[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 210 (Monday, November 2, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56598-56599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-26239]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12661-001; Project No. 13599-000]


Green Power Development, LLC; Alaska Power & Telephone Company; 
Notice of Competing Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for Filing 
and Soliciting Comment, Motions To Intervene, and Competing 
Applications

October 23, 2009.
    On October 1, 2009, at 8:01 a.m. 12:01 p.m., respectively, Alaska 
Power & Telephone Company (AP&T) and Green Power Development, LLC 
(Green Power) filed preliminary permit applications, pursuant to 
section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study the 
feasibility of the 3160 Water Power Project and Lace Hydroelectric 
Project, respectively, to be located on an unnamed lake designated by 
the applicants as Lake 3160 in an unorganized Borough near Juneau, 
Alaska. The project would be located within the Tongass National 
Forest. 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.
    AP&T's proposed 3160 Water Power Project would consist of: (1) A 
new siphon intake, directional bore, or a 20-foot-high timber buttress 
dam with either intakes at the exit of the Lake 3160; (2) an existing 
reservoir, Lake 3160, with surface area of 384 acres, storage capacity 
of 7,600 acre-feet, and normal water surface elevation of 3,160 feet 
mean sea level (msl); (3) a new 7,600-foot-long, 21-inch diameter 
penstock; (4) a new powerhouse containing 1-2 generating units with a 
total installed capacity of 4.9 megawatts (MW); (5) an open channel 
tailrace discharging flows to Evelyn Lake; (6) a 6-mile-long, 14.4 
kilovolt (kV) overhead,

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or 24.9 kV underground transmission line; and (7) appurtenant 
facilities. The proposed 3160 Water Power Project would have an average 
annual generation of 34.1 gigawatt-hours (GWh).
    Green Power's proposed Lace Hydroelectric Project would consist of: 
(1) A new siphon intake, directional bore, or 20-foot-high concrete dam 
with either intakes at the exit of Lake 3160; (2) an existing 
reservoir, Lake 3160, with a surface areas of 451 acres, storage 
capacity of 19,710 acre-feet, and normal water surface elevation of 
3,160 feet msl; (3) a new above ground 8,800-feet-long, 22- to 24-inch-
diameter penstock; (4) a new powerhouse containing 1-2 generating units 
with a total installed capacity of 4.995 MW; (5) an open channel 
tailrace discharging flows to Evelyn Lake; (6) a 7.6-mile-long, 14.4/
24.9-kV overhead, underground, or submarine cable transmission line; 
and (7) appurtenant facilities. The annual production would be 40.1 
GWh.
    Applicants' Contact:
    Mr. Robert Grimm, Alaska Power & Telephone Company, P.O. Box 3222, 
Port Townsend, WA 98368. (360) 385-1733x120.
    Mr. Earle Ausman, Green Power Development, LLC, 1503 W. 33rd 
Avenue, Suite 211A, Anchorage, AK 99503. (907) 258-2420.
    FERC Contact: Gina Krump, [email protected], (202) 502-6704.
    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. 
Comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site 
(http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) under the ``eFiling'' 
link. For a simpler method of submitting text only comments, click on 
``Quick Comment.'' For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support 
at [email protected]; call toll-free at (866) 208-3676; or, 
for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission strongly 
encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To 
paper-file, mail an original and eight 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 the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-12661-001, or P-13599-000) in the docket 
number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-26239 Filed 10-30-09; 8:45 am]
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