82 FR 46803 - Availability of the Bonneville Purchasing Instructions (BPI) and Bonneville Financial Assistance Instructions (BFAI)
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Bonneville Power Administration Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 193 (October 6, 2017)
Bonneville Power Administration
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 193 (October 6, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-21576 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 193 (Friday, October 6, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 46803-46804] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-21576] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Bonneville Power Administration Availability of the Bonneville Purchasing Instructions (BPI) and Bonneville Financial Assistance Instructions (BFAI) AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), DOE. ACTION: Notice of document availability. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 46804]] SUMMARY: Copies of the Bonneville Purchasing Instructions (BPI), which contain the policy and establish the procedures that BPA uses in the solicitation, award, and administration of its purchases of goods and services, including construction, are available in printed form or at the following Internet address: http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/business/bpi. Copies of the Bonneville Financial Assistance Instructions (BFAI), which contain the policy and establish the procedures that BPA uses in the solicitation, award, and administration of financial assistance instruments (principally grants and cooperative agreements), are available in printed form or available at the following Internet address: http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/business/bfai. ADDRESSES: Unbound copies of the BPI or BFAI may be obtained by sending a request to the Head of the Contracting Activity, Routing CGP-7, Bonneville Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon 97208- 3621. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Head of the Contracting Activity (503) 230-5498. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BPA was established in 1937 as a Federal Power Marketing Agency in the Pacific Northwest. BPA operations are financed from rate payer revenues rather than annual appropriations. BPA's purchasing operations are conducted under 16 U.S.C. 832 et seq. and related statutes. Pursuant to these special authorities, the BPI is promulgated as a statement of purchasing policy and as a body of interpretative regulations governing the conduct of BPA purchasing activities, and reflects BPA's private sector approach to purchasing the goods and services that it requires. BPA's financial assistance operations are conducted under 16 U.S.C. 832 et seq. and 16 U.S.C. 839 et seq. The BFAI express BPA's financial assistance policy. The BFAI also comprise BPA's rules governing implementation of the principles set forth in 2 CFR 200. BPA's solicitations and contracts include notice of applicability and availability of the BPI and the BFAI, as appropriate, for offerors to obtain information on particular purchases or financial assistance transactions. Issued in Portland, Oregon, on September 20, 2017. Nicholas M. Jenkins, Manager, Purchasing/Property Governance. [FR Doc. 2017-21576 Filed 10-5-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P
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determinations for schools and LEAs. specific LEAs a waiver of the carryover in section 9101(23)(C)(ii) of the ESEA
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the Carryover Limitation State awards programs to go to any
reward school and extended the period Bonneville Power Administration
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of availability of Wisconsin’s FY 2013
Waive the Carryover Limitation for LEAs Title I school rewards programs Availability of the Bonneville
Waivers authorizing SEAs to waive allocation until September 30, 2016. Purchasing Instructions (BPI) and
the carryover limitation for an LEA that Bonneville Financial Assistance
Provision waived: Section Instructions (BFAI)
needed an additional waiver beyond 1117(b)(1)(B) of the ESEA.
what the SEA was otherwise authorized AGENCY: Bonneville Power
Waiver Applicant:
to grant. Administration (BPA), DOE.
Provision waived: Section 1127(b) of • Wisconsin Department of Public
ACTION: Notice of document availability.
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SUMMARY: Copies of the Bonneville DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY described in the EIS, BPA is canceling
Purchasing Instructions (BPI), which that environmental review process and
contain the policy and establish the Bonneville Power Administration will focus on the proposed Klickitat
procedures that BPA uses in the Hatchery Upgrades EIS.
solicitation, award, and administration Klickitat Hatchery Upgrades DATES: Written comments are due to the
of its purchases of goods and services, AGENCY: Bonneville Power address below no later than November
including construction, are available in Administration (BPA), Department of 27, 2017. Comments may also be made
printed form or at the following Internet Energy (DOE). at the scoping meeting to be held on
address: http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/ October 25, 2017 at the address below.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an
business/bpi. ADDRESSES: Comments on the proposed
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
Copies of the Bonneville Financial and notice of floodplain and wetlands scope of the Draft EIS and requests to be
Assistance Instructions (BFAI), which assessment. placed on the project mailing list may
contain the policy and establish the be mailed by letter to Bonneville Power
procedures that BPA uses in the SUMMARY: In accordance with the Administration, Public Affairs Office—
solicitation, award, and administration National Environmental Policy Act DKE–7, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, OR
of financial assistance instruments (NEPA), BPA intends to prepare an EIS 97208–3621, or sent by fax to 503–230–
(principally grants and cooperative to determine whether to fund the 4019. You may also call BPA’s toll-free
agreements), are available in printed Confederated Tribes of the Yakama comment hotline at 1–800–622–4519
form or available at the following Nation’s proposal to upgrade facilities at and leave a message (please include the
Internet address: http://www.bpa.gov/ the Klickitat Hatchery. The hatchery name of the project), or submit
corporate/business/bfai. produces spring and fall Chinook comments online at www.bpa.gov/
salmon and coho salmon, and is funded comment. All comments received will
ADDRESSES: Unbound copies of the BPI by National Marine Fisheries Service be accessible from the project Web site
or BFAI may be obtained by sending a (NMFS) under the Mitchell Act. It is at www.bpa.gov/goto/
request to the Head of the Contracting operated jointly by the Yakama Nation KlickitatHatcheryUpgrades.
Activity, Routing CGP–7, Bonneville and Washington Department of Fish and On October 25, 2017, a scoping
Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, Wildlife (WDFW). The hatchery is meeting will be held from 6:00 p.m. to
Portland, Oregon 97208–3621. located in Klickitat County on property 8:00 p.m. at the Lyle Lions Community
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: owned by WDFW, about seven miles Center, Highway 14 and Third Street,
Head of the Contracting Activity (503) east of Glenwood, Washington. The Lyle, Washington 98365. At this
230–5498. hatchery was built in 1954 and most of informal open-house meeting, BPA will
the facilities have not been renovated provide project information and maps
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BPA was since then. and will make members of the project
established in 1937 as a Federal Power The one-time upgrades would include team available to answer questions and
Marketing Agency in the Pacific improving surface and groundwater accept oral and written comments.
Northwest. BPA operations are financed water intakes, discharge piping, and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
from rate payer revenues rather than pumps; rebuilding the pollution David Kennedy, Executive Manager
annual appropriations. BPA’s abatement system; updating sections of Environmental Planning and Analysis,
purchasing operations are conducted the hatchery building; and adding Bonneville Power Administration, EC–
under 16 U.S.C. 832 et seq. and related rearing tanks, a storage building, and 4, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, OR 97208–
statutes. Pursuant to these special possibly staff residences. The proposed 3621; toll-free telephone 1–800–282–
authorities, the BPI is promulgated as a upgrades would update old facilities 3713; direct telephone 503–230–3769;
statement of purchasing policy and as a and would facilitate increased or email dkkennedy@bpa.gov.
body of interpretative regulations production of spring Chinook by the Additional information can be found at
governing the conduct of BPA Yakama Nation. BPA is not proposing to the project Web site: www.bpa.gov/goto/
purchasing activities, and reflects BPA’s fund fish production or to take over any KlickitatHatcheryUpgrades.
private sector approach to purchasing Mitchell Act funding for the hatchery. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
the goods and services that it requires. NMFS will be a cooperating agency on Yakama Nation is proposing the
BPA’s financial assistance operations the EIS. Klickitat Hatchery upgrades to update
are conducted under 16 U.S.C. 832 et In accordance with U.S. Department old facilities and to facilitate a possible
seq. and 16 U.S.C. 839 et seq. The BFAI of Energy floodplain and wetland increase in production of spring
express BPA’s financial assistance regulations, BPA will analyze impacts to Chinook salmon. Although the Klickitat
policy. The BFAI also comprise BPA’s floodplains and wetlands as well as population of spring Chinook is not
rules governing implementation of the measures to avoid or minimize potential listed under the Endangered Species Act
principles set forth in 2 CFR 200. effects to these resources. The (ESA), WDFW considers it depressed
BPA’s solicitations and contracts assessment will be included in the EIS. due to chronically low adult returns. On
include notice of applicability and With this Notice of Intent, BPA is average, the Klickitat spring Chinook
availability of the BPI and the BFAI, as initiating the public scoping process for run comprises approximately 75%
appropriate, for offerors to obtain the EIS. BPA is requesting comments hatchery and 25% natural-origin fish. In
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information on particular purchases or about potential environmental impacts addition, since 1994, low hatchery
financial assistance transactions. that should be considered as an EIS is productivity has limited the average
Issued in Portland, Oregon, on September prepared. annual harvest in sport and Tribal
20, 2017. In addition, BPA is also providing fisheries in the Klickitat basin to 840
notice of cancellation of DOE/EIS–0424 fish, although the overall project goal for
Nicholas M. Jenkins,
Klickitat Hatchery Complex Program. in-basin sport and Tribal harvest is
Manager, Purchasing/Property Governance. Based on public comments on the 2011 3,000 adults annually.
[FR Doc. 2017–21576 Filed 10–5–17; 8:45 am] draft DOE/EIS–0424, as well as changes BPA’s proposed funding of the
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P in agencies’ funding of various activities Klickitat Hatchery upgrades would
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