Document ID: FERC-2011-1635-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: City and Borough of Sitka, AK
Posted Date: 2011-10-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 208 (Thursday, October 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66714-66715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-27834]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13234-002]

City and Borough of Sitka, AK; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On September 1, 2011, and supplemented on October 17, 2011, the 
City and Borough of Sitka 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 Takatz Lake Hydroelectric 
Project (Takatz Lake Project) to be located on Takatz Lake and Takatz 
Creek, about 21 miles east of the city of Sitka, Alaska, on the east 
side of Baranof Island. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit 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 Takatz Lake Project would consist of the following new 
facilities: (1) A 200-foot-high by 250-foot-long primary concrete dam 
that would raise the elevation of the existing lake; (2) a 63-foot-high 
by 100-foot-long secondary saddle dam; (3) an impoundment with a 740-
acre surface area at a full pool elevation of 1,040 feet above mean sea 
level, with an active capacity of 82,400 acre feet; (4) a 2,800-foot-
long, 6.5-foot by 7-foot horseshoe-tunnel power conduit fed by a 
concrete intake structure or lake tap; (5) a 72-inch-diameter 1,000-
foot-long steel penstock; (6) a 120-foot-long by 80-foot-wide 
powerhouse containing two Francis-type generation units having a total 
installed capacity of 27.7 megawatts; (7) a 100-foot-long by 70-foot-
wide switchyard; (8) an about 26-mile-long, 138-kilovolt transmission 
line that consists of underground and overhead segments, including an 
alternative for a submarine segment; (9) an about 3-mile-long access 
road; and (10) appurtenant facilities. The

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estimated annual generation output for the project would be 106.9 
gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Christopher Brewton, Utility Director, 
Electric Department, City and Borough of Sitka, Alaska, 105 Jarvis 
Street, Sitka, AK 99835; Phone (907) 747-1870.
    FERC Contact: Joseph Adamson; Phone: (202) 502-8085.
    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. 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/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, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-13234) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: October 21, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-27834 Filed 10-26-11; 8:45 am]
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