Cheatham County Generation Site EIS Scoping Report
Ashland City Abandoned Structure Demolition (April 2021) The CEC #44291 was completed by TVA prior to demolition of an abandoned structure on the Ashland City property, now the proposed Cheatham County Generation Site. GALM License Issuance on Ashland City Site (April 2021) A GALM license was issued to the prior sharecropper to allow continued farming and other vegetation management activities on the site until TVA makes final decisions on site uses and terminate the license. A CEC (#45068) was completed for the proposed license in April 2021. Cumberland Fossil Plant Retirement EIS (TVA 2023) This project level EIS was prepared in order to assess the retirement and decommissioning of two coal- fired units at the Cumberland Fossil Plant (CUF) to be consistent with the 2019 IRP and the Aging Coal Fleet Evaluation and implement replacement generation that can supply 1,450 MW of dispatchable power. Cumberland Fossil Plant Borrow Areas and Access Road Environmental Assessment (TVA 2017) This Environmental Assessment (EA) evaluated the impacts of developing “borrow sites” for the Cumberland Fossil Plant from which TVA would get soil that would be used in the partial closure of the Dry Fly Ash and Gypsum stacks at CUF. Cumberland Fossil Plant Coal Combustion Residuals Management Operations Environmental Impact Statement (TVA 2018) This project level EIS was prepared to identify the method of permanent disposal of ash excavated from the Main Ash Impoundment and Stilling Impoundment of the CUF. Cumberland Fossil Plant Wastewater Treatment Facility Environmental Assessment (TVA 2019) This EA was prepared to inform TVA decision makers and the public about the environmental consequences of developing a new Wet Flue Gas Desulfurization wastewater treatment system at CUF. 8 Potential Mitigation Measures Most comments received during the scoping period did not identify specific mitigation measures for the Proposed Action. Minimization and mitigation measures were provided by TDEC and the USEPA as recommendations regarding air quality, open burning, and general permitting. BMP guidance will be discussed in the EIS as mitigation for environmental impacts. Wetlands mitigation and erosion and sediment control would also be covered as means to mitigate the potential impacts of the project. TVA’s siting processes for generation and transmission facilities, as well as practices for modifying these facilities, are designed to avoid and/or minimize potential adverse environmental impacts. Potential impacts also are reduced through pollution prevention measures and environmental controls such as air pollution control systems. Other potentially adverse impacts can be mitigated by measures such as compensatory wetlands mitigation, in lieu fee stream mitigation programs and related conservation initiatives, enhanced management of other properties, documentation and recovery of cultural resources, and infrastructure improvement assistance to local communities.
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