[Federal Register: November 23, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 225)]
[Notices]
[Page 68139]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Bonneville Power Administration
BP Cherry Point Cogeneration Project
AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (Bonneville), Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice of availability of Record of Decision (ROD).
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the ROD to implement
the proposed action identified in the BP Cherry Point Cogeneration
Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) (DOE/EIS-0349,
August 2004). Under the proposed action, Bonneville will offer contract
terms for interconnection of the BP Cherry Point Cogeneration Project
(Project) with the Federal Columbia River Transmission System (FCRTS),
as requested by BP West Coast Products, LLC (BP) and proposed in the
FEIS. Under that contract, Bonneville and BP will jointly construct a
switchyard at the Project site, and Bonneville will construct a 230-
kilovolt transmission line to connect the Project to the FCRTS (0.8
miles of new construction, and about 5 miles involving reconstruction
of an existing transmission line). Bonneville also has decided to offer
separate contract terms for firm transmission services from the point
of interconnection to the Mid-Columbia trading hub in central
Washington (400 megawatts) and to John Day Substation in north central
Oregon (200 megawatts).
ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and EIS may be obtained by calling BPA's
toll-free document request line, 1-800-622-4520. The ROD and EIS
Summary are also available on our Web site, http://www.efw.bpa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Thomas C. McKinney, Bonneville Power
Administration-KEC-4, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon, 97208-3621;
toll-free telephone number 1-800-282-3713; fax number 503-230-5699; or
e-mail tcmckinney@bpa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed Project involves constructing
and operating a new 720-megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired, combined-cycle
power generation facility at a 265-acre site adjacent to BP's existing
Cherry Point Refinery between Ferndale and Blaine in northwestern
Whatcom County, Washington. A new switchyard would be constructed at
the Project site, connecting to a new 230-kilovolt (kV) double-circuit
transmission line 0.8 miles east to Bonneville's existing 230-kV
Custer-Intalco No. 2 transmission line. From there, Bonneville would
add another 230-kV circuit to Custer Substation by rebuilding the
single-circuit Custer-Intalco No. 2 line to double-circuit, a distance
of about 5 miles.
A Large Generation Interconnection Agreement with BP would provide
for interconnection of the BP Cherry Point Cogeneration Project with
the FCRTS and electrical generation in the Bonneville Control Area. The
agreement also would provide for construction of interconnection
facilities (i.e., adding or modifying electrical equipment at the
Cherry Point Switchyard and at Custer and/or Intalco Substations, and/
or rebuilding the Custer-Intalco No. 2 transmission line) and continued
operations and maintenance of interconnection equipment at BP expense.
Issued in Portland, Oregon, on November 10, 2004.
Stephen J. Wright,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-25914 Filed 11-22-04; 8:45 am]
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