[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 4843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-01283]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[LLC Project No. 14360-000]


Hydro Development; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On February 3, 2012, Hydro Development, LLC 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 Cascade Creek 
Hydroelectric Project (Cascade Creek Project or project) to be located 
on Swan Lake and Cascade Creek, near Petersburg, 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 consist of the following: (1) The 
existing Swan Lake with surface area of 574 acres and useable storage 
capacity of 22,500 acre-feet; (2) an outlet control structure 
consisting of a low-head weir and a 3-foot-high, 50-foot-wide crest 
gate; (3) a submerged siphon inlet with screens; (4) a tunnel and 
penstock system conveying flows from the lake siphon to the powerhouse 
including: (i) A 26-foot-long, 26-foot-wide, 98-foot-deep concrete 
lined vertical shaft containing 10-foot-diameter siphon piping and a 
siphon shutoff valve; (ii) a 12-foot-diameter, 12,700-foot-long unlined 
low pressure tunnel; (iii) a 14-foot-diameter, 1,320-foot-long unlined 
vertical shaft/vent; (iv) a 14-foot-diameter, 1,980-foot-long tunnel 
containing a 9-foot-diameter, 1,980-foot-long steel penstock; and (v) a 
9-foot-diameter, 780-foot-long buried steel penstock; (5) a 140-foot-
long, 80-foot-wide concrete and metal powerhouse with three 23.3-
megawatt (MW), vertical-shaft Pelton turbine units having a total 
installed capacity of 70 MW; (6) a 450-foot-long, 40-foot-wide riprap-
armored trapezoidal open-channel tailrace; (7) a new marine access 
facility, including a dock and barge landing ramp; (8) a 18.7-mile-
long, 138-kilovolt transmission line consisting of buried, submarine, 
and overhead segments, with interconnection to the existing Scow Bay 
substation; and (9) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual 
generation of the Cascade Creek Project would be 200 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Corky Smith, Hydro Development, LLC, 928 
Thomas Road, Bellingham, Washington 98226; phone: (360) 733-3332.
    FERC Contact: Kim Nguyen; phone: (202) 502-6105.
    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 Sec.  4.36. Comments, motions to intervene, notices of 
intent, and competing applications may be filed electronically via the 
Internet. See 18 CFR Sec.  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-14360) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: January 16, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-01283 Filed 1-22-13; 8:45 am]
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