Document ID: FERC-2010-0683-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Scoping Meetings, Environmental Site Review, and Soliciting Scoping Comments: Kenai Hydro, LLC
Posted Date: 2010-05-18T04:00Z

[Federal Register: May 18, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 95)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project Nos. 13212-001;13211-001]

 
Kenai Hydro, LLC; Notice of Scoping Meetings, Environmental Site 
Review, and Soliciting Scoping Comments

May 11, 2010.
    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 Nos.: P-13212-001 and P-13211-001.
    c. Date Filed: August 6, 2009.
    d. Applicant: Kenai Hydro, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Grant Lake/Falls Creek Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: Grant Lake, Grand Creek, and Falls Creek on the Kenai 
Peninsula, near the community of Moose Pass, Alaska. The project would 
occupy lands within the Chugach National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Brad Zubeck, Kenai Hydro, LLC, 3977 Lake 
Street, Homer, Alaska 99603; (907) 335-6204.
    i. FERC Contact: Mark Ivy at (202) 502-6156 or mark.ivy @ferc.gov.
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: July 6, 2010.
    All documents 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/ferconline.asp) under the 
``eFiling'' link. For a simpler method of submitting text only 
comments, click on ``Quick Comment.'' For assistance, please contact 
FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call toll-free at 
(866) 208-3676; or, for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Although the 
Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be 
paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and eight copies to: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
interveners filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person on the official service list for the 
project. Further, if an intervener files comments or documents with the 
Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the 
responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve 
a copy of the document on that resource agency.
    k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The project would consist of: a new 10-foot-high, 120-foot-wide 
concrete gravity dam on Grant Lake, with a 60-foot-wide spillway 
section at elevation 709 feet mean sea level (msl); the 1,790-acre 
Grant Lake with active storage of 48,000 acre-feet of storage between 
675 and 706 feet msl; a new multi-level intake at Grant Lake; a new 
2,800-foot-long, 10-foot-high horseshoe power tunnel; a new 8-foot-
diameter, 110-foot-high surge tank; a new 650-foot-long, 66-inch-
diameter steel penstock; a new powerhouse containing two Francis 
generating units with total installed capacity of 4.5 MW; a new 200-
foot-long open channel tailrace; a 3.5-mile-long, overhead or 
underground transmission line at 115, 69, or 24.9-kilovolt (kV), or 
twelve 15-kV; a new 3.4-mile-long access road; and appurtenant 
facilities.
    m. 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 Web site 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 at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at 1-
866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. 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 e-mail of new filings and 
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    n. Scoping Process.
    The Commission intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) 
on the project in accordance with the National Environmental Policy 
Act. The EA will consider both site-specific and cumulative 
environmental impacts and reasonable alternatives to the proposed 
action.

Scoping Meetings

    FERC staff will conduct one daytime scoping meeting and one evening 
scoping meeting. The daytime scoping meeting will focus on resource 
agency and non-governmental organization concerns, while the evening 
scoping meeting is primarily for public input. All interested 
individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to attend one or 
both of the meetings, and to assist the staff in identifying the scope 
of the environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA. The 
times and locations of these meetings are as follows:

Evening Scoping Meeting

    Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2010.
    Time: 7 p.m. (Alaska ST).
    Place: Moose Pass Community Hall.
    Address: Mile 29.5 Seward Highway, Moose Pass, AK 99631.

Daytime Scoping Meeting

    Date: Thursday, June 3, 2010.
    Time: 10 a.m. (Alaska ST).
    Place: Moose Pass Community Hall.
    Address: Mile 29.5 Seward Highway, Moose Pass, AK 99631.
    Copies of the Scoping Document 1 (SD1) outlining the subject areas 
to be addressed in the EA were distributed to the parties on the 
Commission's mailing list. Copies of the SD1 will be available at the 
scoping meeting or may be viewed on the Web at http://www.ferc.gov 
using the ``eLibrary'' link [see item (m) above].

Environmental Site Review

    The Applicant and FERC staff will conduct a project environmental 
site review beginning at 8 a.m. (Alaska ST) on June 2, 2010. All 
interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to 
attend. Participants should meet at Scenic Mountain Air boat launch, 
31702 Depot Road, Moose Pass, AK 99631. Participants should be in good 
health and prepared/able to hike without assistance in unimproved trail 
conditions for the entire day ( 3 miles with 200 feet of 
elevation gain). Participants should also pack their own lunch, snacks 
and water, wear waterproof, rugged footwear, and be prepared for 
inclement and potentially cold weather conditions. Anyone with 
questions about the environmental site review (or needing directions) 
should contact Jenna Borovansky at (208) 765-1413 or 
jborovansky@longviewassociates.com. Those individuals planning to 
participate in the environmental site review should notify Ms. 
Borovansky of their intent, no later than May 23, 2010.

Objectives

    At the scoping meetings, the staff will: (1) Summarize the 
environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EA; (2) 
solicit from the meeting participants all available information, 
especially quantifiable data, on the resources at issue; (3) encourage 
statements from experts and the public on issues that should be 
analyzed in the EA, including viewpoints in opposition to, or in 
support of, the staff's preliminary views; (4) determine the

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resource issues to be addressed in the EA; and (5) identify those 
issues that require a detailed analysis, as well as those issues that 
do not require a detailed analysis.

Procedures

    The meetings are recorded by a stenographer and become part of the 
formal record of the Commission proceeding on the project.
    Individuals, organizations, and agencies with environmental 
expertise and concerns are encouraged to attend the meeting and to 
assist the staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed 
in the EA.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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