Document ID: FERC-2009-1408-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Juneau Hydropower, Inc.; 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)]
[Notices]               
[Page 47235-47236]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13563-000]

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

September 4, 2009.
    On September 3, 2009, Juneau Hydropower, Inc. filed an application 
for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power 
Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the Sweetheart Lake Project 
located on the Lower Sweetheart Lake and the 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

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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 new 
concrete and rock face dam approximately 500-feet-long and 90-feet-high 
at the outlet of the Lower Sweetheart Lake; (2) utilizing the existing 
impoundment of Lower Sweetheart Lake and raising the surface elevation 
to 629 feet, surface area to 1,635 acres, and storage capacity to 
129,693 acre-feet; (3) a proposed 9-foot-diameter and 1,650-feet-long 
penstock connecting to the powerhouse; (4) a proposed powerhouse 
containing two new generating units having an installed capacity of 30-
megawatts; (5) a proposed tailrace; (6) a proposed 138-kilovolt 
transmission line; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The proposed 
Sweetheart Lake Project would have an average annual generation of 136 
gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Duff Mitchell, Business Manager, Juneau 
Hydropower, Inc., P.O. Box 22775, Juneau, AK 99802; phone: (907) 789-
2775.
    FERC Contact: Gina Krump, Gina.Krump@ferc.gov, (202) 502-6704.
    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 Web site 
(http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) under the ``eFiling'' 
link. For a simpler method of submitting text only comments, click on 
``Quick Comment.'' For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support 
at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call toll-free at (866) 208-3676; or, 
for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission strongly 
encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To 
paper-file, mail an original and eight 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 website 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.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-22098 Filed 9-14-09; 8:45 am]

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