HomeMy WebLinkAboutG9d-150311-FERC_ECUC_TLP Approval_3032(30316038)FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20426
March 11, 2015
OFFICE OF ENERGY PROJECTS
Project No. 14514-001Alaska
Crooked Creek and Jim’s Lake Hydroelectric
Project
Community of Elfin Cove, dba Elfin Cove
Utility Commission
Jane Button
Elfin Cove Utility Commission
P.O. Box 2
Elfin Cove, AK 99825
Reference: Authorization to Use the Traditional Licensing Process
Dear Ms. Button:
In a letter filed on February 2, 2015, you requested to use the Traditional
Licensing Process (TLP) in preparing a license application for the 140-kilowatt Crooked
Creek and Jim’s Lake Hydroelectric Project, located on Crooked Creek and Jim’s Lake
near the Community of Elfin Cove in the Sitka Recording District, Alaska. On the same
date, you also filed a notice of intent and pre-application document (PAD) for the
proposed project.
On February 24, 2015, you filed documentation with the Commission showing
that you published a notice of the request to use the TLP in the February 3, 2015 edition
of the Juneau Empire. Your notice contained the information required in section
5.3(d)(2) of the Commission’s regulations, including a statement requesting that
comments on the request to use the TLP be filed with the Commission by March 5, 2015.
No comments have been received in response to the notice or your PAD.
Therefore, based on the information that you’ve provided that indicates that the
complexity of the resource issues is believed to be small and the level of anticipated
controversy is expected to be minimal, I am granting your request.
Section 4.38 of the Commission’s regulations describes the pre-filing steps that
need to be completed when preparing an application for a hydropower license under the
TLP, including consultation and conducting necessary studies [18 C.F.R. §4.38(a)-(e)].
Specific steps that will need to be carried out during pre-filing consultation include an
initial joint agency/public meeting and site visit [§4.38(b)(3)]; an opportunity for
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participants to request studies [§4.38(b)(5)]; preparation and participant review of a draft
application [§4.38(c)(4)]; and a meeting to resolve any disputes on the draft application
[§4.38(c)(6)]. Please note that the initial joint agency/public meeting, is required to be
held no sooner than 30 days, nor later than 60 days, from the date of this letter
[§4.38(b)(3)(ii)].
If you have any questions, please contact Sean O’Neill at (202) 502-6462 or via
email at sean.oneill@ferc.gov.
Sincerely,
Vince Yearick
Director
Division of Hydropower Licensing
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Joel Groves, PE
Polarconsult Alaska, Inc.
1503 West 33rd Avenue, Suite 310
Anchorage, Alaska 99503
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