[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60271-60272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23882]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Project No. 13599-001]

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

    On September 3, 2013, Green Power Development, LLC (Green Power) 
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 Lake 3160 Hydroelectric Project (project) to be located on Lake 
3160 near Juneau in Juneau Borough, 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

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or waters owned by others without the owners' express permission. The 
project would occupy about 475 acres of lands within the Tongass 
National Forest managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
    The proposed project would use the existing natural lake named Lake 
3160 with a surface area of 451 acres, storage capacity of 19,710 acre-
feet, and normal water surface elevation of 3,160 feet above mean sea 
level; and consist of the following new facilities: (1) A siphon 
intake, directional bore, or 20-foot-high concrete dam with either 
intakes at the exit of Lake 3160; (2) an above-ground 8,800-feet-long, 
20- to 24-inch-diameter penstock; (3) a powerhouse containing one or 
two generating units with a total installed capacity of 4.995 
megawatts; (4) an open-channel tailrace discharging flows to Evelyn 
Lake; (5) a 7.6-mile-long, 14.4/24.9-kilovolt overhead, underground, or 
submarine cable transmission line; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The 
average annual energy production would be 40 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Joel D. Groves, PE, Green Power Development, 
LLC, 1503 W. 33rd Avenue, 310, Anchorage, Alaska 99503; phone: 
(907) 258-2420, extension 204.
    FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman; phone: (202) 502-6077.
    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.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications using the Commission's eFiling system at 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], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-13599-001.
    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-13599) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: September 25, 2013.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-23882 Filed 9-30-13; 8:45 am]
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