Document ID: FERC-2009-1391-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Port Frederick Tidal Power Project; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications
Posted Date: 2009-09-15T04:00Z

[Federal Register: September 15, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 177)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13512-000]

 
Port Frederick Tidal Power Project; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

September 4, 2009.
    On August 7, 2009, Alaska Power & Telephone Company filed an 
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the Port 
Frederick Tidal Power Project (Port Frederick Project or project), 
which would be located on South Bight and North Bight (bays) in Port 
Frederick, an inlet off Icy Strait near Hoonah, 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: (1) A proposed 
25-foot-high, 400-foot-long earth-and-rock fill embankment closure dike 
across a narrow channel of South Bight; (2) a

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proposed 4,500-acre-foot reservoir formed by the South Bight closure 
dike and having a surface area of 330 acres; (3) a proposed inlet 
structure on the South Bight closure dike with a hydraulic capacity of 
about 9,000 cubic feet per second (cfs); (4) a proposed 80-foot-high, 
4,000-foot-long earth-and-rock fill embankment closure dike across 
North Bight; (5) a proposed 4,500-acre-foot reservoir formed by the 
North Bight closure dike and having a surface area of 500 acres; (6) a 
proposed outlet structure on North Bight closure dike with a hydraulic 
capacity of 8,000 cfs; (7) a proposed powerhouse with one generating 
unit; (8) a proposed 10-mile-long, 12.5-kilovolt transmission line 
connecting the powerhouse to the Inland Passage Electric Company's 
electrical system in Hoonah; (9) proposed construction of about 3 miles 
of project access roads; and (10) appurtenant facilities. The proposed 
project would have an installed capacity of 400 kilowatts and an 
estimated average annual generation of about 2,700 megawatt-hours. The 
proposed project would occupy about 112 acres of federal lands managed 
by the Tongass National Forest.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert S. Grimm, President, Alaska Power & 
Telephone Co., P.O. Box 3222, Port Townsend, WA 98368; Ph. (360) 385-
1733 ext. 120.
    FERC Contact: Nick Jayjack, 202-502-6073.
    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. 
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 website 
under the ``e-Filing'' link. If unable to be filed electronically, 
documents may be paper-filed. To paper-file, an original and eight 
copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For 
more information on how to submit these types of filings please go to 
the Commission's Web site located at http://www.ferc.gov/filing-
comments.asp. 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-13512) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-22094 Filed 9-14-09; 8:45 am]

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