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Environmental Compliance 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321–4347), Council on 

Environmental Quality Regulations (40 

CFR parts 1500–1508), and DOE NEPA 

Regulations (10 CFR part 1021), WAPA 

is in the process of determining whether 

an environmental assessment or an 

environmental impact statement should 

be prepared or if this action can be 

categorically excluded from those 

requirements. Further environmental 

review actions will be posted to the 

RMR and CRSP MC Web sites 

referenced in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section. 

Dated: September 21, 2017. 

Mark A. Gabriel, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21938 Filed 10–11–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

Proposed Olmsted Project Rate Order 

No. WAPA–177 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Power 

Formula Rate. 

SUMMARY: The United States Department 

of Energy, Western Area Power 

Administration (WAPA), Colorado River 

Storage Project Management Center 

(CRSP MC), is proposing a new power 

formula rate for the Olmsted 

Hydroelectric Powerplant Replacement 

Project (Olmsted). There is no existing 

rate for Olmsted; therefore, the CRSP 

MC is proposing a new formula, under 

Rate Schedule Olmsted F–1, that will be 

used to determine the annual energy 

charge. WAPA will provide a brochure 

detailing information about the 

proposed formula rate prior to the 

public information forum and will post 

it to the Olmsted rate action Web site at 

https://www.wapa.gov/regions/CRSP/ 

rates/Pages/rate-order-177.aspx. If 

approved, the proposed formula rate 

under Rate Schedule Olmsted F–1 

would become effective on April 1, 

2018, and remain in effect through 

March 31, 2023, or until superseded. 

Publication of this Federal Register 

notice begins the formal process for the 

proposed formula rate. 

DATES: The consultation and comment 

period will begin October 12, 2017 and 

end January 10, 2018. WAPA will 

present a detailed explanation about the 

proposed rate at a public information 

forum on November 17, 2017, at 10 a.m. 

MDT in Salt Lake City, Utah. WAPA 

will accept oral and written comments 

at a public comment forum on 

November 17, 2017, immediately 

following the conclusion of the public 

information forum. WAPA will accept 

written comments any time during the 

90-day consultation and comment 

period. 

ADDRESSES: The public information 

forum and the public comment forum 

will be held at the new Colorado River 

Storage Project Management Center, 

Western Area Power Administration, 

299 South Main Street, Suite 200, Salt 

Lake City, UT 84111. Written comments 

and requests to be informed about the 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s (FERC) actions 

concerning the rates submitted by 

WAPA to FERC for approval should be 

sent to: Ms. Lynn C. Jeka, CRSP 

Manager, Colorado River Storage Project 

Management Center, Western Area 

Power Administration, 150 East Social 

Hall Avenue, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, 

UT 84111, email jeka@wapa.gov. The 

Colorado River Storage Project 

Management Center is scheduled to 

relocate to the new address in October 

2017. WAPA will post the new mailing 

address and the date of the move, as 

well as information about the rate 

process, on WAPA’s Web site at https:// 

www.wapa.gov/regions/CRSP/rates/ 

Pages/rate-order-177.aspx. 

WAPA will post official comments 

received via letter and email to this Web 

site after the close of the comment 

period. Written comments must be 

received by the end of the consultation 

and comment period to be considered in 

WAPA’s decision process. Access to 

WAPA’s facility is controlled; therefore, 

any U.S. citizen wanting to attend these 

forums must present an official form of 

picture identification such as a U.S. 

driver’s license, U.S. passport, U.S. 

Government ID, or U.S. Military ID at 

the time of the forums. Foreign 

nationals planning to attend should 

contact WAPA 30 days in advance of 

the forums to allow sufficient time to 

arrange admittance. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Thomas Hackett, CRSP Rates Manager, 

Colorado River Storage Project 

Management Center, Western Area 

Power Administration, 150 East Social 

Hall Avenue, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, 

UT 84111, (801) 524–5503 or email 

hackett@wapa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

existing Olmsted Powerplant, located in 

northern Utah, is over 100 years old and 

was acquired from PacifiCorp in 

condemnation proceedings by the 

United States in 1990. As part of the 

condemnation proceedings, PacifiCorp 

continued Olmsted operations until 

2015 after which time the operation of 

the facility became the responsibility of 

the Department of the Interior. As 

agreed upon in an implementation 

agreement executed February 4, 2015, 

among the Central Utah Water 

Conservancy District (District); 

Department of the Interior (Interior), 

Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation); 

and WAPA, the District is currently 

constructing a replacement facility for 

power generation and will operate and 

maintain the Olmsted facilities in 

connection with its Central Utah Project 

operations. 

Non-reimbursable funding for 

Olmsted has largely been contributed by 

the District, Interior, and the Upper 

Basin States. Funds available under 

Section 5(c) of the Colorado River 

Storage Project Act were made available 

for Olmsted, and these funds are 

considered a reimbursable Federal 

investment to be repaid by power 

revenues. Interior will continue to own 

the Olmsted Powerplant, and 

commercial operation is anticipated to 

begin July 1, 2018. WAPA will market 

an energy-only product as no capacity 

will be available to market from 

Olmsted. Power production will be nondispatchable and incidental to the 

delivery of water. It is expected that 

annual energy production will average 

approximately 27,000,000 kWh per year. 

It is proposed that each customer 

which receives an allocation from 

Olmsted will pay its proportional share 

of the amortized portion of the 

reimbursable investment in Olmsted, 

with interest, and the associated 

operation, maintenance, and 

replacement (OM&R) costs in return for 

its proportional share of total 

marketable energy production. This 

repayment schedule does not depend 

upon the energy made available for sale 

or the amount of generation each year. 

Customers are to pay reimbursable 

investment as well as the OM&R costs 

of Olmsted and, in return, will receive 

all of the energy produced. Each fiscal 

year (FY) WAPA will estimate the 

Olmsted expenses by preparing a power 

repayment study, which will include 

estimates of the reimbursable 

investment costs, including interest, and 

OM&R. 

To date, all investments are accounted 

for as Construction in Progress (CIP) 

costs and have not been transferred to 

plant accounts for capitalization. Once 

transferred, an amortization schedule 

will be calculated for repayment. 

Historical financial data are only 

available through FY 2016, and 


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projections are based on the FY 2019 

Reclamation and WAPA work plans 

received in April 2017 as indicated in 

Table 1. WAPA will post updates to 

these projections on the Web site as data 

become available. 

TABLE 1—ACTUAL & PROJECTED INVESTMENT AND OM&R COSTS REQUIRING REPAYMENT

FY 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 

Reimbursable CIP ............................ .................. $5,800,000 

Olmsted O&M .................................. $160,000 10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $140,000 $751,300 $561,352 $281,800 

WAPA O&M ..................................... .................. .................. 9,500 10,000 10,500 11,000 11,000 11,500 

FY Totals .................................. 160,000 5,810,000 19,500 20,000 150,500 762,300 572,352 293,300 

WAPA will provide the Olmsted 

power customers with the initial 

installment information at least 30 days 

prior to initiation of service. Service is 

expected to begin July 1, 2018, or as 

soon as Olmsted is declared 

commercially operable. The FY 2018 

annual installment will include all 

actual and projected OM&R costs 

requiring repayment through FY 2018 in 

addition to amortized payments on 

capital investments plus interest. The 

FY 2018 installment amount will be 

divided by the number of months of 

service, which is anticipated to be 3 

months. Thereafter, the annual 

installment amount, in 12 monthly 

payments, will be established in 

advance by WAPA and submitted to the 

Olmsted power customers on or before 

August 31 prior to the new FY. 

The calculation of the annual 

installment will include adjustments 

between estimated and actual costs 

included in preceding installments. If 

costs in the preceding installment are 

underestimated, an amount equal to the 

difference will be added to the next 

annual installment. Conversely, if costs 

in the preceding installment are 

overestimated, the amount would be 

deducted from the next installment. 

Legal Authority 

The proposed formula rate constitutes 

a major rate adjustment as defined by 10 

CFR 903.2(e); therefore, WAPA will 

hold both a public information forum 

and a public comment forum for this 

formula rate proposal under 10 CFR 

903.15 and 903.16. WAPA will review 

all timely public comments and will 

make amendments or adjustments to the 

proposal, as appropriate. The final 

formula rate will be forwarded to the 

Deputy Secretary of Energy for approval 

on an interim basis. 

WAPA is establishing an electric 

service formula rate for Olmsted under 

the DOE Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 

7152); the Reclamation Act of 1902 (ch. 

1093, 32 Stat. 388), as amended and 

supplemented by subsequent laws, 

particularly section 9(c) of the 

Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 

U.S.C. 485h(c)); the CRSP Act of 1956 

(43 U.S.C. 620); and other acts that 

specifically apply to the project 

involved. 

By Delegation Order No. 00–037.00B, 

effective November 19, 2016, the 

Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The 

authority to develop power and 

transmission rates to WAPA’s 

Administrator, (2) the authority to 

confirm, approve, and place such rates 

into effect on an interim basis to the 

Deputy Secretary of Energy, and (3) the 

authority to confirm, approve, and place 

into effect on a final basis, to remand, 

or to disapprove such rates to FERC. 

Existing DOE procedures for public 

participation in power rate adjustments 

(10 CFR 903) were published on 

September 18, 1985 (50 FR 87835). 

Availability of Information 

All studies, comments, letters, 

memorandums, or other documents that 

WAPA initiates or uses to develop the 

proposed rates are available for 

inspection and copying at the Colorado 

River Storage Project Management 

Center, Western Area Power 

Administration, 150 East Social Hall 

Avenue, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT. 

WAPA is scheduled to relocate to a new 

address in October 2017. In addition to 

being available at the new address, 

WAPA will post information about the 

rate process on WAPA’s Web site at 

https://www.wapa.gov/regions/CRSP/ 

rates/Pages/rate-order-177.aspx. 

Ratemaking Procedure Requirements 

Environmental Compliance 

The U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Central Utah Project Completion Act 

Office, and the Central Utah Water 

Conservancy District completed an 

Environmental Assessment (EA) on the 

Olmsted Hydroelectric Powerplant 

Replacement Project. These agencies 

issued a Finding Of No Significant 

Impact (FONSI) on the EA. This action 

was signed January 16, 2015. WAPA 

adopted the EA and FONSI for its action 

of marketing the output from the 

Olmsted Powerplant. This rate action is 

an action included as part of marketing 

of the Olmsted Powerplant generation. 

Determination Under Executive Order 

12866 

WAPA has an exemption from 

centralized regulatory review under 

Executive Order 12866. Accordingly, no 

clearance of this notice by the Office of 

Management and Budget is required. 

Dated: September 5, 2017. 

Mark A. Gabriel, 

Administrator. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2016–0438; FRL–9969–49– 

OW] 

Notice of Extension to Comment 

Period on the Request for Public 

Comments To Be Sent to EPA on Peer 

Review Materials To Inform the Safe 

Drinking Water Act Decision Making on 

Perchlorate 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is extending 

the comment period for the notice, 

‘‘Request for Public Comments To Be 

Sent to EPA on Peer Review Materials 

To Inform the Safe Drinking Water Act 

Decision Making on Perchlorate.’’ In 

response to stakeholder requests, EPA is 

extending the comment period for the 

‘‘Draft Report: Proposed Approaches To 

Inform the Derivation of a Maximum 

Contaminant Level Goal for Perchlorate 

in Drinking Water’’ (draft MCLG 

Approaches Report)’’ an additional 21 

days, from October 30, 2017, to 

November 20, 2017. 

DATES: The comment period announced 

in the notice that was published on 

September 15, 2017 (82 FR 43354) is 

extended. Comments must now be 


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