Finding of No Significant Impact for the Environmental Assessment for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve West Hackberry Facility Raw Water Intake Pipeline Replacement Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes, Louisiana
DOE has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA), DOE/EA-1497, for the proposed replacement of the existing 107 centimeter (cm) [42 inch (in)] 6.87 kilometer (km) [4.27 mile (mi)] raw water intake pipeline (RWIPL). This action is necessary to allow for continued, optimum operations at the West Hackberry facility (main site/facility). The EA described the proposed action (including action alternatives) and three alternatives to the proposed action. The EA evaluated only the potential environmental consequences of the proposed action (one action alternative), and Alternative 3, which consisted of the No Build Action that is required by 10 CFR 1021.321(c). Based on the analysis in DOE/EA-1497, DOE has determined that the proposed action does not constitute a major Federal action significantly affecting humans or the natural environment within the meaning of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 USC 4321 et seq. Therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is not required, and DOE is issuing this Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). To further minimize impacts to environmental media, the DOE will also implement a Mitigation Action Plan (MAP) for this action. The MAP is included as Appendix F of this EA, which is appended to this FONSI. The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), as amended, authorizes the creation of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to store crude oil to reduce the United States' vulnerability to energy supply disruptions. Crude oil is stored in geologic formations, or salt domes, located under these facilities. The purpose of this proposed project is to construct a new RWIPL at the main site to replace the existing RWIPL which services this facility.
- Research Organization:
- U.S. Department of Energy, Strategic Petroleum Reserve (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of NEPA Policy and Assistance (EH-42) (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 832848
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/EA-1497; TRN: US200429%%1669
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 31 Aug 2004
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
POLICY AND ECONOMY
02 PETROLEUM
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS
GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS
MITIGATION
PETROLEUM
PIPELINES
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
SUPPLY DISRUPTION
US ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT
US NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT
VULNERABILITY
WATER
WEST HACKBERRY
RAW WATER
FONSI
FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
PIPELINE REPLACEMENT
LOUISIANA