[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 4843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-01283]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[LLC Project No. 14360-000]
Hydro Development; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and
Competing Applications
On February 3, 2012, Hydro Development, LLC filed an application
for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power
Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Cascade Creek
Hydroelectric Project (Cascade Creek Project or project) to be located
on Swan Lake and Cascade Creek, near Petersburg, Alaska. The sole
purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant the permit
holder priority to file a license application during the permit term. A
preliminary permit does not authorize the permit holder to perform any
land-disturbing activities or otherwise enter upon lands or waters
owned by others without the owners' express permission.
The proposed project would consist of the following: (1) The
existing Swan Lake with surface area of 574 acres and useable storage
capacity of 22,500 acre-feet; (2) an outlet control structure
consisting of a low-head weir and a 3-foot-high, 50-foot-wide crest
gate; (3) a submerged siphon inlet with screens; (4) a tunnel and
penstock system conveying flows from the lake siphon to the powerhouse
including: (i) A 26-foot-long, 26-foot-wide, 98-foot-deep concrete
lined vertical shaft containing 10-foot-diameter siphon piping and a
siphon shutoff valve; (ii) a 12-foot-diameter, 12,700-foot-long unlined
low pressure tunnel; (iii) a 14-foot-diameter, 1,320-foot-long unlined
vertical shaft/vent; (iv) a 14-foot-diameter, 1,980-foot-long tunnel
containing a 9-foot-diameter, 1,980-foot-long steel penstock; and (v) a
9-foot-diameter, 780-foot-long buried steel penstock; (5) a 140-foot-
long, 80-foot-wide concrete and metal powerhouse with three 23.3-
megawatt (MW), vertical-shaft Pelton turbine units having a total
installed capacity of 70 MW; (6) a 450-foot-long, 40-foot-wide riprap-
armored trapezoidal open-channel tailrace; (7) a new marine access
facility, including a dock and barge landing ramp; (8) a 18.7-mile-
long, 138-kilovolt transmission line consisting of buried, submarine,
and overhead segments, with interconnection to the existing Scow Bay
substation; and (9) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual
generation of the Cascade Creek Project would be 200 gigawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Corky Smith, Hydro Development, LLC, 928
Thomas Road, Bellingham, Washington 98226; phone: (360) 733-3332.
FERC Contact: Kim Nguyen; phone: (202) 502-6105.
Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file
competing applications: 60 days from the issuance of this notice.
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements
of 18 CFR Sec. 4.36. Comments, motions to intervene, notices of
intent, and competing applications may be filed electronically via the
Internet. See 18 CFR Sec. 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on
the Commission's Web site http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without
prior registration, using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact
information at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact
FERC Online Support at [email protected] or toll free at 1-
866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission
strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-
filed. To paper-file, mail an original and seven copies to: Kimberly D.
Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE. Washington, DC 20426.
More information about this project, including a copy of the
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P-14360) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: January 16, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-01283 Filed 1-22-13; 8:45 am]
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