[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 144 (Friday, July 27, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 41307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-14529]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration


Long-Term Regional Dialogue Policy

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of a National Environmental Policy Act 
(NEPA) Record of Decision (ROD).

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the NEPA ROD for 
BPA's adoption of a policy for its power supply role after fiscal year 
2011. This policy is intended to provide BPA's customers with greater 
clarity about their Federal power supply so they can effectively plan 
for the future and, if they choose, make capital investments in long-
term electricity infrastructure. Each of the issues in this Long-Term 
Regional Dialogue Policy that were found to have any environmental 
effects were determined to be within the scope of the Market-Driven 
Alternative adopted in the Business Plan ROD. Thus, this NEPA ROD is 
consistent with and tiered to the Business Plan Environmental Impact 
Statement (DOE/EIS-0183, June 1995) and the Business Plan ROD (August 
15, 1995). The Policy, which is the result of a Regional Dialogue 
process that began in 2002, is described more fully in a separately 
issued Administrator's ROD that addresses the legal and policy 
rationale supporting the administrative decisions in the Regional 
Dialogue.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the following documents may be obtained by calling 
BPA's toll-free document request line, 1-800-622-4520, or by visiting 
the Web site at: http://www.efw.bpa.gov: the NEPA ROD for the Long-Term 
Regional Dialogue Policy; the Administrator's ROD on the policy; and 
the Business Plan EIS and ROD.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Katherine S. Pierce, 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: The Business Plan EIS and ROD to which this 
NEPA ROD is tiered were prepared to support a number of decisions 
including the products and services BPA will market, rates for BPA's 
products and services, policy direction for BPA's sale of power 
products to customers, contract terms BPA will offer for power sales, 
and plans for BPA's resource acquisitions and power purchase contracts. 
Each of the issues in this Long-Term Regional Dialogue Policy has been 
evaluated for environmental effects. Some of the policy issues do not 
have the potential to result in environmental effects; others are a 
continuation of the status quo. For the remaining issues, any 
environmental effects have already been addressed in the Business Plan 
EIS.

    Issued in Portland, Oregon, on July 19, 2007.
Stephen J. Wright,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-14529 Filed 7-26-07; 8:45 am]
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