Document ID: FERC-2017-0515-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Hydroelectric Applications: Alaska Electric Light&Power Co.
Posted Date: 2017-04-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 78 (Tuesday, April 25, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19036-19037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08266]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2307-078]

Alaska Electric Light & Power Company; Notice of Application 
Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, 
Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New license.
    b. Project No.: 2307-078.
    c. Date filed: August 31, 2016.
    d. Applicant: Alaska Electric Power & Light Company.
    e. Name of Project: Salmon and Annex Creek Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On Salmon Creek and Annex Creek in the City and 
Borough of Juneau, Alaska. The project occupies approximately 648.45 
acres of federal lands located in the Tongass National Forest 
administered by the US Forest Service and operates under an existing 
license issued in 1988.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Christy Yearous, Project Manager, Alaska 
Electric light & Power Company, 5601 Tonsgard Ct., Juneau, AK 99801-
7201; email Christy.Yearous@aelp.com
    i. FERC Contact: Suzanne Novak at (202) 502-6665; or email at 
Suzanne.novak@ferc.gov
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this 
notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this 
notice. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please 
file comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions 
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 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (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-2307-078. The Commission's Rules of Practice require 
all intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person on the official service list for the 
project. Further, if an intervenor files comments or documents with the 
Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the 
responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve 
a copy of the document on that resource agency.
    k. This application has been accepted and is ready for 
environmental analysis.
    l. The existing Salmon Creek Project consists of two developments: 
The Salmon Creek Development and the Annex Creek Development. The 
Salmon Creek Development consists of the following existing facilities: 
(1) The 165-acre Salmon Creek Reservoir impounded by a 648-foot-long, 
186-foot-high dam, with ten 5-foot-wide spillway bays; (2) a 1,500-
foot-long canal used to periodically divert water from tributary 
streams into Salmon Creek Reservoir; (3) a 10-foot-wide, 11-foot high 
intake structure with trashracks; (4) a 3-foot-diameter conduit that 
conveys flows from the dam to the project valvehouse located 
immediately downstream; (5) a 4,290-foot-long, 3.3- to -2-foot-diameter 
penstock that conveys flows from the valvehouse to the decommissioned 
Upper Powerhouse where it connects to an 11,303-foot-long, 3.5-foot-
diameter penstock that narrows to a 2.5-foot-diameter immediately 
before entering the Lower Powerhouse; (6) the 57-foot-long, 44-foot-
wide, 32-foot-high Lower Powerhouse, which contains a 6.9-megawatt (MW) 
impulse turbine; (7) an approximately 250-foot-long tailrace that flows 
underneath Egan Drive and empties into a pond adjacent to the Douglas 
Island Pink and Chum, Inc. hatchery; and (8) appurtenant facilities. 
The Annex Creek Development consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) the 264-acre Upper Annex Lake, impounded by a 118-foot-
long, 20-foot-high dam with a 57-foot-wide spillway that discharges 
flow in excess of those needed for generation into the 27-acre natural 
Lower Annex Lake via a 0.15-mile-long outlet stream; (2) a 61-foot-
long, 6-foot-high timber saddle dam located just west of the main dam; 
(3) a lake tap intake on Upper Annex Lake; (4) a 1,433-foot-long power 
tunnel that narrows from 8 feet wide and 8 feet high at the intake to a 
6.5-diameter tunnel at the project valvehouse; (5) the project 
valvehouse containing the penstock intake; (6) the 7,097-foot-long, 
3.5-foot-diameter penstock that narrows to a 2.8-foot-diameter before 
it bifurcates at the powerhouse to provide flows to two impulse turbine 
units with a total installed capacity of 3.675 MW; (7) the 67-foot-
long, 48-foot-wide, 40-foot-high powerhouse; (8) a tailrace that 
discharges flows over a weir into Taku Inlet; (9) a 12.5-mile-long, 23-
kilovolt (kV) transmission line that conveys power to the Than 
substation; and (10) appurtenant facilities. The project currently 
operates to provide base load generation with an estimated annual 
output of 53.8 gigawatt-hours. No changes to project operation or 
facilities are proposed.
    m. A copy of the application is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' 
link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the 
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above. All filings must (1) bear 
in all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' 
``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' 
(2) set forth in the heading the name of the applicant and the project 
number of the application to which the filing responds; (3) furnish the 
name, address, and telephone number of the person submitting the 
filing; and (4) otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 
385.2001 through 385.2005. All comments, recommendations, terms, and 
conditions or prescriptions must set forth their evidentiary basis and 
otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may 
obtain copies of the application directly from the applicant. Each 
filing must be accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on 
the service list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in 
accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b), and 385.2010. You may also register 
online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be 
notified via email of new filings and issuances related to this or 
other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
    n. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following 
the date of issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the water quality 
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including 
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request; 
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification.
    o. Public notice of the filing of the initial development 
application, which has already been given, established the

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due date for filing competing applications or notices of intent. Under 
the Commission's regulations, any competing development application 
must be filed in response to and in compliance with public notice of 
the initial development application. No competing applications or 
notices of intent may be filed in response to this notice.

    Dated: April 18, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-08266 Filed 4-24-17; 8:45 am]
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