Department of Energy July 20, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge Reservation. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) prepared an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) (DOE/EIS-0394) to assess the potential environmental impacts associated with the proposed action of providing Federal financial assistance to the FutureGen Industrial Alliance, Inc. (Alliance) for the FutureGen Project. The Alliance, which is a non- profit industrial consortium led by the coal-fueled electric power industry and the coal production industry, intends to plan, design, construct and operate a coal-fueled electric power plant that will be integrated with capture and geologic sequestration of the by-product carbon dioxide (CO2). Based on DOE's review and consideration of relevant factors, including potential environmental consequences associated with the proposed Project at four alternative sites, and subject to future technical, cost, business and environmental decision points, DOE has decided to proceed with financial assistance for the FutureGen Project. All practicable means to avoid or minimize environmental harms have been adopted.