[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 64889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-22627]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Certification Notice--243]


Notice of Filing of Self-Certification of Coal Capability Under 
the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of filing.

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SUMMARY: On September 7, 2016, Indeck Niles, LLC, as owner and operator 
of a new baseload electric generating powerplant, submitted a coal 
capability self-certification to the Department of Energy (DOE), 
pursuant to the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 (FUA).

ADDRESSES: Copies of coal capability self-certification filings are 
available for public inspection, upon request, in the Office of 
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Mail Code OE-20, Room 8G-
024, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 
20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Lawrence at (202) 586-
5260.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The filing is pursuant to Sec.  201(d) of 
the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 (FUA), as amended, 
and DOE regulations in 10 CFR 501.60, 61. The FUA and regulations 
thereunder require DOE to publish a notice of filing of self-
certification in the Federal Register. 42 U.S.C. 8311(d) and 10 CFR 
501.61(c). Title II of FUA, as amended (42 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.), 
provides that no new base load electric powerplant may be constructed 
or operated without the capability to use coal or another alternate 
fuel as a primary energy source. Pursuant to the FUA, in order to meet 
the requirement of coal capability, the owner or operator of such a 
facility 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. 42 
U.S.C. 8311.
    The following owner of a proposed new baseload electric generating 
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: Indeck Niles, LLC
Capacity: 1000 megawatts (MW)
Plant Location: Niles City Industrial Park, Niles, MI.
In-Service Date: May 2020

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 14, 2016.
Christopher Lawrence,
Electricity Policy Analyst, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 
Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2016-22627 Filed 9-20-16; 8:45 am]
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