81 FR 19169 - Boulder Canyon Project
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Western Area Power Administration Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 64 (April 4, 2016)
Western Area Power Administration
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 64 (April 4, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-07641 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 64 (Monday, April 4, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 19169-19171] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-07641] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Western Area Power Administration Boulder Canyon Project AGENCY: Western Area Power Administration, DOE. [[Page 19170]] ACTION: Notice of proposed base charge and rates. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Western Area Power Administration (Western) is proposing an adjustment to the Boulder Canyon Project (BCP) electric service base charge and rates. The current base charge and rates under Rate Schedule BCP-F9 expire September 30, 2016. The current base charge is not sufficient to cover all annual costs including operation and maintenance, replacements, and interest expense; and repay investment obligations within the required period. The proposed base charge will provide sufficient revenue to cover all annual costs and to repay investment obligations within the allowable period. Western will post a detailed rate package that identifies the reasons for the base charge and rates adjustment on its Web site during the consultation and comment period. The proposed base charge and rates are scheduled to become effective October 1, 2016, and will remain in effect through September 30, 2017. Publication of this Federal Register notice initiates the formal process for the proposed base charge and rates. DATES: The consultation and comment period begins today and will end July 5, 2016. Western will present a detailed explanation of the proposed base charge and rates at a public information forum that will be held on April 27, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST), in Phoenix, Arizona. Western will accept oral and written comments at a public comment forum that will be held on May 25, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. MST. Western will accept written comments any time during the consultation and comment period. ADDRESSES: The public information forum and public comment forum will be held at Western's Desert Southwest Customer Service Regional Office, located at 615 South 43rd Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85009. Send written comments to Mr. Ronald E. Moulton, Regional Manager, Desert Southwest Customer Service Region, Western Area Power Administration, P.O. Box 6457, Phoenix, AZ 85005-6457, email [email protected]. Written comments may also be faxed to (602) 605-2490, attention: Mr. Scott Lund, Rates Manager. Western will post information about the rate process, as well as comments received via letter, email, and fax, on its Web site at: http://www.wapa.gov/regions/DSW/Rates/Pages/boulder-canyon-rates.aspx. Written comments must be received by the end of the consultation and comment period to be considered by Western in its decision process. As access to Western facilities is controlled, any United States (U.S.) citizen wishing to attend the forums must present an official form of picture identification (ID), such as a U.S. driver's license, U.S. passport, U.S. Government ID, or U.S. Military ID. Foreign nationals should contact Western via Mr. Scott Lund, Rates Manager, telephone (602) 605-2442 or email [email protected] 30 days in advance of the meeting to obtain the necessary form for admittance to Western. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Scott Lund, Rates Manager, Desert Southwest Customer Service Region, Western Area Power Administration, P.O. Box 6457, Phoenix, AZ 85005-6457, (602) 605-2442, or email [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Rate Schedule BCP-F9 under Rate Order No. WAPA-171 was approved on an interim basis by the Deputy Secretary of Energy for a five-year period beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending September 30, 2020.\1\ Final approval is pending from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ 80 FR 44098 (July 24, 2015). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposed base charge and rates for BCP electric service are designed to recover an annual revenue requirement that includes investment repayment, interest, operation and maintenance, replacements, payments to states, visitor services, and uprating payments. The total costs are offset by the projected revenue from water sales, the visitor center, ancillary services, and late fees. The annual revenue requirement is the base charge for electric service divided equally between capacity and energy. The annual composite rate is the base charge divided by annual energy sales. Rate Schedule BCP-F9 requires the annual calculation of the base charge and rates based on updated financial and hydrology data. The proposed base charge for fiscal year (FY) 2017 is $68,572,989 and the proposed composite rate is 19.60 mills/kilowatthour. The following table compares the existing and proposed base charge and composite rate. Comparison of Existing and Proposed Base Charge and Composite Rate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Existing Proposed October 1, October 1, 2015 through 2016 through Percent change September 30, September 30, 2016 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Base Charge ($)................................................. 63,735,856 68,572,989 8 Composite Rate (mills/kWh)...................................... 18.33 19.60 7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposed FY 2017 base charge represents an increase of approximately 8 percent compared to the FY 2016 base charge. Increases in annual operation and maintenance and replacement costs, and decreases in projections of non-power revenue and carryover revenue account for the overall base charge increase. The proposed FY 2017 composite rate represents an increase of approximately 7 percent compared to the FY 2016 composite rate. Increases in the proposed base charge and forecasted energy sales account for the composite rate increase. This proposal, effective October 1, 2016, is preliminary and is subject to change upon publication of the final base charge and rates. Legal Authority Western will hold both a public information forum and a public comment forum. After review of public comments, Western will take further action on the proposed base charge and rates and follow procedures for public participation consistent with 10 CFR parts 903 and 904. Western is establishing an electric service base charge and rates for BCP under the Department of Energy (DOE) Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7152); the Reclamation Act of 1902 (ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388), as amended and supplemented by subsequent [[Page 19171]] enactments; and other acts that specifically apply to the project involved. By Delegation Order No. 00-037.00A, effective December 25, 2013, the Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The authority to develop power and transmission rates to Western's Administrator; (2) the authority to confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis to the Deputy Secretary of Energy; and (3) the authority to confirm, approve, and place into effect on a final basis, to remand, or to disapprove such rates to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Availability of Information All brochures, studies, comments, letters, memorandums, or other documents Western initiates or uses to develop the proposed base charge and rates are available for inspection and copying at the Desert Southwest Customer Service Regional Office, Western Area Power Administration, located at 615 South 43rd Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85009. Many of these documents and supporting information are available on Western's Web site at: http://www.wapa.gov/regions/DSW/Rates/Pages/boulder-canyon-rates.aspx. Ratemaking Procedure 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 for implementing NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-1508); and DOE NEPA Implementing Procedures and Guidelines (10 CFR part 1021), Western is in the process of determining whether an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement should be prepared or if this action can be categorically excluded from those requirements. Determination Under Executive Order 12866 Western has an exemption from centralized regulatory review under Executive Order 12866; accordingly, no clearance of this notice by the Office of Management and Budget is required. Dated: March 28, 2016. Mark A. Gabriel, Administrator. 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term. A preliminary permit does not DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ecomment.asp. You must include your
authorize the permit holder to perform name and contact information at the end
any land-disturbing activities or Federal Energy Regulatory of your comments. For assistance,
otherwise enter upon lands or waters Commission please contact FERC Online Support at
owned by others without the owners’ [Project No., 14745–000] FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
express permission. 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
The proposed project would consist of Energy Resources USA, Inc.; Notice of (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please
the following: (1) A control structure Preliminary Permit Application send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal
with three 9.5-foot-wide, 25-foot-long Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
spill gates; (2) one 6-foot-diameter, 98- Comments and Motions To Intervene First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
foot-long penstock with a butterfly The first page of any filing should
valve; (3) a bifurcation structure; (4) two On December 22, 2015, Energy include docket number P–14745–000.
4-foot-diameter, 32-foot-long penstocks; Resources USA, Inc. (Energy Resources) More information about this project,
(5) a powerhouse containing two filed an application for a preliminary including a copy of the application, can
generating units with a total capacity of permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’
1.65 megawatts; (6) a 1000-foot-long, Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to link of the Commission’s Web site at
220-foot-wide tailrace; (7) a substation; study the feasibility of the Rough River http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
and (8) a 2.5-mile-long, 69 kV Lake Dam Hydroelectric Project (Rough elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number
transmission line. The proposed project River Project or project) to be located at (P–14745) in the docket number field to
would have an estimated average annual the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ access the document. For assistance,
generation of 5,200 megawatt-hours, and Rough River Lake Dam on the Rough contact FERC Online Support.
operate as directed by the Corps. River in Breckinridge and Grayson
Counties, Kentucky. The sole purpose of Dated: March 29, 2016.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Ander
a preliminary permit, if issued, is to Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Gonzalez, Energy Resources USA Inc.,
2655 Le Jeune Road, Suite 804, Coral grant the permit holder priority to file Deputy Secretary.
Gables, Florida 33134; Phone: (954) a license application during the permit [FR Doc. 2016–07528 Filed 4–1–16; 8:45 am]
248–8425; Email: agonzalez@energy term. A preliminary permit does not BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
resources.es. authorize the permit holder to perform
FERC Contact: Christiane Casey; any land-disturbing activities or
phone: (202) 502–8577. otherwise enter upon lands or waters DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Deadline for filing comments and owned by others without the owners’
motions to intervene: 60 days from the express permission. Federal Energy Regulatory
issuance of this notice. The proposed project would consist of Commission
The Commission strongly encourages the following: (1) A control structure
[Docket No. AD16–2–000]
electronic filing. Please file comments with three 9.5-foot-wide, 25-foot-long
and motions to intervene using the spill gates; (2) one 9.5-foot-diameter, Review of Cost Submittals by Other
Commission’s eFiling system at http:// 130-foot-long penstock with a butterfly Federal Agencies for Administering
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. valve; (3) a bifurcation structure; (4) two Part I of the Federal Power Act; Notice
Commenters can submit brief comments 6.5-foot-diameter, 32-foot-long of Postponing Technical Conference
up to 6,000 characters, without prior penstocks; (5) a powerhouse containing
registration, using the eComment system two generating units with a total In a prior notice, the Commission
at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ capacity of 10 megawatts; (6) a 1000- scheduled a technical conference to
ecomment.asp. You must include your foot-long, 220-foot-wide tailrace; (7) a review the submitted Other Federal
name and contact information at the end substation; and (8) a 0.3-mile-long, 69 Agency costs in the above-captioned
of your comments. For assistance, kV transmission line. The proposed docket. Due to the impact of the Nuclear
please contact FERC Online Support at project would have an estimated average Security Summit on March 31, 2016 the
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) annual generation of 8,700 megawatt- conference is postponed to April 7,
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 hours, and operate as directed by the 2016.
(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please Corps. The technical conference will be held
send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Applicant Contact: Mr. Ander on April 7, 2016, in Conference Room
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 Gonzalez, Energy Resources USA Inc., 3M–1 at the Commission’s headquarters,
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 2655 Le Jeune Road, Suite 804, Coral 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC.
The first page of any filing should Gables, Florida 33134; Phone: (954) The technical conference will begin at
include docket number P–14750–000. 248–8425; E-mail: 2:00 p.m. (EST).
More information about this project, agonzalez@energyresources.es. Dated: March 29, 2016.
including a copy of the application, can FERC Contact: Christiane Casey;
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ phone: (202) 502–8577.
Deadline for filing comments and Deputy Secretary.
link of the Commission’s Web site at
motions to intervene: 60 days from the [FR Doc. 2016–07539 Filed 4–1–16; 8:45 am]
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number issuance of this notice. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
(P–14750) in the docket number field to The Commission strongly encourages
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access the document. For assistance, electronic filing. Please file comments
and motions to intervene using the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
contact FERC Online Support.
Commission’s eFiling system at http://
Dated: March 29, 2016. www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Western Area Power Administration
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Commenters can submit brief comments
Deputy Secretary. Boulder Canyon Project
up to 6,000 characters, without prior
[FR Doc. 2016–07531 Filed 4–1–16; 8:45 am] registration, using the eComment system AGENCY:Western Area Power
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ Administration, DOE.
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enactments; and other acts that ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION I. General Information
specifically apply to the project AGENCY A. Does this action apply to me?
involved.
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0022; FRL–9944–05] You may be potentially affected by
By Delegation Order No. 00–037.00A, this action if you are an agricultural
effective December 25, 2013, the Pesticide Product Registration;
producer, food manufacturer, or
Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The Receipt of Applications for New Uses
pesticide manufacturer. The following
authority to develop power and AGENCY: Environmental Protection list of North American Industrial
transmission rates to Western’s Agency (EPA). Classification System (NAICS) codes is
Administrator; (2) the authority to ACTION: Notice. not intended to be exhaustive, but rather
confirm, approve, and place such rates provides a guide to help readers
into effect on an interim basis to the SUMMARY: EPA has received applications determine whether this document
Deputy Secretary of Energy; and (3) the to register new uses for pesticide applies to them. Potentially affected
authority to confirm, approve, and place products containing currently registered entities may include:
into effect on a final basis, to remand, active ingredients. Pursuant to the • Crop production (NAICS code 111).
or to disapprove such rates to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and • Animal production (NAICS code
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is hereby 112).
providing notice of receipt and • Food manufacturing (NAICS code
Availability of Information opportunity to comment on these 311).
applications. • Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS
All brochures, studies, comments, code 32532).
letters, memorandums, or other DATES: Comments must be received on
documents Western initiates or uses to or before May 4, 2016. B. What should I consider as I prepare
develop the proposed base charge and ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, my comments for EPA?
rates are available for inspection and identified by the docket identification 1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this
copying at the Desert Southwest (ID) number and the File Symbol of information to EPA through
Customer Service Regional Office, interest as shown in the body of this regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark
Western Area Power Administration, document, by one of the following the part or all of the information that
located at 615 South 43rd Avenue, methods: you claim to be CBI. For CBI
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// information in a disk or CD–ROM that
Phoenix, Arizona 85009. Many of these
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the
documents and supporting information
instructions for submitting comments. disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then
are available on Western’s Web site at:
Do not submit electronically any identify electronically within the disk or
http://www.wapa.gov/regions/DSW/ information you consider to be
Rates/Pages/boulder-canyon-rates.aspx. CD–ROM the specific information that
Confidential Business Information (CBI) is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
Ratemaking Procedure Requirements or other information whose disclosure is complete version of the comment that
restricted by statute. includes information claimed as CBI, a
Environmental Compliance • Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental copy of the comment that does not
Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ contain the information claimed as CBI
In compliance with the National DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of must be submitted for inclusion in the
NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. public docket. Information so marked
1969, 42 U.S.C. 4321–4347; the Council • Hand Delivery: To make special
on Environmental Quality Regulations will not be disclosed except in
arrangements for hand delivery or
for implementing NEPA (40 CFR parts accordance with procedures set forth in
delivery of boxed information, please
1500–1508); and DOE NEPA 40 CFR part 2.
follow the instructions at http:// 2. Tips for preparing your comments.
Implementing Procedures and www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. When preparing and submitting your
Guidelines (10 CFR part 1021), Western Additional instructions on
comments, see the commenting tips at
is in the process of determining whether commenting or visiting the docket,
http://www.epa.gov/dockets/
an environmental assessment or an along with more information about
comments.html.
environmental impact statement should dockets generally, is available at http://
be prepared or if this action can be www.epa.gov/dockets. II. Registration Applications
categorically excluded from those FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: EPA has received applications to
requirements. Robert McNally, Biopesticides and register new uses for pesticide products
Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) containing currently registered active
Determination Under Executive Order (7511P), email address: ingredients. Pursuant to the provisions
12866 BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov., Susan Lewis, of FIFRA section 3(c)(4) (7 U.S.C.
Western has an exemption from Registration Division (RD) (7505P), 136a(c)(4)), EPA is hereby providing
centralized regulatory review under email address: RDFRNotices@epa.gov. notice of receipt and opportunity to
The mailing address for each contact comment on these applications. Notice
Executive Order 12866; accordingly, no
person is: Office of Pesticide Programs, of receipt of these applications does not
clearance of this notice by the Office of
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 imply a decision by the Agency on these
Management and Budget is required. Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
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applications.
Dated: March 28, 2016. DC 20460–0001. The main telephone 1. EPA Registration Number: 100–
Mark A. Gabriel, number: (703) 305–7090. As part of the RLON. Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–
Administrator. mailing address, include the contact OPP–2016–0049. Applicant: Syngenta
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person’s name, division, and mail code. Crop Protection LLC, 410 Swing Road,
The division to contact is listed at the P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419–
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end of each application summary. 8300. Active ingredient:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Oxathiapiprolin. Product type:
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| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice of proposed base charge and rates. | |
| Dates | The consultation and comment period begins today and will end July 5, 2016. Western will present a detailed explanation of the proposed base charge and rates at a public information forum that will be held on April 27, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST), in Phoenix, Arizona. Western will accept oral and written comments at a public comment forum that will be held on May 25, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. MST. Western will accept written comments any time during the consultation and comment period. | |
| Contact | Mr. Scott Lund, Rates Manager, Desert Southwest Customer Service Region, Western Area Power Administration, P.O. Box 6457, Phoenix, AZ 85005-6457, (602) 605-2442, or email [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 19169 |
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