[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 128 (Thursday, July 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36697-36698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-12926]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 11588-027--AK]


Alaska Power and Telephone Company; Notice of Availability of 
Environmental Assessment

June 28, 2007.
    An environmental assessment (EA) is available for public review. 
The EA was prepared for an application filed by Alaska Power and 
Telephone Company (licensee) on January 26, 2007, and supplemented on 
March 6 and April 5, 2007, requesting Commission approval for an 
Amendment of License to Modify Project Design at the Kasidaya 
Hydroelectric Project. The project is located on Kasidaya Creek at 
Taiya Inlet, 3 miles south of the City of Skagway, Alaska. The project 
occupies lands within the Tongass National Forest, administered by the 
U.S. Forest Service.
    The licensee has requested that in lieu of passing the penstock 
through a tunnel to cross Kasidaya Creek and gain access to the 
diversion structure, they would like to have the penstock cross over 
Kasidaya Creek with a modular steel bridge. The penstock would be 
buried adjacent to the access road, except for crossing the creek, on a 
small bridge adjacent to the aluminum block culvert. In addition to 
being significantly less expensive than the tunnel, the bridge 
arrangement would also provide more convenient access to the diversion 
site for construction and operation of the project.
    The Environmental Assessment (EA), which is attached to the order 
approving order amending license and revising annual charges, evaluates 
the environmental effects of the relocation and redesign of project 
facilities. While these changes to project facilities will impact areas 
not specifically evaluated in previous EA's, the environmental effects 
are expected to be similar.
    A copy of the EA is attached to a Commission order titled 
``Approving Order Amending License and Revising Annual Charges,'' 
issued June 27, 2007 and is available for review at the Commission 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 documents. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support at [email protected] or toll-

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free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-12926 Filed 7-3-07; 8:45 am]
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