Document ID: FERC-2012-2076-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Tlingit-Haida Regional Electric Authority
Posted Date: 2012-12-26T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76026-76027]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30994]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14424-000]

Tlingit-Haida Regional Electric Authority; Notice of Preliminary 
Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments and 
Motions To Intervene

    On June 12, 2012, Tlingit-Haida Regional Electric Authority (THREA) 
filed an application, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power 
Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the Walker Lake 
Hydroelectric Project, to be located on Walker Lake, near Haines, 
Haines 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: (1) Two rock-filled dams 
approximately 15-foot-wide, and 250- and 325-foot-long, respectively, 
creating a usable capacity of Walker Lake of

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4,300 acre-feet at a normal maximum operating elevation of 1,195 feet 
above mean sea level (msl); (2) a concrete spillway and diversion 
channel for controlled releases to Walker Creek; (3) a concrete intake 
at elevation 1,170 feet msl diverting flow into the penstock; (4) a 24-
inch-diameter, 11,000-foot-long penstock, of which approximately 10,000 
feet would be buried and 1,000 feet would be above ground; (5) a 
powerhouse containing one generating unit with an installed capacity of 
one megawatt and 780 feet of net head; (6) a 50-foot-long tailrace 
connecting the powerhouse with the Little Salmon River; (7) a 4-mile-
long, 12.5-kilovolt transmission line extending from the project to an 
interconnection location near the Klehini River Bridge; and (8) 
appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation of the Walker 
Lake Project would be 3,615 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Richard George, P.O. Box 40, Angoon, AK, 
99820, phone (907) 788-3771.
    FERC Contact: Matt Buhyoff, (202) 502-6824.
    Competing Application: This application competes with Project No. 
14346-000 filed January 11, 2012. Competing applications or a notice of 
intent to file a competing application had to be filed on or before May 
14, 2012. On May 11, 2012, THREA filed a notice of intent to file a 
competing application; therefore, its competing application had to be 
filed on or before June 13, 2012.
    Deadline for filing comments and motions to intervene: 60 days from 
the issuance of this notice. Comments and motions to intervene 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/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 or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, 
(202) 502-8659. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic 
filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 
original and seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 
20426.
    More information about this project 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-14424) in the docket 
number field to access the document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-
866-208-3372.

    Dated: December 19, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-30994 Filed 12-21-12; 4:15 pm]
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