Notice of Filing of Self-Certification of Coal Capability Under the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act

Published date09 September 2020
Citation85 FR 55672
Record Number2020-19891
SectionNotices
CourtEnergy Department
55672
Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 175 / Wednesday, September 9, 2020 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[FE Docket No. 14–96–LNG]
Alaska LNG Project LLC; Final Opinion
and Order Granting Long-Term
Authorization to Export Liquefied
Natural Gas To Non-Free Trade
Agreement Nations
AGENCY
: Office of Fossil Energy,
Department of Energy.
ACTION
: Record of decision.
SUMMARY
: The Office of Fossil Energy
(FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE)
gives notice of a Record of Decision
(ROD) published under the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA) and implementing regulations.
This ROD supports DOE/FE’s decision
in DOE/FE Order No. 3643–A, an
opinion and order authorizing Alaska
LNG Project LLC to export domestically-
produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) to
non-free trade agreement countries.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Brian Lavoie, U.S. Department of Energy
(FE–34), Office of Regulation,
Analysis, and Engagement, Office of
Fossil Energy, Forrestal Building,
Room 3E–042, 1000 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585,
(202) 586–2459, Brian.Lavoie@
hq.doe.gov
Irene V. Nemesio, U.S. Department of
Energy (GC–76), Office of the
Assistant General Counsel for
Electricity and Fossil Energy,
Forrestal Building, 1000
Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–
8606, Irene.Nemesio@hq.doe.gov
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: On August
20, 2020, DOE/FE issued Order No.
3643–A to Alaska LNG Project LLC
(Alaska LNG) under the Natural Gas Act
section 3(a), 15 U.S.C. 717b(a). This
Order authorizes Alaska LNG to export
LNG produced from Alaskan sources by
vessel to any country with which the
United States has not entered into a free
trade agreement (FTA) requiring
national treatment for trade in natural
gas, and with which trade is not
prohibited by U.S. law or policy (non-
FTA countries). Alaska LNG is
authorized to export LNG in a volume
equivalent to 929 billion cubic feet (Bcf)
per year of natural gas (2.55 Bcf/day)
from the proposed Alaska LNG Project
(Project) to be located in the Nikiski area
of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.
DOE/FE participated as a cooperating
agency with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission in preparing an
environmental impact statement (EIS)
analyzing the potential environmental
impacts of the proposed Project
(including an LNG export terminal,
along with the associated facilities and
pipeline) that would be used to support
the export authorization sought from
DOE/FE. DOE adopted the EIS and
prepared the ROD, which is attached as
an appendix to the Order. The ROD can
be found here: https://www.energy.gov/
sites/prod/files/2020/08/f77/
ord3643a.pdf.
Signed in Washington, DC, on September
3, 2020.
Amy Sweeney,
Director, Office of Regulation, Analysis, and
Engagement, Office of Oil and Natural Gas.
[FR Doc. 2020–19920 Filed 9–8–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Certification Notice—257]
Notice of Filing of Self-Certification of
Coal Capability Under the Powerplant
and Industrial Fuel Use Act
AGENCY
: Office of Electricity, Energy
(DOE).
ACTION
: Notice of filing.
SUMMARY
: On August 20, 2020, Hill Top
Energy Center LLC (HTEC), as owner
and operator of a new baseload power
plant, submitted a coal capability self-
certification to the Department of
Energy (DOE). The Powerplant and
Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, as
amended, and regulations thereunder
require DOE to publish a notice of filing
of self-certification in the Federal
Register.
ADDRESSES
: Copies of coal capability
self-certification filings are available for
public inspection, upon request, in the
Office of Electricity, 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
or Christopher.lawrence@hq.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: On August
20, 2020, HTEC, as owner and operator
of a new baseload power plant,
submitted a coal capability self-
certification to DOE pursuant to section
201(d) of the Powerplant and Industrial
Fuel Use Act of 1978 (FUA), as
amended (42 U.S.C. 8311(d)), and DOE
regulations at 10 CFR 501.61(a). The
FUA and regulations thereunder require
DOE to publish a notice of filing of self-
certification in the Federal Register
within fifteen days. See 42 U.S.C.
8311(d)(1); 10 CFR 501.61(c). Section
201(a) of the FUA provides that ‘‘no
new electric powerplant may be
constructed or operated as a base load
powerplant without the capability to
use coal or another alternate fuel as a
primary energy source.’’ 42 U.S.C.
8311(a). Pursuant to section 201(d) of
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
must certify to the Secretary of Energy
(Secretary), prior to construction or
prior to operation as a baseload
powerplant, that such powerplant has
the capability to use coal or another
alternate fuel. See 42 U.S.C. 8311(d)(1).
Such certification establishes
compliance with FUA section 201(a) as
of the date it is filed with the Secretary.
Id.; 10 CFR 501.61(b).
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 at 10 CFR 501.61:
Owner: Hill Top Energy Center LLC.
Design Capacity: 620 megawatts
(MW).
Plant Location: Carmichaels, PA
15320.
In-Service Date: May 2021.
Signed in Washington, DC, on September
3, 2020.
Christopher Lawrence,
Program Management Analyst, Office of
Electricity.
[FR Doc. 2020–19891 Filed 9–8–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP20–515–000]
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Company, LLC; Notice of Request
Under Blanket Authorization
Take notice that on August 25, 2020,
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Company, LLC (Transco), Post Office
Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, filed
a prior notice application pursuant to
sections 157.205 and 157.216 of the
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission’s (Commission) regulations
under the Natural Gas Act, and
Transco’s blanket certificate issued in
Docket No. CP82–426. Transco proposes
to abandon a 16-inch supply lateral
originating from Eugene Island Block
57, Platform ‘‘D’’ to Ship Shoal Area
Block 11, (hereinafter referred to as the
Supply Lateral) and appurtenant
metering facilities, all in Federal
offshore waters, offshore Louisiana.
Details of Transco’s project are more
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