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Power plant application completed
Review process begins for facility near Bonanza
published Apri 30, 2003
By JENNIFER BATES
Peoples Energy has completed its application for a permit to build a 1,150-megawatt power plant near Bonanza, state officials announced today.
Now that the application is complete, the Oregon Office of Energy can proceed with reviewing the project and gathering public comment, a process expected to take several months.
Eventually, the state agency will draft a recommendation to the Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council, a seven-member board that will decide whether to grant a permit for the plant.
The Klamath County Board of Commissioners was scheduled to hear a report on the project late this morning.
The COB Energy Facility would be located on 136 acres on the east side of West Langell Valley road, about three miles south of Bonanza. Langell Valley is also the location of about 200 farms and ranches.
For about two years, developers for Chicago-based Peoples Energy have been working with state regulatory agencies, the Legislature, and local county government.
Earlier this year, the company offered to make annual payments to the county of at least $1 million in lieu of property taxes.
County officials are redrawing industrial development zone boundaries for Klamath County so the COB site will be included. A bill is making its way through the Legislature that would help COB qualify for more tax incentives.
Earlier this year the Oregon Water Resources Department released a proposed order for a well permit that would allow the company to draw about 5,390 gallons of water per minute from a 1,500-foot-deep well near the plant site. The permit would come with conditions that would limit COB's use of the well if it affected shallower wells on other properties.
Farmers in the area fear there is a connection between the shallow aquifer that feeds their wells, and the deeper aquifer COB plans to tap.
Rob Trotta, Peoples Energy project developer, said there is no relationship between the upper and lower aquifers.
A statement issued today by the Oregon Office of Energy said it will schedule an information meeting on the project in a few weeks. The meeting will be held in the Bonanza area.
The Office of Energy will receive written comments on the COB application until June 23. Comments may be sent to Catherine Van Horn, Oregon Office of Energy, 625 NE Marion St., Salem, OR 97301-3737. Comments may be faxed to (503) 373-7806.
After reviewing the COB application, the Office of Energy will draft a proposed order with a recommendation on whether the plant should be approved. Copies of the order will be available at public libraries in Bly, Bonanza and Klamath Falls. The proposed order will be subject to a public hearing.
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On the Internet: www.energy.state.or.us/siting/sitehm.htm
published Apri 30, 2003
By JENNIFER BATES
Peoples Energy has completed its application for a permit to build a 1,150-megawatt power plant near Bonanza, state officials announced today.
Now that the application is complete, the Oregon Office of Energy can proceed with reviewing the project and gathering public comment, a process expected to take several months.
Eventually, the state agency will draft a recommendation to the Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council, a seven-member board that will decide whether to grant a permit for the plant.
The Klamath County Board of Commissioners was scheduled to hear a report on the project late this morning.
The COB Energy Facility would be located on 136 acres on the east side of West Langell Valley road, about three miles south of Bonanza. Langell Valley is also the location of about 200 farms and ranches.
For about two years, developers for Chicago-based Peoples Energy have been working with state regulatory agencies, the Legislature, and local county government.
Earlier this year, the company offered to make annual payments to the county of at least $1 million in lieu of property taxes.
County officials are redrawing industrial development zone boundaries for Klamath County so the COB site will be included. A bill is making its way through the Legislature that would help COB qualify for more tax incentives.
Earlier this year the Oregon Water Resources Department released a proposed order for a well permit that would allow the company to draw about 5,390 gallons of water per minute from a 1,500-foot-deep well near the plant site. The permit would come with conditions that would limit COB's use of the well if it affected shallower wells on other properties.
Farmers in the area fear there is a connection between the shallow aquifer that feeds their wells, and the deeper aquifer COB plans to tap.
Rob Trotta, Peoples Energy project developer, said there is no relationship between the upper and lower aquifers.
A statement issued today by the Oregon Office of Energy said it will schedule an information meeting on the project in a few weeks. The meeting will be held in the Bonanza area.
The Office of Energy will receive written comments on the COB application until June 23. Comments may be sent to Catherine Van Horn, Oregon Office of Energy, 625 NE Marion St., Salem, OR 97301-3737. Comments may be faxed to (503) 373-7806.
After reviewing the COB application, the Office of Energy will draft a proposed order with a recommendation on whether the plant should be approved. Copies of the order will be available at public libraries in Bly, Bonanza and Klamath Falls. The proposed order will be subject to a public hearing.
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On the Internet: www.energy.state.or.us/siting/sitehm.htm
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