[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 113 (Thursday, June 12, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 33742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-13699]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13563-003]


Juneau Hydropower, Inc.; Notice of Application Tendered for 
Filing With the Commission

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Major Original License.
    b. Project No.: 13563-003.
    c. Date filed: May 29, 2014.
    d. Applicant: Juneau Hydropower, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Sweetheart Lake Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On Sweetheart Lake and Sweetheart Creek in the City 
and Borough of Juneau, Alaska. The project will occupy about 2,058 
acres of federal lands located in the Tongass National Forest 
administered by the United States Forest Service.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Duff W. Mitchell, Business Manager, Juneau 
Hydropower, Inc., P.O. Box 22775, Juneau, AK 99802; (907) 789-2775.
    i. FERC Contact: John Matkowski at (202) 502-8576, 
[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 k 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. Deadline for requests for cooperating agency status: July 28, 
2014.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
requests for cooperating agency status using the Commission's eFiling 
system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 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-13563-003.
    l. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    m. The proposed Sweetheart Lake Project would consist of: (1) The 
existing Sweetheart Lake with a surface area of 1,702 acres and an 
active storage capacity of 94,069 acre-feet at normal maximum water 
elevation; (2) a 280-foot-long, 111-foot-high roller-compacted concrete 
dam; (3) an intake structure with a fish screen; (4) a 9,621-foot-long, 
15-foot-high, 15-foot-wide unlined power tunnel conveying flow from the 
project intake to the penstock; (5) a 1,056-foot-long, 7- to 9-foot-
diameter penstock, the initial 896 feet of which is located in the 
lower power tunnel; (6) a 160-foot-long, 60-foot-wide powerhouse 
containing three 6.6-megawatt Francis generating units; (7) a 541-foot-
long tailrace that will flow into Sweetheart Creek; (8) a 25-foot-long, 
5-foot-wide, 4-foot-deep salmon smolt re-entry pool located adjacent to 
the powerhouse and tailrace; (9) a switchyard adjacent to the 
powerhouse; (10) an 8.69-mile-long, 138-kilovolt (kV) transmission line 
consisting of buried, submarine, and overhead segments; (11) a 2.8-
mile-long, 12.47-kV service line; (12) a 4,400-foot-long access road; 
(13) marine access facilities including a dock, ramp, and landing site; 
(14) a caretaker facility near the powerhouse; (15) a shelter facility 
at the dam site; and (16) appurtenant facilities. The proposed 
Sweetheart Lake Project would have an average annual generation of 116 
gigawatt-hours.
    n. 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.
    o. 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/Notice of       November 2014.
 Ready for Environmental Analysis.
Filing of Comments, Terms and Conditions,  January 2015.
 Recommendations and Prescriptions.
Commission issues Draft Environmental      August 2015.
 Impact Statement (EIS).
Comments on draft EIS....................  October 2015.
Commission issues final EIS..............  March 2016.
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    Dated: June 5, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-13699 Filed 6-11-14; 8:45 am]
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