Document ID: FERC-2010-1026-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Site Reviews, etc.: Alaska Village Electric Cooperative
Posted Date: 2010-07-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 140 (Thursday, July 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42742-42743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17883]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13272-001]

Alaska Village Electric Cooperative; Notice of Environmental Site 
Review and Scoping Meeting

July 15, 2010.
    a. Project No.: 13272-001.
    b. Name of Project: Old Harbor Hydroelectric Project.
    c. Location: On Mountain Creek, near the town of Old Harbor, Kodiak 
Island Borough, Alaska.
    d. Potential Applicant Contact: Brent Petrie, Alaska Village 
Electric Cooperative, 4831 Eagle Street, Anchorage, Alaska 99503-7497, 
(907) 565-5358 or e-mail at bpetrie@avec.org.
    e. FERC Contact: Carolyn Templeton at (202) 502-8785 or e-mail at 
carolyn.templeton@ferc.gov.
    f. Project History
    On August 24, 2009, Alaska Village Electric Cooperative (AVEC) 
filed a Pre-Application Document (PAD) with the Commission, pursuant to 
18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission's regulations. The PAD described the 
proposed project location, facilities, and operations and included 
information on the existing environment and any known and potential 
impacts of the proposed project on specified resources. The Commission 
issued Scoping Documents 1 \1\ and 2 on September 9, 2009 and January 
4, 2010, respectively, which outlined the subject areas to be addressed 
in the Commission's environmental document. On January 4, 2010 and May 
5, 2010, AVEC filed, with the Commission, their proposed \2\ and 
revised study plans, respectively. The plans outlined studies that 
would be necessary to evaluate the effects of project construction and 
operation and identified specific measures to mitigate project impacts. 
On June 4, 2010, the Director of the Office of Energy Projects issued 
his study plan determination which approved, with modifications, AVEC's 
revised study plan.
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    \1\ Upon issuance of Scoping Document 1, a 60-day comment period 
was open for all interested individuals, organizations, and agencies 
to provide comments on the PAD and Scoping Document 1, as well as 
study requests. Comments received were then incorporated, if 
applicable, into the Commission's Scoping Document 2.
    \2\ Following the filing of AVEC's proposed study plan, a 90-day 
comment period was open for all interested individuals, 
organizations, and agencies to provide comments on AVEC's proposed 
study plan. Comments received were then incorporated, if applicable, 
into AVEC's revised study plan.
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    g. On Thursday, October 22, 2009, Commission staff conducted a 
daytime scoping meeting for the proposed Old Harbor Hydroelectric 
Project at AVEC's office in Anchorage, Alaska. Due to inclement weather 
conditions, the environmental site review and evening scoping meeting 
that was scheduled for Wednesday, October 21, 2009 in Old Harbor, 
Alaska was cancelled. Therefore, Commission staff will conduct an 
environmental site review and scoping meeting on Tuesday, August 17, 
2010 and are inviting all interested individuals, organizations, and 
agencies to attend one or both of these events, and to assist staff in 
identifying the scope of environmental issues to be addressed in the 
environmental document. The details of the environmental site review 
and evening scoping meeting are as follows:

Environmental Site Review

    AVEC and Commission staff will conduct an environmental site review 
of the project area on Tuesday, August 17, 2010, beginning at 1:00 p.m. 
at the Old Harbor Native Corporation office. Those wishing to 
participate should contact Robin Reich by August 6, 2010 [e-mail, 
robin@solsticeak.com or phone, (907)

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929-5960] for details on how to participate. The environmental site 
review will include an all-terrain vehicle ride to the proposed project 
intake and other features. Proper footwear and gear is strongly 
recommended.

Evening Scoping Meeting

    Date: Tuesday, August 17, 2010.
    Time: 6 p.m.
    Location: Old Harbor Native Corporation Office Building, 12 
Elderberry Drive, Old Harbor, Alaska 99643.
    Phone: (907) 286-2286.

Scoping Meeting Objectives

    Scoping meeting participants should come prepared to discuss their 
issues and/or concerns with the proposed Old Harbor Hydroelectric 
Project. Please review the PAD, Scoping Documents 1 and 2, AVEC's 
proposed and revised study plans, and the Commission's study plan 
determination in preparation for the scoping meeting. These documents, 
as well as other documents pertaining to the record for this 
proceeding, may be viewed on the Web at http://www.ferc.gov, using the 
``Documents & Filings'' link followed by the ``eLibrary'' link. After 
clicking on the ``General Search'' link, select ``All'' for the ``Date 
Range'' and type the project number, P-13272, into the ``Docket 
Number'' box.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-17883 Filed 7-21-10; 8:45 am]
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