Summary
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), DOE's Loan Programs Office (LPO) prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) to address the procurement and installation of silicon carbide semiconductor wafer equipment (tooling), interior building renovations (first floor manufacturing, mezzanine, second floor office space) to the existing 145,000-square-foot two-story Bay City Facility and the recently constructed 100,000-square-foot two-story building addition. Exterior finishing activities will include concrete pads, perimeter fence, final grading and landscaping. Exterior improvements will include parking lot expansion, construction of a new duct bank and underground powerline connection, sanitary sewer repairs and upgrades, and other minor activities that involve ground disturbance, in Bay City, Michigan.
This EA allows LPO to consider the environmental impact of its action (financial assistance/Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Loan Program loan) to support the proposed activities at the Bay City Facility. Therefore, the scope of the Proposed Action (i.e., LPO providing a loan to SK Siltron) encompasses the tooling of the existing facility and recently constructed building addition, interior building renovations, exterior finishing activities, and facility operations.