Construction: 5-10

5-10 Please calculate the number of impacted acres of land, for not only the construction of the power plant, but the construction of the staging area, the new road built for the construction phase, the construction of the 150-foot wide overhead transmiss

The CREC has been designed to minimize land impacts.

The estimated impacted acres of land are as follows:

 

  • For the construction of the power plant, the construction staging areas and the new site access road the impacted area is approximately 50 acres;
  • For the construction of the 150-foot wide overhead transmission line right of way the impacted area is approximately 14 acres;
  • The area impacted by the construction of the new gas line is included in the power plant impacted area;
  • The water and waste water lines do not need additional cleared area; and
  • The new power line installed on the National Grid ROW is approximately 57 acres.

 

The CREC project design is still in the process of being refined, in part to further avoid and minimize such impacts.  Invenergy is currently preparing its applications to alter wetlands to RIDEM and the ACOE.  These applications will require a complete inventory of all impacted areas, including the facility, the access road, the transmission line, the new gas, water, and sewer lines, the water treatment system and the areas for construction staging.