West Tennessee Solar Farm Receives Environmental Approval

U.S. Dept. of Energy Issues Finding of No Significant Impact, Project Moves Forward
Governor Bill Haslam and Commissioner Bill Hagerty of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development announced Wednesday, February 2, 2011, that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has completed its environmental review for the West Tennessee Solar Farm in Haywood County and issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), which means the project complies with all applicable federal regulation for environmental protection. The review was conducted under guidelines specified in the National Environmental Policy Act and was part of the requirement for utilizing American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding for the project. The finding allows site preparation and installation to begin on the five-megawatt solar array.

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