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Avian Predation on Juvenile Salmonids in the Lower Columbia River Research Project
On June 23, 2000, Brownsville Public Utilities Board (BPUB) filed an application with the
Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) for a Presidential permit to construct, operate, maintain and connect an electric transmission line that would cross the U.S. border with Mexico. BPUB proposes to construct a double-circuit 138,000 volt (138-kV) transmission line from its Silas Ray Power Plant, located in Brownsville, Texas, and extending approximately 3,000 feet to the U.S.-Mexico border. At the border the transmission circuits would interconnect with similar facilities of the Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE), the national electric utility of Mexico, and continue an additional 1.7 miles into Matamoros, Mexico. The facilities would be used to deliver up to 400 megawatts (MW) of electric power to Mexico’s northern region.
Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) for a Presidential permit to construct, operate, maintain and connect an electric transmission line that would cross the U.S. border with Mexico. BPUB proposes to construct a double-circuit 138,000 volt (138-kV) transmission line from its Silas Ray Power Plant, located in Brownsville, Texas, and extending approximately 3,000 feet to the U.S.-Mexico border. At the border the transmission circuits would interconnect with similar facilities of the Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE), the national electric utility of Mexico, and continue an additional 1.7 miles into Matamoros, Mexico. The facilities would be used to deliver up to 400 megawatts (MW) of electric power to Mexico’s northern region.
DOE proposes to transport, by rail or truck, certain SRS LLW and MLLW forms to commercial and Government facilities for treatment and disposal.
Offsite Transportation of Certain Low-Level and Mixed Radioactive Waste from the Savannah River Site for Treatment and Disposal at Commercial and Government Facilities
Conducting Astrophysics and Other Basic Science Experiments at the WIPP Site
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended, specifies that the Department must consider, for new or amended conservation standards, those standards that “achieve the maximum improvement in energy efficiency which the Secretary determines is technologically feasible and economically justified” and which will “result in significant conservation of energy.” Accordingly, DOE’s proposed rule would amend the energy conservation standard for residential central air conditioners and heat pumps. Consistent with this requirement, DOE’s purpose in the proposed action is to reduce the consumption of energy used by central air conditioners and heat pumps in the United States. DOE’s discretion is in deciding the level for a minimum efficiency standard, not if there should be one.
BPA proposes to upgrade an existing 115-kilovolt (kV) transmission line that runs between its Shelton and Kitsap Substations, a distance of about 31 miles. The existing line would be rebuilt to a 230-kV double-circuit line. One of the two circuits would be operated at 115-kV and the other at 230-kV. The 230-kV circuit would be routed around the Kitsap Substation and tie into a Puget Sound Energy line. Wood poles would be replaced with taller steel poles. New conductors (wires) would be strung. In addition to the Proposed Action, BPA is considering the No Action Alternative. In the No Action Alternative, BPA would not upgrade or rebuild the line. The existing line would remain in operation.
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended, specifies that the Department must consider, for new or amended conservation standards, those standards that achieve the maximum improvement in energy efficiency which the Secretary determines is technologically feasible and economically justified” and which will “result in significant conservation of energy.” Accordingly, DOE’s proposed rule would be amending the energy conservation standard for residential clothes washers. Consistent with this requirement, DOE’s purpose in the proposed action is to reduce the consumption of energy used by clothes washers in the United States (U.S.). DOE’s discretion is in
deciding the level for a minimum efficiency standard, not if there should be one.
deciding the level for a minimum efficiency standard, not if there should be one.
Proposed Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps
Proposed Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Clothes Washers