Editing FutureGen (section)

===Site selection===
[[Site selection]] for the FutureGen facility was based on a competitive process which began in May 2006. Seven states responded<ref>{{cite news |first=Keith |last=Benman |title=FutureGen not in near future for Indiana |url=http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2004/03/10/business/business/f5e87b5fd54a377186256e52007c6430.txt |work=The Times |location=Munster, IN |date=2004-03-10 |access-date=2007-12-18 }} (Bids by states to host FutureGen)</ref> to the Site Request for Proposals with a total of 12 proposals. Proposals were reviewed against a set of environmental, technical, regulatory, and financial criteria with input from external technical advisors on power plant design and [[carbon sequestration]]. In July 2006, four candidate sites were selected for further review, including an environmental impact analysis as required by NEPA.

DOE issued its Final [[Environmental impact statement]] (EIS) on November 8, 2007, which concluded that all four sites were acceptable from an environmental impact standpoint and all would move forward in the site evaluation process.  EPA published a Notice of Availability (NOA) for the EIS in the Federal Register on November 16, 2007.<ref>[http://www.eh.doe.gov/nepa/na/64618.pdf Federal Register, Vol. 72, No. 221] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216073055/http://www.eh.doe.gov/nepa/na/64618.pdf |date=2008-02-16 }}</ref> The DOE is required by federal law to wait at least 30 days after the NOA release before issuing its final Record of Decision (ROD).  The waiting period legally closed on December 17, 2007.  DOE chose not to issue the ROD and advised the FutureGen Alliance to delay the final site selection announcement, which was scheduled to occur at the end of the 30-day waiting period. The Alliance chose to move ahead with the announcement, citing time, money, and a commitment to proposers to select the final site by year-end. "Every month of delay can add $10 million to the project's cost, solely due to inflation," said Michael Mudd, the Alliance's chief executive.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin:1em auto"
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! City
! Proposals
! Finalists
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| align="left"| [[Effingham, Illinois]]
| x ||
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| align="left"| [[Marshall, Illinois]]
| x ||
|-
| align="left"| '''[[Mattoon, Illinois]]'''
| '''x''' || '''x'''
|-
| align="left"| [[Tuscola, Illinois]]
| x || x
|-
| align="left"| [[Henderson County, Kentucky]]
| x ||
|-
| align="left"| [[Bowman County, North Dakota]]
| x ||
|-
| align="left"| [[Meigs County, Ohio]]
| x ||
|-
| align="left"| [[Tuscarawas County, Ohio]]
| x ||
|-
| align="left"| [[Odessa, Texas]]
| x || x
|-
| align="left"| [[Jewett, Texas]]
| x || x
|-
| align="left"| [[Point Pleasant, West Virginia]]
| x ||
|-
| align="left"| [[Gillette, Wyoming]]
| x ||
|}

The Michael Mudd, the CEO of the FutureGen Alliance, announced the selection of [[Mattoon, Illinois]] as the host site on December 18, 2007.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mattoon lands FutureGen power plant |url=http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2007/12/18/mattoon_to_land_futuregen |work=[[The News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana)]] |date=2007-12-18 |access-date=2007-12-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205083135/http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2007/12/18/mattoon_to_land_futuregen |archive-date=December 5, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Illinois chosen for experimental coal plant |url=http://chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=27486&seenIt=1 |work=[[Crain's Chicago Business]] |date=2007-12-18 |access-date=2007-12-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223003003/http://chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=27486&seenIt=1 |archive-date=2007-12-23 }}</ref> According to the EIS, Mattoon, IL the site is located about {{convert|3.5|mi|km}} northwest of downtown Mattoon in the eastern part of Mattoon township section 8 on {{convert|1.8|km2|acre|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} of former farm land. The carbon sequestration area is about {{convert|8000|ft|km}} below the ground.<ref>FutureGen Alliance. [http://www.futuregenalliance.org/news/fg_mattoon_eiv_v1_master_rev1.pdf Environmental Information Volumes for Mattoon, Illinois] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216073055/http://www.futuregenalliance.org/news/fg_mattoon_eiv_v1_master_rev1.pdf |date=2008-02-16 }}. (PDF) 12.1 MB. December 1, 2006.</ref> In July 2007, Illinois Public Act 095-0018 became law giving the state of Illinois ownership of and liability for the sequestered gases.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=095-0018|title=Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of Public Act 095-0018|website=www.ilga.gov}}</ref>