[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 178 (Monday, September 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56599-56600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-20172]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14514-003]
Community of Elfin Cove Non Profit Corporation, DBA Elfin Cove
Utility Commission; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the
Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests
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 No.: P-14514-003.
c. Date filed: August 24, 2020.
d. Applicant: Community of Elfin Cove Non Profit Corporation, DBA
Elfin Cove Utility Commission.
e. Name of Project: Crooked Creek and Jim's Lake Hydroelectric
Project.
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f. Location: On Crooked Creek and Jim's Lake, near the community of
Elfin Cove, in the Sitka Recording District, Unorganized Borough,
Alaska. The project would occupy 13.98 acres of federal land in the
Tongass National Forest, managed by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture's Forest Service.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Joel Groves, Polarconsult Alaska, Inc.,
1503 W 33rd Avenue, #310, Anchorage, Alaska 99503; phone: (907) 258-
2420 ext. 204.
i. FERC Contact: John Matkowski at (202) 502-8576; or email at
john.matkowski@ferc.gov.
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the
environmental document 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 23, 2020.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status
using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support
at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202)
502-8659 (TTY).
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The proposed project would consist of two developments, the
Upper System and the Lower System.
The Upper System development would consist of the following new
facilities: (1) A 16-foot-long, 6-foot-diameter intake structure to
divert up to five cubic feet per second (cfs) from Crooked Creek; (2) a
1,050-foot-long, 14-inch-diameter buried penstock extending between the
intake structure and the powerhouse; (3) a 16-foot-long, 20-foot-wide,
20-foot-high powerhouse containing a 35-kilowatt (kW) crossflow
turbine; (4) a tailrace discharging flows into Jim's Lake; and (5)
appurtenant facilities.
The Lower System development would consist of the following
facilities: (1) 225-foot-long, 18-foot-high rock-fill dam and intake
structure at the outlet of Jim's Lake to divert up to 6.5 cfs from
Jim's Lake; (2) a 2,550-foot-long, 16 to 18-inch-diameter buried
penstock extending between the intake and the powerhouse; (3) 20-foot-
long, 28-foot-wide, 14-foot-high powerhouse containing a 105-kW impulse
turbine; (4) a tailrace discharging flows into Port Althorp; and (5)
appurtenant facilities.
The project would also include an underground 8,800-foot-long, 7.2/
12.47-kilovolt (kV) transmission line extending from the project
powerhouses at each of the developments to Elfin Cove's existing 7.2/
12.47-kV transmission line. The project would generate an average of
788.3 megawatt-hours annually.
o. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an
opportunity to view and/or print the contents via the internet through
the Commission's Home Page (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. At this time, the
Commission has suspended access to the Commission's Public Reference
Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning
the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), issued by the President on
March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or TYY,
(202) 502-8659.
You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
p. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will
be made as appropriate.
Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)--November 2020
Request Additional Information--November 2020
Issue Acceptance Letter--February 2021
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--March 2021
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--May 2021
Issue Scoping Document 2--June 2021
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--June 2021
Commission issues Environmental Assessment--December 2021
Dated: September 8, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-20172 Filed 9-11-20; 8:45 am]
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