Notice of Filing of Self-Certification of Coal Capability Under the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act, 95575 [2016-31336]
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Dated: December 22, 2016.
Nadya Chinoy Dabby,
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Improvement.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Certification Notice—244]
Notice of Filing of Self-Certification of
Coal Capability Under the Powerplant
and Industrial Fuel Use Act
Office of Electricity Delivery
and Energy Reliability, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of filing.
AGENCY:
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: Moxie Freedom LLC
CAPACITY: 1029 megawatts (MW)
PLANT LOCATION: 237 Mingle Inn
Road, Berwick, PA 18603
IN-SERVICE DATE: May 2018
Issued in Washington, DC, on December
21, 2016.
Christopher Lawrence,
Electricity Policy Analyst, Office of Electricity
Delivery and Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2016–31336 Filed 12–27–16; 8:45 am]
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On December 6, 2016, Moxie
Freedom 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 § 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 selfcertification in the Federal Register. 42
U.S.C. 8311(d) 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.
SUMMARY:
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
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The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) will prepare an
environmental assessment (EA) that will
discuss the environmental impacts of
the Idle Line 1 Abandonment Project
involving the abandonment of pipeline
facilities by Texas Eastern
Transmission, LP (Texas Eastern) in
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Muskingum, Noble, and Monroe
Counties, Ohio; Marshall County, West
Virginia; and Greene County,
Pennsylvania. The Commission will use
this EA in its decision-making process
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determine what issues they need to
evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your
comments are timely and properly
recorded, please send your comments so
that the Commission receives them in
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2017.
If you sent comments on this project
to the Commission before the opening of
this docket on October 28, 2016, you
will need to file those comments in
Docket No. CP17–6–000 to ensure they
are considered as part of this
proceeding.
This notice is being sent to the
Commission’s current environmental
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local government representatives should
notify their constituents of this
proposed project and encourage them to
comment on their areas of concern.
If you are a landowner receiving this
notice, a pipeline company
representative may contact you about
the acquisition of an agreement to
conduct the abandonment activities.
Texas Eastern provided landowners
with a fact sheet prepared by the FERC
entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas
Facility On My Land? What Do I Need
To Know?’’ This fact sheet addresses a
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including the use of eminent domain
and how to participate in the
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Certification Notice--244]
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 December 6, 2016, Moxie Freedom 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 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).
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: 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: Moxie Freedom LLC
CAPACITY: 1029 megawatts (MW)
PLANT LOCATION: 237 Mingle Inn Road, Berwick, PA 18603
IN-SERVICE DATE: May 2018
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 21, 2016.
Christopher Lawrence,
Electricity Policy Analyst, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy
Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2016-31336 Filed 12-27-16; 8:45 am]
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