Alaska Power and Telephone Company; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications, 57767-57768 [2010-23683]

Download as PDF emcdonald on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 183 / Wednesday, September 22, 2010 / Notices 974–5600, facsimile no. (713) 974–5601, and e-mail: twynne@peregrinempllc.com. Pursuant to section 157.9 of the Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, within 90 days of this Notice the Commission staff will either: complete its environmental assessment (EA) and place it into the Commission’s public record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or issue a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review. If a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review is issued, it will indicate, among other milestones, the anticipated date for the Commission staff’s issuance of the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) or EA for this proposal. The filing of the EA in the Commission’s public record for this proceeding or the issuance of a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review will serve to notify federal and state agencies of the timing for the completion of all necessary reviews, and the subsequent need to complete all federal authorizations within 90 days of the date of issuance of the Commission staff’s FEIS or EA. There are two ways to become involved in the Commission’s review of this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or before the comment date stated below, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, a motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party status will be placed on the service list maintained by the Secretary of the Commission and will receive copies of all documents filed by the applicant and by all other parties. A party must submit 14 copies of filings made with the Commission and must mail a copy to the applicant and to every other party in the proceeding. Only parties to the proceeding can ask for court review of Commission orders in the proceeding. However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this project. The Commission will consider these comments in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but the filing of a comment alone will not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The Commission’s rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:32 Sep 21, 2010 Jkt 220001 provide copies of their protests only to the party or parties directly involved in the protest. Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of this project should submit an original and two copies of their comments to the Secretary of the Commission. Environmental commentors will be placed on the Commission’s environmental mailing list, will receive copies of the environmental documents, and will be notified of meetings associated with the Commission’s environmental review process. Environmental commentors will not be required to serve copies of filed documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commentors will not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by the Commission (except for the mailing of environmental documents issued by the Commission) and will not have the right to seek court review of the Commission’s final order. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at https://www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Comment Date: September 29, 2010. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2010–23623 Filed 9–21–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 57767 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 13645–000] Alaska Power and Telephone Company; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications September 16, 2010. On December 21, 2009, the Alaska Power and Telephone Company filed an application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Schubee Lake Hydroelectric Project to be located near Schubee Lake in the Boroughs of Skagway and Haines, Alaska near Haines, Alaska. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant the permit holder priority to file a license application during the permit term. A preliminary permit does not authorize the permit holder to perform any land-disturbing activities or otherwise enter upon lands or waters owned by others without the owners’ express permission. The proposed project has two alternatives for the lake intake: a siphon intake and a conventional intake. The proposed project also has two alternatives for the penstock: aboveground and directional-bored. The siphon intake alternative includes: (1) A fabricated steel intake screen; (2) an approximately 200-footlong, 24-inch-diameter high-density polyethylene pipe connecting the intake screen to the pumphouse; (3) an 8-footlong, 24-inch-diameter vacuum tank and a vacuum pump; (4) a siphon pumphouse; and (5) a 269-acre (maximum pool), 5,000 acre-foot active storage capacity reservoir. The conventional intake alternative includes: (1) A 20-foot-high, 200-footlong timber, rockfill, and concrete dam; (2) an 8-foot-long, 8-foot-wide, 20-foothigh concrete intake box; and (3) a 290acre (maximum pool), 6,000 acre-foot active storage capacity reservoir. The above-ground penstock alternative includes: (1) A 7,100-footlong, 24-inch-diameter steel pipe with polyurethane coating and lining; (2) concrete and fabricated steel saddle supports; (3) reinforced concrete thrust blocks; and (4) expansion joints and/or sleeve couplings. The directional-bored penstock alternative includes: (1) A 7,200-footlong, 28-inch-diameter tunnel, bored with directional-drilling equipment by successive backreamings of a pilot hole; E:\FR\FM\22SEN1.SGM 22SEN1 emcdonald on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with NOTICES 57768 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 183 / Wednesday, September 22, 2010 / Notices (2) a 7,200-foot-long, 24-inch-diameter steel liner; and (3) grout between lining and tunnel as required. In all of the alternatives, the project would also consist of the following: (1) A new powerhouse; (2) a turbine/ generator unit with an installed capacity of 4,900 kilowatts; and (3) a 9-mile-long, 34.5-kilovolt transmission line connected to the grid in the Haines area via a submarine cable. Annual energy production is estimated to be 25 gigawatt-hours. Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert S. Grimm, Alaska Power and Telephone Company, P.O. Box 3222, Port Townsend, WA 98368; phone: (360) 385–1733, x120. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman (202) 502–6077. Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file competing applications: 60 days from the issuance of this notice. Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements of 18 CFR 4.36. Comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing applications 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/ efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at https:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. More information about this project, including a copy of the application, can be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link of Commission’s Web site at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P–13645–000) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2010–23683 Filed 9–21–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:32 Sep 21, 2010 Jkt 220001 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 13700–000] Hydrodynamics, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications September 16, 2010. On April 5, 2010, Hydrodynamics, Inc. filed an application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Mill Coulee Hydroelectric Project to be located in Cascade County, Montana near Fairfield, Montana on the Mill Coulee canal, a water distribution facility of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Sun River Project. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant the permit holder priority to file a license application during the permit term. A preliminary permit does not authorize the permit holder to perform any land-disturbing activities or otherwise enter upon lands or waters owned by others without the owners’ express permission. The proposed project will consist of the following: (1) A new 3-foot-high, 20foot-wide, one-foot-thick diversion structure with a flood gate and trash rack; (2) a 2,020-foot-long, 48-inchdiameter polyethylene penstock; (3) a 60-foot-long, 60-foot-wide powerhouse; (4) a turbine/generator unit with a capacity rating of 900 kilowatts; (5) a 3,750-foot-long clay-lined tailrace canal returning flows to the Mill Coulee canal; and (6) a 69-kilovolt, 3,400-foot-long transmission line. Annual energy production is estimated to be 2.25 gigawatt-hours. Applicant Contact: Roger Kirk, Hydrodynamics, Inc., 521 E. Peach, Suite 2B, Bozeman, MT 59715; phone: (406) 587–5086. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman; phone: (202) 502–6077. Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file competing applications: 60 days from the issuance of this notice. Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements of 18 CFR 4.36. Comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing applications 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/ efiling.asp. Commenters can submit PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at https:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. More information about this project, including a copy of the application, can be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link of Commission’s Web site at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P–13700–000) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2010–23682 Filed 9–21–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPPT–2003–0004; FRL–8846–3] Access to Confidential Business Information by Eastern Research Group and Its Identified Subcontractor Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: EPA has authorized its contractor, Eastern Research Group (ERG) of Lexington, MA and subcontractor Avanti Corporation of Alexandria, VA, to access information which has been submitted to EPA under all sections of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Some of the information may be claimed or determined to be Confidential Business Information (CBI). DATES: Access to the confidential data will occur no sooner than September 29, 2010. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact: Colby Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, Environmental Assistance Division (7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone number: (202) 554–1404; e-mail address: TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\22SEN1.SGM 22SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57767-57768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-23683]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13645-000]


Alaska Power and Telephone Company; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

September 16, 2010.
    On December 21, 2009, the Alaska Power and Telephone Company filed 
an application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of 
the Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the 
Schubee Lake Hydroelectric Project to be located near Schubee Lake in 
the Boroughs of Skagway and Haines, Alaska near Haines, Alaska. The 
sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant the permit 
holder priority to file a license application during the permit term. A 
preliminary permit does not authorize the permit holder to perform any 
land-disturbing activities or otherwise enter upon lands or waters 
owned by others without the owners' express permission.
    The proposed project has two alternatives for the lake intake: a 
siphon intake and a conventional intake. The proposed project also has 
two alternatives for the penstock: above-ground and directional-bored.
    The siphon intake alternative includes: (1) A fabricated steel 
intake screen; (2) an approximately 200-foot-long, 24-inch-diameter 
high-density polyethylene pipe connecting the intake screen to the 
pumphouse; (3) an 8-foot-long, 24-inch-diameter vacuum tank and a 
vacuum pump; (4) a siphon pumphouse; and (5) a 269-acre (maximum pool), 
5,000 acre-foot active storage capacity reservoir.
    The conventional intake alternative includes: (1) A 20-foot-high, 
200-foot-long timber, rockfill, and concrete dam; (2) an 8-foot-long, 
8-foot-wide, 20-foot-high concrete intake box; and (3) a 290-acre 
(maximum pool), 6,000 acre-foot active storage capacity reservoir.
    The above-ground penstock alternative includes: (1) A 7,100-foot-
long, 24-inch-diameter steel pipe with polyurethane coating and lining; 
(2) concrete and fabricated steel saddle supports; (3) reinforced 
concrete thrust blocks; and (4) expansion joints and/or sleeve 
couplings.
    The directional-bored penstock alternative includes: (1) A 7,200-
foot-long, 28-inch-diameter tunnel, bored with directional-drilling 
equipment by successive backreamings of a pilot hole;

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(2) a 7,200-foot-long, 24-inch-diameter steel liner; and (3) grout 
between lining and tunnel as required.
    In all of the alternatives, the project would also consist of the 
following: (1) A new powerhouse; (2) a turbine/generator unit with an 
installed capacity of 4,900 kilowatts; and (3) a 9-mile-long, 34.5-
kilovolt transmission line connected to the grid in the Haines area via 
a submarine cable.
    Annual energy production is estimated to be 25 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert S. Grimm, Alaska Power and Telephone 
Company, P.O. Box 3222, Port Townsend, WA 98368; phone: (360) 385-1733, 
x120.
    FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman (202) 502-6077.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing 
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file 
competing applications: 60 days from the issuance of this notice. 
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements 
of 18 CFR 4.36. Comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and 
competing applications 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/efiling.asp. Commenters can 
submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior 
registration, using the eComment system at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information 
at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online 
Support. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, 
documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and 
seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of 
Commission's Web site at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-13645-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-23683 Filed 9-21-10; 8:45 am]
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