[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 246 (Thursday, December 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 76929]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-28100]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Bonneville Power Administration, Hopkins Ridge Wind 
Interconnection 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 the ROD to 
interconnect the proposed Hopkins Ridge Wind Energy Project into the 
Federal Columbia River Transmission System, as requested by RES America 
Developments. Transmission services would be provided for 150 megawatts 
of the output of the proposed wind project. This decision is consistent 
with and tiered to BPA's Business Plan Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (DOE/EIS-0183, June 1995), and the Business Plan Record of 
Decision (August 1995). The proposed interconnection project involves 
constructing a switching substation adjacent to an existing BPA 
transmission line near the wind project. The switching substation would 
be located on a 5-acre parcel of land currently used for wheat farming, 
immediately east of the intersection of Hartsock Grade Road and Lewis 
Gulch Road, Columbia County, Washington. BPA would construct the 
substation from March 1, 2005 through the fall of 2005.

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: Kimberly St. Hilaire, 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].

    Issued in Portland, Oregon, on December 20, 2004.
Stephen J. Wright,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-28100 Filed 12-22-04; 8:45 am]
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