[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 98 (Wednesday, May 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 29183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11711]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14588-000]


Alaska Power and Telephone Company; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On February 21, 2014, the Alaska Power and Telephone Company 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 Water Power Project (project) to be located at an unnamed 
alpine lake (Lake 3160) near Evelyn Lake on the Lace River in the City 
and Borough of Juneau, Alaska. The project would be located within the 
Tongass National Forest. 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 451-acre Lake 3160 with 19,700 acre-feet of storage; (2) 
either a siphon intake directional bore or a 20-foot-high concrete dam 
with a spillway which would increase Lake 3160's surface area to 471 
acres with 28,700 acre-feet of storage; (3) either a directional bore 
to the lake bottom or an above-ground 20- to 24-inch-diameter, 8,800-
foot-long penstock; (4) a powerhouse containing either one or two 
generating units with a total installed capacity of 4,995 kilowatts 
(kW); (5) an open channel tailrace conveying powerhouse discharges to 
Evelyn Lake; (6) a 7.6-mile-long, 14.4/24.9 kilovolt (kV) (or higher) 
transmission line which would be built either as: (i) An overhead line; 
(ii) a buried line in a conduit; (iii) submarine cable; or (iv) a 
combination of all three to intertie with the existing line at a nearby 
mine on Johnson Creek; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The estimated 
annual generation of the project would be 40 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Glen D. Martin, Project Manager, Alaska 
Power & Telephone Company, P.O. Box 3222, Port Townsend, WA 98363 
phone: (360) 385-1733, x 122.
    FERC Contact: Suzanne Novak; phone: (202) 502-6665.
    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-14588-000.
    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-14588) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: May 14, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-11711 Filed 5-20-14; 8:45 am]
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