[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 121 (Monday, June 25, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34679-34680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-12218]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Western Area Power Administration


Post-2009 Resource Pool, Loveland Area Projects

AGENCY: Western Area Power Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of request for letters of interest.

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SUMMARY: The Western Area Power Administration (Western), Rocky 
Mountain Region, a Federal power marketing agency of the Department of 
Energy (DOE), is publishing this notice of Request for Letters of 
Interest to determine which eligible new customers may be interested in 
an allocation of Federal power, and to gather information and comments 
to aid Western in determining the appropriate purposes for a proposed 
Loveland Area Projects (LAP) resource pool. Under the Energy Planning 
and Management Program (Program), a Federal power resource pool of up 
to 1 percent (not to exceed 7 megawatts) of the LAP's long-term 
marketable resource may become available October 1, 2009, within the 
LAP marketing area. This Federal Register notice initiates the process 
for the proposed resource pool.

DATES: Western will hold one public information forum on July 23, 2007, 
at 1:30 p.m. MDT.

ADDRESSES: The public information forum will be held at the Radisson 
Stapleton Plaza, 3333 Quebec Street, Denver, Colorado.
    Send Letters of Interest to Mr. James D. Keselburg, Regional 
Manager, Rocky Mountain Region, Western Area Power Administration, 5555 
East Crossroads Boulevard, Loveland, CO 80538-8986, or e-mail 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Melanie Reed, Contracts and Energy 
Services Manager, Rocky Mountain Region, Western Area Power 
Administration, 5555 East Crossroads Boulevard, Loveland, CO 80538-
8986, telephone (970) 461-7229, e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 20, 1995, Western published the 
Final Program Rule at 60 FR 54151. The Final Rule became effective on 
November 20, 1995. Subpart C-Power Marketing Initiative of the Program, 
10 CFR part 905, provides for project-specific resource pools and 
allocations of power from these pools to eligible new customers and/or 
for other appropriate purposes as determined by Western. The goal of 
the Program is to require planning for efficient electric energy use by 
Western's long-term firm power customers. Specifically, 10 CFR part 
905.32 (b) provides:

    At two 5-year intervals after the effective date of the 
extension to existing customers, Western shall create a project-
specific resource pool increment of up to an additional 1 percent of 
the long-term marketable resource under contract at the time. The 
size of the additional resource pool increment shall be determined 
by Western based on consideration of the actual fair-share needs of 
eligible new customers and other appropriate purposes.

    Letters of Interest for the proposed LAP resource pool should 
contain the following information: Name(s) of the interested entity, 
entity's interest, geographic location of the entity, and suggested 
appropriate purposes of the resource pool. Letters of Interest will aid 
Western in determining potential eligible new customers as well as the 
appropriate purposes for the proposed resource pool. All Letters of 
Interest must be received by 4 p.m., MDT, on August 20, 2007. Letters 
of Interest submitted via regular mail through the United States Postal 
Service will be accepted if postmarked at least 3 days before August 
20, 2007, and received no later than August 24, 2007. Western reserves 
the right to not consider any Letters of Interest that are received 
after the prescribed dates. Western does not consider that a Letter of 
Interest is an application for power from the proposed LAP Resource 
Pool. If Western decides to create the resource pool, it will publish a 
separate Federal Register notice seeking applications.

Availability of Information

    All documents developed or retained by Western in developing this 
Post-2009 Resource Pool will be available for inspection and copying at 
the Rocky Mountain Regional office in Loveland, Colorado. Letters of 
Interest will be available for viewing at http://www.wapa.gov/rm/PMcontractRM/Post2009.html after the close of the submittal period.

Resource Pool Procedure Requirements

Determination Under Executive Order 12866

    Western has an exemption from centralized regulatory review under 
Executive Order 12866; accordingly, no clearance of this notice by the 
Office of Management and Budget is required.

Environmental Compliance

    Western completed an environmental impact statement on the Program, 
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). The 
Record of Decision was published in the

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Federal Register on October 12, 1995 (60 FR 53181). Western will comply 
with any additional NEPA requirements for this resource pool.

    Dated: June 14, 2007.
Timothy J. Meeks,
Administrator.
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