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node/11845 or by emailing Angela Troy 

at Angela.Troy@hq.doe.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 29, 

2012. 

Brian Mills, 

Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8078 Filed 4–3–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. EA–296–B] 

Application to Export Electric Energy; 

Rainbow Energy Marketing 

Corporation 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Rainbow Energy Marketing 

Corporation (Rainbow) has applied to 

renew its authority to transmit electric 

energy from the United States to Canada 

pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal 

Power Act (FPA). 

DATES: Comments, protests, or motions 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before May 4, 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 20585–0350. 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 November 9, 2004 the Department 

of Energy (DOE) issued Order No. EA– 

296 authorizing Rainbow to transmit 

electric energy from the United States to 

Canada as a power marketer for a twoyear term. That Order expired on 

November 9, 2006. On September 17, 

2007, DOE issued Order No. EA–210–A 

to Rainbow for a five-year term. That 

Order will expire on September 17, 

2012. On March 13, 2012, Rainbow filed 

an application with DOE for renewal of 

the export authority contained in Order 

No. EA–296–A for an additional fiveyear term. 

Note: You need to start identifying more 

specifics about the applicant, such as the 

type of entity. 

In its application, Rainbow states that 

it ‘‘does not own or control any physical 

electric generation or transmission 

facilities in the U.S. and does not have 

any franchised service territory in the 

U.S.’’ Therefore, the electric power 

proposed to be exported to Canada will 

be surplus to the needs of the entities 

selling power to Rainbow. The 

application also indicates that Rainbow 

is a power marketer authorized by the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

to sell energy, capacity, and specified 

ancillary services at market-based rates. 

The existing international 

transmission facilities to be utilized by 

Rainbow 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. 

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 Rainbow 

application to export electric energy to 

Canada should be clearly marked with 

OE Docket No. 296–B. An additional 

copy is to be filed directly with Joseph 

M. Wolfe, Rainbow Energy Marketing 

Corporation, Kirkwood Office Tower, 

919 South 7th Street, Suite 405, 

Bismarck, ND 58504. 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. 

Dated: Issued in Washington, DC, on 

March 29, 2012. 

Brian Mills, 

Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8081 Filed 4–3–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Notice of Availability of Secretarial 

Determination and Basis for 

Determination Under Section 3116 of 

the Ronald W. Reagan National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2005 (NDAA) for Closure of the 

F-Tank Farm at the Savannah River 

Site and Clarification for Its Record of 

Decision: Savannah River Site HighLevel Waste Tank Closure 

AGENCY: Office of Environmental 

Management, U.S. Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) announces the availability of the 

Secretarial Determination and Basis for 

Section 3116 Determination for Closure 

of the F-Tank Farm (FTF) at the 

Savannah River Site (FTF 3116 Basis 

Document). DOE prepared and 

approved the FTF 3116 Basis Document 

pursuant to Section 3116(a) of the 

NDAA, which provides that the 

Secretary of Energy may, in consultation 

with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC), determine that 

certain waste from reprocessing of spent 

nuclear fuel is not high-level waste if 

the provisions set forth in Section 

3116(a) are satisfied. To make the 

determination for the FTF, the Secretary 

of Energy determined that the waste in 

the FTF: (1) Does not require permanent 

isolation in a deep geologic repository 

for spent fuel or high-level radioactive 

waste; (2) has had highly radioactive 

radionuclides removed to the maximum 

extent practical; and (3)(A) does not 

exceed concentration limits for Class C 

low-level waste and will be disposed of 

in compliance with the performance 

objectives in 10 CFR part 61, Subpart C 

and pursuant to a State approved 

closure plan or State-issued permit; or 

(3)(B) exceeds concentration limits for 

Class C low-level waste but will be 

disposed of in compliance with the 

performance objectives of 10 CFR part 

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permit; and pursuant to plans 

developed by DOE in consultation with 

the NRC. DOE has also clarified its 

Record of Decision: Savannah River Site 

High-Level Waste Tank Closure issued 

on August 19, 2002 (67 FR 53784) in 

which the Department decided to 

implement the ‘‘Stabilize Tanks—Fill 

with Grout’’ option evaluated in the 

Savannah River Site High-Level Waste 

Tank Closure Final Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) (DOE/EIS–0303; 

May 2002). DOE is not changing its 

decision to implement the ‘‘Stabilize 

Tanks—Fill with Grout’’ option but is 

publishing this Notice to clarify that the 

decision to close the tanks has been 

made pursuant to NDAA Section 

3116(a). All other aspects of the 2002 

Record of Decision remain unchanged. 

ADDRESSES: The Basis for Determination 

and the Supplement Analyses to the 

NEPA ROD is available on the Internet 

at http://sro.srs.gov/ 

f_htankfarmsdocuments.htm, and 

http://www.em.doe.gov/stakepages/ 

wmdi_swd.aspx?PAGEID=WMDI is 

publicly available at the following 

locations: 

District of Columbia 

U.S. Department of Energy, Freedom 

of Information Act, Public Reading 

Room, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Room 1G–033, Washington, DC 20585, 

(202) 586–5955. 

South Carolina 

University of South Carolina–Aiken, 

Gregg-Graniteville Library, 471 

University Parkway, Aiken, SC 29801, 

(803) 641–3320. 

For more information, contact: Ms. 

Sherri Ross, DOE–SR, Building 704–S, 

Room 43, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Savannah River Operations Office, 

Aiken, SC 29802 (ATTN: F-Tank Farm 

Secretarial Determination and Basis). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FTF 

is a 22-acre site, located at the Savannah 

River Site near Aiken, South Carolina. 

The FTF consists of 22 underground 

radioactive waste storage tanks and 

supporting ancillary structures. Two of 

those waste tanks, Tanks 17 and 20 were 

cleaned and operationally closed in 

1997, prior to enactment of NDAA 

Section 3116. Accordingly, Tanks 17 

and 20 are not within the scope of this 

FTF Section 3116 Basis Document. The 

major FTF ancillary structures are two 

evaporator systems, transfer lines, six 

diversion boxes, one catch tank, a 

concentrate transfer system, three pump 

pits, three pump tanks and eight valve 

boxes. There are three waste tank types 

in FTF with operating capacities ranging 

from 750,000 gallons (Type I tanks) to 

1,300,000 gallons (Type III/IIIA and 

Type IV tanks). The waste tanks have 

varying degrees of secondary 

containment and in-tank structural 

features such as cooling coils and 

columns. All FTF waste tanks are 

constructed of carbon steel. The FTF 

was constructed to receive waste 

generated by various SRS production, 

processing and laboratory facilities. 

DOE has initiated waste removal and 

cleaning of tanks and ancillary 

structures in the FTF using a process 

that includes removing bulk waste from 

tanks and ancillary structures and then 

deploying tested technologies to 

removing the majority of the remaining 

waste. After completing cleaning 

operations, a small amount of residual 

radioactive waste will remain in the 

tanks, ancillary equipment and piping. 

DOE plans to stabilize the residuals in 

the tanks and certain ancillary 

structures with grout. Tank waste 

storage and removal operations in the 

FTF are governed by a South Carolina 

Department of Health and 

Environmental Control (SCDHEC) 

industrial wastewater operating permit. 

Removal of tanks from service and 

stabilization of the FTF waste tanks and 

ancillary structures will be carried out 

pursuant to a State-approved closure 

plan, the Industrial Wastewater General 

Closure Plan for F-Area Waste Tank 

Systems (GCP). Specific Closure 

Modules for each tank or ancillary 

structure or groupings of tanks and 

ancillary structures have been 

developed and submitted to SCDHEC 

for approval. SCDHEC approved the 

specific and final closure configuration 

documentation and after grouting, the 

tank/system will be removed from the 

State’s industrial wastewater permit. 

This FTF Section 3116 Basis Document 

applies to stabilized residuals in the 

waste tanks and ancillary structures, the 

waste tanks, and the ancillary structures 

in the FTF at the time of closure. 

Dated: Issued in Washington, DC, on 

March 29, 2012. 

Mark Gilbertson, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Site 

Restoration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8075 Filed 4–3–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Northern New 

Mexico 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

combined meeting of the Environmental 

Monitoring, Surveillance and 

Remediation Committee and Waste 

Management Committee of the 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), 

Northern New Mexico (known locally as 

the Northern New Mexico Citizens’ 

Advisory Board [NNMCAB]). The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that 

public notice of this meeting be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 1 

p.m.–2:15 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Bradbury Science Museum, 

15th and Central Avenue, Los Alamos, 

New Mexico. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Menice Santistevan, Northern New 

Mexico Citizens’ Advisory Board 

(NNMCAB), 94 Cities of Gold Road, 

Santa Fe, NM 87506. Phone (505) 995– 

0393; Fax (505) 989–1752 or Email: 

msantistevan@doeal.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management, and related 

activities. 

Purpose of the Environmental 

Monitoring, Surveillance and 

Remediation Committee (EMS&R): The 

EMS&R Committee provides a citizen’s 

perspective to NNMCAB on current and 

future environmental remediation 

activities resulting from historical Los 

Alamos National Laboratory operations 

and, in particular, issues pertaining to 

groundwater, surface water and work 

required under the New Mexico 

Environment Department Order on 

Consent. The EMS&R Committee will 

keep abreast of DOE–EM and site 

programs and plans. The committee will 

work with the NNMCAB to provide 

assistance in determining priorities and 

the best use of limited funds and time. 

Formal recommendations will be 

proposed when needed and, after 

consideration and approval by the full 

NNMCAB, may be sent to DOE–EM for 

action. 

Purpose of the Waste Management 

(WM) Committee: The WM Committee 

reviews policies, practices and 

procedures, existing and proposed, so as 

to provide recommendations, advice, 

suggestions and opinions to the 

NNMCAB regarding waste management 

operations at the Los Alamos site. 

Tentative Agenda 

• Welcome and Introductions, Doug 

Sayre, EMS&R Committee Chair and 


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