Document ID: FERC-2014-1220-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Chugach Electric Association, Inc.
Posted Date: 2014-09-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 57551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22798]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14630-000]

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

    On September 2, 2014, Chugach Electric Association, 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 
Fourth of July Project (Fourth of July Creek Project or project) to be 
located on Godwin and Fourth of July Creeks, near Seward in Kenai 
Peninsula 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 proposed project would consist of two new developments using 
the same: (1) 70-foot long, 30-foot-wide, 30-foot-high powerhouse; (2) 
tailrace consisting of a concrete drop box continuing to a rip rap 
channel; (3) 10,900-foot-long, 69-kilovolt transmission line extending 
from the powerhouse to an existing substation; (4) 4,300-foot-long, 16-
foot-wide gravel access road; (5) 200-foot-long bridge; and (6) 
appurtenant facilities.

Fourth of July Creek Development

    (1) a 110-foot-long, 20-foot-wide, 18-foot-high concrete intake 
structure located at an elevation of 790 feet mean sea level (msl) on 
Fourth of July Creek; (2) a 5,200-foot-long, 54-inch-diameter steel 
penstock from the Fourth of July Creek intake housed in a 3,460-foot-
long, 16-foot-diameter tunnel and a 1,670-foot-long, 54-inch-diameter 
steel penstock buried where feasible; and (3) a horizontal Francis 
turbine/generator unite rated for 6.6 megawatts (MW) at 637 feet of net 
head.

Godwin Creek Development

    (1) a 110-foot-long, 20-foot-wide, 18-foot-high concrete intake 
structure located at an elevation of 415 feet msl on Godwin Creek; (2) 
a 3,500-foot-long, 78-inch-diameter steel penstock buried where 
feasible from Godwin Creek; and (3) a horizontal Francis turbine/
generator unit rated for 6.1 MW at 280 feet of net head.
    The estimated annual generation of the Fourth of July Creek Project 
would be 55,012 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Paul R. Risse, Senior Vice President, 
Chugach Electric Association, Inc., 5601 Electron Drive, Anchorage, 
Alaska 99518; phone: (907) 563-7494.
    FERC Contact: Julia Kolberg; phone: (202) 502-8261.
    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.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications 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-14630-000.
    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-14630) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: September 18, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-22798 Filed 9-24-14; 8:45 am]
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