[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 213 (Friday, November 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 64689]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18610]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration


Klondike III/Biglow Canyon Wind Integration Project

AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Department of Energy 
(DOE).

ACTION: Notice 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 Klondike III/Biglow Canyon Wind 
Integration Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) (DOE/
EIS-0374, September 2006). BPA will offer PPM Energy, Inc. contract 
terms for interconnection of the proposed Klondike III Wind Project, 
located in Sherman County, Oregon, with the Federal Columbia River 
Transmission System (FCRTS). BPA will also offer Portland General 
Electric contract terms for interconnection of its proposed Biglow 
Canyon Wind Farm, also located in Sherman County, Oregon, with the 
FCRTS, as proposed in the Final EIS. To interconnect these wind 
projects, BPA will build and operate a 12-mile-long, 230-kilovolt (kV) 
double-circuit transmission line between the wind projects and BPA's 
new 230-kV John Day Substation located in Sherman County, Oregon. BPA 
will also expand its existing 500-kV John Day Substation.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and Final 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: Gene Lynard, Environmental Project 
Manager, 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: Integrating the proposed wind projects will 
maintain transmission system reliability to industry standards, assure 
consistency with BPA's statutory obligations, meet BPA's contractual 
obligations, minimize costs, encourage development of renewable energy 
resources, and minimize environmental impacts. As described in the EIS, 
BPA's new 230-kV transmission line, new substation, and John Day 
Substation expansion would generally create no or low impacts. BPA 
minimized potential environmental and social impacts through project 
design and development of mitigation measures. All mitigation measures 
presented in the Final EIS for the selected alternative have been 
incorporated into a Mitigation Action Plan. In issuing this ROD, BPA is 
also committing to all mitigation measures in the Mitigation Action 
Plan.

    Issued in Portland, Oregon, on October 25, 2006.
Stephen J. Wright,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
 [FR Doc. E6-18610 Filed 11-2-06; 8:45 am]
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