Before the FERC Application for New License for the Annex Creek ...

BILL SHEFFIELD. GOVE.qNOR
DEPART'IEXT OF ~ATURAL RESOlJRCES
DIVISIOII OF PARKS AND OUTDOOR RECREATION
22SA CORDOVA STREET
ANCHO~AGE. ALASKA 99501
PHONE: ,907\276·2653
MAILING ACDAESS:
POUCH 7001
ANChORAGE. ALASKA ;9510
March 5. 1985
Re: 1130-13
3440 (FERC)
Subject: Annex Creek/Salmon Creek Hydroelectric Project
'ERC Project No. 2307, Re11cens1ng
WilliaM A. Corbus
"fanager
AEL&P. Company
134 N. Franklin Street
Juneau. Alaska 99801
Dear Mr. Corbus:
As you know, the remains at Salmon Creek were determined "not eligible" for
inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1982. A
copy of our previous correspondence 1s enclosed. We therefore have no
concerns with relicensing at the Salmon Creek facilities, especially in light
of the fact that no changes are proposed in the facilities themselves. Your
Exhibit E report should cover this matter io its section on cultural
resources. If you require assistance 1n developing appropriate language for
your report, please let us know. We may be able to provide some preliminary
wording.
The Annex Creek portioft of your project is new to us. Our records do indicate
that the Annex Creek power site is listed on the Alaska Heritage Resources
Survey as site number JUN-175. This listing records the facility as possibly
dating from 1914-1915 and that it was in operation as of 1979. It may be
necessary to conduct a Determination of Eligibility on the Annex Creek
facilities similar to the one done for Sa!.on Creek •. In order to better
ascertain whether that will be necessary, it would be very helpful if you
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could provide dates of construction and possibly a shq~ history of the
existing Annex Creek facilities. Xerox copies of photographs would also aid
in this process.