[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 146 (Wednesday, July 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 40809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20021]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration


Notice of Availability of Record of Decision to Execute a Power 
Purchase Agreement for the Wyoming Wind Plant Project

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

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

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SUMMARY: BPA has decided to execute a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to 
acquire a 15.32 megawatt (MW) share of nominal project capacity from 
the Wyoming Wind Plant Project (Project). This PPA will allow BPA to: 
(1) Test the ability of wind energy to provide a reliable, economical, 
and environmentally acceptable energy resource; (2) assure consistency 
with BPA's statutory responsibilities; and (3) assure consistency with 
BPA's April 22, 1993, Resource Programs ROD. This notice announces the 
availability of the ROD to execute the PPA, relying on the Kenetech/
PacifiCorp Windpower Project Environmental Impact Statement (Project 
EIS) (DOE/EIS-0255 August, 1995). Because the Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM) has jurisdiction over part of the land on which the Wyoming Wind 
Plant Project will be located, it was the lead agency on the EIS. BPA, 
as a cooperating agency with the BLM, adopts the Project EIS in this 
ROD.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Kathy Fisher--ECP, Environmental 
Project Lead, Bonneville Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, 
Oregon, 97208-3621, phone number (503) 230-4375, fax number (503) 230-
5699.

    Issued in Portland, Oregon, on July 21, 1997.
Randall W. Hardy,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-20021 Filed 7-29-97; 8:45 am]
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