Construction and Operation of Beneficiation Processing Facilities

Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee

On August 14, 2025 the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) issued a Final Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Construction and Operation of Beneficiation Processing Facilities.

TVA has prepared this Final PEA, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), to programmatically assess the effects of the construction and operation of beneficiation processing facilities (BPFs) to improve the quality of the CCR to meet commercial and industry specifications for beneficial reuse at one or more TVA coal plants.

As part of this programmatic assessment, TVA has developed new guidance, including an Environmental Screening Checklist and a bounding analysis, that complies with NEPA’s procedural requirements, up to and including potential site-specific considerations of BPFs at one or more of these coal plants.

The Draft PEA was released for public comment on April 14, 2025. Comments on the Draft PEA were accepted for 30-days, through May 14, 2025, via TVA’s website, mail, and e-mail. TVA carefully reviewed all of the substantive comments received. Comments were summarized and included in Appendix H of the Final PEA.