
[Federal Register: February 10, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 26)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13328-000]


Cordova Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications

February 3, 2009.
    Cordova Electric Cooperative, Inc. filed an application on November
10, 2008, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing
to study the feasibility of the Snyder Falls Creek Hydroelectric
Project, which would be located near the town of Cordova on Snyder
Falls Creek in Section 16, T14S, R3W of the Copper River Meridian,
Alaska. The project would be located on Chugach National Forest Lands
administered by the U.S Forest Service.
    The proposed Snyder Falls Creek Hydroelectric Project would connect
with the transmission facilities of the existing Humpback Creek
Project, FERC No. 8889, and would consist of: (1) A proposed concrete
gravity dam ranging from 100-foot-high to 150-foot-high impounding a
reservoir at an elevation between 1414 and 1464 m.s.l. with a surface
area ranging from 12.4 to 25.1 acres and a spillway, (2) a proposed
intake structure, (3) a proposed 3,600 foot-long, two-foot diameter
penstock, (4) a proposed powerhouse which will contain one generating
unit with a total installed capacity of 3 MW, (5) a new 4.5-mile-long,
12.5 kV transmission line connecting to existing power lines, and (6)
appurtenant facilities. The project would have an annual generation of
between 10 and 13 gigawatts-hours, which would be sold to a local
utility.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Clay Koplin, CEO, Cordova Electric
Cooperative, Inc., Post Office Box 20, Cordova, AK 99574;

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phone: (907) 424-5555. FERC Contact: Tom Papsidero, (202) 502-6002.
    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.
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
under the ``e-Filing'' link. If unable to be filed electronically,
documents may be paper-filed. To paper-file, an original and eight
copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For
more information on how to submit these types of filings please go to
the Commission's Web site located at http://www.ferc.gov/filing-
comments.asp. More information about this project can be viewed or
printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of Commission's Web site at http://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P-
13328) in the docket number field to access the document. For
assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-2687 Filed 2-9-09; 8:45 am]

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