Deer Creek Station receives air quality permit
SD Dept.of Environment and Natural Resources approved an air quality preconstruction permit for Basin Electric's proposed Deer Creek Station on June 29, 2010.
Basin Electric Power Cooperative
- July 1, 2010
Basin Electric's Deer Creek Station is another step closer to the start of construction. On June 29, the South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources approved the PSD (prevention of significant deterioration) air quality preconstruction permit.
Gavin McCollam, manager of performance and mechanical engineering and Deer Creek Station project coordinator, said the $405-million power plant is being built to help meet increasing member power requirements. It will be a 300-megawatt, natural gas-fired, combined cycle power plant - the cooperative's first combined cycle power plant. It will be located southeast of White, SD.
Also on June 29, the Western Area Power Administration approved the Environmental Impact Statement for the power plant.
The EIS analyzes the impact the plant has on the existing environment and any mitigation strategies that will be used to alleviate any negative effects. By signing the EIS, Western reports there will be minimal impacts. The EIS must also be signed by the Rural Utilities Service before construction can begin.
Once construction begins, McCollam said building the Deer Creek Station will take about two years.
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