[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 145 (Monday, July 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 43730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-17241]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration


Shepherds Flat 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 846 megawatts of 
power to be generated by the proposed Shepherds Flat Wind Project (Wind 
Project). Caithness Shepherds Flat LLC proposes to construct and 
operate the proposed Wind Project in Gilliam and Morrow Counties, 
Oregon, and has requested interconnection to the FCRTS at BPA's Slatt 
Substation in Gilliam County, Oregon. BPA will construct a new 230-kV 
yard at the Slatt Substation 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, 
http://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 July 18, 2008.
Stephen J. Wright,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-17241 Filed 7-25-08; 8:45 am]
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