strategic petroleum reserve

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DOE/EIS-0029
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FinalE nvironmenItamlpa ctSta tement
(FinSatla tementto F EA-DES-77-8)
STRATEGIC
PETROLEUMR ESERVE
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Cameron and CalcasiePua rishes,
LouisiaannadJ effersonCou nty, Texas
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Final Environmental Impact Statement
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STRATEGIC
PETROLEUM RESERVE
Texoma Group SalDto mes
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VOLUMEI I - TABLE OF CONTENTS
APPENDIAX -DESCRIPTIOONF THE PROJCET A.l-1
A.l INTRODUCTION A.l-l
A.2 CONCEPTO F STORAGE IN SOLU�IOMNI NEDC AVERNS
IN SALT DOMES A.2-1
A.3 GENERALC AVERNC ONSTRUCTIONT ECHNIQUES A.3-1
A.4 PROPOSESDT OARGE SITE- WESTH ACKBERRYE XPANSION A.4-1
A.5 ALTERANTIVES TOARGE SITE- BLACK BAYOU A.5-1
A.6 ALTERANTIVES TOARGE SITE- VINTONS ALT DOME A.6-l
A.7 ALTERA�TIVES TOARGE SITE- BIGH ILLS ALT DOME A.7-1
A.8 SU�..ARY A.8-1
APPENDIXB -DESCRIPTIONO F THE E}WIRONMENT B.2-1
B.l INTRODUCTION B.2-1
B.2 REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT B.2-1
B.3 SITES PECIFICE NVIRONMENT B.3-1

APPENDIX A
DESCRIPTIONO F THE PROJCET
A.l INTRODUCTION
The candidatSeP R sitesi n the Texomag roupo f saltd omesa re
locatedi n the southwestercno rnero f Louisianaan d the
adjacensto utheastercno rnero f Texas,w ithina 40 mile
radiuso f NederlandT,e xas( SeeF igureA .l-l) The Sun Oil
Companyt erminaalt Nederland wosuelrdv ea s the crudeo il
supplyt erminaflo r the designateSdP R storages ite. During
subsequenstt rategidci stributiotnh,e SPR oil wouldb e
transportetdo inlandr efinerietsh rought he TexomaP ipeline,
whichi nitiateast the Sun Terminalo,t heri nlandp ipelines,
and alsor eloadeodn tot ankersf or distributiotno the East
Coasto r theC aribbearne fineries.
TheW estH ackberrsya ltd omei s the proposesdi tef or SPR
developmenitn the Texoma grooufp s altd omes. It is located
in north-centrCaalm eronP arisho f southwesterLno uisiana,
approximate4l0y milese asto f the Sun Terminawlh ichi s
locateda t NederlandT,e xas. The storageo f 60 million
barrelso f oil in existinsgo lutiocna vernsa t WestH ackberry
was evaluateads a candidatpel anf or the ESR programa,n d a
finalE IS (FES7 6/774-) addressintgh e effectso f the plan
was publisheidn January1 977,w itha supplement addressing
facilitdye signc hangesf ollowinign April,1 977.T heW est
Hackberrfya cilitiys currentlbye ingd evelopeads parto f
the ESR,a nd a proposeSdP R expansioonf the sitef or an
additionaslt oragec apacitoyf 150 millionb arrelsi s discussed
in thisd ocument.
Threea lternativsei tesa re alsod iscusseidn thisd ocument
as proposecda ndidatefso r SPR developmenats sociatewdi th
the Texomas ystem.O ne or a combinatioonf theset hrees ites
may be developesdu cht hatt he totalS PR storagec apacity for
the Texomag roupo f saltd omesw illb e 150 millionb arrels.
In thisd ocumenth,o wevere,a chc andidatsei tei s treated
separatelfyo r organizationpaulr poses.T he BlackB ayoud ome
is locatedi n northwesteCranm eronP arisho f southwestern
Louisianaab out3 0 milese asto f the Nederlantde rminal.I t
couldb e developetdo a capacitoyf 150 millionb arrelso f
oil storage.T he Vintond omei s locatedi n southwestern
CalcasiePua risho f southwesterLno uisianaa, d istanc3e0
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milesn ortheasotf NederlandD.e velopmehnetr ec ouldp rovide
50 millionb arrelosf storagcea pacity.T he Big Hilld ome
is locateidn southwesteJrenf fersoCno untyT,e xas,a bout2 5
miless outhwesotf theT exomtae rminaalt NederlandI.t c ould
be developetdo a 100m illiobna rreslt oragcea pacity.
All developmeonft new storagcea pacitfyo r thesef ours alt
domesi n the Texomag roupo f SPR sitesw ouldr equirnee wly
minedc avities. systemo f wellsw ouldb e constructaendd
the storage sApi anc teh es altw ouldb e createbdy a solution
miningp rocess.T he concepotf thism ethodo f oil storage
developmeinst d iscusseidn Section
A.2.
The oil storagfea cilitieasr e presentliyn the preliminary
designs tage. Engineerinfge asibilitayn alysehsa veb een
prepareads the basisf or evaluatioonf the socioeconomic
and environmentailm pactso f the project.F utures tudies
wouldp roviddee taileidn formatioonn e quipmendte signc,o n­
structiomne thodologayn,d operationparlo ceduresF.o rt he
purposoef thisE IS, projecdte velopmeinst a ssumetdo follow
standaridn dustrpyr acticec,o nsistenwti thg oode ngineering
principleasn d concerfno re nvironmentavla lues.W henever
reasonabdloeu bate xistsa boutt heu ltimatpee rformancchea rac­
teristicosr environmentaelf fectosf anyp haseo f thep roject,
a worst-caasnea lysiosf potentiailm pactiss provided.
Thisd ocumenatl soi ncludeas discussioonf thei mpactwsh ich
wouldr esultf romt hec onstructiaonnd o peratioonf thep ro­
posedr aww aters upplys ystemf ort,h eS ulphuMri nesS PRs ite.
Recentf indingbsy DOEh aves hownt hatt hes upplyo f fresh­
waterf romt he locatiopnr oposeidn the SulphuMri nesF ES
mightb e inadequatteo supplyt hen eedso f theS ulphuMri nes
sited uringd rawdowns,o a newi ntakel ocatioann da ssociated
pipelinceo rridorhsa veb eene xamineads a possiblael ternative
to thew ateri ntakes ystepmr oposeidn theS ulphuMri nesF inal
EnvironmentaIlm pacStt atementT.h en ewi ntakleo catiowno uld
be thes amea s thatp roposefdo rt heW estH ackberrSyP Rs ite
developmeanntd was chosena s an environmentaldleys irable
withdrawaplo int.T he impactrse latintgo theS ulphuMri nes
intakel ocatioann d pipelinceo rridorass discusseidn this
documenatr e supplementtaol informatiocno ntaineidn the
SulphurM inesF inalE nvironmentaIlm pactS tatemen(tD OE/
EIS-0010).
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