Document ID: FERC-2018-1595-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Applications: Douglas Leen
Posted Date: 2018-12-18T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 18, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64822-64823]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27294]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. P-14862-001]

Douglas Leen; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the 
Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.

    a. Type of Application: Original minor license.
    b. Project No.: P-14862-001.
    c. Date filed: November 28, 2018.
    d. Applicant: Mr. Douglas Leen.
    e. Name of Project: Kupeanof Microhydro Project.

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    f. Location: On an unnamed stream, in Petersburg Borough, 
Alaska. The project would occupy 0.1 acre of United States lands 
administered by U.S. Forest Service.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Douglas Leen, P.O. Box 341, Petersburg, AK 
99833; (907) 518-0335; mail@dougleen.com.
    i. FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen at (202) 502-8074; or email at 
ryan.hansen@ferc.gov.
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal 
agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of 
the environmental document should follow the instructions for filing 
such requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should 
note the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the 
preparation of the environmental document cannot also intervene. 
See, 94 FERC ] 61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
believes that an additional scientific study should be conducted in 
order to form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of 
the application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or 
person must file a request for a study with the Commission not later 
than 60 days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a 
copy of the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests 
for cooperating agency status: January 28, 2019.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please 
file additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency 
status using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 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-14862-001.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at 
this time.
    n. The proposed hydroelectric project would consist of: an 
intake located in either a containment pond created by 50 sand bags 
or an existing pond; a penstock consisting of an up to 400-foot-
long, 0.5-foot-diameter PVC pipe; one turbine unit with a capacity 
of 1.5 kilowatts; a 4-foot-long, 3-foot-wide, 7-foot-high lumber 
shed on a cement pad; a 150-foot-long transmission line; and 
appurtenant facilities.
    o. A copy of the application is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' 
link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the 
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    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, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    p. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed 
according to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. 
Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

Issue Notice of Acceptance March 2019
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments April 2019
Comments on Scoping Document 1 May 2019
Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis May 2019
Commission issues EA August 2019
Comments on EA September 2019

    Dated: December 11, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-27294 Filed 12-17-18; 8:45 am]
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