74472 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 241 / Friday, December 14, 2012 / Notices 

the State of Preschool data collection 

provide a key information resource for 

research and for federal and state policy 

on publicly funded early childhood 

education. 

Dated: December 11, 2012. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–30219 Filed 12–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. EA–387] 

Application to Export Electric Energy; 

Energia Renovable S.C., LLC 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Energia Renovable S.C., LLC 

(Energia Renovable) has applied for 

authority to transmit electric energy 

from the United States to Mexico 

pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal 

Power Act (FPA). 

DATES: Comments, protests, or motions 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before December 31, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or 

motions to intervene should be 

addressed to: Christopher Lawrence, 

Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability, Mail Code: OE–20, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. Because of 

delays in handling conventional mail, it 

is recommended that documents be 

transmitted by overnight mail, by 

electronic mail to 

CHRISTOPHER.LAWRENCE@HQ.DOE.GOV, or 

by facsimile to 202–586–8008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Lawrence (Program Office) 

at 202–586–5260, or by email to 

Christopher.Lawrence@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of 

electricity from the United States to a 

foreign country are regulated by the 

Department of Energy (DOE) pursuant to 

sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the 

Department of Energy Organization Act 

(42 U.S.C. 7151(b), 7172(f)) and require 

authorization under section 202(e) of 

the FPA (16 U.S.C.824a(e)). 

On September 11, 2012, DOE received 

an application from Energia Renovable 

for authority to transmit electric energy 

from the United States to Mexico for 

five years as a power marketer using 

existing international transmission 

facilities. Energia Renovable does not 

own any electric transmission facilities 

nor does it hold a franchised service 

area. 

The electric energy that Energia 

Renovable proposes to export to Mexico 

would be surplus energy purchased 

from electric utilities, Federal power 

marketing agencies, and other entities 

within the United States. The existing 

international transmission facilities to 

be utilized by Energia Renovable have 

previously been authorized by 

Presidential permits issued pursuant to 

Executive Order 10485, as amended, 

and are appropriate for open access 

transmission by third parties. In its 

application, Energia Renovable 

requested expedited application 

treatment due to an scheduled 

imminent transaction. DOE hereby 

grants this request by shortening the 

comment period to 15 days. 

Procedural Matters: Any person 

desiring to be heard in this proceeding 

should file a comment or protest to the 

application at the address provided 

above. Protests should be filed in 

accordance with Rule 211 of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) 

Rules of Practice and Procedures (18 

CFR 385.211). Any person desiring to 

become a party to these proceedings 

should file a motion to intervene at the 

above address in accordance with FERC 

Rule 214 (385.214). Five copies of such 

comments, protests, or motions to 

intervene should be sent to the address 

provided above on or before the date 

listed above. 

Comments on the Energia Renovable 

application to export electric energy to 

Mexico should be clearly marked with 

OE Docket No. 387. An additional copy 

is to be filed directly with Jorge 

Gutierrez, Reforma 905, Lomas de 

Chapultepec, Delegacioo ̈n Miguel 

Hidalgo, Mexico, D.F. Mexico 11000, 

and Federico Santacruz Gonzalez, Ritch 

Mueller, S.C. Blvd. M. Avila Camacho 

No. 24, piso 20, Lomas de Chapultepec, 

Mexico, D.F. Mexico 11000. 

A final decision will be made on this 

application after the environmental 

impacts have been evaluated pursuant 

to DOE’s National Environmental Policy 

Act Implementing Procedures (10 CFR 

part 1021) and after a determination is 

made by DOE that the proposed action 

will not have an adverse impact on the 

reliability of the U.S. electric power 

supply system. 

Copies of this application will be 

made available, upon request, for public 

inspection and copying at the address 

provided above, by accessing the 

program Web site at http://energy.gov/ 

node/11845 or by emailing Angela Troy 

at Angela.Troy@hq.doe.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 7, 

2012. 

Jon Worthington, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2012–30188 Filed 12–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Notice of Availability of the Final Tank 

Closure and Waste Management 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Hanford Site, Richland, 

Washington 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) announces the availability 

of its Final Tank Closure and Waste 

Management Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Hanford Site, 

Richland, Washington (Final TC & WM 

EIS, DOE/EIS–0391), prepared pursuant 

to the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA). This final environmental 

impact statement addresses all public 

comments on the Draft TC & WM EIS, 

which was issued in October 2009, and 

identifies DOE’s preferred alternatives. 

DATES: DOE will publish a Record of 

Decision no sooner than 30 days after 

publication of the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency’s (EPA) Notice of 

Availability in the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final TC 

&WM EIS (paper or electronic) may be 

obtained by contacting: 

Ms. Mary Beth Burandt, NEPA 

Document Manager, Office of River 

Protection, U.S. Department of 

Energy, P.O. Box 1178, Richland, 

Washington 99352, Email: 

TC&WMEIS@saic.com. 

The Final TC & WM EIS is also 

available on the DOE NEPA Web site at 

http://energy.gov/nepa, as well as in the 

public reading rooms listed in 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information on the Final TC & 

WM EIS, contact Ms. Burandt at the 

address listed in ADDRESSES or by 

telephone at 1–888–829–6347. For 

general information regarding the DOE 

NEPA process, contact: 

Ms. Carol M. Borgstrom, Director, Office 

of NEPA Policy and Compliance, GC– 

54, U. S. Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, Telephone: 

202–586–4600, or leave a message at 

1–800–472–2756, Email: 

askNEPA@hq.doe.gov. 

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Additional information on the Final 

TC & WM EIS is also available through 

the Hanford Web site at http:// 

www.hanford.gov/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Hanford Site, located in 

southeastern Washington State along the 

Columbia River, is approximately 586 

square miles in size. Hanford’s mission 

from the early 1940s to approximately 

1989 included defense-related nuclear 

research, development, and weapons 

production activities. These activities 

created a wide variety of chemical and 

radioactive wastes. Hanford’s mission 

now is focused on the cleanup of those 

wastes and ultimate closure of the Site. 

An important part of the mission 

includes the retrieval and treatment of 

waste from 177 underground radioactive 

waste storage tanks, including 149 

single shell tanks (SSTs), and closure of 

the SSTs. Hanford’s mission also 

includes radioactive waste management 

on the Site and decommissioning of the 

Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF), a nuclear 

test reactor that has been designated for 

closure. 

To support its decision making for 

these actions, DOE prepared the TC & 

WM EIS pursuant to NEPA and in 

accordance with Council on 

Environmental Quality and DOE NEPA 

implementing regulations (40 CFR Parts 

1500–1508; 10 CFR Part 1021). EPA and 

the Washington State Department of 

Ecology are cooperating agencies on this 

EIS. DOE held a public comment period 

on the draft EIS that extended from 

October 30, 2009, through May 3, 2010, 

with public hearings in Washington, 

Oregon, and Idaho. DOE considered all 

public comments received in preparing 

the Final TC & WM EIS, which includes 

DOE’s responses to those comments. 

Scope of the TC & WM EIS 

The Final TC & WM EIS addresses 

proposed actions in three major areas: 

Retrieving and treating radioactive 

waste from 177 underground storage 

tanks at Hanford, including 149 SSTs 

and closure of the SSTs; 

decommissioning the FFTF and its 

auxiliary facilities; and continued and 

expanded solid waste management 

operations, including disposal of lowlevel radioactive waste and mixed lowlevel radioactive waste. The final EIS 

also includes a No Action Alternative to 

the proposed actions for each of the 

three major areas, as required by NEPA. 

DOE’s preferred alternatives are 

described in the Summary, Section S.7, 

and in Chapter 2, Section 2.12, of 

Volume 1 of the Final TC & WM EIS. 

Copies of the Final TC & WM EIS are 

available in the following public reading 

rooms or via the means identified in 

ADDRESSES. 

Public Reading Rooms 

Gonzaga University, Foley Center 

Library, 101–L East 502 Boone, 

Spokane, Washington 99258, (509) 

313–5931. 

Portland State University, Government 

Information, Branford Price Millar 

Library, 1875 SW Park Avenue, 

Portland, Oregon 97201, (503) 725– 

5874. 

University of Washington, SuzzalloAllen Library, Government 

Publications Division, Seattle, 

Washington 98195, (206) 543–4164. 

U.S. Department of Energy, Public 

Reading Room, 1776 Science Center 

Drive, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402, (208) 

526–5190. 

U.S. Department of Energy, Freedom of 

Information Reading Room, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 1G–033, 

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586– 

5955. 

U.S. Department of Energy, Public 

Reading Room, Consolidated 

Information Center, 2770 University 

Drive, Room 101L, Richland, 

Washington 99352, (509) 372–7443. 

U.S. Department of Energy, WIPP 

Information Center, Skeen-Whitlock 

Building, 4021 National Parks 

Highway, Carlsbad, New Mexico 

88220, (575) 234–7348. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

10, 2012. 

Mark A. Gilbertson, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Site 

Restoration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–30204 Filed 12–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Certification Notice—222] 

Notice of Filing of Self-Certification of 

Coal Capability Under the Powerplant 

and Industrial Fuel Use Act 

AGENCY: Office Electricity Delivery and 

Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of filing. 

SUMMARY: On July 26, 2012, GWF 

Energy, LLC, as owner and operator of 

a new base load electric powerplant, 

submitted a coal capability selfcertification to the Department of 

Energy (DOE) pursuant to § 201(d) of the 

Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act 

of 1978 (FUA), as amended, and DOE 

regulations in 10 CFR 501.60, 61. FUA 

and regulations thereunder require DOE 

to publish a notice of filing of selfcertification in the Federal Register. (42 

U.S.C. 8311(d)(2)) and 10 CFR 501.61(c)) 

ADDRESSES: Copies of coal capability 

self-certification filings are available for 

public inspection, upon request, in the 

Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability, 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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of 

FUA, as amended (42 U.S.C. 8301 et 

seq.), provides that no new base load 

electric powerplant may be constructed 

or operated without the capability to use 

coal or another alternate fuel as a 

primary energy source. Pursuant to 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 

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. (42 U.S.C. 8311) 

The following owner of a proposed 

new base load electric powerplant has 

filed a self-certification of coalcapability with DOE pursuant to FUA 

section 201(d) and in accordance with 

DOE regulations in 10 CFR 501.60, 61: 

Owner: GWF Energy LLC 

Capacity: 314 megawatts (MW) 

Plant Location: Tracy, CA 

In-Service Date: Third quarter 2012 

Issued in Washington, DC on December 4, 

2012. 

Jon Worthington, 

Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2012–30194 Filed 12–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2012–0880; FRL–9338–5] 

Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and 

Status Information 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Toxic Substances Control 

Act (TSCA) requires any person who 

intends to manufacture (defined by 

statute to include import) a new 

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