[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 211 (Friday, October 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 58951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28909]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Fossil Energy
[Docket No. FE C&E 97-03--Certification Notice--156]


Dighton Power Associates Limited Partnership 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 October 10, 1997, Dighton Power Associates Limited 
Partnership 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 Coal & Power Im/Ex, 
Fossil Energy, Room 3F-056, FE-27, 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 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 the 
proposed new baseload powerplant has filed a self-certification in 
acccordance with section 201(d).
    Owner: Dighton Power Associates Limited Partnership.
    Operator: Dighton Power Associates Limited Partnership.
    Location: Dighton, MA.
    Plant Configuration: combined-cycle.
    Capacity: 168 megawatts.
    Fuel: Natural gas.
    Purchasing Entities: Output will be sold to the regional electric 
power grid as a merchant plant.
    In-Service Date: April 1999.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., October 24, 1997.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex, 
Office of Coal & Power systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 97-28909 Filed 10-30-97; 8:45 am]
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