82_FR_19510 82 FR 19430 - Bull Run Fossil Plant Landfill

82 FR 19430 - Bull Run Fossil Plant Landfill

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 80 (April 27, 2017)

Page Range19430-19432
FR Document2017-08459

This notice is provided in accordance with the Council on Environmental Quality's regulations and Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) procedures for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). TVA has decided to adopt the Preferred Alternative identified in the Bull Run Fossil Plant Landfill Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The notice of availability (NOA) of the Final EIS for the Bull Run Landfill was published in the Federal Register on January 20, 2017. This alternative, Construct and Operate a Landfill for Storage of coal combustion residual (CCR) on TVA Property Adjacent to Bull Run Fossil Plant (Site J), would achieve the purpose and need of the project to provide long-term disposal of dry CCR materials produced at the Bull Run Fossil Plant.

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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY


Bull Run Fossil Plant Landfill

AGENCY: Tennessee Valley Authority.

ACTION: Record of Decision.

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SUMMARY: This notice is provided in accordance with the Council on 
Environmental Quality's regulations and Tennessee Valley Authority's 
(TVA) procedures for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act 
(NEPA). TVA has decided to adopt the Preferred Alternative identified 
in the Bull Run Fossil Plant Landfill Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS). The notice of availability (NOA) of the Final EIS for 
the Bull Run Landfill was published in the Federal Register on January 
20, 2017. This alternative, Construct and Operate a Landfill for 
Storage of coal combustion residual (CCR) on TVA Property Adjacent to 
Bull Run Fossil Plant (Site J), would achieve the purpose and need of 
the project to provide long-term disposal of dry CCR materials produced 
at the Bull Run Fossil Plant.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anita E. Masters, Project 
Environmental Planning, NEPA Project Manager, Tennessee Valley 
Authority, 1101 Market Street, BR 4A, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402; 
telephone (423) 751-8697, or by email [email protected]. The Final EIS, 
this Record of Decision and other project documents are available on 
TVA's Web site https://www.tva.gov/nepa.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TVA is a federal agency and instrumentality 
of the United States created by and existing pursuant to the TVA Act of 
1933. Its broad mission is to foster the social and economic welfare of 
the people of the Tennessee Valley region and to promote the proper use 
and conservation of the region's natural resources. One component of 
this mission is the generation, transmission, and sale of reliable and 
affordable electric energy.
    TVA operates the nation's largest public power system, producing 
approximately four percent of all of the electricity in the nation. TVA 
provides electricity to most of Tennessee and parts of Virginia, North 
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky. Currently, it 
serves more than nine million people in 80,000 square miles (mi) in 
this seven-state region. The TVA Act requires the TVA power system to 
be self-supporting and operated on a nonprofit basis and directs TVA to 
sell electricity at rates as low as are feasible. TVA receives no 
taxpayer funding, deriving virtually all of its revenues from sales of 
electricity. TVA receives no taxpayer funding, deriving virtually all 
of its revenues from sales of electricity. In addition to operating and 
investing its revenues in its power system, the TVA Act provides for 
flood control, navigation and land management for the Tennessee River 
watershed and assists local power companies and state and local 
governments with economic development and job creation.
    The Bull Run Fossil Plant generates over six billion kilowatt-hours 
of electric power in a typical year, which is enough electrical energy 
to meet the needs of approximately 430,000 homes. Historically, TVA has 
managed storage of CCR materials at the plant in ash impoundments or 
dry landfills. To modernize the facility and comply with TVA's 
commitment to manage CCRs on a dry basis, TVA completed the 
construction of a mechanical dewatering facility in 2014, which removes 
free water from the CCR--both bottom ash and gypsum. The CCR is then 
dry-stacked in an on-site landfill located east of the plant. TVA had 
already been handling and storing fly ash on a dry basis, so there were 
no changes to that process as a result of the change to dry storage of 
CCR.
    The Bull Run Fossil Plant has state-of-the-art air pollution 
controls and is one of the coal plants that TVA plans to continue 
operating in the future. TVA needs 20 years of disposal capacity to 
meet this operational timeline. Based on current estimates of energy 
production and consumption rates, on-site storage capacity will be 
expended within 10 years.
    The purpose of this action is to support the need for additional 
capacity for the long-term management of CCR at Bull Run Fossil Plant. 
Additional storage capacity would also enable TVA to continue 
operations at Bull Run Fossil Plant as planned and would be consistent 
with TVA's voluntary commitment to convert wet CCR management systems 
to dry systems.

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Alternatives Considered

    TVA considered three alternatives in the Draft EIS and Final EIS. 
These alternatives are:
    Alternative A--No Action. Under this alternative TVA would not seek 
additional disposal options for dry placement of CCR generated at Bull 
Run Fossil Plant. Rather, CCR would continue to be stored in the 
current disposal areas for as long as storage capacity is available. 
There is limited capacity for additional CCR disposal on-site. 
Consequently, at some point in the future, capacity to store CCR on-
site will become a limiting factor for continued Bull Run Fossil Plant 
operations. Any limit on future operations of Bull Run Fossil Plant 
would not comply with TVA's plan to operate Bull Run Fossil Plant as a 
base load facility nor conform to TVA's long-range plan to provide 
power to meet future demands through 2033 as outlined in TVA's 
Integrated Resource Plan. This alternative would not meet the purpose 
and need for the proposed action and, therefore, is not considered 
viable or reasonable. It does, however, represent current conditions 
and as such provides a benchmark for comparing the environmental 
impacts of implementation of Alternatives B and C.
    Alternative B--Construct and Operate a Landfill for Storage of CCR 
on TVA Property Adjacent to Bull Run Fossil Plant (Site J). TVA would 
construct and operate a landfill for disposal of dry CCRs generated at 
the plant on TVA-owned property located approximately 0.4 mi east of 
Bull Run Fossil Plant. TVA estimates the landfill would provide 
approximately 15.5 years of disposal capacity based on projected energy 
production and consumption rates. Development of Site J would also 
include construction of a dedicated on-site haul road to convey dry CCR 
from the plant to the landfill. The 1.37-mile-long haul road would 
require a bridge to be constructed to convey haul route traffic over 
New Henderson Road.
    Alternative C--Off-Site Transport of CCR to an Existing Permitted 
Landfill (Chestnut Ridge). Under this alternative, CCR from Bull Run 
Fossil Plant would be transported to an existing off-site permitted 
landfill. The analysis of impacts associated with this alternative is 
based on the closest landfill that can currently accept CCR material, 
the Chestnut Ridge Landfill, a Class 1 Municipal Solid Waste Facility 
located approximately twelve miles northeast of Bull Run Fossil Plant. 
Dry CCR generated at Bull Run Fossil Plant would be transported by 
tandem dump trucks on existing roadways to the Chestnut Ridge Landfill 
for disposal. Barge and rail transport were not considered feasible 
options for this EIS given the lack of existing infrastructure and the 
proximity of Chestnut Ridge to Bull Run Fossil Plant.

Environmentally Preferable Alternative

    The EIS includes baseline information for understanding the 
potential environmental and socioeconomic impacts associated with the 
alternatives considered by TVA. TVA considered twenty-one resource 
areas related to the human and natural environments and the impacts on 
these resources associated with each alternative.
    Alternative A--No Action would result in the lowest level of 
environmental impacts as the construction-related impacts resulting 
from Alternative B and impacts related to transportation of CCR under 
Alternative C would be avoided. However, Alternative A--No Action, does 
not meet the purpose and need for the project. Implementation of 
Alternative B would result in minimal unmitigated impacts to the 
environment, most of which would be related to construction activities 
that would be temporary in nature and minimized with implementation of 
best management practices. Long-term minor impacts to wetlands, a 
stream on the site and losses of potentially suitable summer roost 
trees for the Indiana bat and northern long-eared bat would be 
mitigated as described below. The landfill would change the viewshed of 
some members of the surrounding community. However, as the landfill is 
located within Bull Run Fossil Plant property in an area that has been 
modified to support plan operations, there would be a minimal change to 
the overall scenic value. Alternative C, which utilizes an existing, 
permitted landfill, would result in few impacts to the natural 
environment. Impacts associated with this alternative are related to 
transportation of CCR from Bull Run Fossil Plant to the Chestnut Ridge 
Landfill.

Public Involvement

    On May 21, 2015, TVA published a Notice of Intent (NOI) in the 
Federal Register announcing that it planned to prepare an EIS to 
address the storage of CCR generated at Bull Run Fossil Plant. The NOI 
initiated a public scoping period, which concluded on July 6, 2015. In 
addition to the NOI in the Federal Register, TVA published notices 
regarding this effort in regional and local newspapers; issued a news 
release to more than 400 media outlets; and posted the news release on 
the TVA Web site, and posted flyers and signs near the alternative 
landfill site to solicit public input.
    The Draft EIS was released to the public on May 20, 2016, and a 
notice of availability including a request for comments on the Draft 
EIS, was published in the Federal Register on May 27, 2016. TVA's 
public and agency involvement for this Draft EIS included a public 
notice and a 45-day public review of the Draft EIS. The Draft EIS was 
posted on TVA's Web site and hard copies were available by request. To 
solicit public input, the availability of the Draft EIS was announced 
in regional and local newspapers and a news release was issued to the 
media and posted to TVA's Web site. In addition, TVA mailed postcard 
notifications to all residents within a one-mile radius of the plant 
(311 addresses). The postcards announced the availability of the EIS 
and requested comments. The public comment period closed on July 12, 
2016, although TVA accepted comments that were submitted as late as 
August 12, 2016. TVA's agency involvement included sending letters to 
local, state and federal agencies and federally recognized tribes to 
notify them of the availability of the Draft EIS.
    TVA received 12 comment submissions, which included letters, emails 
and submissions through the project Web site. The comment submissions 
were carefully reviewed and synthesized into comment statements. The 
most frequently mentioned topics from the public comments were related 
to the impact from noise and dust from landfill operations as well as 
the visual impact and change in land use of the site on the surrounding 
community. TVA provided responses to these comments, made appropriate 
minor revisions to the Draft EIS and issued the Final EIS.
    The NOA for the Final EIS was published in the Federal Register on 
January 20, 2017.

Decision

    TVA has decided to implement the preferred alternative identified 
in the Final EIS, Alternative B--Construct and Operate a Landfill for 
Storage of CCR on TVA Property Adjacent to Bull Run Fossil Plant (Site 
J). This alternative was selected over Alternative C--Off-Site 
Transport of CCR to an Existing Permitted Landfill (Chestnut Ridge) as 
it would achieve the purpose and need of the project with minimal 
unmitigated environmental impact, avoid the off-site transport of CCR 
along public roads, as well as the air emissions, noise, increased 
traffic and associated long-term safety risks, and disruptions to the

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public that would be associated with such off-site transport.

Mitigation Measures

    TVA would use appropriate best management practices during all 
phases of construction and operation of the landfill. Mitigation 
measures, actions taken to reduce adverse impacts associated with 
proposed action, include:
     Due to the loss of potentially suitable foraging and 
roosting habitat for endangered bat species, Section 7 consultation 
with U.S. Fish and Wildlife will be required. Given the occurrence of 
potentially suitable roosting habitat for some endangered bat species, 
all tree clearing would be limited to those times of the year when bats 
are not expected to be roosting in the area (October 1 through March 
31). Impact to bat habitat would be mitigated in accordance with U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife requirements.
     TVA has coordinated with State of Tennessee Department of 
Environment and Conservation (TDEC) and the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, and has proposed mitigation for areas impacted by relocation 
and/or encroachment of Worthington Branch through payment to an 
appropriate stream bank and/or restoration on-site.
     Actions involving wetlands and/or stream crossings and 
stream alterations would be subject to requirements outlined in the 
federal Clean Water Act Section 404 permit and the TDEC Aquatic 
Resources Alteration Permit. TVA would adhere to all conditions 
stipulated in these permits.
     TVA will maintain the plantings along the portion of Site 
J adjacent to Old Edgemoor Road to continue to provide a vegetative 
screen.
     TVA will develop a fugitive dust plan which identifies 
adequate dust control measures for this site. As per CCR rule 
requirements TVA has developed a fugitive dust hotline where concerns 
regarding fugitive dust can be recorded. Every year TVA will prepare a 
report detailing the dust controls used, any citizen complaints 
received, and a summary of any corrective actions taken.
     TVA will implement a groundwater monitoring plan that 
adheres to the requirements established in the CCR Rule and those 
established by TDEC.

    Dated: March 29, 2017.
Robert M. Deacy, Sr.,
Senior Vice President, Generation Construction, Projects & Services.
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                                                                                             Percent      (telephone: 202–632–6471; email:                      approximately four percent of all of the
                                                                                                          section2459@state.gov). The mailing                   electricity in the nation. TVA provides
                                                  Non Profit Organizations Without                        address is U.S. Department of State,                  electricity to most of Tennessee and
                                                    Credit Available Elsewhere .......           2.500    L/PD, SA–5, Suite 5H03, Washington,                   parts of Virginia, North Carolina,
                                                                                                          DC 20522–0505.                                        Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and
                                                    The number assigned to this disaster                                                                        Kentucky. Currently, it serves more than
                                                  for economic injury is 151130.                          Alyson Grunder,
                                                                                                                                                                nine million people in 80,000 square
                                                    The State which received an EIDL                      Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau
                                                                                                                                                                miles (mi) in this seven-state region.
                                                  Declaration # is California.                            of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
                                                                                                          Department of State.                                  The TVA Act requires the TVA power
                                                  (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance                                                                       system to be self-supporting and
                                                  Number 59008)                                           [FR Doc. 2017–08453 Filed 4–26–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                                operated on a nonprofit basis and
                                                                                                          BILLING CODE 4710–05–P
                                                    Dated: April 19, 2017.                                                                                      directs TVA to sell electricity at rates as
                                                  Linda E. McMahon,                                                                                             low as are feasible. TVA receives no
                                                  Administrator.                                                                                                taxpayer funding, deriving virtually all
                                                                                                          TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY                            of its revenues from sales of electricity.
                                                  [FR Doc. 2017–08525 Filed 4–26–17; 8:45 am]
                                                  BILLING CODE 8025–01–P                                  Bull Run Fossil Plant Landfill                        TVA receives no taxpayer funding,
                                                                                                                                                                deriving virtually all of its revenues
                                                                                                          AGENCY:    Tennessee Valley Authority.                from sales of electricity. In addition to
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF STATE                                     ACTION:   Record of Decision.                         operating and investing its revenues in
                                                                                                                                                                its power system, the TVA Act provides
                                                  [Public Notice: 9976]                                   SUMMARY:   This notice is provided in                 for flood control, navigation and land
                                                                                                          accordance with the Council on                        management for the Tennessee River
                                                  Notice of Determinations; Culturally                    Environmental Quality’s regulations and               watershed and assists local power
                                                  Significant Objects Imported for                        Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA)                    companies and state and local
                                                  Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Edvard                     procedures for implementing the
                                                  Munch: Between the Clock and the                                                                              governments with economic
                                                                                                          National Environmental Policy Act                     development and job creation.
                                                  Bed’’ Exhibition                                        (NEPA). TVA has decided to adopt the
                                                                                                          Preferred Alternative identified in the                  The Bull Run Fossil Plant generates
                                                     Notice is hereby given of the                                                                              over six billion kilowatt-hours of
                                                  following determinations: Pursuant to                   Bull Run Fossil Plant Landfill Final
                                                                                                          Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).                 electric power in a typical year, which
                                                  the authority vested in me by the Act of                                                                      is enough electrical energy to meet the
                                                  October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C.               The notice of availability (NOA) of the
                                                                                                          Final EIS for the Bull Run Landfill was               needs of approximately 430,000 homes.
                                                  2459), E.O. 12047 of March 27, 1978, the                                                                      Historically, TVA has managed storage
                                                  Foreign Affairs Reform and                              published in the Federal Register on
                                                                                                          January 20, 2017. This alternative,                   of CCR materials at the plant in ash
                                                  Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat.                                                                          impoundments or dry landfills. To
                                                  2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et                  Construct and Operate a Landfill for
                                                                                                          Storage of coal combustion residual                   modernize the facility and comply with
                                                  seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of                                                                     TVA’s commitment to manage CCRs on
                                                  October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority                (CCR) on TVA Property Adjacent to Bull
                                                                                                          Run Fossil Plant (Site J), would achieve              a dry basis, TVA completed the
                                                  No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000 (and, as                                                                         construction of a mechanical dewatering
                                                  appropriate, Delegation of Authority No.                the purpose and need of the project to
                                                                                                          provide long-term disposal of dry CCR                 facility in 2014, which removes free
                                                  257–1 of December 11, 2015), I hereby                                                                         water from the CCR—both bottom ash
                                                  determine that certain objects to be                    materials produced at the Bull Run
                                                                                                          Fossil Plant.                                         and gypsum. The CCR is then dry-
                                                  included in the exhibition ‘‘Edvard                                                                           stacked in an on-site landfill located
                                                  Munch: Between the Clock and the                        FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                                                                                east of the plant. TVA had already been
                                                  Bed,’’ imported from abroad for                         Anita E. Masters, Project Environmental
                                                                                                                                                                handling and storing fly ash on a dry
                                                  temporary exhibition within the United                  Planning, NEPA Project Manager,
                                                                                                                                                                basis, so there were no changes to that
                                                  States, are of cultural significance. The               Tennessee Valley Authority, 1101
                                                                                                                                                                process as a result of the change to dry
                                                  objects are imported pursuant to loan                   Market Street, BR 4A, Chattanooga,
                                                                                                                                                                storage of CCR.
                                                  agreements with the foreign owners or                   Tennessee 37402; telephone (423) 751–
                                                  custodians. I also determine that the                   8697, or by email aemasters@tva.gov.                     The Bull Run Fossil Plant has state-
                                                  exhibition or display of the exhibit                    The Final EIS, this Record of Decision                of-the-art air pollution controls and is
                                                  objects at the San Francisco Museum of                  and other project documents are                       one of the coal plants that TVA plans to
                                                  Modern Art, San Francisco, California,                  available on TVA’s Web site https://                  continue operating in the future. TVA
                                                  from on or about June 24, 2017, until on                www.tva.gov/nepa.                                     needs 20 years of disposal capacity to
                                                  or about October 9, 2017, at The                        SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TVA is a                   meet this operational timeline. Based on
                                                  Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,                   federal agency and instrumentality of                 current estimates of energy production
                                                  New York, from on or about November                     the United States created by and                      and consumption rates, on-site storage
                                                  13, 2017, until on or about February 4,                 existing pursuant to the TVA Act of                   capacity will be expended within 10
                                                  2018, and at possible additional                        1933. Its broad mission is to foster the              years.
                                                  exhibitions or venues yet to be                         social and economic welfare of the                       The purpose of this action is to
                                                  determined, is in the national interest.                people of the Tennessee Valley region                 support the need for additional capacity
                                                  I have ordered that Public Notice of                    and to promote the proper use and                     for the long-term management of CCR at
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                                                  these Determinations be published in                    conservation of the region’s natural                  Bull Run Fossil Plant. Additional
                                                  the Federal Register.                                   resources. One component of this                      storage capacity would also enable TVA
                                                     For further information, including a                 mission is the generation, transmission,              to continue operations at Bull Run
                                                  list of the imported objects, contact the               and sale of reliable and affordable                   Fossil Plant as planned and would be
                                                  Office of Public Diplomacy and Public                   electric energy.                                      consistent with TVA’s voluntary
                                                  Affairs in the Office of the Legal                        TVA operates the nation’s largest                   commitment to convert wet CCR
                                                  Adviser, U.S. Department of State                       public power system, producing                        management systems to dry systems.


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                                                  Alternatives Considered                                 Barge and rail transport were not                     near the alternative landfill site to
                                                     TVA considered three alternatives in                 considered feasible options for this EIS              solicit public input.
                                                  the Draft EIS and Final EIS. These                      given the lack of existing infrastructure                The Draft EIS was released to the
                                                  alternatives are:                                       and the proximity of Chestnut Ridge to                public on May 20, 2016, and a notice of
                                                     Alternative A—No Action. Under this                  Bull Run Fossil Plant.                                availability including a request for
                                                  alternative TVA would not seek                          Environmentally Preferable Alternative                comments on the Draft EIS, was
                                                  additional disposal options for dry                                                                           published in the Federal Register on
                                                                                                            The EIS includes baseline information               May 27, 2016. TVA’s public and agency
                                                  placement of CCR generated at Bull Run                  for understanding the potential
                                                  Fossil Plant. Rather, CCR would                                                                               involvement for this Draft EIS included
                                                                                                          environmental and socioeconomic                       a public notice and a 45-day public
                                                  continue to be stored in the current                    impacts associated with the alternatives
                                                  disposal areas for as long as storage                                                                         review of the Draft EIS. The Draft EIS
                                                                                                          considered by TVA. TVA considered                     was posted on TVA’s Web site and hard
                                                  capacity is available. There is limited                 twenty-one resource areas related to the
                                                  capacity for additional CCR disposal on-                                                                      copies were available by request. To
                                                                                                          human and natural environments and                    solicit public input, the availability of
                                                  site. Consequently, at some point in the                the impacts on these resources
                                                  future, capacity to store CCR on-site will                                                                    the Draft EIS was announced in regional
                                                                                                          associated with each alternative.                     and local newspapers and a news
                                                  become a limiting factor for continued                    Alternative A—No Action would
                                                  Bull Run Fossil Plant operations. Any                                                                         release was issued to the media and
                                                                                                          result in the lowest level of
                                                  limit on future operations of Bull Run                                                                        posted to TVA’s Web site. In addition,
                                                                                                          environmental impacts as the
                                                  Fossil Plant would not comply with                                                                            TVA mailed postcard notifications to all
                                                                                                          construction-related impacts resulting
                                                  TVA’s plan to operate Bull Run Fossil                                                                         residents within a one-mile radius of the
                                                                                                          from Alternative B and impacts related
                                                  Plant as a base load facility nor conform                                                                     plant (311 addresses). The postcards
                                                                                                          to transportation of CCR under
                                                  to TVA’s long-range plan to provide                                                                           announced the availability of the EIS
                                                                                                          Alternative C would be avoided.
                                                  power to meet future demands through                                                                          and requested comments. The public
                                                                                                          However, Alternative A—No Action,
                                                  2033 as outlined in TVA’s Integrated                    does not meet the purpose and need for                comment period closed on July 12,
                                                  Resource Plan. This alternative would                   the project. Implementation of                        2016, although TVA accepted comments
                                                  not meet the purpose and need for the                   Alternative B would result in minimal                 that were submitted as late as August
                                                  proposed action and, therefore, is not                  unmitigated impacts to the                            12, 2016. TVA’s agency involvement
                                                  considered viable or reasonable. It does,               environment, most of which would be                   included sending letters to local, state
                                                  however, represent current conditions                   related to construction activities that               and federal agencies and federally
                                                  and as such provides a benchmark for                    would be temporary in nature and                      recognized tribes to notify them of the
                                                  comparing the environmental impacts of                  minimized with implementation of best                 availability of the Draft EIS.
                                                  implementation of Alternatives B and C.                 management practices. Long-term minor                    TVA received 12 comment
                                                     Alternative B—Construct and Operate                  impacts to wetlands, a stream on the site             submissions, which included letters,
                                                  a Landfill for Storage of CCR on TVA                    and losses of potentially suitable                    emails and submissions through the
                                                  Property Adjacent to Bull Run Fossil                    summer roost trees for the Indiana bat                project Web site. The comment
                                                  Plant (Site J). TVA would construct and                 and northern long-eared bat would be                  submissions were carefully reviewed
                                                  operate a landfill for disposal of dry                  mitigated as described below. The                     and synthesized into comment
                                                  CCRs generated at the plant on TVA-                     landfill would change the viewshed of                 statements. The most frequently
                                                  owned property located approximately                    some members of the surrounding                       mentioned topics from the public
                                                  0.4 mi east of Bull Run Fossil Plant.                   community. However, as the landfill is                comments were related to the impact
                                                  TVA estimates the landfill would                        located within Bull Run Fossil Plant                  from noise and dust from landfill
                                                  provide approximately 15.5 years of                     property in an area that has been                     operations as well as the visual impact
                                                  disposal capacity based on projected                    modified to support plan operations,                  and change in land use of the site on the
                                                  energy production and consumption                       there would be a minimal change to the                surrounding community. TVA provided
                                                  rates. Development of Site J would also                 overall scenic value. Alternative C,                  responses to these comments, made
                                                  include construction of a dedicated on-                 which utilizes an existing, permitted                 appropriate minor revisions to the Draft
                                                  site haul road to convey dry CCR from                   landfill, would result in few impacts to              EIS and issued the Final EIS.
                                                  the plant to the landfill. The 1.37-mile-               the natural environment. Impacts                         The NOA for the Final EIS was
                                                  long haul road would require a bridge                   associated with this alternative are                  published in the Federal Register on
                                                  to be constructed to convey haul route                  related to transportation of CCR from                 January 20, 2017.
                                                  traffic over New Henderson Road.                        Bull Run Fossil Plant to the Chestnut                 Decision
                                                     Alternative C—Off-Site Transport of                  Ridge Landfill.
                                                  CCR to an Existing Permitted Landfill                                                                            TVA has decided to implement the
                                                  (Chestnut Ridge). Under this alternative,               Public Involvement                                    preferred alternative identified in the
                                                  CCR from Bull Run Fossil Plant would                      On May 21, 2015, TVA published a                    Final EIS, Alternative B—Construct and
                                                  be transported to an existing off-site                  Notice of Intent (NOI) in the Federal                 Operate a Landfill for Storage of CCR on
                                                  permitted landfill. The analysis of                     Register announcing that it planned to                TVA Property Adjacent to Bull Run
                                                  impacts associated with this alternative                prepare an EIS to address the storage of              Fossil Plant (Site J). This alternative was
                                                  is based on the closest landfill that can               CCR generated at Bull Run Fossil Plant.               selected over Alternative C—Off-Site
                                                  currently accept CCR material, the                      The NOI initiated a public scoping                    Transport of CCR to an Existing
                                                  Chestnut Ridge Landfill, a Class 1                      period, which concluded on July 6,                    Permitted Landfill (Chestnut Ridge) as it
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                                                  Municipal Solid Waste Facility located                  2015. In addition to the NOI in the                   would achieve the purpose and need of
                                                  approximately twelve miles northeast of                 Federal Register, TVA published                       the project with minimal unmitigated
                                                  Bull Run Fossil Plant. Dry CCR                          notices regarding this effort in regional             environmental impact, avoid the off-site
                                                  generated at Bull Run Fossil Plant                      and local newspapers; issued a news                   transport of CCR along public roads, as
                                                  would be transported by tandem dump                     release to more than 400 media outlets;               well as the air emissions, noise,
                                                  trucks on existing roadways to the                      and posted the news release on the TVA                increased traffic and associated long-
                                                  Chestnut Ridge Landfill for disposal.                   Web site, and posted flyers and signs                 term safety risks, and disruptions to the


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                                                  19432                         Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 80 / Thursday, April 27, 2017 / Notices

                                                  public that would be associated with                    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION                          http://www.regulations.gov at any time
                                                  such off-site transport.                                                                                      or to the Docket Management Facility in
                                                                                                          Federal Aviation Administration                       Room W12–140 of the West Building
                                                  Mitigation Measures
                                                                                                          [Summary Notice No. PE–2017–27]                       Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey
                                                     TVA would use appropriate best                                                                             Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9
                                                  management practices during all phases                  Petition for Exemption; Summary of                    a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
                                                  of construction and operation of the                    Petition Received                                     Friday, except Federal holidays.
                                                  landfill. Mitigation measures, actions                                                                        FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                          AGENCY:  Federal Aviation
                                                  taken to reduce adverse impacts                                                                               Lynette Mitterer, ANM–113, Federal
                                                                                                          Administration (FAA), DOT.
                                                  associated with proposed action,                                                                              Aviation Administration, 1601 Lind
                                                  include:                                                ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption              Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057–3356,
                                                                                                          received.                                             email Lynette.Mitterer@faa.gov, phone
                                                     • Due to the loss of potentially
                                                  suitable foraging and roosting habitat for              SUMMARY:    This notice contains a                    (425) 227–1047.
                                                  endangered bat species, Section 7                       summary of a petition seeking relief                    This notice is published pursuant to
                                                  consultation with U.S. Fish and Wildlife                from specified requirements of title 14,              14 CFR 11.85.
                                                  will be required. Given the occurrence                  Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR).                   Issued in Renton, Washington, on April 21,
                                                  of potentially suitable roosting habitat                The purpose of this notice is to improve              2017.
                                                  for some endangered bat species, all tree               the public’s awareness of, and                        Victor Wicklund,
                                                  clearing would be limited to those times                participation in, this aspect of the FAA’s            Manager, Transport Standards Staff.
                                                  of the year when bats are not expected                  regulatory activities. Neither publication
                                                                                                                                                                Petition for Exemption
                                                  to be roosting in the area (October 1                   of this notice nor the inclusion or
                                                  through March 31). Impact to bat habitat                omission of information in the summary                  Docket No.: FAA–2017–0117.
                                                  would be mitigated in accordance with                   is intended to affect the legal status of               Petitioner: Airbus SAS.
                                                  U.S. Fish and Wildlife requirements.                    the petition or its final disposition.                  Section of 14 CFR Affected: § 26.21.
                                                                                                                                                                  Description of Relief Sought:
                                                     • TVA has coordinated with State of                  DATES: Comments on this petition must
                                                                                                                                                                Requesting time-limited changes to
                                                  Tennessee Department of Environment                     identify the petition docket number
                                                                                                                                                                binding schedule dates for Airbus
                                                  and Conservation (TDEC) and the U.S.                    involved and must be received on or
                                                                                                                                                                Model A310–200.
                                                  Army Corps of Engineers, and has                        before May 17, 2017.
                                                                                                                                                                [FR Doc. 2017–08451 Filed 4–26–17; 8:45 am]
                                                  proposed mitigation for areas impacted                  ADDRESSES: You may send comments
                                                                                                                                                                BILLING CODE 4910–13–P
                                                  by relocation and/or encroachment of                    identified by docket number FAA–
                                                  Worthington Branch through payment                      2017–0117 using any of the following
                                                  to an appropriate stream bank and/or                    methods:
                                                                                                             • Government-wide rulemaking Web                   DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
                                                  restoration on-site.
                                                     • Actions involving wetlands and/or                  site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov                Federal Aviation Administration
                                                  stream crossings and stream alterations                 and follow the instructions for sending
                                                  would be subject to requirements                        your comments digitally.                              Notice of Submission Deadline for
                                                  outlined in the federal Clean Water Act                    • Mail: Send comments to the Docket                Schedule Information for Chicago
                                                  Section 404 permit and the TDEC                         Management Facility; U.S. Department                  O’Hare International Airport, John F.
                                                  Aquatic Resources Alteration Permit.                    of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey                    Kennedy International Airport, Los
                                                  TVA would adhere to all conditions                      Avenue SE., West Building Ground                      Angeles International Airport, Newark
                                                  stipulated in these permits.                            Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC                   Liberty International Airport, and San
                                                                                                          20590.                                                Francisco International Airport for the
                                                     • TVA will maintain the plantings                       • Fax: Fax comments to the Docket
                                                  along the portion of Site J adjacent to                                                                       Winter 2017 Scheduling Season
                                                                                                          Management Facility at 202–493–2251.
                                                  Old Edgemoor Road to continue to                           • Hand Delivery: Bring comments to                 AGENCY: Federal Aviation
                                                  provide a vegetative screen.                            the Docket Management Facility in                     Administration (FAA), Department of
                                                     • TVA will develop a fugitive dust                   Room W12–140 of the West Building                     Transportation.
                                                  plan which identifies adequate dust                     Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey                       ACTION: Notice of submission deadline.
                                                  control measures for this site. As per                  Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9
                                                  CCR rule requirements TVA has                           a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through                       SUMMARY:   Under this notice, the FAA
                                                  developed a fugitive dust hotline where                 Friday, except Federal holidays.                      announces the submission deadline of
                                                  concerns regarding fugitive dust can be                    Privacy: We will post all comments                 May 11, 2017, for winter 2017 flight
                                                  recorded. Every year TVA will prepare                   we receive, without change, to http://                schedules at Chicago O’Hare
                                                  a report detailing the dust controls used,              www.regulations.gov, including any                    International Airport (ORD), John F.
                                                  any citizen complaints received, and a                  personal information you provide.                     Kennedy International Airport (JFK),
                                                  summary of any corrective actions                       Using the search function of our docket               Los Angeles International Airport
                                                  taken.                                                  Web site, anyone can find and read the                (LAX), Newark Liberty International
                                                                                                          comments received into any of our                     Airport (EWR), and San Francisco
                                                     • TVA will implement a groundwater
                                                                                                          dockets, including the name of the                    International Airport (SFO), in
                                                  monitoring plan that adheres to the
                                                                                                          individual sending the comment (or                    accordance with the International Air
                                                  requirements established in the CCR
                                                                                                          signing the comment for an association,               Transport Association (IATA)
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                                                  Rule and those established by TDEC.
                                                                                                          business, labor union, etc.). You may                 Worldwide Slot Guidelines (WSG). The
                                                    Dated: March 29, 2017.                                review the DOT’s complete Privacy Act                 deadline coincides with the schedule
                                                  Robert M. Deacy, Sr.,                                   Statement in the Federal Register                     submission deadline for the IATA Slot
                                                  Senior Vice President, Generation                       published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR                    Conference for the winter 2017
                                                  Construction, Projects & Services.                      19477–78).                                            scheduling season.
                                                  [FR Doc. 2017–08459 Filed 4–26–17; 8:45 am]                Docket: To read background                         DATES: Schedules must be submitted no
                                                  BILLING CODE 8120–08–P                                  documents or comments received, go to                 later than May 11, 2017.


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Document Created: 2017-04-27 01:40:01
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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionRecord of Decision.
ContactAnita E. Masters, Project Environmental Planning, NEPA Project Manager, Tennessee Valley Authority, 1101 Market Street, BR 4A, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402; telephone (423) 751-8697, or by email [email protected] The Final EIS, this Record of Decision and other project documents are available on TVA's Web site https://www.tva.gov/nepa.
FR Citation82 FR 19430 

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