For Release: Sept. 19, 2005
Contact: Jeff Fontana (530) 252-5332 or Tim Burke, (530) 233-4666
CA-N-05-94

TELEPHONE FLAT OVERSIGHT GROUP MEETING SET

Members of the Telephone Flat Geothermal Project Oversight Group will meet Thursday, Sept. 29, at 7 p.m. at the Klamath National Forest headquarters, 1312 Fairlane Rd. in Yreka. The meeting is open to the public.

The group will discuss proposals by Calpine Corp. to proceed with project development work at the Telephone Flat Geothermal Project site near Medicine Lake.

Group members include representatives of the Pit River and Klamath Tribes, Shasta Nation, Shasta Tribe, Inc., the Native Coalition, the Save Medicine Lake Coalition, the Medicine Lake Homeowners' Association, Mt. Shasta Bioregional Ecology Group and Siskiyou County.

The group was developed accordance with the Nov. 2002 Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management record of decision approving development of the geothermal project. The group is charged with periodic review of planning and monitoring requirements associated with development, operation and decommissioning of the 49-megawatt electrical generation plant. Based on the reviews, the group is also charged with evaluating the company's compliance with various impact thresholds.

More information on the meeting and the function of the oversight group is available from Tim Burke, manager of the BLM Alturas Field Office, (530) 233-4666.

-BLM-

Alturas Field Office 708 West 12th St. Alturas, CA 96101