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facilities to process and ship extracted
coal.
Background
TVA is a federal corporation and
instrumentality of the United States
government, created in 1933 by an act
of Congress to foster the social and
economic well-being of the residents of
the Tennessee Valley region. As part of
its diversified energy strategy, TVA
completed a series of land and coal
mineral acquisitions from the 1960s
through the mid-1980s that resulted in
the coal ownership of two large coal
reserve blocks in the southwestern
section of the Illinois Basin. TVA owns
coal reserves underlying approximately
65,000 acres of land containing
approximately 1.35 billion tons of
Illinois No. 5 and No. 6 coal seams.
TVA executed a coal lease agreement
with Sugar Camp in July 2002 which
allows Sugar Camp to mine the TVA
coal reserves in the Illinois Basin
coalfield. The purpose of this agreement
is to facilitate the recovery of TVA coal
resources in an environmentally sound
manner. Under the terms of the
agreement, Sugar Camp may not
commence any mining activity pursuant
to a mining plan or revisions until
satisfactory completion of all
environmental and cultural resource
reviews by TVA required for
compliance with all applicable law and
regulations. Sugar Camp submitted to
TVA a plan for the mining of 12,125
acres of coal reserves within the area
previously approved by the State of
Illinois as SBR No. 6. The EIS initiated
by TVA will assess the environmental
impact of approving this plan. In doing
so, TVA also expects to address the
cumulative impacts from the mining of
the larger 37,972-acre area previously
approved by the State of Illinois as SBR
No. 6.
The operations of Sugar Camp Mine
No. 1 have previously been subject to
TVA review and approval. In 2008,
Sugar Camp obtained a permit from the
State of Illinois for underground
longwall mining operations on
approximately 12,103 acres in Franklin
and Hamilton counties; the original
permit did not include TVA-owned coal
reserves. In 2010, Sugar Camp applied
to the state for a SBR of that permit to
mine TVA-owned coal under an
additional 817-acre area. The permit
was issued in May 2010. In 2011, TVA
prepared an EA to document the
potential effects of Sugar Camp’s
proposed mining of TVA-owned coal
underneath a 2,600-acre area for Sugar
Camp Mine No. 1.
In November 2017, Sugar Camp
obtained approval from the IDNR to
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expand Sugar Camp Mine No. 1 by
37,792 acres. The Sugar Camp proposal
included the expansion of operations
along the north perimeter of its original
mine perimeter, into a 2,250-acre area
referred to as Viking District #2. In
November 2018, TVA completed an EA
entitled ‘‘Sugar Camp Coal Mine
Expansion Viking District #2’’ which
addressed expansion of mining
operations into the area. In May 2019,
TVA supplemented this EA to consider
Sugar Camp’s proposal to expand its
mining into a 155-acre area within the
Viking District #3, adjacent to Viking
District #2.
Alternatives
TVA has initially identified two
alternatives for consideration in the EIS:
TVA’s approval of Sugar Camp’s
application to mine 12,125 acres of
TVA-owned coal reserves within the
expansion area of Sugar Camp Mine No.
1, as approved by the State of Illinois;
and the No Action Alternative. Under
the action alternative, TVA proposes to
assess the direct and indirect effects of
the mining operations to extract TVAowned coal reserves underlying
approximately 12,125 acres within the
expansion area. The mining of the
remaining acreage within the 37,792acre expansion area is not a connected
action; however, TVA will address the
effects of mining the remaining acreage
in the cumulative impacts section of the
EIS. The description and analysis of
these alternatives in the EIS will inform
decision makers, other agencies and the
public about the potential for
environmental impacts associated with
the mining operations. TVA solicits
comment on whether there are other
alternatives that should be assessed in
the EIS.
Proposed Resources and Issues To Be
Considered
Public scoping is integral to the
process for implementing NEPA and
ensures that issues are identified early
and properly studied, issues of little
significance do not consume substantial
time and effort, and the analysis of those
issues is thorough and balanced. This
EIS will identify the purpose and need
of the project and will contain
descriptions of the existing
environmental and socioeconomic
resources within the area that could be
affected by mining operations.
Evaluation of potential environmental
impacts to these resources will include,
but not be limited to, water quality, soil
erosion, floodplains, aquatic and
terrestrial ecology, threatened and
endangered species, botany, wetlands,
land use, historic and archaeological
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resources, as well as solid and
hazardous waste, safety, socioeconomic
and environmental justice issues. The
final range of issues to be addressed in
the environmental review will be
determined, in part, from scoping
comments received. TVA is particularly
interested in public input on other
reasonable alternatives that should be
considered in the EIS. The preliminary
identification of reasonable alternatives
and environmental issues in this notice
is not meant to be exhaustive or final.
Public Participation
The public is invited to submit
comments on the scope of this EIS no
later than the date identified in the
DATES section of this notice. Federal,
state and local agencies and Native
American Tribes are also invited to
provide comments. After consideration
of comments received during the
scoping period, TVA will develop and
distribute a scoping document that will
summarize public and agency
comments that were received and
identify the schedule for completing the
EIS process. Following analysis of the
issues, TVA will prepare a draft EIS for
public review and comment; the draft
EIS is scheduled for completion in late
2020. In finalizing the EIS and in
making its final decision, TVA will
consider the comments that it receives
on the Draft EIS.
Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7.
M. Susan Smelley,
Director, Environmental Compliance and
Operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
Hazardous Materials: Notice of
Applications for Modifications to
Special Permits
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION: List of applications for
modification of special permits.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
procedures governing the application
for, and the processing of, special
permits from the Department of
Transportation’s Hazardous Material
Regulations, notice is hereby given that
the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety
has received the application described
herein. Each mode of transportation for
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which a particular special permit is
requested is indicated by a number in
the ‘‘Nature of Application’’ portion of
the table below as follows: 1—Motor
vehicle, 2—Rail freight, 3—Cargo vessel,
4—Cargo aircraft only, 5—Passengercarrying aircraft.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before August 27, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Record Center, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Washington, DC 20590.
Comments should refer to the
application number and be submitted in
triplicate. If confirmation of receipt of
comments is desired, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard showing
the special permit number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donald Burger, Chief, Office of
Hazardous Materials Approvals and
Permits Division, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation, East Building, PHH–30,
1200 New Jersey Avenue Southeast,
Washington, DC 20590–0001, (202) 366–
4535.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of
the applications are available for
inspection in the Records Center, East
39887
Building, PHH–30, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue Southeast, Washington, DC or at
https://regulations.gov.
This notice of receipt of applications
for special permit is published in
accordance with part 107 of the Federal
hazardous materials transportation law
(49 U.S.C. 5117(b); 49 CFR 1.53(b)).
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 31,
2019.
Donald P. Burger,
Chief, General Approvals and Permits
Branch.
SPECIAL PERMITS DATA
Application
number
Applicant
Regulation(s) affected
Nature of the special permits thereof
11489–M ..........
JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS
172.320, 173.56(b) .................
15335–M ..........
SEASTAR CHEMICALS INC
173.158(f)(3) ...........................
15552–M ..........
POLY–COAT SYSTEMS, INC
107.503(b), 107.503(c),
173.241, 173.242, 173.243.
16518–M ..........
MIDWEST HELICOPTER
AIRWAYS.
HEXAGON DIGITAL WAVE
LLC.
PROCYON-ALPHA
SQUARED, INC.
DAIMLER AG .........................
172.200, 172.301(c), 175.33 ..
To modify the special permit to clarify origination and destination for testing and to remove the no other hazardous
materials may be transported within the same cargo carrying body on a transport vehicle or freight container restriction. (modes 1, 3)
To modify the special permit to reference new, improved
testing of the package. (modes 1, 2, 3)
To modify the special permit to remove the request to get
authorization from the Approvals and Permits Division before modifying, stretching or re-barreling. (mode 1)
To modify the special permit to authorize additional hazmat.
(mode 4)
To modify the special permit to authorize MA testing of certain DOT–CFFC cylinders. (modes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
To modify the special permit to authorize the use of QR
codes for marking (modes 1, 2, 3)
To modify the special permit to authorize the transportation
in commerce of untested pre-production lithium ion batteries contained in a flammable liquid powered vehicle.
(mode 4)
20396–M ..........
20432–M ..........
20893–M ..........
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
Hazardous Materials: Notice of Actions
on Special Permits
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of actions on special
permit applications.
In accordance with the
procedures governing the application
for, and the processing of, special
permits from the Department of
Transportation’s Hazardous Material
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172.200, 172.300, 172.400,
173.185(f).
172.301(c), 173.220(d) ...........
Regulations, notice is hereby given that
the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety
has received the application described
herein.
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AGENCY:
180.205(g) ..............................
Comments must be received on
or before September 11, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Record Center, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Washington, DC 20590.
Comments should refer to the
application number and be submitted in
triplicate. If confirmation of receipt of
comments is desired, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard showing
the special permit number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donald Burger, Chief, Office of
Hazardous Materials Approvals and
Permits Division, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety
DATES:
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Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation, East Building, PHH–30,
1200 New Jersey Avenue Southeast,
Washington, DC 20590–0001, (202) 366–
4535.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of
the applications are available for
inspection in the Records Center, East
Building, PHH–30, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue Southeast, Washington, DC, or
at https://regulations.gov.
This notice of receipt of applications
for special permit is published in
accordance with part 107 of the Federal
hazardous materials transportation law
(49 U.S.C. 5117(b); 49 CFR 1.53(b)).
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 02,
2019.
Donald P. Burger,
Chief, General Approvals and Permits
Branch.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Hazardous Materials: Notice of Applications for Modifications to
Special Permits
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
DOT.
ACTION: List of applications for modification of special permits.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the procedures governing the application
for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of
Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations, notice is hereby given
that the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety has received the
application described herein. Each mode of transportation for
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which a particular special permit is requested is indicated by a number
in the ``Nature of Application'' portion of the table below as follows:
1--Motor vehicle, 2--Rail freight, 3--Cargo vessel, 4--Cargo aircraft
only, 5--Passenger-carrying aircraft.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 27, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Record Center, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, DC
20590.
Comments should refer to the application number and be submitted in
triplicate. If confirmation of receipt of comments is desired, include
a self-addressed stamped postcard showing the special permit number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald Burger, Chief, Office of
Hazardous Materials Approvals and Permits Division, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation, East Building, PHH-30, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
Southeast, Washington, DC 20590-0001, (202) 366-4535.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of the applications are available for
inspection in the Records Center, East Building, PHH-30, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue Southeast, Washington, DC or at https://regulations.gov.
This notice of receipt of applications for special permit is
published in accordance with part 107 of the Federal hazardous
materials transportation law (49 U.S.C. 5117(b); 49 CFR 1.53(b)).
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 31, 2019.
Donald P. Burger,
Chief, General Approvals and Permits Branch.
Special Permits Data
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Nature of the special
Application number Applicant Regulation(s) affected permits thereof
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11489-M............................ JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS. 172.320, 173.56(b).... To modify the special
permit to clarify
origination and
destination for testing
and to remove the no other
hazardous materials may be
transported within the
same cargo carrying body
on a transport vehicle or
freight container
restriction. (modes 1, 3)
15335-M............................ SEASTAR CHEMICALS INC. 173.158(f)(3)......... To modify the special
permit to reference new,
improved testing of the
package. (modes 1, 2, 3)
15552-M............................ POLY-COAT SYSTEMS, INC 107.503(b), To modify the special
107.503(c), 173.241, permit to remove the
173.242, 173.243. request to get
authorization from the
Approvals and Permits
Division before modifying,
stretching or re-
barreling. (mode 1)
16518-M............................ MIDWEST HELICOPTER 172.200, 172.301(c), To modify the special
AIRWAYS. 175.33. permit to authorize
additional hazmat. (mode
4)
20396-M............................ HEXAGON DIGITAL WAVE 180.205(g)............ To modify the special
LLC. permit to authorize MA
testing of certain DOT-
CFFC cylinders. (modes 1,
2, 3, 4, 5)
20432-M............................ PROCYON-ALPHA SQUARED, 172.200, 172.300, To modify the special
INC. 172.400, 173.185(f). permit to authorize the
use of QR codes for
marking (modes 1, 2, 3)
20893-M............................ DAIMLER AG............ 172.301(c), 173.220(d) To modify the special
permit to authorize the
transportation in commerce
of untested pre-production
lithium ion batteries
contained in a flammable
liquid powered vehicle.
(mode 4)
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