[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 125 (Friday, June 27, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36500-36501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14610]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration


Willow Creek 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: The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has decided to offer 
contract terms for the electrical interconnection into the Federal 
Columbia River Transmission System (FCRTS) of up to 72 megawatts of 
power to be generated by the proposed Willow Creek Wind Project (Wind 
Project). Willow Creek Energy, LLC proposes to construct and operate 
the proposed Wind Project in Gilliam and Morrow

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counties, Oregon, and has requested interconnection to the FCRTS at a 
point along BPA's existing Tower Road-Alkali 115-kilovolt transmission 
line in Gilliam County, Oregon. BPA will construct a tap to allow the 
Wind Project to interconnect to BPA's transmission line, and will 
install new equipment at BPA's existing Boardman Substation in Morrow 
County, Oregon to accommodate this additional power in the FCRTS. This 
decision to interconnect the Wind Project is consistent with and tiered 
to BPA's Business Plan Final Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/EIS-
0183, June 1995), and Business Plan ROD (August 1995).

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Doug Corkran, Bonneville Power 
Administration--KEC-4, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon, 97208-3621; 
toll-free telephone number 1-800-622-4519; fax number 503-230-5699; or 
e-mail [email protected].

    Issued in Portland, Oregon, on June 4, 2008.
Stephen J. Wright,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-14610 Filed 6-26-08; 8:45 am]
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