Environmental Assessment Completed

Whitman Lake Hydroelectric Project

Tongass National Forest Ketchikan Gateway, Alaska Ketchikan Misty Fjords Ranger District

Ketchikan Public Utilities seeks a FERC license for a 4.6-megawatt hydroelectric facility. FERC is preparing the EA. After the license is granted, the USFS will issue a special use authorization for the duration of the FERC license.

Location

Whitman Lake is 4 miles east of Ketchikan, AK

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
12/01/1998
2
Comment Period
12/01/1998
3
Decision
06/2011 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
07/2011 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityIra - Inventoried Roadless Area Activities Requiring Secretary/Undersecretary Approval
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations
Whitman Lake Hydroelectric ProjectDecision Signed Date: 06/15/2011 Legal Notice Date: 06/17/2011
ForestsTongass National Forest
DistrictsKetchikan Misty Fjords Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionSec. 26, 27, & 35 T75S R91E CRM
Special use management