[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 58 (Monday, March 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 17475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-7148]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14346-000]


Southern Energy, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On January 11, 2012, Southern Energy, Inc. filed an application for 
a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act 
(FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Walker Lake 
Hydroelectric Project (Walker Lake Project or project) to be located on 
Walker Lake, near Haines, Haines Borough, Alaska. 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.
    The proposed project would utilize the existing Walker Lake and 
would consist of the following new features: (1) Two rockfilled dams 
approximately 15-foot-wide, 250- and 325-foot-long, respectively making 
usable capacity of Walker Lake to be 4,300 acre-feet at a normal 
maximum operating elevation of 1,195 feet mean sea level (msl); (2) a 
concrete spillway and diversion channel for controlled releases to 
Walker Creek; (3) a freestanding concrete intake and reservoir outlet 
works at elevation 1,170 feet msl diverting flow from the southeast dam 
into the penstock; (4) a 24-inch-diameter, 12,000-foot-long penstock, 
of which approximately 10,000 feet will be buried and 2,000 feet will 
be aboveground; (5) a powerhouse containing one generating unit rated 
for one megawatt at 780 feet of net head; (6) a 50-foot-long tailrace 
connecting the powerhouse with the Little Salmon River; (7) an 
underground 4-mile-long, 12.5-kilovolt (kV) transmission line extending 
from the project to a transmission line owned by Inside Passage 
Electric Cooperative (the point of interconnection); and (8) 
appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation of the Walker 
Lake Project would be 3,615 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Darrell Maple, President, Lynn Canal 
Professional Services, 660 S. Oregon Street, Jacksonville, Oregon, 
97530; phone: (541) 261-3764.
    FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott; phone: (202) 502-6480.
    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. 
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements 
of 18 CFR 4.36. 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/efiling.asp. Commenters can 
submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior 
registration, using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information 
at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online 
Support at [email protected] or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, 
or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, 
mail an original and seven 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 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14346) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: March 15, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-7148 Filed 3-23-12; 8:45 am]
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