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DOCUMENT ID: [Certification Notice-215]

NOTICE: NOTICES

ACTION: Powerplant and industrial fuel use; new electric powerplant coal capability:

DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of Filings.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Office Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability; Notice of Filings of Self-Certifications of Coal Capability Under the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act

DOCUMENT SUMMARY: On October 23, 2007, The WCM Group, Inc., on behalf of three owners and operators of new base load electric powerplants, submitted coal capability selfcertifications to the Department of Energy (DOE) pursuant to section 201(d) of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 (FUA), as amended, and DOE regulations in 10 CFR 501.60, 61. Section 201(d) of FUA requires DOE to publish a notice of receipt of selfcertifications in the Federal Register.

SUMMARY: Self-certification filings—; WCM Group, Inc.,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Title II of FUA, as amended (42 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.), provides that no new base load electric powerplants may be constructed or operated without the capability to use coal or another alternate fuel as a primary energy source. Pursuant to FUA section 201(d), 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 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. The Secretary is required to publish a notice in the Federal Register reciting that the certification has been filed.

The following owners of proposed new base load electric powerplants have filed selfcertifications of coalcapability with DOE pursuant to FUA section 201(d) and in accordance with DOE regulations in 10 CFR 501.60, 61:
Owner: Nueces Bay WLE, LP
Capacity: 700 MW
Plant Location: Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas
InService Date: June, 2009
Owner: Laredo WLE, LP
Capacity: 200 MW
Plant Location: Laredo, Webb County, Texas
InService Date: June, 2008
Owner: Barney M. Davis, LP
Capacity: 700 MW
Plant Location: Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas
InService Date: June, 2009

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 3, 2007.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. E724232 Filed 121307; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Ellen Russell at (202) 586-9624.