[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14662-14663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5726]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration


Leaning Juniper Wind 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 offer 
contract terms for interconnection of up to 200 megawatts of wind 
generation from the PPM Energy, Inc.'s, proposed Leaning Juniper Wind 
Project into the Federal Columbia River Transmission System. This 
decision is consistent with and tiered to BPA's Business Plan Final 
Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/EIS-0183, June 1995), and the 
Business

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Plan Record of Decision (August 15, 1995). The wind project will be 
interconnected at BPA's Jones Canyon Switching Station (SS), about 
three miles southwest of Arlington, Gilliam County, Oregon. The Jones 
Canyon SS will provide the wind project with transmission access to 
BPA's McNary-Santiam 2 230-kilovolt transmission line. BPA 
will increase the capacity of the McNary-Santiam 2 to 
accommodate the wind project, which will require increased ground 
clearance at four locations along the transmission line. These proposed 
line upgrades will be located in Wasco, Gilliam, Sherman, and Morrow 
Counties, Oregon.

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: Don Rose, 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 March 11, 2005.
Stephen J. Wright,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-5726 Filed 3-22-05; 8:45 am]
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