[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 14 (Monday, January 23, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 4411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-1644]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Fossil Energy
[Docket No. FE C&E 94-17--Certification Notice-145]


City of Brownsville Public Utilities Board (PUB); Notice of 
Filing of Coal Capability; Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of filing.

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SUMMARY: On December 28, 1994, City of Brownsville Public utilities 
Board, 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, D.C. 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 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) as of the date filed with the Department of Energy. The 
Secretary is required to publish a notice in the Federal Register that 
a certification has been filed. The following owner/operator of a 
proposed new baseload powerplant has filed a self-certification in 
accordance with section 201(d).

Owner: City of Brownsville Public Utilities Board
Operator: City of Brownsville Public Utilities Board
Location: Brownsville, Texas
Plant Configuration: Combined cycle
Capacity: 44.8 megawatts
Fuel: Natural gas
Purchasing Entities: City of Brownsville customers
In-Service Date: late 1996.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., January 17, 1995.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Office of Coal & Electricity, Office of Fuels Programs, 
Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 95-1644 Filed 1-20-95; 8:45 am]
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