[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 68139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25914]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration


BP Cherry Point Cogeneration Project

AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (Bonneville), 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 to implement 
the proposed action identified in the BP Cherry Point Cogeneration 
Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) (DOE/EIS-0349, 
August 2004). Under the proposed action, Bonneville will offer contract 
terms for interconnection of the BP Cherry Point Cogeneration Project 
(Project) with the Federal Columbia River Transmission System (FCRTS), 
as requested by BP West Coast Products, LLC (BP) and proposed in the 
FEIS. Under that contract, Bonneville and BP will jointly construct a 
switchyard at the Project site, and Bonneville will construct a 230-
kilovolt transmission line to connect the Project to the FCRTS (0.8 
miles of new construction, and about 5 miles involving reconstruction 
of an existing transmission line). Bonneville also has decided to offer 
separate contract terms for firm transmission services from the point 
of interconnection to the Mid-Columbia trading hub in central 
Washington (400 megawatts) and to John Day Substation in north central 
Oregon (200 megawatts).

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and EIS may be obtained by calling BPA's 
toll-free document request line, 1-800-622-4520. The ROD and EIS 
Summary are also available on our Web site, http://www.efw.bpa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Thomas C. McKinney, Bonneville Power 
Administration-KEC-4, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon, 97208-3621; 
toll-free telephone number 1-800-282-3713; fax number 503-230-5699; or 
e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed Project involves constructing 
and operating a new 720-megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired, combined-cycle 
power generation facility at a 265-acre site adjacent to BP's existing 
Cherry Point Refinery between Ferndale and Blaine in northwestern 
Whatcom County, Washington. A new switchyard would be constructed at 
the Project site, connecting to a new 230-kilovolt (kV) double-circuit 
transmission line 0.8 miles east to Bonneville's existing 230-kV 
Custer-Intalco No. 2 transmission line. From there, Bonneville would 
add another 230-kV circuit to Custer Substation by rebuilding the 
single-circuit Custer-Intalco No. 2 line to double-circuit, a distance 
of about 5 miles.
    A Large Generation Interconnection Agreement with BP would provide 
for interconnection of the BP Cherry Point Cogeneration Project with 
the FCRTS and electrical generation in the Bonneville Control Area. The 
agreement also would provide for construction of interconnection 
facilities (i.e., adding or modifying electrical equipment at the 
Cherry Point Switchyard and at Custer and/or Intalco Substations, and/
or rebuilding the Custer-Intalco No. 2 transmission line) and continued 
operations and maintenance of interconnection equipment at BP expense.

    Issued in Portland, Oregon, on November 10, 2004.
Stephen J. Wright,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-25914 Filed 11-22-04; 8:45 am]
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