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BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 

North Alabama Utility-Scale Solar 

Facility Environmental Impact 

Statement 

AGENCY: Tennessee Valley Authority. 

ACTION: Issuance of record of decision. 

SUMMARY: The Tennessee Valley 

Authority (TVA) has decided to adopt 

the preferred alternative identified in its 

final environmental impact statement 

(Final EIS) for the North Alabama 

Utility-Scale Solar Facility. The Final 

EIS was made available to the public on 

May 9, 2022. A Notice of Availability 

(NOA) of the Final EIS was published in 

the Federal Register on May 13, 2022. 

TVA’s preferred alternative, analyzed in 

the Final EIS as the Proposed Action 

Alternative, consists of TVA 

constructing an approximately 200- 

megawatt (MW) alternating current (AC) 

solar photovoltaic (PV) facility, 

including an electrical substation and 

possibly a battery energy storage system 

(BESS), on an approximately 1,459-acre 

portion of a 2,896-acre Project Site 

currently owned by TVA, two miles east 

of Courtland in Lawrence County, 

Alabama. In addition, up to 150 acres on 

the Project Site would be maintained as 

species-rich native plant meadow. The 

Project would connect to the existing 

adjacent Reservation–Mountain Home 

161-kilovolt (kV) transmission line (TL), 

which crosses the southern portion of 

the Project Site. The interconnection of 

the solar PV facility would require 

network upgrades on this TL in 

Lawrence County. This alternative 

would achieve the purpose and need of 

the Project to meet the demand for 

increased renewable energy generation 

and partially fulfill the renewable 

energy goals established in TVA’s 2019 

Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). 

ADDRESSES: To access and review the 

Final EIS, this Record of Decision 

(ROD), and other project documents, go 

to TVA’s website at https://

www.tva.gov/nepa. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Smith, Tennessee Valley 

Authority, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, 

WT 11B, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902, 

865–632–3053, esmith14@tva.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is provided in accordance with 

the Council on Environmental Quality’s 

regulations (40 CFR 1500 through 1508) 

and TVA’s procedures for implementing 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA). TVA is a federal agency and 

instrumentality of the United States, 

established by an act of Congress in 

1933, to foster the social and economic 

well-being of the residents of the 

Tennessee Valley region. As part of its 

diversified energy strategy, TVA 

produces or obtains electricity from a 

diverse portfolio of energy sources, 

including solar, hydroelectric, wind, 

biomass, fossil fuel, and nuclear. In June 

2019, TVA completed its 2019 IRP and 

associated EIS. The 2019 IRP, which 

updated the 2015 IRP, identified the 

various resources that TVA intends to 

use to meet the energy needs of the TVA 

region over a 20-year planning period, 

while achieving TVA’s objectives to 

deliver reliable, low-cost, and cleaner 

energy with fewer environmental 

impacts. The 2019 IRP recommends the 

expansion of solar generating capacity 

of up to 14,000 MW by 2038. 

TVA entered into a two-year Purchase 

Option Agreement in October 2019 for 

the Project Site and purchased the 

property before expiration of the 

agreement in October 2021 to preserve 

the option of the Proposed Action 

Alternative in the ongoing 

environmental review. Since the 

property once acquired could be readily 

sold, TVA considers this land purchase 

to be an action that is reversible in the 

future. TVA would not initiate Projectrelated actions on the Project Site unless 

the Proposed Action is selected with the 

issuance of the ROD. TVA would either 

maintain the Project Site through 

periodic mowing or enter into lease 

agreement(s) with local farmer(s) to 

continue agricultural operations. 

TVA has prepared an EIS pursuant to 

NEPA to assess the environmental 

impacts of the Proposed Action to 

construct an approximately 200-MW AC 

solar PV facility, including an electrical 

substation and possibly a BESS, on an 

approximately 1,459-acre portion of the 

TVA-owned Project Site, and the 

interconnection of the solar PV facility 

to the existing Reservation–Mountain 

Home 161-kV TL and associated 

network upgrades. 

Alternatives Considered: TVA 

considered two alternatives in the Draft 

EIS and Final EIS. 

No Action Alternative. Under the No 

Action Alternative, TVA would not 

develop the North Alabama UtilityScale Solar Facility at the Project Site 

and would pursue other actions to meet 

its renewable energy goals established 

in the 2019 IRP. TVA would retain 

ownership of the site until decisions on 

its future development and/or disposal, 

assessed in subsequent NEPA reviews, 

are made. Until that point, TVA would 

conduct necessary site maintenance, 

such as periodic inspections and 

mowing of parts of the site. TVA may 

also enter into lease agreement(s) with 

local farmer(s) for continued 

agricultural operations. TVA may 

implement environmental enhancement 

measures by establishing and 

maintaining the proposed species-rich 

native plant meadow and/or by 

expanding the suitable habitat for the 

state-listed Tuscumbia darter and the 

globally rare round-rib elimia, wherein 

TVA would thin the dense vegetative 

buffer along Wheeler Branch and 

maintain the thinned buffer. These 

interim activities would follow TVA’s 

standard best management practices and 

permitting requirements and would 

align with TVA’s natural resource 

management policies as described in its 

2020 Natural Resource Plan and EIS. 

Agricultural lease agreements with 

farmers would adhere to TVA’s 

standards listed in its Grasslands and 

Agricultural Lands Management License 

provisions. 

Proposed Action Alternative. Under 

the Proposed Action Alternative, TVA 

would construct an approximately 200- 

MW AC solar PV facility known as the 

North Alabama Utility-Scale Solar 

Facility, including an electrical 

substation and possibly a 200-MW hour 

(MWh) BESS. The solar PV facility, 

BESS, and associated 161-kV Project 

substation would occupy approximately 

1,459 acres of a 2,896-acre Project Site 

located along U.S. Highway 72 Alternate 

approximately two miles east of the 

town of Courtland in northeastern 

Lawrence County, Alabama. The solar 

facility and associated components 

would be designed to avoid and 

minimize impacts to environmental 

resources to the maximum extent 

possible. In addition, up to 150 acres of 

the Project Site would be maintained as 

species-rich native plant meadow. As 

part of the Proposed Action, TVA may 

also construct a 200-MWh BESS within 

the 1,459-acre developed portion of the 

Project Site, adjacent to the Project 

substation. TVA would develop the 

facility with the intent of entering into 

a power purchase agreement (PPA) with 

a qualified company to own, maintain, 

and operate the facility under terms of 

the PPA for up to a 20-year period. The 

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commitments and restrictive covenants 

for the protection of environmental 

resources. At the end of the PPA term, 

TVA would repurchase the facility and 

either let the PPA expire and 

decommission the facility or as 

evaluated under separate environmental 

review, enter into a new PPA or choose 

to operate the solar facility for an 

additional period. The facility output 

would be transmitted to the TVA 

electrical network via an 

interconnection with the existing 

Reservation–Mountain Home 161-kV 

TL, which crosses the southern portion 

of the Project Site. The interconnection 

of the solar facility would require 

upgrades on this TL in Lawrence 

County. 

Purpose and Need: The purpose and 

need of the Proposed Action is to meet 

the demand for increased renewable 

energy generation and partially fulfill 

the renewable energy goals established 

in the 2019 IRP. TVA’s preferred 

alternative for fulfilling its purpose and 

need is the Proposed Action Alternative, 

which would generate renewable energy 

for TVA and its customers with only 

minor environmental impacts due to the 

implementation of best management 

practices (BMPs) and minimization and 

mitigation efforts. Implementation of the 

Project would help meet TVA’s 

renewable energy goals and would help 

TVA meet customer-driven energy 

demands on the TVA system. 

Environmental Impact: Overall, 

environmental consequences associated 

with the Proposed Action Alternative 

would not be significant and, for the 

most part, would be temporary with the 

implementation of minimization and 

mitigation efforts. During construction, 

minor, temporary increases to noise, 

traffic, and health and safety risks, as 

well as minor, temporary effects to air 

quality, greenhouse gas emissions, 

visual aesthetics, and utilities would 

occur. Construction and operations 

would have minor, localized effects on 

soil erosion and sedimentation and 

minor, direct and indirect effects to 

surface waters and wetlands, 

floodplains, and aquatic life. These 

impacts would be minimized or 

mitigated by implementation of BMPs 

and specific measures designed to 

mitigate effects, such as thinning of 

dense vegetive buffer along Wheeler 

Branks to expand suitable habitat for the 

the Tuscumbia darter and the globally 

rare round-rib elimia and establishment 

and maintenance of species-rich native 

plant meadow on up to 150 acres of the 

Project Site. Beneficial effects on 

socioeconomics would also occur with 

construction and operation of the 

Project. 

Construction of the Project would 

result in impacts to approximately 

14,891 linear feet (LF) of ephemeral 

streams for the installation of pilings to 

support the solar PV arrays and culverts 

for road crossings, 0.07 acre of wetland 

for the installation of a culvert for a road 

crossing and replacement of a TL pole 

structure, and 96 LF of intermittent and 

perennial stream disturbance for the 

installation of culverts for road 

crossings. Regulated linear ephemeral 

drainage features on site would be 

avoided to the extent practicable. 

Permanent fill in regulated features 

would be subject to Clean Water Act 

Section 404 and 401 permitting through 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the 

Alabama Department of Environmental 

Management (ADEM), respectively. 

Additionally, in accordance with TVA 

and ADEM requirements, 50-foot buffers 

surrounding jurisdictional perennial 

and intermittent streams in developed 

portions of the Project Site would be 

maintained as an avoidance measure. 

The Project would change land uses on 

the Project Site from primarily 

agricultural to industrial. Long-term 

habitat loss would also occur as a result 

of this change in land use. 

Approximately 84 acres of forest that 

potentially provide summer roosting 

habitat for endangered and threatened 

bats would be cleared during winter 

months, when bats are not likely to be 

present on the Project Site. The TL 

upgrade work would be carried out in 

a manner to avoid impacts to the 

endangered fleshy-fruit gladecress. TVA 

has consulted with the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (USFWS) under 

Section 7 of the Endangered Species 

Act, and USFWS concurred with TVA’s 

determination that the Project may 

affect but is not likely to adversely affect 

the federally listed fleshy-fruit 

gladecress, gray bat, Indiana bat, and 

northern long-eared bat. TVA also 

determined that the Project would have 

no effect on 14 other federally listed 

species that were identified as having 

the potential to occur on or near the 

Project Site. 

The Proposed Action would avoid 

one cemetery, all 16 archaeological sites 

determined to be eligible for the 

National Register of Historic Places 

(NRHP), and two potentially sensitive 

cultural resources areas of 

undetermined NRHP eligibility. The 

Project would have visual effects to 

three NRHP-listed or eligible 

architectural resources; however, the 

effects would not be adverse due to 

modern intrusions and/or setbacks from 

these resources that would be 

maintained by the Project. Maintenance 

of these setbacks would also help 

minimize the overall visual effects of 

the Proposed Action. The proposed 

undertaking would alter the historic 

characteristics that qualify the proposed 

rural landscape district, Wheeler Station 

Rural Historic District (WSRHD), for the 

NRHP by diminishing its integrity of 

design, setting, materials, workmanship, 

feeling, and association. TVA consulted 

with the Alabama Historical 

Commission (AHC), which functions as 

the Alabama state historic preservation 

officer, and federally recognized Indian 

tribes under Section 106 of the National 

Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) 

regarding these findings and avoidance, 

minimization, and mitigation measures. 

TVA and AHC developed an NHPA 

Section 106 memorandum of agreement 

(MOA) to mitigate adverse effects to 

WSRHD to which the Project would 

adhere. 

Decision: TVA has decided to 

implement the preferred alternative of 

the EIS, which would result in the 

construction, operation, maintenance, 

and eventual decommissioning of the 

proposed solar PV facility, as well as the 

construction, operation, and 

maintenance of a substation and 

associated facilities to interconnect the 

solar PV facility to TVA’s existing 

electrical transmission network. TVA is 

also considering the construction and 

operation of an associated 200–MWh 

BESS. This alternative would achieve 

the purpose and need of the Project. 

Public Involvement: On January 30, 

2020, TVA published a Notice of Intent 

(NOI) in the Federal Register 

announcing that it planned to prepare 

an EIS to address the potential 

environmental effects associated with 

building, operating, and maintaining the 

North Alabama Utility-Scale Solar 

Facility in Lawrence County, Alabama. 

The NOI initiated a 30-day public 

scoping period that concluded on March 

2, 2020. The NOI solicited public input 

on the scope of the EIS, including 

alternative actions and environmental 

issues that should be considered in the 

EIS. During the public scoping period, 

TVA received comments from the U.S. 

Geological Survey, the U.S. Department 

of the Interior National Park Service 

(NPS), and six private individuals. 

Comments were received regarding 

alternatives, land use, prime farmland, 

water resources, biological resources, 

greenhouse gas emissions, cultural 

resources, and cumulative effects. 

Draft EIS: TVA released the Draft EIS 

for public review in January 2021. A 

NOA for the Draft EIS was published in 

the Federal Register on January 29, 

2021. Publication of the NOA in the 

Federal Register opened the 45-day 

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March 15, 2021. To solicit public input, 

the availability of the Draft EIS was 

announced in regional and local 

newspapers serving the project area and 

on TVA’s social media accounts. A 

news release was issued to the media 

and posted on TVA’s website. The Draft 

EIS was posted on TVA’s website, and 

hard copies were made available by 

request. During the public comment 

period, on February 11, 2021, TVA held 

a live virtual public meeting to describe 

the Project and address questions in a 

live question-and-answer session. A 

recording of the session was made 

available following the meeting for 

public viewing. TVA accepted 

comments submitted through mail, 

email, a comment form on TVA’s public 

website, and during the virtual public 

meeting. TVA received a total of 15 

comments. These were submitted by the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

(USEPA), NPS, and 13 private 

individuals. Some of the comments 

warranted changes in the Final EIS. 

Final EIS: The NOA for the Final EIS 

was published in the Federal Register 

on May 13, 2022. TVA received one 

correspondence in relation to the Final 

EIS. This was submitted by USEPA 

during the mandatory 30-day waiting 

period after the Final EIS was released. 

In its letter to TVA regarding the Final 

EIS, USEPA indicated that it had 

reviewed the Draft EIS and provided 

comments pertaining to endangered 

species and wetland impacts in a letter 

dated March 15, 2021. USEPA stated 

that the Final EIS addressed their 

comments. 

Mitigation Measures: TVA would 

implement the following minimization 

and mitigation measures in relation to 

potentially affected resources and 

would include any of these measures 

that would need to be employed during 

operations in the terms of the PPA: 

• Land Use and Visual Resources 

Æ Install anti-reflective PV panels to 

minimize or eliminate negative visual 

impacts from glare and reflection, and 

Æ Maintain existing vegetative buffer 

outside developed portions of the 

Project Site. 

• Geology and Soils 

Æ Comply with the terms of the 

Construction Best Management 

Practices Plan (CBMPP) prepared as part 

of the National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) permitting 

process to control soil erosion and 

runoff, such as the installation of 

erosion control silt fences and sediment 

traps. 

Æ Implement other soil stabilization 

and vegetation management measures to 

reduce the potential for soil erosion 

during site operations. 

Æ Avoid compromising the structure 

integrity or altering the karst hydrology 

by controlled TL upgrade-related 

drilling and blasting within a 0.5-mile 

radius of documented caves. 

• Water Resources 

Æ Comply with the terms of the 

CBMPP prepared as part of the General 

Construction Stormwater NPDES 

permitting process to control soil 

erosion and runoff, such as the 

installation of erosion control silt fences 

and sediment traps. 

Æ Establish 50-foot avoidance buffers 

surrounding perennial and intermittent 

streams and wetlands, where only nonmechanical tree and other woody 

vegetation removal would occur (except 

in limited areas for Tuscumbia darter 

and round-rib elimia conservation 

efforts). 

Æ Implement other routine BMPs as 

necessary, such as restricted herbicide 

application near streams, wetlands, 

caves and sinkholes, and proper vehicle 

maintenance to reduce the potential for 

adverse impacts to surface and 

groundwater resources. 

Æ To minimize adverse impacts to 

floodplains and their natural and 

beneficial values, any fence constructed 

within 100-year floodplain would be 

designed and constructed to withstand 

flooding with minimal damage. 

Æ When the facility is 

decommissioned and dismantled, 

deconstruction and demolition debris 

would be deposited outside 100-year 

floodways. 

Æ Road improvements crossing 

floodplains would be done in such a 

manner that upstream flood elevations 

would not be increased by more than 

1.0 foot. 

Æ Avoid impacts to groundwater by 

controlled TL upgrade-related drilling 

and blasting within a 0.5-mile radius of 

documented caves. 

• Biological Resources 

Æ Revegetate with native and/or noninvasive vegetation to restore habitat, 

including up to 150 acres of native plant 

meadow that would promote pollinators 

in the project area, reduce erosion, limit 

the spread of invasive species, and 

follow USFWS recommendations 

regarding biological resources and 

pollinator species. 

Æ Ensure that any soil, baled hay or 

straw, plants and sod with roots and soil 

attached, soil-moving equipment, or 

other ‘‘Regulated Articles,’’ as defined 

by U.S. Department of Agriculture, are 

in compliance with Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service Quarantine 

Regulations. 

Æ To minimize Project effects to the 

state-listed Tuscumbia darter and the 

globally rare round-rib elimia, thin the 

dense vegetative buffer along Wheeler 

Branch to expand suitable habitat for 

the two species and maintain the 

thinned buffer during Project operation. 

Æ Use downward facing and/or lowglare lighting to limit attracting wildlife, 

particularly migratory birds. 

Æ Minimize direct impacts to some 

migratory birds and federally listed tree 

roosting bats by clearing trees in winter 

months (November 15 to March 15) 

outside of nesting season and roosting 

season, respectively. 

Æ Avoid and minimize effects to 

caves and federally listed bats during TL 

upgrades: 

D Drill or blast within a 0.5 mile 

radius of documented caves in a manner 

that would not compromise the 

structural integrity or alter the karst 

hydrology of the cave. 

D Avoid herbicide use within 200 feet 

of portals associated with caves capable 

of supporting cave-associated species 

and on surface water or wetlands unless 

specifically labeled for aquatic use. 

D Conform to federal and state 

regulations and label requirements 

when applying herbicide to filter and 

buffer strips. 

D Limit the clearing of vegetation 

within a 200-foot radius of documented 

caves, if needed, to hand or small 

machinery (e.g., chainsaws, bush-hog, 

mowers) to protect potential recharge 

areas of cave streams and other karst 

features that are connected 

hydrologically to caves. 

D Conduct drilling, blasting, or other 

activities involving continuous noise 

within 0.5 miles of a cave with assumed 

presence of winter-roosting federally 

listed bats during warmer months 

(March 16–October 14) to avoid the 

winter roosting period. 

• Noise 

Æ Limit construction activities 

primarily to daytime hours and ensure 

that heavy equipment, machinery, and 

vehicles utilized at the Project Site meet 

all federal, state, and local noise 

requirements. 

• Air Quality 

Æ Comply with local ordinances or 

burn permits if burning of vegetative 

debris is required and use BMPs such as 

periodic watering, covering open-body 

trucks, and establishing a speed limit to 

mitigate fugitive dust. 

• Cultural Resources 

Æ Adhere to setbacks from certain 

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resources, and other avoidance, 

minimization, and mitigation measures 

in consultation with AHC and federally 

recognized tribes. 

Æ Adhere to the following NHPA 

Section 106 MOA stipulations: 

D TVA would produce two copies of 

a traveling exhibit consisting of three to 

five retractable displays on African 

American life in late nineteenth to midtwentieth century Lawrence County and 

WSRHD. One copy would be delivered 

to AHC, while the other copy would be 

used for future TVA public events 

within the region. 

D TVA would construct a wooden 

fence along the eastern boundary of 

NRHP-listed Pond Spring to match the 

existing fencing along the north edge of 

the property and in keeping with the 

documented historical fencing. 

D TVA would prepare updated NRHP 

nomination forms for Pond Spring and 

Bride’s Hill and submit to AHC within 

one year of the signature of the MOA. 

• Waste Management 

Æ Dispose of wastes in approved, 

offsite facilities, and no new on-site 

waste management facilities would be 

developed. 

Æ Develop and implement a variety of 

plans and programs to ensure safe 

handling, storage, and use of hazardous 

materials. 

• Public and Occupational Health and 

Safety 

Æ Emphasize BMPs in health and 

safety plans for site safety management 

to minimize potential risks. 

• Transportation 

Æ While not anticipated based on 

results of a traffic study, implement 

mitigation measures in coordination 

with Alabama Department of 

Transportation if traffic from the Project 

activities substantially disrupt normal 

traffic patterns in the area. 

TVA employs standard practices 

when constructing, operating, and 

maintaining TLs, structures, and the 

associated right-of-way (ROW) and 

access roads. Routine measures that 

would be taken to reduce the potential 

for adverse environmental effects during 

the TL upgrade activities are as follows: 

• TVA would utilize standard BMPs 

to minimize erosion during 

construction, operation, and 

maintenance activities associated with 

the transmission modifications. These 

BMPs are described in ‘‘A Guide for 

Environmental Protection and BMPs for 

TVA Construction and Maintenance 

Activities—Revision 3’’ (TVA’s BMP 

Manual) and the ‘‘Alabama Handbook 

for Erosion Control, Sediment Control, 

and Stormwater Management on 

Construction Sites and Urban Areas.’’ 

• To minimize the introduction and 

spread of invasive species in the ROW, 

access roads, and adjacent areas, TVA 

would follow standard operating 

procedures consistent with Executive 

Order 13112 (Invasive Species) for 

revegetating the areas with noninvasive 

plant species as defined by TVA. 

• Stream reaches that could be 

affected by the proposed activities 

would be protected by implementing 

standard BMPs as identified in TVA’s 

BMP manual and the ‘‘Alabama 

Handbook for Erosion Control, 

Sediment Control, and Stormwater 

Management on Construction Sites and 

Urban Areas.’’ 

• In areas requiring chemical 

treatment, only USEPA-registered and 

TVA-approved herbicides and other 

pesticides would be used in accordance 

with label directions designed, in part, 

to restrict applications near receiving 

waters and to prevent unacceptable 

aquatic impacts. 

• To minimize adverse impacts on 

natural and beneficial floodplain values, 

the following mitigation measures 

would be implemented: 

Æ Construction in the floodplain 

would adhere to the TVA subclass 

review criteria for TL location in 

floodplains. 

Æ BMPs as noted above, both 

generally and for stream reaches, would 

be used during construction activities. 

Æ To the extent practicable, TL 

construction and maintenance activities 

would be scheduled during dry periods. 

Æ Road improvements crossing 

floodplains would be done in such a 

manner that upstream flood elevations 

would not be increased by more than 

1.0 foot. 

Æ The TL ROW would be revegetated 

where vegetation is removed. 

Bryan Williams, 

Senior Vice President, Generation Projects 

and Fleet Services. 

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[Docket No. FAA–2022–0641] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of a Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: Employee 

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AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

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ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA 

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intention to request the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

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By Fax: 424–405–7218. 

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