Occidental Chemical Corporation, Barge Terminal Modification and Outfall

Humphreys County, Tennessee

Occidental Chemical Corporation, Dallas, Texas (OxyChem) has applied to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for permits to modify and operate an existing dock facility, and to install a waste water outfall into the Tennessee River at Tennessee River Mile 98.1 in Humphreys County near New Johnsonville, Tennessee.  The modified dock and new outfall would support a new membrane-cell chlor-alkali production plant which would supply chlorine and caustic soda to the adjacent DuPont Chemical plant, thereby eliminating the need for chlorine delivery by barge.  The proposed outfall would be part of a waste water treatment system to treat the process related water, as well as rainwater runoff from the new plant.  

USACE and TVA issued a joint public notice of the proposal on June 7, 2012 and accepted public comments until July 7, 2012.  The notice is available at the link below.

TVA’s action would be to approve, under Section 26a of the TVA Act, the modification of the existing barge terminal and the new wastewater outfall.  USACE’s action would be to approve the project under Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.  TVA is preparing an environmental assessment (EA) to address the potential environmental impacts of the proposal.  USACE is a cooperating agency in the preparation of this EA.  

Documents

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The Joint Public Notice is at:
http://www.lrn.usace.army.mil/cof/notices/Oxychemical%20PN%2012-02.pdf

Contact

For more information or to request an electronic or printed copy of any of the documents, contact:
Samantha Strickland, Project Leader
Tennessee Valley Authority
P.O. Box 1010, MPB 1H
Muscle Shoals, Alabama 35662
(256) 386-2643
sjstrickland@tva.gov

or

Richard L. Toennisson, Contract NEPA Specialist
Tennessee Valley Authority
400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT 11D
Knoxville, Tennessee 37902
(856) 632-8517
rltoennisson@tva.gov