Environmental Assessment Completed

Soule Hydro LLC Hydroelectric Investigative Surveys Permit

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

Authorize Soule Hydro LLC to complete physical and biological surveys on the Soule River watershed to investigate the feasibility of the Soule River Hydro Project FERC P-13528-001

Location

Soule River watershed, approximately nine miles southwest of Hyder, Alaska.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/30/2013
2
Comment Period
12/10/2013
3
Decision
06/2014 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
07/2014 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations
DN&FONSI Soule Hydro LLC Hydroelectric Investigative Special Use PermitDecision Signed Date: 06/23/2014
ForestsTongass National Forest
DistrictsKetchikan Misty Fjords Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionThe project will take place within T.69S., R.99E. and R.100E., and T.70.S., R.99E. and R.100E., Copper River Meridian.
Special use management