Guidebook for regional and state environmental analysis of projects in Appalachia. Volume II. Case studies. Final report

Technical Report · Mon Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1977

OSTI ID:7091685

This guidebook for regional and state environmental analysis of projects in Appalachia was prepared for the Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Division of The Appalachian Regional Commission. The entire effort has been divided into two major components. Volume II presents Case Studies for 15 energy-related projects in Appalachia, demonstrating the decision-making process (including the environmental impact statement preparation process) that took place for those projects. These projects include: Pleasants Power Station, units 1 and 2, Pleasants County, West Virginia; Tombigbee Power Station, units 2 and 3, Washington County, Alabama; Hartsville Nuclear Power Plants, Smith and Trousdale Counties, Tennessee; Blue Ridge Power Station, New River, Virginia; Homer City Coal Gasification Pilot Plant, Indiana County, Pennsylvania; Solvent Coal Refining Demonstration Project, Shelby County, Alabama; Laurel Run Reclamation Project, Preston County, West Virginia; Cherry Creek Mine Reclamation and Abatement Project, Garrett County, Maryland; Moraine State Park Reclamation Project, Butler County, Pennsylvania; Helen Wastewater Treatment Facility, Helen, Georgia; Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee; Appalachian Corridor Clarksburg Expressway to I-79, West Virginia; Appalachian Corridor 'A' Extension of State Route 400; Yellow Creek Port Project, Tishomingo County, Mississippi; and Nashville Thermal Transfer, Nashville, Tennessee.

• Research Organization: Messer Associates, Inc., Silver Spring, Md. (USA); Rivkin Associates, Inc., Washington, D.C. (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7091685
• Report Number(s): PB-274681
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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