[Federal Register: September 12, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 175)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission,
Soliciting Additional Study Requests, and Establishing Procedural
Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final
Amendments
September 6, 2005.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Subsequent license.
b. Project No.: 1051-012.
c. Date Filed: August 29, 2005.
d. Applicant: Alaska Power & Telephone Company (AP&T).
e. Name of Project: Skagway-Dewey Lakes Project.
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f. Location: On Pullen, Dewey, Reid, Icy, and Snyder Creeks within
the city limits of Skagway, Alaska. The project does not utilize any
Federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Bob Grimm, AP&T, P.O. Box 3222, Port
Townsend, Washington 98368, (360) 385-1733, ext. 120.
i. FERC Contact: Alan Mitchnick, (202) 502-6074 or
alan.mitchnick@ferc.gov.
j. Cooperating Agencies: We are asking Federal, State, local, and
tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect
to environmental issues to cooperate with us in the preparation of the
environmental document. Agencies who would like to request cooperating
status should follow the instructions for filing such requests
described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note the
Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation of
the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ] 61,076
(2001).
k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian tribe, or person believes
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian tribe, or person
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of
the request on the applicant.
l. Deadline for Filing Additional Study Requests and Requests for
Cooperating Agency Status: October 28, 2005.
All Documents (Original and Eight Copies) Should Be Filed With:
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors 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
intervenor 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.
Additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency
status may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. See 18 CFR
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site
(http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.
m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. Project Description: Water from Reid Falls, Icy Creek, and
Snyder Creek is diverted to Lower Dewey Lake, which in turn, flows into
Dewey reservoir. The project withdraws water from Dewey reservoir to
supply the powerhouse. Existing project features include: the 26-foot-
long, 8-foot-high Reid Falls diversion dam that diverts water into a
14-inch-diameter, 1,280-foot-long steel pipeline running to Icy Creek;
the 102-foot-long, 5-foot-high Icy Lake dam impounding the 3.4-acre Icy
Lake; the 30-foot-long and 3-foot-high Snyder Creek diversion dam that
diverts water from Snyder Creek into a diversion channel that conveys
water to Lower Dewey Lake; the 629-foot-long, 28-foot-high Lower Dewey
Lake dam, impounding the 32.8-acre Lower Dewey Lake; the 132-foot-long,
30-foot-high, Dewey reservoir dam, impounding 2.7 acres; a 300-foot-
long canal running between Lower Dewey Lake and Dewey reservoir; three
penstocks that run from the Dewey reservoir dam about 1,850 feet to the
project's powerhouse that sits adjacent to Pullen Creek within the City
of Skagway; and a powerhouse containing four turbines with a total
installed capacity of 943 kilowatts. No changes to the project are
proposed.
o. 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 http://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 http://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.
p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the Alaska
State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by Sec. 106,
National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
q. Procedural Schedule and Final Amendments: The application will
be processed according to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule.
Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.
Issue Deficiency Letter (if needed)
Issue Acceptance letter--October 2005
Issue Scoping Document for comments--November 2005
Request Additional Information (if needed)--January 2005
Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis--April
2006
Notice of the availability of the EA--September 2006
Ready for Commission's decision on the application--December 2006
Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice
of ready for environmental analysis.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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