[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 175 (Monday, September 12, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53790-53791]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4962]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission, 
Soliciting Additional Study Requests, and Establishing Procedural 
Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final 
Amendments

September 6, 2005.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent license.
    b. Project No.: 1051-012.
    c. Date Filed: August 29, 2005.
    d. Applicant: Alaska Power & Telephone Company (AP&T).
    e. Name of Project: Skagway-Dewey Lakes Project.

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    f. Location: On Pullen, Dewey, Reid, Icy, and Snyder Creeks within 
the city limits of Skagway, Alaska. The project does not utilize any 
Federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Bob Grimm, AP&T, P.O. Box 3222, Port 
Townsend, Washington 98368, (360) 385-1733, ext. 120.
    i. FERC Contact: Alan Mitchnick, (202) 502-6074 or 
[email protected].
    j. Cooperating Agencies: We are asking Federal, State, local, and 
tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect 
to environmental issues to cooperate with us in the preparation of the 
environmental document. Agencies who would like to request cooperating 
status should follow the instructions for filing such requests 
described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note the 
Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation of 
the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ] 61,076 
(2001).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for Filing Additional Study Requests and Requests for 
Cooperating Agency Status: October 28, 2005.
    All Documents (Original and Eight Copies) Should Be Filed With: 
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    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.
    Additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency 
status may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. 
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. See 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site 
(http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.
    m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. Project Description: Water from Reid Falls, Icy Creek, and 
Snyder Creek is diverted to Lower Dewey Lake, which in turn, flows into 
Dewey reservoir. The project withdraws water from Dewey reservoir to 
supply the powerhouse. Existing project features include: the 26-foot-
long, 8-foot-high Reid Falls diversion dam that diverts water into a 
14-inch-diameter, 1,280-foot-long steel pipeline running to Icy Creek; 
the 102-foot-long, 5-foot-high Icy Lake dam impounding the 3.4-acre Icy 
Lake; the 30-foot-long and 3-foot-high Snyder Creek diversion dam that 
diverts water from Snyder Creek into a diversion channel that conveys 
water to Lower Dewey Lake; the 629-foot-long, 28-foot-high Lower Dewey 
Lake dam, impounding the 32.8-acre Lower Dewey Lake; the 132-foot-long, 
30-foot-high, Dewey reservoir dam, impounding 2.7 acres; a 300-foot-
long canal running between Lower Dewey Lake and Dewey reservoir; three 
penstocks that run from the Dewey reservoir dam about 1,850 feet to the 
project's powerhouse that sits adjacent to Pullen Creek within the City 
of Skagway; and a powerhouse containing four turbines with a total 
installed capacity of 943 kilowatts. No changes to the project are 
proposed.
    o. 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 at [email protected] or toll-free at 1-
866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for 
inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and 
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the Alaska 
State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by Sec.  106, 
National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
    q. Procedural Schedule and Final Amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. 
Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

    Issue Deficiency Letter (if needed)

Issue Acceptance letter--October 2005
Issue Scoping Document for comments--November 2005
Request Additional Information (if needed)--January 2005
Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis--April 
2006
Notice of the availability of the EA--September 2006
Ready for Commission's decision on the application--December 2006

    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 
of ready for environmental analysis.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-4962 Filed 9-9-05; 8:45 am]
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