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Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project Document
ARLIS Uniform Cover Page
Title:
SuWa 269
Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project no. 14241-000; Filing
of additional information in response to October 2014 Initial Study Plan
Meetings
Author(s) – Personal:
Wayne Dyok
Author(s) – Corporate:
Alaska Energy Authority
AEA-identified category, if specified:
December 17, 2014 technical memorandum filings
AEA-identified series, if specified:
Series (ARLIS-assigned report number): Existing numbers on document:
Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project document number 269
Published by: Date published:
[Anchorage, Alaska] : Alaska Energy Authority, [2014] December 17, 2014
Published for: Date or date range of report:
Volume and/or Part numbers:
Final or Draft status, as indicated:
Document type: Pagination:
Cover letter 2 p.
Related work(s): Pages added/changed by ARLIS:
Attachments A-B (SuWa 270-271)
Notes:
All reports in the Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project Document series include an ARLIS-
produced cover page and an ARLIS-assigned number for uniformity and citability. All reports
are posted online at http://www.arlis.org/resources/susitna-watana/
December 17, 2014
Ms. Kimberly D. Bose
Secretary
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
888 First Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20426
Re: Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project, Project No. 14241-000
Filing of Additional Information in Response to
October 2014 Initial Study Plan Meetings
Dear Secretary Bose:
By letters dated January 28, 2014 and October 3, 2014, the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) modified the procedural schedule for
the preparation and review of the Initial Study Report (ISR) for the proposed Susitna-
Watana Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. 14241 (Project).1 As required by the
Commission’s January 28 letter, the Alaska Energy Authority (AEA) filed the ISR with
the Commission on June 3, 2014 and conducted ISR meetings on October 15, 16, 17, 21,
22, and 23, 2014. As required by the Commission’s October 3 letter, AEA will be
conducting additional ISR meetings on January 7 and 8, 2015.
In response to the October ISR meetings, AEA and licensing participants
identified two technical memoranda that AEA would file with the Commission in
December 2014, ahead of the January ISR meetings. In accordance, AEA is filing and
distributing the following technical memoranda:
• Attachment A: Study of Fish Distribution and Abundance in the Upper
Susitna River (Study 9.5) - Evaluation of 2014 Study Modifications in the
Black River Technical Memorandum. This technical memorandum describes
how the modifications to the Study of Fish Distribution and Abundance in the
Upper Susitna River (Study 9.5) outlined in the ISR were applied to the Black
River during the 2014 study year.
• Attachment B: River Productivity Study (Study 9.8) - Fish Diet Sample Size
Sufficiency Analysis Technical Memorandum. This technical memorandum
describes an analysis of stomach contents samples conducted after field
1 Letter from Jeff Wright, FERC Office of Energy Projects, to Wayne Dyok, Alaska Energy Authority,
Project No. 14241-000 (issued Jan. 28, 2014); Letter from Jeff Wright, FERC Office of Energy Projects, to
Wayne Dyok, Alaska Energy Authority, Project No. 14241-000 (issued Oct. 3, 2014).
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sampling was completed to determine whether the sample size targets and the
actual sample sizes were sufficient to meet the Study Plan objectives.
Additionally, AEA notes that data collected during the Study Plan implementation,
to the extent they have been verified through AEA’s quality assurance and quality control
(QAQC) procedures and are publicly available, can be accessed at
http://gis.suhydro.org/isr_mtg. On December 17, 2014, AEA posted the following data to
this website:
• Baseline Water Quality Data (Study 5.5), 2014 QAQC water quality data
and DVRs per the Quality Assurance Project Plan.
Finally, AEA notes that it has posted the agenda and PowerPoint presentations for
the upcoming January ISR meetings to the Project website (http://www.susitna-
watanahydro.org/meetings/ ).
AEA appreciates the opportunity to provide this additional information to the
Commission and licensing participants, which it believes will be helpful in determining
the appropriate development of the 2015 study plan as set forth in the ISR. If you have
questions concerning this submission please contact me at wdyok@aidea.org or (907)
771-3955.
Sincerely,
Wayne Dyok
Project Manager
Alaska Energy Authority
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