[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 38 (Monday, February 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7095-7096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4279]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration


Decision to Interconnect With Sierra Pacific Power Company's 
Alturas Transmission Line Project

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

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Record of Decision (ROD).

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SUMMARY: On February 16, 1996, BPA made a final decision to execute an 

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Interconnection and Operations and Maintenance Agreement with Sierra 
Pacific Power Company (SPPCo) and PacifiCorp to interconnect BPA's 
Malin-Warner 230-kilovolt (kV) line at the proposed SPPCo's Hilltop 
Substation. BPA also decided to sign a Construction Reimbursable 
Agreement with SPPCo to achieve the interconnection. Pursuant to such 
reimbursable agreement, BPA will construct a 2.81-kilometer (1.8-mile), 
230-kV double circuit H-frame transmission line from BPA's existing 
line to the proposed SPPCo's Hilltop Substation. BPA will also build 
part of a 230-kV substation in SPPCo's proposed Hilltop Substation. BPA 
has prepared a Record of Decision describing these decisions in 
accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Council 
on Environmental Quality regulations implementing NEPA (40 CFR 1500 et 
seg.), and Department of Energy regulations implementing the statute 
(10 CFR 1021). The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Susanville, 
California, was the lead federal agency for the Environmental Impact 
Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) preparation, and BPA 
was a cooperating agency. The BLM executed a separate ROD for their 
decisions on February 9, 1996. BPA adopted the Alturas Transmission 
Line Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/EIS-0256) and published an 
adoption notice in the Federal Register on February 2, 1996 (61 FR 
3933, Feb. 2, 1996).

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and EIS may be obtained by calling BPA's 
toll-free document request line: 1-800-622-4520.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Richard Stone, Environmental 
Specialist--ECN, Bonneville Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, 
Portland, Oregon, 97208-3621, phone number (503) 230-3797, fax number 
(503) 230-5699.
    Public Availability: This ROD was distributed to agencies and 
individuals on the project mailing list on February 23, 1996.

    Issued in Portland, Oregon, on February 15, 1996.
Randall W. Hardy,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-4279 Filed 2-23-96; 8:45 am]
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