Notice2022-14110
Community of Elfin Cove Non Profit Corporation, DBA Elfin Cove Utility Commission; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing, Intent To Waive Scoping, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Terms and Conditions, Recommendations, Prescriptions
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July 1, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 126 (Friday, July 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39509-39510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14110]
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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 Accepted for Filing, Intent
To Waive Scoping, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready
for Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Terms and
Conditions, Recommendations, Prescriptions
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.: 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.
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 10.5 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, (202) 502-8576 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3c5653545212515d4857534b4f57557c5a594e5f125b534a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fc96939492d2919d8897938b8f9795bc9a998e9fd29b938a">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments,
terms and conditions, recommendations, and prescriptions: 60 days from
the issuance date of this notice; reply comments are due 105 days from
the issuance date of this notice.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
motions to intervene, protests, comments, terms and conditions,
recommendations, and prescriptions using the Commission's eFiling
system at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</a>. Commenters can
submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior
registration, using the eComment system at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx</a>. You must include your name and contact information
at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online
Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#763033243539181a1f181325030606190402361013041558111900"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d99f9c8b9a96b7b5b0b7bc8aaca9a9b6abad99bfbcabbaf7beb6af">[email protected]</span></a>, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or
(202) 502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper
copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should
include docket number P-14514-003.
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.
k. This application has been accepted for filing and is now ready
for environmental analysis.
l. The proposed project would consist of: (1) a new surface water
intake structure fitted with an 8-foot-wide, 18-inch high inclined
plate screen with 0.1 millimeter openings to divert up to five cubic
feet per second (cfs) from Crooked Creek to a 16-foot-long, 4-foot-
diameter buried intake pipe; (2) a new 825-foot-
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long, 14-inch-diameter partially buried high[hyphen]density
polyethylene (HDPE) penstock extending between the intake structure in
Crooked Creek to an 8-foot-long, 6-foot-diameter buried energy
dissipation structure near the shoreline of Jim's Lake; (3) a new 30-
foot-long, 4-foot-wide, 18-inch deep rip-rap discharge apron below the
energy dissipation structure that discharges into the existing 160-
foot-long natural channel flowing into Jim's Lake; (4) the existing
Jim's Lake with a new surface area of 5.7 acres and gross storage
capacity of 76-acre-feet at normal maximum water elevation of 342 feet
mean low water; (5) a new 200-foot-long, 14-foot-high reinforced
concrete dam with a 35-foot-long, 20-foot-wide, 14-foot-high spillway
section at the outlet of Jim's Lake; (6) a new intake consisting of a
4-foot-wide, 6[hyphen]foot-high vertically[hyphen]oriented intake
screen and a 20-inch-diamter intake opening; (7) a new 2,350-foot-long,
16 to 20-inch-diameter buried HDPE penstock extending between the
intake pipe opening and the powerhouse; (8) a 20-foot-long, 28-foot-
wide, 14-foot-high wood-frame powerhouse containing a 105-kilowatt
impulse turbine-generator unit; (9) a tailrace discharging flows into
Port Althorp; (10) a 5,800-foot-long, 7.2/12.47-kilovolt (kV) buried
transmission line extending from the project powerhouse to Elfin Cove's
existing 7.2/12.47-kV transmission line; and (11) appurtenant
facilities.
The project would generate an average of 594.8 megawatt-hours
annually.
m. Due to the small size and location of this project, the
applicant's close coordination with federal and state agencies during
preparation of the application, and studies completed during pre-filing
consultation, we intend to waive scoping and expedite the licensing
process. Based on a review of the application and resource agency
consultation letters including comments filed to date, Commission staff
does not anticipate that any new issues would be identified through
additional scoping. Based on the issues identified during the pre-
filing period, staff's National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
document will consider the potential effects of project construction
and operation on geology and soils, aquatic, terrestrial, threatened
and endangered species, recreation, and cultural and historic
resources.
n. A copy of the application can be viewed on the Commission's
website at <a href="http://www.ferc.gov">http://www.ferc.gov</a> 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.
Register online at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</a> to
be notified via email of new filings and issuances related to this or
other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
o. Any qualified applicant desiring to file a competing application
must submit to the Commission, on or before the specified intervention
deadline date, a competing development application, or a notice of
intent to file such an application. Submission of a timely notice of
intent allows an interested person to file the competing development
application no later than 120 days after the specified intervention
deadline date. Applications for preliminary permits will not be
accepted in response to this notice.
A notice of intent must specify the exact name, business address,
and telephone number of the prospective applicant, and must include an
unequivocal statement of intent to submit a development application. A
notice of intent must be served on the applicant(s) named in this
public notice.
Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18
CFR 385.210, .211, and .214. In determining the appropriate action to
take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments
filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with
the Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any
comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or
before the specified comment date for the particular application.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``PROTEST'', ``MOTION TO INTERVENE'', ``NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE
COMPETING APPLICATION,'' ``COMPETING APPLICATION,'' ``COMMENTS,''
``REPLY COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' or
``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (2) set forth in the heading the name of the
applicant and the project number of the application to which the filing
responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone number of the
person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise comply with the
requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All comments,
recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must set forth
their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the requirements of
18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly
from the applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must
be served upon each representative of the applicant specified in the
particular application. A copy of all other filings in reference to
this application must be accompanied by proof of service on all persons
listed in the service list prepared by the Commission in this
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
p. The applicant must file no later than 60 days following the date
of issuance of this notice: (1) a copy of the water quality
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request;
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification. Please note
that the certification request must comply with 40 CFR 121.5(b),
including documentation that a pre-filing meeting request was submitted
to the certifying authority at least 30 days prior to submitting the
certification request. Please also note that the certification request
must be sent to the certifying authority and to the Commission
concurrently.
q. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will
be made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Deadline for filing interventions, August 2022.
protests, comments, recommendations,
preliminary terms and conditions, and
preliminary fishway prescriptions.
Deadline for filing reply comments........ October 2022.
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Dated: June 28, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-14110 Filed 6-30-22; 8:45 am]
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