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EIS until March 31, 2004. Once scoping 

ended, BPA revised the Scoping 

Summary to reflect all comments 

received, and republished the summary 

on April 7, 2004. 

Based on the results of the public 

scoping conducted for the Transmission 

Policy-Level EIS and internal 

considerations such as the current and 

most recently projected activities of 

BPA’s Transmission Business Line and 

budget issues, BPA has decided that 

continued consideration of a 

comprehensive policy for BPA’s 

transmission business is not in the best 

interests of the agency at this time. As 

a result, it is no longer necessary to 

proceed with preparation of the 

Transmission Policy-Level EIS. 

Therefore, BPA is issuing this notice of 

termination of intent to prepare the 

Transmission Policy-Level EIS. 

Information gathered from the 

Transmission Policy-Level EIS public 

scoping process will be considered in a 

separate NEPA process being 

undertaken by BPA to review its 

Business Plan Environmental Impact 

Statement (DOE/EIS–0183, June 1995) 

which since its completion has acted as 

a comprehensive analysis of the 

agency’s business practices.

Issued in Portland, Oregon, on November 

15, 2004. 

Stephen J. Wright, 

Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–25911 Filed 11–22–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration 

BP Cherry Point Cogeneration Project

AGENCY: Bonneville Power 

Administration (Bonneville), 

Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of availability of Record 

of Decision (ROD). 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of the ROD to implement the 

proposed action identified in the BP 

Cherry Point Cogeneration Project Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) 

(DOE/EIS–0349, August 2004). Under 

the proposed action, Bonneville will 

offer contract terms for interconnection 

of the BP Cherry Point Cogeneration 

Project (Project) with the Federal 

Columbia River Transmission System 

(FCRTS), as requested by BP West Coast 

Products, LLC (BP) and proposed in the 

FEIS. Under that contract, Bonneville 

and BP will jointly construct a 

switchyard at the Project site, and 

Bonneville will construct a 230-kilovolt 

transmission line to connect the Project 

to the FCRTS (0.8 miles of new 

construction, and about 5 miles 

involving reconstruction of an existing 

transmission line). Bonneville also has 

decided to offer separate contract terms 

for firm transmission services from the 

point of interconnection to the MidColumbia trading hub in central 

Washington (400 megawatts) and to 

John Day Substation in north central 

Oregon (200 megawatts).

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and EIS 

may be obtained by calling BPA’s tollfree document request line, 1–800–622–

4520. The ROD and EIS Summary are 

also available on our Web site, http://

www.efw.bpa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Thomas C. McKinney, Bonneville Power 

Administration-KEC–4, P.O. Box 3621, 

Portland, Oregon, 97208–3621; toll-free 

telephone number 1–800–282–3713; fax 

number 503–230–5699; or e-mail 

tcmckinney@bpa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed Project involves constructing 

and operating a new 720-megawatt 

(MW) natural gas-fired, combined-cycle 

power generation facility at a 265-acre 

site adjacent to BP’s existing Cherry 

Point Refinery between Ferndale and 

Blaine in northwestern Whatcom 

County, Washington. A new switchyard 

would be constructed at the Project site, 

connecting to a new 230-kilovolt (kV) 

double-circuit transmission line 0.8 

miles east to Bonneville’s existing 230-

kV Custer-Intalco No. 2 transmission 

line. From there, Bonneville would add 

another 230-kV circuit to Custer 

Substation by rebuilding the singlecircuit Custer-Intalco No. 2 line to 

double-circuit, a distance of about 5 

miles. 

A Large Generation Interconnection 

Agreement with BP would provide for 

interconnection of the BP Cherry Point 

Cogeneration Project with the FCRTS 

and electrical generation in the 

Bonneville Control Area. The agreement 

also would provide for construction of 

interconnection facilities (i.e., adding or 

modifying electrical equipment at the 

Cherry Point Switchyard and at Custer 

and/or Intalco Substations, and/or 

rebuilding the Custer-Intalco No. 2 

transmission line) and continued 

operations and maintenance of 

interconnection equipment at BP 

expense.

Issued in Portland, Oregon, on November 

10, 2004. 

Stephen J. Wright, 

Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–25914 Filed 11–22–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. ER04–691–010, EL04–104–009, 

ER04–106–004] 

Midwest Independent Transmission 

System Operator, Inc.; Notice of Filing 

November 17, 2004. 

Take notice that on November 15, 

2004, the Midwest Independent 

Transmission System Operator, Inc. 

(Midwest ISO) submitted a compliance 

filing pursuant to the Commission’s 

September 16, 2004 Order in Midwest 

Independent Transmission System 

Operator, Inc., 108 FERC ¶ 61,236 

(2004). 

The Midwest ISO states that it has 

electronically served a copy of the filing 

upon all Midwest ISO Members, 

Member representatives of Transmission 

Owners and Non-Transmission Owners, 

the Midwest ISO Advisory Committee 

participants, Policy Subcommittee 

participants, and all state commissions 

within the region. In addition, the 

Midwest ISO states that the filing has 

been posted on the Midwest ISO’s Web 

site at http://www.midwestiso.org under 

the heading ‘‘Filings to FERC’’. The 

Midwest ISO further states that it will 

provide hard copies upon request. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. Anyone filing a motion 

to intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant and 

all the parties in this proceeding. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov.

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the