[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49120-49121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23884]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Fossil Energy
[Docket No. FE C&E 96-04; Certification Notice 152]


University of Minnesota 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 August 27, 1996, the University of Minnesota 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, S.W., 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

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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) 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 acccordance with section 201(d).
    Owner: University of Minnesota.
    Operator: Foster Wheeler Twin Cities, Inc.
    Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota.
     Plant Configuration: Combined cycle.
    Capacity: 15 megawatts.
    Fuel: Natural gas.
    Purchasing Entities: University of Minnesota.
    In-Service Date: August 1, 1999.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., September 10, 1996
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Office of Coal & Electricity, Office of Fuels Programs, 
Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 96-23884 Filed 9-17-96; 8:45 am]
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