A bill to authorize the expansion of an existing hydroelectric project.

Bill: 114-s-1583
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2015-06-16
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alaska

Alternative and renewable resources

Dams and canals

Electric power generation and transmission

Lakes and rivers

Licensing and registrations

Water use and supply
Latest action: action_date: 2015-12-16
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 330.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-06-16
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p> This bill amends the special-use permit for the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project in Alaska to authorize the construction, operation, and maintenance of a tunnel and associated facilities and activities for the Upper Hidden Basin Diversion. </p> <p>The tunnel and associated facilities shall be subject to terms and conditions in any amendment to a license issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.</p>

action_date: 2015-12-16
action_desc: Reported to Senate with amendment(s)
text: <p>(Sec. 1) This bill authorizes the licensee for the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [FERC] project number 2743) to occupy up to 20 acres of federal land to construct, operate, and maintain the Upper Hidden Basin Diversion Expansion without further authorization of the Department of the Interior or under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.</p> <p>This is the expansion of the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project described in the Upper Hidden Basin Grant Application dated July 2, 2014, as submitted by Kodiak Electric Association, Inc., to the Alaska Energy Authority Renewable Energy Fund Round VIII. </p> <p>The Expansion must meet the terms and conditions contained in any amendment to a license which may be issued by FERC subsequent to its environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1583 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 16, 2015 Ms. Murkowski introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To authorize the expansion of an existing hydroelectric project.

1. Kodiak Electric Association Upper Hidden Basin Diversion authorization (a) In general The special-use permit for the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project No. 2743) described in section 1325 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ( 16 U.S.C. 3212 ) is amended as depicted on the map entitled Upper Hidden Basin Diversion Project and dated May 18, 2015, for the construction, operation, and maintenance of a tunnel and associated facilities and activities for the Upper Hidden Basin Diversion. (b) Limitation The tunnel and associated facilities and activities described in subsection (a) shall be subject to appropriate terms and conditions included in an amendment to a license issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission pursuant to the Federal Power Act ( 16 U.S.C. 791a et seq. ), including section 4(e) of that Act ( 16 U.S.C. 797(e) ).

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 330 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1583 [Report No. 114–185] IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 16, 2015 Ms. Murkowski introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources December 16, 2015 Reported by Ms. Murkowski , with an amendment Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic A BILL To authorize the expansion of an existing hydroelectric project.

1. Kodiak Electric Association Upper Hidden Basin Diversion authorization (a) In general The special-use permit for the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project No. 2743) described in section 1325 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ( 16 U.S.C. 3212 ) is amended as depicted on the map entitled Upper Hidden Basin Diversion Project and dated May 18, 2015, for the construction, operation, and maintenance of a tunnel and associated facilities and activities for the Upper Hidden Basin Diversion. (b) Limitation The tunnel and associated facilities and activities described in subsection (a) shall be subject to appropriate terms and conditions included in an amendment to a license issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission pursuant to the Federal Power Act ( 16 U.S.C. 791a et seq. ), including section 4(e) of that Act ( 16 U.S.C. 797(e) ).

1. Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project Upper Hidden Basin Diversion authorization (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project The term Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project means the project identified in section 1325 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ( 16 U.S.C. 3212 ), and which is Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project number 2743. (2) Upper Hidden Basin Diversion Expansion The term Upper Hidden Basin Diversion Expansion means the expansion of the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project as generally described in Exhibit E to the Upper Hidden Basin Grant Application dated July 2, 2014 and submitted to the Alaska Energy Authority Renewable Energy Fund Round VIII by Kodiak Electric Association, Inc. (b) Authorization The licensee for the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project may occupy not more than 20 acres of Federal land to construct, operate, and maintain the Upper Hidden Basin Diversion Expansion without further authorization of the Secretary of the Interior or under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ( 16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq. ). (c) Savings clause The Upper Hidden Basin Diversion Expansion shall be subject to appropriate terms and conditions included in an amendment to a license issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission pursuant to the Federal Power Act ( 16 U.S.C. 791a et seq. ), including section 4(e) of that Act ( 16 U.S.C. 797(e) ), following an environmental review by the Commission under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ).

December 16, 2015 Reported with an amendment