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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] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

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 

61, Subpart C; pursuant to a Stateapproved closure plan or State-issued 


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