Kenai Hydro, LLC; Notice of Scoping Meetings, Environmental Site Review, and Soliciting Scoping Comments, 27775-27776 [2010-11783]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 95 / Tuesday, May 18, 2010 / Notices 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 mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES 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 (https://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 tollfree 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 VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:22 May 17, 2010 Jkt 220001 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 60foot-wide spillway section at elevation 709 feet mean sea level (msl); the 1,790acre 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-footlong, 10-foot-high horseshoe power tunnel; a new 8-foot-diameter, 110-foothigh 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 https://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 tollfree 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 https:// 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 PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 27775 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 https:// 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 E:\FR\FM\18MYN1.SGM 18MYN1 27776 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 95 / Tuesday, May 18, 2010 / Notices 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. [FR Doc. 2010–11783 Filed 5–17–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2144–038; Project No. 2225– 013] City of Seattle, Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Orielle County; Notice of Technical Conference and Site Visit for the Boundary Hydroelectric Project and Sullivan Creek Hydroelectric Project Settlement Agreement and Soliciting Scoping Comments on the Proposed Sullivan Creek Hydroelectric Project Surrender May 11, 2010. On March 29, 2010, the City of Seattle (City) and the Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille, County, Washington (District) filed a joint comprehensive settlement agreement (Settlement), explanatory statement and a request to consolidate the processing of the City’s relicensing of the Boundary Hydroelectric Project No. 2144–038, and the District’s surrender of its license for the Sullivan Creek Hydroelectric Project No. 2225–013. On April 2, 2010, the District filed an application to surrender the Sullivan Creek Project. Parts of both projects occupy lands within the Colville National Forest. mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES Technical Conference Commission staff will hold a technical conference to discuss the proposed license articles for a new license for the Boundary Project and the proposed Sullivan Creek license surrender conditions submitted as part of the joint Settlement. The technical conference will be held on Thursday, June 10, 2010, beginning VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:22 May 17, 2010 Jkt 220001 at 9 a.m. (PST) at Quality Inn Oakwood, 7919 North Division, Spokane, WA. Participation at the technical conference will be limited to Commission staff and the Settlement Parties. However, the public is free to attend and provide comments on the scope of issues that should be addressed in the Commission’s environmental assessment. The technical conference will be recorded by a court reporter, and all statements (verbal and written) will become part of the Commission’s public record for the project. The conference and site visit described below are posted on the Commission’s calendar located at https://www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/ EventsList.aspx along with other related information. Site Visit On Wednesday, June 9, 2010, Commission staff, along with representatives of the City and the District, will conduct a site visit of the Boundary and Sullivan Creek Projects. All interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to attend. All participants should meet at the Boundary powerhouse gate at 10:15 a.m. (PST). For those persons only interested in the Sullivan Creek surrender, we will be at the Sullivan Lake Dam at 12:15 p.m. In addition, all participants are responsible for their own transportation to the site and throughout the day. Anyone planning to attend the site visit must notify Mary Pat Dileva at marypat.dileva@seattle.gov by Wednesday, June 2, 2010. RSVPs are required for security and planning purposes. Scoping for the Surrender of the District’s Sullivan Creek Project Commission staff intends to prepare an environmental assessment (EA) covering both the relicensing of the Boundary Project and the surrender of the Sullivan Creek Project, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended. Scoping of the relicensing of the Boundary Project was completed in 2006. To support and assist our environmental review, we are conducting paper scoping of the Sullivan Creek surrender to ensure that all pertinent issues are identified and analyzed, and the EA is thorough. This notice solicits written comments from Federal, State, and local resource agencies, Indian tribes, and other interested persons through the scoping process. All scoping comments should be submitted in writing to the Commission no later than June 25, 2010. All correspondence must clearly show at the top of the page: ‘‘Sullivan Creek PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 2225– 013.’’ Send your comments about the project to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Scoping comments may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission’s Web site at https:// www.ferc.gov under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. For further information, contact David Turner at (202) 502–6091, or by e-mail at david.turner@ferc.gov. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. 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As a result of our adequacy finding, the Washoe County Regional Transportation Commission and the U.S. Department of Transportation must use these budgets in future conformity analyses. DATES: This finding is effective June 2, 2010. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eleanor Kaplan, U.S. EPA, Region IX, Air Division AIR–2, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105–3901; (415) 947–4147 or kaplan.eleanor@epa.gov. E:\FR\FM\18MYN1.SGM 18MYN1

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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 (https://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 https://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 https://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 https://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.
[FR Doc. 2010-11783 Filed 5-17-10; 8:45 am]
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