80 FR 13842 - Community of Elfin Cove, dba Elfin Cove Utility Commission; Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, and Approving Use of the Traditional Licensing Process

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 51 (March 17, 2015)

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FR Document		2015-06080

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 51 (Tuesday, March 17, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14514-001]


Community of Elfin Cove, dba Elfin Cove Utility Commission; 
Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application 
Document, and Approving Use of the Traditional Licensing Process

    a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application and 
Request to Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
    b. Project No.: 14514-001.
    c. Date Filed: February 2, 2015.
    d. Submitted By: Community of Elfin Cove, 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, approximately 70 
miles west of Juneau, Alaska. The project occupies 60 acres of land 
within the Tongass National Forest, administered by the United States 
Forest Service.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the Commission's regulations.
    h. Potential Applicant Contact: Joel Groves, PE, Polarconsult 
Alaska, Inc., 1503 West 33rd Avenue, Suite 310, Anchorage, Alaska 
99503; (907) 258-2420 x204.
    i. FERC Contact: Sean O'Neill at (202) 502-6462; or email at 
[email protected].
    j. Elfin Cove Utility Commission filed its request to use the 
Traditional Licensing Process on February 2, 2015. Elfin Cove Utility 
Commission provided public notice of its request on February 3, 2015. 
In a letter dated March 11, 2015, the Director of the Division of 
Hydropower Licensing approved Elfin Cove Utility Commission's request 
to use the Traditional Licensing Process.
    k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries under section 7 
of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency regulations 
thereunder at 50 CFR part 402; and NOAA Fisheries under section 305(b) 
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and 
implementing regulations at 50 CFR 600.920. We are also initiating 
consultation with the Alaska State Historic Preservation Officer, as 
required by section 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the 
implementing regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
    l. Elfin Cove Utility Commission filed a Pre-Application Document 
(PAD; including a proposed process plan and schedule) with the 
Commission, pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission's regulations.
    m. A copy of the PAD is available for review at the Commission in 
the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site 
(http://www.ferc.gov), 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 at 
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for

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inspection and reproduction at the address in paragraph h.
    n. Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filing and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.

    Dated: March 11, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-06080 Filed 3-16-15; 8:45 am]
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DOE/FE Evaluation do not include any active hyperlinks or c. Date Filed: February 2, 2015.
password protection in any of the d. Submitted By: Community of Elfin
The Application will be reviewed
documents or attachments related to the Cove, dba Elfin Cove Utility
pursuant to section 3 of the NGA, as
filing. All electronic filings submitted to Commission.
amended, and the authority contained
DOE must follow these guidelines to e. Name of Project: Crooked Creek and
in DOE Delegation Order No. 00–
ensure that all documents are filed in a Jim’s Lake Hydroelectric Project.
002.00N (July 11, 2013) and DOE f. Location: On Crooked Creek and
Redelegation Order No. 00–006.02 (Nov. timely manner. Any hardcopy filing
submitted greater in length than 50 Jim’s Lake, approximately 70 miles west
17, 2014). In reviewing this LNG export of Juneau, Alaska. The project occupies
pages must also include, at the time of
application, DOE will consider domestic 60 acres of land within the Tongass
the filing, a digital copy on disk of the
need for the gas, as well as any other National Forest, administered by the
entire submission.
issues determined to be appropriate, A decisional record on the United States Forest Service.
including whether the arrangement is Application will be developed through g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the
consistent with DOE’s policy of responses to this notice by parties, Commission’s regulations.
promoting competition in the including the parties’ written comments h. Potential Applicant Contact: Joel
marketplace by allowing commercial and replies thereto. Additional Groves, PE, Polarconsult Alaska, Inc.,
parties to freely negotiate their own procedures will be used as necessary to 1503 West 33rd Avenue, Suite 310,
trade arrangements. Parties that may achieve a complete understanding of the Anchorage, Alaska 99503; (907) 258–
oppose this application should facts and issues. If an additional 2420 x204.
comment in their responses on these procedure is scheduled, notice will be i. FERC Contact: Sean O’Neill at (202)
issues. provided to all parties. If no party 502–6462; or email at sean.oneill@
The National Environmental Policy requests additional procedures, a final ferc.gov.
Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., Opinion and Order may be issued based j. Elfin Cove Utility Commission filed
requires DOE to give appropriate on the official record, including the its request to use the Traditional
consideration to the environmental Application and responses filed by Licensing Process on February 2, 2015.
effects of its proposed decisions. No parties pursuant to this notice, in Elfin Cove Utility Commission provided
final decision will be issued in this accordance with 10 CFR 590.316. public notice of its request on February
proceeding until DOE has met its NEPA The Application is available for 3, 2015. In a letter dated March 11,
responsibilities. inspection and copying in the Division 2015, the Director of the Division of
Public Comment Procedures of Natural Gas Regulatory Activities Hydropower Licensing approved Elfin
docket room, Room 3E–042, 1000 Cove Utility Commission’s request to
In response to this Notice, any person Independence Avenue SW., use the Traditional Licensing Process.
may file a protest, comments, or a Washington, DC 20585. The docket k. With this notice, we are initiating
motion to intervene or notice of room is open between the hours of 8:00 informal consultation with the U.S. Fish
intervention, as applicable. Any person a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through and Wildlife Service and NOAA
wishing to become a party to the Friday, except Federal holidays. The Fisheries under section 7 of the
proceeding must file a motion to Application and any filed protests, Endangered Species Act and the joint
intervene or notice of intervention. The motions to intervene or notice of agency regulations thereunder at 50 CFR
filing of comments or a protest with interventions, and comments will also part 402; and NOAA Fisheries under
respect to the Application will not serve be available electronically by going to section 305(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens
to make the commenter or protestant a the following DOE/FE Web address: Fishery Conservation and Management
party to the proceeding, although http://www.fe.doe.gov/programs/ Act and implementing regulations at 50
protests and comments received from gasregulation/index.html. CFR 600.920. We are also initiating
persons who are not parties will be consultation with the Alaska State
considered in determining the Issued in Washington, DC, on March 4,
2015. Historic Preservation Officer, as
appropriate action to be taken on the required by section 106, National
John A. Anderson,
Application. All protests, comments, Historic Preservation Act, and the
motions to intervene, or notices of Director, Office of Oil and Gas Global Security
and Supply, Office of Oil and Natural Gas.
implementing regulations of the
intervention must meet the Advisory Council on Historic
requirements specified by the [FR Doc. 2015–05950 Filed 3–16–15; 8:45 am]
Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
regulations in 10 CFR part 590. BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
l. Elfin Cove Utility Commission filed
Filings may be submitted using one of a Pre-Application Document (PAD;
the following methods: (1) Emailing the including a proposed process plan and
filing to fergas@hq.doe.gov, with FE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
schedule) with the Commission,
Docket No. 15–13–LNG in the title line; Federal Energy Regulatory pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the
(2) mailing an original and three paper Commission Commission’s regulations.
copies of the filing to the Office of Oil m. A copy of the PAD is available for
and Gas Global Security and Supply at [Project No. 14514–001] review at the Commission in the Public
the address listed in ADDRESSES; or (3) Reference Room or may be viewed on
hand delivering an original and three Community of Elfin Cove, dba Elfin the Commission’s Web site (http://
paper copies of the filing to the Office Cove Utility Commission; Notice of www.ferc.gov), using the ‘‘eLibrary’’
Intent To File License Application,
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of Oil and Gas Global Supply at the link. Enter the docket number,
address listed in ADDRESSES. All filings Filing of Pre-Application Document, excluding the last three digits in the
must include a reference to FE Docket and Approving Use of the Traditional docket number field to access the
No. 15–13–LNG. PLEASE NOTE: If Licensing Process document. For assistance, contact FERC
submitting a filing via email, please a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to Online Support at
include all related documents and File License Application and Request to FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
attachments (e.g., exhibits) in the Use the Traditional Licensing Process. 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
original email correspondence. Please b. Project No.: 14514–001. (TTY). A copy is also available for

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Section		Notices
FR Citation		80 FR 13842

80 FR 13842 - Community of Elfin Cove, dba Elfin Cove Utility Commission; Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, and Approving Use of the Traditional Licensing Process

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYFederal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 51 (March 17, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission