
[Federal Register: September 22, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 183)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13645-000]

 
Alaska Power and Telephone Company; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

September 16, 2010.
    On December 21, 2009, the Alaska Power and Telephone Company 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 
Schubee Lake Hydroelectric Project to be located near Schubee Lake in 
the Boroughs of Skagway and Haines, Alaska near Haines, 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 has two alternatives for the lake intake: a 
siphon intake and a conventional intake. The proposed project also has 
two alternatives for the penstock: above-ground and directional-bored.
    The siphon intake alternative includes: (1) A fabricated steel 
intake screen; (2) an approximately 200-foot-long, 24-inch-diameter 
high-density polyethylene pipe connecting the intake screen to the 
pumphouse; (3) an 8-foot-long, 24-inch-diameter vacuum tank and a 
vacuum pump; (4) a siphon pumphouse; and (5) a 269-acre (maximum pool), 
5,000 acre-foot active storage capacity reservoir.
    The conventional intake alternative includes: (1) A 20-foot-high, 
200-foot-long timber, rockfill, and concrete dam; (2) an 8-foot-long, 
8-foot-wide, 20-foot-high concrete intake box; and (3) a 290-acre 
(maximum pool), 6,000 acre-foot active storage capacity reservoir.
    The above-ground penstock alternative includes: (1) A 7,100-foot-
long, 24-inch-diameter steel pipe with polyurethane coating and lining; 
(2) concrete and fabricated steel saddle supports; (3) reinforced 
concrete thrust blocks; and (4) expansion joints and/or sleeve 
couplings.
    The directional-bored penstock alternative includes: (1) A 7,200-
foot-long, 28-inch-diameter tunnel, bored with directional-drilling 
equipment by successive backreamings of a pilot hole;

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(2) a 7,200-foot-long, 24-inch-diameter steel liner; and (3) grout 
between lining and tunnel as required.
    In all of the alternatives, the project would also consist of the 
following: (1) A new powerhouse; (2) a turbine/generator unit with an 
installed capacity of 4,900 kilowatts; and (3) a 9-mile-long, 34.5-
kilovolt transmission line connected to the grid in the Haines area via 
a submarine cable.
    Annual energy production is estimated to be 25 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert S. Grimm, Alaska Power and Telephone 
Company, P.O. Box 3222, Port Townsend, WA 98368; phone: (360) 385-1733, 
x120.
    FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman (202) 502-6077.
    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. 
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 http://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 http://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. 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 http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-13645-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-23683 Filed 9-21-10; 8:45 am]
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