[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21230-21231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10572]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Certification Notice--207]


Office of Fossil Energy; Notice of Filings of Coal Capability 
Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy.

ACTION: Notice of filings.

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SUMMARY: The owners/operators of 7 baseload electric powerplants have 
submitted coal capability self-certifications pursuant to section 201 
of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, as amended, in 
accordance with 10 CFR 501.60, 61.

ADDRESSES: Copies of self-certification filings are available for 
public inspection, upon request, in the Office of Coal & Power Import/
Export, Fossil Energy, Room 4G-039, FE-27, Forrestal Building, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 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

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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 electric 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 (DOE). The Secretary is required to publish a notice in the 
Federal Register that a certification has been filed. The following 
owners/operators of proposed new baseload electric powerplants have 
filed self-certifications pursuant to section 201(d) and in accordance 
with DOE regulations in 10 C.F.R. 501.60, 61.

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          Owner/operator                 Capacity             Plant location               In-service date
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Migrant Zeeland, LLC..............  550 MW              Zeeland, MI...............  July 1, 2002.
Duke Energy Fayette, LLC..........  620 MW              Masontown, PA.............  June 1, 2003.
Hermiston Power Partnership.......  617 MW              Hermiston, Oregon.........  June 2002.
Duke Energy Washington, LLC.......  620 MW              Beverly, Ohio.............  June 1, 2002.
Meriden Gas Turbines, LLC.........  544 MW              Meriden, CT...............  August 1, 2003.
Migrant Sugar Creek Ven, Inc......  559 MW              West Terre Haute, IN......  June 1, 2003.
MidAmerican Energy Co.............  540 MW              Pleasant Hill, Iowa.......  Phase I Summer 2003/Phase II
                                                                                     Summer 2003.
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    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 24, 2002.
Anthony J. Como,
Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power 
Import/Export, Office of Coal & Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 02-10572 Filed 4-29-02; 8:45 am]
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