95-25221. Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Bonneville Power Administration/Puget Power Northwest Washington Transmission Project

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 197 (Thursday, October 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 53174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25221]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Bonneville Power Administration


Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Bonneville 
Power Administration/Puget Power Northwest Washington Transmission 
Project

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of Record of Decision (ROD).

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SUMMARY: BPA and Puget Sound Power & Light Company (Puget Power) have 
decided to upgrade the existing high-voltage transmission system in the 
Whatcom and Skagit Counties area of the State of Washington, between 
the towns of Custer and Sedro Woolley, including some areas within the 
City of Bellingham, starting in 1995. The upgrades of the 
interconnected 230,000-volt (230-kV) and 115-kV systems are needed to 
increase the transmission capacity on a nearby U.S.-Canada 500-kV 
intertie by about 850 megawatts (MW). BPA and Puget Power would share 
equally in the 850 MW of increased transfer capacity. Construction is 
scheduled to begin late in 1995 and continue through the fall of 1997 
when the new facilities would be energized.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and Environmental Impact Statement may be 
obtained by calling BPA's toll-free document request line: 1-800-622-
4520.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Ken Barnhart--ECN, Bonneville Power 
Administration, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon, 97208-3621, phone 
number [phone], fax number [phone].
    Public Availability: This ROD will be distributed to all interested 
and affected persons and agencies.

    Issued in Portland, Oregon, on September 21, 1995.
Randall W. Hardy,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 95-25221 Filed 10-11-95; 8:45 am]
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