DOE/EA-2197: Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact

North Dakota CarbonSAFE: Project Tundra

DOE has prepared a final environmental assessment (Final EA) (DOE/EA-2197) to analyze the potential environmental, cultural, and socioeconomic impacts of partially funding a proposed project to design, construct, and operate an amine-based post-combustion carbon dioxide (CO₂) capture technology at a coal-fired power plant. This Final EA identifies the potential environmental, cultural, and socioeconomic impacts of DOE providing cost-sharing financial assistance to Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc. (Minnkota) for the North Dakota CarbonSAFE: Project Tundra. The project would include new infrastructure and equipment for the capture and geologic storage of CO₂ generated by the existing lignite-fired Milton R. Young Station (MRY) in Center, Oliver County, North Dakota, and would utilize Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ (MHI) Kansai Mitsubishi Carbon Dioxide Recovery (KM CDR) amine-based post-combustion carbon capture technology. Based on the Final EA, DOE issued a finding of no significant impact. 

For more information, see North Dakota CarbonSAFE: Project Tundra.