Commercial demonstration of the NOXSO SO{sub 2}/NO{sub x} removal flue gas cleanup system

This environmental assessment (EA) was prepared to evaluate the potential impacts of a proposed demonstration project to be cost-shared by DOE and NOXSO Corporation under the terms of Clean Coal Technology (CCT) Demonstration Program. The project would demonstrate the NOXSO flue gas treatment technology, which is designed to reduce sulfur dioxide (SO{sub 2}) and nitrogen oxides (NO{sub x}) emissions from existing coal-fired electric generating units. Its objective is to introduce advanced, efficient, reliable, and environmentally improved coal utilization technologies to the U.S. energy marketplace, in order to reduce or eliminate economic and environmental barriers to the continued use of coal as an energy source. This EA represents the third level of DOE`s NEPA strategy: the preparation and public distribution of NEPA documents for each project selected for financial assistance under the PON. It contains a site-specific environmental impact analysis of the proposed federal action, and will result in either a Finding of No Significant Impact, or a determination that significant impacts may occur, in which case an Environmental Impact Statement must be prepared. The sources of information for this EA include the technical proposal for the project submitted by NOXSO in response to the CCT Round III PON; discussions with NOXSO and their consultants; discussions with federal, state and local agencies; the April 1995 NOXSO Environmental Information Volume provided to DOE for the project; and visits to the proposed project sites