99-16208. Office of Fossil Energy; ANP Blackstone Energy Company, Notice of Filing of Coal Capability Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act  

  • [Federal Register Volume 64, Number 122 (Friday, June 25, 1999)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 34226-34227]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 99-16208]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
    
    
    Office of Fossil Energy; ANP Blackstone Energy Company, Notice of 
    Filing of Coal Capability Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act
    
    [Docket No. FE C&E 99-11--Certification Notice--174]
    AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.
    
    ACTION: Notice of filing
    
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    SUMMARY: ANP Blackstone Energy Company has submitted a coal capability 
    self-certification pursuant to section 201 of the Powerplant and 
    Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, as amended.
    
    ADDRESSES: Copies of self-certification filings are available for 
    public inspection, upon request, in the Office of Fuels Programs, 
    Fossil Energy, Room 3F-056, FE-52, Forrestal Building, 1000 
    Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Russell at (202) 586-9624.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of the Powerplant and Industrial 
    Fuel Use Act of 1978 (FUA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.), 
    provides that no new baseload electric powerplant may be constructed or 
    operated without the capability to use coal or another alternate fuel 
    as a primary energy source. In order to meet the requirement of coal 
    capability, the owner or operator of such facilities proposing to use 
    natural gas or petroleum as its primary energy source shall certify, 
    pursuant to FUA section 201(d), to the Secretary of
    
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    Energy prior to construction, or prior to operation as a base load 
    powerplant, that such powerplant has the capability to use coal or 
    another alternate fuel. Such certification establishes compliance with 
    section 201(a) on the day it is filed with the Secretary. The Secretary 
    is required to publish a notice in the Federal Register that a 
    certification has been filed. The following owner/operator of proposed 
    new baseload powerplant has filed a self-certification in acccordance 
    with section 201(d).
        Owner & Operator: ANP Blackstone Energy Company.
        Location: Blackstone, MA.
        Plant Configuration: Combined-cycle.
        Capacity: 580 megawatts.
        Fuel: Natural gas.
        Purchasing Utilities: Wholesale purchasers in New England.
        Expected In-Service Date: 2nd quarter, 2001.
    
        Issued in Washington, D.C., June 21, 1999.
    Anthony J. Como,
    Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power Im/
    Ex, Office of Coal & Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
    [FR Doc. 99-16208 Filed 6-24-99; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 6450-01-P
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
06/25/1999
Department:
Energy Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice of filing
Document Number:
99-16208
Dates:
2nd quarter, 2001.
Pages:
34226-34227 (2 pages)
PDF File:
99-16208.pdf