[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 122 (Friday, June 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34226-34227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16208]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Office of Fossil Energy; ANP Blackstone Energy Company, Notice of 
Filing of Coal Capability Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act

[Docket No. FE C&E 99-11--Certification Notice--174]
AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of filing

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SUMMARY: ANP Blackstone Energy Company has 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 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

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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) on the day it is filed with the Secretary. The Secretary 
is required to publish a notice in the Federal Register that a 
certification has been filed. The following owner/operator of proposed 
new baseload powerplant has filed a self-certification in acccordance 
with section 201(d).
    Owner & Operator: ANP Blackstone Energy Company.
    Location: Blackstone, MA.
    Plant Configuration: Combined-cycle.
    Capacity: 580 megawatts.
    Fuel: Natural gas.
    Purchasing Utilities: Wholesale purchasers in New England.
    Expected In-Service Date: 2nd quarter, 2001.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., June 21, 1999.
Anthony J. Como,
Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power Im/
Ex, Office of Coal & Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 99-16208 Filed 6-24-99; 8:45 am]
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