Each grouping meets one or more of the following criteria:

(1) Existing centrally dispatched pools and hourly power brokers;

(2) Systems with joint planning and construction agreements;

(3) Systems with coordination agreements in the areas of:

(i) Generation reserve and system reliability criteria;

(ii) Capacity and energy exchange policies;

(iii) Maintenance scheduling; and (iv) Emergency procedures for dealing with capacity or fuel shortages; or (4) Systems within the same National Electric Reliability Council (NERC) region with historical coordination policies.

(b) The PSA's referred to in the definition of electric regions in paragraph (a) of this section were first defined by the Federal Power Commission in 1936. The most recent reference to them is given in the 1970 National Power Survey, Vol. 1, Pg. 1-3-16. In cases where a petitioner finds an ambiguity in a regional assignment, he shall consult with DOE for an official determination.

Region Groupings and FERC

21. Missouri-Kansas Group (MOKAN)-24, 29.

22. Oklahoma Group-33, 36.

23. Texas Interconnected Systems (TIS)37, 38.

24. Rocky Mountain Power Pool (RMPP)— 31, 32.

25. Northwest Power Pool (NWPP)-30, 42, 43, 44, 45.

26. Arizona-New Mexico Group-39, 48 within Arizona. in Nevada and California. 27. Southern California-Nevada-47, 48. 28. Northern California-Nevada--46. 29. Alaska (non-interconnected systems to be considered separately)49. 30. Idaho Utah Group-41.

Electric

PSA's:

501.7

1. Allegheny Power System (APS)-7, except Duquesne Light Company.

501.8

General filing requirements. [Reserved]

501.9

2. American Electric Power System

Effective date of orders or rules.

501.10 Order of precedence.

501.11

Address for filing documents.

501.12 Public files.

501.13 Appeal.

501.14 Notice to Environmental Protection Agency.

501.50 Policy.

501.164 Decision to initiate enforcement proceedings.

501.165 Commencement of enforcement pro

ceedings.

501.166 Hearings and conferences.

501.167 Fuel use order.

Subpart L-Investigations, Violations, Sanctions and Judicial Actions

501.180 Investigations.

501.181 Sanctions.

501.182 Injunctions. 501.183 Citizen suits.

Subpart M-Use of Natural Gas or Petroleum for Emergency and unanticipated Equipment Outage Purposes

501.190 Purpose and scope.

501.191 Use of natural gas or petroleum for certain unanticipated equipment outages and emergencies defined in section 103(a)(15)(B) of the act.

501.192 [Reserved]

AUTHORITY: 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.; E.O. 12009, 42 FR 46267; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note.

OMB Control No.: 1903-0075. See 46 FR 63209, Dec. 31, 1981.

SOURCE: 46 FR 59889, Dec. 7, 1981, unless otherwise noted.

Subpart A-General Provisions

§ 501.1 Purpose and scope.

Part 501 establishes the procedures to be used in proceedings before DOE under parts 500-508 of this chapter except as otherwise provided.

§ 501.2 Prepetition conference.

(a) Owners and operators of powerplants may request a prepetition conference with OFE for the purpose of discussing the applicability of 10 CFR parts 503 and 504 to their situations and the scope of any exemption or other petition that OFE would accept as adequate for filing purposes.

(b) The owner or operator who requests a prepetition conference may personally represent himself or may designate a representative to appear on his behalf. A prepetition conference or a request for a prepetition conference does not commence a proceeding before OFE.

(c) If OFE agrees to waive any filing requirements under §501.3(d), a memorandum of record stating this fact will

(a) Filing of petitions. Petitions for exemptions are to be filed with OFE at the address given in § 501.11.

(b) Acceptance of petition. (1) Upon acceptance (as distinguished from filing) of the petition, OFE shall publish in the FEDERAL REGISTER a Notice of Acceptance of Petition or, in the case of an exemption by certification, a Notice of Acceptance and Availability of Certification, signifying that an exemption proceeding has commenced.

(2) OFE will notify each petitioner in writing within thirty (30) days of receipt of the petition that it has been accepted or rejected and, if rejected, the reasons therefor.

(3) A petition, including supporting documents, will be accepted if the information contained appears to be sufficient to support an OFE determination. Additional information may be requested during the course of the proceeding, and failure to respond to such a request may ultimately result in denial of the requested exemption.

(4) Acceptance of petition does not constitute a determination that the requested exemption will be granted.

(c) Rejection of petition. (1) OFE will reject a petition if it does not meet the information of certification requirements established for the relevant exemptions under parts 503 and 504 of this chapter. A written explanation of the reasons for rejection will be furnished with notification of the rejection.

(2) A timely-filed petition rejected as inadequate will not be rendered untimely if resubmitted in amended form within ninety (90) days of the date of rejection.

(3) OFE will, within thirty (30) days of receipt of a petition that is found to

be incomplete due to minor deficiencies, notify the petitioner of the deficiencies and allow ninety (90) days from the date of notification to cure the specified deficiencies. The failure to cure the deficiencies during this time may result in denial of the requested exemption.

(d) Waiver of filing requirements. Upon its own motion or at the request of a petitioner, OFE may waive some or all of the regulatory requirements if the purposes of FUA would be best achieved by doing so.

§§ 501.4-501.5 [Reserved]

§ 501.6 Service.

(a) DOE will serve all orders, notices interpretations or other documents that it is required to serve, personally or by mail, unless otherwise provided in these regulations.

(b) DOE will consider service upon a petitioner's duly authorized representative to be service upon the petitioner. (c) Service by mail is effective upon mailing.

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§ 501.7 General filing requirements.

Except as indicated otherwise, all documents required or permitted to be filed with OFE or DOE in connection with a proceeding under parts 503 and 504 shall be filed in accordance with the following provisions:

(a) Filing of documents. (1) Documents including, but not limited to, applications, requests, complaints, petitions (including petitions for exemption), and other documents submitted in connection therewith, filed with OFE are considered to be filed upon receipt.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a)(1) of this section, an application for modification or rescission in accordance with subpart G of this part, a reply to a notice of violation, a response to a denial of a claim of confidentiality, or a comment submitted in connection with any proceeding transmitted by registered or certified mail and addressed to the appropriate office is considered to be filed upon mailing.

(3) Timeliness. Documents are to be filed with the appropriate DOE or OFE office listed in §501.11. Documents that

are to be considered filed upon receipt under paragraph (a)(1) of this section and that are received after regular business hours are deemed filed on the next regular business day. Regular business hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

(4) Computation of time. In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by FUA, these regulations or by an order, the day of the act, event, or default from which the designated period of time begins to run is not to be included. The last day of the period so computed is to be included unless it is a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal legal holiday in which event the period runs until the end of the next day that is neither a Saturday, Sunday, nor a Federal legal holiday.

(5) Additional time after service by mail. Whenever a person is required to perform an act, to cease and desist therefrom, or to initiate a proceeding under this part within a prescribed period of time and the order, notice, interpretation or other document is served by mail, three (3) days shall be added to the prescribed period.

(6) Extension of time. When a document is required to be filed within a prescribed time, an extension of time to file may be granted upon good cause shown.

(7) Signing. All applications, petitions, requests, comments, and other documents that are required to be signed, shall be signed by the person filing the document or a duly authorized representative. Any application, petition, request, complaint, or other document filed by a duly authorized representative shall contain a statement by such person certifying that he is a duly authorized representative, unless an OFE form otherwise requires. (A false certification is unlawful under the provisions of 18 U.S.C. 1001 (1970).)

(8) Labeling. An application, petition, or other request for action by DOE or OFE should be clearly labeled according to the nature of the action involved, e.g., "Petition for Temporary Exemption;" "Petition for Extension (or Renewal) of Temporary Exemption," both on the document and on the outside of the envelope in which the document is transmitted.

(9) Obligation to supply information. A person who files an application, peti

tion, complaint, or other request action is under a continuing obligati during the proceeding to provide D or OFE with any new or newly disco ered information that is relevant that proceeding. Such information cludes, but is not limited to, inform tion regarding any other applicati petition, complaint, or request for a tion that is subsequently filed by th person with any DOE office or OFE fice.

(10) The same or related matters. In f ing a petition or other document questing OFE action, the person mu state whether, to the best of his know edge, the same or a related issue, act transaction has been or presently being considered or investigated by DOE office, other Federal agency, d partment or instrumentality, or State or municipal agency.

(11) Request for confidential treatme (i) If any person filing a document wi DOE or OFE claims that some or all the information contained in the doc ment is exempt from the mandato public disclosure requirements of t Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S. 552); is information referred to in U.S.C. 1905; or is otherwise exempt law from public disclosure, and if suc person requests DOE or OFE not to di close such information, such perso shall make a filing in accordance wit paragraph (b)(2) of this section. Th person shall indicate in the origina document that it is confidential or co tains confidential information and ma file a statement specifying the ju tification for non-disclosure of the in formation for which confidential trea ment is claimed. If the person state that the information comes within th exception in 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4) for trad secrets and commercial or financial in formation, such person shall include statement specifying why such infor mation is privileged or confidential. I a document is not so filed, OFE ma assume that there is no objection t public disclosure of the document in it entirety, unless the person subse quently files a claim of confidentiality prior to public disclosure of the docu ment.

(ii) DOE or OFE retains the right to make its own determination with re gard to any claim of confidentiality

Notice of the decision by DOE or OFE to deny such claim, in whole or in part, and an opportunity to respond or take other appropriate action to avoid reease shall be given to a person claiming confidentiality of information no ess than seven (7) days prior to its public disclosure.

(iii) The above provisions in paragraphs (a)(11) (i) and (ii) of this section do not apply to information submitted on OFE forms that contain their own instructions concerning the treatment of confidential information.

(12) Separate applications, petitions or requests. Each application, petition, or request for DOE or OFE action shall be submitted as a separate document, even if the applications, petitions, or requests deal with the same or a related issue, act, or transaction, or are submitted in connection with the same proceeding.

(b) Number of documents to be filed. (1) A petitioner must file an executed original and fourteen (14) copies of all exemption requests submitted to DOE. For certification requests, an original and three (3) copies shall be submitted.

(2) Where the petitioner requests confidential treatment of some or all of the information submitted, an original and eleven (11) copies of the confidential document and three (3) copies of the document with confidential material deleted must be filed.

[46 FR 59889, Dec. 7, 1981, as amended at 47 FR 15314, Apr. 9, 1982; 54 FR 52891, Dec. 22, 1989]

(a) When OFE issues a rule or order imposing a prohibition or granting an exemption (or permit) under FUA, the rule or order will be effective sixty (60) days after publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER, unless it is stayed, modified, suspended or rescinded.

(b) If the appropriate State regulatory authority has not approved a powerplant for which a petition has been filed, such exemption, to the extent it applies to the prohibition under section 201 of FUA against construction without the capability of using coal or another alternate fuel, shall

There is no administrative appeal of any final administrative action to which this part applies.

§ 501.14 Notice to Environmental Protection Agency.

A copy of any proposed rule or order that imposes a prohibition, order that imposes a prohibition, or a petition for an exemption or permit, shall be transmitted for comments, if any, to the Administrator and the appropriate Regional Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Administrator of EPA shall be given the same opportunity to comment and question as is given other interested persons.

[54 FR 52891, Dec. 22, 1989]