Juneau Hydropower, Inc.; Notice of Successive Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications, 12050 [2013-03953]

Download as PDF 12050 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 35 / Thursday, February 21, 2013 / Notices Dated: February 14, 2013. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2013–03957 Filed 2–20–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 13563–002] erowe on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Juneau Hydropower, Inc.; Notice of Successive Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On December 3, 2012, Juneau Hydropower, Inc., filed an application for a successive preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Sweetheart Lake Project located on Lower Sweetheart Lake and Sweetheart Creek in Juneau, 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 would consist of the following facilities: (1) A new 275foot-long, 105-foot-high concrete and rock face dam, including project intake facilities and a 125-foot-wide overflow spillway, constructed at the natural outlet of Lower Sweetheart Lake; (2) the existing Lower Sweetheart Lake, raised to a surface elevation of 628 feet above mean sea level, with a surface area of 1,701.5 acres and an active storage capacity of 94,069 acre-feet at the normal maximum water elevation; (3) a new 500-foot-long, 10-foot-diameter stream diversion tunnel that would be converted to reservoir outlet works after project construction; (4) a new 9,595foot-long, 12-foot-diameter penstock diverting flow from the project intake to the powerhouse; (5) a new powerhouse containing three new 6.6-megawatt (MW), Francis generating units having a total installed capacity of 19.8 MW; (6) a tailrace consisting of a new 76-footwide to 22-foot-wide, 75-foot-long open afterbay; a new 225-foot-long, 12-footdiameter tunnel extending from the afterbay to an outlet structure on a tributary to Sweetheart Creek; and an existing tributary stream channel, modified to a 100-foot-long, 35-footwide channel that will flow into VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:47 Feb 20, 2013 Jkt 229001 Sweetheart Creek; (7) new marine access facilities, including a dual-height marine ramp, floating docks for seaplane and boat access, and a staging area adjacent to the docks; (8) a new switchyard adjacent to the powerhouse; (9) a new 8.69-mile-long, 138-kilovolt transmission line, consisting of buried, submarine, and overhead segments; (10) a new 4,400-foot-long access road; and (11) appurtenant facilities. The proposed Sweetheart Lake Project would have an average annual generation of 111 gigawatt-hours. Applicant Contact: Duff Mitchell, Business Manager, Juneau Hydropower, Inc. P.O. Box 22775, Juneau, AK 99802; email: duff.mitchell@juneauhydro.com; phone: (907) 789–2775. FERC Contact: Jennifer Harper; phone: (202) 502–6136. The original notice, issued on January 9, 2013, was not published in the Juneau newspaper in a timely manner. Therefore, the deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file competing applications has been extended to 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 at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, (202) 502–8659. 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–13563) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Dated: February 14, 2013. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2013–03953 Filed 2–20–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 14418–000] S. Martinez Livestock, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On May 31, 2012, and revised on July 30, 2012, S. Martinez Livestock, 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 Cold Creek Valley Pumped Storage Project (project) to be located downstream of Priest Rapids dam on the Columbia River, in Yakima County, Washington. 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 would include a pumped storage facility and a traditional turbine-generator facility. The pumped storage facility would consist of: (1) A new upper reservoir in Cold Creek Valley; (2) a proposed intake structure including five 1,800-foot-long, 10-foot-diameter penstocks leading to the powerhouse located on the Columbia River downstream of Priest Rapids Dam; (3) a powerhouse with five 400 megawatt (MW) pump/turbine units with an installed capacity of approximately 2,000 MW; and (4) a 30mile-long transmission line. The estimated annual generation of the pumped storage facility would be 86,430 megawatt hours. The turbinegenerator facility would consist of: (1) an intake leading to a 200-foot-long, 5foot-diamater penstock; and (2) a powerhouse with a 5–MW Francis turbine-generator unit. The estimated annual generation of the turbine generator unit would be 17,286 megawatt hours. Applicant Contact: Mr. Daniel T. Martinez, S. Martinez Livestock, Inc., 13395 Hwy. 24, Moxee, WA 98936; phone: (541) 298–3300. E:\FR\FM\21FEN1.SGM 21FEN1

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13563-002]


Juneau Hydropower, Inc.; Notice of Successive Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On December 3, 2012, Juneau Hydropower, Inc., filed an application 
for a successive preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the 
Sweetheart Lake Project located on Lower Sweetheart Lake and Sweetheart 
Creek in Juneau, 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 would consist of the following facilities: (1) 
A new 275-foot-long, 105-foot-high concrete and rock face dam, 
including project intake facilities and a 125-foot-wide overflow 
spillway, constructed at the natural outlet of Lower Sweetheart Lake; 
(2) the existing Lower Sweetheart Lake, raised to a surface elevation 
of 628 feet above mean sea level, with a surface area of 1,701.5 acres 
and an active storage capacity of 94,069 acre-feet at the normal 
maximum water elevation; (3) a new 500-foot-long, 10-foot-diameter 
stream diversion tunnel that would be converted to reservoir outlet 
works after project construction; (4) a new 9,595-foot-long, 12-foot-
diameter penstock diverting flow from the project intake to the 
powerhouse; (5) a new powerhouse containing three new 6.6-megawatt 
(MW), Francis generating units having a total installed capacity of 
19.8 MW; (6) a tailrace consisting of a new 76-foot-wide to 22-foot-
wide, 75-foot-long open afterbay; a new 225-foot-long, 12-foot-diameter 
tunnel extending from the afterbay to an outlet structure on a 
tributary to Sweetheart Creek; and an existing tributary stream 
channel, modified to a 100-foot-long, 35-foot-wide channel that will 
flow into Sweetheart Creek; (7) new marine access facilities, including 
a dual-height marine ramp, floating docks for seaplane and boat access, 
and a staging area adjacent to the docks; (8) a new switchyard adjacent 
to the powerhouse; (9) a new 8.69-mile-long, 138-kilovolt transmission 
line, consisting of buried, submarine, and overhead segments; (10) a 
new 4,400-foot-long access road; and (11) appurtenant facilities. The 
proposed Sweetheart Lake Project would have an average annual 
generation of 111 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Duff Mitchell, Business Manager, Juneau 
Hydropower, Inc. P.O. Box 22775, Juneau, AK 99802; email: 
duff.mitchell@juneauhydro.com; phone: (907) 789-2775.
    FERC Contact: Jennifer Harper; phone: (202) 502-6136.
    The original notice, issued on January 9, 2013, was not published 
in the Juneau newspaper in a timely manner. Therefore, the deadline for 
filing comments, motions to intervene, competing applications (without 
notices of intent), or notices of intent to file competing applications 
has been extended to 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 at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, 
or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. 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-13563) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: February 14, 2013.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-03953 Filed 2-20-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P

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