[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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