[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 18, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27775-27776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11783]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project Nos. 13212-001;13211-001]
Kenai Hydro, LLC; Notice of Scoping Meetings, Environmental Site
Review, and Soliciting Scoping Comments
May 11, 2010.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
a. Type of Application: Original Minor License.
b. Project Nos.: P-13212-001 and P-13211-001.
c. Date Filed: August 6, 2009.
d. Applicant: Kenai Hydro, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Grant Lake/Falls Creek Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: Grant Lake, Grand Creek, and Falls Creek on the Kenai
Peninsula, near the community of Moose Pass, Alaska. The project would
occupy lands within the Chugach National Forest.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Brad Zubeck, Kenai Hydro, LLC, 3977 Lake
Street, Homer, Alaska 99603; (907) 335-6204.
i. FERC Contact: Mark Ivy at (202) 502-6156 or mark.ivy @ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: July 6, 2010.
All documents 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.
The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all
interveners 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 intervener 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.
k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
l. The project would consist of: a new 10-foot-high, 120-foot-wide
concrete gravity dam on Grant Lake, with a 60-foot-wide spillway
section at elevation 709 feet mean sea level (msl); the 1,790-acre
Grant Lake with active storage of 48,000 acre-feet of storage between
675 and 706 feet msl; a new multi-level intake at Grant Lake; a new
2,800-foot-long, 10-foot-high horseshoe power tunnel; a new 8-foot-
diameter, 110-foot-high surge tank; a new 650-foot-long, 66-inch-
diameter steel penstock; a new powerhouse containing two Francis
generating units with total installed capacity of 4.5 MW; a new 200-
foot-long open channel tailrace; a 3.5-mile-long, overhead or
underground transmission line at 115, 69, or 24.9-kilovolt (kV), or
twelve 15-kV; a new 3.4-mile-long access road; and appurtenant
facilities.
m. 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.
n. Scoping Process.
The Commission intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA)
on the project in accordance with the National Environmental Policy
Act. The EA will consider both site-specific and cumulative
environmental impacts and reasonable alternatives to the proposed
action.
Scoping Meetings
FERC staff will conduct one daytime scoping meeting and one evening
scoping meeting. The daytime scoping meeting will focus on resource
agency and non-governmental organization concerns, while the evening
scoping meeting is primarily for public input. All interested
individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to attend one or
both of the meetings, and to assist the staff in identifying the scope
of the environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA. The
times and locations of these meetings are as follows:
Evening Scoping Meeting
Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2010.
Time: 7 p.m. (Alaska ST).
Place: Moose Pass Community Hall.
Address: Mile 29.5 Seward Highway, Moose Pass, AK 99631.
Daytime Scoping Meeting
Date: Thursday, June 3, 2010.
Time: 10 a.m. (Alaska ST).
Place: Moose Pass Community Hall.
Address: Mile 29.5 Seward Highway, Moose Pass, AK 99631.
Copies of the Scoping Document 1 (SD1) outlining the subject areas
to be addressed in the EA were distributed to the parties on the
Commission's mailing list. Copies of the SD1 will be available at the
scoping meeting or may be viewed on the Web at http://www.ferc.gov
using the ``eLibrary'' link [see item (m) above].
Environmental Site Review
The Applicant and FERC staff will conduct a project environmental
site review beginning at 8 a.m. (Alaska ST) on June 2, 2010. All
interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to
attend. Participants should meet at Scenic Mountain Air boat launch,
31702 Depot Road, Moose Pass, AK 99631. Participants should be in good
health and prepared/able to hike without assistance in unimproved trail
conditions for the entire day ( 3 miles with 200 feet of
elevation gain). Participants should also pack their own lunch, snacks
and water, wear waterproof, rugged footwear, and be prepared for
inclement and potentially cold weather conditions. Anyone with
questions about the environmental site review (or needing directions)
should contact Jenna Borovansky at (208) 765-1413 or
[email protected]. Those individuals planning to
participate in the environmental site review should notify Ms.
Borovansky of their intent, no later than May 23, 2010.
Objectives
At the scoping meetings, the staff will: (1) Summarize the
environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EA; (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 EA, including viewpoints in opposition to, or in
support of, the staff's preliminary views; (4) determine the
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resource issues to be addressed in the EA; 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 are recorded by a stenographer and become part of the
formal record of the Commission proceeding on the project.
Individuals, organizations, and agencies with environmental
expertise and concerns are encouraged to attend the meeting and to
assist the staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed
in the EA.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-11783 Filed 5-17-10; 8:45 am]
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