Cheatham County Generation Site EIS Table of Contents
1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................1 2 Purpose and Need...................................................................................................................3 2.1 Project Purpose ............................................................................................................................ 3 2.2 Project Need ................................................................................................................................. 3 3 Alternatives ..............................................................................................................................4 3.1 No Action Alternative .................................................................................................................... 4 3.2 Action Alternative .......................................................................................................................... 4 3.2.1 Components of the CT Plant ................................................................................................. 5 3.2.2 Water Requirements ............................................................................................................. 6 3.2.3 Emission Monitoring and Controls......................................................................................... 6 3.2.4 Natural Gas Pipeline.............................................................................................................. 6 3.2.5 Fuel Oil .................................................................................................................................. 6 3.2.6 Transmission and Electrical System Components ................................................................ 7 3.2.7 General Construction Activities ............................................................................................. 9 3.3 Other Alternatives Considered...................................................................................................... 9 4 Environmental Review Process...........................................................................................10 4.1 Applicable Federal Laws and Executive Orders ......................................................................... 10 4.1.1 National Environmental Policy Act....................................................................................... 10 4.1.2 Other Laws and Executive Orders....................................................................................... 11 4.2 Environmental Resources to Be Considered in EIS ................................................................... 13 4.3 Other Environmental Reviews and Consultation Requirements................................................. 14 4.3.1 Other Environmental Reviews ............................................................................................. 14 4.3.2 Agency Coordination and Consultations ............................................................................. 14 5 Public Outreach during Scoping Period.............................................................................14 6 Summary of Public Scoping Comments ............................................................................15 6.1 Scoping Commenters ................................................................................................................. 15 6.1.1 General Public ..................................................................................................................... 15 6.1.2 Potentially Affected Landowners ......................................................................................... 16 6.1.3 National Park Service .......................................................................................................... 16 6.1.4 Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) ....................................................................... 17 6.1.5 Southern Environmental Law Center................................................................................... 18 6.1.6 Conservation Groups (SELC on behalf of Sierra Club, Appalachian Voices, Appalachian Mountain Advocates, and Cumberland River Compact)..................................................................... 18
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