97-5829. Columbia River System Operation Review on Selecting an Operating Strategy for the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS)

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 46 (Monday, March 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 10830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5829]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration


Columbia River System Operation Review on Selecting an Operating 
Strategy for the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS)

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

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

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the ROD to select a 
system operating strategy for the FCRPS, as analyzed in the Columbia 
River System Operation Review (SOR) Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS). To meet the need for a review of the multiple-purpose management 
of the FCRPS, four proposed actions were considered in the SOR EIS. 
This ROD applies solely to the decision BPA is making on the first of 
the four actions, selection of a system operating strategy. In response 
to the need to develop and implement a coordinated system operating 
strategy for the FCRPS, BPA has decided to: (1) Support recovery of 
fish species listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by storing 
water during the fall and winter to meet spring and summer flow 
targets; (2) protect other resources by managing detrimental effects 
caused by operations for ESA species by establishing minimum summer 
reservoir levels, providing public safety through flood protection, and 
other actions; and (3) provide for reasonable power generation.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Philip Thor, SOR Manager, Bonneville 
Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621--PGF, Portland, Oregon, 97208-3621, 
phone number [phone].

    Issued in Portland, Oregon, on February 21, 1997.
Randall W. Hardy,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-5829 Filed 3-7-97; 8:45 am]
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