[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 151 (Wednesday, August 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42239-42240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20671]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration


Pre-Subscription, Post 2001 Contracts

AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), 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 for Pre-
Subscription, Post 2001 Contracts. This ROD relies on BPA's Business 
Plan Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/EIS-0183, June 1995 and the 
Business Plan ROD (August 15, 1995).
    BPA has decided to enter into a limited number of power sales 
contracts extending beyond 2001, in advance of the subscription process 
recommended by the Comprehensive Review of the Northwest Energy System. 
This decision is consistent with BPA's market-driven approach for 
participation in the increasingly competitive electric power market. 
BPA will be responsive to its customers' needs while ensuring the 
financial strength necessary to produce public benefits.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Business Plan EIS, Business Plan ROD, and this 
ROD are available from BPA's Communications Office, P.O. Box

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12999, Portland, Oregon 97212. Copies of these documents may also be 
obtained by calling BPA's toll-free document request line: 1-800-622-
4520.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katherine S. Pierce, Environmental 
Specialist--EC-4, Bonneville Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, 
Portland, Oregon, 97208-3621, phone number (503) 230-5166, fax number 
(503) 230-5699.

    Issued in Portland, Oregon, on July 24, 1997.
Randall W. Hardy,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-20671 Filed 8-5-97; 8:45 am]
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