Environmental Reviews
TVA conducts environmental reviews in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, which requires federal agencies to consider the effects of their proposed projects on the human and natural environment before final decisions are made. These environmental reviews under NEPA typically also include assessments that facilitate compliance with other environmental reviews requirements, such as those under the National Historic Preservation Act and the Endangered Species Act.
Programs, Plans, and Policies
Power Generation – Coal and Gas
Power Generation – Nuclear
Power Generation – Solar and Other Renewables
Economic Development
Land, Facilities, and Permitting
River System Operations
Transmission
Natural Resources Management
Open for Public Comment
Listing of Completed Categorical Exclusion Checklists
Fiscal Year 2024 Third Quarter
Fiscal Year 2024 Second Quarter
Programs, Plans and Policies
Amendments to the Watts Bar Reservoir Land Management Plan
Changes to Green Power Providers Program
Changes to TVA’s NEPA Procedures
Diesel-fueled Generation in TVA Demand Response Program
Reservoir Land Management Plans
Revisions to the Tellico Reservoir Land Management Plan
Revisions to the Tims Ford Reservoir Land Management Plan
Transmission System Vegetation Management Program
TVA Solar Photovoltaic Projects
Updates to Eight Reservoir Land Management Plans and the Comprehensive Valleywide Land Plan
Power Generation – Coal and Gas
Closure of Coal Combustion Residual Impoundments
Access Road and Borrow Areas for the Cumberland Fossil Plant
Allen Aeroderivative Combustion Turbine Project
Allen Fossil Plant Ash Impoundment Closures
Allen Fossil Plant Decontamination and Deconstruction Environmental Assessment
Allen Fossil Plant Emission Control Project
Bull Run Ash Impoundment Closure
Bull Run Fossil Decontamination and Deconstruction Final Environmental Assessment
Bull Run Fossil Plant Landfill – Management of Coal Combustion Residuals
Cheatham County Generation Site
Colbert Ash Pond 4 Seismic Project
Colbert Fossil Plant Decontamination and Deconstruction
Cumberland Fossil Plant Retirement
Cumberland Fossil Plant Wastewater Treatment Facility
Gallatin Fossil Plant Borrow Site
Gallatin Fossil Plant Bottom Ash Process Dewatering Facility
Gallatin Fossil Plant—Installation of Air Pollution Control Equipment and Associated Facilities
Gallatin Surface Impoundment Closure and Restoration Project
John Sevier Fossil Plant Deconstruction
Johnsonville Aeroderivative Combustion Turbine Project
Johnsonville Cogeneration Plant
Johnsonville Fossil Plant Ash Impoundment Closure Environmental Impact Statement
Johnsonville Fossil Plant Decontamination and Deconstruction Final Environmental Assessment
Johnsonville Fossil Plant Proposed Actions
Kingston Fossil Plant Borrow Site #3
Kingston Fossil Plant Bottom Ash Dewatering Facility
Kingston Fossil Plant Landfill Expansion
Kingston Fossil Plant Retirement
Management of Coal Combustion Residuals from the Cumberland Fossil Plant
Management of Coal Combustion Residuals from the Paradise Fossil Plant
Management of Coal Combustion Residuals from the Shawnee Fossil Plant
Paradise and Colbert Combustion Turbine Plants
Paradise Fossil Plant Decontamination and Deconstruction
Paradise Fossil Plant Units 1 and 2—Mercury Air Toxics Standards Compliance Project
Potential Retirement of Bull Run Fossil Plant
Potential Retirement of Paradise Fossil Plant
Shawnee Fossil Plant Bottom Ash Process Dewatering Facility
Shawnee Fossil Plant Units 1 and 4
Widows Creek Fossil Plant Deconstruction Environmental Assessment
Widows Creek Fossil Plant Soil Excavation and Gypsum Stack Closure
Power Generation – Nuclear
Bellefonte Site Utility Improvements
Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Subsequent License Renewal
Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Thermal Performance Program Cooling Tower Capacity Improvements
Clinch River Nuclear Site Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technology Park
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Facility, Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
Potential Use of Mixed Oxide Fuel in TVA Reactors Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
Power Generation – Solar and Other Renewables
Bellefonte Solar Energy Center Project
Elora Solar Energy Center Project
Five Western North Carolina Solar Farms
Gaynor Solar LLC – Volunteer Electric Cooperative Solar Project
General Mills Combined Heat and Power Project
Golden Triangle I Solar and Battery Energy Storage Project
Golden Triangle II Solar and Battery Energy Storage Project
Houston, Mississippi Solar Farms
Knoxville Utilities Board Solar Project
Marshall Properties Solar Farm
Naval Air Station Meridian Solar Farm
North Alabama Utility-Scale Solar Project
Optimist Solar and BESS Project
Purchase of Power Generated at Bristol, Virginia Sanitary Landfill
Ripley II Solar Environmental Assessment
Spring Valley II Solar Project
SR Millington II Solar Facility
TVA Solar and Battery Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
Vonore Battery Energy Storage System and Associated Subsystem
Economic Development
Appalachian Regional Commission Grant Proposal for Emory Valley Center
Economic Development Grant for Development of the Centre 75 Business Park
Economic Development Grant for Improvements at West Industrial Park
Economic Development Grant for Site Clearing and Building Demolition
Economic Development Grant Proposal for Allen Springs Site
Economic Development Grant Proposal for Breeding North Industrial Park Expansion
Economic Development Grant Proposal for Bullington Site
Economic Development Grant Proposal for Clarksville-Montgomery County Corporate Business Park South
Economic Development Grant Proposal for East Tennessee Progress Center
Economic Development Grant Proposal for Fayetteville-Lincoln County Industrial Park
Economic Development Grant Proposal for Harry A. Martin North Lee Industrial Complex
Economic Development Grant Proposal for Henderson Interstate Industrial Park
Economic Development Grant Proposal for Highway 223 Site
Economic Development Grant Proposal for Hunt Property
Economic Development Grant Proposal for I-65 Commerce Park Expansion
Economic Development Grant Proposal for North Etowah Industrial Park
Economic Development Grant Proposal for Oakland Parkway Site
Economic Development Grant Proposal for Pontotoc Industrial Park
Economic Development Grant Proposal for Proposed Industrial Site Purchase
Economic Development Grant Proposal for Proposed Industrial Site Purchase and Tree Clearing
Economic Development Grant Proposal for Springs Industrial Park
Economic Development Grant Proposal for Tellico West Industrial Park
Economic Development Grant Proposal for the Canterbury Site
Economic Development Grant Proposal for the Florence-Lauderdale Industrial Park
Economic Development Grant Proposal for the Gobble Site
Economic Development Grant Proposal for the Purchase of Adamson Farm
Economic Development Grant Proposal for the Reeves Site
Economic Development Grant Proposal for the Rialto Industrial Park
Economic Development Grant Proposal for the Tellico West Site
Economic Development Grant Proposal for Washington County Industrial Park
Economic Development Grant to the Alliance
Economic Development Grant Proposal for the Development of Shelton Lane Industrial Park
Economic Development Grant Proposal for the Development of Snapps Ferry Road Industrial Site
Economic Development Grant Proposal for the Keith Property
Economic Development Grants for Building Pad Construction
Proposal for Commerce Park Interstate Site
TVA Economic Development Grant Proposal for Site Improvements at Morgan Center Business Park
Valley Investment Initiative—Program Expansion and Modification
Land, Facilities and Permitting
250 Linear Feet of Shoreline Stabilization - Watts Bar Reservoir
Bean Bowl Development Section 26a Approval
Brightwater Park at WindRiver Supplemental Environmental Assessment
Chattanooga Office Complex Renovation, Demolition, and/or Sale Environmental Assessment
Cherokee Outdoor Resort By the Smokies (formerly Sequoyah Lodge and Lake Resort) Tellico Reservoir
City of Chattanooga Emergency Stream Bank Protection Project
City of Clifton Proposed Park Expansion Section 26a Approval (Kentucky Reservoir)
City of Waverly Sewer Line and Outfall
Construction of U.S. Highway 321 and Bridges at Fort Loudoun and Tellico Dam Reservations
Deerfield Marina Proposed Commercial Recreation License and Water Use Facilities
Defoor Section 26a Approval for Fill Placement on Nickajack Reservoir
Disposal of Yellow Creek Industrial Park Properties
East Region Consolidation – Norris Properties Environmental Assessment
East Tenn. Natural Gas Loudon Expansion Project
Harbor Lights Marina Expansion Section 26a Approval
Jolly’s Rock Bank Stabilization Project
Knoxville Downtown Parking Garage
Knoxville South Waterfront Public Improvements
Limestone County Water and Sewer Authority Easement
Lincoln County Raw Water Intake
Mine Plan Approval for Illinois Coal Mineral Rights Lease, Sugar Camp Mine No. 1
Muscle Shoals Reservation Complex D Consolidation Environmental Assessment
Muscle Shoals Reservation Comprehensive Master Plan
Muscle Shoals Reservation Operations Relocation
Muscle Shoals Reservation Pond Creek Levee
Muscle Shoals Reservation Redevelopment
Riverton Development Section 26a Approval – Nickajack Reservoir
Rock Island State Park Easements
Rockwood Campground and Marina
Sink Mountain Recreation Area, Watauga Reservoir
Straight Creek Properties Disposal of Coal Reserves
Tennessee State Route 15 (U.S. 64)
Twin Creeks Resort and Marina Section 26a Approval
US 127/Tennessee State Route 28 at Cumberland Homesteads
Widows Creek Additional Property Disposal and Transmission Facilities
Widows Creek Property Disposal
Wilbur Reservoir Bridge Replacement
Woodson Marina Proposed Commercial Recreation License and Water Use Facilities
River System Operations
Dam Safety Modifications at Cherokee, Fort Loudoun, Tellico and Watts Bar Dams
John Sevier Dam Modification Environmental Assessment
Nolichucky Dam Gate Replacement Project
Normandy Reservoir - Optimization of Water Releases
Ocoee 1 Hydro Consolidation Environmental Assessment
Ocoee River Whitewater Rafting Agreements
Pickwick Landing Dam First Utility District of Hardin County Raw Water Intake Line Relocation
Pickwick Landing Dam South Embankment Seismic Upgrade
Pumped Storage Hydro Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
Transmission
Anderson 500-kV Substation and Associated System Modifications
Artesia-West Columbus Power System Improvements
Ashland, Mississippi — 161 kV Delivery Point
Bristol, Tennessee Area Power Improvement Project Final Environmental Assessment
Bud Crockett-Henderson 161-kV Transmission Line Final Environmental Assessment
Calhoun, Georgia – Area Power System Improvements
Eagle Creek 161-kV Transmission Line
Existing Transmission Assets in Tennessee Programmatic Agreement
Memphis Regional Megasite Power Supply
Moscow-Miller Power System Improvements Final Environmental Assessment
North Dayton Power System Improvements
Oxford-Coffeeville, Mississippi 161 kV Transmission Line
Putnam-Cumberland, Tennessee—Improve Power Supply Project
Red Hills-Kosciusko 161-kV Transmission Line
Rugby-Sunbright Power Supply Improvements
Selmer-West Adamsville 161-kV Transmission Line and Switching Station
Transmission System Incompatible Vegetation Removal in Fiscal Year 2023
Transmission System Routine Periodic Vegetation Management Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023
Transmission System Routine Periodic Vegetation Management Fiscal Year 2024
Transmission System Routine Periodic Vegetation Management Fiscal Year 2025 and 2026
Transmission System Vegetation Management Fiscal Year 2021
TVA System Operations Center and Power System Supply
Union-Tupelo No. 3 161-kV Transmission Line
West Batesville-North Oakland, Mississippi 161-kV Transmission Line
Natural Resources Management
Animal Damage Management on TVA-Owned Land
Bacon Bend Peninsula Habitat Improvement Project
Duck River Bank Stabilization River Mile 176.8
Little Cedar Mountain Glades and Barrens Restoration
Managing Bird Damage in Georgia
Raccoon Creek Waterfowl Pond – Unit 4
Saulpaw Mill Dam Removal Environmental Assessment
Sicklefin Redhorse Conservation Activities
South Holston Dam Reservation Habitat Enhancement Project
Triploid Grass Carp Stocking for Aquatic Vegetation Management in Beech Reservoir
Triploid Grass Carp Stocking for Aquatic Vegetation Management in Parksville Reservoir/ Ocoee #1
TVA Tract 22R Bank Stabilization Project
Watts Bar Reservoir Tract WBR-82 (Iron Hill Island) Bank Stabilization Project
Williams Bend Island Bank Stabilization Project - Melton Hill Reservoir