Environmental assessment for Kelley Hot Spring geothermal project: Kelley Hot Spring Agricultural Center

Technical Report · Wed Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5438986· OSTI ID:5438986

Neilson, J A

The environmental impacts of an integrated swine production unit are analyzed together with necessary ancillary operations deriving its primary energy from a known geothermal reservoir in accordance with policies established by the National Energy Conservation Act. This environmental assessment covers 6 areas designated as potentially feasible project sites, using as the basic criteria for selection ground, surface and geothermal water supplies. The six areas, comprising +- 150 acres each, are within a 2 mile radius of Kelley Hot Springs, a known geothermal resource of many centuries standing, located 16 miles west of Alturas, the county seat of Modoc County, California. The project consists of the construction and operation of a 1360 sow confined pork production complex expandable to 5440 sows. The farrow to finish system for 1360 sows consists of 2 breeding barns, 2 gestation barns, 1 farrowing and 1 nursery barn, 3 growing and 3 finishing barns, a feed mill, a methane generator for waste disposal and water storage ponds. Supporting this are one geothermal well and 1 or 2 cold water wells, all occupying approximately 12 acres. Environmental reconnaissance involving geology, hydrology, soils, vegetation, fauna, air and water quality, socioeconomic, archaelogical and historical, and land use aspects were carefully carried out, impacts assessed and mitigations evaluated.

• Research Organization: Geothermal Power Corp., Novato, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-79ET27041
• OSTI ID: 5438986
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/27041-T4; ON: DE82008635
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
150600 -- Geothermal Energy-- Environmental Aspects
151000* -- Geothermal Energy-- Direct Energy Utilization
AGRICULTURAL WASTES
AGRICULTURE
AIR QUALITY
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
ANIMAL SHELTERS
ANIMALS
BIOCONVERSION
BIOGAS PROCESS
BUILDINGS
DIGESTION
DOMESTIC ANIMALS
ECOSYSTEMS
ENERGY
ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
FOOD INDUSTRY
GEOTHERMAL HEATING
GEOTHERMAL HEATING SYSTEMS
GEOTHERMAL PROCESS HEAT
GEOTHERMAL SPACE HEATING
GEOTHERMAL WATER HEATING
Geothermal Legacy
HEAT
HEATING
HEATING SYSTEMS
HOT SPRINGS
INDUSTRY
KGRA
LAND USE
MAMMALS
MANAGEMENT
MEAT INDUSTRY
ORGANIC WASTES
PROCESS HEAT
PROCESSING
PRODUCTION
SEISMICITY
SHELTERS
SPACE HEATING
SWINE
THERMAL SPRINGS
VERTEBRATES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES
WATER HEATING
WATER QUALITY
WATER SPRINGS