[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 42 (Friday, March 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 10612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4219]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration


Wanapa Energy Center; Notice of Availability of Record of 
Decision (ROD)

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 Wanapa Energy Center Final 
Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/EIS-0342, December 2004). Under the 
proposed action, Bonneville will offer contract terms for 
interconnection of the Wanapa Energy Center with the Federal Columbia 
River Transmission System, as requested by the Confederated Tribes of 
the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The proposed project involves 
constructing and operating a 1,200-megawatt, natural gas-fired, 
combined-cycle power generation facility at a 47-acre site on tribal 
trust land near the Cities of Hermiston and Umatilla in Umatilla 
County, Oregon. Wanapa may construct this project in phases. A new 
switchyard will be constructed at the Wanapa site, and Bonneville will 
construct a new 500-kilovolt single-circuit transmission line from this 
switchyard 4.4 miles west to Bonneville's existing McNary Substation, 
which Bonneville will expand by about 2.75 acres on the east side.

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 are 
also available on our Web site, http://www.efw.bpa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Thomas C. McKinney, Bonneville Power 
Administration--KEC-4, PO 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 February 24, 2005.
Steven G. Hickok,
Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 05-4219 Filed 3-3-05; 8:45 am]
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