DOE/EIS-0289 FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE JEA CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTOR PROJECT JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA June 2000 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY COVER SHEET June 2000 RESPONSIBLE AGENCY U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) TITLE Final Environmental Impact Statement for the JEA Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustor Project; Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida CONTACT Additional copies or information concerning this final environmental impact statement (EIS) can be obtained from Ms. Lisa K. Hollingsworth, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Document Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, 3610 Collins Ferry Road, P. O. Box 880, Morgantown, WV 26507-0880. Telephone: (304) 285-4992. Fax: (304) 285-4403. E-mail:
[email protected]. For general information on DOE’s NEPA process, contact Ms. Carol M. Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA Policy and Assistance (EH-42), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585. Telephone: (202) 586-4600, or leave a message at (800) 472-2756. Fax: (202) 586-7031. ABSTRACT This EIS assesses environmental issues associated with constructing and demonstrating a project that would be cost-shared by DOE and JEA (formerly the Jacksonville Electric Authority) under the Clean Coal Technology Program. The project would demonstrate circulating fluidized bed (CFB) combustion technology at JEA’s existing Northside Generating Station in Jacksonville, Florida, about 9 miles northeast of the downtown area of Jacksonville. The new CFB combustor would use coal and petroleum coke to generate nearly 300 MW of electricity by repowering the existing Unit 2 steam turbine, a 297.5-MW unit that has been out of service since 1983.