John Sevier Fossil Plant - Addition of Gas-Fired Combustion Turbine / Combined-Cycle Generating Capacity

Hawkins County, Tennessee

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has prepared a draft environmental assessment (DEA) for a proposal to construct and operate a new gas-fired combustion turbine/combined-cycle (CT/CC) generating plant on the site of its John Sevier Fossil Plant (JSF) adjacent to the Holston River in Hawkins County, Tennessee.  The CT/CC plant would be operated to provide TVA with intermittent to base-load generation within the nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) emission limits imposed by a recent court ruling. 

TVA proposes to contract with East Tennessee Natural Gas (ETNG) to deliver gas to the plant.  This would require ETNG to construct and upgrade approximately 28 miles of pipeline to deliver gas to the site.  The pipeline would extend from near Bristol, Virginia, to JSF, crossing portions of Washington County, Virginia, and Green, Hawkins, Sullivan, and Washington counties, Tennessee.  The construction and operation of the proposed CT/CC plant and gas pipeline would allow TVA the option to operate generating assets (CT/CC facility along with the existing coal-fired boilers) at JSF to meet load demand while operating within the proposed emission caps.

This DEA, which is presented below, considers the impacts of the No Action Alternative and the Action Alternative, to construct the gas-fired facility.

TVA is soliciting public comments on the DEA through March 08, 2010. 

Documents

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Finding of No Significant Impact (PDF, 166kb)nion

Contact

For more information or a printed copy of the documents, contact:
David Robinson, Senior NEPA Specialist
Tennessee Valley Authority
1101 Market Street, LP-5U
Chattanooga, TN 37402
dwrobins@tva.gov
Phone: (423) 751-2502; Fax: (423) 751-3230