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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Western Area Power Administration
Proposed Allocation of Olmsted
Powerplant Replacement Project
Western Area Power
Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of proposed allocation of
Olmsted Powerplant Replacement
Project.
AGENCY:
Western Area Power
Administration (WAPA) Colorado River
Storage Project (CRSP) Management
Center, a Federal power marketing
agency of the Department of Energy,
announces its Olmsted Powerplant
Replacement Project (Olmsted)
Proposed Allocation of Energy. The
Final 2018 Olmsted Power Marketing
Plan and Call for Applications was
published on October 11, 2017, and set
forth that an application for an
allocation of energy from Olmsted was
due by December 11, 2017. WAPA has
reviewed and considered the
applications received and this Federal
Register notice outlines WAPA’s
proposed allocations.
DATES: All comments must be received
by the end of the comment period to be
assured of consideration. The comment
period on the proposed allocation of
power begins June 13, 2018 and ends
July 13, 2018. WAPA will accept written
comments any time during the 30-day
comment period.
ADDRESSES: All written comments
regarding the proposed allocation of
power should be directed to the
following address: Mr. Brent Osiek, Vice
President of Power Marketing for CRSP,
CRSP Management Center, Western
Area Power Administration, 299 South
Main Street, Suite 200, Salt Lake City,
UT 84111. Comments may also be faxed
to (801) 524–5017 or emailed to: osiek@
wapa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Brent Osiek, Vice President of Power
Marketing for CRSP, (801) 524–5495; or
Mr. Lyle Johnson, Public Utilities
Specialist, (801) 524–5585. Written
requests for information should be sent
to CRSP Management Center, Western
Area Power Administration, 299 South
Main Street, Suite 200, Salt Lake City,
UT 84111; faxed to (801) 524–5017; or
emailed to: osiek@wapa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
United States acquired the Olmsted
Powerplant in 1990 through
condemnation proceedings in order to
secure the water rights associated with
the Olmsted Powerplant deemed
essential to the Central Utah Project
(CUP). The CUP is a participating
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project of the Colorado River Storage
Project. As part of the condemnation
proceedings, PacifiCorp continued
Olmsted operations until 2015; after that
time, the operation of the facility
became the responsibility of the Bureau
of Reclamation.
The existing Olmsted Powerplant
greatly exceeded its operational life, and
a replacement facility was needed for
the generation of power and
preservation of associated nonconsumptive water rights. On February
4, 2015, the Implementation Agreement
(Agreement) for Olmsted was signed by
Central Utah Water Conservancy District
(District); the Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Reclamation; and WAPA
(Participants). The Agreement sets forth
the responsibilities of the Participants
and identifies funding of Olmsted. The
District will construct, operate,
maintain, and replace the Olmsted
Powerplant and incidental facilities in
connection with its CUP operations,
including power generation.
WAPA is responsible for marketing
the Olmsted energy, which is
anticipated to be available in the late
summer of 2018. Power production will
be incidental to the delivery of water
and will only be available when water
is present. Therefore, only energy,
without capacity, will be available for
marketing. It is expected that the annual
energy production from Olmsted will
average around 27,000,000 kWh per
year. The Final 2018 Olmsted Power
Marketing Plan and Call for
Applications was published on October
11, 2017 (82 FR 47201), and set forth
that an application for an allocation of
energy from Olmsted was due by
December 11, 2017.
Olmsted Proposed Allocation of Energy
Pursuant to the Final Power
Marketing Criteria, allocations of energy
from Olmsted were made based on a
percentage of annual generation rather
than fixed quantities of energy. Olmsted
is a ‘‘take all, pay all’’ project; the
annual revenue requirement does not
depend on the amount of energy
available each year. Customers with an
allocation will receive a share of the
energy and will annually pay a
proportional share of the operation,
maintenance, and replacement (OM&R)
expenses in 12 monthly installments.
Applications were received from four
entities representing a total of 14
eligible applicants. In considering the
Power Marketing Criteria, priority was
given to the District due to its role in the
construction, operation, maintenance,
and replacement of Olmsted. The
District will receive 30 percent of
Olmsted’s annual generation.
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Olmsted will be electrically
interconnected to Provo City’s (Provo)
distribution and transmission facilities.
Provo is a participant of the Utah
Municipal Power Agency (UMPA), a
joint-action agency responsible for
supplying the wholesale power needs to
Provo and other municipal electric
utilities in the area. UMPA, a long-term
power customer of WAPA, has agreed to
accept all Olmsted energy as it is
generated and, under a scheduling and
displacement agreement with WAPA,
provide Olmsted customers with their
respective Olmsted allocation amounts
from a portion of UMPA’s allocation of
Salt Lake City Area Integrated Projects
(SLCA/IP) resources, which is also
marketed by WAPA. This arrangement
will allow the Olmsted recipients more
flexibility as it will be easier to schedule
this SLCA/IP resource, which is
essentially exchanged for Olmsted
generation, and it allows the use of
existing scheduling and transmission
wheeling arrangements. In
consideration for providing these
arrangements, UMPA will receive a 30
percent allocation of Olmsted
generation.
After consideration of the allocations
to the District and UMPA, WAPA
determined it would use the remaining
Olmsted energy to increase the
allocations of those applicants that have
the lowest percentages of their current
loads served by Federal power. Four of
the applicants receive less than 10
percent of their energy resources from
Federal power. All of the other
applicants currently receive over 20
percent of their energy requirements
from Federal allocations. Therefore,
WAPA awarded 10 percent of the
Olmsted generation to the four
applicants receiving less than 10
percent of their energy from Federal
sources. The following table shows the
proposed allocation percentages of the
annual energy production of Olmsted:
Applicant
Central Utah Water Conservancy District .........................
Utah Municipal Power Agency
Lehi City, Utah ..........................
Kaysville City, Utah ..................
Weber Basin Water Conservancy District .........................
Springville City, Utah ................
Percentage
30
30
10
10
10
10
WAPA will respond to the comments
received regarding the Olmsted
Proposed Allocation of Energy and
publish its final allocations after the
public comment period ends. If any
adjustments or corrections are necessary
in a recipient’s percentage allocation,
the allocations of all other recipients
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may change. WAPA plans to enter into
contracts with customers after
publication of the Final Allocation of
Power Federal Register notice.
Dated: May 30, 2018.
Mark A. Gabriel,
Administrator.
Availability of Information
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Documents developed or retained by
WAPA during this public process will
be available, by appointment, for
inspection and copying at the CRSP
Management Center, 299 South Main
Street, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Any comments received during the 30day comment period will be posted to
WAPA’s website at the following
address: https://www.wapa.gov/regions/
CRSP/PowerMarketing/Pages/powermarketing.aspx.
Procedural Requirements
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321–4347), the Council
on Environmental Quality Regulations
(40 CFR parts 1500–1508), and DOE
NEPA Regulations (10 CFR part 1021),
WAPA issued a Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) on January
13, 2017. The FONSI and other NEPA
compliance documentation may be
found at https://www.wapa.gov/regions/
CRSP/environment/Pages/
environment.aspx.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
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The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980
(RFA), 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq., requires a
Federal agency to perform a regulatory
flexibility analysis whenever the agency
is required by law to publish a general
notice of proposed rulemaking for any
proposed rule unless the agency can
certify that the rule will not have a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. In
defining the term ‘‘rule,’’ the RFA
specifies that a ‘‘rule’’ does not include
‘‘a rule of particular applicability
relating to rates [and] services . . . or to
valuations, costs or accounting, or
practices relating to such rates [and]
services . . . .’’ 5 U.S.C. 601. WAPA
has determined that this action relates
to rates or services offered by WAPA
and, therefore, is not a rule within the
purview of the RFA.
Determination Under Executive Order
12866
WAPA has an exemption from
centralized regulatory review under
Executive Order 12866; accordingly, no
clearance of this Federal Register notice
by the Office of Management and
Budget is required.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OARM–2018–0229; FRL–9979–
22–OARM]
Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request; Monthly
Progress Reports (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘Monthly Progress Reports (Renewal)’’
(EPA ICR No. 1039.15, OMB Control No.
2030–0005) to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing
so, EPA is soliciting public comments
on specific aspects of the proposed
information collection as described
below. This is a proposed extension of
the ICR, which is currently approved
through December 31, 2018. 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.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before August 13, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OARM–2018–0229 online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to oei.docket@
epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460.
EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes profanity, threats,
information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Valentino, Policy Training and
Oversight Division, Office of
Acquisition Management (3802R),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460; telephone number: (202) 564–
SUMMARY:
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epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents which explain in
detail the information that the EPA will
be collecting are available in the public
docket for this ICR. The docket can be
viewed online at www.regulations.gov
or in person at the EPA Docket Center,
WJC West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC.
The telephone number for the Docket
Center is 202–566–1744. For additional
information about EPA’s public docket,
visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments
and information to enable it to: (i)
Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (ii) evaluate the
accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (iv) minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses. EPA will consider the
comments received and amend the ICR
as appropriate. The final ICR package
will then be submitted to OMB for
review and approval. At that time, EPA
will issue another Federal Register
notice to announce the submission of
the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to
submit additional comments to OMB.
Abstract: Appropriate Government
surveillance of contractor performance
is required to give reasonable assurance
that efficient methods and effective cost
controls are being used for various costreimbursable and fixed-rate contracts.
Per 48 CFR 1552.211 regulations, on a
monthly basis the Agency requires
contractors to provide the Contracting
Officer’s Representative (COR) with a
report detailing: (a) What was
accomplished on the contract for that
period, (b) expenditures for the same
period of time, and (c) what is expected
to be accomplished on the contract for
the next month. Responses to the
information collection are mandatory
for contractors and are required for the
contractors to receive monthly
payments.
Form Numbers: EPA Form 1900–68.
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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Western Area Power Administration
Proposed Allocation of Olmsted Powerplant Replacement Project
AGENCY: Western Area Power Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of proposed allocation of Olmsted Powerplant Replacement
Project.
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SUMMARY: Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) Colorado River
Storage Project (CRSP) Management Center, a Federal power marketing
agency of the Department of Energy, announces its Olmsted Powerplant
Replacement Project (Olmsted) Proposed Allocation of Energy. The Final
2018 Olmsted Power Marketing Plan and Call for Applications was
published on October 11, 2017, and set forth that an application for an
allocation of energy from Olmsted was due by December 11, 2017. WAPA
has reviewed and considered the applications received and this Federal
Register notice outlines WAPA's proposed allocations.
DATES: All comments must be received by the end of the comment period
to be assured of consideration. The comment period on the proposed
allocation of power begins June 13, 2018 and ends July 13, 2018. WAPA
will accept written comments any time during the 30-day comment period.
ADDRESSES: All written comments regarding the proposed allocation of
power should be directed to the following address: Mr. Brent Osiek,
Vice President of Power Marketing for CRSP, CRSP Management Center,
Western Area Power Administration, 299 South Main Street, Suite 200,
Salt Lake City, UT 84111. Comments may also be faxed to (801) 524-5017
or emailed to: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Brent Osiek, Vice President of
Power Marketing for CRSP, (801) 524-5495; or Mr. Lyle Johnson, Public
Utilities Specialist, (801) 524-5585. Written requests for information
should be sent to CRSP Management Center, Western Area Power
Administration, 299 South Main Street, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, UT
84111; faxed to (801) 524-5017; or emailed to: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States acquired the Olmsted
Powerplant in 1990 through condemnation proceedings in order to secure
the water rights associated with the Olmsted Powerplant deemed
essential to the Central Utah Project (CUP). The CUP is a participating
project of the Colorado River Storage Project. As part of the
condemnation proceedings, PacifiCorp continued Olmsted operations until
2015; after that time, the operation of the facility became the
responsibility of the Bureau of Reclamation.
The existing Olmsted Powerplant greatly exceeded its operational
life, and a replacement facility was needed for the generation of power
and preservation of associated non-consumptive water rights. On
February 4, 2015, the Implementation Agreement (Agreement) for Olmsted
was signed by Central Utah Water Conservancy District (District); the
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation; and WAPA
(Participants). The Agreement sets forth the responsibilities of the
Participants and identifies funding of Olmsted. The District will
construct, operate, maintain, and replace the Olmsted Powerplant and
incidental facilities in connection with its CUP operations, including
power generation.
WAPA is responsible for marketing the Olmsted energy, which is
anticipated to be available in the late summer of 2018. Power
production will be incidental to the delivery of water and will only be
available when water is present. Therefore, only energy, without
capacity, will be available for marketing. It is expected that the
annual energy production from Olmsted will average around 27,000,000
kWh per year. The Final 2018 Olmsted Power Marketing Plan and Call for
Applications was published on October 11, 2017 (82 FR 47201), and set
forth that an application for an allocation of energy from Olmsted was
due by December 11, 2017.
Olmsted Proposed Allocation of Energy
Pursuant to the Final Power Marketing Criteria, allocations of
energy from Olmsted were made based on a percentage of annual
generation rather than fixed quantities of energy. Olmsted is a ``take
all, pay all'' project; the annual revenue requirement does not depend
on the amount of energy available each year. Customers with an
allocation will receive a share of the energy and will annually pay a
proportional share of the operation, maintenance, and replacement
(OM&R) expenses in 12 monthly installments.
Applications were received from four entities representing a total
of 14 eligible applicants. In considering the Power Marketing Criteria,
priority was given to the District due to its role in the construction,
operation, maintenance, and replacement of Olmsted. The District will
receive 30 percent of Olmsted's annual generation.
Olmsted will be electrically interconnected to Provo City's (Provo)
distribution and transmission facilities. Provo is a participant of the
Utah Municipal Power Agency (UMPA), a joint-action agency responsible
for supplying the wholesale power needs to Provo and other municipal
electric utilities in the area. UMPA, a long-term power customer of
WAPA, has agreed to accept all Olmsted energy as it is generated and,
under a scheduling and displacement agreement with WAPA, provide
Olmsted customers with their respective Olmsted allocation amounts from
a portion of UMPA's allocation of Salt Lake City Area Integrated
Projects (SLCA/IP) resources, which is also marketed by WAPA. This
arrangement will allow the Olmsted recipients more flexibility as it
will be easier to schedule this SLCA/IP resource, which is essentially
exchanged for Olmsted generation, and it allows the use of existing
scheduling and transmission wheeling arrangements. In consideration for
providing these arrangements, UMPA will receive a 30 percent allocation
of Olmsted generation.
After consideration of the allocations to the District and UMPA,
WAPA determined it would use the remaining Olmsted energy to increase
the allocations of those applicants that have the lowest percentages of
their current loads served by Federal power. Four of the applicants
receive less than 10 percent of their energy resources from Federal
power. All of the other applicants currently receive over 20 percent of
their energy requirements from Federal allocations. Therefore, WAPA
awarded 10 percent of the Olmsted generation to the four applicants
receiving less than 10 percent of their energy from Federal sources.
The following table shows the proposed allocation percentages of the
annual energy production of Olmsted:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Applicant Percentage
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Central Utah Water Conservancy District.................... 30
Utah Municipal Power Agency................................ 30
Lehi City, Utah............................................ 10
Kaysville City, Utah....................................... 10
Weber Basin Water Conservancy District..................... 10
Springville City, Utah..................................... 10
------------------------------------------------------------------------
WAPA will respond to the comments received regarding the Olmsted
Proposed Allocation of Energy and publish its final allocations after
the public comment period ends. If any adjustments or corrections are
necessary in a recipient's percentage allocation, the allocations of
all other recipients
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may change. WAPA plans to enter into contracts with customers after
publication of the Final Allocation of Power Federal Register notice.
Availability of Information
Documents developed or retained by WAPA during this public process
will be available, by appointment, for inspection and copying at the
CRSP Management Center, 299 South Main Street, Suite 200, Salt Lake
City, Utah. Any comments received during the 30-day comment period will
be posted to WAPA's website at the following address: https://www.wapa.gov/regions/CRSP/PowerMarketing/Pages/power-marketing.aspx.
Procedural Requirements
Environmental Compliance
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321-4347), the Council on Environmental Quality
Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), and DOE NEPA Regulations (10 CFR
part 1021), WAPA issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) on
January 13, 2017. The FONSI and other NEPA compliance documentation may
be found at https://www.wapa.gov/regions/CRSP/environment/Pages/environment.aspx.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA), 5 U.S.C. 601, et
seq., requires a Federal agency to perform a regulatory flexibility
analysis whenever the agency is required by law to publish a general
notice of proposed rulemaking for any proposed rule unless the agency
can certify that the rule will not have a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities. In defining the term
``rule,'' the RFA specifies that a ``rule'' does not include ``a rule
of particular applicability relating to rates [and] services . . . or
to valuations, costs or accounting, or practices relating to such rates
[and] services . . . .'' 5 U.S.C. 601. WAPA has determined that this
action relates to rates or services offered by WAPA and, therefore, is
not a rule within the purview of the RFA.
Determination Under Executive Order 12866
WAPA has an exemption from centralized regulatory review under
Executive Order 12866; accordingly, no clearance of this Federal
Register notice by the Office of Management and Budget is required.
Dated: May 30, 2018.
Mark A. Gabriel,
Administrator.
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