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

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 managementoperations, 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]

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**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 DOEto 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 hasfiled 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]

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**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