• JPA Transmittal Letter USACE and DEQ
• JPA Transmittal Letter VMRC
• JPA Cover Page and Table of Contents
• JPA Overview
• JPA Form
• JPA Form Attachments
  • Attachment 1.1
    Site Location Map
  • Attachment 1.2
    Lot/Block/Parcel Numbers Table
  • Attachment 3.1
    Alternatives Analysis
  • Attachment 3.2
    Cumulative Effects Analysis
  • Attachment 3.3
    Phase I Cultural Resources Survey
  • Attachment 6.1
    Public Notification Letters to Adjacent Property Owners
  • Attachment 6.2
    Signed Appendix B Adjacent Property Owner's Acknowledgement Forms
  • Section 7
    Narrative
  • Attachment 7.1
    Threatened and Endangered Species Correspondence
  • Attachment 7.2
    Endangered Species Assessment
  • Attachment 7.3
    Endangered Bat Survey
  • Section 8
    Narrative
  • Attachment 8.1
    Wetlands/Waters Impact Summary Table (Revised November 2007)
  • Attachment 8.2
    Biological Assessment
  • Attachment 8.3
    USACE Jurisdictional Determination
  • Attachment 8.4
    Final Compensatory Mitigation Plan (Revised December 2007)
  • Attachment 18.1
    FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map
  • Attachment 18.2
    Description of Fill in Wetlands and Waters
  • Attachment 18.3
    • Environmental Resources Overview Map (Full Size)
    • Environmental Resources Overview Map (8.5" x 11")
    • Wetlands and Water Impact Map (Full Size)
    • Wetlands and Water Impact Map (8.5" x 11")
  • Attachment 19.1
    Water Intake and Outfall Structure Information
  • Attachment 21.1
    Impoundments, Dams, and Stormwater Management Facilities - Solid Waste Management Facility
  • Attachment 21.2
    Impoundments, Dams, and Stormwater Management Facilities - Power Plant
  • Attachment 22.1
    Utility Crossings
  • Attachment 23.1
    Road Crossings
• Complete Joint Permit Application
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Virginia City
Hybrid Energy Center Project

Introduction

Welcome to the Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center Project site for environmental regulatory agency coordination. Here you will find information that has been submitted to the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ) in the Joint Permit Application (JPA). Also, a letter and JPA form have been submitted to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission. The contents of the JPA are listed along the left side of this page. To download, simply click a link and select "Save As" from the download prompt or, if you have Adobe Reader, the PDF will automatically open.

Project Description

Virginia Electric and Power Company, doing business as Dominion Virginia Power (Dominion), has submitted a JPA for Federal and state permits as described herein to the USACE - Norfolk District and the VDEQ - Water Quality Division Southwest Regional Office in Abingdon, Virginia. The Virginia City site, consisting of reclaimed mined land, located near St. Paul, Wise County, Virginia, was selected as the site for the new facility.

Dominion is proposing to construct and operate a 585-megawatt carbon capture compatible, clean-coal powered electric generation facility near St. Paul, Wise County, Virginia, known as the Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center (Project). The Project will consist of the new electric generation facility (Power Plant) and an associated Solid Waste Management Facility (SWMF).

Dominion's Project is in response to legislation enacted by the 2004 Virginia General Assembly, which encourages the development of a clean-coal powered electric generation facility that utilizes Virginia coal and is located in the Southwest coalfield region of the commonwealth. The intended use of the Project is to expand electric capacity to meet growth in Virginia, to ensure a reliable and adequate supply of electricity to meet projected native load obligation, and to promote economic development in Southwest Virginia. The State Corporation Committee, in a Final Order dated November 1, 2006, determined that the construction of this facility is in the public interest.

A consortium of energy companies, led by Dominion, studied several sites before selecting the Wise County location for further evaluation. The Virginia City Site meets the major criteria for the Project to proceed, including an adequate fuel and water supply, electrical transmission requirements, construction logistics and minimal environmental impact.

The Power Plant requires a long-term disposal/utilization plan, such as the proposed SWMF, in order to operate. The proposed SWMF will be a captive industrial solid waste disposal site, which means that it will be designed for the exclusive disposal of coal combustion by-products associated with power generation from the proposed Power Plant.

In order to avoid potential impacts on endangered species in the Clinch River, a dry-cooling process was selected for use with the circulating fluidized bed combustion technology, which will substantially reduce the amount of water that will be used by the Power Plant. Additionally, to avoid potential impacts to aquatic resources, municipal water supplies will be used to operate the Power Plant, and discharges of process water and SWMF leachate will be sent to the municipal treatment system.

Contact Us

Kimberly Q. Lanterman
Dominion Electric Environmental Services
5000 Dominion Boulevard
Glen Allen, VA 23060
T (804) 273-3051
E kimberly.q.lanterman@dom.com

Annette Poore
Army Corps of Engineers - Norfolk District
Clinch Valley Regulatory Field Office
P.O. Box 338
Abingdon, VA 24212
T (276) 623-5259
E annette.j.poore@nao02.usace.army.mil

Mark S. Trent
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Southwest Regional Office
P.O. Box 1688
Abingdon, VA 24212
T (276) 676-4816
E mstrent@deq.virginia.gov