[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 50 (Friday, March 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14671-14672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05168]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Certification Notice--256; Notice of Filing of Self-Certification
of Coal Capability Under the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act
AGENCY: Office of Electricity, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of filing.
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SUMMARY: On February 26, 2020, CPV Three Rivers, LLC (CPV Three
Rivers), as owner and operator of a new baseload power plant, submitted
a coal capability self-certification to the Department of Energy (DOE).
The Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, as amended, and
regulations thereunder require DOE to publish a notice of filing of
self-certification in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Copies of coal capability self-certification filings are
available for public inspection, upon request, in the Office of
Electricity, 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
or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 26, 2020, CPV Three Rivers, as
owner and operator of a new baseload power plant, 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 (42 U.S.C. 8311(d)), and DOE regulations
at 10 CFR 501.61(a). The FUA and regulations thereunder require DOE to
publish a notice of filing of self-certification in the Federal
Register within fifteen days. See 42 U.S.C. 8311(d)(1); 10 CFR
501.61(c). Section 201(a) of the FUA provides that ``no new electric
powerplant may be constructed or operated as a base load powerplant
without the capability to use coal or another alternate fuel as a
primary energy source.'' See 42 U.S.C. 8311(a). Pursuant to section
201(d) of the FUA, in order to meet the requirement of coal capability,
the owner or operator of such a facility
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proposing to use natural gas or petroleum as its primary energy source
must certify to the Secretary of Energy (Secretary), prior to
construction or prior to operation as a baseload powerplant, that such
powerplant has the capability to use coal or another alternate fuel.
See 42 U.S.C. 8311(d)(1). Such certification establishes compliance
with FUA section 201(a) as of the date it is filed with the Secretary.
Id.; 10 CFR 501.61(b).
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
at 10 CFR 501.61:
Owner: CPV Three Rivers, LLC
Design Capacity: 1,250 megawatts (MW)
Plant Location: Morris, IL 60450
In-Service Date: January 2023
Signed in Washington, DC, on March 9, 2020.
Christopher Lawrence,
Program Management Analyst, Office of Electricity.
[FR Doc. 2020-05168 Filed 3-12-20; 8:45 am]
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