Document ID: FERC-2013-1557-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Copper Valley Electric Association, Inc.
Posted Date: 2013-11-29T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 230 (Friday, November 29, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 71599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28547]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13124-005]

Copper Valley Electric Association, Inc.; Notice of Availability 
of Environmental Assessment

    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission or FERC's) 
regulations, 18 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 380 (Order No. 
486, 52 Federal Register 47897), the Office of Energy Projects has 
reviewed Copper Valley Electric Association, Inc.'s application to 
amend its license for the Allison Creek Hydroelectric Project (FERC 
Project No. 13124). The 6.5-megawatt project is located on Allison 
Creek near Valdez, Alaska. The project does not occupy any federal 
lands.
    As licensed, the majority of the project's 7,000-foot-long penstock 
would be installed above-ground and a 4,000-foot-long temporary 
construction access road would be used during construction. In its 
amendment application, the licensee proposes to bury the entire 
penstock instead, including the drilling and blasting of a 700-foot-
long, 16-foot-diameter tunnel through which a segment of the penstock 
would be routed. In addition, the licensee proposes changes to the 
construction access roads. Staff prepared an environmental assessment 
(EA) which analyzes the potential environmental effects of the proposed 
amendment, and concludes that amending the license, with appropriate 
environmental protective measures, would not constitute a major federal 
action that would significantly affect the quality of the human 
environment.
    A copy of the EA may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at 
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number 
(P-13124) in the docket number field to access the document. 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, call 1-866-
208-3676 or email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, for TTY, call (202) 502-
8659. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the 
Commission's Public Reference Room located at 888 First Street NE., 
Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling (202) 502-8371.

    Dated: November 20, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-28547 Filed 11-27-13; 8:45 am]
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