Tucson Electric Power Company, Complainant, v. El Paso Electric Company, Respondent; Notice of Complaint, 3839 [E6-792]
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As of
November 2005 there are 36.4 million
gallons (Mgal) of liquid radioactive
waste stored in underground waste
storage tanks at SRS. The waste consists
of two distinct kinds of material:
approximately 2.6 Mgal of sludge,
comprised primarily of metals that
settled at the bottom of the tanks; and
approximately 33.8 Mgal of salt waste,
which is comprised of concentrated salt
solution (supernate) and crystallized
saltcake.
DOE’s plans call for stabilizing and
disposing of retrieved sludge in a deep
geologic repository for spent nuclear
fuel and high-level radioactive waste.
This will be done by stabilizing the
HLW in a borosilicate glass matrix
through vitrification in a facility known
as the Defense Waste Processing Facility
(DWPF). This process has been ongoing
since 1996.
Regarding the salt waste, DOE plans
to remove cesium, strontium, and
actinides from these materials using a
variety of technologies, combining the
removed cesium, strontium, and
actinides with the sludge being vitrified
in DWPF, and solidifying the remaining
low-activity salt stream into a grout
matrix, known as saltstone grout,
suitable for disposal in vaults at the
Saltstone Disposal Facility at SRS. The
disposal of this low-activity salt stream
on site is the subject of this section 3116
determination.
DOE is separating the salt waste to
segregate the low-activity fraction using
a two-phase, three-part process. The
first phase will involve two parts to treat
the lower activity salt waste: (1)
Beginning in 2006, DOE will process a
minimal amount of the lowest-activity
salt waste through a process involving
deliquification, dissolution, and
adjustment of the waste; and (2)
beginning in 2007, DOE will process a
minimal amount of additional salt waste
with slightly higher activity levels using
an Actinide Removal Process and a
Modular Caustic Side Solvent
Extraction Unit. The second, and longerterm phase, which is scheduled to begin
in 2011, involves the separation and
processing of the remaining (and by far
the majority) of the salt waste using a
high capacity Salt Waste Processing
Facility, augmented as necessary by the
Actinide Removal Process. This second
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phase will begin as soon as the Salt
Waste Processing Facility is
constructed, permitted by the State of
South Carolina, and operational.
DOE believes that this two-phase,
three-part approach to processing and
disposing of the salt waste at SRS will
enable it to complete cleanup and
closure of the tanks years earlier and
maximize reduction of the potential
risks that the tank wastes pose to the
environment, the public, and SRS
workers. Taken together, the various
technologies that will be used are
expected to result in the removal and
vitrification through the DWPF of 98 to
99 percent of the total radioactivity
currently contained in the salt waste,
while minimizing the time that waste
will be stored in the underground tanks,
some of which have a known history of
leaks.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 17,
2006.
James A. Rispoli,
Assistant Secretary for Environmental
Management.
[FR Doc. E6–814 Filed 1–23–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. EL06–46–000]
Tucson Electric Power Company,
Complainant, v. El Paso Electric
Company, Respondent; Notice of
Complaint
January 17, 2006.
Take notice that on January 11, 2006,
Tucson Electric Power Company (TEP)
filed a complaint against El Paso
Electric Company (EPE) pursuant to
Rule 206 of the Commission’s Rules.
TEP states that EPE has refused to
permit TEP to use transmission rights
on certain EPE transmission facilities
that were assigned to it in a Tucson-El
Paso Power Exchange and Transmission
Agreement on file with the Commission
(Power Exchange Agreement) for
transmission of electricity from the
newly-constructed Luna Generating
Station near Deming, NM, to the TEP
electric system. TEP has asked for Fast
Track Processing of the Complaint and
for prompt issuance of an order
requiring EPE to refrain from
disconnecting the Luna Generating
Station to the TEP grid and to transmit
electricity from TEP’s share of the Luna
Generating Station to the TEP service
territory in accordance with the terms of
the Power Exchange Agreement.
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Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest this filing must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Protests will be considered by
the Commission in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but will
not serve to make protestants parties to
the proceeding. Any person wishing to
become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as
appropriate. The Respondent’s answer
and all interventions, or protests must
be filed on or before the comment date.
The Respondent’s answer, motions to
intervene, and protests must be served
on the Complainants.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the
‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 14 copies
of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20426.
This filing is accessible on-line at
https://www.ferc.gov, using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for
review in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room in Washington, DC.
There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the
Web site that enables subscribers to
receive e-mail notification when a
document is added to a subscribed
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
Online service, please e-mail
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on January 31, 2006.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6–792 Filed 1–23–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
January 17, 2006.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings.
Docket Numbers: ER01–205–010;
ER98–2640–008; ER98–4590–006;
ER99–1610–013; EL05–115–000.
Applicants: Xcel Energy Services,
Inc.; Northern States Power Company;
Public Service Company of Colorado;
Southwestern Public Service Company,
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. EL06-46-000]
Tucson Electric Power Company, Complainant, v. El Paso Electric
Company, Respondent; Notice of Complaint
January 17, 2006.
Take notice that on January 11, 2006, Tucson Electric Power Company
(TEP) filed a complaint against El Paso Electric Company (EPE) pursuant
to Rule 206 of the Commission's Rules. TEP states that EPE has refused
to permit TEP to use transmission rights on certain EPE transmission
facilities that were assigned to it in a Tucson-El Paso Power Exchange
and Transmission Agreement on file with the Commission (Power Exchange
Agreement) for transmission of electricity from the newly-constructed
Luna Generating Station near Deming, NM, to the TEP electric system.
TEP has asked for Fast Track Processing of the Complaint and for prompt
issuance of an order requiring EPE to refrain from disconnecting the
Luna Generating Station to the TEP grid and to transmit electricity
from TEP's share of the Luna Generating Station to the TEP service
territory in accordance with the terms of the Power Exchange Agreement.
Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must
file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Protests will be
considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to
be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. The Respondent's
answer and all interventions, or protests must be filed on or before
the comment date. The Respondent's answer, motions to intervene, and
protests must be served on the Complainants.
The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at https://
www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an
original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20426.
This filing is accessible on-line at https://www.ferc.gov, using the
``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription''
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For
assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For
TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on January 31, 2006.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-792 Filed 1-23-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
