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PagelO MM: fuel will come from various sources (Continued from page t) The steam flows through each stage of the turbine, ex changing thermal energy for mechanical energy, and turning a rotor. The rotor is connected to a generator. An electromag netic field rotates with the shaft of the generator. "As it rotates, it cuts the cop per windings in the stationery ; part of the generator, and that's , what generates electricity," Kelly ; said. "We have three 3-megawatt machines for a total link capac ity of nine megs right now, but since we don't have the power sales agreement with the utility, they don't pay us enough to ' make it worth our while to put . power back on the Pacific Power grid. ; "So right now, we're just run ning one of the three, and when the new machine comes on line, ; we hope it will be set up so that we sell everything to whoever agrees to purchase it, and then ' the production facilities here will ! turn around and buy everything ; they need to run the mill." The new facility will be able to generate around 18 to 20 megawatts. "This will be a state-of-the-art unit," Kelly said. 'We expect to run this boiler and the exist ' ing turbine generators with two ; people on a shift. It runs 24 ; hours a day, seven days a week. ! On the day shift, we'll probably : have two or three more work ers. We'll probably have a main ', tcnance person and a fuel han : diet" ; The wood fuel for the boil ; ers will come from several dif- ferent sources, Kelly said. Some ! fuel will be waste wood from ; WSFPI's planning, milling and manufacturing processes. Other "fuel will come from outside of the reservation, litfe' from na tional forest and private lands. . , "Geo Visions just brought in a load of hog fuel from an or chard that they're trying to re '"furbish on the reservation," .."Kelly said. "At the present time ii we're getting some hog fuel off ' the reservation that was thinned last year and has been lying out .'.there." ' The fuel will also come from ' waste wood from building and '..construction sites in urban ar i eas. Powwow DVD's available AM DVD's with Grand En tries, adult specials and finals. $10. Contact Hamilton or James Greeley at (541) 553 0309. Or by e-mail at: hotvillahopihotmail.com. Or at www.warmsprings.comflut ist. Powwow DVD's include: University of Washington pow wow 2005 and Teen Switch; University of Montana Pow wow 2005; Denver March Powwow 2005 and Team Spe cial. Also: Attention: Lamprey harvesters at Willamette Falls Portland General Electric and the U.S. Geological Sur vey is conducting an adult eel (Pacific lamprey) radio tag ging study at Willamette Falls during the tribal harvest period, through July 31 , 2005. They are surgically implanting 1 50 eels with radio tags and releasing them below Willamette Falls for the study. The tagged eels will have an antenna showing near the tail. If a tagged lamprey is harvested, please return it to the river to remain a part of the study. If a tagged lamprey is accidentally removed from the falls, please call PGE at 503-630-8232 before eating any tagged lamprey. The same phone number is on the radio tag. Thank you, from PGE Environmental Services and USGS. The Warm Springs Department of Natural Re sources would also like you to be aware that Willamette Falls eels have potentially been introduced to a chemical during the surgical process that should not be consumed within 30 days of exposure. Therefore, it is important to call the above PGE phone number to verify that the eels are past the 30-day period. -At , 2. 1 ill S Above, Glenn Brunoe (left) and Anthony "Chaz" Mitchell work on the top floor of the boiler under construction at Warm Springs Forest Products Industries. At right is the boiler. "We haven't gotten any of that this year, but there are a lot of places in the Portland met ropolitan area that recycle wood waste, and any other kind of fiber they get in," he said. "They'll hog it up, and they'll have to sell that." Kelly said there is no definite timeline to building the second boiler and turbine generator. I le said that construction of those facilities could be completed within a year and half of find ing a buyer for the power and gaining approval from Tribal Council. The cost of die two boilers and generator has not been de termined, because the turbine size has not yet been selected, said Kelly. An estimate, though, puts the whole system in the range of $20 million. "It kind of depends on what components we decide to include in the whole plant," he said. WSFPI and the manufac turer of the machinery, Wellons Inc. of Sherwood, reached Simnasho Powwow 2005; Drumside Vol. 1, 2005; Handrum Vol. 1, 2005; Bizmark Powwow 2004 and Team Special; Schemitzun Foxwoods Powwow 2004. JulymishPost Falls Pow wow 2004 and Teen Finals; White Swan Treaty Days Pow wow 2004; Three Warriors the movie (1979); and J. Greeley's Native Flute CD w DVD July 2005 ($20). . Spilvay Ty moo, Warm Springs, Oregon Brian MortensenSpilyay agreement allowing the mill to pay for the project over a 10 year period. "And we're always looking for grant money from various sources," said Kelly. Tribal members and people from Wellons are working to gether on thebojler at WSFPI. "There are at least four tribal' members on his crew right now," said Kelly. He said there is a formal training program, sponsored by the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries and administered by Central Oregon Community College. WSFPI employees can become certified boiler opera tors through the two-year pro gram and earn college credit. If they stick it out another two years, they can become certified turbine operators. Today's technology demands cleaner-burning equipment, and the new boilers at WSFPI will be equipped with a feature called an electrostatic precipitator, or ESP. "It scrubs the flue gases or the exhaust gases from the boiler and it takes really small particles out of the flue gases so they don't get into the atmo j-S:!i!ASff ILlUllttl sphere," Kelly said. Kelly said the ESP will re move 99 percent of any particu lates from die exhaust. Construc tion for the boiler began Jan. 31. It was originally scheduled to begin operation June 1, but the EPA held up the project in its efforts to make certain it would be environmentally clean. "But that's all been re solved," Kelly said. "We've got the federal operating permit, which was issued early last month. 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And in the long-term, Mat ters said she'd like to sec KWSO have the technology to do live streaming, so anyone in the world could listen to the station on his computer. "So you could be anywhere in America and the world and see where the yard sales arc, or be close to home and hear Talk ing Drum,"' Matters said. "So it'd be another way to be out there." Matters said the station could use some new telephones, upgrade its link with the Associ Downtown: input sought on plan (Continued from page 5) Ixrading the consulting team is Mitchell Nelson Group IJ.C of Portland, land-use and com munity planners. They are as sisted by economic development specialist of Elesco Ltd. of Sunriver. This team recommended that the tribes concentrate new de velopment efforts in the down town after a comprehensive planning and economic assess ment of tribal lands was com pleted in 2001. Warm Springs, please you see in the Spilyay (541) 475-6153 (LWne:at ftiiiiilfr Komi 'A tr June 9, 2005 ated Press wire, and buy equip ment that would allow it to broadcast remotely using a cell phone. "We could go to anything," she said. "We could go to Pi-Ume-Sha, broadcasting live, if we had power. Matters said the grant's big gest dividend is that it takes the burden off its 1200,000 budget. "Our bottom line is $200,000, but our personnel expenses are 5224.0(H) because we have seven full-time staff," she said. On top of that, there's a $33,000 item on its budget calling for "other federal mis cellaneous" monies that have never been available and have usually put the station in a hole by the end of each fiscal year. Engineers and planners of Cascade Design Professionals Inc. of Portland arc also par ticipating in the project. Trans portation planning is provided by David Evans and Associates, from their Bend office. The project is funded through EDA and ODOT grants. 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