[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 25, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8416-8417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01675]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14810-000]
Chugach Electric Association, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On December 23, 2016, Chugach Electric Association, Inc. filed an
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the
Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the
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feasibility of the Snow River Hydroelectric Project (Snow River Project
or project) to be located on the Snow River, near Seward in the Kenai
Peninsula 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 or waters owned by others without the
owners' express permission. The project would utilize 15,957 acres of
land owned by the U.S. Forest Service.
The project consists of two alternatives both using the following
new facilities: (1) A 700-foot-long, 300-foot-high concrete-faced
rockfill or roller compacted concrete gravity dam with a 400-foot-long
spillway built into the crest of the dam; (2) a 300-foot-long, 60-foot-
high concrete-faced rockfill or roller compacted concrete gravity
auxiliary dam on the right bank; (3) a 500-foot-long, 80-foot-high
concrete-faced rockfill or roller compacted concrete gravity auxiliary
dam on the left bank; and (4) a 5,321-acre reservoir.
Alternative 1
(1) A 10,040-foot-long, 14 foot-diameter horseshoe intake tunnel;
(2) a 1,140-foot long, 173-inch-diameter steel penstock; (3) an 80-
foot-long, 100-foot-wide pre-engineered metal powerhouse with three
turbine units rated at 25 megawatts (MW) each for 75 MW total; (4) a
submerged tailrace discharge; (5) a 2.55-mile-long, 69-kilovolt (kV)
transmission line tying into an existing high voltage transmission line
located west of the proposed powerhouse; (6) a 1,410-foot-long access
road to the intake tunnel and dam; (7) a 6,858-foot-long access road to
the powerhouse; and (8) appurtenant facilities.
Alternative 2
(1) A 3,310-foot-long, 14 foot-diameter horseshoe intake tunnel;
(2) a 2,650-foot long, 173-inch-diamater steel penstock; (3) the same
powerhouse, turbine, tailrace and transmission line as described above
for Alternative 1; (4) a 12,600-foot-long access road to the intake
tunnel and dam; (5) a 8,000-foot-long access road to the powerhouse;
and (6) appurtenant facilities.
The estimated annual generation of the Snow River Project would be
341 gigawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Paul Risse, Senior Vice President, Chugach
Electric Association, Inc., 5601 Electron Drive, Anchorage, AK 99518;
phone: (907) 563-7494.
FERC Contact: Julia Kolberg, phone: (202) 502-8261 or email:
[email protected].
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-14810-000.
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-14810) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: January 18, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-01675 Filed 1-24-17; 8:45 am]
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