Tucson Electric Power Co.; Application for Rescission of a Prohibition Order Issued Pursuant to the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Fossil Energy

[Docket No. ERA-FE-81-012]

Tucson Electric Power Co.; Application for Rescission of a

Prohibition Order Issued Pursuant to the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel

Use Act of 1978

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of application to rescind Prohibition Order.

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SUMMARY: Tucson Electric Power Company has requested that DOE rescind a

Fuel Use Act Prohibition Order issued to electric generating units at

its Irvington Generating Station located near Tucson, Arizona.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 24, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted to the Department of Energy,

Office of Fossil Energy, Office of Fuels Programs, Docket room 3F-056,

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585.

Docket No. ERA-FC-81-012 should be printed on the outside of the

envelope and on the documents contained therein.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:Xavier Puslowski (Program Office) 202-

586-4708 or Michael T. Skinker, Esq. (Program Attorney) 202-586-6667.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the

Department of Energy (DOE) has received an application by Tucson

Electric Power Company (TEP) to rescind the Prohibition Order issued on

July 15, 1981 (46 FR 37960, July 23, 1981), pursuant to the Powerplant

and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 (FUA) 42 U.S.C. 8301 et seq. The

order prohibited the burning of oil or natural gas in TEP's Irvington

Generating Station Units 1, 2 and 3, located near Tucson, Arizona.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 501.102(b), TEP filed its application based on a

substantial change in the circumstances upon which the Prohibition

Order was originally issued. TEP claims this change in circumstances to

be beyond its control. TEP cites the sharp reduction in economic

benefits to be realized from the conversion to coal and the potentially

costly environmental disincentives to using coal, combined with TEP's

financial situation, as the impetus for the requested relief. TEP

requests rescission to permit the company to continue to use oil or

natural gas above the percentage limits specified in the prohibition

order.

Procedural Matters

Any party or person desiring to be heard or to protect this

application for rescission should file five copies of any comments,

petitions to intervene, or protests at the address provided above. Any

request for a public hearing must be made within the public comment

period. In making its decision regarding the requested rescission

action, DOE will consider all relevant information submitted or

otherwise available to it.

The public file containing a copy of the application and other

documents and supporting materials on this proceeding is available,

upon request, at the address above.

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 5, 1994.

Anthony J. Como,

Director, Office of Coal & Electricity, Office of Fuels Programs,

Office of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 94-500 Filed 1-7-94; 8:45 am]

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