Breckinridge Project, initial effort. Report VII, Volume II. Environmental baseline report

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6837754· OSTI ID:6837754

Ashland Synthetic Fuels, Inc. (ASFI) and Airco Energy Company, Inc. (AECI) have recently formed the Breckinridge Project and are currently conducting a process and economic feasibility study of a commercial scale facility to produce synthetic liquid fuels from coal. The coal conversion process to be used is the H-COAL process, which is in the pilot plant testing stage under the auspices of the US Department of Energy at the H-COAL Pilot Plant Project near Catlettsburg, Kentucky. The preliminary plans for the commercial plant are for a 18,140 metric ton/day (24,000 ton/day) nominal coal assumption capacity utilizing the abundant high sulfur Western Kentucky coals. The Western Kentucky area offers a source of the coal along with adequate water, power, labor, transportation and other factors critical to the successful siting of a plant. Various studies by federal and state governments, as well as private industry, have reached similar conclusions regarding the suitability of such plant sites in western Kentucky. Of the many individual sites evaluated, a site in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, approximately 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) west of the town of Stephensport, has been identified as the plant location. Actions have been taken to obtain options to insure that this site will be available when needed. This report contains an overview of the regional setting and results of the baseline environmental studies. These studies include collection of data on ambient air and water quality, sound, aquatic and terrestrial biology and geology. This report contains the following chapters; introduction, review of significant findings, ambient air quality monitoring, sound, aquatic ecology, vegetation, wildlife, geology, soils, surface water, and ground water.

• Research Organization: Ashland Synthetic Fuels, Inc., KY (USA); Airco Energy Co., Inc., Ashland, KY (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FC05-80OR20717
• OSTI ID: 6837754
• Report Number(s): DOE/OR/20717-7-Vol.2; ON: DE83000172
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
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010900 -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Environmental Aspects
AIR QUALITY
BASELINE ECOLOGY
COAL LIQUEFACTION
COAL LIQUEFACTION PLANTS
DEMONSTRATION PLANTS
DESIGN
ECOLOGY
ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
GEOLOGY
H-COAL PROCESS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
LIQUEFACTION
SITE SELECTION
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES