[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 49590]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23835]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[FE Docket No. PP-108]


Application for Presidential Permit; Arizona Public Service 
Company

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Arizona Public Service Company (APS) has applied for a 
Presidential Permit in order to construct a new transmission facility 
at the U.S. border with Mexico.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene must be submitted on 
or before October 26, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene should be 
addressed as follows: Office of Coal & Electricity (FE-52), Office of 
Fuels Programs, Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Warren E. Williams (Program Office) 
202-586-9629 or Mike Skinker (Program Attorney) 202-586-6667.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The construction, connection, operation, and 
maintenance of facilities at the international border of the United 
States for the transmission of electrical energy is prohibited in the 
absence of a Presidential permit pursuant to Executive Order No. 12038. 
Exports of electricity from the United States to a foreign country are 
also regulated and require authorization under section 202(e) of the 
Federal Power Act.
    On June 22, 1995, APS filed an application with the Office of 
Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) for a Presidential 
permit. This application has been docketed as PP-108. In its 
application, APS proposes to construct, connect, operate and maintain 
facilities for the transmission of electricity between the United 
States and Mexico from a point near San Luis, Yuma County, Arizona, to 
the international border adjacent to San Luis, Sonora, Mexico. APS 
proposes to build a new 34.5 kV line running south 1.3 miles from the 
APS San Luis Substation along the east side of Avenue H1/2 to Avenue A, 
where it will shift to the west side of Avenue H1/2 and continue south 
to a point immediately north of the International Bountary and Water 
Commission 60-foot wide right-of-way. The line will then turn 
northwesterly and run parallel to the border for 1.5 miles, then turn 
south and intersect the international border at latitude 32 deg. 29' 
8.937'' north and longitude 114 deg. 47' 04.001'' west. APS has named 
this proposed facility the ``Canal Line.''

Procedural Matters

    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest this application 
should file a petition to intervene or protest at the address provided 
above in accordance with 385.211 or 385.214 of the Rules of Practice 
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
    Any such petitions and protests should be filed with the DOE on or 
before the date listed above. Additional copies of such petitions to 
intervene or protest also should be filed directly with: Dennis Beals, 
Manager, Bulk Power Trading & Customer Services, Arizona Public Service 
Company, P.O. Box 53999, Station 9860, Phoenix, AZ 85072-3999 and Bruce 
A. Gardner, Esq., Senior Attorney, Arizona Public Service Company, P.O. 
Box 53999, Station 9820, Phoenix, AZ 85072-3999.
    Pursuant to 18 CFR 385.211, protests and comments will be 
considered by the DOE in determining the appropriate action to be 
taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the 
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a petition 
to intervene under 18 CFR 385.214. Section 385.214 requires that a 
petition to intervene must state, to the extent known, the position 
taken by the petitioner and the petitioner's interest in sufficient 
factual detail to demonstrate either that the petitioner has a right to 
participate because it is a State Commission; that it has or represents 
an interest which may be directly affected by the outcome of the 
proceeding, including any interest as a consumer, customer, competitor, 
or security holder of a party to the proceeding; or that the 
petitioner's participation is in the public interest.
    A final decision will be made on the application for Presidential 
permit contained in docket PP-108 after a determination is made by the 
DOE that the proposed action is in the public interest and will not 
adversely impact on the reliability of the U.S. electric power supply 
system.
    Before a Presidential permit or electricity export authorization 
may be issued or amended, the environmental impacts of the proposed DOE 
action must be evaluated pursuant to the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (NEPA).

    Copies of this application will be made available, upon request, 
for public inspection and copying at the address provided above.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 21, 1995.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Office of Coal & Electricity, Office of Fuels Programs, 
Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 95-23835 Filed 9-25-95; 8:45 am]
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