[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 83 (Friday, April 30, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22775-22776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10061]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13124-000]


Copper Valley Electric Association; Notice of Scoping Meeting and 
Soliciting Scoping Comments for an Oirginal Application for License

April 23, 2010.
    a. Type of Application: Original License Application.
    b. Project No.: 13124-000.
    c. Applicant: Copper Valley Electric Association.
    d. Name of Project: Allison Lake Project.
    e. Location: on the south side of Port Valdez, on the shore 
opposite from the community of Valdez, Alaska, near the Alyeska Marine 
Terminal and the terminus of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) in 
Township 9 South, Range 6 West, Seward Meridian, Alaska.
    f. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    g. Applicant Contact: Robert A. Wilkinson, CEO, Copper Valley 
Electric Association, P.O. Box 45, Mile 187 Glenn Highway, Glennallen, 
Alaska 99588, 907-822-3211, [email protected].
    h. FERC Contact: Gaylord Hoisington, phone at (202) 502-6032; e-
mail at [email protected].
    i. Deadline for filing scoping comments: July 12, 2010.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure 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.
    Scoping comments 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.
    j. The proposed project would consist of: (1) A 70-foot high, 17-
foot-wide rock-filled embankment dam; (2) a 12,500-acre-foot storage 
reservoir; (3) 9,700-foot-long, 33-inch-diameter-steel pipeline; (4) a 
40-foot-high, 40-foot wide powerhouse; (5) a 4,000 kilowatt horizontal 
pelton turbine; (6) a 150-foot-long tailrace channel; (7) a switchyard; 
(8) 2.5-mile-long transmission line; and (9) all appurtenant 
structures.
    k. Scoping Process: Copper Valley Electric Association (Copper 
Valley) has requested use of the Commission's alternative licensing 
procedures (ALP). To date, the Commission has not acted upon that 
request. Under the ALP, Copper Valley will prepare a Preliminary Draft 
Environmental Assessment (PDEA) and license application for the Allison 
Lake Project.
    Copper Valley expects to file, with the Commission, the PDEA and 
the license application for the Allison Lake Project by July 30, 2010. 
Although Copper Valley's intent is to prepare a PDEA, there is the 
possibility that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be 
required. Nevertheless, this meeting will satisfy the scoping 
requirements, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969, as amended, irrespective of whether an EA or EIS is issued by the 
Commission.
    The purpose of this notice is to inform you of the opportunity to 
participate in the upcoming scoping meetings identified below, and to 
solicit your scoping comments.

Scoping Meetings

    Copper Valley and the Commission staff will hold two scoping 
meetings, one in the daytime and one in the evening, to help us 
identify the scope of issues to be addressed in the PDEA.
    The daytime scoping meeting will focus on resource agency concerns, 
while the evening scoping meeting is primarily for public input. All 
interested agencies, Indian tribes, individuals, and organizations are 
invited to attend one or both of the meetings, and to assist staff in 
identifying the environmental issues that should be analyzed in the 
PDEA. The times and locations of these meetings are as follows:

Daytime Meeting

    Monday, May 10, 2010, 10 a.m.-Noon, Carr Gottstein Academic 
Building, Veco Board Room, 4101 University Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508.

    Note:  Parking is available to the east of the building.

Evening Meeting

    Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 7 p.m. (Alaska time zone), Valdez Civic 
Center, 110 Clifton, Valdez, AK.
    To help focus discussions, Scoping Document 1 (SD1) was mailed on 
April 23, 2010, outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the 
license to the parties on the mailing list. Copies of the SD1 also will 
be available at the scoping meetings. SD1 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.
    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.
    Based on all written comments received, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) 
may be issued. SD2 will include a revised list of issues, based on the 
scoping meetings.

Objectives

    At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) Summarize the 
environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the NEPA 
analysis; (2) solicit from the meeting participants all available 
information, especially quantifiable data, on the resources at issue; 
(3) encourage statements from experts and the public on issues that 
should be analyzed in the PDEA, including viewpoints in opposition to, 
or in support of, staff's preliminary views; (4) determine the resource 
issues to be addressed in the PDEA; and (5) identify those issues that 
require a detailed analysis, as well as those issues that do not 
require a detailed analysis.

Procedures

    The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer and will become 
part of the formal record of the Commission proceeding for the project.

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    Individuals, organizations, agencies, and Indian tribes with 
environmental expertise and concerns are encouraged to attend the 
meetings and to assist Copper Valley and Commission staff in defining 
and clarifying the issues to be addressed in the PDEA.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-10061 Filed 4-29-10; 8:45 am]
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