[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 75 (Tuesday, April 20, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 19349] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-9886] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Bonneville Power Administration Delivery of the Canadian Entitlement AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Department of Energy (DOE). ACTION: Notice of availability of Record of Decision (ROD). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Administrator and Chief Executive Officer of BPA, acting for BPA, and, as Chair of the United States Entity (which is the Administrator of BPA and the Division Engineer, North Pacific Division of the United States Army Corps of Engineers), acting for the United States Entity, has decided to supplement an earlier decision regarding the Canadian Entitlement. The decision is to enter into an agreement to enable disposal of the Canadian Entitlement directly in the United States. The Canadian Entitlement, established in the Columbia River Treaty of 1964, is the portion (one-half) of the downstream power benefits from three storage dams in Canada that is owed to Canada. ADDRESSES: Copies of the documents discussed below are available from BPA's Public Information Office, P.O. Box 12999, Portland, Oregon 97212. They may also be obtained by calling BPA's toll-free document request line: 1-800-622-4520. The documents are: Delivery of the Canadian Entitlement Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) of January 1996, the March 1996 ROD, the November 1996 ROD, and the Supplement to the November 1996 ROD described in this notice. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Entity (which is responsible for representing United States interests pursuant to the Columbia River Treaty) issued a Delivery of the Canadian Entitlement ROD on November 8, 1996. The ROD was based on the Delivery of the Canadian Entitlement EIS (DOE/EIS-0197, issued in January 1996). The November 1996 ROD announced the United States Entity decision to fulfill its obligation under the Columbia River Treaty between Canada and the United States of America by delivering the full Canadian Entitlement at existing transmission interconnections between the United States and Canada near Blaine, Washington, and Nelway, British Columbia. The November 1996 ROD also replaced an earlier March 12, 1996, ROD. The November 1996 ROD did not address delivery of the Canadian Entitlement in the United States. It did, however, note that: ``If the United States and Canadian Entities propose delivery in the United States, the United States Entity will review the Delivery of the Canadian Entitlement EIS to ensure that the impacts are adequately analyzed. A decision to dispose of the Entitlement in the United States would be the subject of an additional United States Entity ROD.'' The Federal governments of Canada and the United States have exchanged diplomatic notes, as provided in the Columbia River Treaty, to permit disposal of all or part of the Canadian Entitlement directly in the United States. BPA and the Province of British Columbia have reached agreement on the terms and conditions of the disposal. The Administrator and Chief Executive Officer of BPA, as Administrator and also as Chair of the United States Entity, has decided to enter into an agreement to enable disposal of the Canadian Entitlement directly in the United States. As a result, the United States Entity is supplementing the November 1996 ROD to recognize the decision to enable disposal of the Canadian Entitlement in the United States through September 15, 2024, as well as delivery at Blaine and Nelway. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Katherine Semple Pierce--KECP, Bonneville Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon, 97208-3621, phone number (503) 230-3962, fax number (503) 230-4089. Issued in Portland, Oregon, on March 31, 1999. Judith A. Johansen, Administrator and Chief Executive Officer, Bonneville Power Administration, and Chair, United States Entity. [FR Doc. 99-9886 Filed 4-19-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P