[Federal Register: March 4, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 42)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Bonneville Power Administration
Wanapa Energy Center; Notice of Availability of Record of
Decision (ROD)
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 Wanapa Energy Center Final
Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/EIS-0342, December 2004). Under the
proposed action, Bonneville will offer contract terms for
interconnection of the Wanapa Energy Center with the Federal Columbia
River Transmission System, as requested by the Confederated Tribes of
the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The proposed project involves
constructing and operating a 1,200-megawatt, natural gas-fired,
combined-cycle power generation facility at a 47-acre site on tribal
trust land near the Cities of Hermiston and Umatilla in Umatilla
County, Oregon. Wanapa may construct this project in phases. A new
switchyard will be constructed at the Wanapa site, and Bonneville will
construct a new 500-kilovolt single-circuit transmission line from this
switchyard 4.4 miles west to Bonneville's existing McNary Substation,
which Bonneville will expand by about 2.75 acres on the east side.
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 are
also available on our Web site, http://www.efw.bpa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Thomas C. McKinney, Bonneville Power
Administration--KEC-4, PO 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.
Issued in Portland, Oregon, on February 24, 2005.
Steven G. Hickok,
Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 05-4219 Filed 3-3-05; 8:45 am]
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