[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 39 (Monday, February 28, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-4476]


[Federal Register: February 28, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Fossil Energy
[Docket No. FE C&E 94-1--Certification Notice--128]


Blackfoot Cogeneration Partners; Filing of Coal Capability 
Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of filing.

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SUMMARY: Cogen Power, Inc. on behalf of itself and Blackfoot 
Cogeneration Partners, has submitted a coal capability self-
certification pursuant to section 201 of the Powerplant and Industrial 
Fuel Use Act of 1978, as amended.

ADDRESSES: Copies of self-certification filings are available for 
public inspection, upon request, in the Office of Fuels Programs, 
Fossil Energy, room 3F-056, FE-52, Forrestal Building, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Russell at (202) 586-9624.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of the Powerplant and Industrial 
Fuel Use Act of 1978 (FUA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.), 
provides that no new baseload electric powerplant may be constructed or 
operated without the capability to use coal or another alternate fuel 
as a primary energy source. In order to meet the requirement of coal 
capability, the owner or operator of such facilities proposing to use 
natural gas or petroleum as its primary energy source shall certify, 
pursuant to FUA section 201(d), to the Secretary of Energy prior to 
construction, or prior to operation as a base load powerplant, that 
such powerplant has the capability to use coal or another alternate 
fuel. Such certification establishes compliance with section 201(a) on 
the day it is filed with the Secretary. The Secretary is required to 
publish a notice in the Federal Register that a certification has been 
filed. The following owners/operators of proposed new baseload 
powerplants have filed self-certifications in acccordance with section 
201(d).
    Owner & Operator: Blackfoot Cogeneration Partners.
    Location: Blackfoot, Idaho.
    Plant Configuration: Topping cycle cogeneration.
    Capacity: 8.5 megawatts.
    Fuel: Natural gas.
    Purchasing Utilities: Idaho Power Company.
    Expected In-Service Date:  January 1, 1997.

    Issued in Washington, DC, February 22, 1994.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Office of Coal & Electricity, Office of Fuels Programs, 
Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 94-4476 Filed 2-25-94; 8:45 am]
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