Document ID: FERC-2013-0239-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Juneau Hydropower, Inc.
Posted Date: 2013-02-21T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 35 (Thursday, February 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 12050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03953]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13563-002]

Juneau Hydropower, Inc.; Notice of Successive Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On December 3, 2012, Juneau Hydropower, Inc., filed an application 
for a successive preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the 
Sweetheart Lake Project located on Lower Sweetheart Lake and Sweetheart 
Creek in Juneau, 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 proposed project would consist of the following facilities: (1) 
A new 275-foot-long, 105-foot-high concrete and rock face dam, 
including project intake facilities and a 125-foot-wide overflow 
spillway, constructed at the natural outlet of Lower Sweetheart Lake; 
(2) the existing Lower Sweetheart Lake, raised to a surface elevation 
of 628 feet above mean sea level, with a surface area of 1,701.5 acres 
and an active storage capacity of 94,069 acre-feet at the normal 
maximum water elevation; (3) a new 500-foot-long, 10-foot-diameter 
stream diversion tunnel that would be converted to reservoir outlet 
works after project construction; (4) a new 9,595-foot-long, 12-foot-
diameter penstock diverting flow from the project intake to the 
powerhouse; (5) a new powerhouse containing three new 6.6-megawatt 
(MW), Francis generating units having a total installed capacity of 
19.8 MW; (6) a tailrace consisting of a new 76-foot-wide to 22-foot-
wide, 75-foot-long open afterbay; a new 225-foot-long, 12-foot-diameter 
tunnel extending from the afterbay to an outlet structure on a 
tributary to Sweetheart Creek; and an existing tributary stream 
channel, modified to a 100-foot-long, 35-foot-wide channel that will 
flow into Sweetheart Creek; (7) new marine access facilities, including 
a dual-height marine ramp, floating docks for seaplane and boat access, 
and a staging area adjacent to the docks; (8) a new switchyard adjacent 
to the powerhouse; (9) a new 8.69-mile-long, 138-kilovolt transmission 
line, consisting of buried, submarine, and overhead segments; (10) a 
new 4,400-foot-long access road; and (11) appurtenant facilities. The 
proposed Sweetheart Lake Project would have an average annual 
generation of 111 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Duff Mitchell, Business Manager, Juneau 
Hydropower, Inc. P.O. Box 22775, Juneau, AK 99802; email: 
duff.mitchell@juneauhydro.com; phone: (907) 789-2775.
    FERC Contact: Jennifer Harper; phone: (202) 502-6136.
    The original notice, issued on January 9, 2013, was not published 
in the Juneau newspaper in a timely manner. Therefore, the deadline for 
filing comments, motions to intervene, competing applications (without 
notices of intent), or notices of intent to file competing applications 
has been extended to 60 days from the issuance of this notice. 
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements 
of 18 CFR 4.36. Comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and 
competing applications may be filed electronically via the Internet. 
See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's 
Web site 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 FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, 
or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, 
mail an original and seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, 
DC 20426.
    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-13563) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: February 14, 2013.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-03953 Filed 2-20-13; 8:45 am]
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