Document ID: FERC-2016-0779-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Juneau Hydropower, Inc.; Sweetheart Lake Hydroelectric Project
Posted Date: 2016-06-07T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36531-36532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13355]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13563-003-Alaska]

Juneau Hydropower, Inc.; Notice of Availability of the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement for the Sweetheart Lake Hydroelectric 
Project

    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) 
regulations contained in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)(18 CFR 
part 380 [FERC Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897]), the Office of Energy 
Projects has reviewed the application for an original license for the 
Sweetheart Lake Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 13563) and prepared a 
final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the project.
    The proposed project would be located on Sweetheart Lake and 
Sweetheart Creek in the City and

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Borough of Juneau, Alaska. The proposed project, if licensed, would 
occupy 2,058.24 acres of federal lands within the Tongass National 
Forest, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest 
Service.
    The final EIS contains staff's analysis of the applicant's proposal 
and the alternatives for licensing the Sweetheart Lake Hydroelectric 
Project. The final EIS documents the views of governmental agencies, 
non-governmental organizations, affected Indian tribes, the public, the 
license applicant, and Commission staff.
    A copy of the final EIS is available for review at the Commission 
or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov, 
using the ``e-Library'' link. Enter the docket number, excluding the 
last three digits, to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208-
3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.
    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.
    For further information, contact John Matkowski at (202) 502-8576 
or at john.matkowski@ferc.gov.

    Dated: May 31, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-13355 Filed 6-6-16; 8:45 am]
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