[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 27, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S258]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2961. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2953 proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to 
provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United 
States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       At the end of part I of subtitle A of title III, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 30___. TERROR LAKE HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT UPPER HIDDEN 
                   BASIN DIVERSION AUTHORIZATION.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Terror lake hydroelectric project.--The term ``Terror 
     Lake Hydroelectric Project'' means the project identified in 
     section 1325 of the Alaska National Interest Lands 
     Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3212), and which is Federal 
     Energy Regulatory Commission project number 2743.
       (2) Upper hidden basin diversion expansion.--The term 
     ``Upper Hidden Basin Diversion Expansion'' means the 
     expansion of the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project as 
     generally described in Exhibit E to the Upper Hidden Basin 
     Grant Application dated July 2, 2014 and submitted to the 
     Alaska Energy Authority Renewable Energy Fund Round VIII by 
     Kodiak Electric Association, Inc.
       (b) Authorization.--The licensee for the Terror Lake 
     Hydroelectric Project may occupy not more than 20 acres of 
     Federal land to construct, operate, and maintain the Upper 
     Hidden Basin Diversion Expansion without further 
     authorization of the Secretary of the Interior or under the 
     Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
     3101 et seq.).
       (c) Savings Clause.--The Upper Hidden Basin Diversion 
     Expansion shall be subject to appropriate terms and 
     conditions included in an amendment to a license issued by 
     the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission pursuant to the 
     Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.), including section 
     4(e) of that Act (16 U.S.C. 797(e)), following an 
     environmental review by the Commission under the National 
     Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
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