Notice of Availability of the Final Tank Closure and Waste Management Environmental Impact Statement for the Hanford Site, Richland, Washington, 74472-74473 [2012-30204]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[OE Docket No. EA–387]
Application to Export Electric Energy;
Energia Renovable S.C., LLC
Office of Electricity Delivery
and Energy Reliability, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of application.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Energia Renovable S.C., LLC
(Energia Renovable) has applied for
authority to transmit electric energy
from the United States to Mexico
pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal
Power Act (FPA).
DATES: Comments, protests, or motions
to intervene must be submitted on or
before December 31, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or
motions to intervene should be
addressed to: Christopher Lawrence,
Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy
Reliability, Mail Code: OE–20, U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585. Because of
delays in handling conventional mail, it
is recommended that documents be
transmitted by overnight mail, by
electronic mail to
CHRISTOPHER.LAWRENCE@HQ.DOE.GOV, or
by facsimile to 202–586–8008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher Lawrence (Program Office)
at 202–586–5260, or by email to
Christopher.Lawrence@hq.doe.gov.
Exports of
electricity from the United States to a
foreign country are regulated by the
Department of Energy (DOE) pursuant to
sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the
Department of Energy Organization Act
(42 U.S.C. 7151(b), 7172(f)) and require
authorization under section 202(e) of
the FPA (16 U.S.C.824a(e)).
On September 11, 2012, DOE received
an application from Energia Renovable
for authority to transmit electric energy
from the United States to Mexico for
five years as a power marketer using
existing international transmission
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facilities. Energia Renovable does not
own any electric transmission facilities
nor does it hold a franchised service
area.
The electric energy that Energia
Renovable proposes to export to Mexico
would be surplus energy purchased
from electric utilities, Federal power
marketing agencies, and other entities
within the United States. The existing
international transmission facilities to
be utilized by Energia Renovable have
previously been authorized by
Presidential permits issued pursuant to
Executive Order 10485, as amended,
and are appropriate for open access
transmission by third parties. In its
application, Energia Renovable
requested expedited application
treatment due to an scheduled
imminent transaction. DOE hereby
grants this request by shortening the
comment period to 15 days.
Procedural Matters: Any person
desiring to be heard in this proceeding
should file a comment or protest to the
application at the address provided
above. Protests should be filed in
accordance with Rule 211 of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC)
Rules of Practice and Procedures (18
CFR 385.211). Any person desiring to
become a party to these proceedings
should file a motion to intervene at the
above address in accordance with FERC
Rule 214 (385.214). Five copies of such
comments, protests, or motions to
intervene should be sent to the address
provided above on or before the date
listed above.
Comments on the Energia Renovable
application to export electric energy to
Mexico should be clearly marked with
OE Docket No. 387. An additional copy
is to be filed directly with Jorge
Gutierrez, Reforma 905, Lomas de
¨
Chapultepec, Delegacioon Miguel
Hidalgo, Mexico, D.F. Mexico 11000,
and Federico Santacruz Gonzalez, Ritch
Mueller, S.C. Blvd. M. Avila Camacho
No. 24, piso 20, Lomas de Chapultepec,
Mexico, D.F. Mexico 11000.
A final decision will be made on this
application after the environmental
impacts have been evaluated pursuant
to DOE’s National Environmental Policy
Act Implementing Procedures (10 CFR
part 1021) and after a determination is
made by DOE that the proposed action
will not have an adverse impact on the
reliability of the U.S. electric power
supply system.
Copies of this application will be
made available, upon request, for public
inspection and copying at the address
provided above, by accessing the
program Web site at https://energy.gov/
node/11845 or by emailing Angela Troy
at Angela.Troy@hq.doe.gov.
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2012.
Jon Worthington,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Availability of the Final Tank
Closure and Waste Management
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Hanford Site, Richland,
Washington
U.S. Department of Energy.
Notice of Availability.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) announces the availability
of its Final Tank Closure and Waste
Management Environmental Impact
Statement for the Hanford Site,
Richland, Washington (Final TC & WM
EIS, DOE/EIS–0391), prepared pursuant
to the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA). This final environmental
impact statement addresses all public
comments on the Draft TC & WM EIS,
which was issued in October 2009, and
identifies DOE’s preferred alternatives.
DATES: DOE will publish a Record of
Decision no sooner than 30 days after
publication of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’s (EPA) Notice of
Availability in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final TC
&WM EIS (paper or electronic) may be
obtained by contacting:
Ms. Mary Beth Burandt, NEPA
Document Manager, Office of River
Protection, U.S. Department of
Energy, P.O. Box 1178, Richland,
Washington 99352, Email:
TC&WMEIS@saic.com.
The Final TC & WM EIS is also
available on the DOE NEPA Web site at
https://energy.gov/nepa, as well as in the
public reading rooms listed in
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information on the Final TC &
WM EIS, contact Ms. Burandt at the
address listed in ADDRESSES or by
telephone at 1–888–829–6347. For
general information regarding the DOE
NEPA process, contact:
Ms. Carol M. Borgstrom, Director, Office
of NEPA Policy and Compliance, GC–
54, U. S. Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585, Telephone:
202–586–4600, or leave a message at
1–800–472–2756, Email:
askNEPA@hq.doe.gov.
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Additional information on the Final
TC & WM EIS is also available through
the Hanford Web site at https://
www.hanford.gov/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
The Hanford Site, located in
southeastern Washington State along the
Columbia River, is approximately 586
square miles in size. Hanford’s mission
from the early 1940s to approximately
1989 included defense-related nuclear
research, development, and weapons
production activities. These activities
created a wide variety of chemical and
radioactive wastes. Hanford’s mission
now is focused on the cleanup of those
wastes and ultimate closure of the Site.
An important part of the mission
includes the retrieval and treatment of
waste from 177 underground radioactive
waste storage tanks, including 149
single shell tanks (SSTs), and closure of
the SSTs. Hanford’s mission also
includes radioactive waste management
on the Site and decommissioning of the
Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF), a nuclear
test reactor that has been designated for
closure.
To support its decision making for
these actions, DOE prepared the TC &
WM EIS pursuant to NEPA and in
accordance with Council on
Environmental Quality and DOE NEPA
implementing regulations (40 CFR Parts
1500–1508; 10 CFR Part 1021). EPA and
the Washington State Department of
Ecology are cooperating agencies on this
EIS. DOE held a public comment period
on the draft EIS that extended from
October 30, 2009, through May 3, 2010,
with public hearings in Washington,
Oregon, and Idaho. DOE considered all
public comments received in preparing
the Final TC & WM EIS, which includes
DOE’s responses to those comments.
Scope of the TC & WM EIS
The Final TC & WM EIS addresses
proposed actions in three major areas:
Retrieving and treating radioactive
waste from 177 underground storage
tanks at Hanford, including 149 SSTs
and closure of the SSTs;
decommissioning the FFTF and its
auxiliary facilities; and continued and
expanded solid waste management
operations, including disposal of lowlevel radioactive waste and mixed lowlevel radioactive waste. The final EIS
also includes a No Action Alternative to
the proposed actions for each of the
three major areas, as required by NEPA.
DOE’s preferred alternatives are
described in the Summary, Section S.7,
and in Chapter 2, Section 2.12, of
Volume 1 of the Final TC & WM EIS.
Copies of the Final TC & WM EIS are
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available in the following public reading
rooms or via the means identified in
ADDRESSES.
Public Reading Rooms
Gonzaga University, Foley Center
Library, 101–L East 502 Boone,
Spokane, Washington 99258, (509)
313–5931.
Portland State University, Government
Information, Branford Price Millar
Library, 1875 SW Park Avenue,
Portland, Oregon 97201, (503) 725–
5874.
University of Washington, SuzzalloAllen Library, Government
Publications Division, Seattle,
Washington 98195, (206) 543–4164.
U.S. Department of Energy, Public
Reading Room, 1776 Science Center
Drive, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402, (208)
526–5190.
U.S. Department of Energy, Freedom of
Information Reading Room, 1000
Independence Avenue SW., 1G–033,
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–
5955.
U.S. Department of Energy, Public
Reading Room, Consolidated
Information Center, 2770 University
Drive, Room 101L, Richland,
Washington 99352, (509) 372–7443.
U.S. Department of Energy, WIPP
Information Center, Skeen-Whitlock
Building, 4021 National Parks
Highway, Carlsbad, New Mexico
88220, (575) 234–7348.
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10, 2012.
Mark A. Gilbertson,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Site
Restoration.
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certification in the Federal Register. (42
U.S.C. 8311(d)(2)) and 10 CFR 501.61(c))
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.
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 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 base load electric powerplant has
filed a self-certification of coalcapability with DOE pursuant to FUA
section 201(d) and in accordance with
DOE regulations in 10 CFR 501.60, 61:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Owner: GWF Energy LLC
Capacity: 314 megawatts (MW)
Plant Location: Tracy, CA
In-Service Date: Third quarter 2012
Issued in Washington, DC on December 4,
2012.
Jon Worthington,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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Notice of Filing of Self-Certification of
Coal Capability Under the Powerplant
and Industrial Fuel Use Act
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Office Electricity Delivery and
Energy Reliability, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of filing.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
On July 26, 2012, GWF
Energy, LLC, as owner and operator of
a new base load electric powerplant,
submitted a coal capability selfcertification to the Department of
Energy (DOE) pursuant to § 201(d) of the
Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act
of 1978 (FUA), as amended, and DOE
regulations in 10 CFR 501.60, 61. FUA
and regulations thereunder require DOE
to publish a notice of filing of self-
Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and
Status Information
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Availability of the Final Tank Closure and Waste
Management Environmental Impact Statement for the Hanford Site,
Richland, Washington
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces the availability
of its Final Tank Closure and Waste Management Environmental Impact
Statement for the Hanford Site, Richland, Washington (Final TC & WM
EIS, DOE/EIS-0391), prepared pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA). This final environmental impact statement addresses
all public comments on the Draft TC & WM EIS, which was issued in
October 2009, and identifies DOE's preferred alternatives.
DATES: DOE will publish a Record of Decision no sooner than 30 days
after publication of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA)
Notice of Availability in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final TC &WM EIS (paper or electronic) may be
obtained by contacting:
Ms. Mary Beth Burandt, NEPA Document Manager, Office of River
Protection, U.S. Department of Energy, P.O. Box 1178, Richland,
Washington 99352, Email: TC&WMEIS@saic.com.
The Final TC & WM EIS is also available on the DOE NEPA Web site at
https://energy.gov/nepa, as well as in the public reading rooms listed
in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on the Final
TC & WM EIS, contact Ms. Burandt at the address listed in ADDRESSES or
by telephone at 1-888-829-6347. For general information regarding the
DOE NEPA process, contact:
Ms. Carol M. Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance,
GC-54, U. S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585, Telephone: 202-586-4600, or leave a message at 1-
800-472-2756, Email: askNEPA@hq.doe.gov.
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Additional information on the Final TC & WM EIS is also available
through the Hanford Web site at https://www.hanford.gov/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Hanford Site, located in southeastern Washington State along
the Columbia River, is approximately 586 square miles in size.
Hanford's mission from the early 1940s to approximately 1989 included
defense-related nuclear research, development, and weapons production
activities. These activities created a wide variety of chemical and
radioactive wastes. Hanford's mission now is focused on the cleanup of
those wastes and ultimate closure of the Site. An important part of the
mission includes the retrieval and treatment of waste from 177
underground radioactive waste storage tanks, including 149 single shell
tanks (SSTs), and closure of the SSTs. Hanford's mission also includes
radioactive waste management on the Site and decommissioning of the
Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF), a nuclear test reactor that has been
designated for closure.
To support its decision making for these actions, DOE prepared the
TC & WM EIS pursuant to NEPA and in accordance with Council on
Environmental Quality and DOE NEPA implementing regulations (40 CFR
Parts 1500-1508; 10 CFR Part 1021). EPA and the Washington State
Department of Ecology are cooperating agencies on this EIS. DOE held a
public comment period on the draft EIS that extended from October 30,
2009, through May 3, 2010, with public hearings in Washington, Oregon,
and Idaho. DOE considered all public comments received in preparing the
Final TC & WM EIS, which includes DOE's responses to those comments.
Scope of the TC & WM EIS
The Final TC & WM EIS addresses proposed actions in three major
areas: Retrieving and treating radioactive waste from 177 underground
storage tanks at Hanford, including 149 SSTs and closure of the SSTs;
decommissioning the FFTF and its auxiliary facilities; and continued
and expanded solid waste management operations, including disposal of
low-level radioactive waste and mixed low-level radioactive waste. The
final EIS also includes a No Action Alternative to the proposed actions
for each of the three major areas, as required by NEPA.
DOE's preferred alternatives are described in the Summary, Section
S.7, and in Chapter 2, Section 2.12, of Volume 1 of the Final TC & WM
EIS. Copies of the Final TC & WM EIS are available in the following
public reading rooms or via the means identified in ADDRESSES.
Public Reading Rooms
Gonzaga University, Foley Center Library, 101-L East 502 Boone,
Spokane, Washington 99258, (509) 313-5931.
Portland State University, Government Information, Branford Price
Millar Library, 1875 SW Park Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97201, (503) 725-
5874.
University of Washington, Suzzallo-Allen Library, Government
Publications Division, Seattle, Washington 98195, (206) 543-4164.
U.S. Department of Energy, Public Reading Room, 1776 Science Center
Drive, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402, (208) 526-5190.
U.S. Department of Energy, Freedom of Information Reading Room, 1000
Independence Avenue SW., 1G-033, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-5955.
U.S. Department of Energy, Public Reading Room, Consolidated
Information Center, 2770 University Drive, Room 101L, Richland,
Washington 99352, (509) 372-7443.
U.S. Department of Energy, WIPP Information Center, Skeen-Whitlock
Building, 4021 National Parks Highway, Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220,
(575) 234-7348.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 10, 2012.
Mark A. Gilbertson,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Site Restoration.
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