[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 37 (Thursday, February 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9324-9325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4708]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[FE Docket No. PP-204]
Application for Presidential Permit; Sumas Energy 2, Inc.
AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Sumas Energy 2, Inc. (SE2) has applied for a Presidential
permit to construct, connect, operate and maintain electric
transmission facilities across the U.S. border with Canada.
DATES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene must be submitted
on or before March 29, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene should be
addressed as follows: Office of Coal & Power Import and Export (FE-27),
Office of Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence
Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585-0350.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202-
586-9624 or Michael T. 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 electric energy between the United
States and a foreign country is prohibited in the absence of a
Presidential permit issued pursuant to Executive Order (EO) 10485, as
amended by EO 12038.
On February 10, 1999, SE2, an independent power producer in the
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State of Washington, filed an application with the Office of Fossil
Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) for a Presidential
permit. SE2 proposes to construct a double-circuit 230,000-volt (230-
kV) transmission line across the U.S. border with Canada. The proposed
transmission lines would extend approximately one half mile from a 710-
megawatt (MW) gas-fired, electric powerplant SE2 proposes to construct
in Sumas, Washington. At the border, the SE2 transmission lines would
continue approximately 6 additional miles into Canada to the Abbotsford
and the Clayburn substations of British Columbia Hydro, the provincial
utility of Canada's Province of British Columbia.
In its application, SE2 asserts that the facilities proposed herein
are not to be interconnected with any other part of the U.S. electric
power system thereby precluding third party use of these transmission
facilities.
Prior to exporting electric energy to Canada, SE2 will be required
to obtain an authorization from DOE pursuant to section 202(e) of the
Federal Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C. Sec. 824a(e)).
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 section 385.211 or 385.214 of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR
385.211, 385.214).
Fifteen copies of such petitions and protests should be filed with
DOE on or before the date listed above. Additional copies of such
petitions to intervene or protests also should be filed directly with:
Matthew M. Schreck, Corbett & Schreck, P.C., 820 Gessner, Suite 1390,
Houston, TX 77024.
Before a Presidential permit may be issued or amended, DOE must
determine that the proposed action will not adversely impact on the
reliability of the U.S. electric power supply system. In addition, DOE
must consider the environmental impacts of the proposed action pursuant
to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). DOE also must
obtain the concurrence of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of
Defense before taking final action on a Presidential permit
application.
Copies of this application will be made available, upon request,
for public inspection and copying at the address provided above. In
addition, the application may be reviewed or downloaded from the Fossil
Energy Home Page at: http://www.fe.doe.gov. Upon reaching the Fossil
Energy Home page, select ``Regulatory Programs,'' then ``Electricity
Regulations,'' and then ``Pending Proceedings'' from the options menus.
Issued in Washington, D. C., on February 22, 1999.
Anthony J. Como,
Manager, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex,
Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 99-4708 Filed 2-24-99; 8:45 am]
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