Expansion of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas: Draft Environmental Impact Statement. Volume 3, Technical appendices

Technical Report · Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:10181491

The proposed action entails the development of a plan for 250 million barrels of new crude oil storage capacity in two Gulf Coast salt domes to expand the Strategic Petroleum Reserve pursuant to Congressional directive (PL 101--383 and PL 101--512). Storage capacity would be developed by solution-mining the salt which would require about two billion barrels of surface water and would generate about two billion barrels of salt brine. The brine would be disposed of primarily by ocean discharge and alternatively by deep underground injection. Crude oil fill and distribution systems would require new pipelines and terminal facilities. This EIS assesses the impacts of construction and operation for the range of alternatives being considered and focuses on oil and brine spill risk and impacts of brine disposal, water and land use, groundwater contamination, hydrocarbon emissions, and involvement with wetlands and floodplains. This volume contains 20 appendices.

• Research Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 10181491
• Report Number(s): DOE/EIS-0165-D-Vol.3; ON: DE93002188; NC: NONE
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Oct 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS
CONSTRUCTION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
PETROLEUM
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
STORAGE FACILITIES
BRINES
GROUND WATER
SURFACE WATERS
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
LAND USE
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WATER POLLUTION
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