{"abstract":"The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or Department) announces its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) NEPA regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), and DOE NEPA implementing procedures (10 CFR part 1021), to assess the potential environmental impacts for the proposed action of providing Federal funding for the proposed Texas Clean Energy Project (TCEP) near Odessa, Texas. The project would comprise planning, design, construction and operation by Summit Texas Clean Energy, LLC (Summit) of a coal-fueled electric power and chemicals production plant integrated with carbon dioxide (CO<INF>2</INF>) capture and geologic sequestration. DOE selected this project for an award of financial assistance through a competitive process under the Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI) program (Round 3). The EIS (DOE/EIS-0444) will inform DOE's decision on whether to provide financial assistance under its CCPI program. DOE proposes to provide Summit with approximately $350 million in funding for this project, which would demonstrate the full integration of CO<INF>2</INF> capture and sequestration with a commercial, integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) poly-generation (electricity and chemicals) plant. DOE's contribution of $350 million would constitute about 20 percent of the estimated total development and capital cost of the project, which is estimated to be $1.73 billion (2009 dollars). TCEP would employ advanced clean coal technologies to reduce the levels of CO<INF>2</INF> emissions below that of conventional technologies used to generate electricity from fossil fuels, including natural gas. Summit proposes to build its IGCC plant adjacent to an oil field in Ector County, Texas. The plant would use coal as its feedstock. It would capture, in the form of CO<INF>2</INF>, about 90% of the carbon in the portion of its coal fuel supply used for power production. The plant would employ two gasifiers, feeding a single, combined-cycle power island to generate about 400 MW (gross) of electricity, with the co-production of sulfuric acid and urea (for fertilizer) or other chemicals. About 275 MW of electricity would be put onto the power grid, with the remaining power used for commercial loads on the project site, such as urea production and CO<INF>2</INF> compression. During DOE demonstration phase of the project, it would permanently sequester CO<INF>2</INF> at a maximum rate of about 3 million tons per year by piping it to Permian Basin oil fields, where it would be used by field operators for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). Summit is owned jointly by the Summit Power Group, Inc. and CW NextGen, Inc. (CWNI), a Clayton Williams company. The project team includes Summit Power Group, Inc.; Blue Source, LLC; Siemens, AG; and CWNI; among others. DOE issues this Notice of Intent (NOI) to inform interested parties of the pending EIS and to invite public comments on the proposed action, including: (1) The proposed plans for implementing the project, (2) the range of environmental issues and alternatives to be analyzed, and (3) the analysis methods to be used or considered during preparation of the EIS.","action":"Notice of Intent To Prepare An Environmental Impact Statement.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2010/06/02/2010-13215.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"75 FR 30800","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2010-07-02","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"DOE invites comments on the proposed scope and content of the EIS from all interested parties. Comments must be received by July 2, 2010, to ensure consideration. Late comments will be considered to the extent practicable. In addition to accepting comments in writing (formal letters, faxes and e-mails) and by telephone (See ADDRESSES below), DOE will conduct a public scoping meeting in which government agencies, private-sector organizations, and the general public are invited to present oral comments or suggestions with regard to the alternatives and issues to be considered in the EIS. The scoping meeting will be held beginning at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 17, 2010, in the Saulsbury Meeting Room of the Electronics Technology Building at Odessa College, 201 West University Blvd, Odessa, Texas 79764. The public is also invited to learn more about the proposed project at an informal session at this location beginning at 4 p.m. Displays and other information about DOE's proposed action and Summit's project will be available, and representatives from DOE and Summit will be present at the informal session to discuss the proposed project, DOE's CCPI program, and the EIS process.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2010-13215","effective_on":null,"end_page":30804,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2010/06/02/2010-13215.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/06/02/2010-13215/notice-of-intent-to-prepare-an-environmental-impact-statement-for-texas-clean-energy-project-ector","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2010-13215?publication_date=2010-06-02","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2010-06-02/2010-13215/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":5,"page_views":{"count":100,"last_updated":"2026-06-26 16:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2010-06-02/pdf/2010-13215.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2010-06-02","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2010/06/02/2010-13215.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":30800,"subtype":null,"title":"Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Texas Clean Energy Project, Ector County, TX","toc_doc":"Texas Clean Energy Project, Ector County, TX","toc_subject":"Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":75}