[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 62440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23919]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Cancellation of Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Colorado Springs Utilities Next-Generation CFB Coal Generating Unit, 
Fountain, CO

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of cancellation of Environmental Impact Statement 
Process.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) is canceling the preparation of 
an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a proposal by Colorado 
Springs Utilities (CSU) to design, construct, and operate a project 
known as the Next-Generation Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) Coal 
Generating Unit near Fountain, El Paso County, Colorado. DOE selected 
CSU's proposal for further consideration under DOE's Clean Coal Power 
Initiative competitive solicitation. CSU proposed building a new power 
plant at a site adjacent to the existing 227-megawatt Ray D. Nixon 
Power Plant on the Clear Springs Ranch, a 5,000-acre, CSU-owned 
property located approximately 17 miles south of Colorado Springs. The 
proposed project was intended to demonstrate advanced technologies for 
using a variety of fuels, including Powder River Basin sub-bituminous 
coal from Wyoming, bituminous coals from Illinois and Pennsylvania, 
waste coal, and wood waste, to produce electricity to meet forecasted 
demand. DOE issued a Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS for the 
proposal in the Federal Register on August 15, 2003 (68 FR 48893), and 
conducted a public scoping meeting in Fountain, Colorado, on September 
3, 2003. On December 17, 2003, CSU announced its intention to cancel 
plans for the proposed project. In a letter to DOE dated January 9, 
2004, CSU withdrew its application for the project. As a result, DOE is 
canceling the EIS process.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Lloyd Lorenzi, National Energy 
Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, P.O. Box 10940, 
Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0940, telephone (412) 386-6159, or electronic mail 
at [email protected].

    Issued in Morgantown, WV, on this 15th day of September, 2004.
Ralph Carabetta,
Deputy Director, National Energy Technology Laboratory.
[FR Doc. 04-23919 Filed 10-25-04; 8:45 am]
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