Seacoast Test Facility, Stage I: environmental assessment. [OTEC]

Technical Report · Sat Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:7083385

The proposed action is the construction and operation of Stage 1 of the Seacoast Test Facility (STF-1). The facility, to be located at Ke-ahole Point on the west coast of the Island of Hawaii, will withdraw a nominal 1890 L/s (500 gpm) of surface seawater from the ocean adjacent to the site for use in biofouling and corrosion control experiments critical to Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) development. The used water will be discharged to the land, and will flow toward and eventually enter the Class AA ocean waters adjacent to the site. No biocides of any kind will be used during the initial experiments at STF-1, and no NPDES permit will be required for discharges during these experiments. Following the initial experiments, chlorine will be used at STF-1, and a NPDES permit (or exemption) will be sought (using existing procedures for discharges from research activities) for the discharge of small amounts of chlorinated water from STF-1. This environmental assessment is concerned primarily with the proposed operation of Stage 1 of the Seacoast Test Facility. Brief discussion of Stage 2 of the Seacoast Test Facility (STF-2) is included, although environmental review of STF-2 will be distinct from that of STF-1, and covered in a separate document.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 7083385
• Report Number(s): DOE/EA-0121
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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