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Western Area Power Administration (Western) is proposing to upgrade the existing Cheyenne- Miracle Mile (CH-MM) and Ault-Cheyenne (AU-CH) 115 kilovolt (115-kV ) transmission lines to 230-kV. The proposed project consists of rebuilding these transmission lines and making modifications to Western’s existing Miracle Mile, Cheyenne and Ault Substations to accommodate the 230-kV circuits. A new Snowy Range Substation would also be build near Laramie, Wyoming.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposes, through a cooperative agreement with Northwest Fuel Development, Incorporated, to provide funds for the construction of a facility to demonstrate an integrated system which would use coal mine waste methane, commonly referred to as "gob gas", for the production of electrical power. The facility woudl be located at the Parrish Shaft site of the Federal Number 2 Mine near the unincoporated town of Crossroads in western Monogalia County, West Virginia. If approved DOE would provide approximately 35% ($600,000) of the funding required for the project.
DOE's objective in participating in the cooperative agreement is to support demonstration of technoloy potentially capable of substantially reducing particulate emissions, particularly emissions of fine particulate, from coal-fired power plants. The environmental analysis identified that the most notable changes to result from the proposed action would occur in the following areas: air emissions, construction impacts, and solid waste disposal.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing an action (the Proposed Action) consisting of the construction and operation of the following five site development projects at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) South Table Mountain (STM) site at Golden, Colorado: The Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF), a new research facility; Phase 2 of planned site infrastructure improvements (Phase 2 of Full Site Development); A new second full service access road (hereafter referred as the “second access road”); Expansion of the Waste Handling Facility (WHF); and Expansion of the Visitors Center.
In 1999, the United States government announced the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) that included a proposal directed at doubling the nation’s investment in nanotechnology to ensure the United States’ competitive position in the rapidly developing field of nanotechnology. As part of the NNI, the National Science and Technology Council Interagency Working Group on Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology (IWGN) concluded that research centers would permit activities that cannot be accomplished in the traditional mode of small groups or single investigators or with the current research infrastructure. The IWGN recognized the importance of establishing research centers with major Department of Energy (DOE) specialized and user facilities. Consequently, the DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences (OBES) plans to support the NNI, in part, through the establishment of an integrated national program of Nanoscale Science Research Centers (NSRC) affiliated with major facilities at DOE’s national laboratories.
The U.S. Department of Energy, Richmond Operations Office (RL) needs to reduce
indirect costs by optimizing site infrastructure. Due to downsizing at the Hanford site and consolidation of resources, the 1100 Area and southern rail connection will not be required for Hanford operations.
indirect costs by optimizing site infrastructure. Due to downsizing at the Hanford site and consolidation of resources, the 1100 Area and southern rail connection will not be required for Hanford operations.
This Environmental Assessment (EA) on the candidate energy conservation standards for eight appliances (room air conditioners, water heaters, direct heating equipment, mobile home furnaces, kitchen ranges and ovens, pool heaters, fluorescent lamp ballasts, and television sets) was prepared pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA), regulations of the Council on Environmental Quality, Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 1500 through 1508. The candidate conservation standards are being proposed pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended by the National Energy Conservation Policy Act, the National Appliance Energy Conservation Act and the National Appliance Energy Conservation Amendments.
(NEPA), regulations of the Council on Environmental Quality, Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 1500 through 1508. The candidate conservation standards are being proposed pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended by the National Energy Conservation Policy Act, the National Appliance Energy Conservation Act and the National Appliance Energy Conservation Amendments.
DOE proposes to co-fund an $84,274,927 project located on property of the MGSC partner Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM). The overall objective of this project would be to demonstrate the ability of the Mt. Simon Sandstone, a major regional saline reservoir in the Illinois Basin, to accept and retain approximately 1.1 million short tons (1 million metric tons) of CO2 injected over a period of three years.
The purpose of the "Proposed Action" is to control the sugar beet leafhopper, Circulifer tenellus (Baker), the only known vector of CTV. Without the control of BLH, the CTV
would threaten well over three billion dollars of susceptible crops and home gardens.
With only a 1% loss from CTV in California, it is estimated that during the period 1974-1976, California suffered annual losses of $9.75 million in commercial crops alone.
A $2.68 million loss in home gardens can be extrapolated from a 1974 value of $268,199,643 using a 1% infection rate (Yokomi, 1979). Without control where required,
BLH is capable of an infection rate of 10-40% or more. Infection rates as high as 80% were observed near Huron, CA in 1977. Were it not for the Program's effective control of BLH and the support of the affected industries, the state and nation would lose a substantial portion of its tomato, sugar beet, melon, bean, squash, pumpkin, cucumber, pepper and spinach crops valued in excess of $1.2 billion annually.
would threaten well over three billion dollars of susceptible crops and home gardens.
With only a 1% loss from CTV in California, it is estimated that during the period 1974-1976, California suffered annual losses of $9.75 million in commercial crops alone.
A $2.68 million loss in home gardens can be extrapolated from a 1974 value of $268,199,643 using a 1% infection rate (Yokomi, 1979). Without control where required,
BLH is capable of an infection rate of 10-40% or more. Infection rates as high as 80% were observed near Huron, CA in 1977. Were it not for the Program's effective control of BLH and the support of the affected industries, the state and nation would lose a substantial portion of its tomato, sugar beet, melon, bean, squash, pumpkin, cucumber, pepper and spinach crops valued in excess of $1.2 billion annually.
The Department of Energy (DOE), National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), has responsibility for national programs to reduce and counter threats from weapons of mass destruction including nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons (bioweapons). NNSA’s bioscience work at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in support of these
missions requires work with infectious agents, including those historically used for bioweapons. The laboratory’s pioneering work on biological agent (bioagent) detection and counter-terrorism technologies, and basic research understanding of emerging and re-emerging natural diseases are key elements of the LLNL efforts to support the NNSA mission. As a result, the need to conduct research with infective agents in a secure environment at LLNL and within NNSA is growing rapidly.
missions requires work with infectious agents, including those historically used for bioweapons. The laboratory’s pioneering work on biological agent (bioagent) detection and counter-terrorism technologies, and basic research understanding of emerging and re-emerging natural diseases are key elements of the LLNL efforts to support the NNSA mission. As a result, the need to conduct research with infective agents in a secure environment at LLNL and within NNSA is growing rapidly.