[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 4, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24589-24590]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10065]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Certification Notice--211]


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

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of filings.

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SUMMARY: The owners/operators of thirteen baseload electric powerplants 
have submitted coal capability self-certifications pursuant to section 
201 of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 (FUA) and 
Department of Energy (DOE) regulations in 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 FUA, as amended (42 U.S.C. 8301 
et seq.), provides that no new baseload electric powerplants may be 
constructed or operated without the capability to use coal or another 
alternate fuel as a primary energy source pursuant to FUA section 
201(d), 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 to the Secretary 
of Energy (Secretary) 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 FUA section 201(a) as of the date filed with the 
Secretary. 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 FUA section 201(d) and in accordance 
with DOE regulations in 10 CFR 501.60, 61.

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            Owner operator                  Capacity            Plant location             In-service date
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Deer Park Energy Center, L.P.........  950 MW              Deer Park, TX..........  Jan. 2003.
Riverside Energy Center, LLC.........  600 MW              Beloit, WI.............  June 2004.
Riverview Energy Center, LLC.........  45 MW               Pleasanton, CA.........  1st Qtr. 2003.
Reliant Energy Bighorn, LLC..........  580 MW              Primm, NV..............  June 27, 2003
Brookhaven Energy, L.P...............  540 MW              Brookhaven, NY.........  1st Qtr. 2006.
Plymouth Energy LLC..................  307 MW              Plymouth, WA...........  Dec. 2006.
South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.....  875 MW              Jasper County, S.C.....  May 1, 2004.

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Interstate Power & Light Co..........  565 MW              Cerro Gordo Cty, Iowa..  June 2004.
Cottonwood Energy Company L.P........  1220 MW             Deweyville, TX.........  July 10, 2003.
PacifiCorp--Generation...............  525 MW              Mona, Utah.............  June 2005.
Rocky Moutain Energy Ctr, LLC........  480 MW              Keenesburg, CO.........  June 2004.
Fox Energy Company LLC...............  235 MW              Kaukauna, WI...........  June 2005.
MEP Pleasant Hill, LLC...............  585 MW              Pleasant Hill, MI......  Feb. 27, 2002.
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    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 28, 2004.
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. 04-10065 Filed 5-3-04; 8:45 am]
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