[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 16, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28873-28874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-11834]


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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 Extension of 
Time for 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 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.
    The deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing 
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file 
competing applications has been extended 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.


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    Dated: May 10, 2012.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-11834 Filed 5-15-12; 8:45 am]
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