EA-1710: Final Environmental Assessment

Financial Assistance to Enerdel, Inc. for its Expansion of Battery Manufacturing Capabilities at Indianapolis, Noblesville and Greenfield, Indiana

Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance

March 1, 2010

EnerDel, Inc., Electric Vehicle/Battery Manufacturing Application

DOE issued a final EA that analyzes the potential environmental impacts of providing as many as three types of financial assistance to EnerDel Inc. to expand manufacturing and testing capabilities at two existing facilities and start-up a third facility for its domestic advanced battery manufacturing activities for the transportation industry.

For more information, see EnerDel, Inc., Electric Vehicle/Battery Manufacturing Application.

Final Environmental Assessment DOE's Proposed Financial Assistance to Enerdel, Inc. for its Expansion of Battery Manufacturing Capabilities at Indianapolis, Noblesville and Greenfield, Indiana, DOE/EA-1710 (March 2010) (629.16 KB)

July 11, 2011

DOE prepared this EA to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of providing three types of financial assistance to EnerDel, Inc. (EnerDel) to expand its domestic manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries: (1) a grant under Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA 0000026, Recovery Act – Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative; (2) a loan under Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA 0000052, State Energy Program Formula Grants – American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA); and (3) a loan pursuant to Section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Energy Act) as an automotive component supplier promoting improved fuel economy in light-duty vehicles.