[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 75929]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30927]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration


Fourmile Hill Geothermal Development Project

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 BPA's ROD to execute 
Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) and Transmission Services Agreements 
(TSAs) with Calpine Siskiyou Geothermal Partners, L.P. to acquire and 
transmit output from the Fourmile Hill Geothermal Development Project 
(Project), relying on the Fourmile Hill Geothermal Development Project 
Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report 
(Project EIS) (DOE/EIS-0266, September 1998).

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and Executive Summary of the Project EIS 
can be obtained by calling BPA's toll-free document request line: 1-
800-622-4520. The ROD is also available on the internet at 
www.efw.bpa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Kathy Fisher--KEW-4, Environmental 
Project Manager, Bonneville Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, 
Portland, Oregon, 97208-3621; telephone (503) 230-4375; fax (503) 230-
5699; e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These PPAs and TSAs will allow BPA to (1) 
test the ability of geothermal energy in the Fourmile Hill area to 
provide a reliable, economical, and environmentally acceptable energy 
resource in the region; (2) assure consistency with BPA's statutory 
responsibilities; and (3) assure consistency with BPA's April 22, 1993, 
Resource Programs ROD.
    The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the United States Forest 
Service (Forest Service) served as joint lead agencies under the 
National Environmental Policy Act in the preparation of the Project EIS 
and issued a ROD approving the Project on May 31, 2000. The Siskiyou 
County Air Pollution Control District served as the state lead agency 
under the California Environmental Quality Act and, similarly, posted 
notice of their approval of the Project on August 9, 2000. BPA, as a 
cooperating agency with BLM and the Forest Service, adopts the Project 
EIS and the entire Administrative Record, including the aforementioned 
decision documents and related post-Project EIS documentation, in this 
ROD. As detailed in the Final EIS, the proposed power plant and related 
facilities will be located in eastern Siskiyou and western Modoc 
Counties, California, on the Klamath and Modoc National Forests.

    Issued in Portland, Oregon, on November 20, 2000.
Stephen J. Wright,
Acting Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-30927 Filed 12-04-00; 8:45 am]
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