[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 225 (Friday, November 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69457-69458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27612]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 13563-003]
Juneau Hydropower, Inc.; Notice of Intent To Prepare
Environmental Impact Statement and Soliciting Comments, and Final
Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions
November 17, 2014.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application and
applicant-prepared environmental assessment has been filed with
Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Original Major License.
b. Project No.: 13563-003.
c. Date filed: May 29, 2014.
d. Applicant: Juneau Hydropower, Inc.
e. Name of Project: Sweetheart Lake Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On Lower Sweetheart Lake and Sweetheart Creek in the
City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska. The project would occupy about
2,058 acres of federal lands located in the Tongass
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National Forest administered by the U.S. Forest Service.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Duff W. Mitchell, Business Manager, Juneau
Hydropower, Inc., P.O. Box 22775, Juneau, AK 99802; (907) 789-2775.
i. FERC Contact: John Matkowski at (202) 502-8576,
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing comments, final recommendations, terms and
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this
notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this
notice.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
comments, and final recommendations, terms and conditions, and
prescriptions using the Commission's eFiling system at 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], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to:
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include
docket number P-13563-003.
The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each
person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an
intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to
the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a
particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document
on that resource agency.
k. This application has been accepted for filing and is now ready
for environmental analysis.
l. The Commission intends to prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) on the project in accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act. The EIS will consider both site-specific and
cumulative environmental impacts and reasonable alternatives to the
proposed action.
m. The proposed Sweetheart Lake Project would consist of the
following new features: (1) A 280-foot-long, 111-foot-high roller
compacted concrete gravity dam with a 125-foot-long spillway located at
the outlet of Sweetheart Lake; (2) a 128,019 acre-foot impoundment at
normal-maximum water level; (3) a 525-foot-long, 10-foot-high, 10-foot-
wide arched reservoir outlet tunnel at the right dam abutment; (4) a
45-foot-long, 25-foot-wide, 16-foot-high rectangular concrete intake
structure with six 7-foot-diameter, 10-foot-high cylindrical fish
screens adjacent to the right dam abutment; (5) a 9,621-foot-long, 15-
foot-wide,15-foot-high arched, unlined power tunnel; (6) a 9-foot-
diameter, 896-foot-long saddle-supported steel penstock installed
within the lower power tunnel; (7) three, 3- to 7-foot-diameter,
approximately 160-foot-long buried steel penstocks connecting the lower
portion of the power tunnel to the powerhouse; (8) a 160-foot-long, 60-
foot-wide, 30-foot-high powerhouse; (9) three 6.6-megawatt (MW)
horizontal-axis Francis turbine/generator units having a total capacity
of 19.8 MW; (10) a 541-foot-long, 30- to 90-foot-wide tailrace
discharging into Sweetheart Creek; (11) a 4,400-foot-long coastal
access road; (12) a dock/landing site for aerial and marine vehicle
access located on the east shore of Gilbert Bay; (13) a 45,900-foot-
long, 138-kilovolt (kV) transmission line traversing Gilbert Bay, the
Snettisham Peninsula, and Port Snettisham, consisting of: (a) Two
buried segments totaling 4,800 feet in length, (b) two submarine
segments totaling 25,700 feet in length, and (c) one 15,400-foot-long
overhead segment; (14) a 14,800-foot-long, 12.47-kV service
transmission line and communication cable providing electricity and
communications to Sweetheart Dam; (15) an approximately 22,000-square-
foot fenced switchyard; (16) a 25-foot-long, 5-foot-wide, 4-foot-deep
smolt reentry pool adjacent to the powerhouse; (17) a 4,225-square-foot
caretaker facility; (18) a 400-square-foot dam site shelter facility;
and (19) appurtenant facilities. The project is estimated to generate
an average of 116 gigawatt-hours annually.
n. A copy of the application is available for review at the
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary''
link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact
FERC Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in item h above.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``COMMENTS'', ``REPLY COMMENTS'', ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND
CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (2) set forth in the heading the
name of the applicant and the project number of the application to
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone
number of the person submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply
with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must
set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the
application directly from the applicant. Each filing must be
accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on the service
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with
18 CFR 4.34(b), and 385.2010.
You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
o. Public notice of the filing of the initial development
application, which has already been given, established the due date for
filing competing applications or notices of intent. Under the
Commission's regulations, any competing development application must be
filed in response to and in compliance with public notice of the
initial development application. No competing applications or notices
of intent may be filed in response to this notice.
p. Procedural Schedule:
The application will be processed according to the following hydro
licensing schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as
appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Filing of final recommendations, terms and January 2015.
conditions, and prescriptions.
Commission issues Draft EIS............... August 2015.
Comments on Draft EIS..................... October 2015.
Commission Issues Final EIS............... March 2016.
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q. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following
the date of issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the water quality
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request;
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-27612 Filed 11-20-14; 8:45 am]
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