Document ID: FERC-2011-1723-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Goat Lake Hydro, Inc.
Posted Date: 2011-11-09T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 217 (Wednesday, November 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69721-69722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28992]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14229-000]

Goat Lake Hydro, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On July 15, 2011, Goat Lake Hydro, Inc. 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 Connelly Lake 
Hydropower Project (Connelly Lake Project) to be located on Connelly 
Lake, and an unknown tributary of the Chilkoot River, Haines 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 will consist of the existing 90-acre Connelly Lake and 
the following proposed new facilities: (1) A 60-foot-high rock-filled 
dam proposed to be constructed at the outlet of Connelly Lake which 
would raise Connelly Lake from elevation 2,280 feet to 2,325 feet mean 
sea level and increase the surface area from 90 acres to170 acres; (2) 
an intake to be constructed on the left abutment of the dam; (3) a 
spillway (either an ungated weir on the right abutment of the dam, or a 
shaft spillway on the left abutment); (4) a 42-inch-diameter, 5,700-
foot-long, above-ground penstock extending from the outlet of the 
intake tunnel to the powerhouse on the west bank of the Chilkoot River; 
(5) a 40-foot-long, 60-foot-wide powerhouse to contain two turbine/
generating units with a total installed capacity of 12 megawatts, with 
a hydraulic capacity of 90 cubic feet per second, and an average 
hydraulic head of 2,120 feet; (6) an excavated, riprap-lined channel 
tailrace extending about 50 feet from the powerhouse to the Chilkoot 
River; (7) a 14-mile-long, 34.5-kilovolt transmission line proposed to 
interconnect with a local, existing utility transmission line; and (8) 
appurtenant facilities. The

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estimated annual generation of the Connelly Lake Project would be 45 
gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert S. Grimm, CEO/President, Goat Lake 
Hydro, Inc., c/o Alaska Power & Telephone Company, P.O. Box 3222, Port 
Townsend, WA 98368. phone: (360) 385-1733 ex. 120.
    FERC Contact: Kim Nguyen; phone: (202) 502-6105, or 
kim.nguyen@ferc.gov.
    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 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-14229-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: November 2, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-28992 Filed 11-8-11; 8:45 am]
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