[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 129 (Friday, July 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 37002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-13105]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Certification Notice--214]


Office Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability; Notice of 
Filing of Self-Certification of Coal Capability Under the Powerplant 
and Industrial Fuel Use Act; Lea Power Partners, LLC

AGENCY: Office Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of filing.

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SUMMARY: On June 25, 2007, Lea Power Partners, LLC, as the owner and 
operator of a new base load electric powerplant, submitted a coal 
capability self-certification to the Department of Energy (DOE) 
pursuant to section 201(d) of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use 
Act of 1978 (FUA), as amended, and DOE regulations in 10 CFR 501.60, 
61. Section 201(d) of FUA requires DOE to publish a notice of receipt 
of the self-certification in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Copies of self-certification filings are available for 
public inspection, upon request, in the Office of Electricity Delivery 
and Energy Reliability, Room 8G-026, 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 base load 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 it is filed with the 
Secretary. The Secretary is required to publish a notice in the Federal 
Register reciting that the certification has been filed.
    The following owner of a proposed new base load electric powerplant 
has filed a self-certification of coal-capability with DOE pursuant to 
FUA section 201(d) and in accordance with DOE regulations in 10 CFR 
501.60, 61:
    Owner: Lea Power Partners, LLC.
    Capacity: 600 MW.
    Plant Location: Hobbs, New Mexico.
    In-Service Date: June, 2008.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 29, 2007.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. E7-13105 Filed 7-5-07; 8:45 am]
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