Document ID: FERC-2013-0569-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Community of Elfin Cove, DBA Elfin Cove Utility Commission
Posted Date: 2013-05-06T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 87 (Monday, May 6, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 26359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-10637]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14514-000]

 Community of Elfin Cove, DBA Elfin Cove Utility Commission; 
Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and 
Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On April 24, 2013, the Community of Elfin Cove, DBA Elfin Cove 
Utility Commission County (Elfin Cove) filed an application for a 
preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act 
(FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Crooked Creek and 
Jim's Lake Hydroelectric Project (project) to be located on Crooked 
Creek and Jim's Lake, 70 miles east of Juneau, in the unincorporated 
Sitka Recording District, 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 two developments, the Upper 
System and the Lower System.

Upper System

    (1) A 40-foot-long, 4-foot-wide, 4-foot-wide diversion structure to 
divert up to five cubic feet per second (cfs) from Crooked Creek; (2) a 
1,450-foot-long, 1-foot-diameter penstock extending between the 
diversion structure and the powerhouse; (3) a powerhouse containing a 
35-kilowatt (kW) power recovery turbine; (4) a 25-foot-long, 8-foot-
wide, 3-foot-deep cobble-lined tailrace discharging flows into Jim's 
Lake; (5) an underground 7,300-foot-long, 7.2/12.47-kilovolt (kV) 
transmission line extending from both of the project powerhouses to 
Elfin Cove's existing 7.2/12.47-kV transmission line; and (6) 
appurtenant facilities.

Lower System

    (1) A siphon intake located in Jim's Lake to divert seven cfs from 
Jim's Lake; (2) a 1,800-foot-long, 1.2-foot-diameter penstock extending 
between the siphon intake and the powerhouse; (3) a powerhouse 
containing a 125-kW Pelton or impulse turbine; (4) a 150-foot-long, 8-
foot-wide, 3-foot-deep cobble-lined tailrace discharging flows into 
Port Althorp; and (5) appurtenant facilities.
    The estimated annual generation of the project would be 672.7 
gigawatt-hours. The project would be partially located on 60 acres of 
federal lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service in the Tongass 
National Forest.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Joel Groves, Polarconsult Alaska, Inc., 1503 
W. 33rd Avenue, 310, Anchorage, Alaska 99503; phone: (907) 
258-2420 ext. 204.
    FERC Contact: Kim Nguyen; phone: (202) 502-6105.
    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. 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 five 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-14514) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: April 30, 2013.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-10637 Filed 5-3-13; 8:45 am]
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