Coal to methanol feasibility study: Beluga methanol project. Volume IV. Environmental. Final report

Technical Report · Tue Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:5206934

The objectives of the environmental, health, safety and socioeconomic assessment tasks of this feasibilty study were to define the major environmental issues relevant to development of a coal gasification and methanol fuels production facility and related coal mining activities and transportation systems in the west Cook Inlet area, Alaska. To achieve this, extensive review into existing information on the Beluga region of west Cook Inlet was conducted and updated with the findings of current and on-going land resource projects. Specific field activities then were initiated to expand the environmental data base in areas relevant to this project where there was a paucity of information. Based on these findings the project was reviewed in detail to identify significant environmental issues and to outline the state and federal permit requirements to ensure that these elements are an integral component of all subsequent project planning and management decisions. This document includes the results of literature review and substantial contributions from the 1981 field program. The report also incorporates input from various state and federal agencies, from other consultants participating in the feasibility study, and from the staffs of both CIRI and Placer Amex.

• Research Organization: Cook Inlet Region, Inc./Placer Amex, Inc., San Francisco, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG01-80RA50299
• OSTI ID: 5206934
• Report Number(s): DOE/RA/50299-1119-Vol.4; ON: DE82006057
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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