Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 241 / Friday, December 14, 2012 / Notices 74473 

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 

mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with