95-20291. Application for Presidential Permit and Electricity Export Authorization by Arizona Public Service Co.

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42552-42553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20291]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[FE Docket PP-106 and EA-106]


Application for Presidential Permit and Electricity Export 
Authorization by Arizona Public Service Co.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of applications.

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SUMMARY: Arizona Public Service Company (APS) has applied for a 
Presidential Permit to construct a new electric transmission facility 
at the U.S. border with Mexico. In addition APS has applied for 
authorization to export electric energy to Mexico over those 
facilities.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene must be submitted on 
or before September 15, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene should be 
addressed as follows: Office of Coal & Electricity (FE-52), Office of 
Fuels Programs, Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Loren Farrar (Program Office) 301-903-
2338 or Michael Skinker (Program Attorney) 202-586-6667.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The construction, connection, operation, and 
maintenance of facilities at the international border of the United 
States for the transmission of electrical energy is prohibited in the 
absence of a Presidential permit pursuant to Executive Order No. 12038. 
Exports of electricity from the United States are also regulated and 
require authorization under section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.
    On June 22, 1995, APS filed an application with the Office of 
Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) for a Presidential 
permit to construct a new 34.5-kilovolt (kV) transmission line across 
the U.S.-Mexican border near St. Luis, Mexico. The proposed line would 
tap an existing 34.5-kV line owned and operated by the U.S. Bureau of 
Reclamation and extend approximately 1000 feet to the U.S. border with 
Mexico. This application has been docketed as PP-106.
    On July 2, 1995, APS filed a companion application for authority to 
export electric energy over the international transmission facilities 
proposed in the PP-106 application. APS proposes to export up to 30 
megawatts of electrical capacity and associated energy to the Comision 
Federal de Electricidad, the Mexican national electric utility, under 
the terms of a proposed Reciprocal Emergency Assistance Agreement and 
an Economy Energy Agreement. However, to date these agreements have not 
been signed. This application has been docketed as EA-106.

Procedural Matters:

    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest these applications 
should file a petition(s) to intervene or protest at the address 
provided above in accordance with Secs. 385.211 or 385.214 of the rules 
of practice and procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
    Any such petitions and protests should be filed with the DOE on or 
before the date listed above. Additional copies of such petitions to 
intervene or protests also should be filed directly with: Dennis Beals, 
Manager, Bulk Power Trading and Customer Services, Arizona Public 
Service Company, P.O. Box 53999, Station 9860, Phoenix, AZ 85072-3999, 
Phone: [phone]; and Bruce A. Gardner, Esq., Senior Attorney, 
Arizona Public Service Company, P.O. Box 53999, Station 9820, Phoenix, 
AZ 85072-3999, Phone: [phone]
    Pursuant to 18 CFR 385.211, protests and comments will be 
considered by the DOE in determining the appropriate action to be 
taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the 
proceeding(s). Any person wishing to become a party must file a 
petition to intervene under 18 CFR 385.214. Section 385.214 requires 
that a petition to intervene must state, to the extent known, the 
position taken by the petitioner and the petitioner's interest in 
sufficient factual detail to demonstrate either that the petitioner has 
a right to participate because it is a State Commission; that it has or 
represents an interest which may be directly affected by the outcome of 
the proceeding(s), including any interest as a consumer, customer, 
competitor, or security holder of a party to the proceeding; or that 
the petitioner's participation is in the public interest.
    A final decision will be made on the application for Presidential 
permit contained in docket PP-106 after a determination is made by the 
DOE that the proposed action is in the public interest and will not 
adversely impact on the reliability of the U.S. electric power supply 
system. Before a final decision is made on the export application 
contained in docket EA-106, the DOE must determine that the proposed 
export would not impair the sufficiency of electric supply within the 
U.S. and would not impede or tend to impede the coordination in the 
public interest of facilities subject to the jurisdiction of the DOE. 

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    Before a Presidential permit or electricity export authorization 
may be issued or amended, the environmental impacts of the proposed DOE 
action must be evaluated pursuant to the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (NEPA).
    Copies of this application will be made available, upon request, 
for public inspection and copying at the address provided above.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 9, 1995.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Office of Coal & Electricity, Office of Fuels Programs, 
Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 95-20291 Filed 8-15-95; 8:45 am]
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