[Federal Register: December 6, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 234)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration

 
Windy Point Wind Energy Project; November 2006

AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Record of Decision (ROD).

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the ROD to offer 
contract terms for interconnection of up to 250 megawatts of power to 
be generated by the proposed Windy Point Wind Energy Project (Wind 
Project) into the Federal Columbia River Transmission System (FCRTS). 
BPA has considered both the economic and environmental consequences of 
taking action to integrate power from the Wind Project into the FCRTS. 
The Wind Project would be interconnected at BPA's Rock Creek Substation 
(under construction) along BPA's Wautoma--John Day No. 1 500-kilovolt 
transmission line. The Wind Project would be located between 6 to 15 
miles southeast of Goldendale, Washington, north and northwest of the 
community of Goodnoe Hills. The project would be east of Highway 97 and 
south of Hoctor Road, and would be constructed on and next to a high 
ridgeline overlooking the Columbia River. This decision is consistent 
with and tiered to BPA's Business Plan Final Environment Impact 
Statement (BP EIS) (DOE/EIS-0183, June 1995), and the Business Plan 
Record of Decision (BP ROD, August 15, 1995).

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD may be obtained by calling BPA's toll-free 
document request line, 1-800-622-4520. The ROD is also available on our 
Web site, http://www.efw.bpa.gov.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Wittpenn, 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 nawittpen@bpa.gov.

    Issued in Portland, Oregon, on November 29, 2006.
Stephen J. Wright,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
 [FR Doc. E6-20654 Filed 12-5-06; 8:45 am]

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