Cheatham County Generation Site EIS Scoping Report
Appendix C Summary of Scoping Comments
Tennessee Valley Authority
To whom it may concern, The needed pipeline puts our water in harms way and the need for eminent domain is troublesome for many farms and land owners in the region. I am a lifelong Cheatham County citizen who comes from a family of farmers, some of which whose land could be directly effected by this site. A methane gas plant and pipeline are polluting, dangerous and costly, compared to alternatives like energy efficient solar and wind power. TVA should be putting itself back on track to eliminate costly, polluting fossil fuel plants, not building brand new ones. negative Raigan Cummings 37035 The impact on the community will put so much in danger, our water, our wildlife, our farmlands and even the value of our homes. A methane gas plant and pipeline are polluting, dangerous and costly, compared to alternatives like energy efficient solar and wind power. TVA should be putting itself back on track to eliminate costly, polluting fossil fuel plants, not building brand new ones. TVA should not rush to build more fossil fuel projects when it is already behind in energy efficiency and renewable energy negative joshua cummings
Cheatham County Generation Site
7/4/2023
Cheatham County Generation Site Cheatham County Generation Site
7/6/2023
negative
Jamie
Binkley
37146
7/4/2023
Please find a different location for your plant. We did not ask for it as citizens of Pleasant View and we do not want it and all it's pollution. Thank you
There’s already a lawsuit challenging TVA’s “backroom deals” signing contracts with pipeline companies before completing required reviews; TVA downplayed harms and costs of the planned gas plant; how can we ensure this doesn’t happen in Cheatham county? Is it too late? Is this the going to be part of the same pipeline? Does 13 equal 285? Do we live in a community that no longer wishes to be a safe haven for the biological community? Enough to revoke nearly 300 acres and replace it with a combustion turbine, battery energy storage system, and 12 mile natural gas pipeline, but keep a meager 13 acre pollinator garden as the only offer to residents? Is this pollinator garden in the vicinity of this plant? What good would this plot be in the event of a pipeline leak? How do these fossil fuels affect local wildlife and the pollinators you claim to be helping? Will there be subsidies for residents when electricity costs rise? If so, How much? If not, what are the direct improvements en lieu of electricity subsidies to residents who have the burden of higher electricity costs? I’m having a hard time seeing the rewards to this proposal; there is far greater risk; My concerns initially were that if a gas line leaks, it will be closer to my home and the waterways I am fond of exploring and learning from; I don’t like the idea of a gas pipeline going through Cheatham county (or anywhere people live); I don’t think it makes sense to go to natural gas before going to renewable energy, if that’s the actual goal per EPA requests; I think the creation of jobs would be great, but where will you be hiring these prospective employees from? Will they be local entities (TN vendors) or will you outsource this work? Can we trust you will use TN workers? Where did this land come from? What was it originally? How did TVA allocate the land and what is the land already zoned for? I urge you to pursue the “no action alternative;” maybe provide this land to future farmers or people who will perform as adequate stewards; Id like to see allotments provided to young adults as a way to further education with experiential learning; I’d like to see this land be returned to nature or preserved in a way that is conducive to generations to come; not harming the already exhausted ecosystem and tributaries of the Cumberland with even more wastewater; Cheatham county already has a lot of warehouses and boat manufacturers and a great big water heater company polluting the immediate environment already; I’d like to stop it there if at all possible; Thank you for your consideration negative Rachel Schroeder 37015
Cheatham County DHS Comment on Cheatham County
6/22/2023
Generation Site_00002
Cheatam county gas plant
Hello my name is Cindy and I live near Cheatham County. My question for you is how is this impacting Soil and Water? Also how is it impacting the environment? Please give me a breakdown of how this is going to affect the above questions.
7/6/2023
neutral
Cindy
I have so many reasons that I oppose the TVA plan for Ashland City/Cheatham County, both the proposed pipeline and power plant, that I have decided to state my opposition with bullet points. •Ashland City/Cheatham County should not be the site for a plant that is being built to benefit the energy needs of Nashville. Nashville should be scouted for a site. Cheatham County does not deserve or need to be Nashville’s industrial park. This is more reason for solar and clean energy. •Replacing a coal burning plant with more fossil fuels is not the solution. TVA should be on track to eliminate the costly, pollution generating fossil fuel plants…not building more. The International Panels of Climate Change are telling us to address cutting fossil fuels NOW… not 20 years from now. •A methane power plant is not a healthy addition and is an economic liability to the community. Property and home values will drop significantly. Now more than ever with demands of utility upgrades and government facilities we cannot stand any losses of tax revenue or healthy growth in our area. A methane power plant is not a healthy addition and is an economic liability to this community. •Sycamore Creek has a pumping station in very close proximity to the TVA site that provides Pleasant View, TN with all of their drinking water. Water is sacred. Many properties in the general area's water supply are springs or wells. This close proximity to the site puts those waters at risk from the air pollution/particulates and ground water contamination. •A pipeline will put our water supplies, streams, wetlands, farms and land owners in harms way and at risk of eminent domain for families who own generational properties and farms. These are citizens who have worked hard and paid their taxes. A methane power plant is not a healthy addition and is an economic liability to the community. •Pipeline leaks are a huge concern as it does happen often. It is very risky in such a closed in area with many hills, uneven terrain and narrow roads. A pipeline explosion in White Bluff, TN in March of 1992 was felt and seen in Ashland City. An explosion at the proposed site would be unfathomable with the mix of methane, high temps, acres of lithium batteries and stored diesel fuel. The emergency crews in the area are not equipped to handle such an emergency. Major destruction and contamination is too much of a risk 4 miles from Ashland City and at the site of Sycamore Creek. •The Sycamore Creek & Spring Creek bottom is habitat to much wildlife and rare species. Again, Sycamore Creek provides all of the water to Pleasant View, a fast growing community in our county along the i-24 corridor. Water is sacred. Sycamore Creek also winds through the Cumberland Valley Girl Scout Council’s Camp Sycamore Hills where girls from all over the region attend camps and activities year round. I have spent a lot of time wading and canoeing Sycamore Creek. Link below https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgsmidtn.org%2Fthe-history-of-camp- sycamorehills%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cnepa%40tva.gov%7C924e23b132f6415abe9e08db7f6f84bc%7C270992cd9003497184ded1640c0bffc5%7C0%7C0%7C638243889178761148%7CUnknown%7CTWF pbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=UyceQSfoyvQEtJbmKJ6Im80%2BF5gBwN1LTUS6e45RDVk%3D&reserved=0. •These creeks are also a major tributaries to the Cumberland River and many species of fish spawn in those waters and birds including Eagles hunt along those streams. There have also been rare species of crawfish and salamanders studied in the area. •The waters provide recreation for locals as well as eco tourists who kayak, canoe and fish those streams. In recent years Ashland City has been focused more on building and planning parks and trails to encourage ecotourism to the area. A methane power plant is not a healthy addition and is an economic liability to this community. •This site’s lower property floods. I believe it’s partially a flood zone. I have seen Harristown Road impassable from water out of Sycamore Creek. The water has often extended up Newland Hollow and requires an alternative route to get to the houses there. The water has often stayed over the road for days. •There is need for environmental justice in this area for working farms, crops, livestock and the citizens who have worked these farms and paid their taxes. This property was/is zoned for agriculture. This is not an area for a methane power plant. A methane power plant is not a healthy addition and is an economic liability to this community. •I encourage that another site scouted for this project…out of county since the benefit is for Nashville. There has to be better planning on so many levels. The currently it is very poorly planned and not well thought through. Everyone I have spoken to as well as the community leaders are not in favor of this methane plant & pipeline. It is not wanted. This country has had decades to work on our clean energy needs and here we are stuck with more fossil fuels. It's a failure of the highest degree and a disservice to all living things. I would like to think we are smarter than this.
Ashland City Power Plant
negative
Gina
Binkley
7/8/2023
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