Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project no. 14241-000 ; Filing of Initial Study Plan Meetings transcripts and additional information in response to October 2014 Initial Study Plan Meetings.

This cover letter accompanies fourteen attachments. Six attachments (Attachments A-F) are two-part reports on Initial Study Report (ISR) Meetings--the first part contains the meeting transcripts and the second part contains the agenda and presentations. Eight attachments (Attachments G-N) are techni...

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Alternate Title:Filing of Initial Study Plan Meetings transcripts and additional information in response to October 2014 Initial Study Plan Meetings

Title on Project's Document webpage: November 14, 2014 technical memorandum filings
Main Author: Dyok, Wayne,
Additional Author(s):Bose, Kimberly D.,
Corporate Contributor(s):Alaska Energy Authority.

Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project.
Publisher:Alaska Energy Authority,
Report Numbers:SuWa 254
Series:Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project document ; no. 254.
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Summary:This cover letter accompanies fourteen attachments. Six attachments (Attachments A-F) are two-part reports on Initial Study Report (ISR) Meetings--the first part contains the meeting transcripts and the second part contains the agenda and presentations. Eight attachments (Attachments G-N) are technical memoranda that were written during the 2014 study season of the Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project and submitted by the Alaska Energy Authority to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as a group filing. Attachment N consists of errata pages that replace an earlier technical memorandum submitted on September 30, 2014 and that also replace 16 pages for a presentation found in the report for the October 16, 2014 ISR Meeting. This set of documents deal with research being conducted for hydropower development on the Susitna River. The technical memoranda cover fluvial geomorphology, fishery methodology, aquatic habitat mapping, fish passage criteria, and mercury monitoring.
Physical Description:4 p. ; 28 cm.
Notes:Title from subject line.

"November 14, 2014."

ARLIS assigned report number: SuWa 254.

Letter of transmittal to Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, from Wayne Dyok, Project Manager, Alaska Energy Authority, dated November 14, 2014.

Each attachment to this document is cataloged separately in order to provide details on those portions. These materials are assigned numbers SuWa 255 through 268.

This cover letter serves as a filing document for six meeting transcripts and eight technical memoranda generated during the 2014 study season of the Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project, each listed in the letter as attachments. The cover letter and the attached reports were submitted to FERC on November 14, 2014 (numbered SuWa 255-268).
Report Type:November 14, 2014 technical memorandum filings.

Technical memorandum.
Related Titles:Accompanied by (manifestation): Initial Study Report Meetings (2014 October 14 : Anchorage, Alaska). Initial Study Report Meetings, October 15, 2014. [Anchorage : Alaska Energy Authority, 2014] Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project document ; no. 255 SuWa 255 Attachment A to this letter.

Accompanied by (manifestation): Initial Study Report Meetings (2014 October 16 : Anchorage, Alaska). Initial Study Report Meetings, October 16, 2014. [Anchorage : Alaska Energy Authority, 2014] Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project document ; no. 256 SuWa 256 Attachment B to this letter.

Accompanied by (manifestation): Initial Study Report Meetings (2014 October 17 : Anchorage, Alaska). Initial Study Report Meetings, October 17, 2014. [Anchorage : Alaska Energy Authority, 2014] Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project document ; no. 257 SuWa 257 Attachment C to this letter.

Accompanied by (manifestation): R2 Resource Consultants. Characterization and mapping of aquatic habitats (9.9), errata to Initial Study Report Part A - Appendix A, Remote line mapping, 2012. [Anchorage : Alaska Energy Authority, 2014] Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project document ; no. 265 SuWa 265 Attachment K to this letter.

Accompanied by (manifestation): Initial Study Report Meetings (2014 October 21 : Anchorage, Alaska). Initial Study Report Meetings, October 21, 2014. [Anchorage : Alaska Energy Authority, 2014] Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project document ; no. 258 SuWa 258 Attachment D to this letter.

Accompanied by (manifestation): Initial Study Report Meetings (2014 October 22 : Anchorage, Alaska). Initial Study Report Meetings, October 22, 2014. [Anchorage : Alaska Energy Authority, 2014] Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project document ; no. 259 SuWa 259 Attachment E to this letter.

Accompanied by (manifestation): Initial Study Report Meetings (2014 October 23 : Anchorage, Alaska). Initial Study Report Meetings, October 23, 2014. [Anchorage : Alaska Energy Authority, 2014] Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project document ; no. 260 SuWa 260 Attachment F to this letter.

Accompanied by (manifestation): Glacier and runoff changes (Study 7.7) and fluvial geomorphology (Study 6.5), assessment of the potential for changes in sediment delivery to Watana Reservoir due to glacial surges, technical memorandum. [Anchorage : Alaska Energy Authority, 2014] Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project document ; no. 261 SuWa 261 Attachment G to this letter.

Accompanied by (manifestation): Riparian instream flow (Study 8.6) and fluvial geomorphology (Study 6.6), dam effects on downstream channel and floodplain geomorphology and riparian plant communities and ecosystems - literature review, technical memorandum. [Anchorage : Alaska Energy Authority, 2014] Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project document ; no. 262 SuWa 262 Attachment H to this letter.

Accompanied by (manifestation): Susitna River fish distribution and abundance implementation plan : Appendix 3, Protocol for site-specific gear type selection; version 5. [Anchorage : Alaska Energy Authority, 2014] Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project document ; no. 263 SuWa 263 Attachment I to this letter.

Accompanied by (manifestation): Fish distribution and abundance in the upper and middle/lower Susitna River (Studies 9.5 and 9.6), draft chinook and coho salmon identification protocol. [Anchorage : Alaska Energy Authority, 2014] Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project document ; no. 264 SuWa 264 Attachment J to this letter.

Accompanied by (manifestation): R2 Resource Consultants. Characterization and mapping of aquatic habitats, Study 9.9, revised map book for 2012 remote line mapping. [Anchorage : Alaska Energy Authority, 2014] Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project document ; no. 266 SuWa 266 Attachment L to this letter.

Accompanied by (manifestation): Study of fish passage barriers in the middle and upper Susitna River and Susitna tributaries (Study 9.12), fish passage criteria technical memorandum. [Anchorage : Alaska Energy Authority, 2014] Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project document ; no. 267 SuWa 267 Attachment M to this letter.

Accompanied by (manifestation): Mercury assessment and potential for bioaccumulation study (Study 5.7), Errata to evaluation of continued mercury monitoring beyond 2014 technical memorandum (September 30, 2014). [Anchorage : Alaska Energy Authority, 2014] Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project document ; no. 268 SuWa 268 Attachment N to this letter.