Summary
The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) of the United States Department of Energy (DOE) is preparing this Environmental Assessment (EA) to examine potential environmental impacts associated with construction and operations of a proposed industrial scale facility (Project Apex) for production of sustainable, low-cost, precursor cathode materials to support domestic production of cathode active materials (CAM) for U.S. electric vehicle battery production. This EA provides site-specific details of the Proposed Action and addresses potential impacts of proposed construction and operations across 18 resource areas.