99-15890. Chugach Electric Association, Inc.; Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 33480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15890]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2170-010 Alaska]


Chugach Electric Association, Inc.; Notice of Availability of 
Draft Environmental Assessment

June 17, 1999.
    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) 
regulations, the Office of Hydropower Licensing has reviewed the 
application for the proposed Amendment of License for the Cooper Lake 
Project, located on Cooper Lake, Cooper Creek, and Kenai Lake near 
Cooper Landing on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, and has prepared a draft 
environmental assessment (DEA) for the proposed action. The Cooper Lake 
Project occupies lands within the Chugach National Forest.
    Chugach Electric Association proposes to increase the generating 
capacity of the project by 4.38 MW. The increase would be achieved by 
installing new, modern design turbine runners in the existing casings, 
which would increase the hydraulic capacity of each of the two 
generating units from 165.5 cubic feet per second (cfs) to 190 cfs, a 
total project increase from 331 cfs to 380 cfs. This 14.8 percent 
increase is defined as a non-capacity related amendment under the 
Commission's regulations (18 CFR 4.201(b)).
    The DEA finds that approval of the amendment would not constitute a 
major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human 
environment. Copies of the DEA are available for review in the 
Commission's Public Reference Branch, Room 2A, 888 First Street, NE, 
Washington, DC 20426 or by calling [phone]. The DEA may be 
viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm. Please 
call [phone] for assistance.
    Any comments on the DEA should be filed within 30 days from the 
date of this notice and should be addressed to: David P. Boergers, 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, 
Washington, DC 20426. Please affix ``Cooper Lake Project Amendment of 
License, Project No. 2170-010'' to all comments. For further 
information, please contact John K. Novak at [phone].
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-15890 Filed 6-22-99; 8:45 am]
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