[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 222 (Thursday, November 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 63025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30101]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission
November 12, 1999.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
a. Type of Application: Major Unconstructed Project.
b. Project No.: P-11588-001.
c. Date filed: October 29, 1999.
d. Applicant: Alaska Power and Telephone Company.
e. Name of Project: Otter Creek Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On Kasidaya Creek, about 3 miles from the City of
Skagway, on Taiya Inlet, in the First Judicial District of the State of
Alaska. The project affects about 6.0 acres of Federal lands within the
Tongass National Forest.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. Secs. 791(a)-
825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Alaska Power & Telephone Company, Robert S.
Grimm, President, P.O. Box 3222, Port Townsend, WA 98368, (360) 385-
1733.
i. FERC Contact: Gaylord W. Hoisington, Egaylord.hoisington@ferc.fed.us. or telephone (202) 219-2756.
j. Brief Description of the Project: The proposed project would
consist of the following: (1) a 80-foot-long, 10-foot-high impoundment
structure at approximately 550 feet above mean sea level (MSL); (2) a
0.18-acre reservoir with a total storage capacity of 0.92 acre-foot;
(3) an intake at the impoundment structure; (4) an orifice to
continuously release 5 cubic-feet-per-second (cfs) at the impoundment
structure; (5) a 3,500 foot-long, 40-inch-diameter penstock; (6) a 60-
foot-long, 80-foot-wide metal powerhouse structure to house a 3.0-
megawatt Turgo turbin; (7) a 200-foot by 100-foot staging area around
the powerhouse; (8) a 50-foot to 75-foot-long tailrace; (9) a pad
mounted step-up transformer; (1) a 200-foot-long underground cable;
(11) 3 helicopter pads; and (12) other appurtenances.
k. Locations of the application: a copy of the application is
available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public
Reference Room, located at 888 First Street, NE, Room 2A, Washington,
D.C. 20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371. The application may be viewed
on the web at www.ferc.fed.us. Call (202) 208-2222 for assistance. A
copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address
in item h above.
l. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the Alaska
State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by section 106,
National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-30101 Filed 11-17-99; 8:45 am]
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