[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21554-21555]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8523]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14241-000]


Alaska Energy Authority; Notice of Extension of Time To File 
Comments on the Pad and Scoping Document, and To Identify Issues and 
Associated Study Requests

    On February 24, 2012, the Commission issued Notice of Intent to 
File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document (PAD) and 
Commencement of Pre-Filing Process; Notice of Intent to Prepare an 
Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct Scoping; Request for 
Comments on the PAD and Scoping Document, and Identification of Issues 
and Associated Study Requests. The notice established a due date of 
April 27, 2012, to file comments on the PAD and the scoping document, 
and to file study requests for the Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric 
Project. The U.S. National Park Service, the National Marine Fisheries 
Service, Bureau of Land Management, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
requested an extension of time to May 31, 2012, to file comments and 
study requests given the complexity of the project and the large number 
of studies. They also note the need for additional time to review draft 
study plans prepared by the Alaska Energy Authority (AEA) and to more 
collaboratively develop study plans with the AEA. On March 26, 2012, 
AEA filed a letter of support for the extension of time and a request 
to modify the due date for the initial and updated study report 
meetings to January 6, 2014 and January 5, 2015, respectively to avoid 
meetings between Christmas and New Years.
    Due to the large size of this original project and the large number 
of studies proposed to address complex issues, the due date for all 
participants to file comments and study requests is extended until May 
31, 2012, pursuant to section 5.29(f)(2) of the Commission's 
regulations. This extension will facilitate AEA's unique approach to 
collaboratively develop study plans and will not delay processing of 
the license application. AEA's request to modify the due date for the 
initial and updated study reports is also granted. A revised schedule 
for this project will be published in Scoping Document 2, which will be 
issued by July 16, 2012.


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    Dated: April 2, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-8523 Filed 4-9-12; 8:45 am]
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