHNS+COUNTIES%2C+FLORIDA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Tallahassee, Florida; DOT N1 - Date revised - 2010-06-15 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 28, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - ST. JOHNS RIVER CROSSING, CLAY AND ST. JOHNS COUNTIES, FLORIDA. AN - 16373797; 14270 AB - PURPOSE: Construction of a limited access roadway and bridge crossing of the St. Johns River between Clay and St. Johns counties in northeast Florida are proposed. The project area focuses on the communities south of Duval County and the Jacksonville metropolitan area where a large amount of residential development is occurring. Although the areas north and south are served by wider bridge crossings of the St. Johns River, the two-lane Shands Bridge that carries State Road (SR) 16 and services the population in this area is the only bridge between the eight-lane Buckman Bridge to the north and the four-lane United States (US) 17 bridge nearly 30 miles farther south in Palatka. Within the project area, connection points for a new route that could reasonably be expected to carry additional traffic are Branan Field-Chaffee Road (SR 23) west of the river and Interstate 95 (I-95) east of the river. Ten build alternatives and a No Build Alternative are evaluated in this draft EIS. All Build Alternatives would involve a new bridge across the St. Johns River. The two northern alternatives (Black and Purple Alternatives) would cross the river north of Green Cove Springs, and the existing Shands Bridge to the south would remain in place. The eight southern alternatives (Brown 1 and 2, Orange 1 and 2, Green 1 and 2, and Pink 1 and 2 Alternatives) would cross the river near the existing Shands Bridge, which would be removed after the new bridge was completed. For any of the build alternatives, the proposed project would consist of four, six, or eight lanes within a 324-foot-wide right-of-way. Based on input from scoping, local jurisdictions, and alternative analysis, the Pink 1 Alternative has been identified as the locally preferred alternative. Estimated costs ranging from $1.9 billion for the Pink 1 Alternative to $2.5 billion for the Black Alternative would make the project untenable using traditional methods of finance, while a preliminary toll revenue and feasibility study indicates that the St. Johns River Crossing Project would not be toll-feasible as a stand-alone project under any of the build alternatives. Thus, for tolling purposes only, this project will be combined with the Branan Field-Chaffee Road (SR 23) Project. This combined toll route would form a beltway outside of the I-295 loop from I-10 to I-95 and would make the St. Johns River Crossing Project toll-feasible. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Construction of the new alignment would provide additional capacity to improve current and future transportation network deficiencies in the near term and would help alleviate congestion. Providing access for residents to local employment centers would aid in promoting and supporting economic development and an improved crossing of the St. Johns River would result in more efficient emergency evacuation. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The build alternatives would impact 1,163 to 1,812 acres of wetlands, 1,395 to 2,044 acres of wildlife habitat, and 18 to 46 acres of aquatic resources. Right-of-way requirements would convert 1,301 to1,907 total acres and displace or relocate 31 to 58 properties, including up to 34 that would impact the minority and low-income population. Noise impacts would range from 27 to 35 sites. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), River and Harbor Act of 1899, and Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601). JF - EPA number: 090451, Draft EIS--347 pages, Technical Reports--CD-ROM, December 28, 2009 PY - 2009 KW - Roads and Railroads KW - Agency number: FHWA-FL-EIS-09-02-D KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Biologic Assessments KW - Bridges KW - Cultural Resources Surveys KW - Demolition KW - Highways KW - Hurricanes KW - Navigation KW - Noise Assessments KW - Relocations-Property Acquisitions KW - Rivers KW - Section 4(f) Statements KW - Traffic Analyses KW - Transportation KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Florida KW - Saint Johns River KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, NPDES Permits KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits KW - River and Harbor Act of 1899, Section 9 Permits KW - Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, Compliance UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/16373797?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Digests&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-28&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=ST.+JOHNS+RIVER+CROSSING%2C+CLAY+AND+ST.+JOHNS+COUNTIES%2C+FLORIDA.&rft.title=ST.+JOHNS+RIVER+CROSSING%2C+CLAY+AND+ST.+JOHNS+COUNTIES%2C+FLORIDA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Tallahassee, Florida; DOT N1 - Date revised - 2010-06-15 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 28, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - SABINE-NECHES WATERWAY CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. [Part 9 of 9] T2 - SABINE-NECHES WATERWAY CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. AN - 756827409; 14264-090442_0009 AB - PURPOSE: Improvements to the Sabine-Neches Waterway (SNWW), including modifications of the channels serving the ports of Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange, Texas are proposed. The SNWW is located on the upper Texas Gulf Coast in Jefferson and Orange counties, Texas and Cameron and Calcasieu parishes, Louisiana. The 64-mile-long channel begins offshore, follows the west side of Sabine Lake and terminates just upstream of the Beaumont turning basin on the Neches River. The proposed SNWW Channel Improvement Project (CIP) is intended to improve the efficiency of the deep-draft navigation system. Sixty percent of the SNWW tonnage total is comprised of deep draft movements, the vast majority of which are shipments of crude petroleum or petroleum/chemical products in and out of 20 waterfront facilities in Port Arthur and 27 in Beaumont. The waterway is the primary means of delivery for crude oil to four major refineries in Beaumont and Port Arthur and SNWW's crude petroleum imports represent four percent of the US total. The existing SNWW navigation channel is congested and its 40-foot project depth was designed for smaller vessels than are being used today. A No Action Alternative, three nonstructural alternatives, and 120 structural alternatives are evaluated in this draft EIS. The recommended plan would deepen the SNWW to Beaumont to 48 feet and extend the Sabine Bank Channel an additional 13.2 miles, taper the Sabine Bank Channel from 800 feet wide (Station 23+300) to 700 feet wide (Station 25+800) through the end of the Sabine Bank Channel extension, deepen and widen Taylor Bayou channels and turning basins, and construct three new anchorage/turning basins on the Neches River. Beneficial use features and mitigation measures would effectively avoid or mitigate all environmental impacts. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the CIP would improve transportation efficiency of the SNWW's deep-draft navigation system and support industry at ports within the SNWW navigation channel system, which are critical to the economy and military defense. The study area's 480 square miles of sensitive coastal habitats provide opportunities to use dredged material beneficially for wetland restoration. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Direct effects would include: 1) temporary impacts to water quality and benthic organisms and their Gulf, estuarine, and riverine water-bottom habitats resulting from dredging, the creation of new offshore ocean dredged material disposal sites, the borrow area trench for Willow Bayou mitigation areas, and marsh restoration in shallow, open-water areas; 2) potential dredging impacts to bottom-feeding and pelagic organisms such as sea turtles; and 3) potential impacts to shoreline birds and their habitat from the placement of maintenance material on the Gulf shoreline. In Texas, 33,500 acres of intertidal marsh and swamp would be indirectly impacted due to the slight salinity increase. Biological productivity could be reduced over 39,000 acres of tidal marsh and swamp in Texas, with the potential loss of 247 acres of emergent marsh, including 86 acres of fresh marsh that would be converted to an upland placement area. Impacts in Louisiana could affect 182,000 acres of tidal, emergent marsh, and potentially result in the loss of about 691 additional acres of marsh within the area of tidal influence. This would include 86 acres of wetland habitat that would be converted to an upland placement area. LEGAL MANDATES: Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1412 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090442, Volume I: Draft Feasibility Report--725 pages and maps, Volume II: Draft EIS and Volumes III and IV: Appendices--1,565pages, December 17, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 9 KW - Water KW - Biologic Assessments KW - Borrow Pits KW - Channels KW - Coastal Zones KW - Disposal KW - Dredging KW - Hydrologic Assessments KW - Hydrology KW - Navigation KW - Ocean Dumping KW - Salinity KW - Section 404(b) Statements KW - Sediment Analyses KW - Shores KW - Water Quality Assessments KW - Waterways KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Gulf of Mexico KW - Louisiana KW - Neches River KW - Texas KW - Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, Compliance KW - Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, Section 102 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756827409?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-17&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=SABINE-NECHES+WATERWAY+CHANNEL+IMPROVEMENT+PROJECT%2C+SOUTHWEST+TEXAS+AND+SOUTHWEST+LOUISIANA.&rft.title=SABINE-NECHES+WATERWAY+CHANNEL+IMPROVEMENT+PROJECT%2C+SOUTHWEST+TEXAS+AND+SOUTHWEST+LOUISIANA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Galveston, Texas; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-06-15 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 17, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - SABINE-NECHES WATERWAY CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. [Part 2 of 9] T2 - SABINE-NECHES WATERWAY CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. AN - 756827402; 14264-090442_0002 AB - PURPOSE: Improvements to the Sabine-Neches Waterway (SNWW), including modifications of the channels serving the ports of Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange, Texas are proposed. The SNWW is located on the upper Texas Gulf Coast in Jefferson and Orange counties, Texas and Cameron and Calcasieu parishes, Louisiana. The 64-mile-long channel begins offshore, follows the west side of Sabine Lake and terminates just upstream of the Beaumont turning basin on the Neches River. The proposed SNWW Channel Improvement Project (CIP) is intended to improve the efficiency of the deep-draft navigation system. Sixty percent of the SNWW tonnage total is comprised of deep draft movements, the vast majority of which are shipments of crude petroleum or petroleum/chemical products in and out of 20 waterfront facilities in Port Arthur and 27 in Beaumont. The waterway is the primary means of delivery for crude oil to four major refineries in Beaumont and Port Arthur and SNWW's crude petroleum imports represent four percent of the US total. The existing SNWW navigation channel is congested and its 40-foot project depth was designed for smaller vessels than are being used today. A No Action Alternative, three nonstructural alternatives, and 120 structural alternatives are evaluated in this draft EIS. The recommended plan would deepen the SNWW to Beaumont to 48 feet and extend the Sabine Bank Channel an additional 13.2 miles, taper the Sabine Bank Channel from 800 feet wide (Station 23+300) to 700 feet wide (Station 25+800) through the end of the Sabine Bank Channel extension, deepen and widen Taylor Bayou channels and turning basins, and construct three new anchorage/turning basins on the Neches River. Beneficial use features and mitigation measures would effectively avoid or mitigate all environmental impacts. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the CIP would improve transportation efficiency of the SNWW's deep-draft navigation system and support industry at ports within the SNWW navigation channel system, which are critical to the economy and military defense. The study area's 480 square miles of sensitive coastal habitats provide opportunities to use dredged material beneficially for wetland restoration. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Direct effects would include: 1) temporary impacts to water quality and benthic organisms and their Gulf, estuarine, and riverine water-bottom habitats resulting from dredging, the creation of new offshore ocean dredged material disposal sites, the borrow area trench for Willow Bayou mitigation areas, and marsh restoration in shallow, open-water areas; 2) potential dredging impacts to bottom-feeding and pelagic organisms such as sea turtles; and 3) potential impacts to shoreline birds and their habitat from the placement of maintenance material on the Gulf shoreline. In Texas, 33,500 acres of intertidal marsh and swamp would be indirectly impacted due to the slight salinity increase. Biological productivity could be reduced over 39,000 acres of tidal marsh and swamp in Texas, with the potential loss of 247 acres of emergent marsh, including 86 acres of fresh marsh that would be converted to an upland placement area. Impacts in Louisiana could affect 182,000 acres of tidal, emergent marsh, and potentially result in the loss of about 691 additional acres of marsh within the area of tidal influence. This would include 86 acres of wetland habitat that would be converted to an upland placement area. LEGAL MANDATES: Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1412 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090442, Volume I: Draft Feasibility Report--725 pages and maps, Volume II: Draft EIS and Volumes III and IV: Appendices--1,565pages, December 17, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 2 KW - Water KW - Biologic Assessments KW - Borrow Pits KW - Channels KW - Coastal Zones KW - Disposal KW - Dredging KW - Hydrologic Assessments KW - Hydrology KW - Navigation KW - Ocean Dumping KW - Salinity KW - Section 404(b) Statements KW - Sediment Analyses KW - Shores KW - Water Quality Assessments KW - Waterways KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Gulf of Mexico KW - Louisiana KW - Neches River KW - Texas KW - Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, Compliance KW - Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, Section 102 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756827402?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-17&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=SABINE-NECHES+WATERWAY+CHANNEL+IMPROVEMENT+PROJECT%2C+SOUTHWEST+TEXAS+AND+SOUTHWEST+LOUISIANA.&rft.title=SABINE-NECHES+WATERWAY+CHANNEL+IMPROVEMENT+PROJECT%2C+SOUTHWEST+TEXAS+AND+SOUTHWEST+LOUISIANA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Galveston, Texas; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-06-15 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 17, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - SABINE-NECHES WATERWAY CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. [Part 6 of 9] T2 - SABINE-NECHES WATERWAY CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. AN - 756827392; 14264-090442_0006 AB - PURPOSE: Improvements to the Sabine-Neches Waterway (SNWW), including modifications of the channels serving the ports of Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange, Texas are proposed. The SNWW is located on the upper Texas Gulf Coast in Jefferson and Orange counties, Texas and Cameron and Calcasieu parishes, Louisiana. The 64-mile-long channel begins offshore, follows the west side of Sabine Lake and terminates just upstream of the Beaumont turning basin on the Neches River. The proposed SNWW Channel Improvement Project (CIP) is intended to improve the efficiency of the deep-draft navigation system. Sixty percent of the SNWW tonnage total is comprised of deep draft movements, the vast majority of which are shipments of crude petroleum or petroleum/chemical products in and out of 20 waterfront facilities in Port Arthur and 27 in Beaumont. The waterway is the primary means of delivery for crude oil to four major refineries in Beaumont and Port Arthur and SNWW's crude petroleum imports represent four percent of the US total. The existing SNWW navigation channel is congested and its 40-foot project depth was designed for smaller vessels than are being used today. A No Action Alternative, three nonstructural alternatives, and 120 structural alternatives are evaluated in this draft EIS. The recommended plan would deepen the SNWW to Beaumont to 48 feet and extend the Sabine Bank Channel an additional 13.2 miles, taper the Sabine Bank Channel from 800 feet wide (Station 23+300) to 700 feet wide (Station 25+800) through the end of the Sabine Bank Channel extension, deepen and widen Taylor Bayou channels and turning basins, and construct three new anchorage/turning basins on the Neches River. Beneficial use features and mitigation measures would effectively avoid or mitigate all environmental impacts. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the CIP would improve transportation efficiency of the SNWW's deep-draft navigation system and support industry at ports within the SNWW navigation channel system, which are critical to the economy and military defense. The study area's 480 square miles of sensitive coastal habitats provide opportunities to use dredged material beneficially for wetland restoration. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Direct effects would include: 1) temporary impacts to water quality and benthic organisms and their Gulf, estuarine, and riverine water-bottom habitats resulting from dredging, the creation of new offshore ocean dredged material disposal sites, the borrow area trench for Willow Bayou mitigation areas, and marsh restoration in shallow, open-water areas; 2) potential dredging impacts to bottom-feeding and pelagic organisms such as sea turtles; and 3) potential impacts to shoreline birds and their habitat from the placement of maintenance material on the Gulf shoreline. In Texas, 33,500 acres of intertidal marsh and swamp would be indirectly impacted due to the slight salinity increase. Biological productivity could be reduced over 39,000 acres of tidal marsh and swamp in Texas, with the potential loss of 247 acres of emergent marsh, including 86 acres of fresh marsh that would be converted to an upland placement area. Impacts in Louisiana could affect 182,000 acres of tidal, emergent marsh, and potentially result in the loss of about 691 additional acres of marsh within the area of tidal influence. This would include 86 acres of wetland habitat that would be converted to an upland placement area. LEGAL MANDATES: Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1412 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090442, Volume I: Draft Feasibility Report--725 pages and maps, Volume II: Draft EIS and Volumes III and IV: Appendices--1,565pages, December 17, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 6 KW - Water KW - Biologic Assessments KW - Borrow Pits KW - Channels KW - Coastal Zones KW - Disposal KW - Dredging KW - Hydrologic Assessments KW - Hydrology KW - Navigation KW - Ocean Dumping KW - Salinity KW - Section 404(b) Statements KW - Sediment Analyses KW - Shores KW - Water Quality Assessments KW - Waterways KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Gulf of Mexico KW - Louisiana KW - Neches River KW - Texas KW - Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, Compliance KW - Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, Section 102 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756827392?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-17&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=SABINE-NECHES+WATERWAY+CHANNEL+IMPROVEMENT+PROJECT%2C+SOUTHWEST+TEXAS+AND+SOUTHWEST+LOUISIANA.&rft.title=SABINE-NECHES+WATERWAY+CHANNEL+IMPROVEMENT+PROJECT%2C+SOUTHWEST+TEXAS+AND+SOUTHWEST+LOUISIANA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Galveston, Texas; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-06-15 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 17, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - SABINE-NECHES WATERWAY CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. [Part 5 of 9] T2 - SABINE-NECHES WATERWAY CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. AN - 756827199; 14264-090442_0005 AB - PURPOSE: Improvements to the Sabine-Neches Waterway (SNWW), including modifications of the channels serving the ports of Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange, Texas are proposed. The SNWW is located on the upper Texas Gulf Coast in Jefferson and Orange counties, Texas and Cameron and Calcasieu parishes, Louisiana. The 64-mile-long channel begins offshore, follows the west side of Sabine Lake and terminates just upstream of the Beaumont turning basin on the Neches River. The proposed SNWW Channel Improvement Project (CIP) is intended to improve the efficiency of the deep-draft navigation system. Sixty percent of the SNWW tonnage total is comprised of deep draft movements, the vast majority of which are shipments of crude petroleum or petroleum/chemical products in and out of 20 waterfront facilities in Port Arthur and 27 in Beaumont. The waterway is the primary means of delivery for crude oil to four major refineries in Beaumont and Port Arthur and SNWW's crude petroleum imports represent four percent of the US total. The existing SNWW navigation channel is congested and its 40-foot project depth was designed for smaller vessels than are being used today. A No Action Alternative, three nonstructural alternatives, and 120 structural alternatives are evaluated in this draft EIS. The recommended plan would deepen the SNWW to Beaumont to 48 feet and extend the Sabine Bank Channel an additional 13.2 miles, taper the Sabine Bank Channel from 800 feet wide (Station 23+300) to 700 feet wide (Station 25+800) through the end of the Sabine Bank Channel extension, deepen and widen Taylor Bayou channels and turning basins, and construct three new anchorage/turning basins on the Neches River. Beneficial use features and mitigation measures would effectively avoid or mitigate all environmental impacts. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the CIP would improve transportation efficiency of the SNWW's deep-draft navigation system and support industry at ports within the SNWW navigation channel system, which are critical to the economy and military defense. The study area's 480 square miles of sensitive coastal habitats provide opportunities to use dredged material beneficially for wetland restoration. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Direct effects would include: 1) temporary impacts to water quality and benthic organisms and their Gulf, estuarine, and riverine water-bottom habitats resulting from dredging, the creation of new offshore ocean dredged material disposal sites, the borrow area trench for Willow Bayou mitigation areas, and marsh restoration in shallow, open-water areas; 2) potential dredging impacts to bottom-feeding and pelagic organisms such as sea turtles; and 3) potential impacts to shoreline birds and their habitat from the placement of maintenance material on the Gulf shoreline. In Texas, 33,500 acres of intertidal marsh and swamp would be indirectly impacted due to the slight salinity increase. Biological productivity could be reduced over 39,000 acres of tidal marsh and swamp in Texas, with the potential loss of 247 acres of emergent marsh, including 86 acres of fresh marsh that would be converted to an upland placement area. Impacts in Louisiana could affect 182,000 acres of tidal, emergent marsh, and potentially result in the loss of about 691 additional acres of marsh within the area of tidal influence. This would include 86 acres of wetland habitat that would be converted to an upland placement area. LEGAL MANDATES: Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1412 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090442, Volume I: Draft Feasibility Report--725 pages and maps, Volume II: Draft EIS and Volumes III and IV: Appendices--1,565pages, December 17, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 5 KW - Water KW - Biologic Assessments KW - Borrow Pits KW - Channels KW - Coastal Zones KW - Disposal KW - Dredging KW - Hydrologic Assessments KW - Hydrology KW - Navigation KW - Ocean Dumping KW - Salinity KW - Section 404(b) Statements KW - Sediment Analyses KW - Shores KW - Water Quality Assessments KW - Waterways KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Gulf of Mexico KW - Louisiana KW - Neches River KW - Texas KW - Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, Compliance KW - Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, Section 102 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756827199?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-17&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=SABINE-NECHES+WATERWAY+CHANNEL+IMPROVEMENT+PROJECT%2C+SOUTHWEST+TEXAS+AND+SOUTHWEST+LOUISIANA.&rft.title=SABINE-NECHES+WATERWAY+CHANNEL+IMPROVEMENT+PROJECT%2C+SOUTHWEST+TEXAS+AND+SOUTHWEST+LOUISIANA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Galveston, Texas; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-06-15 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 17, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - SABINE-NECHES WATERWAY CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. [Part 4 of 9] T2 - SABINE-NECHES WATERWAY CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. AN - 756827187; 14264-090442_0004 AB - PURPOSE: Improvements to the Sabine-Neches Waterway (SNWW), including modifications of the channels serving the ports of Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange, Texas are proposed. The SNWW is located on the upper Texas Gulf Coast in Jefferson and Orange counties, Texas and Cameron and Calcasieu parishes, Louisiana. The 64-mile-long channel begins offshore, follows the west side of Sabine Lake and terminates just upstream of the Beaumont turning basin on the Neches River. The proposed SNWW Channel Improvement Project (CIP) is intended to improve the efficiency of the deep-draft navigation system. Sixty percent of the SNWW tonnage total is comprised of deep draft movements, the vast majority of which are shipments of crude petroleum or petroleum/chemical products in and out of 20 waterfront facilities in Port Arthur and 27 in Beaumont. The waterway is the primary means of delivery for crude oil to four major refineries in Beaumont and Port Arthur and SNWW's crude petroleum imports represent four percent of the US total. The existing SNWW navigation channel is congested and its 40-foot project depth was designed for smaller vessels than are being used today. A No Action Alternative, three nonstructural alternatives, and 120 structural alternatives are evaluated in this draft EIS. The recommended plan would deepen the SNWW to Beaumont to 48 feet and extend the Sabine Bank Channel an additional 13.2 miles, taper the Sabine Bank Channel from 800 feet wide (Station 23+300) to 700 feet wide (Station 25+800) through the end of the Sabine Bank Channel extension, deepen and widen Taylor Bayou channels and turning basins, and construct three new anchorage/turning basins on the Neches River. Beneficial use features and mitigation measures would effectively avoid or mitigate all environmental impacts. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the CIP would improve transportation efficiency of the SNWW's deep-draft navigation system and support industry at ports within the SNWW navigation channel system, which are critical to the economy and military defense. The study area's 480 square miles of sensitive coastal habitats provide opportunities to use dredged material beneficially for wetland restoration. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Direct effects would include: 1) temporary impacts to water quality and benthic organisms and their Gulf, estuarine, and riverine water-bottom habitats resulting from dredging, the creation of new offshore ocean dredged material disposal sites, the borrow area trench for Willow Bayou mitigation areas, and marsh restoration in shallow, open-water areas; 2) potential dredging impacts to bottom-feeding and pelagic organisms such as sea turtles; and 3) potential impacts to shoreline birds and their habitat from the placement of maintenance material on the Gulf shoreline. In Texas, 33,500 acres of intertidal marsh and swamp would be indirectly impacted due to the slight salinity increase. Biological productivity could be reduced over 39,000 acres of tidal marsh and swamp in Texas, with the potential loss of 247 acres of emergent marsh, including 86 acres of fresh marsh that would be converted to an upland placement area. Impacts in Louisiana could affect 182,000 acres of tidal, emergent marsh, and potentially result in the loss of about 691 additional acres of marsh within the area of tidal influence. This would include 86 acres of wetland habitat that would be converted to an upland placement area. LEGAL MANDATES: Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1412 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090442, Volume I: Draft Feasibility Report--725 pages and maps, Volume II: Draft EIS and Volumes III and IV: Appendices--1,565pages, December 17, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 4 KW - Water KW - Biologic Assessments KW - Borrow Pits KW - Channels KW - Coastal Zones KW - Disposal KW - Dredging KW - Hydrologic Assessments KW - Hydrology KW - Navigation KW - Ocean Dumping KW - Salinity KW - Section 404(b) Statements KW - Sediment Analyses KW - Shores KW - Water Quality Assessments KW - Waterways KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Gulf of Mexico KW - Louisiana KW - Neches River KW - Texas KW - Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, Compliance KW - Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, Section 102 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756827187?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-17&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=SABINE-NECHES+WATERWAY+CHANNEL+IMPROVEMENT+PROJECT%2C+SOUTHWEST+TEXAS+AND+SOUTHWEST+LOUISIANA.&rft.title=SABINE-NECHES+WATERWAY+CHANNEL+IMPROVEMENT+PROJECT%2C+SOUTHWEST+TEXAS+AND+SOUTHWEST+LOUISIANA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Galveston, Texas; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-06-15 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 17, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - SABINE-NECHES WATERWAY CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. [Part 3 of 9] T2 - SABINE-NECHES WATERWAY CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. AN - 756827177; 14264-090442_0003 AB - PURPOSE: Improvements to the Sabine-Neches Waterway (SNWW), including modifications of the channels serving the ports of Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange, Texas are proposed. The SNWW is located on the upper Texas Gulf Coast in Jefferson and Orange counties, Texas and Cameron and Calcasieu parishes, Louisiana. The 64-mile-long channel begins offshore, follows the west side of Sabine Lake and terminates just upstream of the Beaumont turning basin on the Neches River. The proposed SNWW Channel Improvement Project (CIP) is intended to improve the efficiency of the deep-draft navigation system. Sixty percent of the SNWW tonnage total is comprised of deep draft movements, the vast majority of which are shipments of crude petroleum or petroleum/chemical products in and out of 20 waterfront facilities in Port Arthur and 27 in Beaumont. The waterway is the primary means of delivery for crude oil to four major refineries in Beaumont and Port Arthur and SNWW's crude petroleum imports represent four percent of the US total. The existing SNWW navigation channel is congested and its 40-foot project depth was designed for smaller vessels than are being used today. A No Action Alternative, three nonstructural alternatives, and 120 structural alternatives are evaluated in this draft EIS. The recommended plan would deepen the SNWW to Beaumont to 48 feet and extend the Sabine Bank Channel an additional 13.2 miles, taper the Sabine Bank Channel from 800 feet wide (Station 23+300) to 700 feet wide (Station 25+800) through the end of the Sabine Bank Channel extension, deepen and widen Taylor Bayou channels and turning basins, and construct three new anchorage/turning basins on the Neches River. Beneficial use features and mitigation measures would effectively avoid or mitigate all environmental impacts. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the CIP would improve transportation efficiency of the SNWW's deep-draft navigation system and support industry at ports within the SNWW navigation channel system, which are critical to the economy and military defense. The study area's 480 square miles of sensitive coastal habitats provide opportunities to use dredged material beneficially for wetland restoration. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Direct effects would include: 1) temporary impacts to water quality and benthic organisms and their Gulf, estuarine, and riverine water-bottom habitats resulting from dredging, the creation of new offshore ocean dredged material disposal sites, the borrow area trench for Willow Bayou mitigation areas, and marsh restoration in shallow, open-water areas; 2) potential dredging impacts to bottom-feeding and pelagic organisms such as sea turtles; and 3) potential impacts to shoreline birds and their habitat from the placement of maintenance material on the Gulf shoreline. In Texas, 33,500 acres of intertidal marsh and swamp would be indirectly impacted due to the slight salinity increase. Biological productivity could be reduced over 39,000 acres of tidal marsh and swamp in Texas, with the potential loss of 247 acres of emergent marsh, including 86 acres of fresh marsh that would be converted to an upland placement area. Impacts in Louisiana could affect 182,000 acres of tidal, emergent marsh, and potentially result in the loss of about 691 additional acres of marsh within the area of tidal influence. This would include 86 acres of wetland habitat that would be converted to an upland placement area. LEGAL MANDATES: Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1412 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090442, Volume I: Draft Feasibility Report--725 pages and maps, Volume II: Draft EIS and Volumes III and IV: Appendices--1,565pages, December 17, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 3 KW - Water KW - Biologic Assessments KW - Borrow Pits KW - Channels KW - Coastal Zones KW - Disposal KW - Dredging KW - Hydrologic Assessments KW - Hydrology KW - Navigation KW - Ocean Dumping KW - Salinity KW - Section 404(b) Statements KW - Sediment Analyses KW - Shores KW - Water Quality Assessments KW - Waterways KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Gulf of Mexico KW - Louisiana KW - Neches River KW - Texas KW - Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, Compliance KW - Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, Section 102 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756827177?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-17&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=SABINE-NECHES+WATERWAY+CHANNEL+IMPROVEMENT+PROJECT%2C+SOUTHWEST+TEXAS+AND+SOUTHWEST+LOUISIANA.&rft.title=SABINE-NECHES+WATERWAY+CHANNEL+IMPROVEMENT+PROJECT%2C+SOUTHWEST+TEXAS+AND+SOUTHWEST+LOUISIANA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Galveston, Texas; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-06-15 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 17, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - SABINE-NECHES WATERWAY CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. [Part 1 of 9] T2 - SABINE-NECHES WATERWAY CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. AN - 756827166; 14264-090442_0001 AB - PURPOSE: Improvements to the Sabine-Neches Waterway (SNWW), including modifications of the channels serving the ports of Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange, Texas are proposed. The SNWW is located on the upper Texas Gulf Coast in Jefferson and Orange counties, Texas and Cameron and Calcasieu parishes, Louisiana. The 64-mile-long channel begins offshore, follows the west side of Sabine Lake and terminates just upstream of the Beaumont turning basin on the Neches River. The proposed SNWW Channel Improvement Project (CIP) is intended to improve the efficiency of the deep-draft navigation system. Sixty percent of the SNWW tonnage total is comprised of deep draft movements, the vast majority of which are shipments of crude petroleum or petroleum/chemical products in and out of 20 waterfront facilities in Port Arthur and 27 in Beaumont. The waterway is the primary means of delivery for crude oil to four major refineries in Beaumont and Port Arthur and SNWW's crude petroleum imports represent four percent of the US total. The existing SNWW navigation channel is congested and its 40-foot project depth was designed for smaller vessels than are being used today. A No Action Alternative, three nonstructural alternatives, and 120 structural alternatives are evaluated in this draft EIS. The recommended plan would deepen the SNWW to Beaumont to 48 feet and extend the Sabine Bank Channel an additional 13.2 miles, taper the Sabine Bank Channel from 800 feet wide (Station 23+300) to 700 feet wide (Station 25+800) through the end of the Sabine Bank Channel extension, deepen and widen Taylor Bayou channels and turning basins, and construct three new anchorage/turning basins on the Neches River. Beneficial use features and mitigation measures would effectively avoid or mitigate all environmental impacts. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the CIP would improve transportation efficiency of the SNWW's deep-draft navigation system and support industry at ports within the SNWW navigation channel system, which are critical to the economy and military defense. The study area's 480 square miles of sensitive coastal habitats provide opportunities to use dredged material beneficially for wetland restoration. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Direct effects would include: 1) temporary impacts to water quality and benthic organisms and their Gulf, estuarine, and riverine water-bottom habitats resulting from dredging, the creation of new offshore ocean dredged material disposal sites, the borrow area trench for Willow Bayou mitigation areas, and marsh restoration in shallow, open-water areas; 2) potential dredging impacts to bottom-feeding and pelagic organisms such as sea turtles; and 3) potential impacts to shoreline birds and their habitat from the placement of maintenance material on the Gulf shoreline. In Texas, 33,500 acres of intertidal marsh and swamp would be indirectly impacted due to the slight salinity increase. Biological productivity could be reduced over 39,000 acres of tidal marsh and swamp in Texas, with the potential loss of 247 acres of emergent marsh, including 86 acres of fresh marsh that would be converted to an upland placement area. Impacts in Louisiana could affect 182,000 acres of tidal, emergent marsh, and potentially result in the loss of about 691 additional acres of marsh within the area of tidal influence. This would include 86 acres of wetland habitat that would be converted to an upland placement area. LEGAL MANDATES: Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1412 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090442, Volume I: Draft Feasibility Report--725 pages and maps, Volume II: Draft EIS and Volumes III and IV: Appendices--1,565pages, December 17, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 1 KW - Water KW - Biologic Assessments KW - Borrow Pits KW - Channels KW - Coastal Zones KW - Disposal KW - Dredging KW - Hydrologic Assessments KW - Hydrology KW - Navigation KW - Ocean Dumping KW - Salinity KW - Section 404(b) Statements KW - Sediment Analyses KW - Shores KW - Water Quality Assessments KW - Waterways KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Gulf of Mexico KW - Louisiana KW - Neches River KW - Texas KW - Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, Compliance KW - Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, Section 102 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756827166?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-17&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=SABINE-NECHES+WATERWAY+CHANNEL+IMPROVEMENT+PROJECT%2C+SOUTHWEST+TEXAS+AND+SOUTHWEST+LOUISIANA.&rft.title=SABINE-NECHES+WATERWAY+CHANNEL+IMPROVEMENT+PROJECT%2C+SOUTHWEST+TEXAS+AND+SOUTHWEST+LOUISIANA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Galveston, Texas; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-06-15 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 17, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - SABINE-NECHES WATERWAY CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. [Part 8 of 9] T2 - SABINE-NECHES WATERWAY CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. AN - 756827073; 14264-090442_0008 AB - PURPOSE: Improvements to the Sabine-Neches Waterway (SNWW), including modifications of the channels serving the ports of Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange, Texas are proposed. The SNWW is located on the upper Texas Gulf Coast in Jefferson and Orange counties, Texas and Cameron and Calcasieu parishes, Louisiana. The 64-mile-long channel begins offshore, follows the west side of Sabine Lake and terminates just upstream of the Beaumont turning basin on the Neches River. The proposed SNWW Channel Improvement Project (CIP) is intended to improve the efficiency of the deep-draft navigation system. Sixty percent of the SNWW tonnage total is comprised of deep draft movements, the vast majority of which are shipments of crude petroleum or petroleum/chemical products in and out of 20 waterfront facilities in Port Arthur and 27 in Beaumont. The waterway is the primary means of delivery for crude oil to four major refineries in Beaumont and Port Arthur and SNWW's crude petroleum imports represent four percent of the US total. The existing SNWW navigation channel is congested and its 40-foot project depth was designed for smaller vessels than are being used today. A No Action Alternative, three nonstructural alternatives, and 120 structural alternatives are evaluated in this draft EIS. The recommended plan would deepen the SNWW to Beaumont to 48 feet and extend the Sabine Bank Channel an additional 13.2 miles, taper the Sabine Bank Channel from 800 feet wide (Station 23+300) to 700 feet wide (Station 25+800) through the end of the Sabine Bank Channel extension, deepen and widen Taylor Bayou channels and turning basins, and construct three new anchorage/turning basins on the Neches River. Beneficial use features and mitigation measures would effectively avoid or mitigate all environmental impacts. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the CIP would improve transportation efficiency of the SNWW's deep-draft navigation system and support industry at ports within the SNWW navigation channel system, which are critical to the economy and military defense. The study area's 480 square miles of sensitive coastal habitats provide opportunities to use dredged material beneficially for wetland restoration. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Direct effects would include: 1) temporary impacts to water quality and benthic organisms and their Gulf, estuarine, and riverine water-bottom habitats resulting from dredging, the creation of new offshore ocean dredged material disposal sites, the borrow area trench for Willow Bayou mitigation areas, and marsh restoration in shallow, open-water areas; 2) potential dredging impacts to bottom-feeding and pelagic organisms such as sea turtles; and 3) potential impacts to shoreline birds and their habitat from the placement of maintenance material on the Gulf shoreline. In Texas, 33,500 acres of intertidal marsh and swamp would be indirectly impacted due to the slight salinity increase. Biological productivity could be reduced over 39,000 acres of tidal marsh and swamp in Texas, with the potential loss of 247 acres of emergent marsh, including 86 acres of fresh marsh that would be converted to an upland placement area. Impacts in Louisiana could affect 182,000 acres of tidal, emergent marsh, and potentially result in the loss of about 691 additional acres of marsh within the area of tidal influence. This would include 86 acres of wetland habitat that would be converted to an upland placement area. LEGAL MANDATES: Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1412 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090442, Volume I: Draft Feasibility Report--725 pages and maps, Volume II: Draft EIS and Volumes III and IV: Appendices--1,565pages, December 17, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 8 KW - Water KW - Biologic Assessments KW - Borrow Pits KW - Channels KW - Coastal Zones KW - Disposal KW - Dredging KW - Hydrologic Assessments KW - Hydrology KW - Navigation KW - Ocean Dumping KW - Salinity KW - Section 404(b) Statements KW - Sediment Analyses KW - Shores KW - Water Quality Assessments KW - Waterways KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Gulf of Mexico KW - Louisiana KW - Neches River KW - Texas KW - Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, Compliance KW - Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, Section 102 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756827073?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-17&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=SABINE-NECHES+WATERWAY+CHANNEL+IMPROVEMENT+PROJECT%2C+SOUTHWEST+TEXAS+AND+SOUTHWEST+LOUISIANA.&rft.title=SABINE-NECHES+WATERWAY+CHANNEL+IMPROVEMENT+PROJECT%2C+SOUTHWEST+TEXAS+AND+SOUTHWEST+LOUISIANA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Galveston, Texas; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-06-15 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 17, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - SABINE-NECHES WATERWAY CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. [Part 7 of 9] T2 - SABINE-NECHES WATERWAY CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. AN - 756827065; 14264-090442_0007 AB - PURPOSE: Improvements to the Sabine-Neches Waterway (SNWW), including modifications of the channels serving the ports of Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange, Texas are proposed. The SNWW is located on the upper Texas Gulf Coast in Jefferson and Orange counties, Texas and Cameron and Calcasieu parishes, Louisiana. The 64-mile-long channel begins offshore, follows the west side of Sabine Lake and terminates just upstream of the Beaumont turning basin on the Neches River. The proposed SNWW Channel Improvement Project (CIP) is intended to improve the efficiency of the deep-draft navigation system. Sixty percent of the SNWW tonnage total is comprised of deep draft movements, the vast majority of which are shipments of crude petroleum or petroleum/chemical products in and out of 20 waterfront facilities in Port Arthur and 27 in Beaumont. The waterway is the primary means of delivery for crude oil to four major refineries in Beaumont and Port Arthur and SNWW's crude petroleum imports represent four percent of the US total. The existing SNWW navigation channel is congested and its 40-foot project depth was designed for smaller vessels than are being used today. A No Action Alternative, three nonstructural alternatives, and 120 structural alternatives are evaluated in this draft EIS. The recommended plan would deepen the SNWW to Beaumont to 48 feet and extend the Sabine Bank Channel an additional 13.2 miles, taper the Sabine Bank Channel from 800 feet wide (Station 23+300) to 700 feet wide (Station 25+800) through the end of the Sabine Bank Channel extension, deepen and widen Taylor Bayou channels and turning basins, and construct three new anchorage/turning basins on the Neches River. Beneficial use features and mitigation measures would effectively avoid or mitigate all environmental impacts. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the CIP would improve transportation efficiency of the SNWW's deep-draft navigation system and support industry at ports within the SNWW navigation channel system, which are critical to the economy and military defense. The study area's 480 square miles of sensitive coastal habitats provide opportunities to use dredged material beneficially for wetland restoration. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Direct effects would include: 1) temporary impacts to water quality and benthic organisms and their Gulf, estuarine, and riverine water-bottom habitats resulting from dredging, the creation of new offshore ocean dredged material disposal sites, the borrow area trench for Willow Bayou mitigation areas, and marsh restoration in shallow, open-water areas; 2) potential dredging impacts to bottom-feeding and pelagic organisms such as sea turtles; and 3) potential impacts to shoreline birds and their habitat from the placement of maintenance material on the Gulf shoreline. In Texas, 33,500 acres of intertidal marsh and swamp would be indirectly impacted due to the slight salinity increase. Biological productivity could be reduced over 39,000 acres of tidal marsh and swamp in Texas, with the potential loss of 247 acres of emergent marsh, including 86 acres of fresh marsh that would be converted to an upland placement area. Impacts in Louisiana could affect 182,000 acres of tidal, emergent marsh, and potentially result in the loss of about 691 additional acres of marsh within the area of tidal influence. This would include 86 acres of wetland habitat that would be converted to an upland placement area. LEGAL MANDATES: Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1412 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090442, Volume I: Draft Feasibility Report--725 pages and maps, Volume II: Draft EIS and Volumes III and IV: Appendices--1,565pages, December 17, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 7 KW - Water KW - Biologic Assessments KW - Borrow Pits KW - Channels KW - Coastal Zones KW - Disposal KW - Dredging KW - Hydrologic Assessments KW - Hydrology KW - Navigation KW - Ocean Dumping KW - Salinity KW - Section 404(b) Statements KW - Sediment Analyses KW - Shores KW - Water Quality Assessments KW - Waterways KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Gulf of Mexico KW - Louisiana KW - Neches River KW - Texas KW - Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, Compliance KW - Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, Section 102 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756827065?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-17&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=SABINE-NECHES+WATERWAY+CHANNEL+IMPROVEMENT+PROJECT%2C+SOUTHWEST+TEXAS+AND+SOUTHWEST+LOUISIANA.&rft.title=SABINE-NECHES+WATERWAY+CHANNEL+IMPROVEMENT+PROJECT%2C+SOUTHWEST+TEXAS+AND+SOUTHWEST+LOUISIANA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Galveston, Texas; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-06-15 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 17, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - SHELBY AVENUE/DEMONBREUN STREET (GATEWAY BOULEVARD) CORRIDOR, NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. [Part 1 of 1] T2 - SHELBY AVENUE/DEMONBREUN STREET (GATEWAY BOULEVARD) CORRIDOR, NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. AN - 756826752; 14263-090441_0001 AB - PURPOSE: The construction of an urban boulevard in the southern portion of downtown Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, is proposed. The new boulevard would extend from the existing western terminus of Korean Veterans Boulevard (formerly known as Gateway Boulevard) at 4th Avenue westward to 8th Avenue for a distance of about 0.31 mile. The current action was evaluated as part of the EIS for the Shelby Avenue / Demonbreun Street corridor and a Record of Decision (ROD) designating the selected alternative for the corridor was issued in 1998. Since the issuance of the ROD, several portions of the Shelby Avenue / Demonbreun Street corridor (since referred to as Gateway Boulevard) have been completed, including the replacement bridge over the Cumberland River, which was referred to as Gateway Bridge when it opened in May 2004, and the new Demonbreun Street Viaduct, which was completed in 2006 on the original alignment. Substantial new development, both public and private, has occurred in the project vicinity. This supplemental EIS to the approved EIS and ROD addresses the portion of the ROD's selected alternative that has not been constructed and evaluates the remainder of the project in light of the extensive land use changes in the project area since the ROD was issued. The proposed project is a refinement of the 1998 selected alternative that would complete Gateway Boulevard between 4th Avenue and 8th Avenue, with a slight modification in its alignment. The proposed refinement would shift the alignment of the roadway slightly south of the existing Franklin and Shirley streets providing for a more coordinated traffic pattern by combining the two previously proposed signalized intersections (Gateway Boulevard/8th Avenue and 8th Avenue/Lafayette Street) into a single-point intersection. Two alternatives, a No-Build Alternative and a Build Alternative, are considered in this final supplemental EIS. Under the Build Alternative, two possible options for the new Gateway Boulevard intersection at 8th Avenue, a multi-lane roundabout and a traditional signalized intersection, are analyzed. The multi-lane roundabout terminus is the preferred alternative. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The project would enhance transportation linkages in the central business district (CBD) with connections to major interstate routes and improve accessibility to the southern portion of the CBD, in particular in the south of Broadway Avenue area. The new boulevard would resolve several transportation needs including an incomplete network of existing east-west roads south of Broadway, a poorly aligned intersection at Korean Veterans Boulevard and 4th Avenue and Franklin Street, and the poor level of access along the exiting roadways to serve new development as well as redevelopment occurring in the south of Broadway area. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The preferred alternative for the proposed project would result in the relocation of seven active businesses and would displace a non-profit entertainment facility. The project would also result in the total or partial take of commercial parking lots and between 145 and 167 off-street parking spaces. Five sites within the project limits would have the potential for contamination by hazardous materials. LEGAL MANDATES: National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) and Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601). PRIOR REFERENCES: For the abstracts of the draft and final environmental statements, see 96-0171D, Volume 20, Number 2 and 98-0260F, Volume 22, Number 3, respectively. For the abstract of the supplemental draft EIS, see 09-0316D, Volume 33, Number 3. JF - EPA number: 090441, 197 pages, December 17, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 1 KW - Roads and Railroads KW - Agency number: FHWA-TN-EIS-96-01-FS KW - Central Business Districts KW - Hazardous Wastes KW - Highways KW - Historic Sites KW - Historic Sites Surveys KW - Noise Assessments KW - Noise Standards Violations KW - Parking KW - Relocations-Property Acquisitions KW - Roads KW - Transportation KW - Traffic Analyses KW - Tennessee KW - National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, Historic Sites KW - Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, Compliance UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826752?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-17&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=SHELBY+AVENUE%2FDEMONBREUN+STREET+%28GATEWAY+BOULEVARD%29+CORRIDOR%2C+NASHVILLE%2C+DAVIDSON+COUNTY%2C+TENNESSEE.&rft.title=SHELBY+AVENUE%2FDEMONBREUN+STREET+%28GATEWAY+BOULEVARD%29+CORRIDOR%2C+NASHVILLE%2C+DAVIDSON+COUNTY%2C+TENNESSEE.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Nashville, Tennessee; DOT N1 - Date revised - 2010-06-15 N1 - SuppNotes - Final. Preparation date: December 17, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - SABINE-NECHES WATERWAY CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. AN - 16384868; 14264 AB - PURPOSE: Improvements to the Sabine-Neches Waterway (SNWW), including modifications of the channels serving the ports of Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange, Texas are proposed. The SNWW is located on the upper Texas Gulf Coast in Jefferson and Orange counties, Texas and Cameron and Calcasieu parishes, Louisiana. The 64-mile-long channel begins offshore, follows the west side of Sabine Lake and terminates just upstream of the Beaumont turning basin on the Neches River. The proposed SNWW Channel Improvement Project (CIP) is intended to improve the efficiency of the deep-draft navigation system. Sixty percent of the SNWW tonnage total is comprised of deep draft movements, the vast majority of which are shipments of crude petroleum or petroleum/chemical products in and out of 20 waterfront facilities in Port Arthur and 27 in Beaumont. The waterway is the primary means of delivery for crude oil to four major refineries in Beaumont and Port Arthur and SNWW's crude petroleum imports represent four percent of the US total. The existing SNWW navigation channel is congested and its 40-foot project depth was designed for smaller vessels than are being used today. A No Action Alternative, three nonstructural alternatives, and 120 structural alternatives are evaluated in this draft EIS. The recommended plan would deepen the SNWW to Beaumont to 48 feet and extend the Sabine Bank Channel an additional 13.2 miles, taper the Sabine Bank Channel from 800 feet wide (Station 23+300) to 700 feet wide (Station 25+800) through the end of the Sabine Bank Channel extension, deepen and widen Taylor Bayou channels and turning basins, and construct three new anchorage/turning basins on the Neches River. Beneficial use features and mitigation measures would effectively avoid or mitigate all environmental impacts. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the CIP would improve transportation efficiency of the SNWW's deep-draft navigation system and support industry at ports within the SNWW navigation channel system, which are critical to the economy and military defense. The study area's 480 square miles of sensitive coastal habitats provide opportunities to use dredged material beneficially for wetland restoration. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Direct effects would include: 1) temporary impacts to water quality and benthic organisms and their Gulf, estuarine, and riverine water-bottom habitats resulting from dredging, the creation of new offshore ocean dredged material disposal sites, the borrow area trench for Willow Bayou mitigation areas, and marsh restoration in shallow, open-water areas; 2) potential dredging impacts to bottom-feeding and pelagic organisms such as sea turtles; and 3) potential impacts to shoreline birds and their habitat from the placement of maintenance material on the Gulf shoreline. In Texas, 33,500 acres of intertidal marsh and swamp would be indirectly impacted due to the slight salinity increase. Biological productivity could be reduced over 39,000 acres of tidal marsh and swamp in Texas, with the potential loss of 247 acres of emergent marsh, including 86 acres of fresh marsh that would be converted to an upland placement area. Impacts in Louisiana could affect 182,000 acres of tidal, emergent marsh, and potentially result in the loss of about 691 additional acres of marsh within the area of tidal influence. This would include 86 acres of wetland habitat that would be converted to an upland placement area. LEGAL MANDATES: Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1412 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090442, Volume I: Draft Feasibility Report--725 pages and maps, Volume II: Draft EIS and Volumes III and IV: Appendices--1,565pages, December 17, 2009 PY - 2009 KW - Water KW - Biologic Assessments KW - Borrow Pits KW - Channels KW - Coastal Zones KW - Disposal KW - Dredging KW - Hydrologic Assessments KW - Hydrology KW - Navigation KW - Ocean Dumping KW - Salinity KW - Section 404(b) Statements KW - Sediment Analyses KW - Shores KW - Water Quality Assessments KW - Waterways KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Gulf of Mexico KW - Louisiana KW - Neches River KW - Texas KW - Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, Compliance KW - Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, Section 102 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/16384868?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Digests&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-17&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=SABINE-NECHES+WATERWAY+CHANNEL+IMPROVEMENT+PROJECT%2C+SOUTHWEST+TEXAS+AND+SOUTHWEST+LOUISIANA.&rft.title=SABINE-NECHES+WATERWAY+CHANNEL+IMPROVEMENT+PROJECT%2C+SOUTHWEST+TEXAS+AND+SOUTHWEST+LOUISIANA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Galveston, Texas; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-06-15 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 17, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - SHELBY AVENUE/DEMONBREUN STREET (GATEWAY BOULEVARD) CORRIDOR, NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. AN - 16367061; 14263 AB - PURPOSE: The construction of an urban boulevard in the southern portion of downtown Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, is proposed. The new boulevard would extend from the existing western terminus of Korean Veterans Boulevard (formerly known as Gateway Boulevard) at 4th Avenue westward to 8th Avenue for a distance of about 0.31 mile. The current action was evaluated as part of the EIS for the Shelby Avenue / Demonbreun Street corridor and a Record of Decision (ROD) designating the selected alternative for the corridor was issued in 1998. Since the issuance of the ROD, several portions of the Shelby Avenue / Demonbreun Street corridor (since referred to as Gateway Boulevard) have been completed, including the replacement bridge over the Cumberland River, which was referred to as Gateway Bridge when it opened in May 2004, and the new Demonbreun Street Viaduct, which was completed in 2006 on the original alignment. Substantial new development, both public and private, has occurred in the project vicinity. This supplemental EIS to the approved EIS and ROD addresses the portion of the ROD's selected alternative that has not been constructed and evaluates the remainder of the project in light of the extensive land use changes in the project area since the ROD was issued. The proposed project is a refinement of the 1998 selected alternative that would complete Gateway Boulevard between 4th Avenue and 8th Avenue, with a slight modification in its alignment. The proposed refinement would shift the alignment of the roadway slightly south of the existing Franklin and Shirley streets providing for a more coordinated traffic pattern by combining the two previously proposed signalized intersections (Gateway Boulevard/8th Avenue and 8th Avenue/Lafayette Street) into a single-point intersection. Two alternatives, a No-Build Alternative and a Build Alternative, are considered in this final supplemental EIS. Under the Build Alternative, two possible options for the new Gateway Boulevard intersection at 8th Avenue, a multi-lane roundabout and a traditional signalized intersection, are analyzed. The multi-lane roundabout terminus is the preferred alternative. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The project would enhance transportation linkages in the central business district (CBD) with connections to major interstate routes and improve accessibility to the southern portion of the CBD, in particular in the south of Broadway Avenue area. The new boulevard would resolve several transportation needs including an incomplete network of existing east-west roads south of Broadway, a poorly aligned intersection at Korean Veterans Boulevard and 4th Avenue and Franklin Street, and the poor level of access along the exiting roadways to serve new development as well as redevelopment occurring in the south of Broadway area. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The preferred alternative for the proposed project would result in the relocation of seven active businesses and would displace a non-profit entertainment facility. The project would also result in the total or partial take of commercial parking lots and between 145 and 167 off-street parking spaces. Five sites within the project limits would have the potential for contamination by hazardous materials. LEGAL MANDATES: National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) and Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601). PRIOR REFERENCES: For the abstracts of the draft and final environmental statements, see 96-0171D, Volume 20, Number 2 and 98-0260F, Volume 22, Number 3, respectively. For the abstract of the supplemental draft EIS, see 09-0316D, Volume 33, Number 3. JF - EPA number: 090441, 197 pages, December 17, 2009 PY - 2009 KW - Roads and Railroads KW - Agency number: FHWA-TN-EIS-96-01-FS KW - Central Business Districts KW - Hazardous Wastes KW - Highways KW - Historic Sites KW - Historic Sites Surveys KW - Noise Assessments KW - Noise Standards Violations KW - Parking KW - Relocations-Property Acquisitions KW - Roads KW - Transportation KW - Traffic Analyses KW - Tennessee KW - National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, Historic Sites KW - Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, Compliance UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/16367061?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Digests&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-17&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=SHELBY+AVENUE%2FDEMONBREUN+STREET+%28GATEWAY+BOULEVARD%29+CORRIDOR%2C+NASHVILLE%2C+DAVIDSON+COUNTY%2C+TENNESSEE.&rft.title=SHELBY+AVENUE%2FDEMONBREUN+STREET+%28GATEWAY+BOULEVARD%29+CORRIDOR%2C+NASHVILLE%2C+DAVIDSON+COUNTY%2C+TENNESSEE.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Nashville, Tennessee; DOT N1 - Date revised - 2010-06-15 N1 - SuppNotes - Final. Preparation date: December 17, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - AROOSTOOK COUNTY TRANSPORTATION STUDY, ROUTE 1-161 CONNECTOR, CARIBOU, AROOSTOOK COUNTY, MAINE. [Part 2 of 5] T2 - AROOSTOOK COUNTY TRANSPORTATION STUDY, ROUTE 1-161 CONNECTOR, CARIBOU, AROOSTOOK COUNTY, MAINE. AN - 853675646; 14261-090439_0002 AB - PURPOSE: The implementation of highway improvements within central and northeastern Aroostook County, Maine is proposed to improve transportation within the area and connections between this area and other portions of the US and Canada. The county suffers from a long-term loss of population, a high unemployment rate, and a lack of access to surrounding provinces. The Aroostook County Transportation Study (ACTS) area comprises the northeast corner of the state and is bounded on the south by Interstate 95 (I-95); on the west by Route 11; and on the north and east by the Canadian Province of New Brunswick. The study area is approximately 100 miles long and 25 to 40 miles wide, with a population of 70,576 people. The majority of the population lives in the Presque Isle-Caribou area in the central portion of the study area. The ACTS is a tiered study and four corridor alternatives and a No Action Alternative were considered in a draft EIS published in March, 2002. A supplemental draft EIS published in June, 2006 included Tier 1 analyses of the four corridor alternatives and analyses of three of 11 Tier 2 segments. Decision making regarding selection of an overall preferred corridor and the segments that would compose it is being deferred for an unspecified amount of time. Segment 4, the Route 1-161 Connector in Caribou, and Segment 7, a new 10-mile long bypass east of downtown Presque Isle, are being advanced as Tier 2 proposed actions. Six alignment options, a transportation system management alternative, and a No Action Alternative for the Route 1-161 Connector are evaluated in this final EIS. Under the preferred alternative (Alignment 4B), a new 2-lane controlled access highway would be constructed extending east and north from the Route 1/Route 89 intersection, crossing Route 1 north of the Cary Medical Center, and connecting to Route 161 at a point 1.25 miles south of Ogren Road. Sufficient right-of-way (300-foot width) would be acquired to allow the Route 1-161 Connector to be widened to four lanes in the future. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the proposed project would improve travel times, decrease the volume of through trucks in downtown Caribou, improve safety at three high crash locations, provide better access to the north side of Caribou's downtown, and improve road network connectivity. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Rights-of-way requirements would result in the loss of 3.4 acres of wetlands, 54 acres of forest, and 32 acres of active farmland. Up to 21 individual properties would be wholly or partially taken. LEGAL MANDATES: Department of Transportation Act of 1966, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.), Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), and Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601). PRIOR REFERENCES: For the abstracts of the draft and supplemental draft EISs, see 02-0202D, Volume 26, Number 2 and 06-0430D, Volume 30, Number 3, respectively. JF - EPA number: 090439, Final EIS--306 pages, Figures and maps--57 pages, Final EIS and Appendices--CD-ROM, December 15, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 2 KW - Roads and Railroads KW - Agency number: FHWA-ME-EIS-02-01-F KW - Central Business Districts KW - Endangered Species (Animals) KW - Farmlands KW - Floodplains KW - Forests KW - Highways KW - Highway Structures KW - Relocations-Property Acquisitions KW - Roads KW - Transportation KW - Transportation Surveys KW - Wetlands KW - Canada KW - Maine KW - Department of Transportation Act of 1966, Compliance KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits KW - Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, Compliance UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/853675646?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-15&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=AROOSTOOK+COUNTY+TRANSPORTATION+STUDY%2C+ROUTE+1-161+CONNECTOR%2C+CARIBOU%2C+AROOSTOOK+COUNTY%2C+MAINE.&rft.title=AROOSTOOK+COUNTY+TRANSPORTATION+STUDY%2C+ROUTE+1-161+CONNECTOR%2C+CARIBOU%2C+AROOSTOOK+COUNTY%2C+MAINE.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Augusta, Maine; DOT N1 - Date revised - 2010-06-15 N1 - SuppNotes - Final. Preparation date: December 15, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - AROOSTOOK COUNTY TRANSPORTATION STUDY, ROUTE 1-161 CONNECTOR, CARIBOU, AROOSTOOK COUNTY, MAINE. [Part 1 of 5] T2 - AROOSTOOK COUNTY TRANSPORTATION STUDY, ROUTE 1-161 CONNECTOR, CARIBOU, AROOSTOOK COUNTY, MAINE. AN - 853675632; 14261-090439_0001 AB - PURPOSE: The implementation of highway improvements within central and northeastern Aroostook County, Maine is proposed to improve transportation within the area and connections between this area and other portions of the US and Canada. The county suffers from a long-term loss of population, a high unemployment rate, and a lack of access to surrounding provinces. The Aroostook County Transportation Study (ACTS) area comprises the northeast corner of the state and is bounded on the south by Interstate 95 (I-95); on the west by Route 11; and on the north and east by the Canadian Province of New Brunswick. The study area is approximately 100 miles long and 25 to 40 miles wide, with a population of 70,576 people. The majority of the population lives in the Presque Isle-Caribou area in the central portion of the study area. The ACTS is a tiered study and four corridor alternatives and a No Action Alternative were considered in a draft EIS published in March, 2002. A supplemental draft EIS published in June, 2006 included Tier 1 analyses of the four corridor alternatives and analyses of three of 11 Tier 2 segments. Decision making regarding selection of an overall preferred corridor and the segments that would compose it is being deferred for an unspecified amount of time. Segment 4, the Route 1-161 Connector in Caribou, and Segment 7, a new 10-mile long bypass east of downtown Presque Isle, are being advanced as Tier 2 proposed actions. Six alignment options, a transportation system management alternative, and a No Action Alternative for the Route 1-161 Connector are evaluated in this final EIS. Under the preferred alternative (Alignment 4B), a new 2-lane controlled access highway would be constructed extending east and north from the Route 1/Route 89 intersection, crossing Route 1 north of the Cary Medical Center, and connecting to Route 161 at a point 1.25 miles south of Ogren Road. Sufficient right-of-way (300-foot width) would be acquired to allow the Route 1-161 Connector to be widened to four lanes in the future. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the proposed project would improve travel times, decrease the volume of through trucks in downtown Caribou, improve safety at three high crash locations, provide better access to the north side of Caribou's downtown, and improve road network connectivity. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Rights-of-way requirements would result in the loss of 3.4 acres of wetlands, 54 acres of forest, and 32 acres of active farmland. Up to 21 individual properties would be wholly or partially taken. LEGAL MANDATES: Department of Transportation Act of 1966, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.), Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), and Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601). PRIOR REFERENCES: For the abstracts of the draft and supplemental draft EISs, see 02-0202D, Volume 26, Number 2 and 06-0430D, Volume 30, Number 3, respectively. JF - EPA number: 090439, Final EIS--306 pages, Figures and maps--57 pages, Final EIS and Appendices--CD-ROM, December 15, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 1 KW - Roads and Railroads KW - Agency number: FHWA-ME-EIS-02-01-F KW - Central Business Districts KW - Endangered Species (Animals) KW - Farmlands KW - Floodplains KW - Forests KW - Highways KW - Highway Structures KW - Relocations-Property Acquisitions KW - Roads KW - Transportation KW - Transportation Surveys KW - Wetlands KW - Canada KW - Maine KW - Department of Transportation Act of 1966, Compliance KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits KW - Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, Compliance UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/853675632?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-15&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=AROOSTOOK+COUNTY+TRANSPORTATION+STUDY%2C+ROUTE+1-161+CONNECTOR%2C+CARIBOU%2C+AROOSTOOK+COUNTY%2C+MAINE.&rft.title=AROOSTOOK+COUNTY+TRANSPORTATION+STUDY%2C+ROUTE+1-161+CONNECTOR%2C+CARIBOU%2C+AROOSTOOK+COUNTY%2C+MAINE.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Augusta, Maine; DOT N1 - Date revised - 2010-06-15 N1 - SuppNotes - Final. Preparation date: December 15, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - AROOSTOOK COUNTY TRANSPORTATION STUDY, ROUTE 1-161 CONNECTOR, CARIBOU, AROOSTOOK COUNTY, MAINE. [Part 3 of 5] T2 - AROOSTOOK COUNTY TRANSPORTATION STUDY, ROUTE 1-161 CONNECTOR, CARIBOU, AROOSTOOK COUNTY, MAINE. AN - 853675584; 14261-090439_0003 AB - PURPOSE: The implementation of highway improvements within central and northeastern Aroostook County, Maine is proposed to improve transportation within the area and connections between this area and other portions of the US and Canada. The county suffers from a long-term loss of population, a high unemployment rate, and a lack of access to surrounding provinces. The Aroostook County Transportation Study (ACTS) area comprises the northeast corner of the state and is bounded on the south by Interstate 95 (I-95); on the west by Route 11; and on the north and east by the Canadian Province of New Brunswick. The study area is approximately 100 miles long and 25 to 40 miles wide, with a population of 70,576 people. The majority of the population lives in the Presque Isle-Caribou area in the central portion of the study area. The ACTS is a tiered study and four corridor alternatives and a No Action Alternative were considered in a draft EIS published in March, 2002. A supplemental draft EIS published in June, 2006 included Tier 1 analyses of the four corridor alternatives and analyses of three of 11 Tier 2 segments. Decision making regarding selection of an overall preferred corridor and the segments that would compose it is being deferred for an unspecified amount of time. Segment 4, the Route 1-161 Connector in Caribou, and Segment 7, a new 10-mile long bypass east of downtown Presque Isle, are being advanced as Tier 2 proposed actions. Six alignment options, a transportation system management alternative, and a No Action Alternative for the Route 1-161 Connector are evaluated in this final EIS. Under the preferred alternative (Alignment 4B), a new 2-lane controlled access highway would be constructed extending east and north from the Route 1/Route 89 intersection, crossing Route 1 north of the Cary Medical Center, and connecting to Route 161 at a point 1.25 miles south of Ogren Road. Sufficient right-of-way (300-foot width) would be acquired to allow the Route 1-161 Connector to be widened to four lanes in the future. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the proposed project would improve travel times, decrease the volume of through trucks in downtown Caribou, improve safety at three high crash locations, provide better access to the north side of Caribou's downtown, and improve road network connectivity. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Rights-of-way requirements would result in the loss of 3.4 acres of wetlands, 54 acres of forest, and 32 acres of active farmland. Up to 21 individual properties would be wholly or partially taken. LEGAL MANDATES: Department of Transportation Act of 1966, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.), Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), and Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601). PRIOR REFERENCES: For the abstracts of the draft and supplemental draft EISs, see 02-0202D, Volume 26, Number 2 and 06-0430D, Volume 30, Number 3, respectively. JF - EPA number: 090439, Final EIS--306 pages, Figures and maps--57 pages, Final EIS and Appendices--CD-ROM, December 15, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 3 KW - Roads and Railroads KW - Agency number: FHWA-ME-EIS-02-01-F KW - Central Business Districts KW - Endangered Species (Animals) KW - Farmlands KW - Floodplains KW - Forests KW - Highways KW - Highway Structures KW - Relocations-Property Acquisitions KW - Roads KW - Transportation KW - Transportation Surveys KW - Wetlands KW - Canada KW - Maine KW - Department of Transportation Act of 1966, Compliance KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits KW - Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, Compliance UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/853675584?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-15&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=AROOSTOOK+COUNTY+TRANSPORTATION+STUDY%2C+ROUTE+1-161+CONNECTOR%2C+CARIBOU%2C+AROOSTOOK+COUNTY%2C+MAINE.&rft.title=AROOSTOOK+COUNTY+TRANSPORTATION+STUDY%2C+ROUTE+1-161+CONNECTOR%2C+CARIBOU%2C+AROOSTOOK+COUNTY%2C+MAINE.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Augusta, Maine; DOT N1 - Date revised - 2010-06-15 N1 - SuppNotes - Final. Preparation date: December 15, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - AROOSTOOK COUNTY TRANSPORTATION STUDY, ROUTE 1-161 CONNECTOR, CARIBOU, AROOSTOOK COUNTY, MAINE. [Part 5 of 5] T2 - AROOSTOOK COUNTY TRANSPORTATION STUDY, ROUTE 1-161 CONNECTOR, CARIBOU, AROOSTOOK COUNTY, MAINE. AN - 853675541; 14261-090439_0005 AB - PURPOSE: The implementation of highway improvements within central and northeastern Aroostook County, Maine is proposed to improve transportation within the area and connections between this area and other portions of the US and Canada. The county suffers from a long-term loss of population, a high unemployment rate, and a lack of access to surrounding provinces. The Aroostook County Transportation Study (ACTS) area comprises the northeast corner of the state and is bounded on the south by Interstate 95 (I-95); on the west by Route 11; and on the north and east by the Canadian Province of New Brunswick. The study area is approximately 100 miles long and 25 to 40 miles wide, with a population of 70,576 people. The majority of the population lives in the Presque Isle-Caribou area in the central portion of the study area. The ACTS is a tiered study and four corridor alternatives and a No Action Alternative were considered in a draft EIS published in March, 2002. A supplemental draft EIS published in June, 2006 included Tier 1 analyses of the four corridor alternatives and analyses of three of 11 Tier 2 segments. Decision making regarding selection of an overall preferred corridor and the segments that would compose it is being deferred for an unspecified amount of time. Segment 4, the Route 1-161 Connector in Caribou, and Segment 7, a new 10-mile long bypass east of downtown Presque Isle, are being advanced as Tier 2 proposed actions. Six alignment options, a transportation system management alternative, and a No Action Alternative for the Route 1-161 Connector are evaluated in this final EIS. Under the preferred alternative (Alignment 4B), a new 2-lane controlled access highway would be constructed extending east and north from the Route 1/Route 89 intersection, crossing Route 1 north of the Cary Medical Center, and connecting to Route 161 at a point 1.25 miles south of Ogren Road. Sufficient right-of-way (300-foot width) would be acquired to allow the Route 1-161 Connector to be widened to four lanes in the future. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the proposed project would improve travel times, decrease the volume of through trucks in downtown Caribou, improve safety at three high crash locations, provide better access to the north side of Caribou's downtown, and improve road network connectivity. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Rights-of-way requirements would result in the loss of 3.4 acres of wetlands, 54 acres of forest, and 32 acres of active farmland. Up to 21 individual properties would be wholly or partially taken. LEGAL MANDATES: Department of Transportation Act of 1966, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.), Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), and Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601). PRIOR REFERENCES: For the abstracts of the draft and supplemental draft EISs, see 02-0202D, Volume 26, Number 2 and 06-0430D, Volume 30, Number 3, respectively. JF - EPA number: 090439, Final EIS--306 pages, Figures and maps--57 pages, Final EIS and Appendices--CD-ROM, December 15, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 5 KW - Roads and Railroads KW - Agency number: FHWA-ME-EIS-02-01-F KW - Central Business Districts KW - Endangered Species (Animals) KW - Farmlands KW - Floodplains KW - Forests KW - Highways KW - Highway Structures KW - Relocations-Property Acquisitions KW - Roads KW - Transportation KW - Transportation Surveys KW - Wetlands KW - Canada KW - Maine KW - Department of Transportation Act of 1966, Compliance KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits KW - Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, Compliance UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/853675541?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-15&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=AROOSTOOK+COUNTY+TRANSPORTATION+STUDY%2C+ROUTE+1-161+CONNECTOR%2C+CARIBOU%2C+AROOSTOOK+COUNTY%2C+MAINE.&rft.title=AROOSTOOK+COUNTY+TRANSPORTATION+STUDY%2C+ROUTE+1-161+CONNECTOR%2C+CARIBOU%2C+AROOSTOOK+COUNTY%2C+MAINE.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Augusta, Maine; DOT N1 - Date revised - 2010-06-15 N1 - SuppNotes - Final. Preparation date: December 15, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - AROOSTOOK COUNTY TRANSPORTATION STUDY, ROUTE 1-161 CONNECTOR, CARIBOU, AROOSTOOK COUNTY, MAINE. [Part 4 of 5] T2 - AROOSTOOK COUNTY TRANSPORTATION STUDY, ROUTE 1-161 CONNECTOR, CARIBOU, AROOSTOOK COUNTY, MAINE. AN - 853675524; 14261-090439_0004 AB - PURPOSE: The implementation of highway improvements within central and northeastern Aroostook County, Maine is proposed to improve transportation within the area and connections between this area and other portions of the US and Canada. The county suffers from a long-term loss of population, a high unemployment rate, and a lack of access to surrounding provinces. The Aroostook County Transportation Study (ACTS) area comprises the northeast corner of the state and is bounded on the south by Interstate 95 (I-95); on the west by Route 11; and on the north and east by the Canadian Province of New Brunswick. The study area is approximately 100 miles long and 25 to 40 miles wide, with a population of 70,576 people. The majority of the population lives in the Presque Isle-Caribou area in the central portion of the study area. The ACTS is a tiered study and four corridor alternatives and a No Action Alternative were considered in a draft EIS published in March, 2002. A supplemental draft EIS published in June, 2006 included Tier 1 analyses of the four corridor alternatives and analyses of three of 11 Tier 2 segments. Decision making regarding selection of an overall preferred corridor and the segments that would compose it is being deferred for an unspecified amount of time. Segment 4, the Route 1-161 Connector in Caribou, and Segment 7, a new 10-mile long bypass east of downtown Presque Isle, are being advanced as Tier 2 proposed actions. Six alignment options, a transportation system management alternative, and a No Action Alternative for the Route 1-161 Connector are evaluated in this final EIS. Under the preferred alternative (Alignment 4B), a new 2-lane controlled access highway would be constructed extending east and north from the Route 1/Route 89 intersection, crossing Route 1 north of the Cary Medical Center, and connecting to Route 161 at a point 1.25 miles south of Ogren Road. Sufficient right-of-way (300-foot width) would be acquired to allow the Route 1-161 Connector to be widened to four lanes in the future. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the proposed project would improve travel times, decrease the volume of through trucks in downtown Caribou, improve safety at three high crash locations, provide better access to the north side of Caribou's downtown, and improve road network connectivity. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Rights-of-way requirements would result in the loss of 3.4 acres of wetlands, 54 acres of forest, and 32 acres of active farmland. Up to 21 individual properties would be wholly or partially taken. LEGAL MANDATES: Department of Transportation Act of 1966, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.), Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), and Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601). PRIOR REFERENCES: For the abstracts of the draft and supplemental draft EISs, see 02-0202D, Volume 26, Number 2 and 06-0430D, Volume 30, Number 3, respectively. JF - EPA number: 090439, Final EIS--306 pages, Figures and maps--57 pages, Final EIS and Appendices--CD-ROM, December 15, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 4 KW - Roads and Railroads KW - Agency number: FHWA-ME-EIS-02-01-F KW - Central Business Districts KW - Endangered Species (Animals) KW - Farmlands KW - Floodplains KW - Forests KW - Highways KW - Highway Structures KW - Relocations-Property Acquisitions KW - Roads KW - Transportation KW - Transportation Surveys KW - Wetlands KW - Canada KW - Maine KW - Department of Transportation Act of 1966, Compliance KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits KW - Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, Compliance UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/853675524?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-15&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=AROOSTOOK+COUNTY+TRANSPORTATION+STUDY%2C+ROUTE+1-161+CONNECTOR%2C+CARIBOU%2C+AROOSTOOK+COUNTY%2C+MAINE.&rft.title=AROOSTOOK+COUNTY+TRANSPORTATION+STUDY%2C+ROUTE+1-161+CONNECTOR%2C+CARIBOU%2C+AROOSTOOK+COUNTY%2C+MAINE.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Augusta, Maine; DOT N1 - Date revised - 2010-06-15 N1 - SuppNotes - Final. Preparation date: December 15, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - AROOSTOOK COUNTY TRANSPORTATION STUDY, ROUTE 1-161 CONNECTOR, CARIBOU, AROOSTOOK COUNTY, MAINE. AN - 754909703; 14261 AB - PURPOSE: The implementation of highway improvements within central and northeastern Aroostook County, Maine is proposed to improve transportation within the area and connections between this area and other portions of the US and Canada. The county suffers from a long-term loss of population, a high unemployment rate, and a lack of access to surrounding provinces. The Aroostook County Transportation Study (ACTS) area comprises the northeast corner of the state and is bounded on the south by Interstate 95 (I-95); on the west by Route 11; and on the north and east by the Canadian Province of New Brunswick. The study area is approximately 100 miles long and 25 to 40 miles wide, with a population of 70,576 people. The majority of the population lives in the Presque Isle-Caribou area in the central portion of the study area. The ACTS is a tiered study and four corridor alternatives and a No Action Alternative were considered in a draft EIS published in March, 2002. A supplemental draft EIS published in June, 2006 included Tier 1 analyses of the four corridor alternatives and analyses of three of 11 Tier 2 segments. Decision making regarding selection of an overall preferred corridor and the segments that would compose it is being deferred for an unspecified amount of time. Segment 4, the Route 1-161 Connector in Caribou, and Segment 7, a new 10-mile long bypass east of downtown Presque Isle, are being advanced as Tier 2 proposed actions. Six alignment options, a transportation system management alternative, and a No Action Alternative for the Route 1-161 Connector are evaluated in this final EIS. Under the preferred alternative (Alignment 4B), a new 2-lane controlled access highway would be constructed extending east and north from the Route 1/Route 89 intersection, crossing Route 1 north of the Cary Medical Center, and connecting to Route 161 at a point 1.25 miles south of Ogren Road. Sufficient right-of-way (300-foot width) would be acquired to allow the Route 1-161 Connector to be widened to four lanes in the future. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the proposed project would improve travel times, decrease the volume of through trucks in downtown Caribou, improve safety at three high crash locations, provide better access to the north side of Caribou's downtown, and improve road network connectivity. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Rights-of-way requirements would result in the loss of 3.4 acres of wetlands, 54 acres of forest, and 32 acres of active farmland. Up to 21 individual properties would be wholly or partially taken. LEGAL MANDATES: Department of Transportation Act of 1966, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.), Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), and Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601). PRIOR REFERENCES: For the abstracts of the draft and supplemental draft EISs, see 02-0202D, Volume 26, Number 2 and 06-0430D, Volume 30, Number 3, respectively. JF - EPA number: 090439, Final EIS--306 pages, Figures and maps--57 pages, Final EIS and Appendices--CD-ROM, December 15, 2009 PY - 2009 KW - Roads and Railroads KW - Agency number: FHWA-ME-EIS-02-01-F KW - Central Business Districts KW - Endangered Species (Animals) KW - Farmlands KW - Floodplains KW - Forests KW - Highways KW - Highway Structures KW - Relocations-Property Acquisitions KW - Roads KW - Transportation KW - Transportation Surveys KW - Wetlands KW - Canada KW - Maine KW - Department of Transportation Act of 1966, Compliance KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits KW - Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, Compliance UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/754909703?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Digests&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-15&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=AROOSTOOK+COUNTY+TRANSPORTATION+STUDY%2C+ROUTE+1-161+CONNECTOR%2C+CARIBOU%2C+AROOSTOOK+COUNTY%2C+MAINE.&rft.title=AROOSTOOK+COUNTY+TRANSPORTATION+STUDY%2C+ROUTE+1-161+CONNECTOR%2C+CARIBOU%2C+AROOSTOOK+COUNTY%2C+MAINE.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Augusta, Maine; DOT N1 - Date revised - 2010-06-15 N1 - SuppNotes - Final. Preparation date: December 15, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - WESTERN WAKE REGIONAL WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITIES, TOWNS OF APEX, CARY, HOLLY SPRINGS, AND MORRISVILLE, WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. [Part 5 of 5] T2 - WESTERN WAKE REGIONAL WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITIES, TOWNS OF APEX, CARY, HOLLY SPRINGS, AND MORRISVILLE, WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. AN - 756827390; 14259-090437_0005 AB - PURPOSE: The construction and operation of wastewater treatment facilities for the towns of Apex, Cary, and Morrisville and disposal facilities for these towns and the town of Holly Springs, all in Wake County, North Carolina, are proposed. These partners are working collaboratively to meet wastewater needs resulting from projected population growth and the associated increase in land development in western Wake County. The required maximum monthly wastewater capacity for the towns in 2030 is estimated at 62 million gallons per day (mgd). In addition to the need for greater wastewater treatment capacity, the project is required to adhere to a regulatory mandate issued by the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission requiring interbasin transfer of water by the towns of Apex, Cary, and Morrisville. The mandate requires the towns to return water to the Haw or Cape Fear River basin after 2010. Under the proposed action, the partners, collectively known as the Western Wake Partners, would provide for a regional wastewater system, including a 30-mgd water reclamation facility (WRF) to serve the towns of Apex, Cary, and Morrisville and the Wake County portion of Research Triangle Park. The WRF would discharge into the Cape Fear River downstream of Buckhorn Dam via a 38-mgd outfall that would be shared by the town of Holly Springs. Of the 62 mgd capacity expected to be necessary in 2030, 24 mgd would be discharged at existing permitted outfalls, while the remaining 38 mgd would be pumped, conveyed, and discharged by the proposed facilities to a new outfall location along the Cape Fear River, which will also be used by the town of Holly Springs. In addition to the WRF, project facilities would include gravity sewers, force mains, and pump stations to convey wastewater to the WRF and effluent to outfall. In addition to the proposed action and the No Action Alternative, alternatives evaluated in this final EIS include wastewater management options, wastewater discharge options, WRF site alternatives, conveyance alternatives, and wastewater outfall options. The proposed project and three feasible alternatives are considered in detail. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed WRF would meet existing and forecast demand in the service area, supporting a projected population of 432,250 in 2030. In addition to providing additional wastewater treatment capacity, the new facilities would address the above mentioned regulatory mandate regarding an interbasin transfer and realize the State Department of Natural Resources recommendation to remove Holly Springs' wastewater discharge from Utley Creek. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Facilities construction would displace wetlands and riparian land, and WRF and outfall systems operation would affect riverine hydrology and hydraulics. The WRF would displace forested land and residentially zoned land. Alternative WRF sites would displace agricultural land. Grading at the WRF site would alter site topography and other aesthetic values and destroy vegetative cover and the associated wildlife habitat. Operation of the WRF would raise ambient noise and odor somewhat. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). PRIOR REFERENCES: For the abstract of the draft EIS, see 09-0210D, Volume 32, Number 2. JF - EPA number: 090437, Final EIS--255 pages and maps, Appendices: Volume I--365 pages, Appendices: Volumes I-III--CD-ROM, December 11, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 5 KW - Water KW - Biologic Assessments KW - Creeks KW - Farmlands KW - Forests KW - Pipelines KW - Pumping Plants KW - Rivers KW - Vegetation KW - Visual Resources KW - Wastewater Treatment KW - Water Quality KW - Watersheds KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Cape Fear River KW - North Carolina KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, NPDES Permits KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756827390?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-11&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=WESTERN+WAKE+REGIONAL+WASTEWATER+MANAGEMENT+FACILITIES%2C+TOWNS+OF+APEX%2C+CARY%2C+HOLLY+SPRINGS%2C+AND+MORRISVILLE%2C+WAKE+COUNTY%2C+NORTH+CAROLINA.&rft.title=WESTERN+WAKE+REGIONAL+WASTEWATER+MANAGEMENT+FACILITIES%2C+TOWNS+OF+APEX%2C+CARY%2C+HOLLY+SPRINGS%2C+AND+MORRISVILLE%2C+WAKE+COUNTY%2C+NORTH+CAROLINA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Wilmington, North Carolina; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-06-15 N1 - SuppNotes - Final. Preparation date: December 11, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - WESTERN WAKE REGIONAL WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITIES, TOWNS OF APEX, CARY, HOLLY SPRINGS, AND MORRISVILLE, WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. [Part 3 of 5] T2 - WESTERN WAKE REGIONAL WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITIES, TOWNS OF APEX, CARY, HOLLY SPRINGS, AND MORRISVILLE, WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. AN - 756827384; 14259-090437_0003 AB - PURPOSE: The construction and operation of wastewater treatment facilities for the towns of Apex, Cary, and Morrisville and disposal facilities for these towns and the town of Holly Springs, all in Wake County, North Carolina, are proposed. These partners are working collaboratively to meet wastewater needs resulting from projected population growth and the associated increase in land development in western Wake County. The required maximum monthly wastewater capacity for the towns in 2030 is estimated at 62 million gallons per day (mgd). In addition to the need for greater wastewater treatment capacity, the project is required to adhere to a regulatory mandate issued by the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission requiring interbasin transfer of water by the towns of Apex, Cary, and Morrisville. The mandate requires the towns to return water to the Haw or Cape Fear River basin after 2010. Under the proposed action, the partners, collectively known as the Western Wake Partners, would provide for a regional wastewater system, including a 30-mgd water reclamation facility (WRF) to serve the towns of Apex, Cary, and Morrisville and the Wake County portion of Research Triangle Park. The WRF would discharge into the Cape Fear River downstream of Buckhorn Dam via a 38-mgd outfall that would be shared by the town of Holly Springs. Of the 62 mgd capacity expected to be necessary in 2030, 24 mgd would be discharged at existing permitted outfalls, while the remaining 38 mgd would be pumped, conveyed, and discharged by the proposed facilities to a new outfall location along the Cape Fear River, which will also be used by the town of Holly Springs. In addition to the WRF, project facilities would include gravity sewers, force mains, and pump stations to convey wastewater to the WRF and effluent to outfall. In addition to the proposed action and the No Action Alternative, alternatives evaluated in this final EIS include wastewater management options, wastewater discharge options, WRF site alternatives, conveyance alternatives, and wastewater outfall options. The proposed project and three feasible alternatives are considered in detail. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed WRF would meet existing and forecast demand in the service area, supporting a projected population of 432,250 in 2030. In addition to providing additional wastewater treatment capacity, the new facilities would address the above mentioned regulatory mandate regarding an interbasin transfer and realize the State Department of Natural Resources recommendation to remove Holly Springs' wastewater discharge from Utley Creek. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Facilities construction would displace wetlands and riparian land, and WRF and outfall systems operation would affect riverine hydrology and hydraulics. The WRF would displace forested land and residentially zoned land. Alternative WRF sites would displace agricultural land. Grading at the WRF site would alter site topography and other aesthetic values and destroy vegetative cover and the associated wildlife habitat. Operation of the WRF would raise ambient noise and odor somewhat. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). PRIOR REFERENCES: For the abstract of the draft EIS, see 09-0210D, Volume 32, Number 2. JF - EPA number: 090437, Final EIS--255 pages and maps, Appendices: Volume I--365 pages, Appendices: Volumes I-III--CD-ROM, December 11, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 3 KW - Water KW - Biologic Assessments KW - Creeks KW - Farmlands KW - Forests KW - Pipelines KW - Pumping Plants KW - Rivers KW - Vegetation KW - Visual Resources KW - Wastewater Treatment KW - Water Quality KW - Watersheds KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Cape Fear River KW - North Carolina KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, NPDES Permits KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756827384?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-11&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=WESTERN+WAKE+REGIONAL+WASTEWATER+MANAGEMENT+FACILITIES%2C+TOWNS+OF+APEX%2C+CARY%2C+HOLLY+SPRINGS%2C+AND+MORRISVILLE%2C+WAKE+COUNTY%2C+NORTH+CAROLINA.&rft.title=WESTERN+WAKE+REGIONAL+WASTEWATER+MANAGEMENT+FACILITIES%2C+TOWNS+OF+APEX%2C+CARY%2C+HOLLY+SPRINGS%2C+AND+MORRISVILLE%2C+WAKE+COUNTY%2C+NORTH+CAROLINA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Wilmington, North Carolina; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-06-15 N1 - SuppNotes - Final. Preparation date: December 11, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - WESTERN WAKE REGIONAL WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITIES, TOWNS OF APEX, CARY, HOLLY SPRINGS, AND MORRISVILLE, WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. [Part 4 of 5] T2 - WESTERN WAKE REGIONAL WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITIES, TOWNS OF APEX, CARY, HOLLY SPRINGS, AND MORRISVILLE, WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. AN - 756827174; 14259-090437_0004 AB - PURPOSE: The construction and operation of wastewater treatment facilities for the towns of Apex, Cary, and Morrisville and disposal facilities for these towns and the town of Holly Springs, all in Wake County, North Carolina, are proposed. These partners are working collaboratively to meet wastewater needs resulting from projected population growth and the associated increase in land development in western Wake County. The required maximum monthly wastewater capacity for the towns in 2030 is estimated at 62 million gallons per day (mgd). In addition to the need for greater wastewater treatment capacity, the project is required to adhere to a regulatory mandate issued by the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission requiring interbasin transfer of water by the towns of Apex, Cary, and Morrisville. The mandate requires the towns to return water to the Haw or Cape Fear River basin after 2010. Under the proposed action, the partners, collectively known as the Western Wake Partners, would provide for a regional wastewater system, including a 30-mgd water reclamation facility (WRF) to serve the towns of Apex, Cary, and Morrisville and the Wake County portion of Research Triangle Park. The WRF would discharge into the Cape Fear River downstream of Buckhorn Dam via a 38-mgd outfall that would be shared by the town of Holly Springs. Of the 62 mgd capacity expected to be necessary in 2030, 24 mgd would be discharged at existing permitted outfalls, while the remaining 38 mgd would be pumped, conveyed, and discharged by the proposed facilities to a new outfall location along the Cape Fear River, which will also be used by the town of Holly Springs. In addition to the WRF, project facilities would include gravity sewers, force mains, and pump stations to convey wastewater to the WRF and effluent to outfall. In addition to the proposed action and the No Action Alternative, alternatives evaluated in this final EIS include wastewater management options, wastewater discharge options, WRF site alternatives, conveyance alternatives, and wastewater outfall options. The proposed project and three feasible alternatives are considered in detail. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed WRF would meet existing and forecast demand in the service area, supporting a projected population of 432,250 in 2030. In addition to providing additional wastewater treatment capacity, the new facilities would address the above mentioned regulatory mandate regarding an interbasin transfer and realize the State Department of Natural Resources recommendation to remove Holly Springs' wastewater discharge from Utley Creek. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Facilities construction would displace wetlands and riparian land, and WRF and outfall systems operation would affect riverine hydrology and hydraulics. The WRF would displace forested land and residentially zoned land. Alternative WRF sites would displace agricultural land. Grading at the WRF site would alter site topography and other aesthetic values and destroy vegetative cover and the associated wildlife habitat. Operation of the WRF would raise ambient noise and odor somewhat. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). PRIOR REFERENCES: For the abstract of the draft EIS, see 09-0210D, Volume 32, Number 2. JF - EPA number: 090437, Final EIS--255 pages and maps, Appendices: Volume I--365 pages, Appendices: Volumes I-III--CD-ROM, December 11, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 4 KW - Water KW - Biologic Assessments KW - Creeks KW - Farmlands KW - Forests KW - Pipelines KW - Pumping Plants KW - Rivers KW - Vegetation KW - Visual Resources KW - Wastewater Treatment KW - Water Quality KW - Watersheds KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Cape Fear River KW - North Carolina KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, NPDES Permits KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756827174?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-11&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=WESTERN+WAKE+REGIONAL+WASTEWATER+MANAGEMENT+FACILITIES%2C+TOWNS+OF+APEX%2C+CARY%2C+HOLLY+SPRINGS%2C+AND+MORRISVILLE%2C+WAKE+COUNTY%2C+NORTH+CAROLINA.&rft.title=WESTERN+WAKE+REGIONAL+WASTEWATER+MANAGEMENT+FACILITIES%2C+TOWNS+OF+APEX%2C+CARY%2C+HOLLY+SPRINGS%2C+AND+MORRISVILLE%2C+WAKE+COUNTY%2C+NORTH+CAROLINA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Wilmington, North Carolina; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-06-15 N1 - SuppNotes - Final. Preparation date: December 11, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - WESTERN WAKE REGIONAL WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITIES, TOWNS OF APEX, CARY, HOLLY SPRINGS, AND MORRISVILLE, WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. [Part 1 of 5] T2 - WESTERN WAKE REGIONAL WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITIES, TOWNS OF APEX, CARY, HOLLY SPRINGS, AND MORRISVILLE, WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. AN - 756827167; 14259-090437_0001 AB - PURPOSE: The construction and operation of wastewater treatment facilities for the towns of Apex, Cary, and Morrisville and disposal facilities for these towns and the town of Holly Springs, all in Wake County, North Carolina, are proposed. These partners are working collaboratively to meet wastewater needs resulting from projected population growth and the associated increase in land development in western Wake County. The required maximum monthly wastewater capacity for the towns in 2030 is estimated at 62 million gallons per day (mgd). In addition to the need for greater wastewater treatment capacity, the project is required to adhere to a regulatory mandate issued by the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission requiring interbasin transfer of water by the towns of Apex, Cary, and Morrisville. The mandate requires the towns to return water to the Haw or Cape Fear River basin after 2010. Under the proposed action, the partners, collectively known as the Western Wake Partners, would provide for a regional wastewater system, including a 30-mgd water reclamation facility (WRF) to serve the towns of Apex, Cary, and Morrisville and the Wake County portion of Research Triangle Park. The WRF would discharge into the Cape Fear River downstream of Buckhorn Dam via a 38-mgd outfall that would be shared by the town of Holly Springs. Of the 62 mgd capacity expected to be necessary in 2030, 24 mgd would be discharged at existing permitted outfalls, while the remaining 38 mgd would be pumped, conveyed, and discharged by the proposed facilities to a new outfall location along the Cape Fear River, which will also be used by the town of Holly Springs. In addition to the WRF, project facilities would include gravity sewers, force mains, and pump stations to convey wastewater to the WRF and effluent to outfall. In addition to the proposed action and the No Action Alternative, alternatives evaluated in this final EIS include wastewater management options, wastewater discharge options, WRF site alternatives, conveyance alternatives, and wastewater outfall options. The proposed project and three feasible alternatives are considered in detail. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed WRF would meet existing and forecast demand in the service area, supporting a projected population of 432,250 in 2030. In addition to providing additional wastewater treatment capacity, the new facilities would address the above mentioned regulatory mandate regarding an interbasin transfer and realize the State Department of Natural Resources recommendation to remove Holly Springs' wastewater discharge from Utley Creek. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Facilities construction would displace wetlands and riparian land, and WRF and outfall systems operation would affect riverine hydrology and hydraulics. The WRF would displace forested land and residentially zoned land. Alternative WRF sites would displace agricultural land. Grading at the WRF site would alter site topography and other aesthetic values and destroy vegetative cover and the associated wildlife habitat. Operation of the WRF would raise ambient noise and odor somewhat. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). PRIOR REFERENCES: For the abstract of the draft EIS, see 09-0210D, Volume 32, Number 2. JF - EPA number: 090437, Final EIS--255 pages and maps, Appendices: Volume I--365 pages, Appendices: Volumes I-III--CD-ROM, December 11, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 1 KW - Water KW - Biologic Assessments KW - Creeks KW - Farmlands KW - Forests KW - Pipelines KW - Pumping Plants KW - Rivers KW - Vegetation KW - Visual Resources KW - Wastewater Treatment KW - Water Quality KW - Watersheds KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Cape Fear River KW - North Carolina KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, NPDES Permits KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756827167?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-11&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=WESTERN+WAKE+REGIONAL+WASTEWATER+MANAGEMENT+FACILITIES%2C+TOWNS+OF+APEX%2C+CARY%2C+HOLLY+SPRINGS%2C+AND+MORRISVILLE%2C+WAKE+COUNTY%2C+NORTH+CAROLINA.&rft.title=WESTERN+WAKE+REGIONAL+WASTEWATER+MANAGEMENT+FACILITIES%2C+TOWNS+OF+APEX%2C+CARY%2C+HOLLY+SPRINGS%2C+AND+MORRISVILLE%2C+WAKE+COUNTY%2C+NORTH+CAROLINA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Wilmington, North Carolina; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-06-15 N1 - SuppNotes - Final. Preparation date: December 11, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - WESTERN WAKE REGIONAL WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITIES, TOWNS OF APEX, CARY, HOLLY SPRINGS, AND MORRISVILLE, WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. [Part 2 of 5] T2 - WESTERN WAKE REGIONAL WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITIES, TOWNS OF APEX, CARY, HOLLY SPRINGS, AND MORRISVILLE, WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. AN - 756827053; 14259-090437_0002 AB - PURPOSE: The construction and operation of wastewater treatment facilities for the towns of Apex, Cary, and Morrisville and disposal facilities for these towns and the town of Holly Springs, all in Wake County, North Carolina, are proposed. These partners are working collaboratively to meet wastewater needs resulting from projected population growth and the associated increase in land development in western Wake County. The required maximum monthly wastewater capacity for the towns in 2030 is estimated at 62 million gallons per day (mgd). In addition to the need for greater wastewater treatment capacity, the project is required to adhere to a regulatory mandate issued by the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission requiring interbasin transfer of water by the towns of Apex, Cary, and Morrisville. The mandate requires the towns to return water to the Haw or Cape Fear River basin after 2010. Under the proposed action, the partners, collectively known as the Western Wake Partners, would provide for a regional wastewater system, including a 30-mgd water reclamation facility (WRF) to serve the towns of Apex, Cary, and Morrisville and the Wake County portion of Research Triangle Park. The WRF would discharge into the Cape Fear River downstream of Buckhorn Dam via a 38-mgd outfall that would be shared by the town of Holly Springs. Of the 62 mgd capacity expected to be necessary in 2030, 24 mgd would be discharged at existing permitted outfalls, while the remaining 38 mgd would be pumped, conveyed, and discharged by the proposed facilities to a new outfall location along the Cape Fear River, which will also be used by the town of Holly Springs. In addition to the WRF, project facilities would include gravity sewers, force mains, and pump stations to convey wastewater to the WRF and effluent to outfall. In addition to the proposed action and the No Action Alternative, alternatives evaluated in this final EIS include wastewater management options, wastewater discharge options, WRF site alternatives, conveyance alternatives, and wastewater outfall options. The proposed project and three feasible alternatives are considered in detail. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed WRF would meet existing and forecast demand in the service area, supporting a projected population of 432,250 in 2030. In addition to providing additional wastewater treatment capacity, the new facilities would address the above mentioned regulatory mandate regarding an interbasin transfer and realize the State Department of Natural Resources recommendation to remove Holly Springs' wastewater discharge from Utley Creek. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Facilities construction would displace wetlands and riparian land, and WRF and outfall systems operation would affect riverine hydrology and hydraulics. The WRF would displace forested land and residentially zoned land. Alternative WRF sites would displace agricultural land. Grading at the WRF site would alter site topography and other aesthetic values and destroy vegetative cover and the associated wildlife habitat. Operation of the WRF would raise ambient noise and odor somewhat. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). PRIOR REFERENCES: For the abstract of the draft EIS, see 09-0210D, Volume 32, Number 2. JF - EPA number: 090437, Final EIS--255 pages and maps, Appendices: Volume I--365 pages, Appendices: Volumes I-III--CD-ROM, December 11, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 2 KW - Water KW - Biologic Assessments KW - Creeks KW - Farmlands KW - Forests KW - Pipelines KW - Pumping Plants KW - Rivers KW - Vegetation KW - Visual Resources KW - Wastewater Treatment KW - Water Quality KW - Watersheds KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Cape Fear River KW - North Carolina KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, NPDES Permits KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756827053?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-11&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=WESTERN+WAKE+REGIONAL+WASTEWATER+MANAGEMENT+FACILITIES%2C+TOWNS+OF+APEX%2C+CARY%2C+HOLLY+SPRINGS%2C+AND+MORRISVILLE%2C+WAKE+COUNTY%2C+NORTH+CAROLINA.&rft.title=WESTERN+WAKE+REGIONAL+WASTEWATER+MANAGEMENT+FACILITIES%2C+TOWNS+OF+APEX%2C+CARY%2C+HOLLY+SPRINGS%2C+AND+MORRISVILLE%2C+WAKE+COUNTY%2C+NORTH+CAROLINA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Wilmington, North Carolina; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-06-15 N1 - SuppNotes - Final. Preparation date: December 11, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - WESTERN WAKE REGIONAL WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITIES, TOWNS OF APEX, CARY, HOLLY SPRINGS, AND MORRISVILLE, WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. AN - 754908183; 14259 AB - PURPOSE: The construction and operation of wastewater treatment facilities for the towns of Apex, Cary, and Morrisville and disposal facilities for these towns and the town of Holly Springs, all in Wake County, North Carolina, are proposed. These partners are working collaboratively to meet wastewater needs resulting from projected population growth and the associated increase in land development in western Wake County. The required maximum monthly wastewater capacity for the towns in 2030 is estimated at 62 million gallons per day (mgd). In addition to the need for greater wastewater treatment capacity, the project is required to adhere to a regulatory mandate issued by the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission requiring interbasin transfer of water by the towns of Apex, Cary, and Morrisville. The mandate requires the towns to return water to the Haw or Cape Fear River basin after 2010. Under the proposed action, the partners, collectively known as the Western Wake Partners, would provide for a regional wastewater system, including a 30-mgd water reclamation facility (WRF) to serve the towns of Apex, Cary, and Morrisville and the Wake County portion of Research Triangle Park. The WRF would discharge into the Cape Fear River downstream of Buckhorn Dam via a 38-mgd outfall that would be shared by the town of Holly Springs. Of the 62 mgd capacity expected to be necessary in 2030, 24 mgd would be discharged at existing permitted outfalls, while the remaining 38 mgd would be pumped, conveyed, and discharged by the proposed facilities to a new outfall location along the Cape Fear River, which will also be used by the town of Holly Springs. In addition to the WRF, project facilities would include gravity sewers, force mains, and pump stations to convey wastewater to the WRF and effluent to outfall. In addition to the proposed action and the No Action Alternative, alternatives evaluated in this final EIS include wastewater management options, wastewater discharge options, WRF site alternatives, conveyance alternatives, and wastewater outfall options. The proposed project and three feasible alternatives are considered in detail. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed WRF would meet existing and forecast demand in the service area, supporting a projected population of 432,250 in 2030. In addition to providing additional wastewater treatment capacity, the new facilities would address the above mentioned regulatory mandate regarding an interbasin transfer and realize the State Department of Natural Resources recommendation to remove Holly Springs' wastewater discharge from Utley Creek. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Facilities construction would displace wetlands and riparian land, and WRF and outfall systems operation would affect riverine hydrology and hydraulics. The WRF would displace forested land and residentially zoned land. Alternative WRF sites would displace agricultural land. Grading at the WRF site would alter site topography and other aesthetic values and destroy vegetative cover and the associated wildlife habitat. Operation of the WRF would raise ambient noise and odor somewhat. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). PRIOR REFERENCES: For the abstract of the draft EIS, see 09-0210D, Volume 32, Number 2. JF - EPA number: 090437, Final EIS--255 pages and maps, Appendices: Volume I--365 pages, Appendices: Volumes I-III--CD-ROM, December 11, 2009 PY - 2009 KW - Water KW - Biologic Assessments KW - Creeks KW - Farmlands KW - Forests KW - Pipelines KW - Pumping Plants KW - Rivers KW - Vegetation KW - Visual Resources KW - Wastewater Treatment KW - Water Quality KW - Watersheds KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Cape Fear River KW - North Carolina KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, NPDES Permits KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/754908183?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Digests&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-11&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=WESTERN+WAKE+REGIONAL+WASTEWATER+MANAGEMENT+FACILITIES%2C+TOWNS+OF+APEX%2C+CARY%2C+HOLLY+SPRINGS%2C+AND+MORRISVILLE%2C+WAKE+COUNTY%2C+NORTH+CAROLINA.&rft.title=WESTERN+WAKE+REGIONAL+WASTEWATER+MANAGEMENT+FACILITIES%2C+TOWNS+OF+APEX%2C+CARY%2C+HOLLY+SPRINGS%2C+AND+MORRISVILLE%2C+WAKE+COUNTY%2C+NORTH+CAROLINA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Wilmington, North Carolina; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-06-15 N1 - SuppNotes - Final. Preparation date: December 11, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - EAST COLUMBIA TRANSPORTATION PROJECT, BOONE COUNTY, MISSOURI. [Part 1 of 1] T2 - EAST COLUMBIA TRANSPORTATION PROJECT, BOONE COUNTY, MISSOURI. AN - 756827204; 14253-090431_0001 AB - PURPOSE: Roadway improvements in the area between Interstate 70 (I-70) south to New Haven Road, and US Highway 63 (US 63) east to Rangeline Road, eastern Columbia, Boone County, Missouri are proposed. The project area is generally rural, with subdivisions and scattered residential development. A small cluster of commercial development exists in the upper-northern portion of the study area, and several industrial businesses are located along Rangeline Road in the northeastern portion. The topography of the study area consists of gentle rolling hills dissected by numerous creeks, including Hominy Branch, Gans Creek, and the South and North Fork of Grindstone Creek. The population of Columbia and Boone County increased substantially between 1990 and 2000 and the project area is considered prime development land as it is largely open, near the city center and major regional roadways, and suitable topographically. Key issues identified during scoping relate to the proposed Ballenger Lane extension and the connection between US 63 and I-70. Six alternatives, including a No Build Alternative, are considered in this final EIS. The preferred alternative would extend Route 740 (Stadium Boulevard) as a limited-access, four-lane divided highway using a new alignment from the existing US 63 interchange to the St. Charles interchange at I-70. At-grade intersections would be required at Broadway (Route WW), Richland Road/Ballenger Lane and Grace Lane/St. Charles Road (existing). The project would also improve Route WW to a major arterial (a multiple-lane roadway with regulated driveway access, at-grade intersections and center median/turn lanes) extending from US 63 to approximately 200 feet west of Olivet Road. All existing intersections on Route WW would be maintained and the crossing of Grindstone Creek would involve realignment to eliminate a tight curve. Finally, the preferred alternative would include the probable extension of Ballenger Lane as a locally sponsored project. The extension would be a major arterial with an at-grade intersection with existing I-70 Southeast. Construction cost of the preferred alternatives for the extension of Route 740 and for the improvement of Route WW is estimated at $39.8 million and $22 million, respectively. Construction cost of the corresponding preferred alternatives for the Ballenger Lane extension is estimated at $34 million. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would reduce congestion and improve safety conditions and result in a roadway network appropriate for the future of eastern Columbia and Boone County with adequate continuity and linkages. The project would also create an eastern access point for Columbia. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the roadway improvements would impact 0.6 acres of wetlands, 0.99 acres of ponds, 14,400 linear feet of streams, and 12 acres of floodplain. Thirty-seven structures would be displaced, including 14 residences. The Boone County Fire Station 12, an important community resource, would also be displaced. Total right-of-way acquisition would amount to approximately 275 acres. Short-term impacts would include the potential for erosion of soils exposed during construction and sedimentation in streams and wetlands. Long-term impacts would include altered stormwater runoff patterns due to additional pavement. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601). PRIOR REFERENCES: For the abstract of the draft EIS, see 09-0195D, Volume 33, Number 2. JF - EPA number: 090431, 170 pages and maps, December 8, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 1 KW - Roads and Railroads KW - Agency number: FHWA-MO-EIS-09-02-F KW - Creeks KW - Community Facilities KW - Floodplains KW - Highways KW - Highway Structures KW - Noise Assessments KW - Relocations-Property Acquisitions KW - Roads KW - Safety KW - Traffic Analyses KW - Transportation KW - Wetlands KW - Missouri KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits KW - Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, Compliance UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756827204?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-08&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=EAST+COLUMBIA+TRANSPORTATION+PROJECT%2C+BOONE+COUNTY%2C+MISSOURI.&rft.title=EAST+COLUMBIA+TRANSPORTATION+PROJECT%2C+BOONE+COUNTY%2C+MISSOURI.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Jefferson City, Missouri; DOT N1 - Date revised - 2010-06-15 N1 - SuppNotes - Final. Preparation date: December 8, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - EAST COLUMBIA TRANSPORTATION PROJECT, BOONE COUNTY, MISSOURI. AN - 16370241; 14253 AB - PURPOSE: Roadway improvements in the area between Interstate 70 (I-70) south to New Haven Road, and US Highway 63 (US 63) east to Rangeline Road, eastern Columbia, Boone County, Missouri are proposed. The project area is generally rural, with subdivisions and scattered residential development. A small cluster of commercial development exists in the upper-northern portion of the study area, and several industrial businesses are located along Rangeline Road in the northeastern portion. The topography of the study area consists of gentle rolling hills dissected by numerous creeks, including Hominy Branch, Gans Creek, and the South and North Fork of Grindstone Creek. The population of Columbia and Boone County increased substantially between 1990 and 2000 and the project area is considered prime development land as it is largely open, near the city center and major regional roadways, and suitable topographically. Key issues identified during scoping relate to the proposed Ballenger Lane extension and the connection between US 63 and I-70. Six alternatives, including a No Build Alternative, are considered in this final EIS. The preferred alternative would extend Route 740 (Stadium Boulevard) as a limited-access, four-lane divided highway using a new alignment from the existing US 63 interchange to the St. Charles interchange at I-70. At-grade intersections would be required at Broadway (Route WW), Richland Road/Ballenger Lane and Grace Lane/St. Charles Road (existing). The project would also improve Route WW to a major arterial (a multiple-lane roadway with regulated driveway access, at-grade intersections and center median/turn lanes) extending from US 63 to approximately 200 feet west of Olivet Road. All existing intersections on Route WW would be maintained and the crossing of Grindstone Creek would involve realignment to eliminate a tight curve. Finally, the preferred alternative would include the probable extension of Ballenger Lane as a locally sponsored project. The extension would be a major arterial with an at-grade intersection with existing I-70 Southeast. Construction cost of the preferred alternatives for the extension of Route 740 and for the improvement of Route WW is estimated at $39.8 million and $22 million, respectively. Construction cost of the corresponding preferred alternatives for the Ballenger Lane extension is estimated at $34 million. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would reduce congestion and improve safety conditions and result in a roadway network appropriate for the future of eastern Columbia and Boone County with adequate continuity and linkages. The project would also create an eastern access point for Columbia. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the roadway improvements would impact 0.6 acres of wetlands, 0.99 acres of ponds, 14,400 linear feet of streams, and 12 acres of floodplain. Thirty-seven structures would be displaced, including 14 residences. The Boone County Fire Station 12, an important community resource, would also be displaced. Total right-of-way acquisition would amount to approximately 275 acres. Short-term impacts would include the potential for erosion of soils exposed during construction and sedimentation in streams and wetlands. Long-term impacts would include altered stormwater runoff patterns due to additional pavement. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601). PRIOR REFERENCES: For the abstract of the draft EIS, see 09-0195D, Volume 33, Number 2. JF - EPA number: 090431, 170 pages and maps, December 8, 2009 PY - 2009 KW - Roads and Railroads KW - Agency number: FHWA-MO-EIS-09-02-F KW - Creeks KW - Community Facilities KW - Floodplains KW - Highways KW - Highway Structures KW - Noise Assessments KW - Relocations-Property Acquisitions KW - Roads KW - Safety KW - Traffic Analyses KW - Transportation KW - Wetlands KW - Missouri KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits KW - Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, Compliance UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/16370241?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Digests&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-08&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=EAST+COLUMBIA+TRANSPORTATION+PROJECT%2C+BOONE+COUNTY%2C+MISSOURI.&rft.title=EAST+COLUMBIA+TRANSPORTATION+PROJECT%2C+BOONE+COUNTY%2C+MISSOURI.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Jefferson City, Missouri; DOT N1 - Date revised - 2010-06-15 N1 - SuppNotes - Final. Preparation date: December 8, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 86 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873126744; 14123-9_0086 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 86 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126744?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 85 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873126743; 14123-9_0085 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 85 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126743?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 84 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873126739; 14123-9_0084 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 84 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126739?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 81 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873126732; 14123-9_0081 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 81 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126732?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 75 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873126721; 14123-9_0075 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 75 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126721?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 72 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873126719; 14123-9_0072 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 72 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126719?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 62 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873126716; 14123-9_0062 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 62 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126716?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 58 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873126710; 14123-9_0058 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 58 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126710?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 57 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873126707; 14123-9_0057 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 57 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126707?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 56 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873126705; 14123-9_0056 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 56 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126705?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 55 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873126701; 14123-9_0055 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 55 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126701?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 37 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873126697; 14123-9_0037 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 37 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126697?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 35 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873126693; 14123-9_0035 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 35 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126693?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 51 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873126557; 14123-9_0051 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 51 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126557?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 83 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873126555; 14123-9_0083 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 83 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126555?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 2 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873126551; 14123-9_0002 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 2 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126551?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 1 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873126544; 14123-9_0001 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 1 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126544?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 79 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873126537; 14123-9_0079 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 79 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126537?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 78 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873126529; 14123-9_0078 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 78 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126529?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 77 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873126524; 14123-9_0077 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 77 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126524?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 74 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873126517; 14123-9_0074 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 74 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126517?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 73 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873126508; 14123-9_0073 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 73 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126508?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 61 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873126497; 14123-9_0061 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 61 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126497?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 60 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873126489; 14123-9_0060 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 60 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126489?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 59 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873126483; 14123-9_0059 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 59 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126483?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 54 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873126472; 14123-9_0054 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 54 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126472?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 53 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873126460; 14123-9_0053 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 53 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126460?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 52 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873126445; 14123-9_0052 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 52 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126445?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 36 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873126433; 14123-9_0036 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 36 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126433?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 65 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125695; 14123-9_0065 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 65 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125695?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 64 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125691; 14123-9_0064 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 64 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125691?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 63 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125687; 14123-9_0063 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 63 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125687?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 45 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125683; 14123-9_0045 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 45 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125683?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 44 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125678; 14123-9_0044 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 44 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125678?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 43 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125673; 14123-9_0043 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 43 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125673?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 42 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125670; 14123-9_0042 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 42 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125670?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 28 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125665; 14123-9_0028 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 28 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125665?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 20 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125662; 14123-9_0020 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 20 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125662?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 23 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125661; 14123-9_0023 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 23 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125661?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 19 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125658; 14123-9_0019 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 19 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125658?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 22 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125655; 14123-9_0022 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 22 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125655?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 18 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125652; 14123-9_0018 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 18 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125652?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 21 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125651; 14123-9_0021 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 21 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125651?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 11 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125645; 14123-9_0011 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 11 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125645?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 9 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125634; 14123-9_0009 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 9 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125634?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 3 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125630; 14123-9_0003 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 3 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125630?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 71 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125551; 14123-9_0071 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 71 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125551?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 70 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125546; 14123-9_0070 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 70 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125546?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 69 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125542; 14123-9_0069 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 69 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125542?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 50 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125538; 14123-9_0050 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 50 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125538?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 49 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125532; 14123-9_0049 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 49 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125532?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 48 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125523; 14123-9_0048 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 48 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125523?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 34 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125515; 14123-9_0034 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 34 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125515?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 33 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125508; 14123-9_0033 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 33 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125508?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 41 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125438; 14123-9_0041 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 41 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125438?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 40 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125433; 14123-9_0040 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 40 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125433?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 39 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125426; 14123-9_0039 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 39 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125426?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 38 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125414; 14123-9_0038 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 38 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125414?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 27 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125403; 14123-9_0027 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 27 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125403?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 26 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125393; 14123-9_0026 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 26 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125393?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2011-09-01&rft.volume=26&rft.issue=9&rft.spage=1113&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Psychology+%26+Health&rft.issn=08870446&rft_id=info:doi/10.1080%2F08870446.2011.613995 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 25 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125386; 14123-9_0025 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 25 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125386?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 15 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125379; 14123-9_0015 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 15 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125379?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 24 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125375; 14123-9_0024 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 24 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125375?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 68 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125374; 14123-9_0068 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 68 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125374?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 67 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125365; 14123-9_0067 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 67 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125365?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 13 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125361; 14123-9_0013 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 13 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125361?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 66 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125357; 14123-9_0066 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 66 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125357?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 12 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125352; 14123-9_0012 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 12 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125352?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 47 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125345; 14123-9_0047 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 47 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125345?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 46 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125336; 14123-9_0046 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 46 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125336?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 4 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125334; 14123-9_0004 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 4 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125334?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 31 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125324; 14123-9_0031 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 31 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125324?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 30 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125311; 14123-9_0030 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 30 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125311?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 29 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125301; 14123-9_0029 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 29 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125301?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 8 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125290; 14123-9_0008 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 8 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125290?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 7 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125268; 14123-9_0007 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 7 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125268?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 17 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125257; 14123-9_0017 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 17 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125257?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 16 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125246; 14123-9_0016 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 16 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125246?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 5 of 86] T2 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 873125232; 14123-9_0005 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 5 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125232?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - BEACH NOURISHMENT PROJECT, TOWN OF NAGS HEAD, DARE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. [Part 2 of 3] T2 - BEACH NOURISHMENT PROJECT, TOWN OF NAGS HEAD, DARE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. AN - 756826944; 14122-090418_0002 AB - PURPOSE: Authorization to dredge up to 4.6 million cubic yards of beach-quality sediment from an offshore borrow source and deposit the material along 10 miles of ocean shoreline in the town of Nags Head, Dare County, North Carolina is proposed. The project site has sustained chronic erosion along 10 miles of ocean shoreline over the past 50 years due to storms and sand losses to Oregon Inlet. Erosion rates of up to 10 feet per year have forced abandonment of property and left numerous buildings with no dune protection. The federal government has recognized that portions of Dare County, particularly Nags Head, are severely eroded and a final EIS on Hurricane Protection and Beach Erosion Control in September 2000 found justification for a 14.2-mile nourishment project of which 10.1 miles are contained within the town limits of Nags Head. Construction of the federal project has been delayed pending appropriation by Congress for construction funds. Given the severely eroded condition of Nags Head, the value of properties at risk, the decline of recreation values, and the uncertainty of securing federal appropriations, the town of Nags Head is pursuing a locally sponsored beach nourishment project that would utilize a self-contained hopper dredge and other feasible dredging equipment during a proposed construction window from April through September to undertake dredging operations and discharge the sand on the beach via submerged pipeline. Three alternatives, including a No Action alternative, are considered in this draft EIS. Under the No Action Alternative, existing property valued at $130 million would be abandoned as erosion encroaches. The retreat and relocate alternative would involve moving threatened structures at an estimated cost of $594 million. The preferred alternative is beach nourishment to restore recreational areas lost to erosion and provide greater separation between existing properties and the ocean. A portion of offshore borrow area S1 as delineated for use in the southern project area of the federal Dare County Hurricane Protection and Beach Erosion Control Project would be utilized. The total volume proposed for dredging is up to 4.6 million cubic yards within an area totaling 575 acres. Subareas 1, 2, and 3 potentially contain 13.5 million cubic yards of beach-quality sediment. Area S1 potentially contains 100 million cubic yards of beach-quality material. The anticipated equipment for excavations would include ocean-certified, self-contained hopper dredges which typically excavate shallow trenches (two to three foot sections) in each pass, then travel to a buoyed pipeline anchored close to shore. Discharge to the beach would be via submerged pipeline across the surf zone, then by way of shore-based pipe positioned along the dry beach. The project would be built in one to two mile sections, optimizing the disposition of pipeline. Sections would be pumped into place with the aid of temporary dikes pushed up by bulldozers in the surf zone. Daily operations would impact 500 to 1,000 linear feet of shoreline and as construction progresses, sections would be graded to final contours, dressed to eliminate low areas, and opened for use by the public. Support equipment would be shifted out of completed sections as soon as practicable, so that construction activities in a particular reach would disrupt normal beach use for only a month or so at any locality. The project would include the placement of dune fencing and/or dune plantings as needed. Total cost of the preferred alternative is estimated at $35.6 million. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed action would restore a protective beach, replace sand lost during the delay in startup of the federal hurricane protection and beach erosion control project, and help preserve property values and the tax base of Dare County. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Adverse impacts of beach nourishment on particular species have been documented and recovery rates are unknown for the proposed project. Twelve miles of nesting beach habitat would be affected by the proposed action with uncertain effects on sea turtles. Suspension of sediments during dredging would be unavoidable. The longevity of the project is uncertain due to littoral processes typical of the northern North Carolina coast. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and River and Harbor Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 401 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090418, 1,300 pages, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 2 KW - Land Use KW - Beaches KW - Biologic Assessments KW - Buildings KW - Coastal Zones KW - Dredging KW - Dredging Surveys KW - Dunes KW - Erosion Control KW - Hurricanes KW - Islands KW - Recreation Resources KW - Sand KW - Shores KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Atlantic Ocean KW - North Carolina KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits KW - River and Harbor Act of 1899, Section 10 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826944?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=BEACH+NOURISHMENT+PROJECT%2C+TOWN+OF+NAGS+HEAD%2C+DARE+COUNTY%2C+NORTH+CAROLINA.&rft.title=BEACH+NOURISHMENT+PROJECT%2C+TOWN+OF+NAGS+HEAD%2C+DARE+COUNTY%2C+NORTH+CAROLINA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Washington, North Carolina; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - BEACH NOURISHMENT PROJECT, TOWN OF NAGS HEAD, DARE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. [Part 3 of 3] T2 - BEACH NOURISHMENT PROJECT, TOWN OF NAGS HEAD, DARE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. AN - 756826907; 14122-090418_0003 AB - PURPOSE: Authorization to dredge up to 4.6 million cubic yards of beach-quality sediment from an offshore borrow source and deposit the material along 10 miles of ocean shoreline in the town of Nags Head, Dare County, North Carolina is proposed. The project site has sustained chronic erosion along 10 miles of ocean shoreline over the past 50 years due to storms and sand losses to Oregon Inlet. Erosion rates of up to 10 feet per year have forced abandonment of property and left numerous buildings with no dune protection. The federal government has recognized that portions of Dare County, particularly Nags Head, are severely eroded and a final EIS on Hurricane Protection and Beach Erosion Control in September 2000 found justification for a 14.2-mile nourishment project of which 10.1 miles are contained within the town limits of Nags Head. Construction of the federal project has been delayed pending appropriation by Congress for construction funds. Given the severely eroded condition of Nags Head, the value of properties at risk, the decline of recreation values, and the uncertainty of securing federal appropriations, the town of Nags Head is pursuing a locally sponsored beach nourishment project that would utilize a self-contained hopper dredge and other feasible dredging equipment during a proposed construction window from April through September to undertake dredging operations and discharge the sand on the beach via submerged pipeline. Three alternatives, including a No Action alternative, are considered in this draft EIS. Under the No Action Alternative, existing property valued at $130 million would be abandoned as erosion encroaches. The retreat and relocate alternative would involve moving threatened structures at an estimated cost of $594 million. The preferred alternative is beach nourishment to restore recreational areas lost to erosion and provide greater separation between existing properties and the ocean. A portion of offshore borrow area S1 as delineated for use in the southern project area of the federal Dare County Hurricane Protection and Beach Erosion Control Project would be utilized. The total volume proposed for dredging is up to 4.6 million cubic yards within an area totaling 575 acres. Subareas 1, 2, and 3 potentially contain 13.5 million cubic yards of beach-quality sediment. Area S1 potentially contains 100 million cubic yards of beach-quality material. The anticipated equipment for excavations would include ocean-certified, self-contained hopper dredges which typically excavate shallow trenches (two to three foot sections) in each pass, then travel to a buoyed pipeline anchored close to shore. Discharge to the beach would be via submerged pipeline across the surf zone, then by way of shore-based pipe positioned along the dry beach. The project would be built in one to two mile sections, optimizing the disposition of pipeline. Sections would be pumped into place with the aid of temporary dikes pushed up by bulldozers in the surf zone. Daily operations would impact 500 to 1,000 linear feet of shoreline and as construction progresses, sections would be graded to final contours, dressed to eliminate low areas, and opened for use by the public. Support equipment would be shifted out of completed sections as soon as practicable, so that construction activities in a particular reach would disrupt normal beach use for only a month or so at any locality. The project would include the placement of dune fencing and/or dune plantings as needed. Total cost of the preferred alternative is estimated at $35.6 million. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed action would restore a protective beach, replace sand lost during the delay in startup of the federal hurricane protection and beach erosion control project, and help preserve property values and the tax base of Dare County. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Adverse impacts of beach nourishment on particular species have been documented and recovery rates are unknown for the proposed project. Twelve miles of nesting beach habitat would be affected by the proposed action with uncertain effects on sea turtles. Suspension of sediments during dredging would be unavoidable. The longevity of the project is uncertain due to littoral processes typical of the northern North Carolina coast. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and River and Harbor Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 401 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090418, 1,300 pages, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 3 KW - Land Use KW - Beaches KW - Biologic Assessments KW - Buildings KW - Coastal Zones KW - Dredging KW - Dredging Surveys KW - Dunes KW - Erosion Control KW - Hurricanes KW - Islands KW - Recreation Resources KW - Sand KW - Shores KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Atlantic Ocean KW - North Carolina KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits KW - River and Harbor Act of 1899, Section 10 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826907?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=BEACH+NOURISHMENT+PROJECT%2C+TOWN+OF+NAGS+HEAD%2C+DARE+COUNTY%2C+NORTH+CAROLINA.&rft.title=BEACH+NOURISHMENT+PROJECT%2C+TOWN+OF+NAGS+HEAD%2C+DARE+COUNTY%2C+NORTH+CAROLINA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Washington, North Carolina; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MARINE CORPS GROW THE FORCE AT MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, MARINE CORPS AIRSTATION NEW RIVER, AND MARINE CORPS AIRSTATION CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA. [Part 2 of 3] T2 - MARINE CORPS GROW THE FORCE AT MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, MARINE CORPS AIRSTATION NEW RIVER, AND MARINE CORPS AIRSTATION CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA. AN - 756826772; 14120-090416_0002 AB - PURPOSE: Permanent increases in Marine Corps and civilian personnel and supporting infrastructure at three installations in North Carolina, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, and MCAS Cherry Point, are proposed. These increases are part of an overall national end strength augmentation effort termed Grow the Force. MCB Camp Lejeune and MCAS New River are located in southeastern North Carolina 50 miles north-northeast of Wilmington and share wastewater services, roads, and transportation infrastructure. MCAS Cherry Point is located 50 miles east-northeast of MCB Camp Lejeune in Havelock. Proposed personnel increases would include 8,050 active-duty Marines, 530 military occupational safety school students (junior enlisted Marines), and 1,320 civilians, for a total increase of 9,900 personnel. To support this growth, the Marine Corps proposes a combination of new infrastructure construction, demolition and upgrades to existing infrastructure, and relocating existing units and personnel at the installations. Three action alternatives and a No Action alternative (Alternative 1) are analyzed in this final EIS. Under Alternative 2, which is the preferred alternative, the permanent increase of Marine Corps personnel would occur at all three installations with MCB Camp Lejeune, MCAS New River, and MCAS Cherry Point experiencing personnel increases over the 2006 baseline of 19 percent, 20 percent, and 6 percent, respectively. The total increase in permanent Marine Corps end strength in North Carolina would be 15 percent. New infrastructure to support this growth would include: headquarters, administrative, and educational facilities; operations and maintenance buildings; lodging accommodations; roads, parking areas, wastewater and stormwater drainage systems, waste disposal systems, and power and communication lines; and community support facilities such as recreation centers, medical clinics, and retail exchanges. Due to the industrial nature of MCAS New River and MCAS Cherry Point, hangar and aircraft maintenance facilities would be part of the proposed infrastructure at these installations. Under Alternative 3, the permanent increase of personnel associated with the Grow the Force initiative would occur, but these marines and their associated operations would be accommodated at existing facilities, and in temporary or relocatable buildings already in place. Core projects would be built to support activities already planned or programmed. Under Alternative 4, the increase in personnel also would occur, but neither Grow the Force construction projects nor core construction projects would occur. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed action would support and implement a 2007 presidential mandate and subsequent direction from Congress to increase Marine Corps end strength across its war-fighting organizations by fiscal year 2011. The increase in end strength would ensure that Marines are properly prepared and trained for traditional combat and the more prevalent non-traditional and multifaceted conflicts around the world. Regionally, there would be short-term economic gains associated with construction. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: At MCB Camp Lejeune, construction and infrastructure upgrades would disturb 1,698 acres of lands within base boundaries, including 1,500 forested acres. The proposed road would fragment wildlife habitat and demolition of three architectural resources would adversely affect historic districts. Approximately 160 acres at MCAS New River would be needed to support proposed development and up to 40 acres of forest could be lost. Proposed construction at MCAS Cherry Point would affect 117 acres, including forested areas in the ordnance storage area and along Roosevelt Boulevard. There would be increases in use, storage, and handling of hazardous materials and wastes. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090416, Final EIS and Appendices--785 pages, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 2 KW - Defense Programs KW - Buildings KW - Coastal Zones KW - Community Facilities KW - Demolition KW - Hazardous Wastes KW - Historic Districts KW - Housing KW - Military Facilities (Marine Corps) KW - Military Operations (Marine Corps) KW - Parking KW - Roads KW - Wastewater KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Camp Lejeune North Carolina KW - Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point North Carolina KW - Marine Corps Air Station New River North Carolina KW - North Carolina KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826772?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=MARINE+CORPS+GROW+THE+FORCE+AT+MARINE+CORPS+BASE+CAMP+LEJEUNE%2C+MARINE+CORPS+AIRSTATION+NEW+RIVER%2C+AND+MARINE+CORPS+AIRSTATION+CHERRY+POINT%2C+NORTH+CAROLINA.&rft.title=MARINE+CORPS+GROW+THE+FORCE+AT+MARINE+CORPS+BASE+CAMP+LEJEUNE%2C+MARINE+CORPS+AIRSTATION+NEW+RIVER%2C+AND+MARINE+CORPS+AIRSTATION+CHERRY+POINT%2C+NORTH+CAROLINA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Norfolk, Virginia; MC N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Final. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - BEACH NOURISHMENT PROJECT, TOWN OF NAGS HEAD, DARE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. [Part 1 of 3] T2 - BEACH NOURISHMENT PROJECT, TOWN OF NAGS HEAD, DARE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. AN - 756826769; 14122-090418_0001 AB - PURPOSE: Authorization to dredge up to 4.6 million cubic yards of beach-quality sediment from an offshore borrow source and deposit the material along 10 miles of ocean shoreline in the town of Nags Head, Dare County, North Carolina is proposed. The project site has sustained chronic erosion along 10 miles of ocean shoreline over the past 50 years due to storms and sand losses to Oregon Inlet. Erosion rates of up to 10 feet per year have forced abandonment of property and left numerous buildings with no dune protection. The federal government has recognized that portions of Dare County, particularly Nags Head, are severely eroded and a final EIS on Hurricane Protection and Beach Erosion Control in September 2000 found justification for a 14.2-mile nourishment project of which 10.1 miles are contained within the town limits of Nags Head. Construction of the federal project has been delayed pending appropriation by Congress for construction funds. Given the severely eroded condition of Nags Head, the value of properties at risk, the decline of recreation values, and the uncertainty of securing federal appropriations, the town of Nags Head is pursuing a locally sponsored beach nourishment project that would utilize a self-contained hopper dredge and other feasible dredging equipment during a proposed construction window from April through September to undertake dredging operations and discharge the sand on the beach via submerged pipeline. Three alternatives, including a No Action alternative, are considered in this draft EIS. Under the No Action Alternative, existing property valued at $130 million would be abandoned as erosion encroaches. The retreat and relocate alternative would involve moving threatened structures at an estimated cost of $594 million. The preferred alternative is beach nourishment to restore recreational areas lost to erosion and provide greater separation between existing properties and the ocean. A portion of offshore borrow area S1 as delineated for use in the southern project area of the federal Dare County Hurricane Protection and Beach Erosion Control Project would be utilized. The total volume proposed for dredging is up to 4.6 million cubic yards within an area totaling 575 acres. Subareas 1, 2, and 3 potentially contain 13.5 million cubic yards of beach-quality sediment. Area S1 potentially contains 100 million cubic yards of beach-quality material. The anticipated equipment for excavations would include ocean-certified, self-contained hopper dredges which typically excavate shallow trenches (two to three foot sections) in each pass, then travel to a buoyed pipeline anchored close to shore. Discharge to the beach would be via submerged pipeline across the surf zone, then by way of shore-based pipe positioned along the dry beach. The project would be built in one to two mile sections, optimizing the disposition of pipeline. Sections would be pumped into place with the aid of temporary dikes pushed up by bulldozers in the surf zone. Daily operations would impact 500 to 1,000 linear feet of shoreline and as construction progresses, sections would be graded to final contours, dressed to eliminate low areas, and opened for use by the public. Support equipment would be shifted out of completed sections as soon as practicable, so that construction activities in a particular reach would disrupt normal beach use for only a month or so at any locality. The project would include the placement of dune fencing and/or dune plantings as needed. Total cost of the preferred alternative is estimated at $35.6 million. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed action would restore a protective beach, replace sand lost during the delay in startup of the federal hurricane protection and beach erosion control project, and help preserve property values and the tax base of Dare County. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Adverse impacts of beach nourishment on particular species have been documented and recovery rates are unknown for the proposed project. Twelve miles of nesting beach habitat would be affected by the proposed action with uncertain effects on sea turtles. Suspension of sediments during dredging would be unavoidable. The longevity of the project is uncertain due to littoral processes typical of the northern North Carolina coast. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and River and Harbor Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 401 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090418, 1,300 pages, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 1 KW - Land Use KW - Beaches KW - Biologic Assessments KW - Buildings KW - Coastal Zones KW - Dredging KW - Dredging Surveys KW - Dunes KW - Erosion Control KW - Hurricanes KW - Islands KW - Recreation Resources KW - Sand KW - Shores KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Atlantic Ocean KW - North Carolina KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits KW - River and Harbor Act of 1899, Section 10 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826769?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=BEACH+NOURISHMENT+PROJECT%2C+TOWN+OF+NAGS+HEAD%2C+DARE+COUNTY%2C+NORTH+CAROLINA.&rft.title=BEACH+NOURISHMENT+PROJECT%2C+TOWN+OF+NAGS+HEAD%2C+DARE+COUNTY%2C+NORTH+CAROLINA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Washington, North Carolina; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MARINE CORPS GROW THE FORCE AT MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, MARINE CORPS AIRSTATION NEW RIVER, AND MARINE CORPS AIRSTATION CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA. [Part 3 of 3] T2 - MARINE CORPS GROW THE FORCE AT MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, MARINE CORPS AIRSTATION NEW RIVER, AND MARINE CORPS AIRSTATION CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA. AN - 756826391; 14120-090416_0003 AB - PURPOSE: Permanent increases in Marine Corps and civilian personnel and supporting infrastructure at three installations in North Carolina, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, and MCAS Cherry Point, are proposed. These increases are part of an overall national end strength augmentation effort termed Grow the Force. MCB Camp Lejeune and MCAS New River are located in southeastern North Carolina 50 miles north-northeast of Wilmington and share wastewater services, roads, and transportation infrastructure. MCAS Cherry Point is located 50 miles east-northeast of MCB Camp Lejeune in Havelock. Proposed personnel increases would include 8,050 active-duty Marines, 530 military occupational safety school students (junior enlisted Marines), and 1,320 civilians, for a total increase of 9,900 personnel. To support this growth, the Marine Corps proposes a combination of new infrastructure construction, demolition and upgrades to existing infrastructure, and relocating existing units and personnel at the installations. Three action alternatives and a No Action alternative (Alternative 1) are analyzed in this final EIS. Under Alternative 2, which is the preferred alternative, the permanent increase of Marine Corps personnel would occur at all three installations with MCB Camp Lejeune, MCAS New River, and MCAS Cherry Point experiencing personnel increases over the 2006 baseline of 19 percent, 20 percent, and 6 percent, respectively. The total increase in permanent Marine Corps end strength in North Carolina would be 15 percent. New infrastructure to support this growth would include: headquarters, administrative, and educational facilities; operations and maintenance buildings; lodging accommodations; roads, parking areas, wastewater and stormwater drainage systems, waste disposal systems, and power and communication lines; and community support facilities such as recreation centers, medical clinics, and retail exchanges. Due to the industrial nature of MCAS New River and MCAS Cherry Point, hangar and aircraft maintenance facilities would be part of the proposed infrastructure at these installations. Under Alternative 3, the permanent increase of personnel associated with the Grow the Force initiative would occur, but these marines and their associated operations would be accommodated at existing facilities, and in temporary or relocatable buildings already in place. Core projects would be built to support activities already planned or programmed. Under Alternative 4, the increase in personnel also would occur, but neither Grow the Force construction projects nor core construction projects would occur. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed action would support and implement a 2007 presidential mandate and subsequent direction from Congress to increase Marine Corps end strength across its war-fighting organizations by fiscal year 2011. The increase in end strength would ensure that Marines are properly prepared and trained for traditional combat and the more prevalent non-traditional and multifaceted conflicts around the world. Regionally, there would be short-term economic gains associated with construction. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: At MCB Camp Lejeune, construction and infrastructure upgrades would disturb 1,698 acres of lands within base boundaries, including 1,500 forested acres. The proposed road would fragment wildlife habitat and demolition of three architectural resources would adversely affect historic districts. Approximately 160 acres at MCAS New River would be needed to support proposed development and up to 40 acres of forest could be lost. Proposed construction at MCAS Cherry Point would affect 117 acres, including forested areas in the ordnance storage area and along Roosevelt Boulevard. There would be increases in use, storage, and handling of hazardous materials and wastes. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090416, Final EIS and Appendices--785 pages, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 3 KW - Defense Programs KW - Buildings KW - Coastal Zones KW - Community Facilities KW - Demolition KW - Hazardous Wastes KW - Historic Districts KW - Housing KW - Military Facilities (Marine Corps) KW - Military Operations (Marine Corps) KW - Parking KW - Roads KW - Wastewater KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Camp Lejeune North Carolina KW - Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point North Carolina KW - Marine Corps Air Station New River North Carolina KW - North Carolina KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826391?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=MARINE+CORPS+GROW+THE+FORCE+AT+MARINE+CORPS+BASE+CAMP+LEJEUNE%2C+MARINE+CORPS+AIRSTATION+NEW+RIVER%2C+AND+MARINE+CORPS+AIRSTATION+CHERRY+POINT%2C+NORTH+CAROLINA.&rft.title=MARINE+CORPS+GROW+THE+FORCE+AT+MARINE+CORPS+BASE+CAMP+LEJEUNE%2C+MARINE+CORPS+AIRSTATION+NEW+RIVER%2C+AND+MARINE+CORPS+AIRSTATION+CHERRY+POINT%2C+NORTH+CAROLINA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Norfolk, Virginia; MC N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Final. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MARINE CORPS GROW THE FORCE AT MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, MARINE CORPS AIRSTATION NEW RIVER, AND MARINE CORPS AIRSTATION CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA. [Part 1 of 3] T2 - MARINE CORPS GROW THE FORCE AT MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, MARINE CORPS AIRSTATION NEW RIVER, AND MARINE CORPS AIRSTATION CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA. AN - 756826369; 14120-090416_0001 AB - PURPOSE: Permanent increases in Marine Corps and civilian personnel and supporting infrastructure at three installations in North Carolina, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, and MCAS Cherry Point, are proposed. These increases are part of an overall national end strength augmentation effort termed Grow the Force. MCB Camp Lejeune and MCAS New River are located in southeastern North Carolina 50 miles north-northeast of Wilmington and share wastewater services, roads, and transportation infrastructure. MCAS Cherry Point is located 50 miles east-northeast of MCB Camp Lejeune in Havelock. Proposed personnel increases would include 8,050 active-duty Marines, 530 military occupational safety school students (junior enlisted Marines), and 1,320 civilians, for a total increase of 9,900 personnel. To support this growth, the Marine Corps proposes a combination of new infrastructure construction, demolition and upgrades to existing infrastructure, and relocating existing units and personnel at the installations. Three action alternatives and a No Action alternative (Alternative 1) are analyzed in this final EIS. Under Alternative 2, which is the preferred alternative, the permanent increase of Marine Corps personnel would occur at all three installations with MCB Camp Lejeune, MCAS New River, and MCAS Cherry Point experiencing personnel increases over the 2006 baseline of 19 percent, 20 percent, and 6 percent, respectively. The total increase in permanent Marine Corps end strength in North Carolina would be 15 percent. New infrastructure to support this growth would include: headquarters, administrative, and educational facilities; operations and maintenance buildings; lodging accommodations; roads, parking areas, wastewater and stormwater drainage systems, waste disposal systems, and power and communication lines; and community support facilities such as recreation centers, medical clinics, and retail exchanges. Due to the industrial nature of MCAS New River and MCAS Cherry Point, hangar and aircraft maintenance facilities would be part of the proposed infrastructure at these installations. Under Alternative 3, the permanent increase of personnel associated with the Grow the Force initiative would occur, but these marines and their associated operations would be accommodated at existing facilities, and in temporary or relocatable buildings already in place. Core projects would be built to support activities already planned or programmed. Under Alternative 4, the increase in personnel also would occur, but neither Grow the Force construction projects nor core construction projects would occur. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed action would support and implement a 2007 presidential mandate and subsequent direction from Congress to increase Marine Corps end strength across its war-fighting organizations by fiscal year 2011. The increase in end strength would ensure that Marines are properly prepared and trained for traditional combat and the more prevalent non-traditional and multifaceted conflicts around the world. Regionally, there would be short-term economic gains associated with construction. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: At MCB Camp Lejeune, construction and infrastructure upgrades would disturb 1,698 acres of lands within base boundaries, including 1,500 forested acres. The proposed road would fragment wildlife habitat and demolition of three architectural resources would adversely affect historic districts. Approximately 160 acres at MCAS New River would be needed to support proposed development and up to 40 acres of forest could be lost. Proposed construction at MCAS Cherry Point would affect 117 acres, including forested areas in the ordnance storage area and along Roosevelt Boulevard. There would be increases in use, storage, and handling of hazardous materials and wastes. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090416, Final EIS and Appendices--785 pages, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 1 KW - Defense Programs KW - Buildings KW - Coastal Zones KW - Community Facilities KW - Demolition KW - Hazardous Wastes KW - Historic Districts KW - Housing KW - Military Facilities (Marine Corps) KW - Military Operations (Marine Corps) KW - Parking KW - Roads KW - Wastewater KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Camp Lejeune North Carolina KW - Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point North Carolina KW - Marine Corps Air Station New River North Carolina KW - North Carolina KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826369?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=MARINE+CORPS+GROW+THE+FORCE+AT+MARINE+CORPS+BASE+CAMP+LEJEUNE%2C+MARINE+CORPS+AIRSTATION+NEW+RIVER%2C+AND+MARINE+CORPS+AIRSTATION+CHERRY+POINT%2C+NORTH+CAROLINA.&rft.title=MARINE+CORPS+GROW+THE+FORCE+AT+MARINE+CORPS+BASE+CAMP+LEJEUNE%2C+MARINE+CORPS+AIRSTATION+NEW+RIVER%2C+AND+MARINE+CORPS+AIRSTATION+CHERRY+POINT%2C+NORTH+CAROLINA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Norfolk, Virginia; MC N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Final. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MARINE CORPS GROW THE FORCE AT MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, MARINE CORPS AIRSTATION NEW RIVER, AND MARINE CORPS AIRSTATION CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA. AN - 36345040; 14120 AB - PURPOSE: Permanent increases in Marine Corps and civilian personnel and supporting infrastructure at three installations in North Carolina, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, and MCAS Cherry Point, are proposed. These increases are part of an overall national end strength augmentation effort termed Grow the Force. MCB Camp Lejeune and MCAS New River are located in southeastern North Carolina 50 miles north-northeast of Wilmington and share wastewater services, roads, and transportation infrastructure. MCAS Cherry Point is located 50 miles east-northeast of MCB Camp Lejeune in Havelock. Proposed personnel increases would include 8,050 active-duty Marines, 530 military occupational safety school students (junior enlisted Marines), and 1,320 civilians, for a total increase of 9,900 personnel. To support this growth, the Marine Corps proposes a combination of new infrastructure construction, demolition and upgrades to existing infrastructure, and relocating existing units and personnel at the installations. Three action alternatives and a No Action alternative (Alternative 1) are analyzed in this final EIS. Under Alternative 2, which is the preferred alternative, the permanent increase of Marine Corps personnel would occur at all three installations with MCB Camp Lejeune, MCAS New River, and MCAS Cherry Point experiencing personnel increases over the 2006 baseline of 19 percent, 20 percent, and 6 percent, respectively. The total increase in permanent Marine Corps end strength in North Carolina would be 15 percent. New infrastructure to support this growth would include: headquarters, administrative, and educational facilities; operations and maintenance buildings; lodging accommodations; roads, parking areas, wastewater and stormwater drainage systems, waste disposal systems, and power and communication lines; and community support facilities such as recreation centers, medical clinics, and retail exchanges. Due to the industrial nature of MCAS New River and MCAS Cherry Point, hangar and aircraft maintenance facilities would be part of the proposed infrastructure at these installations. Under Alternative 3, the permanent increase of personnel associated with the Grow the Force initiative would occur, but these marines and their associated operations would be accommodated at existing facilities, and in temporary or relocatable buildings already in place. Core projects would be built to support activities already planned or programmed. Under Alternative 4, the increase in personnel also would occur, but neither Grow the Force construction projects nor core construction projects would occur. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed action would support and implement a 2007 presidential mandate and subsequent direction from Congress to increase Marine Corps end strength across its war-fighting organizations by fiscal year 2011. The increase in end strength would ensure that Marines are properly prepared and trained for traditional combat and the more prevalent non-traditional and multifaceted conflicts around the world. Regionally, there would be short-term economic gains associated with construction. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: At MCB Camp Lejeune, construction and infrastructure upgrades would disturb 1,698 acres of lands within base boundaries, including 1,500 forested acres. The proposed road would fragment wildlife habitat and demolition of three architectural resources would adversely affect historic districts. Approximately 160 acres at MCAS New River would be needed to support proposed development and up to 40 acres of forest could be lost. Proposed construction at MCAS Cherry Point would affect 117 acres, including forested areas in the ordnance storage area and along Roosevelt Boulevard. There would be increases in use, storage, and handling of hazardous materials and wastes. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090416, Final EIS and Appendices--785 pages, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 KW - Defense Programs KW - Buildings KW - Coastal Zones KW - Community Facilities KW - Demolition KW - Hazardous Wastes KW - Historic Districts KW - Housing KW - Military Facilities (Marine Corps) KW - Military Operations (Marine Corps) KW - Parking KW - Roads KW - Wastewater KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Camp Lejeune North Carolina KW - Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point North Carolina KW - Marine Corps Air Station New River North Carolina KW - North Carolina KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/36345040?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Digests&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=MARINE+CORPS+GROW+THE+FORCE+AT+MARINE+CORPS+BASE+CAMP+LEJEUNE%2C+MARINE+CORPS+AIRSTATION+NEW+RIVER%2C+AND+MARINE+CORPS+AIRSTATION+CHERRY+POINT%2C+NORTH+CAROLINA.&rft.title=MARINE+CORPS+GROW+THE+FORCE+AT+MARINE+CORPS+BASE+CAMP+LEJEUNE%2C+MARINE+CORPS+AIRSTATION+NEW+RIVER%2C+AND+MARINE+CORPS+AIRSTATION+CHERRY+POINT%2C+NORTH+CAROLINA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Norfolk, Virginia; MC N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Final. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEETAC MINE EXPANSION PROJECT, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 16393369; 14123 AB - PURPOSE: Expansion of the Keetac open pit taconite mine and processing facility near the City of Keewatin, Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. Under a 25-year plan, U. S. Steel proposes to mine taconite ore and upgrade and operate a currently idle taconite processing line to increase taconite pellet production from 6 million short tons a year (MSTY) to 9.6 MSTY. Keetac is located in the Mesabi Iron Range, a major geologic feature oriented northeast to southwest across more than 120 miles of northeastern Minnesota which has been the largest source of iron ore produced in the state since the 19th century. Taconite mining and taconite pellet production has been ongoing at Keetac since 1967. An original Phase I grate kiln pellet line began operation in 1969, and Phase II expansion added a second in 1977. The Phase I facility was idled in December 1980. The current facility can continue taconite pellet production at 6.0 MSTY until about the year 2021 under existing permits. The proposed project would expand the mine pit, add stockpile areas, upgrade the concentrating and agglomerating processes, and restart the Phase I line to increase taconite pellet production to9.6 MSTY until about the year 2036. Two main areas of the existing mine pit would be expanded and the Phase I grate kiln furnace would be upgraded. Additional haul trucks and other pit-mining equipment would be needed and additional dewatering activities would take place as boundaries of the mine area expand. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS evaluates a No Action Alternative which would continue current operation of the mine without expansion. Based on review of available mercury control technologies, the proposed project would install activated carbon injection to control mercury emissions for the new processing line. Alternatives for fuel mix and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are presented. Two proposed stockpile location alternatives, several alternative stockpile location concepts, and in-pit stockpile alternatives are also evaluated. With maximization of in-pit stockpile options, it is estimated that an additional 118 million bank cubic yards of excess surface material from the proposed project would need to be stockpiled over 21.5 years to continue uninterrupted mining of taconite. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Implementation of the project would increase the rate and total quantity of taconite pellet production at the Keetac facility using existing infrastructure. Shipments of taconite pellets to steel mills would help meet domestic and global demand for steel. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would impact 780 acres of wetlands, 23 state-listed plant species, 41 acres of farmland soils, and 560 acres of forest. Sulfate concentrations in Swan Lake would increase by a projected 2.6 mg/L over the No Action Alternative. Emissions, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, would have significant impacts on air quality and potential for mercury bioaccumulation in fish. The 300-foot increase in height of stockpiles and the 80-foot increase in height of the tailings basin would have visual impacts. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090419, Draft EIS--506 pages, Figures--82 pages and maps, Appendices--312 pages and maps, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 KW - Land Use KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Emission Control KW - Emissions KW - Fish KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Impact Monitoring Plans KW - Iron Ores KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Sulfur Dioxide KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/16393369?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Digests&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=KEETAC+MINE+EXPANSION+PROJECT%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - BEACH NOURISHMENT PROJECT, TOWN OF NAGS HEAD, DARE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. AN - 16390460; 14122 AB - PURPOSE: Authorization to dredge up to 4.6 million cubic yards of beach-quality sediment from an offshore borrow source and deposit the material along 10 miles of ocean shoreline in the town of Nags Head, Dare County, North Carolina is proposed. The project site has sustained chronic erosion along 10 miles of ocean shoreline over the past 50 years due to storms and sand losses to Oregon Inlet. Erosion rates of up to 10 feet per year have forced abandonment of property and left numerous buildings with no dune protection. The federal government has recognized that portions of Dare County, particularly Nags Head, are severely eroded and a final EIS on Hurricane Protection and Beach Erosion Control in September 2000 found justification for a 14.2-mile nourishment project of which 10.1 miles are contained within the town limits of Nags Head. Construction of the federal project has been delayed pending appropriation by Congress for construction funds. Given the severely eroded condition of Nags Head, the value of properties at risk, the decline of recreation values, and the uncertainty of securing federal appropriations, the town of Nags Head is pursuing a locally sponsored beach nourishment project that would utilize a self-contained hopper dredge and other feasible dredging equipment during a proposed construction window from April through September to undertake dredging operations and discharge the sand on the beach via submerged pipeline. Three alternatives, including a No Action alternative, are considered in this draft EIS. Under the No Action Alternative, existing property valued at $130 million would be abandoned as erosion encroaches. The retreat and relocate alternative would involve moving threatened structures at an estimated cost of $594 million. The preferred alternative is beach nourishment to restore recreational areas lost to erosion and provide greater separation between existing properties and the ocean. A portion of offshore borrow area S1 as delineated for use in the southern project area of the federal Dare County Hurricane Protection and Beach Erosion Control Project would be utilized. The total volume proposed for dredging is up to 4.6 million cubic yards within an area totaling 575 acres. Subareas 1, 2, and 3 potentially contain 13.5 million cubic yards of beach-quality sediment. Area S1 potentially contains 100 million cubic yards of beach-quality material. The anticipated equipment for excavations would include ocean-certified, self-contained hopper dredges which typically excavate shallow trenches (two to three foot sections) in each pass, then travel to a buoyed pipeline anchored close to shore. Discharge to the beach would be via submerged pipeline across the surf zone, then by way of shore-based pipe positioned along the dry beach. The project would be built in one to two mile sections, optimizing the disposition of pipeline. Sections would be pumped into place with the aid of temporary dikes pushed up by bulldozers in the surf zone. Daily operations would impact 500 to 1,000 linear feet of shoreline and as construction progresses, sections would be graded to final contours, dressed to eliminate low areas, and opened for use by the public. Support equipment would be shifted out of completed sections as soon as practicable, so that construction activities in a particular reach would disrupt normal beach use for only a month or so at any locality. The project would include the placement of dune fencing and/or dune plantings as needed. Total cost of the preferred alternative is estimated at $35.6 million. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed action would restore a protective beach, replace sand lost during the delay in startup of the federal hurricane protection and beach erosion control project, and help preserve property values and the tax base of Dare County. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Adverse impacts of beach nourishment on particular species have been documented and recovery rates are unknown for the proposed project. Twelve miles of nesting beach habitat would be affected by the proposed action with uncertain effects on sea turtles. Suspension of sediments during dredging would be unavoidable. The longevity of the project is uncertain due to littoral processes typical of the northern North Carolina coast. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and River and Harbor Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 401 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090418, 1,300 pages, December 4, 2009 PY - 2009 KW - Land Use KW - Beaches KW - Biologic Assessments KW - Buildings KW - Coastal Zones KW - Dredging KW - Dredging Surveys KW - Dunes KW - Erosion Control KW - Hurricanes KW - Islands KW - Recreation Resources KW - Sand KW - Shores KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Atlantic Ocean KW - North Carolina KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits KW - River and Harbor Act of 1899, Section 10 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/16390460?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Digests&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-12-04&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=BEACH+NOURISHMENT+PROJECT%2C+TOWN+OF+NAGS+HEAD%2C+DARE+COUNTY%2C+NORTH+CAROLINA.&rft.title=BEACH+NOURISHMENT+PROJECT%2C+TOWN+OF+NAGS+HEAD%2C+DARE+COUNTY%2C+NORTH+CAROLINA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Washington, North Carolina; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: December 4, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MORMON ISLAND AUXILIARY DAM MODIFICATION PROJECT, FOLSOM DAM SAFETY AND FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION PROJECT, SACRAMENTO AND EL DORADO COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA. [Part 1 of 4] T2 - MORMON ISLAND AUXILIARY DAM MODIFICATION PROJECT, FOLSOM DAM SAFETY AND FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION PROJECT, SACRAMENTO AND EL DORADO COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA. AN - 756826758; 14114-090410_0001 AB - PURPOSE: Changes to proposed dam safety modifications for Mormon Island Auxiliary Dam (MIAD), Sacramento and El Dorado counties, California are proposed. The Bureau of Reclamation has multiple authorized projects addressing hydrologic, seismic, static, and flood management issues at Folsom Dam and its appurtenant structures on the American River. The Folsom Facility is comprised of the main dam on the mainstream of the American River to retain and release water contained within the Folsom Reservoir, two wing dams flanking the main dam to contain water within the reservoir, the MIAD to retain water at the location of a historic river channel, and eight earthen dikes to contain water when the reservoir is at or near capacity. Modifications were originally selected for MIAD in the March 2007 final EIS for the Folsom Dam Safety and Flood Damage Reduction Project. The preferred MIAD alternative of jet grouting originally selected was determined to be technically and economically infeasible. The study area includes federal property surrounding MIAD and directly south of Green Valley Road in the Mormon Island Wetland Preserve area. It also includes 141 acres of land at Mississippi Bar on the western shore of Lake Natoma. Four action alternatives and a No Action Alternative are analyzed in this draft supplemental EIS. The MIAD modifications would occur in two phases: 1) foundation treatment on the downstream side of MIAD would involve removal and replacement of foundation materials; and 2) placement of an overlay with drains and filters. The action alternatives differ only in their method of foundation excavation. Specifically, differences would involve the use of structural walls during excavation to reduce the construction risk, amount of construction water handling, excavated footprint exposure, and environmental impacts. Alternative 1 would use large, open-cut excavation while Alternatives 2, 3, and 4 would use open cut with single wall, dual wall, and cellular construction (multiple walls), respectively. Construction duration would be 16 months to 38 months dependent on funding, reservoir conditions, and materials supply. All four action alternatives would also include up to 80 acres of habitat mitigation for Mississippi Bar to address impacts from the Folsom Dam Safety and Flood Damage Reduction. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The project would reduce seismic and static risks associated with MIAD to improve flood control and public safety. Habitat mitigation at Mississippi Bar would create new recreation opportunities. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Significant and unavoidable impacts from emissions of nitrogen oxides would occur. Construction activities would increase ambient noise levels. Relocation of Green Valley Road under Alternative 1 would disrupt traffic and temporarily alter the visual character of the area, including the Mormon Island Wetland Preserve. LEGAL MANDATES: Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act for 2004 and Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978. JF - EPA number: 090410, 980 pages and maps, November 24, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 1 KW - Water KW - Agency number: DES 09-54 KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Dams KW - Dikes KW - Earthquakes KW - Flood Control KW - Hydrology KW - Lakes KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Noise Assessments KW - Recreation Resources KW - Reservoirs KW - Rivers KW - Safety KW - Seismology KW - Vegetation KW - Visual Resources KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - American River KW - California KW - Folsom Reservoir KW - Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 2006, Project Authorization KW - Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978, Compliance UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826758?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-11-24&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=MORMON+ISLAND+AUXILIARY+DAM+MODIFICATION+PROJECT%2C+FOLSOM+DAM+SAFETY+AND+FLOOD+DAMAGE+REDUCTION+PROJECT%2C+SACRAMENTO+AND+EL+DORADO+COUNTIES%2C+CALIFORNIA.&rft.title=MORMON+ISLAND+AUXILIARY+DAM+MODIFICATION+PROJECT%2C+FOLSOM+DAM+SAFETY+AND+FLOOD+DAMAGE+REDUCTION+PROJECT%2C+SACRAMENTO+AND+EL+DORADO+COUNTIES%2C+CALIFORNIA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Folsom, California; DOI N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: November 24, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MORMON ISLAND AUXILIARY DAM MODIFICATION PROJECT, FOLSOM DAM SAFETY AND FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION PROJECT, SACRAMENTO AND EL DORADO COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA. [Part 2 of 4] T2 - MORMON ISLAND AUXILIARY DAM MODIFICATION PROJECT, FOLSOM DAM SAFETY AND FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION PROJECT, SACRAMENTO AND EL DORADO COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA. AN - 756826753; 14114-090410_0002 AB - PURPOSE: Changes to proposed dam safety modifications for Mormon Island Auxiliary Dam (MIAD), Sacramento and El Dorado counties, California are proposed. The Bureau of Reclamation has multiple authorized projects addressing hydrologic, seismic, static, and flood management issues at Folsom Dam and its appurtenant structures on the American River. The Folsom Facility is comprised of the main dam on the mainstream of the American River to retain and release water contained within the Folsom Reservoir, two wing dams flanking the main dam to contain water within the reservoir, the MIAD to retain water at the location of a historic river channel, and eight earthen dikes to contain water when the reservoir is at or near capacity. Modifications were originally selected for MIAD in the March 2007 final EIS for the Folsom Dam Safety and Flood Damage Reduction Project. The preferred MIAD alternative of jet grouting originally selected was determined to be technically and economically infeasible. The study area includes federal property surrounding MIAD and directly south of Green Valley Road in the Mormon Island Wetland Preserve area. It also includes 141 acres of land at Mississippi Bar on the western shore of Lake Natoma. Four action alternatives and a No Action Alternative are analyzed in this draft supplemental EIS. The MIAD modifications would occur in two phases: 1) foundation treatment on the downstream side of MIAD would involve removal and replacement of foundation materials; and 2) placement of an overlay with drains and filters. The action alternatives differ only in their method of foundation excavation. Specifically, differences would involve the use of structural walls during excavation to reduce the construction risk, amount of construction water handling, excavated footprint exposure, and environmental impacts. Alternative 1 would use large, open-cut excavation while Alternatives 2, 3, and 4 would use open cut with single wall, dual wall, and cellular construction (multiple walls), respectively. Construction duration would be 16 months to 38 months dependent on funding, reservoir conditions, and materials supply. All four action alternatives would also include up to 80 acres of habitat mitigation for Mississippi Bar to address impacts from the Folsom Dam Safety and Flood Damage Reduction. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The project would reduce seismic and static risks associated with MIAD to improve flood control and public safety. Habitat mitigation at Mississippi Bar would create new recreation opportunities. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Significant and unavoidable impacts from emissions of nitrogen oxides would occur. Construction activities would increase ambient noise levels. Relocation of Green Valley Road under Alternative 1 would disrupt traffic and temporarily alter the visual character of the area, including the Mormon Island Wetland Preserve. LEGAL MANDATES: Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act for 2004 and Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978. JF - EPA number: 090410, 980 pages and maps, November 24, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 2 KW - Water KW - Agency number: DES 09-54 KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Dams KW - Dikes KW - Earthquakes KW - Flood Control KW - Hydrology KW - Lakes KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Noise Assessments KW - Recreation Resources KW - Reservoirs KW - Rivers KW - Safety KW - Seismology KW - Vegetation KW - Visual Resources KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - American River KW - California KW - Folsom Reservoir KW - Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 2006, Project Authorization KW - Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978, Compliance UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826753?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-11-24&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=MORMON+ISLAND+AUXILIARY+DAM+MODIFICATION+PROJECT%2C+FOLSOM+DAM+SAFETY+AND+FLOOD+DAMAGE+REDUCTION+PROJECT%2C+SACRAMENTO+AND+EL+DORADO+COUNTIES%2C+CALIFORNIA.&rft.title=MORMON+ISLAND+AUXILIARY+DAM+MODIFICATION+PROJECT%2C+FOLSOM+DAM+SAFETY+AND+FLOOD+DAMAGE+REDUCTION+PROJECT%2C+SACRAMENTO+AND+EL+DORADO+COUNTIES%2C+CALIFORNIA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Folsom, California; DOI N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: November 24, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MORMON ISLAND AUXILIARY DAM MODIFICATION PROJECT, FOLSOM DAM SAFETY AND FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION PROJECT, SACRAMENTO AND EL DORADO COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA. [Part 4 of 4] T2 - MORMON ISLAND AUXILIARY DAM MODIFICATION PROJECT, FOLSOM DAM SAFETY AND FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION PROJECT, SACRAMENTO AND EL DORADO COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA. AN - 756826511; 14114-090410_0004 AB - PURPOSE: Changes to proposed dam safety modifications for Mormon Island Auxiliary Dam (MIAD), Sacramento and El Dorado counties, California are proposed. The Bureau of Reclamation has multiple authorized projects addressing hydrologic, seismic, static, and flood management issues at Folsom Dam and its appurtenant structures on the American River. The Folsom Facility is comprised of the main dam on the mainstream of the American River to retain and release water contained within the Folsom Reservoir, two wing dams flanking the main dam to contain water within the reservoir, the MIAD to retain water at the location of a historic river channel, and eight earthen dikes to contain water when the reservoir is at or near capacity. Modifications were originally selected for MIAD in the March 2007 final EIS for the Folsom Dam Safety and Flood Damage Reduction Project. The preferred MIAD alternative of jet grouting originally selected was determined to be technically and economically infeasible. The study area includes federal property surrounding MIAD and directly south of Green Valley Road in the Mormon Island Wetland Preserve area. It also includes 141 acres of land at Mississippi Bar on the western shore of Lake Natoma. Four action alternatives and a No Action Alternative are analyzed in this draft supplemental EIS. The MIAD modifications would occur in two phases: 1) foundation treatment on the downstream side of MIAD would involve removal and replacement of foundation materials; and 2) placement of an overlay with drains and filters. The action alternatives differ only in their method of foundation excavation. Specifically, differences would involve the use of structural walls during excavation to reduce the construction risk, amount of construction water handling, excavated footprint exposure, and environmental impacts. Alternative 1 would use large, open-cut excavation while Alternatives 2, 3, and 4 would use open cut with single wall, dual wall, and cellular construction (multiple walls), respectively. Construction duration would be 16 months to 38 months dependent on funding, reservoir conditions, and materials supply. All four action alternatives would also include up to 80 acres of habitat mitigation for Mississippi Bar to address impacts from the Folsom Dam Safety and Flood Damage Reduction. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The project would reduce seismic and static risks associated with MIAD to improve flood control and public safety. Habitat mitigation at Mississippi Bar would create new recreation opportunities. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Significant and unavoidable impacts from emissions of nitrogen oxides would occur. Construction activities would increase ambient noise levels. Relocation of Green Valley Road under Alternative 1 would disrupt traffic and temporarily alter the visual character of the area, including the Mormon Island Wetland Preserve. LEGAL MANDATES: Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act for 2004 and Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978. JF - EPA number: 090410, 980 pages and maps, November 24, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 4 KW - Water KW - Agency number: DES 09-54 KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Dams KW - Dikes KW - Earthquakes KW - Flood Control KW - Hydrology KW - Lakes KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Noise Assessments KW - Recreation Resources KW - Reservoirs KW - Rivers KW - Safety KW - Seismology KW - Vegetation KW - Visual Resources KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - American River KW - California KW - Folsom Reservoir KW - Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 2006, Project Authorization KW - Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978, Compliance UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826511?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-11-24&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=MORMON+ISLAND+AUXILIARY+DAM+MODIFICATION+PROJECT%2C+FOLSOM+DAM+SAFETY+AND+FLOOD+DAMAGE+REDUCTION+PROJECT%2C+SACRAMENTO+AND+EL+DORADO+COUNTIES%2C+CALIFORNIA.&rft.title=MORMON+ISLAND+AUXILIARY+DAM+MODIFICATION+PROJECT%2C+FOLSOM+DAM+SAFETY+AND+FLOOD+DAMAGE+REDUCTION+PROJECT%2C+SACRAMENTO+AND+EL+DORADO+COUNTIES%2C+CALIFORNIA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Folsom, California; DOI N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: November 24, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MORMON ISLAND AUXILIARY DAM MODIFICATION PROJECT, FOLSOM DAM SAFETY AND FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION PROJECT, SACRAMENTO AND EL DORADO COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA. [Part 3 of 4] T2 - MORMON ISLAND AUXILIARY DAM MODIFICATION PROJECT, FOLSOM DAM SAFETY AND FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION PROJECT, SACRAMENTO AND EL DORADO COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA. AN - 756826502; 14114-090410_0003 AB - PURPOSE: Changes to proposed dam safety modifications for Mormon Island Auxiliary Dam (MIAD), Sacramento and El Dorado counties, California are proposed. The Bureau of Reclamation has multiple authorized projects addressing hydrologic, seismic, static, and flood management issues at Folsom Dam and its appurtenant structures on the American River. The Folsom Facility is comprised of the main dam on the mainstream of the American River to retain and release water contained within the Folsom Reservoir, two wing dams flanking the main dam to contain water within the reservoir, the MIAD to retain water at the location of a historic river channel, and eight earthen dikes to contain water when the reservoir is at or near capacity. Modifications were originally selected for MIAD in the March 2007 final EIS for the Folsom Dam Safety and Flood Damage Reduction Project. The preferred MIAD alternative of jet grouting originally selected was determined to be technically and economically infeasible. The study area includes federal property surrounding MIAD and directly south of Green Valley Road in the Mormon Island Wetland Preserve area. It also includes 141 acres of land at Mississippi Bar on the western shore of Lake Natoma. Four action alternatives and a No Action Alternative are analyzed in this draft supplemental EIS. The MIAD modifications would occur in two phases: 1) foundation treatment on the downstream side of MIAD would involve removal and replacement of foundation materials; and 2) placement of an overlay with drains and filters. The action alternatives differ only in their method of foundation excavation. Specifically, differences would involve the use of structural walls during excavation to reduce the construction risk, amount of construction water handling, excavated footprint exposure, and environmental impacts. Alternative 1 would use large, open-cut excavation while Alternatives 2, 3, and 4 would use open cut with single wall, dual wall, and cellular construction (multiple walls), respectively. Construction duration would be 16 months to 38 months dependent on funding, reservoir conditions, and materials supply. All four action alternatives would also include up to 80 acres of habitat mitigation for Mississippi Bar to address impacts from the Folsom Dam Safety and Flood Damage Reduction. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The project would reduce seismic and static risks associated with MIAD to improve flood control and public safety. Habitat mitigation at Mississippi Bar would create new recreation opportunities. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Significant and unavoidable impacts from emissions of nitrogen oxides would occur. Construction activities would increase ambient noise levels. Relocation of Green Valley Road under Alternative 1 would disrupt traffic and temporarily alter the visual character of the area, including the Mormon Island Wetland Preserve. LEGAL MANDATES: Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act for 2004 and Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978. JF - EPA number: 090410, 980 pages and maps, November 24, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 3 KW - Water KW - Agency number: DES 09-54 KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Dams KW - Dikes KW - Earthquakes KW - Flood Control KW - Hydrology KW - Lakes KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Noise Assessments KW - Recreation Resources KW - Reservoirs KW - Rivers KW - Safety KW - Seismology KW - Vegetation KW - Visual Resources KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - American River KW - California KW - Folsom Reservoir KW - Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 2006, Project Authorization KW - Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978, Compliance UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826502?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-11-24&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=MORMON+ISLAND+AUXILIARY+DAM+MODIFICATION+PROJECT%2C+FOLSOM+DAM+SAFETY+AND+FLOOD+DAMAGE+REDUCTION+PROJECT%2C+SACRAMENTO+AND+EL+DORADO+COUNTIES%2C+CALIFORNIA.&rft.title=MORMON+ISLAND+AUXILIARY+DAM+MODIFICATION+PROJECT%2C+FOLSOM+DAM+SAFETY+AND+FLOOD+DAMAGE+REDUCTION+PROJECT%2C+SACRAMENTO+AND+EL+DORADO+COUNTIES%2C+CALIFORNIA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Folsom, California; DOI N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: November 24, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MORMON ISLAND AUXILIARY DAM MODIFICATION PROJECT, FOLSOM DAM SAFETY AND FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION PROJECT, SACRAMENTO AND EL DORADO COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA. AN - 16392812; 14114 AB - PURPOSE: Changes to proposed dam safety modifications for Mormon Island Auxiliary Dam (MIAD), Sacramento and El Dorado counties, California are proposed. The Bureau of Reclamation has multiple authorized projects addressing hydrologic, seismic, static, and flood management issues at Folsom Dam and its appurtenant structures on the American River. The Folsom Facility is comprised of the main dam on the mainstream of the American River to retain and release water contained within the Folsom Reservoir, two wing dams flanking the main dam to contain water within the reservoir, the MIAD to retain water at the location of a historic river channel, and eight earthen dikes to contain water when the reservoir is at or near capacity. Modifications were originally selected for MIAD in the March 2007 final EIS for the Folsom Dam Safety and Flood Damage Reduction Project. The preferred MIAD alternative of jet grouting originally selected was determined to be technically and economically infeasible. The study area includes federal property surrounding MIAD and directly south of Green Valley Road in the Mormon Island Wetland Preserve area. It also includes 141 acres of land at Mississippi Bar on the western shore of Lake Natoma. Four action alternatives and a No Action Alternative are analyzed in this draft supplemental EIS. The MIAD modifications would occur in two phases: 1) foundation treatment on the downstream side of MIAD would involve removal and replacement of foundation materials; and 2) placement of an overlay with drains and filters. The action alternatives differ only in their method of foundation excavation. Specifically, differences would involve the use of structural walls during excavation to reduce the construction risk, amount of construction water handling, excavated footprint exposure, and environmental impacts. Alternative 1 would use large, open-cut excavation while Alternatives 2, 3, and 4 would use open cut with single wall, dual wall, and cellular construction (multiple walls), respectively. Construction duration would be 16 months to 38 months dependent on funding, reservoir conditions, and materials supply. All four action alternatives would also include up to 80 acres of habitat mitigation for Mississippi Bar to address impacts from the Folsom Dam Safety and Flood Damage Reduction. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The project would reduce seismic and static risks associated with MIAD to improve flood control and public safety. Habitat mitigation at Mississippi Bar would create new recreation opportunities. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Significant and unavoidable impacts from emissions of nitrogen oxides would occur. Construction activities would increase ambient noise levels. Relocation of Green Valley Road under Alternative 1 would disrupt traffic and temporarily alter the visual character of the area, including the Mormon Island Wetland Preserve. LEGAL MANDATES: Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act for 2004 and Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978. JF - EPA number: 090410, 980 pages and maps, November 24, 2009 PY - 2009 KW - Water KW - Agency number: DES 09-54 KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Dams KW - Dikes KW - Earthquakes KW - Flood Control KW - Hydrology KW - Lakes KW - Nitrogen Oxides KW - Noise Assessments KW - Recreation Resources KW - Reservoirs KW - Rivers KW - Safety KW - Seismology KW - Vegetation KW - Visual Resources KW - Water Quality KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - American River KW - California KW - Folsom Reservoir KW - Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 2006, Project Authorization KW - Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978, Compliance UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/16392812?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Digests&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-11-24&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=MORMON+ISLAND+AUXILIARY+DAM+MODIFICATION+PROJECT%2C+FOLSOM+DAM+SAFETY+AND+FLOOD+DAMAGE+REDUCTION+PROJECT%2C+SACRAMENTO+AND+EL+DORADO+COUNTIES%2C+CALIFORNIA.&rft.title=MORMON+ISLAND+AUXILIARY+DAM+MODIFICATION+PROJECT%2C+FOLSOM+DAM+SAFETY+AND+FLOOD+DAMAGE+REDUCTION+PROJECT%2C+SACRAMENTO+AND+EL+DORADO+COUNTIES%2C+CALIFORNIA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Folsom, California; DOI N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: November 24, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - CHIEF JOSEPH HATCHERY PROGRAM, FEDERAL COLUMBIA RIVER POWER SYSTEM, WASHINGTON. [Part 1 of 1] T2 - CHIEF JOSEPH HATCHERY PROGRAM, FEDERAL COLUMBIA RIVER POWER SYSTEM, WASHINGTON. AN - 873126343; 14102-8_0001 AB - PURPOSE: The implementation of a Chinook salmon hatchery production program within the Federal Columbia River Power System of Washington State is proposed. The program, sponsored by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, would be funded by the Bonneville Power Administration to help mitigate the losses of anadromous fish resulting from the operation of Columbia River System dams. The Upper Columbia River (UCR) spring Chinook salmon were listed as endangered in 1999. Recently, the average escapement for the entire UCR Chinook evolutionary significant unit has been less than 5,000 hatchery-origin plus wild Chinook. The short-term and long-term trends in abundance are declining. The average smelt-to-adult survival of spring Chinook produced at the Entiat, Methow, Leavenworth, and Winthrop hatcheries for 1989 to 1998 was 0.002 percent. The proposed action would involve the construction and operation of a hatchery near the base of Chief Joseph Dam on the Columbia River to provide for the incubation, rearing, and release of summer/fall and spring Chinook salmon. Along the Okanogan River, three existing irrigation ponds, one existing salmon acclimation pond, and two new acclimation ponds would provide for final rearing, imprinting, and volitional release of Chinook smolts. In addition to the proposed action, this final EIS addresses a No Action Alternative. The Chief Joseph Dam Hatchery Program Master Plan (Northwest Power and Conservation Council, May 2004) provides voluminous information on program features. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Operation of the hatchery facilities would allow the Colville Reservation Tribes to produce adequate salmon numbers to sustain tribal ceremonial and subsistence fisheries and enhance the potential for a recreational fishery for the general public. The hatchery would increase the abundance, distribution, and diversity of naturally spawning Chinook within their historical Okanogan sub-basin habitat and in the Columbia River between the Okanogan River and Chief Joseph Dam. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Some individual fish of all species could experience short-term stress and possibly suffer mortality due to live fish trapping gear operations. Wildlife habitat would be displaced at the hatchery and related housing sites; the disturbed areas would include 25 acres of non-native vegetation shrub steppe habitat and 10 acres of similar habitat at the housing site. Pond development would displace four acres of hay field and two acres of pasture. Less than one acre of riparian habitat near new water intake and discharge facilities at the hatchery and the ponds would be permanently affected. The ponds would be located in the 100-year floodplain of Okanogan River. LEGAL MANDATES: Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C. 839 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090398, 262 pages, CD-ROM, November 16, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 1 KW - Urban and Social Programs KW - Agency number: DOE/EIS-0384F KW - Endangered Species (Animals) KW - Fish KW - Fish Hatcheries KW - Fisheries KW - Indian Reservations KW - Rivers KW - Vegetation KW - Vegetation Surveys KW - Wildlife Surveys KW - Columbia River KW - Okanogan River KW - Washington KW - Endangered Species Act of 1973, Animals KW - Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act of 1980, Compliance UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126343?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-11-16&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=CHIEF+JOSEPH+HATCHERY+PROGRAM%2C+FEDERAL+COLUMBIA+RIVER+POWER+SYSTEM%2C+WASHINGTON.&rft.title=CHIEF+JOSEPH+HATCHERY+PROGRAM%2C+FEDERAL+COLUMBIA+RIVER+POWER+SYSTEM%2C+WASHINGTON.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of Energy, Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oregon; DOE N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Final. Preparation date: November 16, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - CHIEF JOSEPH HATCHERY PROGRAM, FEDERAL COLUMBIA RIVER POWER SYSTEM, WASHINGTON. AN - 16396165; 14102 AB - PURPOSE: The implementation of a Chinook salmon hatchery production program within the Federal Columbia River Power System of Washington State is proposed. The program, sponsored by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, would be funded by the Bonneville Power Administration to help mitigate the losses of anadromous fish resulting from the operation of Columbia River System dams. The Upper Columbia River (UCR) spring Chinook salmon were listed as endangered in 1999. Recently, the average escapement for the entire UCR Chinook evolutionary significant unit has been less than 5,000 hatchery-origin plus wild Chinook. The short-term and long-term trends in abundance are declining. The average smelt-to-adult survival of spring Chinook produced at the Entiat, Methow, Leavenworth, and Winthrop hatcheries for 1989 to 1998 was 0.002 percent. The proposed action would involve the construction and operation of a hatchery near the base of Chief Joseph Dam on the Columbia River to provide for the incubation, rearing, and release of summer/fall and spring Chinook salmon. Along the Okanogan River, three existing irrigation ponds, one existing salmon acclimation pond, and two new acclimation ponds would provide for final rearing, imprinting, and volitional release of Chinook smolts. In addition to the proposed action, this final EIS addresses a No Action Alternative. The Chief Joseph Dam Hatchery Program Master Plan (Northwest Power and Conservation Council, May 2004) provides voluminous information on program features. POSITIVE IMPACTS: Operation of the hatchery facilities would allow the Colville Reservation Tribes to produce adequate salmon numbers to sustain tribal ceremonial and subsistence fisheries and enhance the potential for a recreational fishery for the general public. The hatchery would increase the abundance, distribution, and diversity of naturally spawning Chinook within their historical Okanogan sub-basin habitat and in the Columbia River between the Okanogan River and Chief Joseph Dam. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Some individual fish of all species could experience short-term stress and possibly suffer mortality due to live fish trapping gear operations. Wildlife habitat would be displaced at the hatchery and related housing sites; the disturbed areas would include 25 acres of non-native vegetation shrub steppe habitat and 10 acres of similar habitat at the housing site. Pond development would displace four acres of hay field and two acres of pasture. Less than one acre of riparian habitat near new water intake and discharge facilities at the hatchery and the ponds would be permanently affected. The ponds would be located in the 100-year floodplain of Okanogan River. LEGAL MANDATES: Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C. 839 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090398, 262 pages, CD-ROM, November 16, 2009 PY - 2009 KW - Urban and Social Programs KW - Agency number: DOE/EIS-0384F KW - Endangered Species (Animals) KW - Fish KW - Fish Hatcheries KW - Fisheries KW - Indian Reservations KW - Rivers KW - Vegetation KW - Vegetation Surveys KW - Wildlife Surveys KW - Columbia River KW - Okanogan River KW - Washington KW - Endangered Species Act of 1973, Animals KW - Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act of 1980, Compliance UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/16396165?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Digests&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-11-16&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=CHIEF+JOSEPH+HATCHERY+PROGRAM%2C+FEDERAL+COLUMBIA+RIVER+POWER+SYSTEM%2C+WASHINGTON.&rft.title=CHIEF+JOSEPH+HATCHERY+PROGRAM%2C+FEDERAL+COLUMBIA+RIVER+POWER+SYSTEM%2C+WASHINGTON.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of Energy, Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oregon; DOE N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Final. Preparation date: November 16, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - GUAM AND CNMI MILITARY RELOCATION, RELOCATING MARINES FROM OKINAWA, VISITING AIRCRAFT BERTHING, AND ARMY AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE TASK FORCE, GUAM. [Part 10 of 11] T2 - GUAM AND CNMI MILITARY RELOCATION, RELOCATING MARINES FROM OKINAWA, VISITING AIRCRAFT BERTHING, AND ARMY AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE TASK FORCE, GUAM. AN - 873126590; 14098-4_0010 AB - PURPOSE: The relocation of Marine Corps forces currently located in Okinawa, Japan to Guam, wharf reconstruction in Guam's Apra Harbor, and relocation of an Army Air and Missile Defense Task Force (AMDTF) to Guam are proposed. Project locations include Guam and Tinian, both part of the Mariana Islands archipelago, and the three actions are referred to as the Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) military relocation. The proposed actions are a complex, multi-service proposal involving components of the Marine Corps, Navy, and Army, as well as existing Air Force assets on Guam. Specifically, the actions would develop and construct facilities and infrastructure to support 8,600 Marines and their 9,000 dependents, construct a new deep-draft wharf with shoreside infrastructure improvements to support a transient nuclear powered aircraft carrier, and develop and construct facilities and infrastructure to support 600 military personnel and their 900 dependents to establish and operate an AMDTF. Several action alternatives and a No Action Alternative for each of the proposed actions are evaluated in this draft overseas EIS. Under the preferred main cantonment alternative, 2,580 acres would be leased or acquired to configure facilities on one contiguous parcel. Four sites are analyzed for the proposed Marine Corps airfield functions and Andersen Air Force Base would be the only reasonable alternative. Apra Harbor would be the only reasonable waterfront alternative. Of the geographic alternatives analyzed for the location of firing and non-firing training ranges, two reasonable alternatives on the east coast of Guam would require acquisition or lease of either 921 acres or 1,129 acres. The preferred alternative for training on Tinian would construct four ranges within the leaseback area on the island. Under the preferred alternative for aircraft carrier berthing, a new deep-draft wharf would be constructed at Polaris Point and the existing outer Apra Harbor channel would be widened to 600 feet. A new ship turning basin would require dredging to 49.5 feet mean lower low water plus 2 feet overdraft. The preferred alternative for proposed AMDTF headquarters and housing would involve co-locating Army support facilities with the proposed Marine Corps units at Finegayan and the preferred alternative for munitions storage would involve construction of magazines at Andersen Air Force Base. Utilities and roadways projects would include upgrades to power systems, potable water supplies, wastewater treatment facilities, and construction of roadway projects that could be funded partially funded by the Federal Highway Administration. Projects would include intersection improvements, bridge replacements, pavement strengthening, roadway relocation, and new road construction. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed actions would position military forces within a timely response range to defend the homeland, Japan, and other allies' interests. The powerful U.S. presence in the Pacific region would provide the flexibility to respond to regional threats and would maintain regional stability, peace, and security. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Temporary water quality impacts on near shore waters and significant direct impacts to the coral reef ecosystem would result from dredging in Apra Harbor. Roadway noise would be a significant impact in the north and central areas of Guam. Activities associated with the relocations would adversely affect 34 archaeological resources. The projected water demand for the Guam civilian population throughout 2010 to 2019, not including effects of any military buildup, exceeds the current water system capacity. Wastewater treatment facilities would require upgrades. JF - EPA number: 090394, Summary--38 pages and maps, Volumes 1-9--CD-ROM, November 13, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 10 KW - Air Transportation KW - Archaeological Sites KW - Bridges KW - Channels KW - Dredging KW - Harbors KW - Islands KW - Leasing KW - Land Acquisitions KW - Military Facilities (Air Force) KW - Military Facilities (Army) KW - Military Facilities (Marine Corps) KW - Military Facilities (Navy) KW - Military Operations (Army) KW - Military Operations (Marine Corps) KW - Military Operations (Navy) KW - Municipal Services KW - Munitions KW - Population KW - Roads KW - Ships KW - Water Supply KW - Wells KW - Andersen Air Force Base Guam KW - Apra Harbor Naval Complex KW - Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands KW - Guam UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873126590?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-11-13&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=GUAM+AND+CNMI+MILITARY+RELOCATION%2C+RELOCATING+MARINES+FROM+OKINAWA%2C+VISITING+AIRCRAFT+BERTHING%2C+AND+ARMY+AIR+AND+MISSILE+DEFENSE+TASK+FORCE%2C+GUAM.&rft.title=GUAM+AND+CNMI+MILITARY+RELOCATION%2C+RELOCATING+MARINES+FROM+OKINAWA%2C+VISITING+AIRCRAFT+BERTHING%2C+AND+ARMY+AIR+AND+MISSILE+DEFENSE+TASK+FORCE%2C+GUAM.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; NAVY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: November 13, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - GUAM AND CNMI MILITARY RELOCATION, RELOCATING MARINES FROM OKINAWA, VISITING AIRCRAFT BERTHING, AND ARMY AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE TASK FORCE, GUAM. [Part 6 of 11] T2 - GUAM AND CNMI MILITARY RELOCATION, RELOCATING MARINES FROM OKINAWA, VISITING AIRCRAFT BERTHING, AND ARMY AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE TASK FORCE, GUAM. AN - 873125623; 14098-4_0006 AB - PURPOSE: The relocation of Marine Corps forces currently located in Okinawa, Japan to Guam, wharf reconstruction in Guam's Apra Harbor, and relocation of an Army Air and Missile Defense Task Force (AMDTF) to Guam are proposed. Project locations include Guam and Tinian, both part of the Mariana Islands archipelago, and the three actions are referred to as the Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) military relocation. The proposed actions are a complex, multi-service proposal involving components of the Marine Corps, Navy, and Army, as well as existing Air Force assets on Guam. Specifically, the actions would develop and construct facilities and infrastructure to support 8,600 Marines and their 9,000 dependents, construct a new deep-draft wharf with shoreside infrastructure improvements to support a transient nuclear powered aircraft carrier, and develop and construct facilities and infrastructure to support 600 military personnel and their 900 dependents to establish and operate an AMDTF. Several action alternatives and a No Action Alternative for each of the proposed actions are evaluated in this draft overseas EIS. Under the preferred main cantonment alternative, 2,580 acres would be leased or acquired to configure facilities on one contiguous parcel. Four sites are analyzed for the proposed Marine Corps airfield functions and Andersen Air Force Base would be the only reasonable alternative. Apra Harbor would be the only reasonable waterfront alternative. Of the geographic alternatives analyzed for the location of firing and non-firing training ranges, two reasonable alternatives on the east coast of Guam would require acquisition or lease of either 921 acres or 1,129 acres. The preferred alternative for training on Tinian would construct four ranges within the leaseback area on the island. Under the preferred alternative for aircraft carrier berthing, a new deep-draft wharf would be constructed at Polaris Point and the existing outer Apra Harbor channel would be widened to 600 feet. A new ship turning basin would require dredging to 49.5 feet mean lower low water plus 2 feet overdraft. The preferred alternative for proposed AMDTF headquarters and housing would involve co-locating Army support facilities with the proposed Marine Corps units at Finegayan and the preferred alternative for munitions storage would involve construction of magazines at Andersen Air Force Base. Utilities and roadways projects would include upgrades to power systems, potable water supplies, wastewater treatment facilities, and construction of roadway projects that could be funded partially funded by the Federal Highway Administration. Projects would include intersection improvements, bridge replacements, pavement strengthening, roadway relocation, and new road construction. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed actions would position military forces within a timely response range to defend the homeland, Japan, and other allies' interests. The powerful U.S. presence in the Pacific region would provide the flexibility to respond to regional threats and would maintain regional stability, peace, and security. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Temporary water quality impacts on near shore waters and significant direct impacts to the coral reef ecosystem would result from dredging in Apra Harbor. Roadway noise would be a significant impact in the north and central areas of Guam. Activities associated with the relocations would adversely affect 34 archaeological resources. The projected water demand for the Guam civilian population throughout 2010 to 2019, not including effects of any military buildup, exceeds the current water system capacity. Wastewater treatment facilities would require upgrades. JF - EPA number: 090394, Summary--38 pages and maps, Volumes 1-9--CD-ROM, November 13, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 6 KW - Air Transportation KW - Archaeological Sites KW - Bridges KW - Channels KW - Dredging KW - Harbors KW - Islands KW - Leasing KW - Land Acquisitions KW - Military Facilities (Air Force) KW - Military Facilities (Army) KW - Military Facilities (Marine Corps) KW - Military Facilities (Navy) KW - Military Operations (Army) KW - Military Operations (Marine Corps) KW - Military Operations (Navy) KW - Municipal Services KW - Munitions KW - Population KW - Roads KW - Ships KW - Water Supply KW - Wells KW - Andersen Air Force Base Guam KW - Apra Harbor Naval Complex KW - Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands KW - Guam UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125623?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-11-13&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=GUAM+AND+CNMI+MILITARY+RELOCATION%2C+RELOCATING+MARINES+FROM+OKINAWA%2C+VISITING+AIRCRAFT+BERTHING%2C+AND+ARMY+AIR+AND+MISSILE+DEFENSE+TASK+FORCE%2C+GUAM.&rft.title=GUAM+AND+CNMI+MILITARY+RELOCATION%2C+RELOCATING+MARINES+FROM+OKINAWA%2C+VISITING+AIRCRAFT+BERTHING%2C+AND+ARMY+AIR+AND+MISSILE+DEFENSE+TASK+FORCE%2C+GUAM.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; NAVY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: November 13, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - GUAM AND CNMI MILITARY RELOCATION, RELOCATING MARINES FROM OKINAWA, VISITING AIRCRAFT BERTHING, AND ARMY AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE TASK FORCE, GUAM. [Part 3 of 11] T2 - GUAM AND CNMI MILITARY RELOCATION, RELOCATING MARINES FROM OKINAWA, VISITING AIRCRAFT BERTHING, AND ARMY AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE TASK FORCE, GUAM. AN - 873125616; 14098-4_0003 AB - PURPOSE: The relocation of Marine Corps forces currently located in Okinawa, Japan to Guam, wharf reconstruction in Guam's Apra Harbor, and relocation of an Army Air and Missile Defense Task Force (AMDTF) to Guam are proposed. Project locations include Guam and Tinian, both part of the Mariana Islands archipelago, and the three actions are referred to as the Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) military relocation. The proposed actions are a complex, multi-service proposal involving components of the Marine Corps, Navy, and Army, as well as existing Air Force assets on Guam. Specifically, the actions would develop and construct facilities and infrastructure to support 8,600 Marines and their 9,000 dependents, construct a new deep-draft wharf with shoreside infrastructure improvements to support a transient nuclear powered aircraft carrier, and develop and construct facilities and infrastructure to support 600 military personnel and their 900 dependents to establish and operate an AMDTF. Several action alternatives and a No Action Alternative for each of the proposed actions are evaluated in this draft overseas EIS. Under the preferred main cantonment alternative, 2,580 acres would be leased or acquired to configure facilities on one contiguous parcel. Four sites are analyzed for the proposed Marine Corps airfield functions and Andersen Air Force Base would be the only reasonable alternative. Apra Harbor would be the only reasonable waterfront alternative. Of the geographic alternatives analyzed for the location of firing and non-firing training ranges, two reasonable alternatives on the east coast of Guam would require acquisition or lease of either 921 acres or 1,129 acres. The preferred alternative for training on Tinian would construct four ranges within the leaseback area on the island. Under the preferred alternative for aircraft carrier berthing, a new deep-draft wharf would be constructed at Polaris Point and the existing outer Apra Harbor channel would be widened to 600 feet. A new ship turning basin would require dredging to 49.5 feet mean lower low water plus 2 feet overdraft. The preferred alternative for proposed AMDTF headquarters and housing would involve co-locating Army support facilities with the proposed Marine Corps units at Finegayan and the preferred alternative for munitions storage would involve construction of magazines at Andersen Air Force Base. Utilities and roadways projects would include upgrades to power systems, potable water supplies, wastewater treatment facilities, and construction of roadway projects that could be funded partially funded by the Federal Highway Administration. Projects would include intersection improvements, bridge replacements, pavement strengthening, roadway relocation, and new road construction. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed actions would position military forces within a timely response range to defend the homeland, Japan, and other allies' interests. The powerful U.S. presence in the Pacific region would provide the flexibility to respond to regional threats and would maintain regional stability, peace, and security. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Temporary water quality impacts on near shore waters and significant direct impacts to the coral reef ecosystem would result from dredging in Apra Harbor. Roadway noise would be a significant impact in the north and central areas of Guam. Activities associated with the relocations would adversely affect 34 archaeological resources. The projected water demand for the Guam civilian population throughout 2010 to 2019, not including effects of any military buildup, exceeds the current water system capacity. Wastewater treatment facilities would require upgrades. JF - EPA number: 090394, Summary--38 pages and maps, Volumes 1-9--CD-ROM, November 13, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 3 KW - Air Transportation KW - Archaeological Sites KW - Bridges KW - Channels KW - Dredging KW - Harbors KW - Islands KW - Leasing KW - Land Acquisitions KW - Military Facilities (Air Force) KW - Military Facilities (Army) KW - Military Facilities (Marine Corps) KW - Military Facilities (Navy) KW - Military Operations (Army) KW - Military Operations (Marine Corps) KW - Military Operations (Navy) KW - Municipal Services KW - Munitions KW - Population KW - Roads KW - Ships KW - Water Supply KW - Wells KW - Andersen Air Force Base Guam KW - Apra Harbor Naval Complex KW - Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands KW - Guam UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125616?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-11-13&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=GUAM+AND+CNMI+MILITARY+RELOCATION%2C+RELOCATING+MARINES+FROM+OKINAWA%2C+VISITING+AIRCRAFT+BERTHING%2C+AND+ARMY+AIR+AND+MISSILE+DEFENSE+TASK+FORCE%2C+GUAM.&rft.title=GUAM+AND+CNMI+MILITARY+RELOCATION%2C+RELOCATING+MARINES+FROM+OKINAWA%2C+VISITING+AIRCRAFT+BERTHING%2C+AND+ARMY+AIR+AND+MISSILE+DEFENSE+TASK+FORCE%2C+GUAM.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; NAVY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: November 13, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - GUAM AND CNMI MILITARY RELOCATION, RELOCATING MARINES FROM OKINAWA, VISITING AIRCRAFT BERTHING, AND ARMY AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE TASK FORCE, GUAM. [Part 2 of 11] T2 - GUAM AND CNMI MILITARY RELOCATION, RELOCATING MARINES FROM OKINAWA, VISITING AIRCRAFT BERTHING, AND ARMY AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE TASK FORCE, GUAM. AN - 873125614; 14098-4_0002 AB - PURPOSE: The relocation of Marine Corps forces currently located in Okinawa, Japan to Guam, wharf reconstruction in Guam's Apra Harbor, and relocation of an Army Air and Missile Defense Task Force (AMDTF) to Guam are proposed. Project locations include Guam and Tinian, both part of the Mariana Islands archipelago, and the three actions are referred to as the Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) military relocation. The proposed actions are a complex, multi-service proposal involving components of the Marine Corps, Navy, and Army, as well as existing Air Force assets on Guam. Specifically, the actions would develop and construct facilities and infrastructure to support 8,600 Marines and their 9,000 dependents, construct a new deep-draft wharf with shoreside infrastructure improvements to support a transient nuclear powered aircraft carrier, and develop and construct facilities and infrastructure to support 600 military personnel and their 900 dependents to establish and operate an AMDTF. Several action alternatives and a No Action Alternative for each of the proposed actions are evaluated in this draft overseas EIS. Under the preferred main cantonment alternative, 2,580 acres would be leased or acquired to configure facilities on one contiguous parcel. Four sites are analyzed for the proposed Marine Corps airfield functions and Andersen Air Force Base would be the only reasonable alternative. Apra Harbor would be the only reasonable waterfront alternative. Of the geographic alternatives analyzed for the location of firing and non-firing training ranges, two reasonable alternatives on the east coast of Guam would require acquisition or lease of either 921 acres or 1,129 acres. The preferred alternative for training on Tinian would construct four ranges within the leaseback area on the island. Under the preferred alternative for aircraft carrier berthing, a new deep-draft wharf would be constructed at Polaris Point and the existing outer Apra Harbor channel would be widened to 600 feet. A new ship turning basin would require dredging to 49.5 feet mean lower low water plus 2 feet overdraft. The preferred alternative for proposed AMDTF headquarters and housing would involve co-locating Army support facilities with the proposed Marine Corps units at Finegayan and the preferred alternative for munitions storage would involve construction of magazines at Andersen Air Force Base. Utilities and roadways projects would include upgrades to power systems, potable water supplies, wastewater treatment facilities, and construction of roadway projects that could be funded partially funded by the Federal Highway Administration. Projects would include intersection improvements, bridge replacements, pavement strengthening, roadway relocation, and new road construction. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed actions would position military forces within a timely response range to defend the homeland, Japan, and other allies' interests. The powerful U.S. presence in the Pacific region would provide the flexibility to respond to regional threats and would maintain regional stability, peace, and security. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Temporary water quality impacts on near shore waters and significant direct impacts to the coral reef ecosystem would result from dredging in Apra Harbor. Roadway noise would be a significant impact in the north and central areas of Guam. Activities associated with the relocations would adversely affect 34 archaeological resources. The projected water demand for the Guam civilian population throughout 2010 to 2019, not including effects of any military buildup, exceeds the current water system capacity. Wastewater treatment facilities would require upgrades. JF - EPA number: 090394, Summary--38 pages and maps, Volumes 1-9--CD-ROM, November 13, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 2 KW - Air Transportation KW - Archaeological Sites KW - Bridges KW - Channels KW - Dredging KW - Harbors KW - Islands KW - Leasing KW - Land Acquisitions KW - Military Facilities (Air Force) KW - Military Facilities (Army) KW - Military Facilities (Marine Corps) KW - Military Facilities (Navy) KW - Military Operations (Army) KW - Military Operations (Marine Corps) KW - Military Operations (Navy) KW - Municipal Services KW - Munitions KW - Population KW - Roads KW - Ships KW - Water Supply KW - Wells KW - Andersen Air Force Base Guam KW - Apra Harbor Naval Complex KW - Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands KW - Guam UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125614?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-11-13&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=GUAM+AND+CNMI+MILITARY+RELOCATION%2C+RELOCATING+MARINES+FROM+OKINAWA%2C+VISITING+AIRCRAFT+BERTHING%2C+AND+ARMY+AIR+AND+MISSILE+DEFENSE+TASK+FORCE%2C+GUAM.&rft.title=GUAM+AND+CNMI+MILITARY+RELOCATION%2C+RELOCATING+MARINES+FROM+OKINAWA%2C+VISITING+AIRCRAFT+BERTHING%2C+AND+ARMY+AIR+AND+MISSILE+DEFENSE+TASK+FORCE%2C+GUAM.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; NAVY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: November 13, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - GUAM AND CNMI MILITARY RELOCATION, RELOCATING MARINES FROM OKINAWA, VISITING AIRCRAFT BERTHING, AND ARMY AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE TASK FORCE, GUAM. [Part 1 of 11] T2 - GUAM AND CNMI MILITARY RELOCATION, RELOCATING MARINES FROM OKINAWA, VISITING AIRCRAFT BERTHING, AND ARMY AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE TASK FORCE, GUAM. AN - 873125611; 14098-4_0001 AB - PURPOSE: The relocation of Marine Corps forces currently located in Okinawa, Japan to Guam, wharf reconstruction in Guam's Apra Harbor, and relocation of an Army Air and Missile Defense Task Force (AMDTF) to Guam are proposed. Project locations include Guam and Tinian, both part of the Mariana Islands archipelago, and the three actions are referred to as the Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) military relocation. The proposed actions are a complex, multi-service proposal involving components of the Marine Corps, Navy, and Army, as well as existing Air Force assets on Guam. Specifically, the actions would develop and construct facilities and infrastructure to support 8,600 Marines and their 9,000 dependents, construct a new deep-draft wharf with shoreside infrastructure improvements to support a transient nuclear powered aircraft carrier, and develop and construct facilities and infrastructure to support 600 military personnel and their 900 dependents to establish and operate an AMDTF. Several action alternatives and a No Action Alternative for each of the proposed actions are evaluated in this draft overseas EIS. Under the preferred main cantonment alternative, 2,580 acres would be leased or acquired to configure facilities on one contiguous parcel. Four sites are analyzed for the proposed Marine Corps airfield functions and Andersen Air Force Base would be the only reasonable alternative. Apra Harbor would be the only reasonable waterfront alternative. Of the geographic alternatives analyzed for the location of firing and non-firing training ranges, two reasonable alternatives on the east coast of Guam would require acquisition or lease of either 921 acres or 1,129 acres. The preferred alternative for training on Tinian would construct four ranges within the leaseback area on the island. Under the preferred alternative for aircraft carrier berthing, a new deep-draft wharf would be constructed at Polaris Point and the existing outer Apra Harbor channel would be widened to 600 feet. A new ship turning basin would require dredging to 49.5 feet mean lower low water plus 2 feet overdraft. The preferred alternative for proposed AMDTF headquarters and housing would involve co-locating Army support facilities with the proposed Marine Corps units at Finegayan and the preferred alternative for munitions storage would involve construction of magazines at Andersen Air Force Base. Utilities and roadways projects would include upgrades to power systems, potable water supplies, wastewater treatment facilities, and construction of roadway projects that could be funded partially funded by the Federal Highway Administration. Projects would include intersection improvements, bridge replacements, pavement strengthening, roadway relocation, and new road construction. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed actions would position military forces within a timely response range to defend the homeland, Japan, and other allies' interests. The powerful U.S. presence in the Pacific region would provide the flexibility to respond to regional threats and would maintain regional stability, peace, and security. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Temporary water quality impacts on near shore waters and significant direct impacts to the coral reef ecosystem would result from dredging in Apra Harbor. Roadway noise would be a significant impact in the north and central areas of Guam. Activities associated with the relocations would adversely affect 34 archaeological resources. The projected water demand for the Guam civilian population throughout 2010 to 2019, not including effects of any military buildup, exceeds the current water system capacity. Wastewater treatment facilities would require upgrades. JF - EPA number: 090394, Summary--38 pages and maps, Volumes 1-9--CD-ROM, November 13, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 1 KW - Air Transportation KW - Archaeological Sites KW - Bridges KW - Channels KW - Dredging KW - Harbors KW - Islands KW - Leasing KW - Land Acquisitions KW - Military Facilities (Air Force) KW - Military Facilities (Army) KW - Military Facilities (Marine Corps) KW - Military Facilities (Navy) KW - Military Operations (Army) KW - Military Operations (Marine Corps) KW - Military Operations (Navy) KW - Municipal Services KW - Munitions KW - Population KW - Roads KW - Ships KW - Water Supply KW - Wells KW - Andersen Air Force Base Guam KW - Apra Harbor Naval Complex KW - Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands KW - Guam UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125611?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-11-13&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=GUAM+AND+CNMI+MILITARY+RELOCATION%2C+RELOCATING+MARINES+FROM+OKINAWA%2C+VISITING+AIRCRAFT+BERTHING%2C+AND+ARMY+AIR+AND+MISSILE+DEFENSE+TASK+FORCE%2C+GUAM.&rft.title=GUAM+AND+CNMI+MILITARY+RELOCATION%2C+RELOCATING+MARINES+FROM+OKINAWA%2C+VISITING+AIRCRAFT+BERTHING%2C+AND+ARMY+AIR+AND+MISSILE+DEFENSE+TASK+FORCE%2C+GUAM.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; NAVY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: November 13, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - GUAM AND CNMI MILITARY RELOCATION, RELOCATING MARINES FROM OKINAWA, VISITING AIRCRAFT BERTHING, AND ARMY AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE TASK FORCE, GUAM. [Part 5 of 11] T2 - GUAM AND CNMI MILITARY RELOCATION, RELOCATING MARINES FROM OKINAWA, VISITING AIRCRAFT BERTHING, AND ARMY AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE TASK FORCE, GUAM. AN - 873125591; 14098-4_0005 AB - PURPOSE: The relocation of Marine Corps forces currently located in Okinawa, Japan to Guam, wharf reconstruction in Guam's Apra Harbor, and relocation of an Army Air and Missile Defense Task Force (AMDTF) to Guam are proposed. Project locations include Guam and Tinian, both part of the Mariana Islands archipelago, and the three actions are referred to as the Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) military relocation. The proposed actions are a complex, multi-service proposal involving components of the Marine Corps, Navy, and Army, as well as existing Air Force assets on Guam. Specifically, the actions would develop and construct facilities and infrastructure to support 8,600 Marines and their 9,000 dependents, construct a new deep-draft wharf with shoreside infrastructure improvements to support a transient nuclear powered aircraft carrier, and develop and construct facilities and infrastructure to support 600 military personnel and their 900 dependents to establish and operate an AMDTF. Several action alternatives and a No Action Alternative for each of the proposed actions are evaluated in this draft overseas EIS. Under the preferred main cantonment alternative, 2,580 acres would be leased or acquired to configure facilities on one contiguous parcel. Four sites are analyzed for the proposed Marine Corps airfield functions and Andersen Air Force Base would be the only reasonable alternative. Apra Harbor would be the only reasonable waterfront alternative. Of the geographic alternatives analyzed for the location of firing and non-firing training ranges, two reasonable alternatives on the east coast of Guam would require acquisition or lease of either 921 acres or 1,129 acres. The preferred alternative for training on Tinian would construct four ranges within the leaseback area on the island. Under the preferred alternative for aircraft carrier berthing, a new deep-draft wharf would be constructed at Polaris Point and the existing outer Apra Harbor channel would be widened to 600 feet. A new ship turning basin would require dredging to 49.5 feet mean lower low water plus 2 feet overdraft. The preferred alternative for proposed AMDTF headquarters and housing would involve co-locating Army support facilities with the proposed Marine Corps units at Finegayan and the preferred alternative for munitions storage would involve construction of magazines at Andersen Air Force Base. Utilities and roadways projects would include upgrades to power systems, potable water supplies, wastewater treatment facilities, and construction of roadway projects that could be funded partially funded by the Federal Highway Administration. Projects would include intersection improvements, bridge replacements, pavement strengthening, roadway relocation, and new road construction. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed actions would position military forces within a timely response range to defend the homeland, Japan, and other allies' interests. The powerful U.S. presence in the Pacific region would provide the flexibility to respond to regional threats and would maintain regional stability, peace, and security. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Temporary water quality impacts on near shore waters and significant direct impacts to the coral reef ecosystem would result from dredging in Apra Harbor. Roadway noise would be a significant impact in the north and central areas of Guam. Activities associated with the relocations would adversely affect 34 archaeological resources. The projected water demand for the Guam civilian population throughout 2010 to 2019, not including effects of any military buildup, exceeds the current water system capacity. Wastewater treatment facilities would require upgrades. JF - EPA number: 090394, Summary--38 pages and maps, Volumes 1-9--CD-ROM, November 13, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 5 KW - Air Transportation KW - Archaeological Sites KW - Bridges KW - Channels KW - Dredging KW - Harbors KW - Islands KW - Leasing KW - Land Acquisitions KW - Military Facilities (Air Force) KW - Military Facilities (Army) KW - Military Facilities (Marine Corps) KW - Military Facilities (Navy) KW - Military Operations (Army) KW - Military Operations (Marine Corps) KW - Military Operations (Navy) KW - Municipal Services KW - Munitions KW - Population KW - Roads KW - Ships KW - Water Supply KW - Wells KW - Andersen Air Force Base Guam KW - Apra Harbor Naval Complex KW - Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands KW - Guam UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125591?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-11-13&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=GUAM+AND+CNMI+MILITARY+RELOCATION%2C+RELOCATING+MARINES+FROM+OKINAWA%2C+VISITING+AIRCRAFT+BERTHING%2C+AND+ARMY+AIR+AND+MISSILE+DEFENSE+TASK+FORCE%2C+GUAM.&rft.title=GUAM+AND+CNMI+MILITARY+RELOCATION%2C+RELOCATING+MARINES+FROM+OKINAWA%2C+VISITING+AIRCRAFT+BERTHING%2C+AND+ARMY+AIR+AND+MISSILE+DEFENSE+TASK+FORCE%2C+GUAM.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; NAVY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: November 13, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - GUAM AND CNMI MILITARY RELOCATION, RELOCATING MARINES FROM OKINAWA, VISITING AIRCRAFT BERTHING, AND ARMY AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE TASK FORCE, GUAM. [Part 9 of 11] T2 - GUAM AND CNMI MILITARY RELOCATION, RELOCATING MARINES FROM OKINAWA, VISITING AIRCRAFT BERTHING, AND ARMY AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE TASK FORCE, GUAM. AN - 873125493; 14098-4_0009 AB - PURPOSE: The relocation of Marine Corps forces currently located in Okinawa, Japan to Guam, wharf reconstruction in Guam's Apra Harbor, and relocation of an Army Air and Missile Defense Task Force (AMDTF) to Guam are proposed. Project locations include Guam and Tinian, both part of the Mariana Islands archipelago, and the three actions are referred to as the Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) military relocation. The proposed actions are a complex, multi-service proposal involving components of the Marine Corps, Navy, and Army, as well as existing Air Force assets on Guam. Specifically, the actions would develop and construct facilities and infrastructure to support 8,600 Marines and their 9,000 dependents, construct a new deep-draft wharf with shoreside infrastructure improvements to support a transient nuclear powered aircraft carrier, and develop and construct facilities and infrastructure to support 600 military personnel and their 900 dependents to establish and operate an AMDTF. Several action alternatives and a No Action Alternative for each of the proposed actions are evaluated in this draft overseas EIS. Under the preferred main cantonment alternative, 2,580 acres would be leased or acquired to configure facilities on one contiguous parcel. Four sites are analyzed for the proposed Marine Corps airfield functions and Andersen Air Force Base would be the only reasonable alternative. Apra Harbor would be the only reasonable waterfront alternative. Of the geographic alternatives analyzed for the location of firing and non-firing training ranges, two reasonable alternatives on the east coast of Guam would require acquisition or lease of either 921 acres or 1,129 acres. The preferred alternative for training on Tinian would construct four ranges within the leaseback area on the island. Under the preferred alternative for aircraft carrier berthing, a new deep-draft wharf would be constructed at Polaris Point and the existing outer Apra Harbor channel would be widened to 600 feet. A new ship turning basin would require dredging to 49.5 feet mean lower low water plus 2 feet overdraft. The preferred alternative for proposed AMDTF headquarters and housing would involve co-locating Army support facilities with the proposed Marine Corps units at Finegayan and the preferred alternative for munitions storage would involve construction of magazines at Andersen Air Force Base. Utilities and roadways projects would include upgrades to power systems, potable water supplies, wastewater treatment facilities, and construction of roadway projects that could be funded partially funded by the Federal Highway Administration. Projects would include intersection improvements, bridge replacements, pavement strengthening, roadway relocation, and new road construction. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed actions would position military forces within a timely response range to defend the homeland, Japan, and other allies' interests. The powerful U.S. presence in the Pacific region would provide the flexibility to respond to regional threats and would maintain regional stability, peace, and security. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Temporary water quality impacts on near shore waters and significant direct impacts to the coral reef ecosystem would result from dredging in Apra Harbor. Roadway noise would be a significant impact in the north and central areas of Guam. Activities associated with the relocations would adversely affect 34 archaeological resources. The projected water demand for the Guam civilian population throughout 2010 to 2019, not including effects of any military buildup, exceeds the current water system capacity. Wastewater treatment facilities would require upgrades. JF - EPA number: 090394, Summary--38 pages and maps, Volumes 1-9--CD-ROM, November 13, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 9 KW - Air Transportation KW - Archaeological Sites KW - Bridges KW - Channels KW - Dredging KW - Harbors KW - Islands KW - Leasing KW - Land Acquisitions KW - Military Facilities (Air Force) KW - Military Facilities (Army) KW - Military Facilities (Marine Corps) KW - Military Facilities (Navy) KW - Military Operations (Army) KW - Military Operations (Marine Corps) KW - Military Operations (Navy) KW - Municipal Services KW - Munitions KW - Population KW - Roads KW - Ships KW - Water Supply KW - Wells KW - Andersen Air Force Base Guam KW - Apra Harbor Naval Complex KW - Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands KW - Guam UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125493?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-11-13&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=GUAM+AND+CNMI+MILITARY+RELOCATION%2C+RELOCATING+MARINES+FROM+OKINAWA%2C+VISITING+AIRCRAFT+BERTHING%2C+AND+ARMY+AIR+AND+MISSILE+DEFENSE+TASK+FORCE%2C+GUAM.&rft.title=GUAM+AND+CNMI+MILITARY+RELOCATION%2C+RELOCATING+MARINES+FROM+OKINAWA%2C+VISITING+AIRCRAFT+BERTHING%2C+AND+ARMY+AIR+AND+MISSILE+DEFENSE+TASK+FORCE%2C+GUAM.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; NAVY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: November 13, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - GUAM AND CNMI MILITARY RELOCATION, RELOCATING MARINES FROM OKINAWA, VISITING AIRCRAFT BERTHING, AND ARMY AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE TASK FORCE, GUAM. [Part 8 of 11] T2 - GUAM AND CNMI MILITARY RELOCATION, RELOCATING MARINES FROM OKINAWA, VISITING AIRCRAFT BERTHING, AND ARMY AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE TASK FORCE, GUAM. AN - 873125483; 14098-4_0008 AB - PURPOSE: The relocation of Marine Corps forces currently located in Okinawa, Japan to Guam, wharf reconstruction in Guam's Apra Harbor, and relocation of an Army Air and Missile Defense Task Force (AMDTF) to Guam are proposed. Project locations include Guam and Tinian, both part of the Mariana Islands archipelago, and the three actions are referred to as the Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) military relocation. The proposed actions are a complex, multi-service proposal involving components of the Marine Corps, Navy, and Army, as well as existing Air Force assets on Guam. Specifically, the actions would develop and construct facilities and infrastructure to support 8,600 Marines and their 9,000 dependents, construct a new deep-draft wharf with shoreside infrastructure improvements to support a transient nuclear powered aircraft carrier, and develop and construct facilities and infrastructure to support 600 military personnel and their 900 dependents to establish and operate an AMDTF. Several action alternatives and a No Action Alternative for each of the proposed actions are evaluated in this draft overseas EIS. Under the preferred main cantonment alternative, 2,580 acres would be leased or acquired to configure facilities on one contiguous parcel. Four sites are analyzed for the proposed Marine Corps airfield functions and Andersen Air Force Base would be the only reasonable alternative. Apra Harbor would be the only reasonable waterfront alternative. Of the geographic alternatives analyzed for the location of firing and non-firing training ranges, two reasonable alternatives on the east coast of Guam would require acquisition or lease of either 921 acres or 1,129 acres. The preferred alternative for training on Tinian would construct four ranges within the leaseback area on the island. Under the preferred alternative for aircraft carrier berthing, a new deep-draft wharf would be constructed at Polaris Point and the existing outer Apra Harbor channel would be widened to 600 feet. A new ship turning basin would require dredging to 49.5 feet mean lower low water plus 2 feet overdraft. The preferred alternative for proposed AMDTF headquarters and housing would involve co-locating Army support facilities with the proposed Marine Corps units at Finegayan and the preferred alternative for munitions storage would involve construction of magazines at Andersen Air Force Base. Utilities and roadways projects would include upgrades to power systems, potable water supplies, wastewater treatment facilities, and construction of roadway projects that could be funded partially funded by the Federal Highway Administration. Projects would include intersection improvements, bridge replacements, pavement strengthening, roadway relocation, and new road construction. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed actions would position military forces within a timely response range to defend the homeland, Japan, and other allies' interests. The powerful U.S. presence in the Pacific region would provide the flexibility to respond to regional threats and would maintain regional stability, peace, and security. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Temporary water quality impacts on near shore waters and significant direct impacts to the coral reef ecosystem would result from dredging in Apra Harbor. Roadway noise would be a significant impact in the north and central areas of Guam. Activities associated with the relocations would adversely affect 34 archaeological resources. The projected water demand for the Guam civilian population throughout 2010 to 2019, not including effects of any military buildup, exceeds the current water system capacity. Wastewater treatment facilities would require upgrades. JF - EPA number: 090394, Summary--38 pages and maps, Volumes 1-9--CD-ROM, November 13, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 8 KW - Air Transportation KW - Archaeological Sites KW - Bridges KW - Channels KW - Dredging KW - Harbors KW - Islands KW - Leasing KW - Land Acquisitions KW - Military Facilities (Air Force) KW - Military Facilities (Army) KW - Military Facilities (Marine Corps) KW - Military Facilities (Navy) KW - Military Operations (Army) KW - Military Operations (Marine Corps) KW - Military Operations (Navy) KW - Municipal Services KW - Munitions KW - Population KW - Roads KW - Ships KW - Water Supply KW - Wells KW - Andersen Air Force Base Guam KW - Apra Harbor Naval Complex KW - Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands KW - Guam UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125483?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-11-13&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=GUAM+AND+CNMI+MILITARY+RELOCATION%2C+RELOCATING+MARINES+FROM+OKINAWA%2C+VISITING+AIRCRAFT+BERTHING%2C+AND+ARMY+AIR+AND+MISSILE+DEFENSE+TASK+FORCE%2C+GUAM.&rft.title=GUAM+AND+CNMI+MILITARY+RELOCATION%2C+RELOCATING+MARINES+FROM+OKINAWA%2C+VISITING+AIRCRAFT+BERTHING%2C+AND+ARMY+AIR+AND+MISSILE+DEFENSE+TASK+FORCE%2C+GUAM.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; NAVY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: November 13, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - GUAM AND CNMI MILITARY RELOCATION, RELOCATING MARINES FROM OKINAWA, VISITING AIRCRAFT BERTHING, AND ARMY AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE TASK FORCE, GUAM. [Part 7 of 11] T2 - GUAM AND CNMI MILITARY RELOCATION, RELOCATING MARINES FROM OKINAWA, VISITING AIRCRAFT BERTHING, AND ARMY AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE TASK FORCE, GUAM. AN - 873125369; 14098-4_0007 AB - PURPOSE: The relocation of Marine Corps forces currently located in Okinawa, Japan to Guam, wharf reconstruction in Guam's Apra Harbor, and relocation of an Army Air and Missile Defense Task Force (AMDTF) to Guam are proposed. Project locations include Guam and Tinian, both part of the Mariana Islands archipelago, and the three actions are referred to as the Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) military relocation. The proposed actions are a complex, multi-service proposal involving components of the Marine Corps, Navy, and Army, as well as existing Air Force assets on Guam. Specifically, the actions would develop and construct facilities and infrastructure to support 8,600 Marines and their 9,000 dependents, construct a new deep-draft wharf with shoreside infrastructure improvements to support a transient nuclear powered aircraft carrier, and develop and construct facilities and infrastructure to support 600 military personnel and their 900 dependents to establish and operate an AMDTF. Several action alternatives and a No Action Alternative for each of the proposed actions are evaluated in this draft overseas EIS. Under the preferred main cantonment alternative, 2,580 acres would be leased or acquired to configure facilities on one contiguous parcel. Four sites are analyzed for the proposed Marine Corps airfield functions and Andersen Air Force Base would be the only reasonable alternative. Apra Harbor would be the only reasonable waterfront alternative. Of the geographic alternatives analyzed for the location of firing and non-firing training ranges, two reasonable alternatives on the east coast of Guam would require acquisition or lease of either 921 acres or 1,129 acres. The preferred alternative for training on Tinian would construct four ranges within the leaseback area on the island. Under the preferred alternative for aircraft carrier berthing, a new deep-draft wharf would be constructed at Polaris Point and the existing outer Apra Harbor channel would be widened to 600 feet. A new ship turning basin would require dredging to 49.5 feet mean lower low water plus 2 feet overdraft. The preferred alternative for proposed AMDTF headquarters and housing would involve co-locating Army support facilities with the proposed Marine Corps units at Finegayan and the preferred alternative for munitions storage would involve construction of magazines at Andersen Air Force Base. Utilities and roadways projects would include upgrades to power systems, potable water supplies, wastewater treatment facilities, and construction of roadway projects that could be funded partially funded by the Federal Highway Administration. Projects would include intersection improvements, bridge replacements, pavement strengthening, roadway relocation, and new road construction. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed actions would position military forces within a timely response range to defend the homeland, Japan, and other allies' interests. The powerful U.S. presence in the Pacific region would provide the flexibility to respond to regional threats and would maintain regional stability, peace, and security. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Temporary water quality impacts on near shore waters and significant direct impacts to the coral reef ecosystem would result from dredging in Apra Harbor. Roadway noise would be a significant impact in the north and central areas of Guam. Activities associated with the relocations would adversely affect 34 archaeological resources. The projected water demand for the Guam civilian population throughout 2010 to 2019, not including effects of any military buildup, exceeds the current water system capacity. Wastewater treatment facilities would require upgrades. JF - EPA number: 090394, Summary--38 pages and maps, Volumes 1-9--CD-ROM, November 13, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 7 KW - Air Transportation KW - Archaeological Sites KW - Bridges KW - Channels KW - Dredging KW - Harbors KW - Islands KW - Leasing KW - Land Acquisitions KW - Military Facilities (Air Force) KW - Military Facilities (Army) KW - Military Facilities (Marine Corps) KW - Military Facilities (Navy) KW - Military Operations (Army) KW - Military Operations (Marine Corps) KW - Military Operations (Navy) KW - Municipal Services KW - Munitions KW - Population KW - Roads KW - Ships KW - Water Supply KW - Wells KW - Andersen Air Force Base Guam KW - Apra Harbor Naval Complex KW - Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands KW - Guam UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125369?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-11-13&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=GUAM+AND+CNMI+MILITARY+RELOCATION%2C+RELOCATING+MARINES+FROM+OKINAWA%2C+VISITING+AIRCRAFT+BERTHING%2C+AND+ARMY+AIR+AND+MISSILE+DEFENSE+TASK+FORCE%2C+GUAM.&rft.title=GUAM+AND+CNMI+MILITARY+RELOCATION%2C+RELOCATING+MARINES+FROM+OKINAWA%2C+VISITING+AIRCRAFT+BERTHING%2C+AND+ARMY+AIR+AND+MISSILE+DEFENSE+TASK+FORCE%2C+GUAM.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; NAVY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: November 13, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - GUAM AND CNMI MILITARY RELOCATION, RELOCATING MARINES FROM OKINAWA, VISITING AIRCRAFT BERTHING, AND ARMY AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE TASK FORCE, GUAM. [Part 4 of 11] T2 - GUAM AND CNMI MILITARY RELOCATION, RELOCATING MARINES FROM OKINAWA, VISITING AIRCRAFT BERTHING, AND ARMY AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE TASK FORCE, GUAM. AN - 873125223; 14098-4_0004 AB - PURPOSE: The relocation of Marine Corps forces currently located in Okinawa, Japan to Guam, wharf reconstruction in Guam's Apra Harbor, and relocation of an Army Air and Missile Defense Task Force (AMDTF) to Guam are proposed. Project locations include Guam and Tinian, both part of the Mariana Islands archipelago, and the three actions are referred to as the Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) military relocation. The proposed actions are a complex, multi-service proposal involving components of the Marine Corps, Navy, and Army, as well as existing Air Force assets on Guam. Specifically, the actions would develop and construct facilities and infrastructure to support 8,600 Marines and their 9,000 dependents, construct a new deep-draft wharf with shoreside infrastructure improvements to support a transient nuclear powered aircraft carrier, and develop and construct facilities and infrastructure to support 600 military personnel and their 900 dependents to establish and operate an AMDTF. Several action alternatives and a No Action Alternative for each of the proposed actions are evaluated in this draft overseas EIS. Under the preferred main cantonment alternative, 2,580 acres would be leased or acquired to configure facilities on one contiguous parcel. Four sites are analyzed for the proposed Marine Corps airfield functions and Andersen Air Force Base would be the only reasonable alternative. Apra Harbor would be the only reasonable waterfront alternative. Of the geographic alternatives analyzed for the location of firing and non-firing training ranges, two reasonable alternatives on the east coast of Guam would require acquisition or lease of either 921 acres or 1,129 acres. The preferred alternative for training on Tinian would construct four ranges within the leaseback area on the island. Under the preferred alternative for aircraft carrier berthing, a new deep-draft wharf would be constructed at Polaris Point and the existing outer Apra Harbor channel would be widened to 600 feet. A new ship turning basin would require dredging to 49.5 feet mean lower low water plus 2 feet overdraft. The preferred alternative for proposed AMDTF headquarters and housing would involve co-locating Army support facilities with the proposed Marine Corps units at Finegayan and the preferred alternative for munitions storage would involve construction of magazines at Andersen Air Force Base. Utilities and roadways projects would include upgrades to power systems, potable water supplies, wastewater treatment facilities, and construction of roadway projects that could be funded partially funded by the Federal Highway Administration. Projects would include intersection improvements, bridge replacements, pavement strengthening, roadway relocation, and new road construction. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed actions would position military forces within a timely response range to defend the homeland, Japan, and other allies' interests. The powerful U.S. presence in the Pacific region would provide the flexibility to respond to regional threats and would maintain regional stability, peace, and security. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Temporary water quality impacts on near shore waters and significant direct impacts to the coral reef ecosystem would result from dredging in Apra Harbor. Roadway noise would be a significant impact in the north and central areas of Guam. Activities associated with the relocations would adversely affect 34 archaeological resources. The projected water demand for the Guam civilian population throughout 2010 to 2019, not including effects of any military buildup, exceeds the current water system capacity. Wastewater treatment facilities would require upgrades. JF - EPA number: 090394, Summary--38 pages and maps, Volumes 1-9--CD-ROM, November 13, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 4 KW - Air Transportation KW - Archaeological Sites KW - Bridges KW - Channels KW - Dredging KW - Harbors KW - Islands KW - Leasing KW - Land Acquisitions KW - Military Facilities (Air Force) KW - Military Facilities (Army) KW - Military Facilities (Marine Corps) KW - Military Facilities (Navy) KW - Military Operations (Army) KW - Military Operations (Marine Corps) KW - Military Operations (Navy) KW - Municipal Services KW - Munitions KW - Population KW - Roads KW - Ships KW - Water Supply KW - Wells KW - Andersen Air Force Base Guam KW - Apra Harbor Naval Complex KW - Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands KW - Guam UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/873125223?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-11-13&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=GUAM+AND+CNMI+MILITARY+RELOCATION%2C+RELOCATING+MARINES+FROM+OKINAWA%2C+VISITING+AIRCRAFT+BERTHING%2C+AND+ARMY+AIR+AND+MISSILE+DEFENSE+TASK+FORCE%2C+GUAM.&rft.title=GUAM+AND+CNMI+MILITARY+RELOCATION%2C+RELOCATING+MARINES+FROM+OKINAWA%2C+VISITING+AIRCRAFT+BERTHING%2C+AND+ARMY+AIR+AND+MISSILE+DEFENSE+TASK+FORCE%2C+GUAM.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; NAVY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: November 13, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - LOUISIANA COASTAL AREA BENEFICIAL USE OF DREDGED MATERIAL PROGRAM, COASTAL PARISHES OF LOUISIANA (PROGRAMMATIC STUDY REPORT AND PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT). [Part 2 of 2] T2 - LOUISIANA COASTAL AREA BENEFICIAL USE OF DREDGED MATERIAL PROGRAM, COASTAL PARISHES OF LOUISIANA (PROGRAMMATIC STUDY REPORT AND PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT). AN - 756826852; 14101-090397_0002 AB - PURPOSE: The establishment of a 10-year, $100 million Beneficial Use of Dredged Material (BUDMAT) Program for 20 coastal parishes of southern Louisiana is proposed. The November 2004 Louisiana Coastal Area Ecosystem Restoration Study (LCA Study) recommended the BUDMAT Program for programmatic authorization and a programmatic EIS for the LCA Study and a Record of Decision was signed on November 18, 2005. The study area is the coast of Louisiana, from Mississippi to Texas and includes the parishes of Ascension, Assumption, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, and Vermilion. Nine navigation channels with the most significant opportunities for additional beneficial use of dredged material in coastal Louisiana have been identified. The BUDMAT Program would pay the incremental costs to use dredge material above those costs normally incurred in the operation and maintenance of federally maintained navigation channels. The 2004 LCA Study estimated that up to 21,000 acres of wetlands could be created through the BUDMAT Program equating to approximately $4,000 per acre of wetland created. This draft EIS tiers off the LCA Study and its accompanying programmatic EIS and evaluates several programmatic management and site selection alternative plans to implement beneficial use projects, including a No Action plan where dredged materials would only be utilized within the federal standard for each channel within the existing operation and maintenance budget. Under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) based alternative, the selection and implementation of beneficial use projects would rely on weighted scoring of eight criteria to develop one score for a given restoration project. The eight criteria with their respective weights are: cost-effectiveness (20 percent), area of need/high loss area (15 percent), implementability (15 percent), certainty of benefits (10 percent), sustainability (10 percent), riverine/freshwater input (10 percent), sediment input (10 percent), and maintenance or establishment of landscape features (10 percent). The Continuing Authorities Program (CAP) Section 204 Based Alternative would include the guidelines established for Section 204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992, which provides authority to use dredged material from new or existing federal projects to protect, restore, or create aquatic and ecologically related habitats, including wetlands. The cost sharing (25 percent non-federal, 75 percent federal) would be applied to the incremental cost above the least cost method of dredged material disposal consistent with engineering and environmental criteria. A customized program alternative that would incorporate the CWPPRA-alternative requirements for project solicitation and the CAP Section 204-alternative requirements for project planning and design is the tentatively selected plan. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed program would take greater advantage of existing sediment resources made available by the maintenance dredging of authorized federal navigation channels. Implementation would address critical needs of the LCA program by using dredged material to solicit, plan, design, and construct individual projects that: restore and create coastal landscape features that provide wildlife and fisheries habitat, reduce the loss of existing coastal landscape features, improve water quality, reduce saltwater intrusion, and provide protection to Louisiana's coastal infrastructure. A range of 3,400 to 21,000 acres of shallow open water would be converted back to wetland. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Beneficial use sites that would be considered for nomination under the program in its initial year would be limited to those that are a practical maximum pumping distance of 15 miles from the dredging location. Negative impacts to oyster leases would result from the placement of dredged material, LEGAL MANDATES: Energy Policy Act of 2005, Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-432), Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (P.L. 102-580), and Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-114). JF - EPA number: 090397, 593 pages, November 13, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 2 KW - Land Use KW - Beaches KW - Coastal Zones KW - Disposal KW - Dredging KW - Fisheries KW - Hydrology KW - Islands KW - Pipelines KW - Shellfish KW - Shores KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Louisiana KW - Energy Policy Act of 2005, Funding KW - Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006, Funding KW - Water Resources Development Act of 1992, Project Authorization KW - Water Resources Development Act of 2007, Project Authorization UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826852?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-11-13&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=LOUISIANA+COASTAL+AREA+BENEFICIAL+USE+OF+DREDGED+MATERIAL+PROGRAM%2C+COASTAL+PARISHES+OF+LOUISIANA+%28PROGRAMMATIC+STUDY+REPORT+AND+PROGRAMMATIC+ENVIRONMENTAL+IMPACT+STATEMENT%29.&rft.title=LOUISIANA+COASTAL+AREA+BENEFICIAL+USE+OF+DREDGED+MATERIAL+PROGRAM%2C+COASTAL+PARISHES+OF+LOUISIANA+%28PROGRAMMATIC+STUDY+REPORT+AND+PROGRAMMATIC+ENVIRONMENTAL+IMPACT+STATEMENT%29.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, Louisiana; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: November 13, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - LOUISIANA COASTAL AREA BENEFICIAL USE OF DREDGED MATERIAL PROGRAM, COASTAL PARISHES OF LOUISIANA (PROGRAMMATIC STUDY REPORT AND PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT). [Part 1 of 2] T2 - LOUISIANA COASTAL AREA BENEFICIAL USE OF DREDGED MATERIAL PROGRAM, COASTAL PARISHES OF LOUISIANA (PROGRAMMATIC STUDY REPORT AND PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT). AN - 756826622; 14101-090397_0001 AB - PURPOSE: The establishment of a 10-year, $100 million Beneficial Use of Dredged Material (BUDMAT) Program for 20 coastal parishes of southern Louisiana is proposed. The November 2004 Louisiana Coastal Area Ecosystem Restoration Study (LCA Study) recommended the BUDMAT Program for programmatic authorization and a programmatic EIS for the LCA Study and a Record of Decision was signed on November 18, 2005. The study area is the coast of Louisiana, from Mississippi to Texas and includes the parishes of Ascension, Assumption, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, and Vermilion. Nine navigation channels with the most significant opportunities for additional beneficial use of dredged material in coastal Louisiana have been identified. The BUDMAT Program would pay the incremental costs to use dredge material above those costs normally incurred in the operation and maintenance of federally maintained navigation channels. The 2004 LCA Study estimated that up to 21,000 acres of wetlands could be created through the BUDMAT Program equating to approximately $4,000 per acre of wetland created. This draft EIS tiers off the LCA Study and its accompanying programmatic EIS and evaluates several programmatic management and site selection alternative plans to implement beneficial use projects, including a No Action plan where dredged materials would only be utilized within the federal standard for each channel within the existing operation and maintenance budget. Under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) based alternative, the selection and implementation of beneficial use projects would rely on weighted scoring of eight criteria to develop one score for a given restoration project. The eight criteria with their respective weights are: cost-effectiveness (20 percent), area of need/high loss area (15 percent), implementability (15 percent), certainty of benefits (10 percent), sustainability (10 percent), riverine/freshwater input (10 percent), sediment input (10 percent), and maintenance or establishment of landscape features (10 percent). The Continuing Authorities Program (CAP) Section 204 Based Alternative would include the guidelines established for Section 204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992, which provides authority to use dredged material from new or existing federal projects to protect, restore, or create aquatic and ecologically related habitats, including wetlands. The cost sharing (25 percent non-federal, 75 percent federal) would be applied to the incremental cost above the least cost method of dredged material disposal consistent with engineering and environmental criteria. A customized program alternative that would incorporate the CWPPRA-alternative requirements for project solicitation and the CAP Section 204-alternative requirements for project planning and design is the tentatively selected plan. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed program would take greater advantage of existing sediment resources made available by the maintenance dredging of authorized federal navigation channels. Implementation would address critical needs of the LCA program by using dredged material to solicit, plan, design, and construct individual projects that: restore and create coastal landscape features that provide wildlife and fisheries habitat, reduce the loss of existing coastal landscape features, improve water quality, reduce saltwater intrusion, and provide protection to Louisiana's coastal infrastructure. A range of 3,400 to 21,000 acres of shallow open water would be converted back to wetland. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Beneficial use sites that would be considered for nomination under the program in its initial year would be limited to those that are a practical maximum pumping distance of 15 miles from the dredging location. Negative impacts to oyster leases would result from the placement of dredged material, LEGAL MANDATES: Energy Policy Act of 2005, Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-432), Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (P.L. 102-580), and Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-114). JF - EPA number: 090397, 593 pages, November 13, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 1 KW - Land Use KW - Beaches KW - Coastal Zones KW - Disposal KW - Dredging KW - Fisheries KW - Hydrology KW - Islands KW - Pipelines KW - Shellfish KW - Shores KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Louisiana KW - Energy Policy Act of 2005, Funding KW - Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006, Funding KW - Water Resources Development Act of 1992, Project Authorization KW - Water Resources Development Act of 2007, Project Authorization UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826622?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-11-13&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=LOUISIANA+COASTAL+AREA+BENEFICIAL+USE+OF+DREDGED+MATERIAL+PROGRAM%2C+COASTAL+PARISHES+OF+LOUISIANA+%28PROGRAMMATIC+STUDY+REPORT+AND+PROGRAMMATIC+ENVIRONMENTAL+IMPACT+STATEMENT%29.&rft.title=LOUISIANA+COASTAL+AREA+BENEFICIAL+USE+OF+DREDGED+MATERIAL+PROGRAM%2C+COASTAL+PARISHES+OF+LOUISIANA+%28PROGRAMMATIC+STUDY+REPORT+AND+PROGRAMMATIC+ENVIRONMENTAL+IMPACT+STATEMENT%29.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, Louisiana; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: November 13, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - LOUISIANA COASTAL AREA BENEFICIAL USE OF DREDGED MATERIAL PROGRAM, COASTAL PARISHES OF LOUISIANA (PROGRAMMATIC STUDY REPORT AND PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT). AN - 16394805; 14101 AB - PURPOSE: The establishment of a 10-year, $100 million Beneficial Use of Dredged Material (BUDMAT) Program for 20 coastal parishes of southern Louisiana is proposed. The November 2004 Louisiana Coastal Area Ecosystem Restoration Study (LCA Study) recommended the BUDMAT Program for programmatic authorization and a programmatic EIS for the LCA Study and a Record of Decision was signed on November 18, 2005. The study area is the coast of Louisiana, from Mississippi to Texas and includes the parishes of Ascension, Assumption, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, and Vermilion. Nine navigation channels with the most significant opportunities for additional beneficial use of dredged material in coastal Louisiana have been identified. The BUDMAT Program would pay the incremental costs to use dredge material above those costs normally incurred in the operation and maintenance of federally maintained navigation channels. The 2004 LCA Study estimated that up to 21,000 acres of wetlands could be created through the BUDMAT Program equating to approximately $4,000 per acre of wetland created. This draft EIS tiers off the LCA Study and its accompanying programmatic EIS and evaluates several programmatic management and site selection alternative plans to implement beneficial use projects, including a No Action plan where dredged materials would only be utilized within the federal standard for each channel within the existing operation and maintenance budget. Under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) based alternative, the selection and implementation of beneficial use projects would rely on weighted scoring of eight criteria to develop one score for a given restoration project. The eight criteria with their respective weights are: cost-effectiveness (20 percent), area of need/high loss area (15 percent), implementability (15 percent), certainty of benefits (10 percent), sustainability (10 percent), riverine/freshwater input (10 percent), sediment input (10 percent), and maintenance or establishment of landscape features (10 percent). The Continuing Authorities Program (CAP) Section 204 Based Alternative would include the guidelines established for Section 204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992, which provides authority to use dredged material from new or existing federal projects to protect, restore, or create aquatic and ecologically related habitats, including wetlands. The cost sharing (25 percent non-federal, 75 percent federal) would be applied to the incremental cost above the least cost method of dredged material disposal consistent with engineering and environmental criteria. A customized program alternative that would incorporate the CWPPRA-alternative requirements for project solicitation and the CAP Section 204-alternative requirements for project planning and design is the tentatively selected plan. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed program would take greater advantage of existing sediment resources made available by the maintenance dredging of authorized federal navigation channels. Implementation would address critical needs of the LCA program by using dredged material to solicit, plan, design, and construct individual projects that: restore and create coastal landscape features that provide wildlife and fisheries habitat, reduce the loss of existing coastal landscape features, improve water quality, reduce saltwater intrusion, and provide protection to Louisiana's coastal infrastructure. A range of 3,400 to 21,000 acres of shallow open water would be converted back to wetland. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Beneficial use sites that would be considered for nomination under the program in its initial year would be limited to those that are a practical maximum pumping distance of 15 miles from the dredging location. Negative impacts to oyster leases would result from the placement of dredged material, LEGAL MANDATES: Energy Policy Act of 2005, Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-432), Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (P.L. 102-580), and Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-114). JF - EPA number: 090397, 593 pages, November 13, 2009 PY - 2009 KW - Land Use KW - Beaches KW - Coastal Zones KW - Disposal KW - Dredging KW - Fisheries KW - Hydrology KW - Islands KW - Pipelines KW - Shellfish KW - Shores KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Louisiana KW - Energy Policy Act of 2005, Funding KW - Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006, Funding KW - Water Resources Development Act of 1992, Project Authorization KW - Water Resources Development Act of 2007, Project Authorization UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/16394805?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Digests&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-11-13&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=LOUISIANA+COASTAL+AREA+BENEFICIAL+USE+OF+DREDGED+MATERIAL+PROGRAM%2C+COASTAL+PARISHES+OF+LOUISIANA+%28PROGRAMMATIC+STUDY+REPORT+AND+PROGRAMMATIC+ENVIRONMENTAL+IMPACT+STATEMENT%29.&rft.title=LOUISIANA+COASTAL+AREA+BENEFICIAL+USE+OF+DREDGED+MATERIAL+PROGRAM%2C+COASTAL+PARISHES+OF+LOUISIANA+%28PROGRAMMATIC+STUDY+REPORT+AND+PROGRAMMATIC+ENVIRONMENTAL+IMPACT+STATEMENT%29.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, Louisiana; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: November 13, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - GUAM AND CNMI MILITARY RELOCATION, RELOCATING MARINES FROM OKINAWA, VISITING AIRCRAFT BERTHING, AND ARMY AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE TASK FORCE, GUAM. AN - 16382123; 14098 AB - PURPOSE: The relocation of Marine Corps forces currently located in Okinawa, Japan to Guam, wharf reconstruction in Guam's Apra Harbor, and relocation of an Army Air and Missile Defense Task Force (AMDTF) to Guam are proposed. Project locations include Guam and Tinian, both part of the Mariana Islands archipelago, and the three actions are referred to as the Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) military relocation. The proposed actions are a complex, multi-service proposal involving components of the Marine Corps, Navy, and Army, as well as existing Air Force assets on Guam. Specifically, the actions would develop and construct facilities and infrastructure to support 8,600 Marines and their 9,000 dependents, construct a new deep-draft wharf with shoreside infrastructure improvements to support a transient nuclear powered aircraft carrier, and develop and construct facilities and infrastructure to support 600 military personnel and their 900 dependents to establish and operate an AMDTF. Several action alternatives and a No Action Alternative for each of the proposed actions are evaluated in this draft overseas EIS. Under the preferred main cantonment alternative, 2,580 acres would be leased or acquired to configure facilities on one contiguous parcel. Four sites are analyzed for the proposed Marine Corps airfield functions and Andersen Air Force Base would be the only reasonable alternative. Apra Harbor would be the only reasonable waterfront alternative. Of the geographic alternatives analyzed for the location of firing and non-firing training ranges, two reasonable alternatives on the east coast of Guam would require acquisition or lease of either 921 acres or 1,129 acres. The preferred alternative for training on Tinian would construct four ranges within the leaseback area on the island. Under the preferred alternative for aircraft carrier berthing, a new deep-draft wharf would be constructed at Polaris Point and the existing outer Apra Harbor channel would be widened to 600 feet. A new ship turning basin would require dredging to 49.5 feet mean lower low water plus 2 feet overdraft. The preferred alternative for proposed AMDTF headquarters and housing would involve co-locating Army support facilities with the proposed Marine Corps units at Finegayan and the preferred alternative for munitions storage would involve construction of magazines at Andersen Air Force Base. Utilities and roadways projects would include upgrades to power systems, potable water supplies, wastewater treatment facilities, and construction of roadway projects that could be funded partially funded by the Federal Highway Administration. Projects would include intersection improvements, bridge replacements, pavement strengthening, roadway relocation, and new road construction. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed actions would position military forces within a timely response range to defend the homeland, Japan, and other allies' interests. The powerful U.S. presence in the Pacific region would provide the flexibility to respond to regional threats and would maintain regional stability, peace, and security. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Temporary water quality impacts on near shore waters and significant direct impacts to the coral reef ecosystem would result from dredging in Apra Harbor. Roadway noise would be a significant impact in the north and central areas of Guam. Activities associated with the relocations would adversely affect 34 archaeological resources. The projected water demand for the Guam civilian population throughout 2010 to 2019, not including effects of any military buildup, exceeds the current water system capacity. Wastewater treatment facilities would require upgrades. JF - EPA number: 090394, Summary--38 pages and maps, Volumes 1-9--CD-ROM, November 13, 2009 PY - 2009 KW - Air Transportation KW - Archaeological Sites KW - Bridges KW - Channels KW - Dredging KW - Harbors KW - Islands KW - Leasing KW - Land Acquisitions KW - Military Facilities (Air Force) KW - Military Facilities (Army) KW - Military Facilities (Marine Corps) KW - Military Facilities (Navy) KW - Military Operations (Army) KW - Military Operations (Marine Corps) KW - Military Operations (Navy) KW - Municipal Services KW - Munitions KW - Population KW - Roads KW - Ships KW - Water Supply KW - Wells KW - Andersen Air Force Base Guam KW - Apra Harbor Naval Complex KW - Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands KW - Guam UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/16382123?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Digests&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-11-13&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=GUAM+AND+CNMI+MILITARY+RELOCATION%2C+RELOCATING+MARINES+FROM+OKINAWA%2C+VISITING+AIRCRAFT+BERTHING%2C+AND+ARMY+AIR+AND+MISSILE+DEFENSE+TASK+FORCE%2C+GUAM.&rft.title=GUAM+AND+CNMI+MILITARY+RELOCATION%2C+RELOCATING+MARINES+FROM+OKINAWA%2C+VISITING+AIRCRAFT+BERTHING%2C+AND+ARMY+AIR+AND+MISSILE+DEFENSE+TASK+FORCE%2C+GUAM.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; NAVY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: November 13, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - BIENVILLE OFFSHORE ENERGY TERMINAL DEEPWATER PORT, FORT MORGAN, ALABAMA: LICENSE APPLICATION AMENDMENT (Docket No. USCG-2006-24644). AN - 16379066; 14100 AB - PURPOSE: The construction and operation of a deepwater offshore liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal port in the Gulf of Mexico 62.6 miles south of Fort Morgan, Alabama are proposed. The Bienville Offshore Energy Terminal (BOET), owned and operated by TORP Terminal LP (the applicant), would be capable of mooring a LNG carrier of up to 9.4 million cubic feet in capacity. A final EIS for the BOET license application was published August 8, 2008, but concerns regarding potential impacts to marine resources from the use of seawater to regassify LNG led to submission of an amended application proposing different regassification technology. The LNG carrier would be off-loaded using a HiLoad LNG off-loading and regasification unit (HiLoad), which is proprietary technology consisting of a remotely operated, floating, LNG transfer and regasification unit that connects to the hull of the LNG carrier. Ambient air vaporizers (AAVs) with methanol as an intermediate fluid would be located aboard a floating regasification unit (FRU) and would provide the heat required to regasify the LNG, all in a closed-loop vaporization system design. At the FRU, the gas would be metered and sent out via interconnect pipelines to four existing offshore pipelines (Dauphin Natural Gas Pipeline, Williams Natural Gas Pipeline, Destin Natural Gas Pipeline, and Viosca Knoll Gathering System Gas Pipeline) that connect to the onshore natural gas transmission pipeline system. The natural gas would be delivered to customers through existing facilities. BOET's average throughput capacity would be 1.2 billion standard cubic feet of gas per day (Bscfd), and peak throughput capacity would be 1.4 Bscfd. BOETs major components would include a turret mooring system, a FRU, a HiLoad unit, two mooring lines that connect the HiLoad to the FRU, two high-pressure flexible gas pipes, two floating intermediate fluid hoses, two umbilicals, and 22.7 miles of new subsea pipeline. These components would be fabricated onshore at existing sites in Alabama, Louisiana, and/or Texas. No new onshore pipelines or LNG storage facilities would be developed under this proposal. BOET's offshore construction would be expected to require approximately four months, with startup of commercial operations anticipated in 2014. Onshore support would be provided by existing facilities in Alabama. In addition to the applicant's proposal, this supplemental draft EIS considers alternative actions with respect to deepwater port designs, deepwater port locations, LNG vaporization technologies, onshore fabrication sites, and offshore interconnect pipeline routes, as well as a No Action Alternative. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The terminal port would provide a safe, effective means of importing natural gas into the United States from foreign sources. The port and terminal facilities would provide for the increasing demand for natural gas in the southern United States and elsewhere in the country and could replace more expensive, less environmentally friendly oil-fired generators and heating units in some cases. The facilities would promote the development of oil and natural gas production on the outer continental shelf by affording an economic and safe means of transporting oil and natural gas to the mainland. Construction employment would provide jobs for local and regional workers. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Submarine pipeline construction would temporarily disturb benthic habitat and release sediments into the water column. Operation of BOET would result in increased vessel traffic in the vicinity of the east-central Gulf, increasing delays due to vessel traffic levels and increasing the possibility of vessel collision with other vessels and with marine mammals. LEGAL MANDATES: Deepwater Port Act of 1974(22 U.S.C. 1501-1524), Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (46 U.S.C. 701), and River and Harbor Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 401 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090396, 812 pages, CD-ROM, November 13, 2009 PY - 2009 KW - Energy KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Biologic Assessments KW - Harbor Structures KW - Marine Mammals KW - Natural Gas KW - Pipelines KW - Ships KW - Socioeconomic Assessments KW - Terminal Facilities KW - Alabama KW - Gulf of Mexico KW - Deepwater Port Act of 1974, License Application KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits KW - Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002, Compliance KW - River and Harbor Act of 1899, Section 10 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/16379066?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Digests&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-11-13&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=BIENVILLE+OFFSHORE+ENERGY+TERMINAL+DEEPWATER+PORT%2C+FORT+MORGAN%2C+ALABAMA%3A+LICENSE+APPLICATION+AMENDMENT+%28Docket+No.+USCG-2006-24644%29.&rft.title=BIENVILLE+OFFSHORE+ENERGY+TERMINAL+DEEPWATER+PORT%2C+FORT+MORGAN%2C+ALABAMA%3A+LICENSE+APPLICATION+AMENDMENT+%28Docket+No.+USCG-2006-24644%29.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of Transportation, Coast Guard, Washington, District of Columbia; DOT N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: November 13, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MESABA ENERGY PROJECT, TACONITE TAX RELIEF AREA, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 10 of 14] T2 - MESABA ENERGY PROJECT, TACONITE TAX RELIEF AREA, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 756826894; 14097-090393_0010 AB - PURPOSE: The granting of funds for the construction of a coal-based integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) electric power plant demonstration project to be located in the Taconite Tax Relief Area (TTRA) of Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. The TTRA encompasses 13,000 square miles in northeastern Minnesota from Crosby to the north shore of Lake Superior. Excelsior Energy Inc. would design, construct, and operate the Mesaba Energy Project in two phases; each phase would nominally generate 600 megawatts (MW) of electricity for export to the electrical grid, for a total output of 1,200 MW at full buildout. IGCC meets the goals of the Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI) Program by utilizing an estimated 240-year domestic supply of reliable, low-cost coal in an environmentally acceptable manner. The project would demonstrate advanced IGCC technologies to produce electricity, including advanced gasification and air separation systems, feedstock flexibility, improved environmental performance characteristics, and improved thermal efficiency. The technologies would be more efficient, economical, reliable, and environmentally favorable than conventional coal-fueled steam electric generation plants. After a one-year demonstration period, if economically feasible, the Mesaba IGCC power plant could be operated commercially for a period of 20 years or longer. Mesaba would employ IGCC technology, using Conoco-Phillips E-Gas technology. Gasification is the process of converting coal, petroleum coke, or blends of these feedstocks to a gaseous fuel called synthesis gas. A combined-cycle electric power plant uses both a steam turbine generator and a combustion generator at one location to generate electricity. Combining the gasification process with the combined-cycle power plant is known as IGCC, which is an inherently lower-polluting and more energy-efficient technology for producing electricity from solid feedstocks. Coal would be delivered to the site by a subsidiary of CN Railway. Electricity would be transmitted to the regional grid by power lines constructed within the TTRA. The Department of Energy (DOE) would provide $36 million in co-funding, through a cooperative agreement with Excelsior under the CCPI Program for the design and one-year first-phase operational demonstration testing period. The DOE may also provide a loan guarantee to Excelsior pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to guarantee a portion of the private sector financing of the project; however, this potential loan guarantee is not part of DOE's proposed action. The cost of the first phase is estimated at $2.16 billion. In addition to the proposed action, this final EIS considers a No Action Alternative and alternative sites for the demonstration project. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed power plant would demonstrate the commercial readiness of the Conoco-Philips E-Gas gasification technology in a fully integrated and quintessential IGCC utility-scale application. Such a demonstration would accelerate the commercialization of clean coal technologies capable of achieving substantial efficiencies, environmental performance, and cost-competitiveness. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The plant footprint would occupy 192 acres, which would be cleared of vegetation and the associated wildlife habitat. Site grading and preparation would require 2.97 million cubic yards of cut land and 1.75 million cubic yards of fill. Natural gas pipeline rights-of-way would displace 142 to 171 acres of prime farmland, and transmission line rights-of-way would disturb up to 151 acres of prime farmland. The power plant site and related transmission and pipeline facilities would lie within the Western Mesabi Iron Range Early Mining Landscape District and several individual historic sites would be directly affected. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), Public Law 107-63, and Wilderness Act of 1964 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090393, Final EIS--960 pages, Appendices--778 pages, Comment Responses--466 pages, November 12, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 10 KW - Urban and Social Programs KW - Agency number: DOE/EIS-0382 KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Coal Gasification KW - Electric Generators KW - Electric Power KW - Emission Control KW - Farmlands KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Historic Districts KW - Historic Sites KW - Natural Gas KW - Power Plants KW - Railroads KW - Research KW - Research Facilities KW - Transmission Lines KW - Turbines KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Minnesota KW - Energy Policy Act of 2005, Funding KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits KW - National Forest Management Act of 1976, Compliance KW - Public Law 107-63, Funding KW - Wilderness Act of 1964, Compliance UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826894?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-11-12&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=MESABA+ENERGY+PROJECT%2C+TACONITE+TAX+RELIEF+AREA%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=MESABA+ENERGY+PROJECT%2C+TACONITE+TAX+RELIEF+AREA%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; DOE N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Final. Preparation date: November 12, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MESABA ENERGY PROJECT, TACONITE TAX RELIEF AREA, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 14 of 14] T2 - MESABA ENERGY PROJECT, TACONITE TAX RELIEF AREA, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 756826863; 14097-090393_0014 AB - PURPOSE: The granting of funds for the construction of a coal-based integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) electric power plant demonstration project to be located in the Taconite Tax Relief Area (TTRA) of Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. The TTRA encompasses 13,000 square miles in northeastern Minnesota from Crosby to the north shore of Lake Superior. Excelsior Energy Inc. would design, construct, and operate the Mesaba Energy Project in two phases; each phase would nominally generate 600 megawatts (MW) of electricity for export to the electrical grid, for a total output of 1,200 MW at full buildout. IGCC meets the goals of the Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI) Program by utilizing an estimated 240-year domestic supply of reliable, low-cost coal in an environmentally acceptable manner. The project would demonstrate advanced IGCC technologies to produce electricity, including advanced gasification and air separation systems, feedstock flexibility, improved environmental performance characteristics, and improved thermal efficiency. The technologies would be more efficient, economical, reliable, and environmentally favorable than conventional coal-fueled steam electric generation plants. After a one-year demonstration period, if economically feasible, the Mesaba IGCC power plant could be operated commercially for a period of 20 years or longer. Mesaba would employ IGCC technology, using Conoco-Phillips E-Gas technology. Gasification is the process of converting coal, petroleum coke, or blends of these feedstocks to a gaseous fuel called synthesis gas. A combined-cycle electric power plant uses both a steam turbine generator and a combustion generator at one location to generate electricity. Combining the gasification process with the combined-cycle power plant is known as IGCC, which is an inherently lower-polluting and more energy-efficient technology for producing electricity from solid feedstocks. Coal would be delivered to the site by a subsidiary of CN Railway. Electricity would be transmitted to the regional grid by power lines constructed within the TTRA. The Department of Energy (DOE) would provide $36 million in co-funding, through a cooperative agreement with Excelsior under the CCPI Program for the design and one-year first-phase operational demonstration testing period. The DOE may also provide a loan guarantee to Excelsior pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to guarantee a portion of the private sector financing of the project; however, this potential loan guarantee is not part of DOE's proposed action. The cost of the first phase is estimated at $2.16 billion. In addition to the proposed action, this final EIS considers a No Action Alternative and alternative sites for the demonstration project. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed power plant would demonstrate the commercial readiness of the Conoco-Philips E-Gas gasification technology in a fully integrated and quintessential IGCC utility-scale application. Such a demonstration would accelerate the commercialization of clean coal technologies capable of achieving substantial efficiencies, environmental performance, and cost-competitiveness. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The plant footprint would occupy 192 acres, which would be cleared of vegetation and the associated wildlife habitat. Site grading and preparation would require 2.97 million cubic yards of cut land and 1.75 million cubic yards of fill. Natural gas pipeline rights-of-way would displace 142 to 171 acres of prime farmland, and transmission line rights-of-way would disturb up to 151 acres of prime farmland. The power plant site and related transmission and pipeline facilities would lie within the Western Mesabi Iron Range Early Mining Landscape District and several individual historic sites would be directly affected. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), Public Law 107-63, and Wilderness Act of 1964 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 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Preparation date: November 12, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MESABA ENERGY PROJECT, TACONITE TAX RELIEF AREA, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 13 of 14] T2 - MESABA ENERGY PROJECT, TACONITE TAX RELIEF AREA, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 756826850; 14097-090393_0013 AB - PURPOSE: The granting of funds for the construction of a coal-based integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) electric power plant demonstration project to be located in the Taconite Tax Relief Area (TTRA) of Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. The TTRA encompasses 13,000 square miles in northeastern Minnesota from Crosby to the north shore of Lake Superior. Excelsior Energy Inc. would design, construct, and operate the Mesaba Energy Project in two phases; each phase would nominally generate 600 megawatts (MW) of electricity for export to the electrical grid, for a total output of 1,200 MW at full buildout. IGCC meets the goals of the Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI) Program by utilizing an estimated 240-year domestic supply of reliable, low-cost coal in an environmentally acceptable manner. The project would demonstrate advanced IGCC technologies to produce electricity, including advanced gasification and air separation systems, feedstock flexibility, improved environmental performance characteristics, and improved thermal efficiency. The technologies would be more efficient, economical, reliable, and environmentally favorable than conventional coal-fueled steam electric generation plants. After a one-year demonstration period, if economically feasible, the Mesaba IGCC power plant could be operated commercially for a period of 20 years or longer. Mesaba would employ IGCC technology, using Conoco-Phillips E-Gas technology. Gasification is the process of converting coal, petroleum coke, or blends of these feedstocks to a gaseous fuel called synthesis gas. A combined-cycle electric power plant uses both a steam turbine generator and a combustion generator at one location to generate electricity. Combining the gasification process with the combined-cycle power plant is known as IGCC, which is an inherently lower-polluting and more energy-efficient technology for producing electricity from solid feedstocks. Coal would be delivered to the site by a subsidiary of CN Railway. Electricity would be transmitted to the regional grid by power lines constructed within the TTRA. The Department of Energy (DOE) would provide $36 million in co-funding, through a cooperative agreement with Excelsior under the CCPI Program for the design and one-year first-phase operational demonstration testing period. The DOE may also provide a loan guarantee to Excelsior pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to guarantee a portion of the private sector financing of the project; however, this potential loan guarantee is not part of DOE's proposed action. The cost of the first phase is estimated at $2.16 billion. In addition to the proposed action, this final EIS considers a No Action Alternative and alternative sites for the demonstration project. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed power plant would demonstrate the commercial readiness of the Conoco-Philips E-Gas gasification technology in a fully integrated and quintessential IGCC utility-scale application. Such a demonstration would accelerate the commercialization of clean coal technologies capable of achieving substantial efficiencies, environmental performance, and cost-competitiveness. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The plant footprint would occupy 192 acres, which would be cleared of vegetation and the associated wildlife habitat. Site grading and preparation would require 2.97 million cubic yards of cut land and 1.75 million cubic yards of fill. Natural gas pipeline rights-of-way would displace 142 to 171 acres of prime farmland, and transmission line rights-of-way would disturb up to 151 acres of prime farmland. The power plant site and related transmission and pipeline facilities would lie within the Western Mesabi Iron Range Early Mining Landscape District and several individual historic sites would be directly affected. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), Public Law 107-63, and Wilderness Act of 1964 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 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Preparation date: November 12, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MESABA ENERGY PROJECT, TACONITE TAX RELIEF AREA, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 2 of 14] T2 - MESABA ENERGY PROJECT, TACONITE TAX RELIEF AREA, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 756826840; 14097-090393_0002 AB - PURPOSE: The granting of funds for the construction of a coal-based integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) electric power plant demonstration project to be located in the Taconite Tax Relief Area (TTRA) of Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. The TTRA encompasses 13,000 square miles in northeastern Minnesota from Crosby to the north shore of Lake Superior. Excelsior Energy Inc. would design, construct, and operate the Mesaba Energy Project in two phases; each phase would nominally generate 600 megawatts (MW) of electricity for export to the electrical grid, for a total output of 1,200 MW at full buildout. IGCC meets the goals of the Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI) Program by utilizing an estimated 240-year domestic supply of reliable, low-cost coal in an environmentally acceptable manner. The project would demonstrate advanced IGCC technologies to produce electricity, including advanced gasification and air separation systems, feedstock flexibility, improved environmental performance characteristics, and improved thermal efficiency. The technologies would be more efficient, economical, reliable, and environmentally favorable than conventional coal-fueled steam electric generation plants. After a one-year demonstration period, if economically feasible, the Mesaba IGCC power plant could be operated commercially for a period of 20 years or longer. Mesaba would employ IGCC technology, using Conoco-Phillips E-Gas technology. Gasification is the process of converting coal, petroleum coke, or blends of these feedstocks to a gaseous fuel called synthesis gas. A combined-cycle electric power plant uses both a steam turbine generator and a combustion generator at one location to generate electricity. Combining the gasification process with the combined-cycle power plant is known as IGCC, which is an inherently lower-polluting and more energy-efficient technology for producing electricity from solid feedstocks. Coal would be delivered to the site by a subsidiary of CN Railway. Electricity would be transmitted to the regional grid by power lines constructed within the TTRA. The Department of Energy (DOE) would provide $36 million in co-funding, through a cooperative agreement with Excelsior under the CCPI Program for the design and one-year first-phase operational demonstration testing period. The DOE may also provide a loan guarantee to Excelsior pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to guarantee a portion of the private sector financing of the project; however, this potential loan guarantee is not part of DOE's proposed action. The cost of the first phase is estimated at $2.16 billion. In addition to the proposed action, this final EIS considers a No Action Alternative and alternative sites for the demonstration project. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed power plant would demonstrate the commercial readiness of the Conoco-Philips E-Gas gasification technology in a fully integrated and quintessential IGCC utility-scale application. Such a demonstration would accelerate the commercialization of clean coal technologies capable of achieving substantial efficiencies, environmental performance, and cost-competitiveness. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The plant footprint would occupy 192 acres, which would be cleared of vegetation and the associated wildlife habitat. Site grading and preparation would require 2.97 million cubic yards of cut land and 1.75 million cubic yards of fill. Natural gas pipeline rights-of-way would displace 142 to 171 acres of prime farmland, and transmission line rights-of-way would disturb up to 151 acres of prime farmland. The power plant site and related transmission and pipeline facilities would lie within the Western Mesabi Iron Range Early Mining Landscape District and several individual historic sites would be directly affected. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), Public Law 107-63, and Wilderness Act of 1964 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 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Preparation date: November 12, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MESABA ENERGY PROJECT, TACONITE TAX RELIEF AREA, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 1 of 14] T2 - MESABA ENERGY PROJECT, TACONITE TAX RELIEF AREA, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 756826831; 14097-090393_0001 AB - PURPOSE: The granting of funds for the construction of a coal-based integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) electric power plant demonstration project to be located in the Taconite Tax Relief Area (TTRA) of Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. The TTRA encompasses 13,000 square miles in northeastern Minnesota from Crosby to the north shore of Lake Superior. Excelsior Energy Inc. would design, construct, and operate the Mesaba Energy Project in two phases; each phase would nominally generate 600 megawatts (MW) of electricity for export to the electrical grid, for a total output of 1,200 MW at full buildout. IGCC meets the goals of the Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI) Program by utilizing an estimated 240-year domestic supply of reliable, low-cost coal in an environmentally acceptable manner. The project would demonstrate advanced IGCC technologies to produce electricity, including advanced gasification and air separation systems, feedstock flexibility, improved environmental performance characteristics, and improved thermal efficiency. The technologies would be more efficient, economical, reliable, and environmentally favorable than conventional coal-fueled steam electric generation plants. After a one-year demonstration period, if economically feasible, the Mesaba IGCC power plant could be operated commercially for a period of 20 years or longer. Mesaba would employ IGCC technology, using Conoco-Phillips E-Gas technology. Gasification is the process of converting coal, petroleum coke, or blends of these feedstocks to a gaseous fuel called synthesis gas. A combined-cycle electric power plant uses both a steam turbine generator and a combustion generator at one location to generate electricity. Combining the gasification process with the combined-cycle power plant is known as IGCC, which is an inherently lower-polluting and more energy-efficient technology for producing electricity from solid feedstocks. Coal would be delivered to the site by a subsidiary of CN Railway. Electricity would be transmitted to the regional grid by power lines constructed within the TTRA. The Department of Energy (DOE) would provide $36 million in co-funding, through a cooperative agreement with Excelsior under the CCPI Program for the design and one-year first-phase operational demonstration testing period. The DOE may also provide a loan guarantee to Excelsior pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to guarantee a portion of the private sector financing of the project; however, this potential loan guarantee is not part of DOE's proposed action. The cost of the first phase is estimated at $2.16 billion. In addition to the proposed action, this final EIS considers a No Action Alternative and alternative sites for the demonstration project. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed power plant would demonstrate the commercial readiness of the Conoco-Philips E-Gas gasification technology in a fully integrated and quintessential IGCC utility-scale application. Such a demonstration would accelerate the commercialization of clean coal technologies capable of achieving substantial efficiencies, environmental performance, and cost-competitiveness. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The plant footprint would occupy 192 acres, which would be cleared of vegetation and the associated wildlife habitat. Site grading and preparation would require 2.97 million cubic yards of cut land and 1.75 million cubic yards of fill. Natural gas pipeline rights-of-way would displace 142 to 171 acres of prime farmland, and transmission line rights-of-way would disturb up to 151 acres of prime farmland. The power plant site and related transmission and pipeline facilities would lie within the Western Mesabi Iron Range Early Mining Landscape District and several individual historic sites would be directly affected. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), Public Law 107-63, and Wilderness Act of 1964 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090393, Final EIS--960 pages, Appendices--778 pages, Comment Responses--466 pages, November 12, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 1 KW - Urban and Social Programs KW - Agency number: DOE/EIS-0382 KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Coal Gasification KW - Electric Generators KW - Electric Power KW - Emission Control KW - Farmlands KW - Health Hazard Analyses KW - Historic Districts KW - Historic Sites KW - Natural Gas KW - Power Plants KW - Railroads KW - Research KW - Research Facilities KW - Transmission Lines KW - Turbines KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Minnesota KW - Energy Policy Act of 2005, Funding KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits KW - National Forest Management Act of 1976, Compliance KW - Public Law 107-63, Funding KW - Wilderness Act of 1964, Compliance UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826831?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-11-12&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=MESABA+ENERGY+PROJECT%2C+TACONITE+TAX+RELIEF+AREA%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=MESABA+ENERGY+PROJECT%2C+TACONITE+TAX+RELIEF+AREA%2C+ITASCA+AND+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTIES%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; DOE N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Final. Preparation date: November 12, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MESABA ENERGY PROJECT, TACONITE TAX RELIEF AREA, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 12 of 14] T2 - MESABA ENERGY PROJECT, TACONITE TAX RELIEF AREA, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 756826830; 14097-090393_0012 AB - PURPOSE: The granting of funds for the construction of a coal-based integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) electric power plant demonstration project to be located in the Taconite Tax Relief Area (TTRA) of Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. The TTRA encompasses 13,000 square miles in northeastern Minnesota from Crosby to the north shore of Lake Superior. Excelsior Energy Inc. would design, construct, and operate the Mesaba Energy Project in two phases; each phase would nominally generate 600 megawatts (MW) of electricity for export to the electrical grid, for a total output of 1,200 MW at full buildout. IGCC meets the goals of the Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI) Program by utilizing an estimated 240-year domestic supply of reliable, low-cost coal in an environmentally acceptable manner. The project would demonstrate advanced IGCC technologies to produce electricity, including advanced gasification and air separation systems, feedstock flexibility, improved environmental performance characteristics, and improved thermal efficiency. The technologies would be more efficient, economical, reliable, and environmentally favorable than conventional coal-fueled steam electric generation plants. After a one-year demonstration period, if economically feasible, the Mesaba IGCC power plant could be operated commercially for a period of 20 years or longer. Mesaba would employ IGCC technology, using Conoco-Phillips E-Gas technology. Gasification is the process of converting coal, petroleum coke, or blends of these feedstocks to a gaseous fuel called synthesis gas. A combined-cycle electric power plant uses both a steam turbine generator and a combustion generator at one location to generate electricity. Combining the gasification process with the combined-cycle power plant is known as IGCC, which is an inherently lower-polluting and more energy-efficient technology for producing electricity from solid feedstocks. Coal would be delivered to the site by a subsidiary of CN Railway. Electricity would be transmitted to the regional grid by power lines constructed within the TTRA. The Department of Energy (DOE) would provide $36 million in co-funding, through a cooperative agreement with Excelsior under the CCPI Program for the design and one-year first-phase operational demonstration testing period. The DOE may also provide a loan guarantee to Excelsior pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to guarantee a portion of the private sector financing of the project; however, this potential loan guarantee is not part of DOE's proposed action. The cost of the first phase is estimated at $2.16 billion. In addition to the proposed action, this final EIS considers a No Action Alternative and alternative sites for the demonstration project. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed power plant would demonstrate the commercial readiness of the Conoco-Philips E-Gas gasification technology in a fully integrated and quintessential IGCC utility-scale application. Such a demonstration would accelerate the commercialization of clean coal technologies capable of achieving substantial efficiencies, environmental performance, and cost-competitiveness. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The plant footprint would occupy 192 acres, which would be cleared of vegetation and the associated wildlife habitat. Site grading and preparation would require 2.97 million cubic yards of cut land and 1.75 million cubic yards of fill. Natural gas pipeline rights-of-way would displace 142 to 171 acres of prime farmland, and transmission line rights-of-way would disturb up to 151 acres of prime farmland. The power plant site and related transmission and pipeline facilities would lie within the Western Mesabi Iron Range Early Mining Landscape District and several individual historic sites would be directly affected. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), Public Law 107-63, and Wilderness Act of 1964 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 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Preparation date: November 12, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MESABA ENERGY PROJECT, TACONITE TAX RELIEF AREA, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 9 of 14] T2 - MESABA ENERGY PROJECT, TACONITE TAX RELIEF AREA, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 756826823; 14097-090393_0009 AB - PURPOSE: The granting of funds for the construction of a coal-based integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) electric power plant demonstration project to be located in the Taconite Tax Relief Area (TTRA) of Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. The TTRA encompasses 13,000 square miles in northeastern Minnesota from Crosby to the north shore of Lake Superior. Excelsior Energy Inc. would design, construct, and operate the Mesaba Energy Project in two phases; each phase would nominally generate 600 megawatts (MW) of electricity for export to the electrical grid, for a total output of 1,200 MW at full buildout. IGCC meets the goals of the Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI) Program by utilizing an estimated 240-year domestic supply of reliable, low-cost coal in an environmentally acceptable manner. The project would demonstrate advanced IGCC technologies to produce electricity, including advanced gasification and air separation systems, feedstock flexibility, improved environmental performance characteristics, and improved thermal efficiency. The technologies would be more efficient, economical, reliable, and environmentally favorable than conventional coal-fueled steam electric generation plants. After a one-year demonstration period, if economically feasible, the Mesaba IGCC power plant could be operated commercially for a period of 20 years or longer. Mesaba would employ IGCC technology, using Conoco-Phillips E-Gas technology. Gasification is the process of converting coal, petroleum coke, or blends of these feedstocks to a gaseous fuel called synthesis gas. A combined-cycle electric power plant uses both a steam turbine generator and a combustion generator at one location to generate electricity. Combining the gasification process with the combined-cycle power plant is known as IGCC, which is an inherently lower-polluting and more energy-efficient technology for producing electricity from solid feedstocks. Coal would be delivered to the site by a subsidiary of CN Railway. Electricity would be transmitted to the regional grid by power lines constructed within the TTRA. The Department of Energy (DOE) would provide $36 million in co-funding, through a cooperative agreement with Excelsior under the CCPI Program for the design and one-year first-phase operational demonstration testing period. The DOE may also provide a loan guarantee to Excelsior pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to guarantee a portion of the private sector financing of the project; however, this potential loan guarantee is not part of DOE's proposed action. The cost of the first phase is estimated at $2.16 billion. In addition to the proposed action, this final EIS considers a No Action Alternative and alternative sites for the demonstration project. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed power plant would demonstrate the commercial readiness of the Conoco-Philips E-Gas gasification technology in a fully integrated and quintessential IGCC utility-scale application. Such a demonstration would accelerate the commercialization of clean coal technologies capable of achieving substantial efficiencies, environmental performance, and cost-competitiveness. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The plant footprint would occupy 192 acres, which would be cleared of vegetation and the associated wildlife habitat. Site grading and preparation would require 2.97 million cubic yards of cut land and 1.75 million cubic yards of fill. Natural gas pipeline rights-of-way would displace 142 to 171 acres of prime farmland, and transmission line rights-of-way would disturb up to 151 acres of prime farmland. The power plant site and related transmission and pipeline facilities would lie within the Western Mesabi Iron Range Early Mining Landscape District and several individual historic sites would be directly affected. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), Public Law 107-63, and Wilderness Act of 1964 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 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Preparation date: November 12, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MESABA ENERGY PROJECT, TACONITE TAX RELIEF AREA, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 6 of 14] T2 - MESABA ENERGY PROJECT, TACONITE TAX RELIEF AREA, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 756826815; 14097-090393_0006 AB - PURPOSE: The granting of funds for the construction of a coal-based integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) electric power plant demonstration project to be located in the Taconite Tax Relief Area (TTRA) of Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. The TTRA encompasses 13,000 square miles in northeastern Minnesota from Crosby to the north shore of Lake Superior. Excelsior Energy Inc. would design, construct, and operate the Mesaba Energy Project in two phases; each phase would nominally generate 600 megawatts (MW) of electricity for export to the electrical grid, for a total output of 1,200 MW at full buildout. IGCC meets the goals of the Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI) Program by utilizing an estimated 240-year domestic supply of reliable, low-cost coal in an environmentally acceptable manner. The project would demonstrate advanced IGCC technologies to produce electricity, including advanced gasification and air separation systems, feedstock flexibility, improved environmental performance characteristics, and improved thermal efficiency. The technologies would be more efficient, economical, reliable, and environmentally favorable than conventional coal-fueled steam electric generation plants. After a one-year demonstration period, if economically feasible, the Mesaba IGCC power plant could be operated commercially for a period of 20 years or longer. Mesaba would employ IGCC technology, using Conoco-Phillips E-Gas technology. Gasification is the process of converting coal, petroleum coke, or blends of these feedstocks to a gaseous fuel called synthesis gas. A combined-cycle electric power plant uses both a steam turbine generator and a combustion generator at one location to generate electricity. Combining the gasification process with the combined-cycle power plant is known as IGCC, which is an inherently lower-polluting and more energy-efficient technology for producing electricity from solid feedstocks. Coal would be delivered to the site by a subsidiary of CN Railway. Electricity would be transmitted to the regional grid by power lines constructed within the TTRA. The Department of Energy (DOE) would provide $36 million in co-funding, through a cooperative agreement with Excelsior under the CCPI Program for the design and one-year first-phase operational demonstration testing period. The DOE may also provide a loan guarantee to Excelsior pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to guarantee a portion of the private sector financing of the project; however, this potential loan guarantee is not part of DOE's proposed action. The cost of the first phase is estimated at $2.16 billion. In addition to the proposed action, this final EIS considers a No Action Alternative and alternative sites for the demonstration project. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed power plant would demonstrate the commercial readiness of the Conoco-Philips E-Gas gasification technology in a fully integrated and quintessential IGCC utility-scale application. Such a demonstration would accelerate the commercialization of clean coal technologies capable of achieving substantial efficiencies, environmental performance, and cost-competitiveness. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The plant footprint would occupy 192 acres, which would be cleared of vegetation and the associated wildlife habitat. Site grading and preparation would require 2.97 million cubic yards of cut land and 1.75 million cubic yards of fill. Natural gas pipeline rights-of-way would displace 142 to 171 acres of prime farmland, and transmission line rights-of-way would disturb up to 151 acres of prime farmland. The power plant site and related transmission and pipeline facilities would lie within the Western Mesabi Iron Range Early Mining Landscape District and several individual historic sites would be directly affected. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), Public Law 107-63, and Wilderness Act of 1964 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 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Preparation date: November 12, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MESABA ENERGY PROJECT, TACONITE TAX RELIEF AREA, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 8 of 14] T2 - MESABA ENERGY PROJECT, TACONITE TAX RELIEF AREA, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 756826814; 14097-090393_0008 AB - PURPOSE: The granting of funds for the construction of a coal-based integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) electric power plant demonstration project to be located in the Taconite Tax Relief Area (TTRA) of Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. The TTRA encompasses 13,000 square miles in northeastern Minnesota from Crosby to the north shore of Lake Superior. Excelsior Energy Inc. would design, construct, and operate the Mesaba Energy Project in two phases; each phase would nominally generate 600 megawatts (MW) of electricity for export to the electrical grid, for a total output of 1,200 MW at full buildout. IGCC meets the goals of the Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI) Program by utilizing an estimated 240-year domestic supply of reliable, low-cost coal in an environmentally acceptable manner. The project would demonstrate advanced IGCC technologies to produce electricity, including advanced gasification and air separation systems, feedstock flexibility, improved environmental performance characteristics, and improved thermal efficiency. The technologies would be more efficient, economical, reliable, and environmentally favorable than conventional coal-fueled steam electric generation plants. After a one-year demonstration period, if economically feasible, the Mesaba IGCC power plant could be operated commercially for a period of 20 years or longer. Mesaba would employ IGCC technology, using Conoco-Phillips E-Gas technology. Gasification is the process of converting coal, petroleum coke, or blends of these feedstocks to a gaseous fuel called synthesis gas. A combined-cycle electric power plant uses both a steam turbine generator and a combustion generator at one location to generate electricity. Combining the gasification process with the combined-cycle power plant is known as IGCC, which is an inherently lower-polluting and more energy-efficient technology for producing electricity from solid feedstocks. Coal would be delivered to the site by a subsidiary of CN Railway. Electricity would be transmitted to the regional grid by power lines constructed within the TTRA. The Department of Energy (DOE) would provide $36 million in co-funding, through a cooperative agreement with Excelsior under the CCPI Program for the design and one-year first-phase operational demonstration testing period. The DOE may also provide a loan guarantee to Excelsior pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to guarantee a portion of the private sector financing of the project; however, this potential loan guarantee is not part of DOE's proposed action. The cost of the first phase is estimated at $2.16 billion. In addition to the proposed action, this final EIS considers a No Action Alternative and alternative sites for the demonstration project. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed power plant would demonstrate the commercial readiness of the Conoco-Philips E-Gas gasification technology in a fully integrated and quintessential IGCC utility-scale application. Such a demonstration would accelerate the commercialization of clean coal technologies capable of achieving substantial efficiencies, environmental performance, and cost-competitiveness. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The plant footprint would occupy 192 acres, which would be cleared of vegetation and the associated wildlife habitat. Site grading and preparation would require 2.97 million cubic yards of cut land and 1.75 million cubic yards of fill. Natural gas pipeline rights-of-way would displace 142 to 171 acres of prime farmland, and transmission line rights-of-way would disturb up to 151 acres of prime farmland. The power plant site and related transmission and pipeline facilities would lie within the Western Mesabi Iron Range Early Mining Landscape District and several individual historic sites would be directly affected. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), Public Law 107-63, and Wilderness Act of 1964 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 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Preparation date: November 12, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MESABA ENERGY PROJECT, TACONITE TAX RELIEF AREA, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 5 of 14] T2 - MESABA ENERGY PROJECT, TACONITE TAX RELIEF AREA, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 756826807; 14097-090393_0005 AB - PURPOSE: The granting of funds for the construction of a coal-based integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) electric power plant demonstration project to be located in the Taconite Tax Relief Area (TTRA) of Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. The TTRA encompasses 13,000 square miles in northeastern Minnesota from Crosby to the north shore of Lake Superior. Excelsior Energy Inc. would design, construct, and operate the Mesaba Energy Project in two phases; each phase would nominally generate 600 megawatts (MW) of electricity for export to the electrical grid, for a total output of 1,200 MW at full buildout. IGCC meets the goals of the Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI) Program by utilizing an estimated 240-year domestic supply of reliable, low-cost coal in an environmentally acceptable manner. The project would demonstrate advanced IGCC technologies to produce electricity, including advanced gasification and air separation systems, feedstock flexibility, improved environmental performance characteristics, and improved thermal efficiency. The technologies would be more efficient, economical, reliable, and environmentally favorable than conventional coal-fueled steam electric generation plants. After a one-year demonstration period, if economically feasible, the Mesaba IGCC power plant could be operated commercially for a period of 20 years or longer. Mesaba would employ IGCC technology, using Conoco-Phillips E-Gas technology. Gasification is the process of converting coal, petroleum coke, or blends of these feedstocks to a gaseous fuel called synthesis gas. A combined-cycle electric power plant uses both a steam turbine generator and a combustion generator at one location to generate electricity. Combining the gasification process with the combined-cycle power plant is known as IGCC, which is an inherently lower-polluting and more energy-efficient technology for producing electricity from solid feedstocks. Coal would be delivered to the site by a subsidiary of CN Railway. Electricity would be transmitted to the regional grid by power lines constructed within the TTRA. The Department of Energy (DOE) would provide $36 million in co-funding, through a cooperative agreement with Excelsior under the CCPI Program for the design and one-year first-phase operational demonstration testing period. The DOE may also provide a loan guarantee to Excelsior pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to guarantee a portion of the private sector financing of the project; however, this potential loan guarantee is not part of DOE's proposed action. The cost of the first phase is estimated at $2.16 billion. In addition to the proposed action, this final EIS considers a No Action Alternative and alternative sites for the demonstration project. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed power plant would demonstrate the commercial readiness of the Conoco-Philips E-Gas gasification technology in a fully integrated and quintessential IGCC utility-scale application. Such a demonstration would accelerate the commercialization of clean coal technologies capable of achieving substantial efficiencies, environmental performance, and cost-competitiveness. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The plant footprint would occupy 192 acres, which would be cleared of vegetation and the associated wildlife habitat. Site grading and preparation would require 2.97 million cubic yards of cut land and 1.75 million cubic yards of fill. Natural gas pipeline rights-of-way would displace 142 to 171 acres of prime farmland, and transmission line rights-of-way would disturb up to 151 acres of prime farmland. The power plant site and related transmission and pipeline facilities would lie within the Western Mesabi Iron Range Early Mining Landscape District and several individual historic sites would be directly affected. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), Public Law 107-63, and Wilderness Act of 1964 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 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Preparation date: November 12, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MESABA ENERGY PROJECT, TACONITE TAX RELIEF AREA, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 4 of 14] T2 - MESABA ENERGY PROJECT, TACONITE TAX RELIEF AREA, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 756826641; 14097-090393_0004 AB - PURPOSE: The granting of funds for the construction of a coal-based integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) electric power plant demonstration project to be located in the Taconite Tax Relief Area (TTRA) of Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. The TTRA encompasses 13,000 square miles in northeastern Minnesota from Crosby to the north shore of Lake Superior. Excelsior Energy Inc. would design, construct, and operate the Mesaba Energy Project in two phases; each phase would nominally generate 600 megawatts (MW) of electricity for export to the electrical grid, for a total output of 1,200 MW at full buildout. IGCC meets the goals of the Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI) Program by utilizing an estimated 240-year domestic supply of reliable, low-cost coal in an environmentally acceptable manner. The project would demonstrate advanced IGCC technologies to produce electricity, including advanced gasification and air separation systems, feedstock flexibility, improved environmental performance characteristics, and improved thermal efficiency. The technologies would be more efficient, economical, reliable, and environmentally favorable than conventional coal-fueled steam electric generation plants. After a one-year demonstration period, if economically feasible, the Mesaba IGCC power plant could be operated commercially for a period of 20 years or longer. Mesaba would employ IGCC technology, using Conoco-Phillips E-Gas technology. Gasification is the process of converting coal, petroleum coke, or blends of these feedstocks to a gaseous fuel called synthesis gas. A combined-cycle electric power plant uses both a steam turbine generator and a combustion generator at one location to generate electricity. Combining the gasification process with the combined-cycle power plant is known as IGCC, which is an inherently lower-polluting and more energy-efficient technology for producing electricity from solid feedstocks. Coal would be delivered to the site by a subsidiary of CN Railway. Electricity would be transmitted to the regional grid by power lines constructed within the TTRA. The Department of Energy (DOE) would provide $36 million in co-funding, through a cooperative agreement with Excelsior under the CCPI Program for the design and one-year first-phase operational demonstration testing period. The DOE may also provide a loan guarantee to Excelsior pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to guarantee a portion of the private sector financing of the project; however, this potential loan guarantee is not part of DOE's proposed action. The cost of the first phase is estimated at $2.16 billion. In addition to the proposed action, this final EIS considers a No Action Alternative and alternative sites for the demonstration project. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed power plant would demonstrate the commercial readiness of the Conoco-Philips E-Gas gasification technology in a fully integrated and quintessential IGCC utility-scale application. Such a demonstration would accelerate the commercialization of clean coal technologies capable of achieving substantial efficiencies, environmental performance, and cost-competitiveness. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The plant footprint would occupy 192 acres, which would be cleared of vegetation and the associated wildlife habitat. Site grading and preparation would require 2.97 million cubic yards of cut land and 1.75 million cubic yards of fill. Natural gas pipeline rights-of-way would displace 142 to 171 acres of prime farmland, and transmission line rights-of-way would disturb up to 151 acres of prime farmland. The power plant site and related transmission and pipeline facilities would lie within the Western Mesabi Iron Range Early Mining Landscape District and several individual historic sites would be directly affected. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), Public Law 107-63, and Wilderness Act of 1964 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 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Preparation date: November 12, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MESABA ENERGY PROJECT, TACONITE TAX RELIEF AREA, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 11 of 14] T2 - MESABA ENERGY PROJECT, TACONITE TAX RELIEF AREA, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 756826587; 14097-090393_0011 AB - PURPOSE: The granting of funds for the construction of a coal-based integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) electric power plant demonstration project to be located in the Taconite Tax Relief Area (TTRA) of Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. The TTRA encompasses 13,000 square miles in northeastern Minnesota from Crosby to the north shore of Lake Superior. Excelsior Energy Inc. would design, construct, and operate the Mesaba Energy Project in two phases; each phase would nominally generate 600 megawatts (MW) of electricity for export to the electrical grid, for a total output of 1,200 MW at full buildout. IGCC meets the goals of the Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI) Program by utilizing an estimated 240-year domestic supply of reliable, low-cost coal in an environmentally acceptable manner. The project would demonstrate advanced IGCC technologies to produce electricity, including advanced gasification and air separation systems, feedstock flexibility, improved environmental performance characteristics, and improved thermal efficiency. The technologies would be more efficient, economical, reliable, and environmentally favorable than conventional coal-fueled steam electric generation plants. After a one-year demonstration period, if economically feasible, the Mesaba IGCC power plant could be operated commercially for a period of 20 years or longer. Mesaba would employ IGCC technology, using Conoco-Phillips E-Gas technology. Gasification is the process of converting coal, petroleum coke, or blends of these feedstocks to a gaseous fuel called synthesis gas. A combined-cycle electric power plant uses both a steam turbine generator and a combustion generator at one location to generate electricity. Combining the gasification process with the combined-cycle power plant is known as IGCC, which is an inherently lower-polluting and more energy-efficient technology for producing electricity from solid feedstocks. Coal would be delivered to the site by a subsidiary of CN Railway. Electricity would be transmitted to the regional grid by power lines constructed within the TTRA. The Department of Energy (DOE) would provide $36 million in co-funding, through a cooperative agreement with Excelsior under the CCPI Program for the design and one-year first-phase operational demonstration testing period. The DOE may also provide a loan guarantee to Excelsior pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to guarantee a portion of the private sector financing of the project; however, this potential loan guarantee is not part of DOE's proposed action. The cost of the first phase is estimated at $2.16 billion. In addition to the proposed action, this final EIS considers a No Action Alternative and alternative sites for the demonstration project. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed power plant would demonstrate the commercial readiness of the Conoco-Philips E-Gas gasification technology in a fully integrated and quintessential IGCC utility-scale application. Such a demonstration would accelerate the commercialization of clean coal technologies capable of achieving substantial efficiencies, environmental performance, and cost-competitiveness. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The plant footprint would occupy 192 acres, which would be cleared of vegetation and the associated wildlife habitat. Site grading and preparation would require 2.97 million cubic yards of cut land and 1.75 million cubic yards of fill. Natural gas pipeline rights-of-way would displace 142 to 171 acres of prime farmland, and transmission line rights-of-way would disturb up to 151 acres of prime farmland. The power plant site and related transmission and pipeline facilities would lie within the Western Mesabi Iron Range Early Mining Landscape District and several individual historic sites would be directly affected. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), Public Law 107-63, and Wilderness Act of 1964 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 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Preparation date: November 12, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MESABA ENERGY PROJECT, TACONITE TAX RELIEF AREA, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 7 of 14] T2 - MESABA ENERGY PROJECT, TACONITE TAX RELIEF AREA, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 756826573; 14097-090393_0007 AB - PURPOSE: The granting of funds for the construction of a coal-based integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) electric power plant demonstration project to be located in the Taconite Tax Relief Area (TTRA) of Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. The TTRA encompasses 13,000 square miles in northeastern Minnesota from Crosby to the north shore of Lake Superior. Excelsior Energy Inc. would design, construct, and operate the Mesaba Energy Project in two phases; each phase would nominally generate 600 megawatts (MW) of electricity for export to the electrical grid, for a total output of 1,200 MW at full buildout. IGCC meets the goals of the Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI) Program by utilizing an estimated 240-year domestic supply of reliable, low-cost coal in an environmentally acceptable manner. The project would demonstrate advanced IGCC technologies to produce electricity, including advanced gasification and air separation systems, feedstock flexibility, improved environmental performance characteristics, and improved thermal efficiency. The technologies would be more efficient, economical, reliable, and environmentally favorable than conventional coal-fueled steam electric generation plants. After a one-year demonstration period, if economically feasible, the Mesaba IGCC power plant could be operated commercially for a period of 20 years or longer. Mesaba would employ IGCC technology, using Conoco-Phillips E-Gas technology. Gasification is the process of converting coal, petroleum coke, or blends of these feedstocks to a gaseous fuel called synthesis gas. A combined-cycle electric power plant uses both a steam turbine generator and a combustion generator at one location to generate electricity. Combining the gasification process with the combined-cycle power plant is known as IGCC, which is an inherently lower-polluting and more energy-efficient technology for producing electricity from solid feedstocks. Coal would be delivered to the site by a subsidiary of CN Railway. Electricity would be transmitted to the regional grid by power lines constructed within the TTRA. The Department of Energy (DOE) would provide $36 million in co-funding, through a cooperative agreement with Excelsior under the CCPI Program for the design and one-year first-phase operational demonstration testing period. The DOE may also provide a loan guarantee to Excelsior pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to guarantee a portion of the private sector financing of the project; however, this potential loan guarantee is not part of DOE's proposed action. The cost of the first phase is estimated at $2.16 billion. In addition to the proposed action, this final EIS considers a No Action Alternative and alternative sites for the demonstration project. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed power plant would demonstrate the commercial readiness of the Conoco-Philips E-Gas gasification technology in a fully integrated and quintessential IGCC utility-scale application. Such a demonstration would accelerate the commercialization of clean coal technologies capable of achieving substantial efficiencies, environmental performance, and cost-competitiveness. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The plant footprint would occupy 192 acres, which would be cleared of vegetation and the associated wildlife habitat. Site grading and preparation would require 2.97 million cubic yards of cut land and 1.75 million cubic yards of fill. Natural gas pipeline rights-of-way would displace 142 to 171 acres of prime farmland, and transmission line rights-of-way would disturb up to 151 acres of prime farmland. The power plant site and related transmission and pipeline facilities would lie within the Western Mesabi Iron Range Early Mining Landscape District and several individual historic sites would be directly affected. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), Public Law 107-63, and Wilderness Act of 1964 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 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Preparation date: November 12, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MESABA ENERGY PROJECT, TACONITE TAX RELIEF AREA, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. [Part 3 of 14] T2 - MESABA ENERGY PROJECT, TACONITE TAX RELIEF AREA, ITASCA AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. AN - 756826553; 14097-090393_0003 AB - PURPOSE: The granting of funds for the construction of a coal-based integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) electric power plant demonstration project to be located in the Taconite Tax Relief Area (TTRA) of Itasca and St. Louis counties, Minnesota is proposed. The TTRA encompasses 13,000 square miles in northeastern Minnesota from Crosby to the north shore of Lake Superior. Excelsior Energy Inc. would design, construct, and operate the Mesaba Energy Project in two phases; each phase would nominally generate 600 megawatts (MW) of electricity for export to the electrical grid, for a total output of 1,200 MW at full buildout. IGCC meets the goals of the Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI) Program by utilizing an estimated 240-year domestic supply of reliable, low-cost coal in an environmentally acceptable manner. The project would demonstrate advanced IGCC technologies to produce electricity, including advanced gasification and air separation systems, feedstock flexibility, improved environmental performance characteristics, and improved thermal efficiency. The technologies would be more efficient, economical, reliable, and environmentally favorable than conventional coal-fueled steam electric generation plants. After a one-year demonstration period, if economically feasible, the Mesaba IGCC power plant could be operated commercially for a period of 20 years or longer. Mesaba would employ IGCC technology, using Conoco-Phillips E-Gas technology. Gasification is the process of converting coal, petroleum coke, or blends of these feedstocks to a gaseous fuel called synthesis gas. A combined-cycle electric power plant uses both a steam turbine generator and a combustion generator at one location to generate electricity. Combining the gasification process with the combined-cycle power plant is known as IGCC, which is an inherently lower-polluting and more energy-efficient technology for producing electricity from solid feedstocks. Coal would be delivered to the site by a subsidiary of CN Railway. Electricity would be transmitted to the regional grid by power lines constructed within the TTRA. The Department of Energy (DOE) would provide $36 million in co-funding, through a cooperative agreement with Excelsior under the CCPI Program for the design and one-year first-phase operational demonstration testing period. The DOE may also provide a loan guarantee to Excelsior pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to guarantee a portion of the private sector financing of the project; however, this potential loan guarantee is not part of DOE's proposed action. The cost of the first phase is estimated at $2.16 billion. In addition to the proposed action, this final EIS considers a No Action Alternative and alternative sites for the demonstration project. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed power plant would demonstrate the commercial readiness of the Conoco-Philips E-Gas gasification technology in a fully integrated and quintessential IGCC utility-scale application. Such a demonstration would accelerate the commercialization of clean coal technologies capable of achieving substantial efficiencies, environmental performance, and cost-competitiveness. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The plant footprint would occupy 192 acres, which would be cleared of vegetation and the associated wildlife habitat. Site grading and preparation would require 2.97 million cubic yards of cut land and 1.75 million cubic yards of fill. Natural gas pipeline rights-of-way would displace 142 to 171 acres of prime farmland, and transmission line rights-of-way would disturb up to 151 acres of prime farmland. The power plant site and related transmission and pipeline facilities would lie within the Western Mesabi Iron Range Early Mining Landscape District and several individual historic sites would be directly affected. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), Public Law 107-63, and Wilderness Act of 1964 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 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IGCC meets the goals of the Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI) Program by utilizing an estimated 240-year domestic supply of reliable, low-cost coal in an environmentally acceptable manner. The project would demonstrate advanced IGCC technologies to produce electricity, including advanced gasification and air separation systems, feedstock flexibility, improved environmental performance characteristics, and improved thermal efficiency. The technologies would be more efficient, economical, reliable, and environmentally favorable than conventional coal-fueled steam electric generation plants. After a one-year demonstration period, if economically feasible, the Mesaba IGCC power plant could be operated commercially for a period of 20 years or longer. Mesaba would employ IGCC technology, using Conoco-Phillips E-Gas technology. Gasification is the process of converting coal, petroleum coke, or blends of these feedstocks to a gaseous fuel called synthesis gas. A combined-cycle electric power plant uses both a steam turbine generator and a combustion generator at one location to generate electricity. Combining the gasification process with the combined-cycle power plant is known as IGCC, which is an inherently lower-polluting and more energy-efficient technology for producing electricity from solid feedstocks. Coal would be delivered to the site by a subsidiary of CN Railway. Electricity would be transmitted to the regional grid by power lines constructed within the TTRA. The Department of Energy (DOE) would provide $36 million in co-funding, through a cooperative agreement with Excelsior under the CCPI Program for the design and one-year first-phase operational demonstration testing period. The DOE may also provide a loan guarantee to Excelsior pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to guarantee a portion of the private sector financing of the project; however, this potential loan guarantee is not part of DOE's proposed action. The cost of the first phase is estimated at $2.16 billion. In addition to the proposed action, this final EIS considers a No Action Alternative and alternative sites for the demonstration project. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed power plant would demonstrate the commercial readiness of the Conoco-Philips E-Gas gasification technology in a fully integrated and quintessential IGCC utility-scale application. Such a demonstration would accelerate the commercialization of clean coal technologies capable of achieving substantial efficiencies, environmental performance, and cost-competitiveness. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The plant footprint would occupy 192 acres, which would be cleared of vegetation and the associated wildlife habitat. Site grading and preparation would require 2.97 million cubic yards of cut land and 1.75 million cubic yards of fill. Natural gas pipeline rights-of-way would displace 142 to 171 acres of prime farmland, and transmission line rights-of-way would disturb up to 151 acres of prime farmland. The power plant site and related transmission and pipeline facilities would lie within the Western Mesabi Iron Range Early Mining Landscape District and several individual historic sites would be directly affected. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), Public Law 107-63, and Wilderness Act of 1964 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 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5507329 JF - 2009 AWRA Annual Water Resources Conference AU - Savant, Gauarv AU - Berger, Charlie AU - McAlpin, Tate AU - Tate, Jennifer Y1 - 2009/11/09/ PY - 2009 DA - 2009 Nov 09 KW - Hydrodynamics KW - Models KW - Levees KW - U 4300:Environmental Science UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/42043363?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Acpi&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=conference&rft.jtitle=2009+AWRA+Annual+Water+Resources+Conference&rft.atitle=A+Pseudo-Transient+Continuation+Dam%2FLevee+Failure+Hydrodynamic+Model&rft.au=Savant%2C+Gauarv%3BBerger%2C+Charlie%3BMcAlpin%2C+Tate%3BTate%2C+Jennifer&rft.aulast=Savant&rft.aufirst=Gauarv&rft.date=2009-11-09&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=2009+AWRA+Annual+Water+Resources+Conference&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://www.awra.org/meetings/Seattle2009/doc/AWRA-SEA-Final-Program-20 09.pdf LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2010-04-06 N1 - Last updated - 2010-05-03 ER - TY - CPAPER T1 - Rapid Formation of Chemical Gradients Combined with Cell Culture for Water Toxicity Testing T2 - 2009 AIChE Annual Meeting (AIChE 2009) AN - 42177365; 5570021 JF - 2009 AIChE Annual Meeting (AIChE 2009) AU - Cropek, Donald AU - Morgan, Rachel AU - Khademhosseini, Ali Y1 - 2009/11/08/ PY - 2009 DA - 2009 Nov 08 KW - Toxicity testing KW - Cell culture KW - Bioaccumulation KW - Pollution indicators KW - U 7000:Multidisciplinary UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/42177365?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Acpi&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=conference&rft.jtitle=2009+AIChE+Annual+Meeting+%28AIChE+2009%29&rft.atitle=Rapid+Formation+of+Chemical+Gradients+Combined+with+Cell+Culture+for+Water+Toxicity+Testing&rft.au=Cropek%2C+Donald%3BMorgan%2C+Rachel%3BKhademhosseini%2C+Ali&rft.aulast=Cropek&rft.aufirst=Donald&rft.date=2009-11-08&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=2009+AIChE+Annual+Meeting+%28AIChE+2009%29&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://aiche.confex.com/aiche/2009/webprogram/meeting.html LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2010-04-06 N1 - Last updated - 2010-05-03 ER - TY - CPAPER T1 - Reactivity of Singlet Oxygen Generated Using Nanoporous Silicon for Transformation of Acrylonitrile T2 - 2009 AIChE Annual Meeting (AIChE 2009) AN - 42172865; 5569935 JF - 2009 AIChE Annual Meeting (AIChE 2009) AU - Boddu, Veera AU - Worku, Deereje AU - Cropek, Donald Y1 - 2009/11/08/ PY - 2009 DA - 2009 Nov 08 KW - Silicon KW - Oxygen KW - Acrylonitrile KW - Transformation KW - U 7000:Multidisciplinary UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/42172865?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Acpi&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=conference&rft.jtitle=2009+AIChE+Annual+Meeting+%28AIChE+2009%29&rft.atitle=Reactivity+of+Singlet+Oxygen+Generated+Using+Nanoporous+Silicon+for+Transformation+of+Acrylonitrile&rft.au=Boddu%2C+Veera%3BWorku%2C+Deereje%3BCropek%2C+Donald&rft.aulast=Boddu&rft.aufirst=Veera&rft.date=2009-11-08&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=2009+AIChE+Annual+Meeting+%28AIChE+2009%29&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://aiche.confex.com/aiche/2009/webprogram/meeting.html LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2010-04-06 N1 - Last updated - 2010-05-03 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - HURRICANE AND STORM DAMAGE REDUCTION PROJECT, MID-REACH SEGMENT, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. [Part 2 of 4] T2 - HURRICANE AND STORM DAMAGE REDUCTION PROJECT, MID-REACH SEGMENT, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. AN - 756827043; 14083-090379_0002 AB - PURPOSE: The restoration of a protective and recreational beach along 7.8 miles of shoreline known as the Mid-Reach in Brevard County, Florida is proposed. The project area is located between Patrick Air Force Base in the north and the Brevard County South Reach shore protection project on the east coast of Florida just south of Cape Canaveral. The municipalities of Satellite Beach, Indian Harbour Beach, and Melbourne and portions of unincorporated Brevard County are located within the project area. Beaches within the project area are in a state of severe erosion and shoreline recession. Investigative studies have determined that construction of a protective beach would be the optimal method of reducing damages to structures and shoreline property. The Mid-Reach was previously studied as part of the Brevard County Shore Protection Project, but was removed from the recommended plan in the final EIS of 1996 due to concerns about the environmental impact to the nearshore hardbottom. A large number of non-structural and structural alternatives were evaluated and the final array focused on beach nourishment in varying scales seeking to minimize impact to the nearshore hardbottom. The locally preferred plan (Local Option 6), which is also the tentatively recommended plan in this supplemental draft EIS, would consist of a small-scale beach fill varying from a 0-foot to a 20-foot extension of the mean high water line plus advanced nourishment to maintain the design fill volume. The approximate volume of sand that would be placed includes an initial design fill of 409,000 cubic yards plus an advanced nourishment fill of 164,000 cubic yards for a total fill of 573,000 cubic yards at initial construction. Fill would be accomplished by rehabilitating the Poseidon dredged material management area (DMMA) at Port Canaveral, dredging material from Canaveral Shoals with placement into the Poseidon DMMA every six years, and hauling by dumptruck to the Mid-Reach for placement on the beach at three year intervals. Annualized cost of the recommended plan are estimated at $3.9 million. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The project would reduce damages caused by erosion and coastal storms, benefit recreational resources, and protect shoreline property. Erosion protection would range from a 5-year storm level to a 75-year storm level, varying along the length of the Mid-Reach. The project would yield $11.4 million annually through prevention of storm damage and incidental recreation benefits with a benefit-cost ratio of 2.9. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The project would disturb biotic habitats in the sand borrow areas and along the littoral zone in the immediate area of beach renourishment. Placement of sand would impact an anticipated 3.0 acres of nearshore rock hardbottom resulting in the loss of a biologically significant marine ecosystem. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and Water Resources Development Act of 2000. JF - EPA number: 090379, Supplemental Draft EIS--278 pages, Appendices--1,037 pages, November 2, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 2 KW - Water KW - Beaches KW - Biologic Assessments KW - Coastal Zones KW - Cost Assessments KW - Dredging KW - Dunes KW - Economic Assessments KW - Erosion Control KW - Flood Protection KW - Hurricanes KW - Marine Systems KW - Reefs KW - Recreation Resources KW - Safety Analyses KW - Section 404(b) Statements KW - Socioeconomic Assessments KW - Atlantic Ocean KW - Florida KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits KW - Water Resources Development Act of 2000, Project Authorization UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756827043?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-11-02&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=HURRICANE+AND+STORM+DAMAGE+REDUCTION+PROJECT%2C+MID-REACH+SEGMENT%2C+BREVARD+COUNTY%2C+FLORIDA.&rft.title=HURRICANE+AND+STORM+DAMAGE+REDUCTION+PROJECT%2C+MID-REACH+SEGMENT%2C+BREVARD+COUNTY%2C+FLORIDA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, Florida; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: November 2, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - HURRICANE AND STORM DAMAGE REDUCTION PROJECT, MID-REACH SEGMENT, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. [Part 3 of 4] T2 - HURRICANE AND STORM DAMAGE REDUCTION PROJECT, MID-REACH SEGMENT, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. AN - 756826917; 14083-090379_0003 AB - PURPOSE: The restoration of a protective and recreational beach along 7.8 miles of shoreline known as the Mid-Reach in Brevard County, Florida is proposed. The project area is located between Patrick Air Force Base in the north and the Brevard County South Reach shore protection project on the east coast of Florida just south of Cape Canaveral. The municipalities of Satellite Beach, Indian Harbour Beach, and Melbourne and portions of unincorporated Brevard County are located within the project area. Beaches within the project area are in a state of severe erosion and shoreline recession. Investigative studies have determined that construction of a protective beach would be the optimal method of reducing damages to structures and shoreline property. The Mid-Reach was previously studied as part of the Brevard County Shore Protection Project, but was removed from the recommended plan in the final EIS of 1996 due to concerns about the environmental impact to the nearshore hardbottom. A large number of non-structural and structural alternatives were evaluated and the final array focused on beach nourishment in varying scales seeking to minimize impact to the nearshore hardbottom. The locally preferred plan (Local Option 6), which is also the tentatively recommended plan in this supplemental draft EIS, would consist of a small-scale beach fill varying from a 0-foot to a 20-foot extension of the mean high water line plus advanced nourishment to maintain the design fill volume. The approximate volume of sand that would be placed includes an initial design fill of 409,000 cubic yards plus an advanced nourishment fill of 164,000 cubic yards for a total fill of 573,000 cubic yards at initial construction. Fill would be accomplished by rehabilitating the Poseidon dredged material management area (DMMA) at Port Canaveral, dredging material from Canaveral Shoals with placement into the Poseidon DMMA every six years, and hauling by dumptruck to the Mid-Reach for placement on the beach at three year intervals. Annualized cost of the recommended plan are estimated at $3.9 million. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The project would reduce damages caused by erosion and coastal storms, benefit recreational resources, and protect shoreline property. Erosion protection would range from a 5-year storm level to a 75-year storm level, varying along the length of the Mid-Reach. The project would yield $11.4 million annually through prevention of storm damage and incidental recreation benefits with a benefit-cost ratio of 2.9. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The project would disturb biotic habitats in the sand borrow areas and along the littoral zone in the immediate area of beach renourishment. Placement of sand would impact an anticipated 3.0 acres of nearshore rock hardbottom resulting in the loss of a biologically significant marine ecosystem. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and Water Resources Development Act of 2000. JF - EPA number: 090379, Supplemental Draft EIS--278 pages, Appendices--1,037 pages, November 2, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 3 KW - Water KW - Beaches KW - Biologic Assessments KW - Coastal Zones KW - Cost Assessments KW - Dredging KW - Dunes KW - Economic Assessments KW - Erosion Control KW - Flood Protection KW - Hurricanes KW - Marine Systems KW - Reefs KW - Recreation Resources KW - Safety Analyses KW - Section 404(b) Statements KW - Socioeconomic Assessments KW - Atlantic Ocean KW - Florida KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits KW - Water Resources Development Act of 2000, Project Authorization UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826917?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-11-02&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=HURRICANE+AND+STORM+DAMAGE+REDUCTION+PROJECT%2C+MID-REACH+SEGMENT%2C+BREVARD+COUNTY%2C+FLORIDA.&rft.title=HURRICANE+AND+STORM+DAMAGE+REDUCTION+PROJECT%2C+MID-REACH+SEGMENT%2C+BREVARD+COUNTY%2C+FLORIDA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, Florida; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: November 2, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - HURRICANE AND STORM DAMAGE REDUCTION PROJECT, MID-REACH SEGMENT, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. [Part 1 of 4] T2 - HURRICANE AND STORM DAMAGE REDUCTION PROJECT, MID-REACH SEGMENT, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. AN - 756826889; 14083-090379_0001 AB - PURPOSE: The restoration of a protective and recreational beach along 7.8 miles of shoreline known as the Mid-Reach in Brevard County, Florida is proposed. The project area is located between Patrick Air Force Base in the north and the Brevard County South Reach shore protection project on the east coast of Florida just south of Cape Canaveral. The municipalities of Satellite Beach, Indian Harbour Beach, and Melbourne and portions of unincorporated Brevard County are located within the project area. Beaches within the project area are in a state of severe erosion and shoreline recession. Investigative studies have determined that construction of a protective beach would be the optimal method of reducing damages to structures and shoreline property. The Mid-Reach was previously studied as part of the Brevard County Shore Protection Project, but was removed from the recommended plan in the final EIS of 1996 due to concerns about the environmental impact to the nearshore hardbottom. A large number of non-structural and structural alternatives were evaluated and the final array focused on beach nourishment in varying scales seeking to minimize impact to the nearshore hardbottom. The locally preferred plan (Local Option 6), which is also the tentatively recommended plan in this supplemental draft EIS, would consist of a small-scale beach fill varying from a 0-foot to a 20-foot extension of the mean high water line plus advanced nourishment to maintain the design fill volume. The approximate volume of sand that would be placed includes an initial design fill of 409,000 cubic yards plus an advanced nourishment fill of 164,000 cubic yards for a total fill of 573,000 cubic yards at initial construction. Fill would be accomplished by rehabilitating the Poseidon dredged material management area (DMMA) at Port Canaveral, dredging material from Canaveral Shoals with placement into the Poseidon DMMA every six years, and hauling by dumptruck to the Mid-Reach for placement on the beach at three year intervals. Annualized cost of the recommended plan are estimated at $3.9 million. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The project would reduce damages caused by erosion and coastal storms, benefit recreational resources, and protect shoreline property. Erosion protection would range from a 5-year storm level to a 75-year storm level, varying along the length of the Mid-Reach. The project would yield $11.4 million annually through prevention of storm damage and incidental recreation benefits with a benefit-cost ratio of 2.9. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The project would disturb biotic habitats in the sand borrow areas and along the littoral zone in the immediate area of beach renourishment. Placement of sand would impact an anticipated 3.0 acres of nearshore rock hardbottom resulting in the loss of a biologically significant marine ecosystem. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and Water Resources Development Act of 2000. JF - EPA number: 090379, Supplemental Draft EIS--278 pages, Appendices--1,037 pages, November 2, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 1 KW - Water KW - Beaches KW - Biologic Assessments KW - Coastal Zones KW - Cost Assessments KW - Dredging KW - Dunes KW - Economic Assessments KW - Erosion Control KW - Flood Protection KW - Hurricanes KW - Marine Systems KW - Reefs KW - Recreation Resources KW - Safety Analyses KW - Section 404(b) Statements KW - Socioeconomic Assessments KW - Atlantic Ocean KW - Florida KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits KW - Water Resources Development Act of 2000, Project Authorization UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826889?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-11-02&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=HURRICANE+AND+STORM+DAMAGE+REDUCTION+PROJECT%2C+MID-REACH+SEGMENT%2C+BREVARD+COUNTY%2C+FLORIDA.&rft.title=HURRICANE+AND+STORM+DAMAGE+REDUCTION+PROJECT%2C+MID-REACH+SEGMENT%2C+BREVARD+COUNTY%2C+FLORIDA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, Florida; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: November 2, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - HURRICANE AND STORM DAMAGE REDUCTION PROJECT, MID-REACH SEGMENT, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. [Part 4 of 4] T2 - HURRICANE AND STORM DAMAGE REDUCTION PROJECT, MID-REACH SEGMENT, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. AN - 756826869; 14083-090379_0004 AB - PURPOSE: The restoration of a protective and recreational beach along 7.8 miles of shoreline known as the Mid-Reach in Brevard County, Florida is proposed. The project area is located between Patrick Air Force Base in the north and the Brevard County South Reach shore protection project on the east coast of Florida just south of Cape Canaveral. The municipalities of Satellite Beach, Indian Harbour Beach, and Melbourne and portions of unincorporated Brevard County are located within the project area. Beaches within the project area are in a state of severe erosion and shoreline recession. Investigative studies have determined that construction of a protective beach would be the optimal method of reducing damages to structures and shoreline property. The Mid-Reach was previously studied as part of the Brevard County Shore Protection Project, but was removed from the recommended plan in the final EIS of 1996 due to concerns about the environmental impact to the nearshore hardbottom. A large number of non-structural and structural alternatives were evaluated and the final array focused on beach nourishment in varying scales seeking to minimize impact to the nearshore hardbottom. The locally preferred plan (Local Option 6), which is also the tentatively recommended plan in this supplemental draft EIS, would consist of a small-scale beach fill varying from a 0-foot to a 20-foot extension of the mean high water line plus advanced nourishment to maintain the design fill volume. The approximate volume of sand that would be placed includes an initial design fill of 409,000 cubic yards plus an advanced nourishment fill of 164,000 cubic yards for a total fill of 573,000 cubic yards at initial construction. Fill would be accomplished by rehabilitating the Poseidon dredged material management area (DMMA) at Port Canaveral, dredging material from Canaveral Shoals with placement into the Poseidon DMMA every six years, and hauling by dumptruck to the Mid-Reach for placement on the beach at three year intervals. Annualized cost of the recommended plan are estimated at $3.9 million. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The project would reduce damages caused by erosion and coastal storms, benefit recreational resources, and protect shoreline property. Erosion protection would range from a 5-year storm level to a 75-year storm level, varying along the length of the Mid-Reach. The project would yield $11.4 million annually through prevention of storm damage and incidental recreation benefits with a benefit-cost ratio of 2.9. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The project would disturb biotic habitats in the sand borrow areas and along the littoral zone in the immediate area of beach renourishment. Placement of sand would impact an anticipated 3.0 acres of nearshore rock hardbottom resulting in the loss of a biologically significant marine ecosystem. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and Water Resources Development Act of 2000. JF - EPA number: 090379, Supplemental Draft EIS--278 pages, Appendices--1,037 pages, November 2, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 4 KW - Water KW - Beaches KW - Biologic Assessments KW - Coastal Zones KW - Cost Assessments KW - Dredging KW - Dunes KW - Economic Assessments KW - Erosion Control KW - Flood Protection KW - Hurricanes KW - Marine Systems KW - Reefs KW - Recreation Resources KW - Safety Analyses KW - Section 404(b) Statements KW - Socioeconomic Assessments KW - Atlantic Ocean KW - Florida KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits KW - Water Resources Development Act of 2000, Project Authorization UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826869?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-04-23&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=NEWHALL+RANCH+RESOURCE+MANAGEMENT+AND+DEVELOPMENT+PLAN+AND+SPINEFLOWER+CONSERVATION+PLAN%2C+SANTA+CLARITA+VALLEY%2C+LOS+ANGELES+COUNTY%2C+CALIFORNIA.&rft.title=NEWHALL+RANCH+RESOURCE+MANAGEMENT+AND+DEVELOPMENT+PLAN+AND+SPINEFLOWER+CONSERVATION+PLAN%2C+SANTA+CLARITA+VALLEY%2C+LOS+ANGELES+COUNTY%2C+CALIFORNIA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, Florida; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: November 2, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - HURRICANE AND STORM DAMAGE REDUCTION PROJECT, MID-REACH SEGMENT, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. AN - 16389939; 14083 AB - PURPOSE: The restoration of a protective and recreational beach along 7.8 miles of shoreline known as the Mid-Reach in Brevard County, Florida is proposed. The project area is located between Patrick Air Force Base in the north and the Brevard County South Reach shore protection project on the east coast of Florida just south of Cape Canaveral. The municipalities of Satellite Beach, Indian Harbour Beach, and Melbourne and portions of unincorporated Brevard County are located within the project area. Beaches within the project area are in a state of severe erosion and shoreline recession. Investigative studies have determined that construction of a protective beach would be the optimal method of reducing damages to structures and shoreline property. The Mid-Reach was previously studied as part of the Brevard County Shore Protection Project, but was removed from the recommended plan in the final EIS of 1996 due to concerns about the environmental impact to the nearshore hardbottom. A large number of non-structural and structural alternatives were evaluated and the final array focused on beach nourishment in varying scales seeking to minimize impact to the nearshore hardbottom. The locally preferred plan (Local Option 6), which is also the tentatively recommended plan in this supplemental draft EIS, would consist of a small-scale beach fill varying from a 0-foot to a 20-foot extension of the mean high water line plus advanced nourishment to maintain the design fill volume. The approximate volume of sand that would be placed includes an initial design fill of 409,000 cubic yards plus an advanced nourishment fill of 164,000 cubic yards for a total fill of 573,000 cubic yards at initial construction. Fill would be accomplished by rehabilitating the Poseidon dredged material management area (DMMA) at Port Canaveral, dredging material from Canaveral Shoals with placement into the Poseidon DMMA every six years, and hauling by dumptruck to the Mid-Reach for placement on the beach at three year intervals. Annualized cost of the recommended plan are estimated at $3.9 million. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The project would reduce damages caused by erosion and coastal storms, benefit recreational resources, and protect shoreline property. Erosion protection would range from a 5-year storm level to a 75-year storm level, varying along the length of the Mid-Reach. The project would yield $11.4 million annually through prevention of storm damage and incidental recreation benefits with a benefit-cost ratio of 2.9. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The project would disturb biotic habitats in the sand borrow areas and along the littoral zone in the immediate area of beach renourishment. Placement of sand would impact an anticipated 3.0 acres of nearshore rock hardbottom resulting in the loss of a biologically significant marine ecosystem. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and Water Resources Development Act of 2000. JF - EPA number: 090379, Supplemental Draft EIS--278 pages, Appendices--1,037 pages, November 2, 2009 PY - 2009 KW - Water KW - Beaches KW - Biologic Assessments KW - Coastal Zones KW - Cost Assessments KW - Dredging KW - Dunes KW - Economic Assessments KW - Erosion Control KW - Flood Protection KW - Hurricanes KW - Marine Systems KW - Reefs KW - Recreation Resources KW - Safety Analyses KW - Section 404(b) Statements KW - Socioeconomic Assessments KW - Atlantic Ocean KW - Florida KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits KW - Water Resources Development Act of 2000, Project Authorization UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/16389939?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Digests&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-11-02&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=HURRICANE+AND+STORM+DAMAGE+REDUCTION+PROJECT%2C+MID-REACH+SEGMENT%2C+BREVARD+COUNTY%2C+FLORIDA.&rft.title=HURRICANE+AND+STORM+DAMAGE+REDUCTION+PROJECT%2C+MID-REACH+SEGMENT%2C+BREVARD+COUNTY%2C+FLORIDA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, Florida; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: November 2, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Predicting physical properties of emerging compounds with limited physical and chemical data: QSAR model uncertainty and applicability to military munitions AN - 21265629; 11300073 AB - Reliable, up-front information on physical and biological properties of emerging materials is essential before making a decision and investment to formulate, synthesize, scale-up, test, and manufacture a new material for use in both military and civilian applications. Multiple quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs) software tools are available for predicting a material's physical/chemical properties and environmental effects. Even though information on emerging materials is often limited, QSAR software output is treated without sufficient uncertainty analysis. We hypothesize that uncertainty and variability in material properties and uncertainty in model prediction can be too large to provide meaningful results. To test this hypothesis, we predicted octanol water partitioning coefficients (logP) for multiple, similar compounds with limited physical-chemical properties using six different commercial logP calculators (KOWWIN, MarvinSketch, ACD/Labs, ALogP, CLogP, SPARC). Analysis was done for materials with largely uncertain properties that were similar, based on molecular formula, to military compounds (RDX, BTTN, TNT) and pharmaceuticals (Carbamazepine, Gemfibrizol). We have also compared QSAR modeling results for a well-studied pesticide and pesticide breakdown product (Atrazine, DDE). Our analysis shows variability due to structural variations of the emerging chemicals may be several orders of magnitude. The model uncertainty across six software packages was very high (10 orders of magnitude) for emerging materials while it was low for traditional chemicals (e.g. Atrazine). Thus the use of QSAR models for emerging materials screening requires extensive model validation and coupling QSAR output with available empirical data and other relevant information. JF - Chemosphere AU - Bennett, E R AU - Clausen, J AU - Linkov, E AU - Linkov, I AD - Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH, USA, Jay.L.Clausen@usace.army.mil Y1 - 2009/11// PY - 2009 DA - Nov 2009 SP - 1412 EP - 1418 PB - Elsevier Science, P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX UK, [mailto:nlinfo-f@elsevier.nl], [URL:http://www.elsevier.nl] VL - 77 IS - 10 SN - 0045-6535, 0045-6535 KW - Environment Abstracts KW - Computer programs KW - structure-activity relationships KW - Atrazine KW - Pesticides KW - DDE KW - Physicochemical properties KW - chemical properties KW - Herbicides KW - Military KW - ENA 09:Land Use & Planning UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/21265629?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvabstractsmodule&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Chemosphere&rft.atitle=Predicting+physical+properties+of+emerging+compounds+with+limited+physical+and+chemical+data%3A+QSAR+model+uncertainty+and+applicability+to+military+munitions&rft.au=Bennett%2C+E+R%3BClausen%2C+J%3BLinkov%2C+E%3BLinkov%2C+I&rft.aulast=Bennett&rft.aufirst=E&rft.date=2009-11-01&rft.volume=77&rft.issue=10&rft.spage=1412&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Chemosphere&rft.issn=00456535&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.chemosphere.2009.09.003 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-03-31 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Computer programs; structure-activity relationships; Physicochemical properties; DDE; Pesticides; Atrazine; chemical properties; Herbicides; Military DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.09.003 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Outdoor weathering and dissolution of TNT and Tritonal AN - 21084036; 11300089 AB - Low-order detonations of military munitions scatter cm-sized chunks of high-explosives onto military range soils, where rainfall can dissolve and then transport the explosives to groundwater. We present 1year of mass-loss data obtained from cm-sized chunks of the frequently used explosives TNT (2,4,6-trinitrotoluene) and Tritonal (an 80:20 mixture of TNT and aluminum flakes) exposed outdoors to weather and dissolve under natural conditions. The explosive chunks rested on glass frits in individual funnels and all precipitation interacting with them was collected and analyzed. Mass balance data reveal that TNT in the water samples accounts for only about one-third of the TNT lost from the chunks. The creation of photo-transformation products on the solid chunks, and their subsequent dissolution or sublimation, probably accounts for the other two-thirds. Although these products cannot, as yet, be quantified they are intrinsic to the outdoor weathering and fate of TNT-based explosives. TNT in our water samples was not photo-transformed. Thus, we used the yearlong, dissolved-mass time-series to validate a drop-impingement dissolution model for TNT. The model used measured rainfall and air temperature data as input, and the results agreed remarkably well with TNT dissolved-mass time-series measured for the year. This model can estimate annual TNT influx into range soils using annual rainfall and particle-size distributions. Nevertheless, large uncertainties remain in the numbers and sizes of TNT particles scattered on military ranges and the identities and fates of the photo-transformation products. JF - Chemosphere AU - Taylor, S AU - Lever, J H AU - Fadden, J AU - Perron, N AU - Packer, B AD - 72 Lyme Road, Hanover, NH, United States, Susan.Taylor@usace.army.mil Y1 - 2009/11// PY - 2009 DA - Nov 2009 SP - 1338 EP - 1345 PB - Elsevier Science, P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX UK, [mailto:nlinfo-f@elsevier.nl], [URL:http://www.elsevier.nl] VL - 77 IS - 10 SN - 0045-6535, 0045-6535 KW - Toxicology Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts; Environment Abstracts KW - Water sampling KW - air temperature KW - Rainfall KW - Particulates KW - 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene KW - Air temperature KW - Models KW - Soil KW - sublimation KW - 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene KW - Ground water KW - Weathering KW - Military KW - Weather KW - Data processing KW - time series analysis KW - Precipitation KW - weathering KW - Aluminum KW - Dissolution KW - Explosives KW - Groundwater KW - P 2000:FRESHWATER POLLUTION KW - X 24360:Metals KW - ENA 01:Air Pollution UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/21084036?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxicologyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Chemosphere&rft.atitle=Outdoor+weathering+and+dissolution+of+TNT+and+Tritonal&rft.au=Taylor%2C+S%3BLever%2C+J+H%3BFadden%2C+J%3BPerron%2C+N%3BPacker%2C+B&rft.aulast=Taylor&rft.aufirst=S&rft.date=2009-11-01&rft.volume=77&rft.issue=10&rft.spage=1338&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Chemosphere&rft.issn=00456535&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.chemosphere.2009.09.040 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2009-12-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-03-19 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Weather; Data processing; Rainfall; Precipitation; Air temperature; Models; Soil; 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene; Aluminum; Ground water; Dissolution; Weathering; Explosives; air temperature; Water sampling; time series analysis; Particulates; 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene; weathering; sublimation; Military; Groundwater DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.09.040 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - NORTHMET MINE AND ORE PROCESSING FACILITIES PROJECT, HOYT LAKES - BABBITT AREA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MINNESOTA. [Part 1 of 8] T2 - NORTHMET MINE AND ORE PROCESSING FACILITIES PROJECT, HOYT LAKES - BABBITT AREA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MINNESOTA. AN - 756826862; 14082-090378_0001 AB - PURPOSE: Construction and operation of an open pit copper, nickel, cobalt, and precious metals mine and associated sulfide mineral ore processing facilities in the Hoyt Lakes - Babbitt area of St. Louis County, Minnesota are proposed. The NorthMet Mine and Ore Processing Facilities Project (NorthMet project) would be located on the south flank of the Mesabi Iron Range at a previously unmined area in the Superior National Forest at a currently inactive taconite processing facility. PolyMet Mining, Inc. holds the mineral leasing rights and is exploring the feasibility of a land exchange with the Forest Service that would remove all National Forest System lands from the proposed project. This NorthMet Project draft EIS assumes successful completion of a land exchange. The proposed project would: 1) open-pit mine an average of 91,200 tons per day (tpd) of rock, including up to 32,000 tpd of ore from a surface mine with three pits; 2) generate 394 million tons of waste rock and lean ore over the 20-year life of the mine; 3) transport ore to the proposed processing plant via 100-ton side-dumping train cars; 4) process the ore through beneficiation and hydrometallurgical plants; 5) construct and operate a tailings basin and hydrometallurgical residue facility to dispose of floatation tailings and residues; 6) close and reclaim project components including vegetative and watershed restoration of the waste rock stockpiles and tailings basin, building and infrastructure demolition, and post-closure monitoring. In addition to the proposed action, a No Action Alternative and two action alternatives are evaluated in this draft EIS. The Mine Site Alternative would use a modified design for long-term treatment and disposal of waste rock to reduce potential impacts to surface and ground water quality. Under the Tailings Basin Alternative, a combination of potentially viable mitigation measures would be used to manage seepage and geotechnical stability in the tailings basin. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The production of base and precious metal, precipitates, and flotation concentrates from ore mined at the NorthMet deposit would help meet domestic and global demand for these products. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Mining operations would impact groundwater quality with antimony, manganese, and nickel predicted to exceed maximum contaminant levels for the long term at the mine site. Relatively high sulfate concentrations in seepage from the tailings basin would be released to wetlands north of the basin and lakes downstream that would be at high risk for mercury methylation. Direct impacts to wetlands would include 804 acres at the mine site, 39.4 acres at the plant site, and 10.5 acres along the transportation corridor. Vegetative cover would be lost at the mine and plant sites with direct impacts to federally listed species. Overall loss of wildlife habitat would include potential loss of critical habitat for Canada lynx and gray wolf. Increased duration and frequency of low flows on the Lower Partridge River could degrade aquatic habitat and there would be potential for increased methylmercury availability to fish. Native American tribes would lose access to lands and natural resources. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090378, Volume I--714 pages, Volume II: Figures and Maps--124 pages, Volume III: Appendices--847 pages, October 30, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 1 KW - Manufacturing KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Demolition KW - Endangered Species (Animals) KW - Endangered Species (Plants) KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Noise Assessments KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Rivers KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Watersheds KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826862?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-10-30&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=NORTHMET+MINE+AND+ORE+PROCESSING+FACILITIES+PROJECT%2C+HOYT+LAKES+-+BABBITT+AREA%2C+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTY%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=NORTHMET+MINE+AND+ORE+PROCESSING+FACILITIES+PROJECT%2C+HOYT+LAKES+-+BABBITT+AREA%2C+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTY%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: October 30, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - NORTHMET MINE AND ORE PROCESSING FACILITIES PROJECT, HOYT LAKES - BABBITT AREA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MINNESOTA. [Part 4 of 8] T2 - NORTHMET MINE AND ORE PROCESSING FACILITIES PROJECT, HOYT LAKES - BABBITT AREA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MINNESOTA. AN - 756826855; 14082-090378_0004 AB - PURPOSE: Construction and operation of an open pit copper, nickel, cobalt, and precious metals mine and associated sulfide mineral ore processing facilities in the Hoyt Lakes - Babbitt area of St. Louis County, Minnesota are proposed. The NorthMet Mine and Ore Processing Facilities Project (NorthMet project) would be located on the south flank of the Mesabi Iron Range at a previously unmined area in the Superior National Forest at a currently inactive taconite processing facility. PolyMet Mining, Inc. holds the mineral leasing rights and is exploring the feasibility of a land exchange with the Forest Service that would remove all National Forest System lands from the proposed project. This NorthMet Project draft EIS assumes successful completion of a land exchange. The proposed project would: 1) open-pit mine an average of 91,200 tons per day (tpd) of rock, including up to 32,000 tpd of ore from a surface mine with three pits; 2) generate 394 million tons of waste rock and lean ore over the 20-year life of the mine; 3) transport ore to the proposed processing plant via 100-ton side-dumping train cars; 4) process the ore through beneficiation and hydrometallurgical plants; 5) construct and operate a tailings basin and hydrometallurgical residue facility to dispose of floatation tailings and residues; 6) close and reclaim project components including vegetative and watershed restoration of the waste rock stockpiles and tailings basin, building and infrastructure demolition, and post-closure monitoring. In addition to the proposed action, a No Action Alternative and two action alternatives are evaluated in this draft EIS. The Mine Site Alternative would use a modified design for long-term treatment and disposal of waste rock to reduce potential impacts to surface and ground water quality. Under the Tailings Basin Alternative, a combination of potentially viable mitigation measures would be used to manage seepage and geotechnical stability in the tailings basin. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The production of base and precious metal, precipitates, and flotation concentrates from ore mined at the NorthMet deposit would help meet domestic and global demand for these products. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Mining operations would impact groundwater quality with antimony, manganese, and nickel predicted to exceed maximum contaminant levels for the long term at the mine site. Relatively high sulfate concentrations in seepage from the tailings basin would be released to wetlands north of the basin and lakes downstream that would be at high risk for mercury methylation. Direct impacts to wetlands would include 804 acres at the mine site, 39.4 acres at the plant site, and 10.5 acres along the transportation corridor. Vegetative cover would be lost at the mine and plant sites with direct impacts to federally listed species. Overall loss of wildlife habitat would include potential loss of critical habitat for Canada lynx and gray wolf. Increased duration and frequency of low flows on the Lower Partridge River could degrade aquatic habitat and there would be potential for increased methylmercury availability to fish. Native American tribes would lose access to lands and natural resources. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090378, Volume I--714 pages, Volume II: Figures and Maps--124 pages, Volume III: Appendices--847 pages, October 30, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 4 KW - Manufacturing KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Demolition KW - Endangered Species (Animals) KW - Endangered Species (Plants) KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Noise Assessments KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Rivers KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Watersheds KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826855?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-10-30&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=NORTHMET+MINE+AND+ORE+PROCESSING+FACILITIES+PROJECT%2C+HOYT+LAKES+-+BABBITT+AREA%2C+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTY%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=NORTHMET+MINE+AND+ORE+PROCESSING+FACILITIES+PROJECT%2C+HOYT+LAKES+-+BABBITT+AREA%2C+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTY%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: October 30, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - NORTHMET MINE AND ORE PROCESSING FACILITIES PROJECT, HOYT LAKES - BABBITT AREA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MINNESOTA. [Part 3 of 8] T2 - NORTHMET MINE AND ORE PROCESSING FACILITIES PROJECT, HOYT LAKES - BABBITT AREA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MINNESOTA. AN - 756826845; 14082-090378_0003 AB - PURPOSE: Construction and operation of an open pit copper, nickel, cobalt, and precious metals mine and associated sulfide mineral ore processing facilities in the Hoyt Lakes - Babbitt area of St. Louis County, Minnesota are proposed. The NorthMet Mine and Ore Processing Facilities Project (NorthMet project) would be located on the south flank of the Mesabi Iron Range at a previously unmined area in the Superior National Forest at a currently inactive taconite processing facility. PolyMet Mining, Inc. holds the mineral leasing rights and is exploring the feasibility of a land exchange with the Forest Service that would remove all National Forest System lands from the proposed project. This NorthMet Project draft EIS assumes successful completion of a land exchange. The proposed project would: 1) open-pit mine an average of 91,200 tons per day (tpd) of rock, including up to 32,000 tpd of ore from a surface mine with three pits; 2) generate 394 million tons of waste rock and lean ore over the 20-year life of the mine; 3) transport ore to the proposed processing plant via 100-ton side-dumping train cars; 4) process the ore through beneficiation and hydrometallurgical plants; 5) construct and operate a tailings basin and hydrometallurgical residue facility to dispose of floatation tailings and residues; 6) close and reclaim project components including vegetative and watershed restoration of the waste rock stockpiles and tailings basin, building and infrastructure demolition, and post-closure monitoring. In addition to the proposed action, a No Action Alternative and two action alternatives are evaluated in this draft EIS. The Mine Site Alternative would use a modified design for long-term treatment and disposal of waste rock to reduce potential impacts to surface and ground water quality. Under the Tailings Basin Alternative, a combination of potentially viable mitigation measures would be used to manage seepage and geotechnical stability in the tailings basin. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The production of base and precious metal, precipitates, and flotation concentrates from ore mined at the NorthMet deposit would help meet domestic and global demand for these products. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Mining operations would impact groundwater quality with antimony, manganese, and nickel predicted to exceed maximum contaminant levels for the long term at the mine site. Relatively high sulfate concentrations in seepage from the tailings basin would be released to wetlands north of the basin and lakes downstream that would be at high risk for mercury methylation. Direct impacts to wetlands would include 804 acres at the mine site, 39.4 acres at the plant site, and 10.5 acres along the transportation corridor. Vegetative cover would be lost at the mine and plant sites with direct impacts to federally listed species. Overall loss of wildlife habitat would include potential loss of critical habitat for Canada lynx and gray wolf. Increased duration and frequency of low flows on the Lower Partridge River could degrade aquatic habitat and there would be potential for increased methylmercury availability to fish. Native American tribes would lose access to lands and natural resources. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090378, Volume I--714 pages, Volume II: Figures and Maps--124 pages, Volume III: Appendices--847 pages, October 30, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 3 KW - Manufacturing KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Demolition KW - Endangered Species (Animals) KW - Endangered Species (Plants) KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Noise Assessments KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Rivers KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Watersheds KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826845?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-10-30&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=NORTHMET+MINE+AND+ORE+PROCESSING+FACILITIES+PROJECT%2C+HOYT+LAKES+-+BABBITT+AREA%2C+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTY%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=NORTHMET+MINE+AND+ORE+PROCESSING+FACILITIES+PROJECT%2C+HOYT+LAKES+-+BABBITT+AREA%2C+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTY%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: October 30, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - NORTHMET MINE AND ORE PROCESSING FACILITIES PROJECT, HOYT LAKES - BABBITT AREA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MINNESOTA. [Part 8 of 8] T2 - NORTHMET MINE AND ORE PROCESSING FACILITIES PROJECT, HOYT LAKES - BABBITT AREA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MINNESOTA. AN - 756826793; 14082-090378_0008 AB - PURPOSE: Construction and operation of an open pit copper, nickel, cobalt, and precious metals mine and associated sulfide mineral ore processing facilities in the Hoyt Lakes - Babbitt area of St. Louis County, Minnesota are proposed. The NorthMet Mine and Ore Processing Facilities Project (NorthMet project) would be located on the south flank of the Mesabi Iron Range at a previously unmined area in the Superior National Forest at a currently inactive taconite processing facility. PolyMet Mining, Inc. holds the mineral leasing rights and is exploring the feasibility of a land exchange with the Forest Service that would remove all National Forest System lands from the proposed project. This NorthMet Project draft EIS assumes successful completion of a land exchange. The proposed project would: 1) open-pit mine an average of 91,200 tons per day (tpd) of rock, including up to 32,000 tpd of ore from a surface mine with three pits; 2) generate 394 million tons of waste rock and lean ore over the 20-year life of the mine; 3) transport ore to the proposed processing plant via 100-ton side-dumping train cars; 4) process the ore through beneficiation and hydrometallurgical plants; 5) construct and operate a tailings basin and hydrometallurgical residue facility to dispose of floatation tailings and residues; 6) close and reclaim project components including vegetative and watershed restoration of the waste rock stockpiles and tailings basin, building and infrastructure demolition, and post-closure monitoring. In addition to the proposed action, a No Action Alternative and two action alternatives are evaluated in this draft EIS. The Mine Site Alternative would use a modified design for long-term treatment and disposal of waste rock to reduce potential impacts to surface and ground water quality. Under the Tailings Basin Alternative, a combination of potentially viable mitigation measures would be used to manage seepage and geotechnical stability in the tailings basin. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The production of base and precious metal, precipitates, and flotation concentrates from ore mined at the NorthMet deposit would help meet domestic and global demand for these products. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Mining operations would impact groundwater quality with antimony, manganese, and nickel predicted to exceed maximum contaminant levels for the long term at the mine site. Relatively high sulfate concentrations in seepage from the tailings basin would be released to wetlands north of the basin and lakes downstream that would be at high risk for mercury methylation. Direct impacts to wetlands would include 804 acres at the mine site, 39.4 acres at the plant site, and 10.5 acres along the transportation corridor. Vegetative cover would be lost at the mine and plant sites with direct impacts to federally listed species. Overall loss of wildlife habitat would include potential loss of critical habitat for Canada lynx and gray wolf. Increased duration and frequency of low flows on the Lower Partridge River could degrade aquatic habitat and there would be potential for increased methylmercury availability to fish. Native American tribes would lose access to lands and natural resources. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090378, Volume I--714 pages, Volume II: Figures and Maps--124 pages, Volume III: Appendices--847 pages, October 30, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 8 KW - Manufacturing KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Demolition KW - Endangered Species (Animals) KW - Endangered Species (Plants) KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Noise Assessments KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Rivers KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Watersheds KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826793?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-10-30&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=NORTHMET+MINE+AND+ORE+PROCESSING+FACILITIES+PROJECT%2C+HOYT+LAKES+-+BABBITT+AREA%2C+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTY%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=NORTHMET+MINE+AND+ORE+PROCESSING+FACILITIES+PROJECT%2C+HOYT+LAKES+-+BABBITT+AREA%2C+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTY%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: October 30, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - NORTHMET MINE AND ORE PROCESSING FACILITIES PROJECT, HOYT LAKES - BABBITT AREA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MINNESOTA. [Part 7 of 8] T2 - NORTHMET MINE AND ORE PROCESSING FACILITIES PROJECT, HOYT LAKES - BABBITT AREA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MINNESOTA. AN - 756826733; 14082-090378_0007 AB - PURPOSE: Construction and operation of an open pit copper, nickel, cobalt, and precious metals mine and associated sulfide mineral ore processing facilities in the Hoyt Lakes - Babbitt area of St. Louis County, Minnesota are proposed. The NorthMet Mine and Ore Processing Facilities Project (NorthMet project) would be located on the south flank of the Mesabi Iron Range at a previously unmined area in the Superior National Forest at a currently inactive taconite processing facility. PolyMet Mining, Inc. holds the mineral leasing rights and is exploring the feasibility of a land exchange with the Forest Service that would remove all National Forest System lands from the proposed project. This NorthMet Project draft EIS assumes successful completion of a land exchange. The proposed project would: 1) open-pit mine an average of 91,200 tons per day (tpd) of rock, including up to 32,000 tpd of ore from a surface mine with three pits; 2) generate 394 million tons of waste rock and lean ore over the 20-year life of the mine; 3) transport ore to the proposed processing plant via 100-ton side-dumping train cars; 4) process the ore through beneficiation and hydrometallurgical plants; 5) construct and operate a tailings basin and hydrometallurgical residue facility to dispose of floatation tailings and residues; 6) close and reclaim project components including vegetative and watershed restoration of the waste rock stockpiles and tailings basin, building and infrastructure demolition, and post-closure monitoring. In addition to the proposed action, a No Action Alternative and two action alternatives are evaluated in this draft EIS. The Mine Site Alternative would use a modified design for long-term treatment and disposal of waste rock to reduce potential impacts to surface and ground water quality. Under the Tailings Basin Alternative, a combination of potentially viable mitigation measures would be used to manage seepage and geotechnical stability in the tailings basin. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The production of base and precious metal, precipitates, and flotation concentrates from ore mined at the NorthMet deposit would help meet domestic and global demand for these products. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Mining operations would impact groundwater quality with antimony, manganese, and nickel predicted to exceed maximum contaminant levels for the long term at the mine site. Relatively high sulfate concentrations in seepage from the tailings basin would be released to wetlands north of the basin and lakes downstream that would be at high risk for mercury methylation. Direct impacts to wetlands would include 804 acres at the mine site, 39.4 acres at the plant site, and 10.5 acres along the transportation corridor. Vegetative cover would be lost at the mine and plant sites with direct impacts to federally listed species. Overall loss of wildlife habitat would include potential loss of critical habitat for Canada lynx and gray wolf. Increased duration and frequency of low flows on the Lower Partridge River could degrade aquatic habitat and there would be potential for increased methylmercury availability to fish. Native American tribes would lose access to lands and natural resources. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090378, Volume I--714 pages, Volume II: Figures and Maps--124 pages, Volume III: Appendices--847 pages, October 30, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 7 KW - Manufacturing KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Demolition KW - Endangered Species (Animals) KW - Endangered Species (Plants) KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Noise Assessments KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Rivers KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Watersheds KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826733?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-10-30&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=NORTHMET+MINE+AND+ORE+PROCESSING+FACILITIES+PROJECT%2C+HOYT+LAKES+-+BABBITT+AREA%2C+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTY%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=NORTHMET+MINE+AND+ORE+PROCESSING+FACILITIES+PROJECT%2C+HOYT+LAKES+-+BABBITT+AREA%2C+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTY%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: October 30, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - NORTHMET MINE AND ORE PROCESSING FACILITIES PROJECT, HOYT LAKES - BABBITT AREA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MINNESOTA. [Part 5 of 8] T2 - NORTHMET MINE AND ORE PROCESSING FACILITIES PROJECT, HOYT LAKES - BABBITT AREA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MINNESOTA. AN - 756826681; 14082-090378_0005 AB - PURPOSE: Construction and operation of an open pit copper, nickel, cobalt, and precious metals mine and associated sulfide mineral ore processing facilities in the Hoyt Lakes - Babbitt area of St. Louis County, Minnesota are proposed. The NorthMet Mine and Ore Processing Facilities Project (NorthMet project) would be located on the south flank of the Mesabi Iron Range at a previously unmined area in the Superior National Forest at a currently inactive taconite processing facility. PolyMet Mining, Inc. holds the mineral leasing rights and is exploring the feasibility of a land exchange with the Forest Service that would remove all National Forest System lands from the proposed project. This NorthMet Project draft EIS assumes successful completion of a land exchange. The proposed project would: 1) open-pit mine an average of 91,200 tons per day (tpd) of rock, including up to 32,000 tpd of ore from a surface mine with three pits; 2) generate 394 million tons of waste rock and lean ore over the 20-year life of the mine; 3) transport ore to the proposed processing plant via 100-ton side-dumping train cars; 4) process the ore through beneficiation and hydrometallurgical plants; 5) construct and operate a tailings basin and hydrometallurgical residue facility to dispose of floatation tailings and residues; 6) close and reclaim project components including vegetative and watershed restoration of the waste rock stockpiles and tailings basin, building and infrastructure demolition, and post-closure monitoring. In addition to the proposed action, a No Action Alternative and two action alternatives are evaluated in this draft EIS. The Mine Site Alternative would use a modified design for long-term treatment and disposal of waste rock to reduce potential impacts to surface and ground water quality. Under the Tailings Basin Alternative, a combination of potentially viable mitigation measures would be used to manage seepage and geotechnical stability in the tailings basin. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The production of base and precious metal, precipitates, and flotation concentrates from ore mined at the NorthMet deposit would help meet domestic and global demand for these products. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Mining operations would impact groundwater quality with antimony, manganese, and nickel predicted to exceed maximum contaminant levels for the long term at the mine site. Relatively high sulfate concentrations in seepage from the tailings basin would be released to wetlands north of the basin and lakes downstream that would be at high risk for mercury methylation. Direct impacts to wetlands would include 804 acres at the mine site, 39.4 acres at the plant site, and 10.5 acres along the transportation corridor. Vegetative cover would be lost at the mine and plant sites with direct impacts to federally listed species. Overall loss of wildlife habitat would include potential loss of critical habitat for Canada lynx and gray wolf. Increased duration and frequency of low flows on the Lower Partridge River could degrade aquatic habitat and there would be potential for increased methylmercury availability to fish. Native American tribes would lose access to lands and natural resources. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090378, Volume I--714 pages, Volume II: Figures and Maps--124 pages, Volume III: Appendices--847 pages, October 30, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 5 KW - Manufacturing KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Demolition KW - Endangered Species (Animals) KW - Endangered Species (Plants) KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Noise Assessments KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Rivers KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Watersheds KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826681?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-10-30&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=NORTHMET+MINE+AND+ORE+PROCESSING+FACILITIES+PROJECT%2C+HOYT+LAKES+-+BABBITT+AREA%2C+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTY%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=NORTHMET+MINE+AND+ORE+PROCESSING+FACILITIES+PROJECT%2C+HOYT+LAKES+-+BABBITT+AREA%2C+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTY%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: October 30, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - NORTHMET MINE AND ORE PROCESSING FACILITIES PROJECT, HOYT LAKES - BABBITT AREA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MINNESOTA. [Part 2 of 8] T2 - NORTHMET MINE AND ORE PROCESSING FACILITIES PROJECT, HOYT LAKES - BABBITT AREA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MINNESOTA. AN - 756826672; 14082-090378_0002 AB - PURPOSE: Construction and operation of an open pit copper, nickel, cobalt, and precious metals mine and associated sulfide mineral ore processing facilities in the Hoyt Lakes - Babbitt area of St. Louis County, Minnesota are proposed. The NorthMet Mine and Ore Processing Facilities Project (NorthMet project) would be located on the south flank of the Mesabi Iron Range at a previously unmined area in the Superior National Forest at a currently inactive taconite processing facility. PolyMet Mining, Inc. holds the mineral leasing rights and is exploring the feasibility of a land exchange with the Forest Service that would remove all National Forest System lands from the proposed project. This NorthMet Project draft EIS assumes successful completion of a land exchange. The proposed project would: 1) open-pit mine an average of 91,200 tons per day (tpd) of rock, including up to 32,000 tpd of ore from a surface mine with three pits; 2) generate 394 million tons of waste rock and lean ore over the 20-year life of the mine; 3) transport ore to the proposed processing plant via 100-ton side-dumping train cars; 4) process the ore through beneficiation and hydrometallurgical plants; 5) construct and operate a tailings basin and hydrometallurgical residue facility to dispose of floatation tailings and residues; 6) close and reclaim project components including vegetative and watershed restoration of the waste rock stockpiles and tailings basin, building and infrastructure demolition, and post-closure monitoring. In addition to the proposed action, a No Action Alternative and two action alternatives are evaluated in this draft EIS. The Mine Site Alternative would use a modified design for long-term treatment and disposal of waste rock to reduce potential impacts to surface and ground water quality. Under the Tailings Basin Alternative, a combination of potentially viable mitigation measures would be used to manage seepage and geotechnical stability in the tailings basin. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The production of base and precious metal, precipitates, and flotation concentrates from ore mined at the NorthMet deposit would help meet domestic and global demand for these products. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Mining operations would impact groundwater quality with antimony, manganese, and nickel predicted to exceed maximum contaminant levels for the long term at the mine site. Relatively high sulfate concentrations in seepage from the tailings basin would be released to wetlands north of the basin and lakes downstream that would be at high risk for mercury methylation. Direct impacts to wetlands would include 804 acres at the mine site, 39.4 acres at the plant site, and 10.5 acres along the transportation corridor. Vegetative cover would be lost at the mine and plant sites with direct impacts to federally listed species. Overall loss of wildlife habitat would include potential loss of critical habitat for Canada lynx and gray wolf. Increased duration and frequency of low flows on the Lower Partridge River could degrade aquatic habitat and there would be potential for increased methylmercury availability to fish. Native American tribes would lose access to lands and natural resources. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090378, Volume I--714 pages, Volume II: Figures and Maps--124 pages, Volume III: Appendices--847 pages, October 30, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 2 KW - Manufacturing KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Demolition KW - Endangered Species (Animals) KW - Endangered Species (Plants) KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Noise Assessments KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Rivers KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Watersheds KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826672?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-10-30&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=NORTHMET+MINE+AND+ORE+PROCESSING+FACILITIES+PROJECT%2C+HOYT+LAKES+-+BABBITT+AREA%2C+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTY%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=NORTHMET+MINE+AND+ORE+PROCESSING+FACILITIES+PROJECT%2C+HOYT+LAKES+-+BABBITT+AREA%2C+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTY%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: October 30, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - NORTHMET MINE AND ORE PROCESSING FACILITIES PROJECT, HOYT LAKES - BABBITT AREA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MINNESOTA. [Part 6 of 8] T2 - NORTHMET MINE AND ORE PROCESSING FACILITIES PROJECT, HOYT LAKES - BABBITT AREA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MINNESOTA. AN - 756826333; 14082-090378_0006 AB - PURPOSE: Construction and operation of an open pit copper, nickel, cobalt, and precious metals mine and associated sulfide mineral ore processing facilities in the Hoyt Lakes - Babbitt area of St. Louis County, Minnesota are proposed. The NorthMet Mine and Ore Processing Facilities Project (NorthMet project) would be located on the south flank of the Mesabi Iron Range at a previously unmined area in the Superior National Forest at a currently inactive taconite processing facility. PolyMet Mining, Inc. holds the mineral leasing rights and is exploring the feasibility of a land exchange with the Forest Service that would remove all National Forest System lands from the proposed project. This NorthMet Project draft EIS assumes successful completion of a land exchange. The proposed project would: 1) open-pit mine an average of 91,200 tons per day (tpd) of rock, including up to 32,000 tpd of ore from a surface mine with three pits; 2) generate 394 million tons of waste rock and lean ore over the 20-year life of the mine; 3) transport ore to the proposed processing plant via 100-ton side-dumping train cars; 4) process the ore through beneficiation and hydrometallurgical plants; 5) construct and operate a tailings basin and hydrometallurgical residue facility to dispose of floatation tailings and residues; 6) close and reclaim project components including vegetative and watershed restoration of the waste rock stockpiles and tailings basin, building and infrastructure demolition, and post-closure monitoring. In addition to the proposed action, a No Action Alternative and two action alternatives are evaluated in this draft EIS. The Mine Site Alternative would use a modified design for long-term treatment and disposal of waste rock to reduce potential impacts to surface and ground water quality. Under the Tailings Basin Alternative, a combination of potentially viable mitigation measures would be used to manage seepage and geotechnical stability in the tailings basin. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The production of base and precious metal, precipitates, and flotation concentrates from ore mined at the NorthMet deposit would help meet domestic and global demand for these products. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Mining operations would impact groundwater quality with antimony, manganese, and nickel predicted to exceed maximum contaminant levels for the long term at the mine site. Relatively high sulfate concentrations in seepage from the tailings basin would be released to wetlands north of the basin and lakes downstream that would be at high risk for mercury methylation. Direct impacts to wetlands would include 804 acres at the mine site, 39.4 acres at the plant site, and 10.5 acres along the transportation corridor. Vegetative cover would be lost at the mine and plant sites with direct impacts to federally listed species. Overall loss of wildlife habitat would include potential loss of critical habitat for Canada lynx and gray wolf. Increased duration and frequency of low flows on the Lower Partridge River could degrade aquatic habitat and there would be potential for increased methylmercury availability to fish. Native American tribes would lose access to lands and natural resources. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090378, Volume I--714 pages, Volume II: Figures and Maps--124 pages, Volume III: Appendices--847 pages, October 30, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 6 KW - Manufacturing KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Demolition KW - Endangered Species (Animals) KW - Endangered Species (Plants) KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Noise Assessments KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Rivers KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Watersheds KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826333?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-10-30&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=NORTHMET+MINE+AND+ORE+PROCESSING+FACILITIES+PROJECT%2C+HOYT+LAKES+-+BABBITT+AREA%2C+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTY%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=NORTHMET+MINE+AND+ORE+PROCESSING+FACILITIES+PROJECT%2C+HOYT+LAKES+-+BABBITT+AREA%2C+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTY%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: October 30, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - NORTHMET MINE AND ORE PROCESSING FACILITIES PROJECT, HOYT LAKES - BABBITT AREA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MINNESOTA. AN - 16394761; 14082 AB - PURPOSE: Construction and operation of an open pit copper, nickel, cobalt, and precious metals mine and associated sulfide mineral ore processing facilities in the Hoyt Lakes - Babbitt area of St. Louis County, Minnesota are proposed. The NorthMet Mine and Ore Processing Facilities Project (NorthMet project) would be located on the south flank of the Mesabi Iron Range at a previously unmined area in the Superior National Forest at a currently inactive taconite processing facility. PolyMet Mining, Inc. holds the mineral leasing rights and is exploring the feasibility of a land exchange with the Forest Service that would remove all National Forest System lands from the proposed project. This NorthMet Project draft EIS assumes successful completion of a land exchange. The proposed project would: 1) open-pit mine an average of 91,200 tons per day (tpd) of rock, including up to 32,000 tpd of ore from a surface mine with three pits; 2) generate 394 million tons of waste rock and lean ore over the 20-year life of the mine; 3) transport ore to the proposed processing plant via 100-ton side-dumping train cars; 4) process the ore through beneficiation and hydrometallurgical plants; 5) construct and operate a tailings basin and hydrometallurgical residue facility to dispose of floatation tailings and residues; 6) close and reclaim project components including vegetative and watershed restoration of the waste rock stockpiles and tailings basin, building and infrastructure demolition, and post-closure monitoring. In addition to the proposed action, a No Action Alternative and two action alternatives are evaluated in this draft EIS. The Mine Site Alternative would use a modified design for long-term treatment and disposal of waste rock to reduce potential impacts to surface and ground water quality. Under the Tailings Basin Alternative, a combination of potentially viable mitigation measures would be used to manage seepage and geotechnical stability in the tailings basin. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The production of base and precious metal, precipitates, and flotation concentrates from ore mined at the NorthMet deposit would help meet domestic and global demand for these products. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Mining operations would impact groundwater quality with antimony, manganese, and nickel predicted to exceed maximum contaminant levels for the long term at the mine site. Relatively high sulfate concentrations in seepage from the tailings basin would be released to wetlands north of the basin and lakes downstream that would be at high risk for mercury methylation. Direct impacts to wetlands would include 804 acres at the mine site, 39.4 acres at the plant site, and 10.5 acres along the transportation corridor. Vegetative cover would be lost at the mine and plant sites with direct impacts to federally listed species. Overall loss of wildlife habitat would include potential loss of critical habitat for Canada lynx and gray wolf. Increased duration and frequency of low flows on the Lower Partridge River could degrade aquatic habitat and there would be potential for increased methylmercury availability to fish. Native American tribes would lose access to lands and natural resources. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090378, Volume I--714 pages, Volume II: Figures and Maps--124 pages, Volume III: Appendices--847 pages, October 30, 2009 PY - 2009 KW - Manufacturing KW - Crushing and Grinding KW - Demolition KW - Endangered Species (Animals) KW - Endangered Species (Plants) KW - Metals KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Noise Assessments KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Rivers KW - Tailings KW - Vegetation KW - Water Quality KW - Watersheds KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Minnesota KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/16394761?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Digests&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-10-30&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=NORTHMET+MINE+AND+ORE+PROCESSING+FACILITIES+PROJECT%2C+HOYT+LAKES+-+BABBITT+AREA%2C+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTY%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.title=NORTHMET+MINE+AND+ORE+PROCESSING+FACILITIES+PROJECT%2C+HOYT+LAKES+-+BABBITT+AREA%2C+ST.+LOUIS+COUNTY%2C+MINNESOTA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: October 30, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MOFFAT COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECT, ADAMS, BOULDER, DENVER, JEFFERSON, AND GRAND COUNTIES, COLORADO. [Part 9 of 10] T2 - MOFFAT COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECT, ADAMS, BOULDER, DENVER, JEFFERSON, AND GRAND COUNTIES, COLORADO. AN - 756826937; 14069-090365_0009 AB - PURPOSE: Authorization for placement of fill material for the construction of water storage and distribution facilities associated with a water supply project called the Moffat Collection System Project, Adams, Boulder, Denver, Jefferson, and Grand counties, Colorado is proposed. The City and County of Denver, acting through its Board of Water Commissioners (Denver Water), proposes to enlarge its Gross Reservoir to help address a projected 34,000-acre foot (AF) shortfall in water supplies. Gross Dam is located in Boulder County approximately 35 miles northwest of Denver and 6 miles southwest of the City of Boulder. Denver Water is relying on 16,000 AF per year forthcoming from the implementation of additional conservation efforts and the development of new, firm yield to meet the remaining 18,000 AF per year shortfall. An imbalance between Denver Water's north and south systems has resulted in unreliable water supply for the Moffat water treatment plant and Moffat Collection System customers, system-wide vulnerability issues, and limited operational flexibility of the treated water system. Six alternatives, including a No Action Alternative, are analyzed in this draft EIS. Under the proposed action (Alternative 1a), water would be diverted from the Fraser River, Williams Fork River, and South Boulder Creek and delivered via the Moffat Tunnel and South Boulder Creek to the existing Gross Reservoir. The existing Gross Dam would be raised 125 feet to provide 18,000 AF of new yield and the reservoir would be expanded from 41,811 to 113,811 AF in order to provide an additional 72,000 AF of storage capacity. Four other action alternatives would use a variety of potential water supply and storage sites configured to increase the firm yield of Denver Water's system by 18,000 AF per year. Under Alternative 1c, Gross Dam would be raised 85 feet and a new off-stream reservoir would be constructed in Leyden Gulch. Alternatives 8a and 10a would both raise Gross Dam by 101 feet and utilize reusable return flows stored in gravel pits or deep aquifers. Under Alternative 13a, the Gross Dam would be raised 110 feet and additional firm yield would be provided by gravel pit storage and transfer of South Platte River agricultural water rights. Total Present Worth Cost of the proposed action is estimated at $149 million indexed to January 2006 conditions. Estimates of Total Present Worth Cost of the other action alternatives range from $312 million to $545 million. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would address the overall near-term (prior to 2030) water supply shortage and the imbalance in water storage and supply between Denver Water's two major collection systems by developing 18,000 AF per year of new, annual firm yield to the Moffat treatment plant and raw water customers upstream of the Moffat plant. Fifteen thousand AF of this firm yield would be for Denver Water and its customers, while the remaining 3,000 AF would be for the City of Arvada. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed action would result in 1.95 acres of permanent and 0.12 acre of temporary impact to wetlands, in addition to 3.53 acres of permanent and 0.49 acre of temporary impact to other waters. Approximately 465 acres of soils would be disturbed from construction of project components and inundation at the reservoir sites. Fluctuating water levels could create stresses and erode shoreline slopes. Gross Reservoir would experience loss of elk winter range habitat. Flow changes in the Fraser, Williams Fork, Colorado, and Blue Rivers would adversely affect Colorado pikeminnow, bonytail chub, humpback chub, and razorback sucker. Flow changes in South Boulder Creek, North Fork South Platte River, and the South Platte River would adversely affect whooping crane, piping plover, least tern, and palled sturgeon. Some recreational areas would be inundated, but public access to Gross Reservoir would not be changed. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090365, Volume 1--262 pages and maps, Volume 2--302 pages and maps, Volume 3--596 pages and maps, Volume 4--271 pages, Volume 5--386 pages, Volume 6--255 pages, October 29, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 9 KW - Water KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Biologic Surveys KW - Birds KW - Dams KW - Fish KW - Hydrologic Assessments KW - Recreation KW - Recreation Facilities KW - Reservoirs KW - Soils Surveys KW - Water Storage KW - Water Supply KW - Wetlands KW - Colorado KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826937?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-10-29&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=MOFFAT+COLLECTION+SYSTEM+PROJECT%2C+ADAMS%2C+BOULDER%2C+DENVER%2C+JEFFERSON%2C+AND+GRAND+COUNTIES%2C+COLORADO.&rft.title=MOFFAT+COLLECTION+SYSTEM+PROJECT%2C+ADAMS%2C+BOULDER%2C+DENVER%2C+JEFFERSON%2C+AND+GRAND+COUNTIES%2C+COLORADO.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Littleton, Colorado; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: October 29, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MOFFAT COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECT, ADAMS, BOULDER, DENVER, JEFFERSON, AND GRAND COUNTIES, COLORADO. [Part 8 of 10] T2 - MOFFAT COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECT, ADAMS, BOULDER, DENVER, JEFFERSON, AND GRAND COUNTIES, COLORADO. AN - 756826930; 14069-090365_0008 AB - PURPOSE: Authorization for placement of fill material for the construction of water storage and distribution facilities associated with a water supply project called the Moffat Collection System Project, Adams, Boulder, Denver, Jefferson, and Grand counties, Colorado is proposed. The City and County of Denver, acting through its Board of Water Commissioners (Denver Water), proposes to enlarge its Gross Reservoir to help address a projected 34,000-acre foot (AF) shortfall in water supplies. Gross Dam is located in Boulder County approximately 35 miles northwest of Denver and 6 miles southwest of the City of Boulder. Denver Water is relying on 16,000 AF per year forthcoming from the implementation of additional conservation efforts and the development of new, firm yield to meet the remaining 18,000 AF per year shortfall. An imbalance between Denver Water's north and south systems has resulted in unreliable water supply for the Moffat water treatment plant and Moffat Collection System customers, system-wide vulnerability issues, and limited operational flexibility of the treated water system. Six alternatives, including a No Action Alternative, are analyzed in this draft EIS. Under the proposed action (Alternative 1a), water would be diverted from the Fraser River, Williams Fork River, and South Boulder Creek and delivered via the Moffat Tunnel and South Boulder Creek to the existing Gross Reservoir. The existing Gross Dam would be raised 125 feet to provide 18,000 AF of new yield and the reservoir would be expanded from 41,811 to 113,811 AF in order to provide an additional 72,000 AF of storage capacity. Four other action alternatives would use a variety of potential water supply and storage sites configured to increase the firm yield of Denver Water's system by 18,000 AF per year. Under Alternative 1c, Gross Dam would be raised 85 feet and a new off-stream reservoir would be constructed in Leyden Gulch. Alternatives 8a and 10a would both raise Gross Dam by 101 feet and utilize reusable return flows stored in gravel pits or deep aquifers. Under Alternative 13a, the Gross Dam would be raised 110 feet and additional firm yield would be provided by gravel pit storage and transfer of South Platte River agricultural water rights. Total Present Worth Cost of the proposed action is estimated at $149 million indexed to January 2006 conditions. Estimates of Total Present Worth Cost of the other action alternatives range from $312 million to $545 million. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would address the overall near-term (prior to 2030) water supply shortage and the imbalance in water storage and supply between Denver Water's two major collection systems by developing 18,000 AF per year of new, annual firm yield to the Moffat treatment plant and raw water customers upstream of the Moffat plant. Fifteen thousand AF of this firm yield would be for Denver Water and its customers, while the remaining 3,000 AF would be for the City of Arvada. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed action would result in 1.95 acres of permanent and 0.12 acre of temporary impact to wetlands, in addition to 3.53 acres of permanent and 0.49 acre of temporary impact to other waters. Approximately 465 acres of soils would be disturbed from construction of project components and inundation at the reservoir sites. Fluctuating water levels could create stresses and erode shoreline slopes. Gross Reservoir would experience loss of elk winter range habitat. Flow changes in the Fraser, Williams Fork, Colorado, and Blue Rivers would adversely affect Colorado pikeminnow, bonytail chub, humpback chub, and razorback sucker. Flow changes in South Boulder Creek, North Fork South Platte River, and the South Platte River would adversely affect whooping crane, piping plover, least tern, and palled sturgeon. Some recreational areas would be inundated, but public access to Gross Reservoir would not be changed. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090365, Volume 1--262 pages and maps, Volume 2--302 pages and maps, Volume 3--596 pages and maps, Volume 4--271 pages, Volume 5--386 pages, Volume 6--255 pages, October 29, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 8 KW - Water KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Biologic Surveys KW - Birds KW - Dams KW - Fish KW - Hydrologic Assessments KW - Recreation KW - Recreation Facilities KW - Reservoirs KW - Soils Surveys KW - Water Storage KW - Water Supply KW - Wetlands KW - Colorado KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826930?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-10-29&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=MOFFAT+COLLECTION+SYSTEM+PROJECT%2C+ADAMS%2C+BOULDER%2C+DENVER%2C+JEFFERSON%2C+AND+GRAND+COUNTIES%2C+COLORADO.&rft.title=MOFFAT+COLLECTION+SYSTEM+PROJECT%2C+ADAMS%2C+BOULDER%2C+DENVER%2C+JEFFERSON%2C+AND+GRAND+COUNTIES%2C+COLORADO.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Littleton, Colorado; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: October 29, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MOFFAT COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECT, ADAMS, BOULDER, DENVER, JEFFERSON, AND GRAND COUNTIES, COLORADO. [Part 7 of 10] T2 - MOFFAT COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECT, ADAMS, BOULDER, DENVER, JEFFERSON, AND GRAND COUNTIES, COLORADO. AN - 756826902; 14069-090365_0007 AB - PURPOSE: Authorization for placement of fill material for the construction of water storage and distribution facilities associated with a water supply project called the Moffat Collection System Project, Adams, Boulder, Denver, Jefferson, and Grand counties, Colorado is proposed. The City and County of Denver, acting through its Board of Water Commissioners (Denver Water), proposes to enlarge its Gross Reservoir to help address a projected 34,000-acre foot (AF) shortfall in water supplies. Gross Dam is located in Boulder County approximately 35 miles northwest of Denver and 6 miles southwest of the City of Boulder. Denver Water is relying on 16,000 AF per year forthcoming from the implementation of additional conservation efforts and the development of new, firm yield to meet the remaining 18,000 AF per year shortfall. An imbalance between Denver Water's north and south systems has resulted in unreliable water supply for the Moffat water treatment plant and Moffat Collection System customers, system-wide vulnerability issues, and limited operational flexibility of the treated water system. Six alternatives, including a No Action Alternative, are analyzed in this draft EIS. Under the proposed action (Alternative 1a), water would be diverted from the Fraser River, Williams Fork River, and South Boulder Creek and delivered via the Moffat Tunnel and South Boulder Creek to the existing Gross Reservoir. The existing Gross Dam would be raised 125 feet to provide 18,000 AF of new yield and the reservoir would be expanded from 41,811 to 113,811 AF in order to provide an additional 72,000 AF of storage capacity. Four other action alternatives would use a variety of potential water supply and storage sites configured to increase the firm yield of Denver Water's system by 18,000 AF per year. Under Alternative 1c, Gross Dam would be raised 85 feet and a new off-stream reservoir would be constructed in Leyden Gulch. Alternatives 8a and 10a would both raise Gross Dam by 101 feet and utilize reusable return flows stored in gravel pits or deep aquifers. Under Alternative 13a, the Gross Dam would be raised 110 feet and additional firm yield would be provided by gravel pit storage and transfer of South Platte River agricultural water rights. Total Present Worth Cost of the proposed action is estimated at $149 million indexed to January 2006 conditions. Estimates of Total Present Worth Cost of the other action alternatives range from $312 million to $545 million. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would address the overall near-term (prior to 2030) water supply shortage and the imbalance in water storage and supply between Denver Water's two major collection systems by developing 18,000 AF per year of new, annual firm yield to the Moffat treatment plant and raw water customers upstream of the Moffat plant. Fifteen thousand AF of this firm yield would be for Denver Water and its customers, while the remaining 3,000 AF would be for the City of Arvada. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed action would result in 1.95 acres of permanent and 0.12 acre of temporary impact to wetlands, in addition to 3.53 acres of permanent and 0.49 acre of temporary impact to other waters. Approximately 465 acres of soils would be disturbed from construction of project components and inundation at the reservoir sites. Fluctuating water levels could create stresses and erode shoreline slopes. Gross Reservoir would experience loss of elk winter range habitat. Flow changes in the Fraser, Williams Fork, Colorado, and Blue Rivers would adversely affect Colorado pikeminnow, bonytail chub, humpback chub, and razorback sucker. Flow changes in South Boulder Creek, North Fork South Platte River, and the South Platte River would adversely affect whooping crane, piping plover, least tern, and palled sturgeon. Some recreational areas would be inundated, but public access to Gross Reservoir would not be changed. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090365, Volume 1--262 pages and maps, Volume 2--302 pages and maps, Volume 3--596 pages and maps, Volume 4--271 pages, Volume 5--386 pages, Volume 6--255 pages, October 29, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 7 KW - Water KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Biologic Surveys KW - Birds KW - Dams KW - Fish KW - Hydrologic Assessments KW - Recreation KW - Recreation Facilities KW - Reservoirs KW - Soils Surveys KW - Water Storage KW - Water Supply KW - Wetlands KW - Colorado KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826902?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-10-29&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=MOFFAT+COLLECTION+SYSTEM+PROJECT%2C+ADAMS%2C+BOULDER%2C+DENVER%2C+JEFFERSON%2C+AND+GRAND+COUNTIES%2C+COLORADO.&rft.title=MOFFAT+COLLECTION+SYSTEM+PROJECT%2C+ADAMS%2C+BOULDER%2C+DENVER%2C+JEFFERSON%2C+AND+GRAND+COUNTIES%2C+COLORADO.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Littleton, Colorado; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: October 29, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MOFFAT COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECT, ADAMS, BOULDER, DENVER, JEFFERSON, AND GRAND COUNTIES, COLORADO. [Part 10 of 10] T2 - MOFFAT COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECT, ADAMS, BOULDER, DENVER, JEFFERSON, AND GRAND COUNTIES, COLORADO. AN - 756826728; 14069-090365_0010 AB - PURPOSE: Authorization for placement of fill material for the construction of water storage and distribution facilities associated with a water supply project called the Moffat Collection System Project, Adams, Boulder, Denver, Jefferson, and Grand counties, Colorado is proposed. The City and County of Denver, acting through its Board of Water Commissioners (Denver Water), proposes to enlarge its Gross Reservoir to help address a projected 34,000-acre foot (AF) shortfall in water supplies. Gross Dam is located in Boulder County approximately 35 miles northwest of Denver and 6 miles southwest of the City of Boulder. Denver Water is relying on 16,000 AF per year forthcoming from the implementation of additional conservation efforts and the development of new, firm yield to meet the remaining 18,000 AF per year shortfall. An imbalance between Denver Water's north and south systems has resulted in unreliable water supply for the Moffat water treatment plant and Moffat Collection System customers, system-wide vulnerability issues, and limited operational flexibility of the treated water system. Six alternatives, including a No Action Alternative, are analyzed in this draft EIS. Under the proposed action (Alternative 1a), water would be diverted from the Fraser River, Williams Fork River, and South Boulder Creek and delivered via the Moffat Tunnel and South Boulder Creek to the existing Gross Reservoir. The existing Gross Dam would be raised 125 feet to provide 18,000 AF of new yield and the reservoir would be expanded from 41,811 to 113,811 AF in order to provide an additional 72,000 AF of storage capacity. Four other action alternatives would use a variety of potential water supply and storage sites configured to increase the firm yield of Denver Water's system by 18,000 AF per year. Under Alternative 1c, Gross Dam would be raised 85 feet and a new off-stream reservoir would be constructed in Leyden Gulch. Alternatives 8a and 10a would both raise Gross Dam by 101 feet and utilize reusable return flows stored in gravel pits or deep aquifers. Under Alternative 13a, the Gross Dam would be raised 110 feet and additional firm yield would be provided by gravel pit storage and transfer of South Platte River agricultural water rights. Total Present Worth Cost of the proposed action is estimated at $149 million indexed to January 2006 conditions. Estimates of Total Present Worth Cost of the other action alternatives range from $312 million to $545 million. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would address the overall near-term (prior to 2030) water supply shortage and the imbalance in water storage and supply between Denver Water's two major collection systems by developing 18,000 AF per year of new, annual firm yield to the Moffat treatment plant and raw water customers upstream of the Moffat plant. Fifteen thousand AF of this firm yield would be for Denver Water and its customers, while the remaining 3,000 AF would be for the City of Arvada. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed action would result in 1.95 acres of permanent and 0.12 acre of temporary impact to wetlands, in addition to 3.53 acres of permanent and 0.49 acre of temporary impact to other waters. Approximately 465 acres of soils would be disturbed from construction of project components and inundation at the reservoir sites. Fluctuating water levels could create stresses and erode shoreline slopes. Gross Reservoir would experience loss of elk winter range habitat. Flow changes in the Fraser, Williams Fork, Colorado, and Blue Rivers would adversely affect Colorado pikeminnow, bonytail chub, humpback chub, and razorback sucker. Flow changes in South Boulder Creek, North Fork South Platte River, and the South Platte River would adversely affect whooping crane, piping plover, least tern, and palled sturgeon. Some recreational areas would be inundated, but public access to Gross Reservoir would not be changed. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090365, Volume 1--262 pages and maps, Volume 2--302 pages and maps, Volume 3--596 pages and maps, Volume 4--271 pages, Volume 5--386 pages, Volume 6--255 pages, October 29, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 10 KW - Water KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Biologic Surveys KW - Birds KW - Dams KW - Fish KW - Hydrologic Assessments KW - Recreation KW - Recreation Facilities KW - Reservoirs KW - Soils Surveys KW - Water Storage KW - Water Supply KW - Wetlands KW - Colorado KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826728?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-10-29&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=MOFFAT+COLLECTION+SYSTEM+PROJECT%2C+ADAMS%2C+BOULDER%2C+DENVER%2C+JEFFERSON%2C+AND+GRAND+COUNTIES%2C+COLORADO.&rft.title=MOFFAT+COLLECTION+SYSTEM+PROJECT%2C+ADAMS%2C+BOULDER%2C+DENVER%2C+JEFFERSON%2C+AND+GRAND+COUNTIES%2C+COLORADO.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Littleton, Colorado; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: October 29, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEMPER COUNTY INTEGRATED GASIFICATION COMBINED-CYCLE (IGCC) PROJECT, KEMPER COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. [Part 1 of 4] T2 - KEMPER COUNTY INTEGRATED GASIFICATION COMBINED-CYCLE (IGCC) PROJECT, KEMPER COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. AN - 756826665; 14078-090374_0001 AB - PURPOSE: Funding for construction and operation of an advanced power generation plant in Kemper County, Mississippi is proposed. The project was selected under the Department of Energy's clean coal power initiative to demonstrate integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) technology and $270 million of an original $294 million in cost-shared financial assistance is pending. Mississippi Power Company would convert Mississippi lignite mined by North American Coal Corporation (NACC) into a synthesis gas (syngas), which would fuel the plant's combustion turbine generating units and hot exhaust gas from the gas turbines would generate steam from water to drive a steam turbine. Combined, the three turbines would generate a nominal 582 megawatts (MW) of electricity. Although Department of Energy funding would support only the IGCC power plant, the project would include new electrical power transmission lines and upgrades of some existing transmission lines, a surface lignite mine, a natural gas supply pipeline, a reclaimed water supply pipeline, and a carbon dioxide pipeline. NACC's proposed mine would be located on adjacent properties and would supply lignite to the power plant over its planned 40-year life. Construction of the proposed plant would begin in 2010, continue for 3.5 years, and end in spring 2014. During construction, an average of 500 workers would be on the site, with approximately 1,150 workers required during peak construction in the first half of 2012. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS analyzes a No Action Alternative and project-specific alternatives including possible water supply sources, routes of linear facilities (transmission lines and pipelines), and alternative levels of carbon dioxide capture. Mine proposal alternatives are presented and include: potential alternative mine locations; avoiding disturbance of Okatibbee Creek; mining methods, including overburden removal, lignite removal, lignite loading, and lignite transport; and reclamation methods in terms of topsoil removal and replacement. Additional mine-related alternatives include avoidance and minimization of mining and mine support facilities in floodplains and wetlands. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed power plant would demonstrate an advanced IGCC power generation system at a commercial scale while reducing emissions of carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen, mercury, and particulates compared to conventional lignite-fired power plants. The project would include carbon capture systems sufficient to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by up to 67 percent by removing carbon from the syngas downstream of the gasification process and the captured carbon dioxide would be sold for beneficial use and geologic storage in existing enhanced oil recovery operations in Mississippi. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Soils on up to 12,275 acres would be disturbed or removed over the life of the project and approximately 133 acres of wetlands and streams would be lost or altered by construction activities. Up to 32 miles of perennial stream channels and 24 miles of intermittent stream channels would be temporarily removed by construction and lignite extraction. Mine pit water control activities would cause drawdown in the shallow Middle Wilcox aquifer and could adversely impact some local wells. Fugitive dust, engine emissions, and other emissions would impact air quality. Projected emissions from the power plant would include 590 tons per year (tpy) of sulphur dioxide, 1,900 tpy of oxides of nitrogen, 470 tpy of particulate matter, 980 tpy of carbon monoxide, and lesser amounts of other pollutants. LEGAL MANDATES: Energy Policy Act of 2005 and Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090374, Volume 1--503 pages, Volume 2: Appendices--525 pages, October 29, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 1 KW - Energy KW - Agency number: DOE/EIS-0409D KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Coal Gasification KW - Creeks KW - Electric Generators KW - Electric Power KW - Emissions KW - Employment KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Noise Assessments KW - Pipelines KW - Power Plants KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Steam Generators KW - Transmission Lines KW - Water Quality Assessments KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Wildlife Surveys KW - Mississippi KW - Energy Policy Act of 2005, Funding KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826665?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-10-29&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEMPER+COUNTY+INTEGRATED+GASIFICATION+COMBINED-CYCLE+%28IGCC%29+PROJECT%2C+KEMPER+COUNTY%2C+MISSISSIPPI.&rft.title=KEMPER+COUNTY+INTEGRATED+GASIFICATION+COMBINED-CYCLE+%28IGCC%29+PROJECT%2C+KEMPER+COUNTY%2C+MISSISSIPPI.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; DOE N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: October 29, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEMPER COUNTY INTEGRATED GASIFICATION COMBINED-CYCLE (IGCC) PROJECT, KEMPER COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. [Part 4 of 4] T2 - KEMPER COUNTY INTEGRATED GASIFICATION COMBINED-CYCLE (IGCC) PROJECT, KEMPER COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. AN - 756826525; 14078-090374_0004 AB - PURPOSE: Funding for construction and operation of an advanced power generation plant in Kemper County, Mississippi is proposed. The project was selected under the Department of Energy's clean coal power initiative to demonstrate integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) technology and $270 million of an original $294 million in cost-shared financial assistance is pending. Mississippi Power Company would convert Mississippi lignite mined by North American Coal Corporation (NACC) into a synthesis gas (syngas), which would fuel the plant's combustion turbine generating units and hot exhaust gas from the gas turbines would generate steam from water to drive a steam turbine. Combined, the three turbines would generate a nominal 582 megawatts (MW) of electricity. Although Department of Energy funding would support only the IGCC power plant, the project would include new electrical power transmission lines and upgrades of some existing transmission lines, a surface lignite mine, a natural gas supply pipeline, a reclaimed water supply pipeline, and a carbon dioxide pipeline. NACC's proposed mine would be located on adjacent properties and would supply lignite to the power plant over its planned 40-year life. Construction of the proposed plant would begin in 2010, continue for 3.5 years, and end in spring 2014. During construction, an average of 500 workers would be on the site, with approximately 1,150 workers required during peak construction in the first half of 2012. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS analyzes a No Action Alternative and project-specific alternatives including possible water supply sources, routes of linear facilities (transmission lines and pipelines), and alternative levels of carbon dioxide capture. Mine proposal alternatives are presented and include: potential alternative mine locations; avoiding disturbance of Okatibbee Creek; mining methods, including overburden removal, lignite removal, lignite loading, and lignite transport; and reclamation methods in terms of topsoil removal and replacement. Additional mine-related alternatives include avoidance and minimization of mining and mine support facilities in floodplains and wetlands. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed power plant would demonstrate an advanced IGCC power generation system at a commercial scale while reducing emissions of carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen, mercury, and particulates compared to conventional lignite-fired power plants. The project would include carbon capture systems sufficient to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by up to 67 percent by removing carbon from the syngas downstream of the gasification process and the captured carbon dioxide would be sold for beneficial use and geologic storage in existing enhanced oil recovery operations in Mississippi. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Soils on up to 12,275 acres would be disturbed or removed over the life of the project and approximately 133 acres of wetlands and streams would be lost or altered by construction activities. Up to 32 miles of perennial stream channels and 24 miles of intermittent stream channels would be temporarily removed by construction and lignite extraction. Mine pit water control activities would cause drawdown in the shallow Middle Wilcox aquifer and could adversely impact some local wells. Fugitive dust, engine emissions, and other emissions would impact air quality. Projected emissions from the power plant would include 590 tons per year (tpy) of sulphur dioxide, 1,900 tpy of oxides of nitrogen, 470 tpy of particulate matter, 980 tpy of carbon monoxide, and lesser amounts of other pollutants. LEGAL MANDATES: Energy Policy Act of 2005 and Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090374, Volume 1--503 pages, Volume 2: Appendices--525 pages, October 29, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 4 KW - Energy KW - Agency number: DOE/EIS-0409D KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Coal Gasification KW - Creeks KW - Electric Generators KW - Electric Power KW - Emissions KW - Employment KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Noise Assessments KW - Pipelines KW - Power Plants KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Steam Generators KW - Transmission Lines KW - Water Quality Assessments KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Wildlife Surveys KW - Mississippi KW - Energy Policy Act of 2005, Funding KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826525?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-04-23&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=NEWHALL+RANCH+RESOURCE+MANAGEMENT+AND+DEVELOPMENT+PLAN+AND+SPINEFLOWER+CONSERVATION+PLAN%2C+SANTA+CLARITA+VALLEY%2C+LOS+ANGELES+COUNTY%2C+CALIFORNIA.&rft.title=NEWHALL+RANCH+RESOURCE+MANAGEMENT+AND+DEVELOPMENT+PLAN+AND+SPINEFLOWER+CONSERVATION+PLAN%2C+SANTA+CLARITA+VALLEY%2C+LOS+ANGELES+COUNTY%2C+CALIFORNIA.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; DOE N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: October 29, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEMPER COUNTY INTEGRATED GASIFICATION COMBINED-CYCLE (IGCC) PROJECT, KEMPER COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. [Part 3 of 4] T2 - KEMPER COUNTY INTEGRATED GASIFICATION COMBINED-CYCLE (IGCC) PROJECT, KEMPER COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. AN - 756826443; 14078-090374_0003 AB - PURPOSE: Funding for construction and operation of an advanced power generation plant in Kemper County, Mississippi is proposed. The project was selected under the Department of Energy's clean coal power initiative to demonstrate integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) technology and $270 million of an original $294 million in cost-shared financial assistance is pending. Mississippi Power Company would convert Mississippi lignite mined by North American Coal Corporation (NACC) into a synthesis gas (syngas), which would fuel the plant's combustion turbine generating units and hot exhaust gas from the gas turbines would generate steam from water to drive a steam turbine. Combined, the three turbines would generate a nominal 582 megawatts (MW) of electricity. Although Department of Energy funding would support only the IGCC power plant, the project would include new electrical power transmission lines and upgrades of some existing transmission lines, a surface lignite mine, a natural gas supply pipeline, a reclaimed water supply pipeline, and a carbon dioxide pipeline. NACC's proposed mine would be located on adjacent properties and would supply lignite to the power plant over its planned 40-year life. Construction of the proposed plant would begin in 2010, continue for 3.5 years, and end in spring 2014. During construction, an average of 500 workers would be on the site, with approximately 1,150 workers required during peak construction in the first half of 2012. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS analyzes a No Action Alternative and project-specific alternatives including possible water supply sources, routes of linear facilities (transmission lines and pipelines), and alternative levels of carbon dioxide capture. Mine proposal alternatives are presented and include: potential alternative mine locations; avoiding disturbance of Okatibbee Creek; mining methods, including overburden removal, lignite removal, lignite loading, and lignite transport; and reclamation methods in terms of topsoil removal and replacement. Additional mine-related alternatives include avoidance and minimization of mining and mine support facilities in floodplains and wetlands. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed power plant would demonstrate an advanced IGCC power generation system at a commercial scale while reducing emissions of carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen, mercury, and particulates compared to conventional lignite-fired power plants. The project would include carbon capture systems sufficient to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by up to 67 percent by removing carbon from the syngas downstream of the gasification process and the captured carbon dioxide would be sold for beneficial use and geologic storage in existing enhanced oil recovery operations in Mississippi. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Soils on up to 12,275 acres would be disturbed or removed over the life of the project and approximately 133 acres of wetlands and streams would be lost or altered by construction activities. Up to 32 miles of perennial stream channels and 24 miles of intermittent stream channels would be temporarily removed by construction and lignite extraction. Mine pit water control activities would cause drawdown in the shallow Middle Wilcox aquifer and could adversely impact some local wells. Fugitive dust, engine emissions, and other emissions would impact air quality. Projected emissions from the power plant would include 590 tons per year (tpy) of sulphur dioxide, 1,900 tpy of oxides of nitrogen, 470 tpy of particulate matter, 980 tpy of carbon monoxide, and lesser amounts of other pollutants. LEGAL MANDATES: Energy Policy Act of 2005 and Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090374, Volume 1--503 pages, Volume 2: Appendices--525 pages, October 29, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 3 KW - Energy KW - Agency number: DOE/EIS-0409D KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Coal Gasification KW - Creeks KW - Electric Generators KW - Electric Power KW - Emissions KW - Employment KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Noise Assessments KW - Pipelines KW - Power Plants KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Steam Generators KW - Transmission Lines KW - Water Quality Assessments KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Wildlife Surveys KW - Mississippi KW - Energy Policy Act of 2005, Funding KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826443?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-10-29&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEMPER+COUNTY+INTEGRATED+GASIFICATION+COMBINED-CYCLE+%28IGCC%29+PROJECT%2C+KEMPER+COUNTY%2C+MISSISSIPPI.&rft.title=KEMPER+COUNTY+INTEGRATED+GASIFICATION+COMBINED-CYCLE+%28IGCC%29+PROJECT%2C+KEMPER+COUNTY%2C+MISSISSIPPI.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; DOE N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: October 29, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MOFFAT COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECT, ADAMS, BOULDER, DENVER, JEFFERSON, AND GRAND COUNTIES, COLORADO. [Part 6 of 10] T2 - MOFFAT COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECT, ADAMS, BOULDER, DENVER, JEFFERSON, AND GRAND COUNTIES, COLORADO. AN - 756826431; 14069-090365_0006 AB - PURPOSE: Authorization for placement of fill material for the construction of water storage and distribution facilities associated with a water supply project called the Moffat Collection System Project, Adams, Boulder, Denver, Jefferson, and Grand counties, Colorado is proposed. The City and County of Denver, acting through its Board of Water Commissioners (Denver Water), proposes to enlarge its Gross Reservoir to help address a projected 34,000-acre foot (AF) shortfall in water supplies. Gross Dam is located in Boulder County approximately 35 miles northwest of Denver and 6 miles southwest of the City of Boulder. Denver Water is relying on 16,000 AF per year forthcoming from the implementation of additional conservation efforts and the development of new, firm yield to meet the remaining 18,000 AF per year shortfall. An imbalance between Denver Water's north and south systems has resulted in unreliable water supply for the Moffat water treatment plant and Moffat Collection System customers, system-wide vulnerability issues, and limited operational flexibility of the treated water system. Six alternatives, including a No Action Alternative, are analyzed in this draft EIS. Under the proposed action (Alternative 1a), water would be diverted from the Fraser River, Williams Fork River, and South Boulder Creek and delivered via the Moffat Tunnel and South Boulder Creek to the existing Gross Reservoir. The existing Gross Dam would be raised 125 feet to provide 18,000 AF of new yield and the reservoir would be expanded from 41,811 to 113,811 AF in order to provide an additional 72,000 AF of storage capacity. Four other action alternatives would use a variety of potential water supply and storage sites configured to increase the firm yield of Denver Water's system by 18,000 AF per year. Under Alternative 1c, Gross Dam would be raised 85 feet and a new off-stream reservoir would be constructed in Leyden Gulch. Alternatives 8a and 10a would both raise Gross Dam by 101 feet and utilize reusable return flows stored in gravel pits or deep aquifers. Under Alternative 13a, the Gross Dam would be raised 110 feet and additional firm yield would be provided by gravel pit storage and transfer of South Platte River agricultural water rights. Total Present Worth Cost of the proposed action is estimated at $149 million indexed to January 2006 conditions. Estimates of Total Present Worth Cost of the other action alternatives range from $312 million to $545 million. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would address the overall near-term (prior to 2030) water supply shortage and the imbalance in water storage and supply between Denver Water's two major collection systems by developing 18,000 AF per year of new, annual firm yield to the Moffat treatment plant and raw water customers upstream of the Moffat plant. Fifteen thousand AF of this firm yield would be for Denver Water and its customers, while the remaining 3,000 AF would be for the City of Arvada. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed action would result in 1.95 acres of permanent and 0.12 acre of temporary impact to wetlands, in addition to 3.53 acres of permanent and 0.49 acre of temporary impact to other waters. Approximately 465 acres of soils would be disturbed from construction of project components and inundation at the reservoir sites. Fluctuating water levels could create stresses and erode shoreline slopes. Gross Reservoir would experience loss of elk winter range habitat. Flow changes in the Fraser, Williams Fork, Colorado, and Blue Rivers would adversely affect Colorado pikeminnow, bonytail chub, humpback chub, and razorback sucker. Flow changes in South Boulder Creek, North Fork South Platte River, and the South Platte River would adversely affect whooping crane, piping plover, least tern, and palled sturgeon. Some recreational areas would be inundated, but public access to Gross Reservoir would not be changed. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090365, Volume 1--262 pages and maps, Volume 2--302 pages and maps, Volume 3--596 pages and maps, Volume 4--271 pages, Volume 5--386 pages, Volume 6--255 pages, October 29, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 6 KW - Water KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Biologic Surveys KW - Birds KW - Dams KW - Fish KW - Hydrologic Assessments KW - Recreation KW - Recreation Facilities KW - Reservoirs KW - Soils Surveys KW - Water Storage KW - Water Supply KW - Wetlands KW - Colorado KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826431?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-10-29&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=MOFFAT+COLLECTION+SYSTEM+PROJECT%2C+ADAMS%2C+BOULDER%2C+DENVER%2C+JEFFERSON%2C+AND+GRAND+COUNTIES%2C+COLORADO.&rft.title=MOFFAT+COLLECTION+SYSTEM+PROJECT%2C+ADAMS%2C+BOULDER%2C+DENVER%2C+JEFFERSON%2C+AND+GRAND+COUNTIES%2C+COLORADO.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Littleton, Colorado; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: October 29, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MOFFAT COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECT, ADAMS, BOULDER, DENVER, JEFFERSON, AND GRAND COUNTIES, COLORADO. [Part 4 of 10] T2 - MOFFAT COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECT, ADAMS, BOULDER, DENVER, JEFFERSON, AND GRAND COUNTIES, COLORADO. AN - 756826419; 14069-090365_0004 AB - PURPOSE: Authorization for placement of fill material for the construction of water storage and distribution facilities associated with a water supply project called the Moffat Collection System Project, Adams, Boulder, Denver, Jefferson, and Grand counties, Colorado is proposed. The City and County of Denver, acting through its Board of Water Commissioners (Denver Water), proposes to enlarge its Gross Reservoir to help address a projected 34,000-acre foot (AF) shortfall in water supplies. Gross Dam is located in Boulder County approximately 35 miles northwest of Denver and 6 miles southwest of the City of Boulder. Denver Water is relying on 16,000 AF per year forthcoming from the implementation of additional conservation efforts and the development of new, firm yield to meet the remaining 18,000 AF per year shortfall. An imbalance between Denver Water's north and south systems has resulted in unreliable water supply for the Moffat water treatment plant and Moffat Collection System customers, system-wide vulnerability issues, and limited operational flexibility of the treated water system. Six alternatives, including a No Action Alternative, are analyzed in this draft EIS. Under the proposed action (Alternative 1a), water would be diverted from the Fraser River, Williams Fork River, and South Boulder Creek and delivered via the Moffat Tunnel and South Boulder Creek to the existing Gross Reservoir. The existing Gross Dam would be raised 125 feet to provide 18,000 AF of new yield and the reservoir would be expanded from 41,811 to 113,811 AF in order to provide an additional 72,000 AF of storage capacity. Four other action alternatives would use a variety of potential water supply and storage sites configured to increase the firm yield of Denver Water's system by 18,000 AF per year. Under Alternative 1c, Gross Dam would be raised 85 feet and a new off-stream reservoir would be constructed in Leyden Gulch. Alternatives 8a and 10a would both raise Gross Dam by 101 feet and utilize reusable return flows stored in gravel pits or deep aquifers. Under Alternative 13a, the Gross Dam would be raised 110 feet and additional firm yield would be provided by gravel pit storage and transfer of South Platte River agricultural water rights. Total Present Worth Cost of the proposed action is estimated at $149 million indexed to January 2006 conditions. Estimates of Total Present Worth Cost of the other action alternatives range from $312 million to $545 million. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would address the overall near-term (prior to 2030) water supply shortage and the imbalance in water storage and supply between Denver Water's two major collection systems by developing 18,000 AF per year of new, annual firm yield to the Moffat treatment plant and raw water customers upstream of the Moffat plant. Fifteen thousand AF of this firm yield would be for Denver Water and its customers, while the remaining 3,000 AF would be for the City of Arvada. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed action would result in 1.95 acres of permanent and 0.12 acre of temporary impact to wetlands, in addition to 3.53 acres of permanent and 0.49 acre of temporary impact to other waters. Approximately 465 acres of soils would be disturbed from construction of project components and inundation at the reservoir sites. Fluctuating water levels could create stresses and erode shoreline slopes. Gross Reservoir would experience loss of elk winter range habitat. Flow changes in the Fraser, Williams Fork, Colorado, and Blue Rivers would adversely affect Colorado pikeminnow, bonytail chub, humpback chub, and razorback sucker. Flow changes in South Boulder Creek, North Fork South Platte River, and the South Platte River would adversely affect whooping crane, piping plover, least tern, and palled sturgeon. Some recreational areas would be inundated, but public access to Gross Reservoir would not be changed. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090365, Volume 1--262 pages and maps, Volume 2--302 pages and maps, Volume 3--596 pages and maps, Volume 4--271 pages, Volume 5--386 pages, Volume 6--255 pages, October 29, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 4 KW - Water KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Biologic Surveys KW - Birds KW - Dams KW - Fish KW - Hydrologic Assessments KW - Recreation KW - Recreation Facilities KW - Reservoirs KW - Soils Surveys KW - Water Storage KW - Water Supply KW - Wetlands KW - Colorado KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826419?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-10-29&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=MOFFAT+COLLECTION+SYSTEM+PROJECT%2C+ADAMS%2C+BOULDER%2C+DENVER%2C+JEFFERSON%2C+AND+GRAND+COUNTIES%2C+COLORADO.&rft.title=MOFFAT+COLLECTION+SYSTEM+PROJECT%2C+ADAMS%2C+BOULDER%2C+DENVER%2C+JEFFERSON%2C+AND+GRAND+COUNTIES%2C+COLORADO.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Littleton, Colorado; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: October 29, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MOFFAT COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECT, ADAMS, BOULDER, DENVER, JEFFERSON, AND GRAND COUNTIES, COLORADO. [Part 1 of 10] T2 - MOFFAT COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECT, ADAMS, BOULDER, DENVER, JEFFERSON, AND GRAND COUNTIES, COLORADO. AN - 756826411; 14069-090365_0001 AB - PURPOSE: Authorization for placement of fill material for the construction of water storage and distribution facilities associated with a water supply project called the Moffat Collection System Project, Adams, Boulder, Denver, Jefferson, and Grand counties, Colorado is proposed. The City and County of Denver, acting through its Board of Water Commissioners (Denver Water), proposes to enlarge its Gross Reservoir to help address a projected 34,000-acre foot (AF) shortfall in water supplies. Gross Dam is located in Boulder County approximately 35 miles northwest of Denver and 6 miles southwest of the City of Boulder. Denver Water is relying on 16,000 AF per year forthcoming from the implementation of additional conservation efforts and the development of new, firm yield to meet the remaining 18,000 AF per year shortfall. An imbalance between Denver Water's north and south systems has resulted in unreliable water supply for the Moffat water treatment plant and Moffat Collection System customers, system-wide vulnerability issues, and limited operational flexibility of the treated water system. Six alternatives, including a No Action Alternative, are analyzed in this draft EIS. Under the proposed action (Alternative 1a), water would be diverted from the Fraser River, Williams Fork River, and South Boulder Creek and delivered via the Moffat Tunnel and South Boulder Creek to the existing Gross Reservoir. The existing Gross Dam would be raised 125 feet to provide 18,000 AF of new yield and the reservoir would be expanded from 41,811 to 113,811 AF in order to provide an additional 72,000 AF of storage capacity. Four other action alternatives would use a variety of potential water supply and storage sites configured to increase the firm yield of Denver Water's system by 18,000 AF per year. Under Alternative 1c, Gross Dam would be raised 85 feet and a new off-stream reservoir would be constructed in Leyden Gulch. Alternatives 8a and 10a would both raise Gross Dam by 101 feet and utilize reusable return flows stored in gravel pits or deep aquifers. Under Alternative 13a, the Gross Dam would be raised 110 feet and additional firm yield would be provided by gravel pit storage and transfer of South Platte River agricultural water rights. Total Present Worth Cost of the proposed action is estimated at $149 million indexed to January 2006 conditions. Estimates of Total Present Worth Cost of the other action alternatives range from $312 million to $545 million. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would address the overall near-term (prior to 2030) water supply shortage and the imbalance in water storage and supply between Denver Water's two major collection systems by developing 18,000 AF per year of new, annual firm yield to the Moffat treatment plant and raw water customers upstream of the Moffat plant. Fifteen thousand AF of this firm yield would be for Denver Water and its customers, while the remaining 3,000 AF would be for the City of Arvada. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed action would result in 1.95 acres of permanent and 0.12 acre of temporary impact to wetlands, in addition to 3.53 acres of permanent and 0.49 acre of temporary impact to other waters. Approximately 465 acres of soils would be disturbed from construction of project components and inundation at the reservoir sites. Fluctuating water levels could create stresses and erode shoreline slopes. Gross Reservoir would experience loss of elk winter range habitat. Flow changes in the Fraser, Williams Fork, Colorado, and Blue Rivers would adversely affect Colorado pikeminnow, bonytail chub, humpback chub, and razorback sucker. Flow changes in South Boulder Creek, North Fork South Platte River, and the South Platte River would adversely affect whooping crane, piping plover, least tern, and palled sturgeon. Some recreational areas would be inundated, but public access to Gross Reservoir would not be changed. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090365, Volume 1--262 pages and maps, Volume 2--302 pages and maps, Volume 3--596 pages and maps, Volume 4--271 pages, Volume 5--386 pages, Volume 6--255 pages, October 29, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 1 KW - Water KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Biologic Surveys KW - Birds KW - Dams KW - Fish KW - Hydrologic Assessments KW - Recreation KW - Recreation Facilities KW - Reservoirs KW - Soils Surveys KW - Water Storage KW - Water Supply KW - Wetlands KW - Colorado KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826411?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-10-29&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=MOFFAT+COLLECTION+SYSTEM+PROJECT%2C+ADAMS%2C+BOULDER%2C+DENVER%2C+JEFFERSON%2C+AND+GRAND+COUNTIES%2C+COLORADO.&rft.title=MOFFAT+COLLECTION+SYSTEM+PROJECT%2C+ADAMS%2C+BOULDER%2C+DENVER%2C+JEFFERSON%2C+AND+GRAND+COUNTIES%2C+COLORADO.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Littleton, Colorado; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: October 29, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MOFFAT COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECT, ADAMS, BOULDER, DENVER, JEFFERSON, AND GRAND COUNTIES, COLORADO. [Part 5 of 10] T2 - MOFFAT COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECT, ADAMS, BOULDER, DENVER, JEFFERSON, AND GRAND COUNTIES, COLORADO. AN - 756826382; 14069-090365_0005 AB - PURPOSE: Authorization for placement of fill material for the construction of water storage and distribution facilities associated with a water supply project called the Moffat Collection System Project, Adams, Boulder, Denver, Jefferson, and Grand counties, Colorado is proposed. The City and County of Denver, acting through its Board of Water Commissioners (Denver Water), proposes to enlarge its Gross Reservoir to help address a projected 34,000-acre foot (AF) shortfall in water supplies. Gross Dam is located in Boulder County approximately 35 miles northwest of Denver and 6 miles southwest of the City of Boulder. Denver Water is relying on 16,000 AF per year forthcoming from the implementation of additional conservation efforts and the development of new, firm yield to meet the remaining 18,000 AF per year shortfall. An imbalance between Denver Water's north and south systems has resulted in unreliable water supply for the Moffat water treatment plant and Moffat Collection System customers, system-wide vulnerability issues, and limited operational flexibility of the treated water system. Six alternatives, including a No Action Alternative, are analyzed in this draft EIS. Under the proposed action (Alternative 1a), water would be diverted from the Fraser River, Williams Fork River, and South Boulder Creek and delivered via the Moffat Tunnel and South Boulder Creek to the existing Gross Reservoir. The existing Gross Dam would be raised 125 feet to provide 18,000 AF of new yield and the reservoir would be expanded from 41,811 to 113,811 AF in order to provide an additional 72,000 AF of storage capacity. Four other action alternatives would use a variety of potential water supply and storage sites configured to increase the firm yield of Denver Water's system by 18,000 AF per year. Under Alternative 1c, Gross Dam would be raised 85 feet and a new off-stream reservoir would be constructed in Leyden Gulch. Alternatives 8a and 10a would both raise Gross Dam by 101 feet and utilize reusable return flows stored in gravel pits or deep aquifers. Under Alternative 13a, the Gross Dam would be raised 110 feet and additional firm yield would be provided by gravel pit storage and transfer of South Platte River agricultural water rights. Total Present Worth Cost of the proposed action is estimated at $149 million indexed to January 2006 conditions. Estimates of Total Present Worth Cost of the other action alternatives range from $312 million to $545 million. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would address the overall near-term (prior to 2030) water supply shortage and the imbalance in water storage and supply between Denver Water's two major collection systems by developing 18,000 AF per year of new, annual firm yield to the Moffat treatment plant and raw water customers upstream of the Moffat plant. Fifteen thousand AF of this firm yield would be for Denver Water and its customers, while the remaining 3,000 AF would be for the City of Arvada. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed action would result in 1.95 acres of permanent and 0.12 acre of temporary impact to wetlands, in addition to 3.53 acres of permanent and 0.49 acre of temporary impact to other waters. Approximately 465 acres of soils would be disturbed from construction of project components and inundation at the reservoir sites. Fluctuating water levels could create stresses and erode shoreline slopes. Gross Reservoir would experience loss of elk winter range habitat. Flow changes in the Fraser, Williams Fork, Colorado, and Blue Rivers would adversely affect Colorado pikeminnow, bonytail chub, humpback chub, and razorback sucker. Flow changes in South Boulder Creek, North Fork South Platte River, and the South Platte River would adversely affect whooping crane, piping plover, least tern, and palled sturgeon. Some recreational areas would be inundated, but public access to Gross Reservoir would not be changed. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090365, Volume 1--262 pages and maps, Volume 2--302 pages and maps, Volume 3--596 pages and maps, Volume 4--271 pages, Volume 5--386 pages, Volume 6--255 pages, October 29, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 5 KW - Water KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Biologic Surveys KW - Birds KW - Dams KW - Fish KW - Hydrologic Assessments KW - Recreation KW - Recreation Facilities KW - Reservoirs KW - Soils Surveys KW - Water Storage KW - Water Supply KW - Wetlands KW - Colorado KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826382?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-10-29&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=MOFFAT+COLLECTION+SYSTEM+PROJECT%2C+ADAMS%2C+BOULDER%2C+DENVER%2C+JEFFERSON%2C+AND+GRAND+COUNTIES%2C+COLORADO.&rft.title=MOFFAT+COLLECTION+SYSTEM+PROJECT%2C+ADAMS%2C+BOULDER%2C+DENVER%2C+JEFFERSON%2C+AND+GRAND+COUNTIES%2C+COLORADO.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Littleton, Colorado; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: October 29, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MOFFAT COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECT, ADAMS, BOULDER, DENVER, JEFFERSON, AND GRAND COUNTIES, COLORADO. [Part 3 of 10] T2 - MOFFAT COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECT, ADAMS, BOULDER, DENVER, JEFFERSON, AND GRAND COUNTIES, COLORADO. AN - 756826375; 14069-090365_0003 AB - PURPOSE: Authorization for placement of fill material for the construction of water storage and distribution facilities associated with a water supply project called the Moffat Collection System Project, Adams, Boulder, Denver, Jefferson, and Grand counties, Colorado is proposed. The City and County of Denver, acting through its Board of Water Commissioners (Denver Water), proposes to enlarge its Gross Reservoir to help address a projected 34,000-acre foot (AF) shortfall in water supplies. Gross Dam is located in Boulder County approximately 35 miles northwest of Denver and 6 miles southwest of the City of Boulder. Denver Water is relying on 16,000 AF per year forthcoming from the implementation of additional conservation efforts and the development of new, firm yield to meet the remaining 18,000 AF per year shortfall. An imbalance between Denver Water's north and south systems has resulted in unreliable water supply for the Moffat water treatment plant and Moffat Collection System customers, system-wide vulnerability issues, and limited operational flexibility of the treated water system. Six alternatives, including a No Action Alternative, are analyzed in this draft EIS. Under the proposed action (Alternative 1a), water would be diverted from the Fraser River, Williams Fork River, and South Boulder Creek and delivered via the Moffat Tunnel and South Boulder Creek to the existing Gross Reservoir. The existing Gross Dam would be raised 125 feet to provide 18,000 AF of new yield and the reservoir would be expanded from 41,811 to 113,811 AF in order to provide an additional 72,000 AF of storage capacity. Four other action alternatives would use a variety of potential water supply and storage sites configured to increase the firm yield of Denver Water's system by 18,000 AF per year. Under Alternative 1c, Gross Dam would be raised 85 feet and a new off-stream reservoir would be constructed in Leyden Gulch. Alternatives 8a and 10a would both raise Gross Dam by 101 feet and utilize reusable return flows stored in gravel pits or deep aquifers. Under Alternative 13a, the Gross Dam would be raised 110 feet and additional firm yield would be provided by gravel pit storage and transfer of South Platte River agricultural water rights. Total Present Worth Cost of the proposed action is estimated at $149 million indexed to January 2006 conditions. Estimates of Total Present Worth Cost of the other action alternatives range from $312 million to $545 million. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would address the overall near-term (prior to 2030) water supply shortage and the imbalance in water storage and supply between Denver Water's two major collection systems by developing 18,000 AF per year of new, annual firm yield to the Moffat treatment plant and raw water customers upstream of the Moffat plant. Fifteen thousand AF of this firm yield would be for Denver Water and its customers, while the remaining 3,000 AF would be for the City of Arvada. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed action would result in 1.95 acres of permanent and 0.12 acre of temporary impact to wetlands, in addition to 3.53 acres of permanent and 0.49 acre of temporary impact to other waters. Approximately 465 acres of soils would be disturbed from construction of project components and inundation at the reservoir sites. Fluctuating water levels could create stresses and erode shoreline slopes. Gross Reservoir would experience loss of elk winter range habitat. Flow changes in the Fraser, Williams Fork, Colorado, and Blue Rivers would adversely affect Colorado pikeminnow, bonytail chub, humpback chub, and razorback sucker. Flow changes in South Boulder Creek, North Fork South Platte River, and the South Platte River would adversely affect whooping crane, piping plover, least tern, and palled sturgeon. Some recreational areas would be inundated, but public access to Gross Reservoir would not be changed. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090365, Volume 1--262 pages and maps, Volume 2--302 pages and maps, Volume 3--596 pages and maps, Volume 4--271 pages, Volume 5--386 pages, Volume 6--255 pages, October 29, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 3 KW - Water KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Biologic Surveys KW - Birds KW - Dams KW - Fish KW - Hydrologic Assessments KW - Recreation KW - Recreation Facilities KW - Reservoirs KW - Soils Surveys KW - Water Storage KW - Water Supply KW - Wetlands KW - Colorado KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826375?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-10-29&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=MOFFAT+COLLECTION+SYSTEM+PROJECT%2C+ADAMS%2C+BOULDER%2C+DENVER%2C+JEFFERSON%2C+AND+GRAND+COUNTIES%2C+COLORADO.&rft.title=MOFFAT+COLLECTION+SYSTEM+PROJECT%2C+ADAMS%2C+BOULDER%2C+DENVER%2C+JEFFERSON%2C+AND+GRAND+COUNTIES%2C+COLORADO.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Littleton, Colorado; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: October 29, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MOFFAT COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECT, ADAMS, BOULDER, DENVER, JEFFERSON, AND GRAND COUNTIES, COLORADO. [Part 2 of 10] T2 - MOFFAT COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECT, ADAMS, BOULDER, DENVER, JEFFERSON, AND GRAND COUNTIES, COLORADO. AN - 756826364; 14069-090365_0002 AB - PURPOSE: Authorization for placement of fill material for the construction of water storage and distribution facilities associated with a water supply project called the Moffat Collection System Project, Adams, Boulder, Denver, Jefferson, and Grand counties, Colorado is proposed. The City and County of Denver, acting through its Board of Water Commissioners (Denver Water), proposes to enlarge its Gross Reservoir to help address a projected 34,000-acre foot (AF) shortfall in water supplies. Gross Dam is located in Boulder County approximately 35 miles northwest of Denver and 6 miles southwest of the City of Boulder. Denver Water is relying on 16,000 AF per year forthcoming from the implementation of additional conservation efforts and the development of new, firm yield to meet the remaining 18,000 AF per year shortfall. An imbalance between Denver Water's north and south systems has resulted in unreliable water supply for the Moffat water treatment plant and Moffat Collection System customers, system-wide vulnerability issues, and limited operational flexibility of the treated water system. Six alternatives, including a No Action Alternative, are analyzed in this draft EIS. Under the proposed action (Alternative 1a), water would be diverted from the Fraser River, Williams Fork River, and South Boulder Creek and delivered via the Moffat Tunnel and South Boulder Creek to the existing Gross Reservoir. The existing Gross Dam would be raised 125 feet to provide 18,000 AF of new yield and the reservoir would be expanded from 41,811 to 113,811 AF in order to provide an additional 72,000 AF of storage capacity. Four other action alternatives would use a variety of potential water supply and storage sites configured to increase the firm yield of Denver Water's system by 18,000 AF per year. Under Alternative 1c, Gross Dam would be raised 85 feet and a new off-stream reservoir would be constructed in Leyden Gulch. Alternatives 8a and 10a would both raise Gross Dam by 101 feet and utilize reusable return flows stored in gravel pits or deep aquifers. Under Alternative 13a, the Gross Dam would be raised 110 feet and additional firm yield would be provided by gravel pit storage and transfer of South Platte River agricultural water rights. Total Present Worth Cost of the proposed action is estimated at $149 million indexed to January 2006 conditions. Estimates of Total Present Worth Cost of the other action alternatives range from $312 million to $545 million. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would address the overall near-term (prior to 2030) water supply shortage and the imbalance in water storage and supply between Denver Water's two major collection systems by developing 18,000 AF per year of new, annual firm yield to the Moffat treatment plant and raw water customers upstream of the Moffat plant. Fifteen thousand AF of this firm yield would be for Denver Water and its customers, while the remaining 3,000 AF would be for the City of Arvada. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed action would result in 1.95 acres of permanent and 0.12 acre of temporary impact to wetlands, in addition to 3.53 acres of permanent and 0.49 acre of temporary impact to other waters. Approximately 465 acres of soils would be disturbed from construction of project components and inundation at the reservoir sites. Fluctuating water levels could create stresses and erode shoreline slopes. Gross Reservoir would experience loss of elk winter range habitat. Flow changes in the Fraser, Williams Fork, Colorado, and Blue Rivers would adversely affect Colorado pikeminnow, bonytail chub, humpback chub, and razorback sucker. Flow changes in South Boulder Creek, North Fork South Platte River, and the South Platte River would adversely affect whooping crane, piping plover, least tern, and palled sturgeon. Some recreational areas would be inundated, but public access to Gross Reservoir would not be changed. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090365, Volume 1--262 pages and maps, Volume 2--302 pages and maps, Volume 3--596 pages and maps, Volume 4--271 pages, Volume 5--386 pages, Volume 6--255 pages, October 29, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 2 KW - Water KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Biologic Surveys KW - Birds KW - Dams KW - Fish KW - Hydrologic Assessments KW - Recreation KW - Recreation Facilities KW - Reservoirs KW - Soils Surveys KW - Water Storage KW - Water Supply KW - Wetlands KW - Colorado KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826364?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-10-29&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=MOFFAT+COLLECTION+SYSTEM+PROJECT%2C+ADAMS%2C+BOULDER%2C+DENVER%2C+JEFFERSON%2C+AND+GRAND+COUNTIES%2C+COLORADO.&rft.title=MOFFAT+COLLECTION+SYSTEM+PROJECT%2C+ADAMS%2C+BOULDER%2C+DENVER%2C+JEFFERSON%2C+AND+GRAND+COUNTIES%2C+COLORADO.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Littleton, Colorado; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: October 29, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEMPER COUNTY INTEGRATED GASIFICATION COMBINED-CYCLE (IGCC) PROJECT, KEMPER COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. [Part 2 of 4] T2 - KEMPER COUNTY INTEGRATED GASIFICATION COMBINED-CYCLE (IGCC) PROJECT, KEMPER COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. AN - 756826321; 14078-090374_0002 AB - PURPOSE: Funding for construction and operation of an advanced power generation plant in Kemper County, Mississippi is proposed. The project was selected under the Department of Energy's clean coal power initiative to demonstrate integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) technology and $270 million of an original $294 million in cost-shared financial assistance is pending. Mississippi Power Company would convert Mississippi lignite mined by North American Coal Corporation (NACC) into a synthesis gas (syngas), which would fuel the plant's combustion turbine generating units and hot exhaust gas from the gas turbines would generate steam from water to drive a steam turbine. Combined, the three turbines would generate a nominal 582 megawatts (MW) of electricity. Although Department of Energy funding would support only the IGCC power plant, the project would include new electrical power transmission lines and upgrades of some existing transmission lines, a surface lignite mine, a natural gas supply pipeline, a reclaimed water supply pipeline, and a carbon dioxide pipeline. NACC's proposed mine would be located on adjacent properties and would supply lignite to the power plant over its planned 40-year life. Construction of the proposed plant would begin in 2010, continue for 3.5 years, and end in spring 2014. During construction, an average of 500 workers would be on the site, with approximately 1,150 workers required during peak construction in the first half of 2012. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS analyzes a No Action Alternative and project-specific alternatives including possible water supply sources, routes of linear facilities (transmission lines and pipelines), and alternative levels of carbon dioxide capture. Mine proposal alternatives are presented and include: potential alternative mine locations; avoiding disturbance of Okatibbee Creek; mining methods, including overburden removal, lignite removal, lignite loading, and lignite transport; and reclamation methods in terms of topsoil removal and replacement. Additional mine-related alternatives include avoidance and minimization of mining and mine support facilities in floodplains and wetlands. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed power plant would demonstrate an advanced IGCC power generation system at a commercial scale while reducing emissions of carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen, mercury, and particulates compared to conventional lignite-fired power plants. The project would include carbon capture systems sufficient to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by up to 67 percent by removing carbon from the syngas downstream of the gasification process and the captured carbon dioxide would be sold for beneficial use and geologic storage in existing enhanced oil recovery operations in Mississippi. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Soils on up to 12,275 acres would be disturbed or removed over the life of the project and approximately 133 acres of wetlands and streams would be lost or altered by construction activities. Up to 32 miles of perennial stream channels and 24 miles of intermittent stream channels would be temporarily removed by construction and lignite extraction. Mine pit water control activities would cause drawdown in the shallow Middle Wilcox aquifer and could adversely impact some local wells. Fugitive dust, engine emissions, and other emissions would impact air quality. Projected emissions from the power plant would include 590 tons per year (tpy) of sulphur dioxide, 1,900 tpy of oxides of nitrogen, 470 tpy of particulate matter, 980 tpy of carbon monoxide, and lesser amounts of other pollutants. LEGAL MANDATES: Energy Policy Act of 2005 and Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090374, Volume 1--503 pages, Volume 2: Appendices--525 pages, October 29, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 2 KW - Energy KW - Agency number: DOE/EIS-0409D KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Coal Gasification KW - Creeks KW - Electric Generators KW - Electric Power KW - Emissions KW - Employment KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Noise Assessments KW - Pipelines KW - Power Plants KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Steam Generators KW - Transmission Lines KW - Water Quality Assessments KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Wildlife Surveys KW - Mississippi KW - Energy Policy Act of 2005, Funding KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826321?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-10-29&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEMPER+COUNTY+INTEGRATED+GASIFICATION+COMBINED-CYCLE+%28IGCC%29+PROJECT%2C+KEMPER+COUNTY%2C+MISSISSIPPI.&rft.title=KEMPER+COUNTY+INTEGRATED+GASIFICATION+COMBINED-CYCLE+%28IGCC%29+PROJECT%2C+KEMPER+COUNTY%2C+MISSISSIPPI.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; DOE N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: October 29, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - KEMPER COUNTY INTEGRATED GASIFICATION COMBINED-CYCLE (IGCC) PROJECT, KEMPER COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. AN - 36351059; 14078 AB - PURPOSE: Funding for construction and operation of an advanced power generation plant in Kemper County, Mississippi is proposed. The project was selected under the Department of Energy's clean coal power initiative to demonstrate integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) technology and $270 million of an original $294 million in cost-shared financial assistance is pending. Mississippi Power Company would convert Mississippi lignite mined by North American Coal Corporation (NACC) into a synthesis gas (syngas), which would fuel the plant's combustion turbine generating units and hot exhaust gas from the gas turbines would generate steam from water to drive a steam turbine. Combined, the three turbines would generate a nominal 582 megawatts (MW) of electricity. Although Department of Energy funding would support only the IGCC power plant, the project would include new electrical power transmission lines and upgrades of some existing transmission lines, a surface lignite mine, a natural gas supply pipeline, a reclaimed water supply pipeline, and a carbon dioxide pipeline. NACC's proposed mine would be located on adjacent properties and would supply lignite to the power plant over its planned 40-year life. Construction of the proposed plant would begin in 2010, continue for 3.5 years, and end in spring 2014. During construction, an average of 500 workers would be on the site, with approximately 1,150 workers required during peak construction in the first half of 2012. In addition to the proposed action, this draft EIS analyzes a No Action Alternative and project-specific alternatives including possible water supply sources, routes of linear facilities (transmission lines and pipelines), and alternative levels of carbon dioxide capture. Mine proposal alternatives are presented and include: potential alternative mine locations; avoiding disturbance of Okatibbee Creek; mining methods, including overburden removal, lignite removal, lignite loading, and lignite transport; and reclamation methods in terms of topsoil removal and replacement. Additional mine-related alternatives include avoidance and minimization of mining and mine support facilities in floodplains and wetlands. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed power plant would demonstrate an advanced IGCC power generation system at a commercial scale while reducing emissions of carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen, mercury, and particulates compared to conventional lignite-fired power plants. The project would include carbon capture systems sufficient to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by up to 67 percent by removing carbon from the syngas downstream of the gasification process and the captured carbon dioxide would be sold for beneficial use and geologic storage in existing enhanced oil recovery operations in Mississippi. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Soils on up to 12,275 acres would be disturbed or removed over the life of the project and approximately 133 acres of wetlands and streams would be lost or altered by construction activities. Up to 32 miles of perennial stream channels and 24 miles of intermittent stream channels would be temporarily removed by construction and lignite extraction. Mine pit water control activities would cause drawdown in the shallow Middle Wilcox aquifer and could adversely impact some local wells. Fugitive dust, engine emissions, and other emissions would impact air quality. Projected emissions from the power plant would include 590 tons per year (tpy) of sulphur dioxide, 1,900 tpy of oxides of nitrogen, 470 tpy of particulate matter, 980 tpy of carbon monoxide, and lesser amounts of other pollutants. LEGAL MANDATES: Energy Policy Act of 2005 and Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090374, Volume 1--503 pages, Volume 2: Appendices--525 pages, October 29, 2009 PY - 2009 KW - Energy KW - Agency number: DOE/EIS-0409D KW - Air Quality KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Coal Gasification KW - Creeks KW - Electric Generators KW - Electric Power KW - Emissions KW - Employment KW - Mines KW - Mining KW - Noise Assessments KW - Pipelines KW - Power Plants KW - Reclamation (Mining) KW - Steam Generators KW - Transmission Lines KW - Water Quality Assessments KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Wildlife Surveys KW - Mississippi KW - Energy Policy Act of 2005, Funding KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/36351059?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Digests&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-10-29&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=KEMPER+COUNTY+INTEGRATED+GASIFICATION+COMBINED-CYCLE+%28IGCC%29+PROJECT%2C+KEMPER+COUNTY%2C+MISSISSIPPI.&rft.title=KEMPER+COUNTY+INTEGRATED+GASIFICATION+COMBINED-CYCLE+%28IGCC%29+PROJECT%2C+KEMPER+COUNTY%2C+MISSISSIPPI.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; DOE N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. Preparation date: October 29, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MOFFAT COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECT, ADAMS, BOULDER, DENVER, JEFFERSON, AND GRAND COUNTIES, COLORADO. AN - 15225488; 14069 AB - PURPOSE: Authorization for placement of fill material for the construction of water storage and distribution facilities associated with a water supply project called the Moffat Collection System Project, Adams, Boulder, Denver, Jefferson, and Grand counties, Colorado is proposed. The City and County of Denver, acting through its Board of Water Commissioners (Denver Water), proposes to enlarge its Gross Reservoir to help address a projected 34,000-acre foot (AF) shortfall in water supplies. Gross Dam is located in Boulder County approximately 35 miles northwest of Denver and 6 miles southwest of the City of Boulder. Denver Water is relying on 16,000 AF per year forthcoming from the implementation of additional conservation efforts and the development of new, firm yield to meet the remaining 18,000 AF per year shortfall. An imbalance between Denver Water's north and south systems has resulted in unreliable water supply for the Moffat water treatment plant and Moffat Collection System customers, system-wide vulnerability issues, and limited operational flexibility of the treated water system. Six alternatives, including a No Action Alternative, are analyzed in this draft EIS. Under the proposed action (Alternative 1a), water would be diverted from the Fraser River, Williams Fork River, and South Boulder Creek and delivered via the Moffat Tunnel and South Boulder Creek to the existing Gross Reservoir. The existing Gross Dam would be raised 125 feet to provide 18,000 AF of new yield and the reservoir would be expanded from 41,811 to 113,811 AF in order to provide an additional 72,000 AF of storage capacity. Four other action alternatives would use a variety of potential water supply and storage sites configured to increase the firm yield of Denver Water's system by 18,000 AF per year. Under Alternative 1c, Gross Dam would be raised 85 feet and a new off-stream reservoir would be constructed in Leyden Gulch. Alternatives 8a and 10a would both raise Gross Dam by 101 feet and utilize reusable return flows stored in gravel pits or deep aquifers. Under Alternative 13a, the Gross Dam would be raised 110 feet and additional firm yield would be provided by gravel pit storage and transfer of South Platte River agricultural water rights. Total Present Worth Cost of the proposed action is estimated at $149 million indexed to January 2006 conditions. Estimates of Total Present Worth Cost of the other action alternatives range from $312 million to $545 million. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The proposed project would address the overall near-term (prior to 2030) water supply shortage and the imbalance in water storage and supply between Denver Water's two major collection systems by developing 18,000 AF per year of new, annual firm yield to the Moffat treatment plant and raw water customers upstream of the Moffat plant. Fifteen thousand AF of this firm yield would be for Denver Water and its customers, while the remaining 3,000 AF would be for the City of Arvada. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: The proposed action would result in 1.95 acres of permanent and 0.12 acre of temporary impact to wetlands, in addition to 3.53 acres of permanent and 0.49 acre of temporary impact to other waters. Approximately 465 acres of soils would be disturbed from construction of project components and inundation at the reservoir sites. Fluctuating water levels could create stresses and erode shoreline slopes. Gross Reservoir would experience loss of elk winter range habitat. Flow changes in the Fraser, Williams Fork, Colorado, and Blue Rivers would adversely affect Colorado pikeminnow, bonytail chub, humpback chub, and razorback sucker. Flow changes in South Boulder Creek, North Fork South Platte River, and the South Platte River would adversely affect whooping crane, piping plover, least tern, and palled sturgeon. Some recreational areas would be inundated, but public access to Gross Reservoir would not be changed. LEGAL MANDATES: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). JF - EPA number: 090365, Volume 1--262 pages and maps, Volume 2--302 pages and maps, Volume 3--596 pages and maps, Volume 4--271 pages, Volume 5--386 pages, Volume 6--255 pages, October 29, 2009 PY - 2009 KW - Water KW - Air Quality Assessments KW - Biologic Surveys KW - Birds KW - Dams KW - Fish KW - Hydrologic Assessments KW - Recreation KW - Recreation Facilities KW - Reservoirs KW - Soils Surveys KW - Water Storage KW - Water Supply KW - Wetlands KW - Colorado KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/15225488?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Digests&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-10-29&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=MOFFAT+COLLECTION+SYSTEM+PROJECT%2C+ADAMS%2C+BOULDER%2C+DENVER%2C+JEFFERSON%2C+AND+GRAND+COUNTIES%2C+COLORADO.&rft.title=MOFFAT+COLLECTION+SYSTEM+PROJECT%2C+ADAMS%2C+BOULDER%2C+DENVER%2C+JEFFERSON%2C+AND+GRAND+COUNTIES%2C+COLORADO.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Littleton, Colorado; ARMY N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Draft. 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5538847 JF - 158th Meeting of The Acoustical Society of America AU - Vecherin, Sergey AU - Wilson, D AU - Pettit, Chris Y1 - 2009/10/26/ PY - 2009 DA - 2009 Oct 26 KW - Sensors KW - U 7000:Multidisciplinary UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/42114963?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Acpi&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=conference&rft.jtitle=158th+Meeting+of+The+Acoustical+Society+of+America&rft.atitle=Cost+efficient+sensor+placement+and+configuration+to+fulfill+spatially+inhomogeneous+coverage+preferences&rft.au=Vecherin%2C+Sergey%3BWilson%2C+D%3BPettit%2C+Chris&rft.aulast=Vecherin&rft.aufirst=Sergey&rft.date=2009-10-26&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=158th+Meeting+of+The+Acoustical+Society+of+America&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://asa.aip.org/sanantonio/program.html LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2010-04-06 N1 - Last updated - 2010-05-03 ER - TY - CPAPER T1 - Sound propagation classes for long-range assessment algorithms T2 - 158th Meeting of The Acoustical Society of America AN - 42105570; 5538729 JF - 158th Meeting of The Acoustical Society of America AU - Swearingen, Michelle AU - White, Michael Y1 - 2009/10/26/ PY - 2009 DA - 2009 Oct 26 KW - Algorithms KW - Sound propagation KW - U 7000:Multidisciplinary UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/42105570?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Acpi&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=conference&rft.jtitle=158th+Meeting+of+The+Acoustical+Society+of+America&rft.atitle=Sound+propagation+classes+for+long-range+assessment+algorithms&rft.au=Swearingen%2C+Michelle%3BWhite%2C+Michael&rft.aulast=Swearingen&rft.aufirst=Michelle&rft.date=2009-10-26&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=158th+Meeting+of+The+Acoustical+Society+of+America&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://asa.aip.org/sanantonio/program.html LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2010-04-06 N1 - Last updated - 2010-05-03 ER - TY - CPAPER T1 - Combined GIS and ROV technologies improve characterization of water quality in Coastal Rivers of the Gulf of Mexico T2 - Oceans 2009 MTS/IEEE AN - 42059082; 5507924 JF - Oceans 2009 MTS/IEEE AU - Casper, Andrew AU - Steimle, Eric AU - Hall, Michael AU - Dixon, Barnali Y1 - 2009/10/26/ PY - 2009 DA - 2009 Oct 26 KW - Mexico Gulf KW - Rivers KW - Water quality KW - Geographic information systems KW - Technology KW - Unmanned vehicles KW - Underwater vehicles KW - U 4300:Environmental Science UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/42059082?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Acpi&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=conference&rft.jtitle=Oceans+2009+MTS%2FIEEE&rft.atitle=Combined+GIS+and+ROV+technologies+improve+characterization+of+water+quality+in+Coastal+Rivers+of+the+Gulf+of+Mexico&rft.au=Casper%2C+Andrew%3BSteimle%2C+Eric%3BHall%2C+Michael%3BDixon%2C+Barnali&rft.aulast=Casper&rft.aufirst=Andrew&rft.date=2009-10-26&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Oceans+2009+MTS%2FIEEE&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://www.oceans09mtsieeebiloxi.org/userfiles/File/Final_Program.pdf LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2010-04-06 N1 - Last updated - 2010-05-03 ER - TY - CPAPER T1 - USACE National Coastal Mapping Program and the Next Generation of Data Products T2 - Oceans 2009 MTS/IEEE AN - 42049707; 5507881 JF - Oceans 2009 MTS/IEEE AU - Macon, Christopher Y1 - 2009/10/26/ PY - 2009 DA - 2009 Oct 26 KW - Mapping KW - Data processing KW - U 4300:Environmental Science UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/42049707?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Acpi&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=conference&rft.jtitle=Oceans+2009+MTS%2FIEEE&rft.atitle=USACE+National+Coastal+Mapping+Program+and+the+Next+Generation+of+Data+Products&rft.au=Macon%2C+Christopher&rft.aulast=Macon&rft.aufirst=Christopher&rft.date=2009-10-26&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Oceans+2009+MTS%2FIEEE&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://www.oceans09mtsieeebiloxi.org/userfiles/File/Final_Program.pdf LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2010-04-06 N1 - Last updated - 2010-05-03 ER - TY - CPAPER T1 - Gulf of Mexico Master Mapping Plan T2 - Oceans 2009 MTS/IEEE AN - 42047366; 5507882 JF - Oceans 2009 MTS/IEEE AU - Wozencraft, Jennifer Y1 - 2009/10/26/ PY - 2009 DA - 2009 Oct 26 KW - Mexico Gulf KW - Mapping KW - U 4300:Environmental Science UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/42047366?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Acpi&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=conference&rft.jtitle=Oceans+2009+MTS%2FIEEE&rft.atitle=Gulf+of+Mexico+Master+Mapping+Plan&rft.au=Wozencraft%2C+Jennifer&rft.aulast=Wozencraft&rft.aufirst=Jennifer&rft.date=2009-10-26&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Oceans+2009+MTS%2FIEEE&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://www.oceans09mtsieeebiloxi.org/userfiles/File/Final_Program.pdf LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2010-04-06 N1 - Last updated - 2010-05-03 ER - TY - CPAPER T1 - Sensor Modeling for the Virtual Autonomous Navigation Environment T2 - 8th Annual IEEE Conference on Sensors (IEEE SENSORS 2009) AN - 42522320; 5451845 JF - 8th Annual IEEE Conference on Sensors (IEEE SENSORS 2009) AU - Goodin, C AU - Carrillo, A AU - Kala, R AU - Liu, L Y Y1 - 2009/10/25/ PY - 2009 DA - 2009 Oct 25 KW - Navigation KW - Sensors KW - U 7000:Multidisciplinary UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/42522320?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Acpi&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=conference&rft.jtitle=8th+Annual+IEEE+Conference+on+Sensors+%28IEEE+SENSORS+2009%29&rft.atitle=Sensor+Modeling+for+the+Virtual+Autonomous+Navigation+Environment&rft.au=Goodin%2C+C%3BCarrillo%2C+A%3BKala%2C+R%3BLiu%2C+L+Y&rft.aulast=Goodin&rft.aufirst=C&rft.date=2009-10-25&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=8th+Annual+IEEE+Conference+on+Sensors+%28IEEE+SENSORS+2009%29&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://ieee-sensors2009.org/program/Sensors2009_FinalProgram.pdf LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2010-04-06 N1 - Last updated - 2010-05-03 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - US 36 CORRIDOR PROJECT, DENVER METROPOLITAN AREA, COLORADO. [Part 12 of 16] T2 - US 36 CORRIDOR PROJECT, DENVER METROPOLITAN AREA, COLORADO. AN - 756826892; 14070-090366_0012 AB - PURPOSE: The implementation of multimodal transportation improvements in the US 36 corridor between Interstate 25 (I-25) in Adams County and Foothills Parkway/Table Mesa Drive in Boulder, Colorado is proposed. The study area includes portions of several communities in the northwest Denver metropolitan area. This segment of US 36 currently consists of four main through lanes along the majority of the corridor and 10 major interchanges (Broadway, Pecos Street, Federal Boulevard, Sheridan Boulevard/92nd Avenue, Church Ranch Boulevard/104th Avenue, Wadsworth Parkway, East/West Flatiron Circle, 96th Street/Interlocken Loop, McCaslin Boulevard, and Foothills Parkway/Table Mesa Drive). As congestion increases along the corridor, the level of service has declined significantly, particularly during morning and evening peak hours. Improvements under consideration include general purpose travel lanes, high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes, express lanes, bus improvements, new arterial lanes, and bicycle facilities. These options have been organized into three build alternatives, which this final EIS addresses along with a No-Build Alternative, known as Package 1. Package 2 would provide a additional capacity in the express lanes. Through the use of dynamic pricing, these lanes would be used for congestion management. Primary components of this package would include two barrier-separated express lanes in each direction from I-25 to McCaslin Boulevard, one buffer-separated lane in each direction between McCaslin Boulevard and Cherryvale Road, median bus rapid transit (BRT) stations to expedite the boarding and alighting of passengers, and dedicated bikeway. Package 4 (Package 3 has been dropped from consideration) would provide for one additional general purpose lane in each direction from I-25 to McCaslin Boulevard, one buffer-separated BRT/HOV lane from I-25 to Cherryvale Road, median BRT stations, acceleration or deceleration lanes at some locations, and a dedicated bikeway. The combined alternative package, which is the preferred alternative, would have fewer lanes than the other packages to reduce impacts and costs, while maximizing transportation benefits. Estimated implementation costs for packages 2 and 4 are $2.3 billion and 2.1 billion, respectively. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The multimodal improvement would increase trip capacity within the corridor by modernizing and expanding US 36, expand local and regional access, resolve significant congestion problems for the near and foreseeable future, expand mode of travel options, and provide for efficient public transit service. The project would ease access to and from the communities of Denver, Westminster, Broomfield, Louisville, Superior, and Boulder, as well as unincorporated Adams, Jefferson, Denver, and Boulder counties. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Package 1 and Package 2 would result in the displacement of 201 or 202 residences, and 138 to 135 businesses, while the combined alternative package would displace 65 residences and 24 businesses. Bulls alternatives would impact 25 to 33 acres of wetlands, and 43 to 53 acres of parkland, including a portion of Rotary Park in the Adams segment. In addition, four trail crossings would be affected. Four structures eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places would be affected. Habitat for two federally protected species, Pebbles meadow jumping mouse and Ute ladies'-tresses orchid, would be taken. Traffic-generated noise levels under the build alternatives would exceed federal standards at 125 to126 residential receptor sites in 2030. LEGAL MANDATES: Department of Transportation Act of 1966, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.), Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), and Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601). JF - EPA number: 090366, Final EIS--878 pages, Appendices--790 pages and maps, Responses to Comments--343 pages, Technical Reports and Addendums--CD-ROM, October 22, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 12 KW - Roads and Railroads KW - Agency number: FHWA-CO-EIS-07-01-F KW - Endangered Species (Animals) KW - Endangered Species (Plants) KW - Highways KW - Highway Structures KW - Historic Sites KW - Noise Standards Violations KW - Parks KW - Rapid Transit Systems KW - Relocations-Property Acquisitions KW - Section 4(f) Statements KW - Section 404(b) Statements KW - Trails KW - Transportation KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Colorado KW - Department of Transportation Act of 1966, Compliance KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits KW - National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, Historic Sites KW - Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, Compliance UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826892?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-10-22&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=US+36+CORRIDOR+PROJECT%2C+DENVER+METROPOLITAN+AREA%2C+COLORADO.&rft.title=US+36+CORRIDOR+PROJECT%2C+DENVER+METROPOLITAN+AREA%2C+COLORADO.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Lakewood, Colorado; DOT N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Final. Preparation date: October 22, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - US 36 CORRIDOR PROJECT, DENVER METROPOLITAN AREA, COLORADO. [Part 8 of 16] T2 - US 36 CORRIDOR PROJECT, DENVER METROPOLITAN AREA, COLORADO. AN - 756826878; 14070-090366_0008 AB - PURPOSE: The implementation of multimodal transportation improvements in the US 36 corridor between Interstate 25 (I-25) in Adams County and Foothills Parkway/Table Mesa Drive in Boulder, Colorado is proposed. The study area includes portions of several communities in the northwest Denver metropolitan area. This segment of US 36 currently consists of four main through lanes along the majority of the corridor and 10 major interchanges (Broadway, Pecos Street, Federal Boulevard, Sheridan Boulevard/92nd Avenue, Church Ranch Boulevard/104th Avenue, Wadsworth Parkway, East/West Flatiron Circle, 96th Street/Interlocken Loop, McCaslin Boulevard, and Foothills Parkway/Table Mesa Drive). As congestion increases along the corridor, the level of service has declined significantly, particularly during morning and evening peak hours. Improvements under consideration include general purpose travel lanes, high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes, express lanes, bus improvements, new arterial lanes, and bicycle facilities. These options have been organized into three build alternatives, which this final EIS addresses along with a No-Build Alternative, known as Package 1. Package 2 would provide a additional capacity in the express lanes. Through the use of dynamic pricing, these lanes would be used for congestion management. Primary components of this package would include two barrier-separated express lanes in each direction from I-25 to McCaslin Boulevard, one buffer-separated lane in each direction between McCaslin Boulevard and Cherryvale Road, median bus rapid transit (BRT) stations to expedite the boarding and alighting of passengers, and dedicated bikeway. Package 4 (Package 3 has been dropped from consideration) would provide for one additional general purpose lane in each direction from I-25 to McCaslin Boulevard, one buffer-separated BRT/HOV lane from I-25 to Cherryvale Road, median BRT stations, acceleration or deceleration lanes at some locations, and a dedicated bikeway. The combined alternative package, which is the preferred alternative, would have fewer lanes than the other packages to reduce impacts and costs, while maximizing transportation benefits. Estimated implementation costs for packages 2 and 4 are $2.3 billion and 2.1 billion, respectively. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The multimodal improvement would increase trip capacity within the corridor by modernizing and expanding US 36, expand local and regional access, resolve significant congestion problems for the near and foreseeable future, expand mode of travel options, and provide for efficient public transit service. The project would ease access to and from the communities of Denver, Westminster, Broomfield, Louisville, Superior, and Boulder, as well as unincorporated Adams, Jefferson, Denver, and Boulder counties. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Package 1 and Package 2 would result in the displacement of 201 or 202 residences, and 138 to 135 businesses, while the combined alternative package would displace 65 residences and 24 businesses. Bulls alternatives would impact 25 to 33 acres of wetlands, and 43 to 53 acres of parkland, including a portion of Rotary Park in the Adams segment. In addition, four trail crossings would be affected. Four structures eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places would be affected. Habitat for two federally protected species, Pebbles meadow jumping mouse and Ute ladies'-tresses orchid, would be taken. Traffic-generated noise levels under the build alternatives would exceed federal standards at 125 to126 residential receptor sites in 2030. LEGAL MANDATES: Department of Transportation Act of 1966, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.), Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), and Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601). JF - EPA number: 090366, Final EIS--878 pages, Appendices--790 pages and maps, Responses to Comments--343 pages, Technical Reports and Addendums--CD-ROM, October 22, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 8 KW - Roads and Railroads KW - Agency number: FHWA-CO-EIS-07-01-F KW - Endangered Species (Animals) KW - Endangered Species (Plants) KW - Highways KW - Highway Structures KW - Historic Sites KW - Noise Standards Violations KW - Parks KW - Rapid Transit Systems KW - Relocations-Property Acquisitions KW - Section 4(f) Statements KW - Section 404(b) Statements KW - Trails KW - Transportation KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Colorado KW - Department of Transportation Act of 1966, Compliance KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits KW - National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, Historic Sites KW - Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, Compliance UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826878?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-10-22&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=US+36+CORRIDOR+PROJECT%2C+DENVER+METROPOLITAN+AREA%2C+COLORADO.&rft.title=US+36+CORRIDOR+PROJECT%2C+DENVER+METROPOLITAN+AREA%2C+COLORADO.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Lakewood, Colorado; DOT N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Final. Preparation date: October 22, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - US 36 CORRIDOR PROJECT, DENVER METROPOLITAN AREA, COLORADO. [Part 6 of 16] T2 - US 36 CORRIDOR PROJECT, DENVER METROPOLITAN AREA, COLORADO. AN - 756826872; 14070-090366_0006 AB - PURPOSE: The implementation of multimodal transportation improvements in the US 36 corridor between Interstate 25 (I-25) in Adams County and Foothills Parkway/Table Mesa Drive in Boulder, Colorado is proposed. The study area includes portions of several communities in the northwest Denver metropolitan area. This segment of US 36 currently consists of four main through lanes along the majority of the corridor and 10 major interchanges (Broadway, Pecos Street, Federal Boulevard, Sheridan Boulevard/92nd Avenue, Church Ranch Boulevard/104th Avenue, Wadsworth Parkway, East/West Flatiron Circle, 96th Street/Interlocken Loop, McCaslin Boulevard, and Foothills Parkway/Table Mesa Drive). As congestion increases along the corridor, the level of service has declined significantly, particularly during morning and evening peak hours. Improvements under consideration include general purpose travel lanes, high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes, express lanes, bus improvements, new arterial lanes, and bicycle facilities. These options have been organized into three build alternatives, which this final EIS addresses along with a No-Build Alternative, known as Package 1. Package 2 would provide a additional capacity in the express lanes. Through the use of dynamic pricing, these lanes would be used for congestion management. Primary components of this package would include two barrier-separated express lanes in each direction from I-25 to McCaslin Boulevard, one buffer-separated lane in each direction between McCaslin Boulevard and Cherryvale Road, median bus rapid transit (BRT) stations to expedite the boarding and alighting of passengers, and dedicated bikeway. Package 4 (Package 3 has been dropped from consideration) would provide for one additional general purpose lane in each direction from I-25 to McCaslin Boulevard, one buffer-separated BRT/HOV lane from I-25 to Cherryvale Road, median BRT stations, acceleration or deceleration lanes at some locations, and a dedicated bikeway. The combined alternative package, which is the preferred alternative, would have fewer lanes than the other packages to reduce impacts and costs, while maximizing transportation benefits. Estimated implementation costs for packages 2 and 4 are $2.3 billion and 2.1 billion, respectively. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The multimodal improvement would increase trip capacity within the corridor by modernizing and expanding US 36, expand local and regional access, resolve significant congestion problems for the near and foreseeable future, expand mode of travel options, and provide for efficient public transit service. The project would ease access to and from the communities of Denver, Westminster, Broomfield, Louisville, Superior, and Boulder, as well as unincorporated Adams, Jefferson, Denver, and Boulder counties. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Package 1 and Package 2 would result in the displacement of 201 or 202 residences, and 138 to 135 businesses, while the combined alternative package would displace 65 residences and 24 businesses. Bulls alternatives would impact 25 to 33 acres of wetlands, and 43 to 53 acres of parkland, including a portion of Rotary Park in the Adams segment. In addition, four trail crossings would be affected. Four structures eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places would be affected. Habitat for two federally protected species, Pebbles meadow jumping mouse and Ute ladies'-tresses orchid, would be taken. Traffic-generated noise levels under the build alternatives would exceed federal standards at 125 to126 residential receptor sites in 2030. LEGAL MANDATES: Department of Transportation Act of 1966, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.), Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), and Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601). JF - EPA number: 090366, Final EIS--878 pages, Appendices--790 pages and maps, Responses to Comments--343 pages, Technical Reports and Addendums--CD-ROM, October 22, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 6 KW - Roads and Railroads KW - Agency number: FHWA-CO-EIS-07-01-F KW - Endangered Species (Animals) KW - Endangered Species (Plants) KW - Highways KW - Highway Structures KW - Historic Sites KW - Noise Standards Violations KW - Parks KW - Rapid Transit Systems KW - Relocations-Property Acquisitions KW - Section 4(f) Statements KW - Section 404(b) Statements KW - Trails KW - Transportation KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Colorado KW - Department of Transportation Act of 1966, Compliance KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits KW - National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, Historic Sites KW - Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, Compliance UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826872?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-10-22&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=US+36+CORRIDOR+PROJECT%2C+DENVER+METROPOLITAN+AREA%2C+COLORADO.&rft.title=US+36+CORRIDOR+PROJECT%2C+DENVER+METROPOLITAN+AREA%2C+COLORADO.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Lakewood, Colorado; DOT N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Final. Preparation date: October 22, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - US 36 CORRIDOR PROJECT, DENVER METROPOLITAN AREA, COLORADO. [Part 15 of 16] T2 - US 36 CORRIDOR PROJECT, DENVER METROPOLITAN AREA, COLORADO. AN - 756826828; 14070-090366_0015 AB - PURPOSE: The implementation of multimodal transportation improvements in the US 36 corridor between Interstate 25 (I-25) in Adams County and Foothills Parkway/Table Mesa Drive in Boulder, Colorado is proposed. The study area includes portions of several communities in the northwest Denver metropolitan area. This segment of US 36 currently consists of four main through lanes along the majority of the corridor and 10 major interchanges (Broadway, Pecos Street, Federal Boulevard, Sheridan Boulevard/92nd Avenue, Church Ranch Boulevard/104th Avenue, Wadsworth Parkway, East/West Flatiron Circle, 96th Street/Interlocken Loop, McCaslin Boulevard, and Foothills Parkway/Table Mesa Drive). As congestion increases along the corridor, the level of service has declined significantly, particularly during morning and evening peak hours. Improvements under consideration include general purpose travel lanes, high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes, express lanes, bus improvements, new arterial lanes, and bicycle facilities. These options have been organized into three build alternatives, which this final EIS addresses along with a No-Build Alternative, known as Package 1. Package 2 would provide a additional capacity in the express lanes. Through the use of dynamic pricing, these lanes would be used for congestion management. Primary components of this package would include two barrier-separated express lanes in each direction from I-25 to McCaslin Boulevard, one buffer-separated lane in each direction between McCaslin Boulevard and Cherryvale Road, median bus rapid transit (BRT) stations to expedite the boarding and alighting of passengers, and dedicated bikeway. Package 4 (Package 3 has been dropped from consideration) would provide for one additional general purpose lane in each direction from I-25 to McCaslin Boulevard, one buffer-separated BRT/HOV lane from I-25 to Cherryvale Road, median BRT stations, acceleration or deceleration lanes at some locations, and a dedicated bikeway. The combined alternative package, which is the preferred alternative, would have fewer lanes than the other packages to reduce impacts and costs, while maximizing transportation benefits. Estimated implementation costs for packages 2 and 4 are $2.3 billion and 2.1 billion, respectively. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The multimodal improvement would increase trip capacity within the corridor by modernizing and expanding US 36, expand local and regional access, resolve significant congestion problems for the near and foreseeable future, expand mode of travel options, and provide for efficient public transit service. The project would ease access to and from the communities of Denver, Westminster, Broomfield, Louisville, Superior, and Boulder, as well as unincorporated Adams, Jefferson, Denver, and Boulder counties. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Package 1 and Package 2 would result in the displacement of 201 or 202 residences, and 138 to 135 businesses, while the combined alternative package would displace 65 residences and 24 businesses. Bulls alternatives would impact 25 to 33 acres of wetlands, and 43 to 53 acres of parkland, including a portion of Rotary Park in the Adams segment. In addition, four trail crossings would be affected. Four structures eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places would be affected. Habitat for two federally protected species, Pebbles meadow jumping mouse and Ute ladies'-tresses orchid, would be taken. Traffic-generated noise levels under the build alternatives would exceed federal standards at 125 to126 residential receptor sites in 2030. LEGAL MANDATES: Department of Transportation Act of 1966, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.), Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), and Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601). JF - EPA number: 090366, Final EIS--878 pages, Appendices--790 pages and maps, Responses to Comments--343 pages, Technical Reports and Addendums--CD-ROM, October 22, 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 15 KW - Roads and Railroads KW - Agency number: FHWA-CO-EIS-07-01-F KW - Endangered Species (Animals) KW - Endangered Species (Plants) KW - Highways KW - Highway Structures KW - Historic Sites KW - Noise Standards Violations KW - Parks KW - Rapid Transit Systems KW - Relocations-Property Acquisitions KW - Section 4(f) Statements KW - Section 404(b) Statements KW - Trails KW - Transportation KW - Wetlands KW - Wildlife Habitat KW - Colorado KW - Department of Transportation Act of 1966, Compliance KW - Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Section 404 Permits KW - National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, Historic Sites KW - Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, Compliance UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/756826828?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/Environmental+Impact+Statements%3A+Full+Text&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=report&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2009-10-22&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=US+36+CORRIDOR+PROJECT%2C+DENVER+METROPOLITAN+AREA%2C+COLORADO.&rft.title=US+36+CORRIDOR+PROJECT%2C+DENVER+METROPOLITAN+AREA%2C+COLORADO.&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Name - Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Lakewood, Colorado; DOT N1 - Date revised - 2010-03-22 N1 - SuppNotes - Final. Preparation date: October 22, 2009 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - US 36 CORRIDOR PROJECT, DENVER METROPOLITAN AREA, COLORADO. [Part 14 of 16] T2 - US 36 CORRIDOR PROJECT, DENVER METROPOLITAN AREA, COLORADO. AN - 756826818; 14070-090366_0014 AB - PURPOSE: The implementation of multimodal transportation improvements in the US 36 corridor between Interstate 25 (I-25) in Adams County and Foothills Parkway/Table Mesa Drive in Boulder, Colorado is proposed. The study area includes portions of several communities in the northwest Denver metropolitan area. This segment of US 36 currently consists of four main through lanes along the majority of the corridor and 10 major interchanges (Broadway, Pecos Street, Federal Boulevard, Sheridan Boulevard/92nd Avenue, Church Ranch Boulevard/104th Avenue, Wadsworth Parkway, East/West Flatiron Circle, 96th Street/Interlocken Loop, McCaslin Boulevard, and Foothills Parkway/Table Mesa Drive). As congestion increases along the corridor, the level of service has declined significantly, particularly during morning and evening peak hours. Improvements under consideration include general purpose travel lanes, high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes, express lanes, bus improvements, new arterial lanes, and bicycle facilities. These options have been organized into three build alternatives, which this final EIS addresses along with a No-Build Alternative, known as Package 1. Package 2 would provide a additional capacity in the express lanes. Through the use of dynamic pricing, these lanes would be used for congestion management. Primary components of this package would include two barrier-separated express lanes in each direction from I-25 to McCaslin Boulevard, one buffer-separated lane in each direction between McCaslin Boulevard and Cherryvale Road, median bus rapid transit (BRT) stations to expedite the boarding and alighting of passengers, and dedicated bikeway. Package 4 (Package 3 has been dropped from consideration) would provide for one additional general purpose lane in each direction from I-25 to McCaslin Boulevard, one buffer-separated BRT/HOV lane from I-25 to Cherryvale Road, median BRT stations, acceleration or deceleration lanes at some locations, and a dedicated bikeway. The combined alternative package, which is the preferred alternative, would have fewer lanes than the other packages to reduce impacts and costs, while maximizing transportation benefits. Estimated implementation costs for packages 2 and 4 are $2.3 billion and 2.1 billion, respectively. POSITIVE IMPACTS: The multimodal improvement would increase trip capacity within the corridor by modernizing and expanding US 36, expand local and regional access, resolve significant congestion problems for the near and foreseeable future, expand mode of travel options, and provide for efficient public transit service. The project would ease access to and from the communities of Denver, Westminster, Broomfield, Louisville, Superior, and Boulder, as well as unincorporated Adams, Jefferson, Denver, and Boulder counties. NEGATIVE IMPACTS: Package 1 and Package 2 would result in the displacement of 201 or 202 residences, and 138 to 135 businesses, while the combined alternative package would displace 65 residences and 24 businesses. Bulls alternatives would impact 25 to 33 acres of wetlands, and 43 to 53 acres of parkland, including a portion of Rotary Park in the Adams segment. In addition, four trail crossings would be affected. Four structures eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places would be affected. Habitat for two federally protected species, Pebbles meadow jumping mouse and Ute ladies'-tresses orchid, would be taken. Traffic-generated noise levels under the build alternatives would exceed federal standards at 125 to126 residential receptor sites in 2030. LEGAL MANDATES: Department of Transportation Act of 1966, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.), Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), and Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601). JF - EPA number: 090366, Final EIS--878 pages, Appendices--790 pages and maps, Responses to Comments--343 pages, Technical Reports and Addendum