[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35368-35369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-14450]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14066-002]


Inside Passage Electric Cooperative; Notice of Application 
Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study 
Requests

    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 No.: P-14066-002.
    c. Date filed: May 25, 2012.
    d. Applicant: Inside Passage Electric Cooperative.
    e. Name of Project: Gartina Falls Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On Gartina Creek, near the Town of Hoonah, Alaska. The 
project would not occupy any federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Peter A. Bibb, Operations Manager, Inside 
Passage Electric Cooperative, P.O. Box 210149, 12480 Mendenhall Loop 
Road, Auke Bay, AK 99821, (907) 789-3196, [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen, 888 1st St. NE., Washington, DC 
20426, (202) 502-8074, [email protected].
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ] 
61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 30 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: June 25, 2012.
    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/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.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The proposed Gartina Falls project would consist of: (1) A 56-
foot-long, 14-foot-high concrete diversion structure at the head of 
Gartina Falls; (2) a sluiceway constructed on the left side of the 
center diversion section to convey flow to an intake chamber; (3) an 
approximately 54-inch-diameter, 225-foot-long steel penstock that would 
convey water from the intake chamber to the powerhouse; (4) a 
powerhouse containing a single 445-kilowatt cross-flow turbine/
generator unit, discharging flows directly to Gartina Creek; (5) an 
approximately 3.8-mile-long, 12.5-kilovolt transmission line; (6) an 
approximately 0.5-mile-long access road; and (7) appurtenant 
facilities. The estimated annual generation output for the project is 
1.81 gigawatt-hours.
    o. 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. 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 email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    p. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 
schedule will be made as appropriate.

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    Issue Notice of Acceptance--June 2012.
    Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--July 2012.
    Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis--December 2012.
    Commission issues final EA or final EIS--April 2013.

    Dated: June 6, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-14450 Filed 6-12-12; 8:45 am]
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