[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 87 (Tuesday, May 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 24646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11730]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Bonneville Power Administration
Canadian Entitlement Allocation Extension Agreements (CEAEA)
AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Department of Energy
(DOE).
ACTION: Notice of Availability of Record of Decision (ROD).
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SUMMARY: The Administrator and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BPA,
acting for BPA, and, as Chairman of the United States Entity (the
Administrator of BPA and the Division Engineer, North Pacific Division
of the United States Army Corps of Engineers), acting on behalf of the
United States Entity, has decided to adopt for the CEAEA a Federal
hydroelectric project allocation of 72.5 percent and a non-Federal
hydroelectric project allocation of 27.5 percent.
This decision is consistent with the Columbia River System
Operation Review (SOR) Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) (DOE/
EIS-0170, November 1995) which evaluated the potential impacts of four
alternatives that represent the likely range of allocations between the
Federal and non-Federal projects. The selected allocation falls within
this range of alternatives. None of the allocation alternatives
influence power system operations under the system operating strategy
selected in the Columbia River SOR on Selecting an Operating Strategy
for the Federal Columbia River Power System (SOS) ROD, published
February 1997.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the SOR Final EIS, Appendix P of the EIS (which
presents the environmental review for the CEAEA), the SOS ROD, and
complete copies of this ROD may be obtained by calling BPA's toll-free
document request line: 1-800-622-4520.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Phil Mesa--PGPL-DITT2, Bonneville
Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon 97208-3621, phone
number (360) 418-2152.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Columbia River Treaty (Treaty), ratified
in 1964, required the construction of three storage dams in Canada.
These storage dams provide regulated streamflows that enable
hydroelectric projects downstream in the United States to produce
additional power benefits. The Treaty requires the United States to
deliver to Canada one-half of these downstream power benefits (known as
the Canadian Entitlement).
The Canadian Entitlement is generated downstream in the United
States at both Federal and non-Federal hydroelectric projects. The
Canadian Entitlement Allocation Agreements (CEAA), also executed in
1964, established how the Canadian Entitlement was to be attributed
collectively to the six downstream Federal hydroelectric projects and
to each of the five downstream non-Federal projects.
The Administrator's decision on the new allocation agreements, the
CEAEA, establishes both the Federal and non-Federal allocation of the
Canadian Entitlement. The CEAEA will begin to replace the existing CEAA
when the first portion of the Canadian Entitlement is returned to
Canada in 1998. The CEAEA extend to 2024, since the United States'
obligation to return the Canadian Entitlement continues to 2024, the
first year the Treaty can be terminated with 10 years' notice.
Issued by the United States Entity in Portland, Oregon, on April
29, 1997.
Randall W. Hardy,
Administrator and CEO, Bonneville Power Administration, and Chairman,
United States Entity.
[FR Doc. 97-11730 Filed 5-5-97; 8:45 am]
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