the portland general electric company in oregon the norad facility and a number of finished missile launching silos these projects will continue during the forthcoming year approximately one-half of the company's 84 million cur rent construction backlog is within the continental united states with the remainder primarily in australia new zealand liberia and tunisia in april the company was advised by consolidated edison company of new york that its joint venture had been selected to construct the cornwall hydroelectric pump-storage facility to be located on the hudson river near cornwall au thorization to proceed has been delayed by a series of hearings and will depend upon the issuance of a license by the federal power commission total year-end construction backlog in cluding the cornwall project was 106 million 8 higher than last year the company is continuing with operations on several over seas projects the oucd nebaana dam in tunisia the manapouri tailrace tunnel project in new zealand and expansions to in dustrial facilities of the southern peru copper corporation at ilo and toquepala peru recently utah has commenced work as a partner on the mt coffee hydroelectric project in liberia highlighted by the outstanding results to date at the island bend project of australia's snowy mountain scheme the company's australian operations are also engaged in the construction of an ocean breakwater near burnie tasmania and the grading and laying of railroad track in australia's avon valley left utah's joint venture on the 4aitapouri tunnel project located i the west coast of new zealand's ntth island has leased the former ocean liner wanganella for its on-site offices and to house the project's construction crews top building british petroleum's ank farm site works at crihpoint westernport bay victoria a ustralia center coffer dam at wells hydro-combine project on the columbia river washington right sector of san luis canal san luis unit of california's ural valley federal reclamation project