[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 3, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20019-20020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-7909]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14369-000]


Nuvista Light and Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Notice of 
Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On March 2, 2012, Nuvista Light and Electric Cooperative, 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 Chikuminuk Lake Hydroelectric Project (Chikuminuk Project or 
project) to be located on the Allen River, 118 miles southeast of 
Bethel, Alaska, in the unincorporated Bethel and Dillingham Census 
Area, Alaska. The project would be partially located on federal lands 
managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Yukon Delta 
National Wildlife Refuge. The sole purpose of a preliminary

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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 consist of the following: (1) An 
approximately 1,325-foot-long, 128-foot-high concrete-faced rockfill 
dam; (2) a 25-foot-diameter intake structure; (3) a 775-foot-long, 25-
foot-diameter tunnel bringing flows from the intake to a gate house; 
(4) a gate house and gate shaft to convey flows from the tunnel to the 
main penstock; (5) a 120-foot-long, 9- to 13-foot-diameter main 
penstock, which bifercates into a 135-foot-long, 9-foot-diameter 
penstock leading to turbine 1 and a 115-foot-long, 9-foot-diameter 
penstock leading to turbine 2; (6) a 150-foot-long, 75-foot-wide 
powerhouse containing two vertical Francis turbine/generator units 
rated for 6.7 megawatts (MW) each, for a total installed capacity of 
13.4 MW; (7) a 100-foot-long, 75-foot-wide tailrace returning project 
flows to the Allen River; (8) a 118-mile long, 138-kilovolt 
transmission line leading from the powerhouse to a substation in the 
town of Bethel; (9) project access facilities, including a float plane 
dock and a heliport; (10) project roads leading from the float plane 
dock to the dam and powerhouse; and (11) appurtenant facilities. The 
estimated annual generation of the Chikuminuk Project would be 88.7 
gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Ms. Elaine Brown, Executive Director, Nuvista 
Light and Electric Cooperative, Inc., 301 Calista Court, Suite A, 
Anchorage, Alaska 99518; phone: (907) 868-2460.
    FERC Contact: Jennifer Harper; phone: (202) 502-6136.
    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-14369) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: March 27, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-7909 Filed 4-2-12; 8:45 am]
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