[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 145 (Thursday, July 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49636-49637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17855]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. P-13212-005; Project No. P-13212-005]


 Kenai Hydro, LLC ; Notice of Scoping Meetings and Environmental 
Site Review and Soliciting Scoping Comments

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Application for Original License for Major 
Project--Unconstructed.
    b. Project No.: 13212-005.
    c. Date filed: April 18, 2016.
    d. Applicant: Kenai 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: Mike Salzetti, Manager of Fuel Supply & 
Renewable Energy Development, 280 Airport Way, Kenai, AK 99611. (907) 
283-2375.
    i. FERC Contact: Kenneth Hogan, [email protected], 202-502-
8434.
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: October 10, 2016.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
scoping comments 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-13212-005.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
interveners filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person on the official service list for the 
project. Further, if an intervener files comments or documents with the 
Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the 
responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve 
a copy of the document on that resource agency.
    k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The proposed Grant Lake Hydroelectric Project would consist of: 
(1) An intake structure within Grant Lake; (2) a 3,300-foot-long 
tunnel; (3) a 72-inch-diameter, 150-foot-long, 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; (7) two miles of project access road; and (8) appurtenant 
facilities.
    m. 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. Copies are also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the Kenai Community Library at 163 Main St Loop, Kenai, 
AK 99611 and at the Homer Electric Office at 280 Airport Way, Kenai, AK 
99611.
    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.
    n. Scoping Process:
    The Commission intends to prepare an Environmental assessment (EA) 
on the project in accordance with the National Environmental Policy 
Act. The EA will consider both site-specific and cumulative 
environmental impacts and reasonable alternatives to the proposed 
action.

Scoping Meetings

    FERC staff will conduct one agency scoping meeting and one public 
meeting. The agency scoping meeting will be held during business hours 
and will focus on resource agency and non-governmental organization 
(NGO) concerns, while the public scoping meeting is primarily for 
public input and will be held in the evening. All interested 
individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to attend one or 
both of the meetings, and to assist the staff in identifying the scope 
of the environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA. The 
times and locations of these meetings are as follows:

Evening Scoping Meeting

    Date and Time: Wednesday, September 7, at 7:00 p.m. (Local Time).
    Location: Moose Pass Community Hall, Mile 29.5 Seward Highway, 
Moose Pass, AK 99631.

Daytime Scoping Meeting

    Date and Time: Thursday, September 8, at 10:00 a.m. (Local Time).

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    Location: Moose Pass Community Hall, Mile 29.5 Seward Highway, 
Moose Pass, AK 99631.
    Copies of the Scoping Document (SD3) outlining the subject areas to 
be addressed in the EA were distributed to the parties on the 
Commission's mailing list and to Kenai Hydro's distribution list. 
Copies of the SD3 will be available at the scoping meetings and may be 
viewed on the Web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link 
(see item m above).

Environmental Site Review

    The Applicant and FERC staff will conduct a project Environmental 
Site Review beginning at 8:00 a.m. on September 7, 2016. All 
participants interested in the environmental site review and hiking 
into the location of the proposed powerhouse should meet at the Moose 
Pass Community Hall on the Seward Highway at mile 29.5 by 8 a.m. on 
September 7, 2016. Participants should be in good health and prepared/
able to hike without assistance for 5 miles in unimproved trail 
conditions with a 200 yard section of off trail hiking in a heavily 
forested area. The elevation gain for the hike is approximately 200 
feet. Participants should also pack their own lunch, snacks and water, 
wear rugged footwear, and be prepared for inclement and potentially 
cold weather conditions. Anyone with questions about the site visit 
should contact Mike Salzetti at (907) 283-2375 or 
[email protected]. Those individuals planning to participate 
in the site visit should notify Mr. Salzetti of their intent, no later 
than August 26, 2016.

Objectives

    At the scoping meetings, the staff will: (1) Summarize the 
environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EA; (2) 
solicit from the meeting participants all available information, 
especially quantifiable data, on the resources at issue; (3) encourage 
statements from experts and the public on issues that should be 
analyzed in the EA, including viewpoints in opposition to, or in 
support of, the staff's preliminary views; (4) determine the resource 
issues to be addressed in the EA; and (5) identify those issues that 
require a detailed analysis, as well as those issues that do not 
require a detailed analysis.

Procedures

    The meetings are recorded by a stenographer and become part of the 
formal record of the Commission proceeding on the project.
    Individuals, organizations, and agencies with environmental 
expertise and concerns are encouraged to attend the meeting and to 
assist the staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed 
in the EA.

    Dated: July 22, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-17855 Filed 7-27-16; 8:45 am]
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