Oregon Trail Mushrooms geothermal loan guaranty application, Malheur County, Oregon: Environmental assessment

Technical Report · Fri May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5164967· OSTI ID:5164967

The action assessed is the guaranty of a loan by the Geothermal Loan Guaranty Office of the US Department of Energy (DOE) to finance the construction and operation of a mushroom-growing facility that will use geothermal (hot) water for process and space heat. The project consists of two separate facilities: a growing facility located just outside of the eastern limit of the city of Vale, Oregon (Malheur County, Oregon) and a composting facility located about 6.4 km (4 miles) southwest of the city limits (also in Malheur County, Oregon). Five test wells have been drilled into the geothermal resource at the growing site. Either well No. 4 or well No. 5 will serve as a production well. All geothermal fluids will be reinjected into the geothermal aquifer, so either well No. 3 will be used for this purpose, wells Nos. 1 and 2 will be deepened, or a new well will be drilled on the site. A cold-water well will be drilled at the growing site, and another will be drilled at the composting site. The environmental effects of the proposed project are not expected to be significant.

• Research Organization: USDOE San Francisco Operations Office, Oakland, CA
• OSTI ID: 5164967
• Report Number(s): DOE/EA-0103; ON: DE88008861
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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