[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 63 (Monday, April 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 17078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6595]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration


Big Horn Wind Energy 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 200 megawatts of power to be 
generated by the proposed Big Horn Wind Energy Project into the Federal 
Columbia River Transmission System. The project would be interconnected 
at a proposed BPA switching substation along BPA's Big Eddy-Midway No. 
1 230-kilovolt transmission line. The proposed BPA switching substation 
and Big Horn Wind Energy Project would be located near the town of 
Bickleton in Klickitat County, Washington. This decision is consistent 
with and tiered to BPA's Business Plan Environmental Impact Statement 
(DOE/EIS-0183, June 1995) and the Business Plan Record of Decision 
(August 15, 1995).

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Rick Yarde, 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 24, 2005.
Stephen J. Wright,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-6595 Filed 4-1-05; 8:45 am]
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