3.0 Affected Environment - Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority

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Knik Arm Crossing DraftFinal EIS Affected Environment The collection system and treatment plant have adequate capacity through 2020 (MOA 2001a). Future expansion into Southwest Anchorage is planned. Eagle River and Girdwood are served by tertiary treatment facilities. The Eagle River Wastewater Treatment Plant (ERWTP) was expanded in 1991 to 2.5 mgd, which was planned at that time for enough capacity to 2005. Operators of the ERWTP are working with an engineering group to decide if and when expansion would be necessary. The facility is reaching the high end of mid-capacity, but it still has the capacity to handle some additional growth (Womak 2005). Electric utilities The Mat-Su The Palmer-based Matanuska Electric Association (MEA) is the second-largest electric cooperative in Alaska (MEA 2005), serving nearly 50,000 retail customers in the Point MacKenzie, Eagle River, Chugiak, Palmer, Wasilla, Big Lake, Houston, Willow, Talkeetna, and Trapper Creek areas. It is currently an all-requirements wholesale customer of CEA, obligated to purchase all its power needs from CEA through the end of 2014. MEA is CEA’s largest customer, purchasing 25 percent of power sold. Power generation at the Eklutna and Bradley Lake hydroelectric facilities is assigned by contract to Chugach to manage on MEA’s behalf. MEA’s peak load in 2004 was 120 megawatts (MW). In 2004, MEA gave notice that it would not renew the all-requirements contract with CEA (MEA 2005). Negotiations between MEA and Usibelli Coal Company and other firms could lead to the construction of a gas- or coal-fired generation plant in the Mat-Su as early as 2015. Anchorage In Anchorage, electric power is provided by either Municipal Light & Power (ML&P) or CEA, depending on location. ML&P is owned by the Municipality and provides electrical power to approximately 30,000 residential and commercial customers in a service area of 20 square miles in the northern portion of the municipality (MOA 2003). Within this service area is Alaska’s commercial, industrial, and transportation center as well as more than half the city’s residential population. It also provides power to Fort Richardson and sells electricity to other utilities for resale outside its service area. ML&P operates two power plants and 20 substations and is the south end controller of the Anchorage-Fairbanks Intertie, a high-voltage transmission line that electrically links the Anchorage area with the Fairbanks area. ML&P is the majority shareholder (53.3 percent) of the Eklutna power plant, a hydroelectric facility. In total, ML&P has 350 MW of installed generation capacity (MOA 2005f). In addition to its own generation, ML&P purchases power from the stateowned Bradley Lake hydroelectric facility near Homer. Peak demand is 152 MW in winter and 142 MW in summer. Anchorage-based CEA is a member-owned electric cooperative and the largest electric utility in Alaska. CEA owns 17 power generating facilities in the Cook Inlet area and owns a Page 3-64 12/18/07
Knik Arm Crossing DraftFinal EIS Affected Environment 30 percent share of the Eklutna hydroelectric facility (CEA 2005). The cooperative has 527 MW of installed generation capacity. CEA also purchases power from the Bradley Lake hydroelectric facility. The combined capacity of ML&P and CEA is adequate to meet near-term peak demands of Anchorage (MOA 2005f and CEA 2005). Additional capacity may be needed by 2015 to 2020. Solid waste disposal The Mat-Su The Mat-Su Borough operates the Central Landfill, a Class 1 landfill located between Wasilla and Palmer. The Central Landfill serves businesses and approximately 55,000 residents of the borough. The area designated for waste disposal is 620 acres in size. Existing municipal waste landfill cells are expected to reach design capacity around 2010 (ADOT&PF 2002b). Additional landfill cells are planned. Three privately owned refuse collection companies (Raven Refuse, Valley Refuse, and Wasilla Refuse) operate in the Mat-Su’s Core Area. Palmer owns and operates a collection service (ADOT&PF 2002b). These companies provide residential and commercial service to a substantial portion of the borough’s businesses and residents. Anchorage The Anchorage Regional Landfill (ARL) near Eagle River is operated by the Anchorage Solid Waste Services Department and is the deposition point for collected municipal solid waste within the Anchorage municipal boundaries. The yearly intake rate is about 350,000 tons. The landfill capacity is approximately 42.3 million cubic yards (about 19.8 million tons). The facility is expected to provide for the disposal needs of the municipality through 2043 (MOA 2001a). The Municipality’s Solid Waste Services provides waste pickup in the original Anchorage boundaries (before the municipality was formed), including the Government Hill neighborhood. Other areas are served by privately owned refuse companies. Hazardous waste sites Known and potential hazardous waste sites in the Study Area were identified through review of federal and state databases and site reconnaissance. The database search included sites regulated by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA); state-listed spill sites and contaminated sites; and sites with leaking underground storage tanks (LUSTs). Contaminated sites and hazardous wastes in the Study Area are discussed in detail in Section 3.5.4. 3.2.3.1.5 Health care services Health care is provided by a number of hospitals located in the Mat-Su and Anchorage: 12/18/07 Page 3-65
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