[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 84 (Monday, May 2, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26223-26224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10098]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13212-005]


Kenai Hydro, LLC; 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: Application for Original License for Major 
Project--Unconstructed.
    b. Project No.: P-13212-005.
    c. Date filed: April 18, 2016.
    d. Applicant: Kenia Hydro, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Grant Lake Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On Grant Creek, near the Town of Moose Pass, Kenai 
Peninsula Borough, Alaska. The proposed project would occupy 1,741.3 
acres of federal land within the Chugach National Forest managed by the 
U.S. Forest Service.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mikel Salzetti, Manager of Fuel Supply & 
Renewable Energy Development, 280 Airport Way, Kenai, AK 99611. (907) 
283-2375.
    i. FERC Contact: Kenneth Hogan, (202) 502-8434; 
[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

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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 60 
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 17, 2016.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and 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-13212-005.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The proposed Grant Lake Hydroelectric Project would consists of: 
(1) An intake structure within Grant Lake; (2) a 3,300-foot-long water 
conveyance; (3) a 72-inch-diameter, 150-feet-long, welded steel 
penstock; (4) a power house containing two 2.5 megawatt Francis 
turbine/generator units; (5) a 95-foot-long open channel tailrace; (6) 
a 3.6-acre tailrace detention pond; (6) a 1.1-mile-long, 115-kilovolt 
transmission line; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The project is 
estimated to generate an average of 18,600 megawatt hours (MWh) 
annually.
    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.
    q. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 
schedule will be made as appropriate.

Issue Notice of Acceptance or Deficiency Letter *--June 2016
Request Additional Information (if needed) *--June 2016
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--July 2016
Scoping Meeting (if needed)--August 2016
Comments on Scoping Document 1--September 2016
Issue Scoping Document 2--November 2016
Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis--November 2016
Request Additional Information (if needed) *--November 2016
Comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions--
January 2017
Reply Comments--March 2017
Notice of the availability of the draft NEPA document--June 2017
Comments on the draft NEPA document--July 2017
Initiate 10(j) process--July 2017
Notice of the availability of the final NEPA document--November 2017

    * A deficiency letter and/or the need for additional information 
would result in subsequent delays to the processing schedule.

    Dated: April 25, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-10098 Filed 4-29-16; 8:45 am]
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