Colorado River Storage Project-Rate Order No. WAPA-161, 56692-56693 [2013-22297]

Download as PDF 56692 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 178 / Friday, September 13, 2013 / Notices Online service, please email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Dated: September 9, 2013. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2013–22279 Filed 9–12–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 12741–003] tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Albany Engineering Corporation; Notice of Successive Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On August 20, 2013, Albany Engineering Corporation (Albany Engineering) filed an application for a successive preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of hydropower adjacent to the New York State Canal Corporation’s Lock C5 located on the Hudson River in Saratoga and Washington Counties, New York. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant the permit holder priority to file a license application during the permit term. A preliminary permit does not authorize the permit holder to perform any landdisturbing activities or otherwise enter upon lands or waters owned by others without the owners’ express permission. The proposed Thomson Project would consist of: (1) A new arc-shaped dam consisting of six 111-foot-long 12-foothigh spillway sections integrated with five 50-foot-diameter circular-shell piers, located 1,600 feet downstream of the existing Northumberland Dam; (2) a new 324-acre impoundment between the new dam and the existing Northumberland Dam, that would extend an existing impoundment having a surface area of 2,750 acres at a normal water surface elevation of 101.1 feet mean sea level by lowering the crest of the existing dam; (3) a 4,000-foot-long by 12-foot-deep segment of the existing Champlain Canal; (4) the existing Lock No. 5 facilities; (5) five identical turbine-generating units each housed in one of five circular-shell piers, with a total capacity of 23.7 megawatts; (6) a new 8,000-foot-long, 34.5-kilovolt transmission line; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would have an estimated average annual generation of 68.9 gigawatt-hours. VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:23 Sep 12, 2013 Jkt 229001 Applicant Contact: Wendy Jo Carey, Albany Engineering Corporation, 5 Washington Square, Albany, NY 12205; phone: (518) 456–7712. FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury; phone: (202) 502–6736. Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file competing applications: 60 days from the issuance of this notice. Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements of 18 CFR 4.36. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing applications using the Commission’s eFiling system at https:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include docket number P–12741–003. More information about this project, including a copy of the application, can be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link of the Commission’s Web site at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P–12741) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Dated: September 9, 2013. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2013–22320 Filed 9–12–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Western Area Power Administration Colorado River Storage Project-Rate Order No. WAPA–161 Western Area Power Administration, DOE. ACTION: Notice of Order Temporarily Extending Firm Power, Transmission, and Ancillary Services Rates. AGENCY: This action is to extend the existing Salt Lake City Area Integrated Projects (SLCA/IP) Firm Power Rate and the Colorado River Storage Project SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 (CRSP) Transmission and Ancillary Services Rates through September 30, 2015. The existing SLCA/IP Firm Power Rate and CRSP Transmission and Ancillary Services Rates are set to expire September 30, 2013. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Lynn Jeka, CRSP Manager, CRSP Management Center, Western Area Power Administration, 150 East Social Hall Avenue, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84111–1580, (801) 524–6372, email jeka@wapa.gov, or Mr. Rodney Bailey, Power Marketing Manager, CRSP Management Center, Western Area Power Administration, 150 East Social Hall Avenue, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84111–1580, (801) 524–4007, email rbailey@wapa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Rate Schedules SLIP–F9, SP–PTP7, SP–NW3, SP–NFT6, SP–SD3, SP–RS3, SP–EI3, SP–FR3, and SP–SSR3, contained in Rate Order No. WAPA–137,1 were approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a 5year period through September 30, 2013. Western Area Power Administration (Western) is proposing to temporarily extend the existing SLCA/IP Firm Power Rate and CRSP Transmission and Ancillary Services Rates under Rate Schedules SLIP–F9, SP–PTP7, SP–NW3, SP–NFT6, SP–SD3, SP–RS3, SP–EI3, SP–FR3, and SP–SSR3 pursuant to 10 CFR § 903.23(b). As required by the Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1992, the Bureau of Reclamation has been preparing a reallocation of the costs of the Glen Canyon Dam. The results of the reallocation were recently finalized, provided to Western, and will be implemented into the FY 2013 power repayment study. Due to uncertainties that the reallocation will have on the SLCA/IP Rate, Western is seeking a temporary extension of the existing rates to allow sufficient time for a new rate process to be completed and the new rates to be placed into effect. The existing rates collect sufficient annual revenue to recover annual expenses, including interest and capital requirements, thus ensuring repayment of the project within the cost recovery criteria set forth in DOE Order RA 6120.2. By Delegation Order No. 00–037.00, effective December 6, 2001, the Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The authority to develop power and transmission rates to the Administrator of Western; (2) the authority to confirm, 1 The rates in WAPA–137 were approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on a final basis on June 19, 2009, in Docket No. EF08–5171– 000 (127 FERC ¶ 62,220). E:\FR\FM\13SEN1.SGM 13SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 178 / Friday, September 13, 2013 / Notices approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis to the Deputy Secretary of Energy; and (3) the authority to confirm, approve, and place into effect on a final basis, to remand, or to disapprove such rates to FERC. Western did not have a consultation and comment period and did not hold public information and comment forums for this extension as permitted by 10 CFR 903.23(b). I hereby approve Rate Order No. WAPA–161, which temporarily extends Rate Schedules SLIP–F9 for SLCA/IP Firm Power and SP–PTP7, SP–NW3, SP–NFT6, SP–SD3, SP–RS3, SP–EI3, SP–FR3, and SP–SSR3 for CRSP Transmission and Ancillary Services through September 30, 2015. Dated: September 6, 2013. Daniel B. Poneman, Deputy Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DEPUTY SECRETARY In the Matter of: Western Area Power Administration Temporary Extension for Salt Lake City Area Integrated Projects Firm Power Rates and Colorado River Storage Project Transmission and Ancillary Services Rates; Rate Order No. WAPA–161 tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES ORDER CONFIRMING AND APPROVING A TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF THE SALT LAKE CITY AREA INTEGRATED PROJECTS FIRM POWER RATE AND THE COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT TRANSMISSION AND ANCILLARY SERVICES RATES Section 302(a) of the Department of Energy (DOE) Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7152) transferred to and vested in the Secretary of Energy the power marketing functions of the Secretary of the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation Act of 1902 (ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388), as amended and supplemented by subsequent laws, particularly section 9(c) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h(c)), and other Acts that specifically apply to the project systems involved. By Delegation Order No. 00–037.00, effective December 6, 2001, the Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The authority to develop power and transmission rates to the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration (Western); (2) the authority to confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis to the Deputy Secretary of Energy; and (3) the authority to confirm, approve, and place into effect on a final basis, to VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:23 Sep 12, 2013 Jkt 229001 remand, or to disapprove such rates to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). This rate extension is issued pursuant to the Delegation Order and DOE rate extension procedures at 10 CFR § 903.23(b). BACKGROUND Rate Schedules SLIP–F9, SP–PTP7, SP–NW3, SP–NFT6, SP–SD3, SP–RS3, SP–EI3, SP–FR3, and SP–SSR3, contained in Rate Order No. WAPA– 137, were approved by the FERC for a 5-year period on October 1, 2008, through September 30, 2013. FERC issued its approval on June 19, 2009, in Docket No. EF08–5171–000 (127 FERC ¶ 62,220). DISCUSSION Western is extending the existing Salt Lake City Area Integrated Projects (SLCA/IP) Firm Power Rate and Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP) Transmission and Ancillary Services Rates until September 30, 2015, pursuant to 10 CFR § 903.23(b). As required by the Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1992, the Bureau of Reclamation has been preparing a reallocation of the costs of the Glen Canyon Dam. The results of the reallocation were recently finalized, provided to Western, and will be implemented into the FY 2013 power repayment study. Due to uncertainties that the reallocation will have on the SLCA/IP rate, Western is seeking a temporary extension of the existing rates to allow sufficient time for a new rate process to be completed and the new rates to be placed into effect. The existing SLCA/IP Firm Power Rate and CRSP Transmission and Ancillary Services Rates collect revenues sufficient to recover annual expenses, including interest and capital requirements, thus ensuring repayment of the project costs under the cost recovery criteria set forth in DOE Order RA 6120.2. As permitted by 10 CFR § 903.23(b), Western did not have an advanced notice and comment period and did not hold public information and comment forums on the extension of SLCA/IP Firm Power Rate and CRSP Transmission and Ancillary Services Rates. ORDER In view of the above and under the authority delegated to me, I hereby extend, as permitted by 10 CFR § 903.23(b), for a 2-year period, effective October 1, 2013, through September 30, 2015, the existing rate schedules SLIP– F9 for SLCA/IP Firm Power, and SP– PTP7, SP–NW3, SP–NFT6, SP–SD3, SP– RS3, SP–EI3, SP–FR3, and SP–SSR3 for PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 56693 CRSP Transmission and Ancillary Services. Dated: September 6, 2013. Daniel B. Poneman, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2013–22297 Filed 9–12–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9536–3] Agency Information Collection Activities OMB Responses Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: This document announces the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) responses to Agency Clearance requests, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. Seq.). An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick Westlund (202) 566–1682, or email at westlund.rick@epa.gov and please refer to the appropriate EPA Information Collection Request (ICR) Number. 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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 178 (Friday, September 13, 2013)]
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[FR Doc No: 2013-22297]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Western Area Power Administration


Colorado River Storage Project-Rate Order No. WAPA-161

AGENCY: Western Area Power Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Order Temporarily Extending Firm Power, Transmission, 
and Ancillary Services Rates.

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SUMMARY: This action is to extend the existing Salt Lake City Area 
Integrated Projects (SLCA/IP) Firm Power Rate and the Colorado River 
Storage Project (CRSP) Transmission and Ancillary Services Rates 
through September 30, 2015. The existing SLCA/IP Firm Power Rate and 
CRSP Transmission and Ancillary Services Rates are set to expire 
September 30, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Lynn Jeka, CRSP Manager, CRSP 
Management Center, Western Area Power Administration, 150 East Social 
Hall Avenue, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84111-1580, (801) 524-6372, 
email jeka@wapa.gov, or Mr. Rodney Bailey, Power Marketing Manager, 
CRSP Management Center, Western Area Power Administration, 150 East 
Social Hall Avenue, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84111-1580, (801) 
524-4007, email rbailey@wapa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Rate Schedules SLIP-F9, SP-PTP7, SP-NW3, SP-
NFT6, SP-SD3, SP-RS3, SP-EI3, SP-FR3, and SP-SSR3, contained in Rate 
Order No. WAPA-137,\1\ were approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (FERC) for a 5-year period through September 30, 2013. 
Western Area Power Administration (Western) is proposing to temporarily 
extend the existing SLCA/IP Firm Power Rate and CRSP Transmission and 
Ancillary Services Rates under Rate Schedules SLIP-F9, SP-PTP7, SP-NW3, 
SP-NFT6, SP-SD3, SP-RS3, SP-EI3, SP-FR3, and SP-SSR3 pursuant to 10 CFR 
Sec.  903.23(b). As required by the Grand Canyon Protection Act of 
1992, the Bureau of Reclamation has been preparing a reallocation of 
the costs of the Glen Canyon Dam. The results of the reallocation were 
recently finalized, provided to Western, and will be implemented into 
the FY 2013 power repayment study. Due to uncertainties that the 
reallocation will have on the SLCA/IP Rate, Western is seeking a 
temporary extension of the existing rates to allow sufficient time for 
a new rate process to be completed and the new rates to be placed into 
effect. The existing rates collect sufficient annual revenue to recover 
annual expenses, including interest and capital requirements, thus 
ensuring repayment of the project within the cost recovery criteria set 
forth in DOE Order RA 6120.2.
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    \1\ The rates in WAPA-137 were approved by the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission on a final basis on June 19, 2009, in Docket 
No. EF08-5171-000 (127 FERC ] 62,220).
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    By Delegation Order No. 00-037.00, effective December 6, 2001, the 
Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The authority to develop power and 
transmission rates to the Administrator of Western; (2) the authority 
to confirm,

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approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis to the 
Deputy Secretary of Energy; and (3) the authority to confirm, approve, 
and place into effect on a final basis, to remand, or to disapprove 
such rates to FERC.
    Western did not have a consultation and comment period and did not 
hold public information and comment forums for this extension as 
permitted by 10 CFR 903.23(b).
    I hereby approve Rate Order No. WAPA-161, which temporarily extends 
Rate Schedules SLIP-F9 for SLCA/IP Firm Power and SP-PTP7, SP-NW3, SP-
NFT6, SP-SD3, SP-RS3, SP-EI3, SP-FR3, and SP-SSR3 for CRSP Transmission 
and Ancillary Services through September 30, 2015.

    Dated: September 6, 2013.
Daniel B. Poneman,
Deputy Secretary.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DEPUTY SECRETARY

    In the Matter of: Western Area Power Administration Temporary 
Extension for Salt Lake City Area Integrated Projects Firm Power Rates 
and Colorado River Storage Project Transmission and Ancillary Services 
Rates; Rate Order No. WAPA-161

ORDER CONFIRMING AND APPROVING A TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF THE SALT LAKE 
CITY AREA INTEGRATED PROJECTS FIRM POWER RATE AND THE COLORADO RIVER 
STORAGE PROJECT TRANSMISSION AND ANCILLARY SERVICES RATES

    Section 302(a) of the Department of Energy (DOE) Organization Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7152) transferred to and vested in the Secretary of Energy 
the power marketing functions of the Secretary of the Department of the 
Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation Act of 
1902 (ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388), as amended and supplemented by 
subsequent laws, particularly section 9(c) of the Reclamation Project 
Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h(c)), and other Acts that specifically apply 
to the project systems involved.
    By Delegation Order No. 00-037.00, effective December 6, 2001, the 
Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The authority to develop power and 
transmission rates to the Administrator of the Western Area Power 
Administration (Western); (2) the authority to confirm, approve, and 
place such rates into effect on an interim basis to the Deputy 
Secretary of Energy; and (3) the authority to confirm, approve, and 
place into effect on a final basis, to remand, or to disapprove such 
rates to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). This rate 
extension is issued pursuant to the Delegation Order and DOE rate 
extension procedures at 10 CFR Sec.  903.23(b).

BACKGROUND

    Rate Schedules SLIP-F9, SP-PTP7, SP-NW3, SP-NFT6, SP-SD3, SP-RS3, 
SP-EI3, SP-FR3, and SP-SSR3, contained in Rate Order No. WAPA-137, were 
approved by the FERC for a 5-year period on October 1, 2008, through 
September 30, 2013. FERC issued its approval on June 19, 2009, in 
Docket No. EF08-5171-000 (127 FERC ] 62,220).

DISCUSSION

    Western is extending the existing Salt Lake City Area Integrated 
Projects (SLCA/IP) Firm Power Rate and Colorado River Storage Project 
(CRSP) Transmission and Ancillary Services Rates until September 30, 
2015, pursuant to 10 CFR Sec.  903.23(b). As required by the Grand 
Canyon Protection Act of 1992, the Bureau of Reclamation has been 
preparing a reallocation of the costs of the Glen Canyon Dam. The 
results of the reallocation were recently finalized, provided to 
Western, and will be implemented into the FY 2013 power repayment 
study. Due to uncertainties that the reallocation will have on the 
SLCA/IP rate, Western is seeking a temporary extension of the existing 
rates to allow sufficient time for a new rate process to be completed 
and the new rates to be placed into effect. The existing SLCA/IP Firm 
Power Rate and CRSP Transmission and Ancillary Services Rates collect 
revenues sufficient to recover annual expenses, including interest and 
capital requirements, thus ensuring repayment of the project costs 
under the cost recovery criteria set forth in DOE Order RA 6120.2. As 
permitted by 10 CFR Sec.  903.23(b), Western did not have an advanced 
notice and comment period and did not hold public information and 
comment forums on the extension of SLCA/IP Firm Power Rate and CRSP 
Transmission and Ancillary Services Rates.

ORDER

    In view of the above and under the authority delegated to me, I 
hereby extend, as permitted by 10 CFR Sec.  903.23(b), for a 2-year 
period, effective October 1, 2013, through September 30, 2015, the 
existing rate schedules SLIP-F9 for SLCA/IP Firm Power, and SP-PTP7, 
SP-NW3, SP-NFT6, SP-SD3, SP-RS3, SP-EI3, SP-FR3, and SP-SSR3 for CRSP 
Transmission and Ancillary Services.

Dated: September 6, 2013.

Daniel B. Poneman,

Deputy Secretary.

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