[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 87 (Tuesday, May 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 24646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11730]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration


Canadian Entitlement Allocation Extension Agreements (CEAEA)

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

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

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SUMMARY: The Administrator and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BPA, 
acting for BPA, and, as Chairman of the United States Entity (the 
Administrator of BPA and the Division Engineer, North Pacific Division 
of the United States Army Corps of Engineers), acting on behalf of the 
United States Entity, has decided to adopt for the CEAEA a Federal 
hydroelectric project allocation of 72.5 percent and a non-Federal 
hydroelectric project allocation of 27.5 percent.
    This decision is consistent with the Columbia River System 
Operation Review (SOR) Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) (DOE/
EIS-0170, November 1995) which evaluated the potential impacts of four 
alternatives that represent the likely range of allocations between the 
Federal and non-Federal projects. The selected allocation falls within 
this range of alternatives. None of the allocation alternatives 
influence power system operations under the system operating strategy 
selected in the Columbia River SOR on Selecting an Operating Strategy 
for the Federal Columbia River Power System (SOS) ROD, published 
February 1997.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the SOR Final EIS, Appendix P of the EIS (which 
presents the environmental review for the CEAEA), the SOS ROD, and 
complete copies of this ROD may be obtained by calling BPA's toll-free 
document request line: 1-800-622-4520.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Phil Mesa--PGPL-DITT2, Bonneville 
Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon 97208-3621, phone 
number (360) 418-2152.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Columbia River Treaty (Treaty), ratified 
in 1964, required the construction of three storage dams in Canada. 
These storage dams provide regulated streamflows that enable 
hydroelectric projects downstream in the United States to produce 
additional power benefits. The Treaty requires the United States to 
deliver to Canada one-half of these downstream power benefits (known as 
the Canadian Entitlement).
    The Canadian Entitlement is generated downstream in the United 
States at both Federal and non-Federal hydroelectric projects. The 
Canadian Entitlement Allocation Agreements (CEAA), also executed in 
1964, established how the Canadian Entitlement was to be attributed 
collectively to the six downstream Federal hydroelectric projects and 
to each of the five downstream non-Federal projects.
    The Administrator's decision on the new allocation agreements, the 
CEAEA, establishes both the Federal and non-Federal allocation of the 
Canadian Entitlement. The CEAEA will begin to replace the existing CEAA 
when the first portion of the Canadian Entitlement is returned to 
Canada in 1998. The CEAEA extend to 2024, since the United States' 
obligation to return the Canadian Entitlement continues to 2024, the 
first year the Treaty can be terminated with 10 years' notice.

    Issued by the United States Entity in Portland, Oregon, on April 
29, 1997.
Randall W. Hardy,
Administrator and CEO, Bonneville Power Administration, and Chairman, 
United States Entity.
[FR Doc. 97-11730 Filed 5-5-97; 8:45 am]
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