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to IOUs that occurred under the REP
settlements. This aggregate benefit is in
the middle of the $200 million to $220
million range contained in the
Recommendations of Representatives of
the Investor-Owned and Certain
Consumer-Owned Utilities Regarding
the Residential Exchange Benefits for
Customers Served by the Pacific
Northwest Investor-Owned Utilities
dated November 7, 2007. BPA
understands that this document enjoys
broad, albeit not universal, customer
support. BPA views such support as a
measure of the reasonableness of its
approach to recovering the Lookback
Amounts over time.
Table 4 shows FY 2009 REP benefits
due and REP benefits paid before
consideration of any deemer obligations.
TABLE 4.—FY 2009 REP BENEFITS
DUE AND BENEFITS PAID BEFORE
DEEMER ADJUSTMENT
[Millions of dollars]
FY 2009
REP benefits due
Utility name
FY 2009
REP benefits paid
$27.8
9.2
$23.3
7.7
7.6
50.8
6.4
42.7
Avista ................
Idaho Power .....
Northwestern
Energy ...........
PacifiCorp .........
Portland General
Electric ..........
Puget Sound
Energy ...........
54.6
45.8
100.2
84.1
Total ..............
250.2
210.0
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BPA maintains the position that Idaho
Power has a substantial deemer balance
at the end of FY 2008. BPA is proposing
to apply the same treatment to Idaho
Power’s deemer balance for FY 2009
that was applied when determining the
Lookback Amounts for FY 2002–2008.
Specifically, REP benefits will first be
applied toward deemer balances. Only
when Idaho Power’s deemer balance is
extinguished would REP benefits be
available to apply against Lookback
Amounts and to provide positive REP
benefits to Idaho Power. Based on Idaho
Power’s current deemer balance and
reasonable expectations of future REP
benefits, Idaho Power is not expected to
amortize its Lookback Amount by 2028.
BPA acknowledges that Idaho Power
disputes its current deemer balance and
has requested to explore with BPA the
possibility of settling this dispute.
F. Summary
In summary, BPA’s proposal responds
to the Court’s rulings in several ways to
remedy the improper allocation of REP
settlement costs to the PF Preference
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rate. First, the WP–07 Supplemental
Proposal results in an average PF
Preference rate of $26.2/MWh—about a
four percent (4%) reduction from
current rates. This proposed reduction
results from several changes or revisions
to the WP–07 Final Studies. The most
significant change is a reduction in the
costs of the REP for FY 2009 from about
$336 million to $202 million, which
includes $39 million of the Lookback
Amount.
Second, BPA is determining the
magnitude of the Lookback Amounts for
FY 2002–2007 that need to be recovered
from the region’s IOUs and returned to
public utilities. BPA proposes to recover
this total, approximately $620 million,
out of future REP benefits, starting with
the $39 million for FY 2009 noted
above. BPA proposes that the amount of
future Lookback Amounts recovered,
and by extension the associated PF rate
reduction, will be decided in each
subsequent rate case.
Lastly, BPA is proposing to provide
public utilities with either a one-time
payment or a credit on their power bills
for the difference between the REP
settlements costs in power rates for FY
2007–2008, and the amount of FY 2007–
2008 REP benefits the IOUs would be
paid under BPA’s proposal. If BPA
offers, and preference customers sign,
Standstill Payment Agreements, they
will receive a portion of this credit in
FY 2008 and the remainder in FY 2009.
If they do not sign Standstill Payment
Agreements, or the agreements are not
offered, preference customers will
receive the credit in FY 2009. BPA has
the financial reserves to provide this FY
2008–2009 payment or credit of about
$315 million because BPA has been
collecting REP settlement costs in the
PF Preference rate but has not been
paying benefits to the IOUs since the
Court’s May, 2007, rulings.
Part VII—2007 Supplemental
Wholesale Power Rate Schedules (FY
2009) and 2007 Supplemental General
Rate Schedule Provisions (GRSPs) (FY
2009)
BPA’s proposed 2007 Supplemental
Wholesale Power Rate Schedules and
GRSPs, as well as the Section 7(b)(2)
Legal Interpretation and Section 7(b)(2)
Implementation Methodology,
incorporated by reference as a part of
this Notice, are available for viewing
and downloading on BPA’s Web site at
https://www.bpa.gov/corporate/ratecase.
A copy of the proposed rate schedules
and GRSPs are also available for
viewing in BPA’s Public Reference
Room at the BPA Headquarters, 1st
Floor, 905 NE 11th Avenue, Portland,
OR.
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564–7167 or https://www.epa.gov/
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Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact
Statements
Filed 01/28/2008 through 02/01/2008
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9
EIS No. 20080035, Draft EIS, IBR, WA,
Yakima River Basin Water Storage
Feasibility Study, Create Additional
Water Storage, Benton, Yakima,
Kittitas Counties, WA, Comment
Period Ends: 03/31/2008, Contact:
David Kaumheimer 509–575–5848
Ext. 612.
EIS No. 20080036, Final EIS, GSA, CO,
Denver Federal Central Site Plan
Study, Master Site Plan,
Implementation, City of Lakewood,
Jefferson County, CO, Wait Period
Ends: 03/10/2008, Contact: Lisa D.
Morpurgo 303–236–8000 Ext. 5039.
EIS No. 20080037, Draft EIS, AFS, ID,
Yakus Creek Project, Proposes Timber
Harvest, Watershed Improvement, and
Access Management Activities,
Lochsa Ranger District, Clearwater
National Forest, Idaho County, ID,
Comment Period Ends: 03/24/2008,
Contact: Craig Trulock 208–926–4274.
EIS No. 20080038, Draft EIS, BLM, WY,
West Antelope Coal Lease
Application (Federal Coal Lease
Application WYW163340),
Implementation, Converse and
Campbell Counties, WY, Comment
Period Ends: 04/08/2008, Contact:
Sarah Bucklin 307–261–7587.
EIS No. 20080039, Final EIS, BLM, NV,
Kane Springs Valley Groundwater
Development Project, To Construct
Infrastructure Required to Pump and
Convey Groundwater Resources,
Right-of-Way Application, Lincoln
County Water District, Lincoln
County, NV, Wait Period Ends: 03/10/
2008, Contact: Penny Wood 775–861–
6466.
EIS No. 20080040, Draft EIS, IBR, NV,
Folsam Lake State Recreation Area &
Folsam Powerhouse State Historic
Park, General Plan/Resource
Management Plan, Implementation, El
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Dorado County, NV, Comment Period
Ends: 03/24/2008, Contact: Laura
Cabollero 916–989–7172.
EIS No. 20080041, Final Supplement,
AFS, 00, Southwest Idaho Ecogroup
Land and Resource Management Plan,
Supplements the Rangeland Resource
Section of the 2003 FEIS Concerning
Terrestrial Management Indicator
Species (MIS), Boise National Forest,
Payette National Forest and Sawtooth
National Forest, Forest Plan Revision,
Implementation, Several Counties, ID;
Malhaur County, OR and Box Elder
County, UT, Wait Period Ends: 03/10/
2008, Contact: Sharon LaBrecque
208–737–3277.
EIS No. 20080042, Draft EIS, AFS, MT,
Debaugan Fuels Reduction Project,
Proposed Fuels Reduction Activities,
Lolo National Forest, Superior Ranger
District, Mineral County, MT,
Comment Period Ends: 03/24/2008,
Contact: Sharon Sweeney 406–822–
4233.
EIS No. 20080043, Draft EIS, FTA, HI,
Lahaina Small Boat Harbor Ferry Pier
Project, To Build a New Interisland
Ferry Pier, Maui, HI, Comment Period
Ends: 03/24/2008, Contact: Ted
Matley 415–744–2737.
Amended Notices
EIS No. 20070526, Draft EIS, AFS, WY,
Thunder Basin National Grassland
Prairie Dog Management Strategy,
Land and Resource Management Plan
Amendment #3, Proposes to
Implement a Site-Specific Strategy to
Manage Black-Trailed Prairie Dogs,
Douglas Ranger District, Medicine
Bow-Routt National Forests and
Thunder Basin National Grassland,
Campbell, Converse, Niobrara and
Weston Counties, WY, Comment
Period Ends: 03/24/2008, Contact:
Misty Hays 307–358–4690, Revision
of FR Notice Published 12/21/2007:
Extending Comment Period from
02/04/2008 to 03/24/2008.
Dated: February 5, 2008.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office
of Federal Activities.
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Availability of EPA comments
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Review Process (ERP), under section
309 of the Clean Air Act and section
102(2)(c) of the National Environmental
Policy Act as amended. Requests for
copies of EPA comments can be directed
to the Office of Federal Activities at
202–564–7167.
An explanation of the ratings assigned
to draft environmental impact
statements (EISs) was published in FR
dated April 6, 2007 (72 FR 17156).
Draft EISs
EIS No. 20070559, ERP No. D1–DOE–
A06181–00, Rail Alignment for the
Construction and Operation of a
Railroad in Nevada to a Geologic
Repository (DOE/EIS–0369D) at Yucca
Mountain, Nye County, NV.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about the
preferred alignment (the Caliente rail
alignment) because it could require the
filling of up to 81 acres of waters of the
U.S., including wetlands associated
with the Meadow Valley Wash and
Clover Creek. EPA also expressed
concerns about the limited analysis
regarding the hydrologic effects of the
rail line construction to the Meadow
Valley Wash area. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070419, ERP No. D–BLM–
J65493–UT, Kanab Field Office
Resource Management Plan,
Implementation, Portions of Kane and
Garfield Counties, UT.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about potential
adverse impacts to water quality,
aquatic resources, air quality, and
sensitive/rare wildlife and their habitat.
Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070440, ERP No. D–FHW–
J40178–UT, Mountain View Corridor
(MVC) Project, Proposed
Transportation Improvement 2030
Travel Demand in Western Salt Lake
County south of I–80 and west of
Bangerter Highway and in
northwestern Utah County of I–15,
south of the Salt Lake County Line,
and north of Utah Lake, Salt Lake and
Utah County, UT.
Summary: EPA has environmental
concerns about the potential
impairment of water quality in the
Jordan River. Rating EC1.
EIS No. 20070469, ERP No. D–NOA–
E91021–00, Snapper Grouper
Amendment 15B, Fishery
Management Plan, To Analyze the
Effects of Updating Management
Reference Points for Golden Tilefish
(Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps);
Define Allocations for Snowy Grouper
(Epinephelus niveatus) and Red Porgy
(Pagrus pagrus), NC, SC, FL and GA.
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Summary: EPA does not object to the
proposed action. Rating LO.
EIS No. 20070484, ERP No. D–FHW–
F40818–00, Interstate–94, I–43, I–894,
and WI–119 (Airport Spur) I–94/USH
41 Interchange to Howard Avenue, To
Address Freeway System’s
Deteriorated Conditions, Funding and
U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit,
Kenosha, Racine and Milwaukee
Counties, WI and Lake County, IL.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about the
impacts to wetlands, and has requested
further analysis regarding mobile source
air toxics and suggests air quality
mitigation strategies that should be
considered. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070498, ERP No. D–FHW–
J40181–UT, I–15 Corridor Project,
Transportation Improvement from
Utah County to Salt Lake County, UT.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about the
potential increases in PM 2.5 as well as
the project’s contribution of total
dissolved solids to impaired the Jordan
River. Rating EC1.
EIS No. 20070517, ERP No. D–USN–
D11043–MD, National Naval Medical
Center, Activities to Implement 2005
Base Realignment and Closure
Actions, Construction and Operation
of New Facilities for Walter Reed
National Military Medical Center,
Bethesda, MD.
Summary: EPA expressed concern
about potential wetland and historic
resource impacts. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070519, ERP No. D–AFS–
J65502–MT, Cooney McKay Forest
Health and Fuels Reduction Project,
Proposed to Restore Desirable
Vegetative Conditions, Swan Valley
near Condon, Swan Lake Ranger
District, Flathead National Forest,
Lake and Missoula Counties, MT.
Summary: EPA supports activities to
reduce hazardous fuels and fire risk in
wildland urban interface areas, but
expressed environmental concerns
about adverse impacts from logging and
road construction on water quality. EPA
also identified the need for consistency
with the downstream Swan Lake TMDL.
Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20070428, ERP No. DA–DOE–
A06181–00, Geologic Repository for
the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel
and High-Level Radioactive Waste at
Yucca Mountain, Nye County,
Nevada—Nevada Rail Transportation
Corridor (DOE/EIS–0250F–S2D),
Railroad Construction and Operation
within the Mina Rail Corridor to
connect Yucca Mountain Repository
to Rail Line near Wabusha, NV.
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Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability
Responsible Agency: Office of Federal Activities, General
Information (202) 564-7167 or https://www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/
Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact Statements
Filed 01/28/2008 through 02/01/2008
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9
EIS No. 20080035, Draft EIS, IBR, WA, Yakima River Basin Water Storage
Feasibility Study, Create Additional Water Storage, Benton, Yakima,
Kittitas Counties, WA, Comment Period Ends: 03/31/2008, Contact: David
Kaumheimer 509-575-5848 Ext. 612.
EIS No. 20080036, Final EIS, GSA, CO, Denver Federal Central Site Plan
Study, Master Site Plan, Implementation, City of Lakewood, Jefferson
County, CO, Wait Period Ends: 03/10/2008, Contact: Lisa D. Morpurgo
303-236-8000 Ext. 5039.
EIS No. 20080037, Draft EIS, AFS, ID, Yakus Creek Project, Proposes
Timber Harvest, Watershed Improvement, and Access Management
Activities, Lochsa Ranger District, Clearwater National Forest, Idaho
County, ID, Comment Period Ends: 03/24/2008, Contact: Craig Trulock
208-926-4274.
EIS No. 20080038, Draft EIS, BLM, WY, West Antelope Coal Lease
Application (Federal Coal Lease Application WYW163340), Implementation,
Converse and Campbell Counties, WY, Comment Period Ends: 04/08/2008,
Contact: Sarah Bucklin 307-261-7587.
EIS No. 20080039, Final EIS, BLM, NV, Kane Springs Valley Groundwater
Development Project, To Construct Infrastructure Required to Pump and
Convey Groundwater Resources, Right-of-Way Application, Lincoln County
Water District, Lincoln County, NV, Wait Period Ends: 03/10/2008,
Contact: Penny Wood 775-861-6466.
EIS No. 20080040, Draft EIS, IBR, NV, Folsam Lake State Recreation Area
& Folsam Powerhouse State Historic Park, General Plan/Resource
Management Plan, Implementation, El
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Dorado County, NV, Comment Period Ends: 03/24/2008, Contact: Laura
Cabollero 916-989-7172.
EIS No. 20080041, Final Supplement, AFS, 00, Southwest Idaho Ecogroup
Land and Resource Management Plan, Supplements the Rangeland Resource
Section of the 2003 FEIS Concerning Terrestrial Management Indicator
Species (MIS), Boise National Forest, Payette National Forest and
Sawtooth National Forest, Forest Plan Revision, Implementation, Several
Counties, ID; Malhaur County, OR and Box Elder County, UT, Wait Period
Ends: 03/10/2008, Contact: Sharon LaBrecque 208-737-3277.
EIS No. 20080042, Draft EIS, AFS, MT, Debaugan Fuels Reduction Project,
Proposed Fuels Reduction Activities, Lolo National Forest, Superior
Ranger District, Mineral County, MT, Comment Period Ends: 03/24/2008,
Contact: Sharon Sweeney 406-822-4233.
EIS No. 20080043, Draft EIS, FTA, HI, Lahaina Small Boat Harbor Ferry
Pier Project, To Build a New Interisland Ferry Pier, Maui, HI, Comment
Period Ends: 03/24/2008, Contact: Ted Matley 415-744-2737.
Amended Notices
EIS No. 20070526, Draft EIS, AFS, WY, Thunder Basin National Grassland
Prairie Dog Management Strategy, Land and Resource Management Plan
Amendment 3, Proposes to Implement a Site-Specific Strategy to
Manage Black-Trailed Prairie Dogs, Douglas Ranger District, Medicine
Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland,
Campbell, Converse, Niobrara and Weston Counties, WY, Comment Period
Ends: 03/24/2008, Contact: Misty Hays 307-358-4690, Revision of FR
Notice Published 12/21/2007: Extending Comment Period from 02/04/2008
to 03/24/2008.
Dated: February 5, 2008.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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