DOE completed a final environmental assessment (EA) for a project under Area I of the Industrial Carbon Capture and Sequestration from Industrial Sources and Innovative Concepts for Beneficial CO2 Use . Based on the analyses in the EA DOE determined that its proposed action - awarding a grant to Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. to design and demonstrate a state-of-the-art system to concentrate carbon dioxide (CO,) from two steam methane reformer hydrogen production plants.

On the basis of the evaluations in the final EA, DOE determined that its proposed action to provide $284 million in cost-shared funding and Air Products' proposed project to demonstrate the capture and sequestration of CO2 from steam methane reforming process gas would have no significant impact on the human environment. All potential environmental impacts identified and analyzed in the EA would not be significant. Therefore, preparation of an environmental impact statement is not required, and DOE issued a Finding of No Significant Impact.