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Electrical Power for Valdez and the Copper River Basin-1981

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" I"\:'~ VI" ,,In,I,I, vr i,~ m,r, 'II, ,I,'r- I., n I'" ~'riJ rv7 ~LJ" r II := - ,,} \ !, t~ I, \,' I,'r\J '\\' ; ..... i I (, 'J~' I r' U v r I, , i ! '\ I I \ I .;~ L: Lf'J U,~ v U L:lJ b Lr'J ,_/ L. \j u\..lOFFICE OF THE GO~'ERNORDIVISION OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND PlANNINGDecember 29, 1980JAY 5 HAMMO'-ID, Go •• rnorPOUCH AOJUNEAU. ALASKA 99817PHONE,' 465~573Mr. Loran BaxterU.S. Department of <strong>the</strong> ArmyAlaska Corps of EngineersP.O. Box 7002Anchorage, Alaska 99510SUBJECT:Dear Mr. Baxter:COE <strong>Electrical</strong> <strong>Power</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Valdez</strong> Renewable Energ;- Project DEISState lOt FD214-80101501ESThe Alaska State Clearinghouse (SCH) has completed re~iew of <strong>the</strong> referencedDElS.The City of <strong>Valdez</strong> commented:L"The City of <strong>Valdez</strong> has reviewed <strong>the</strong> COE DIFR/EIS <strong>and</strong>found it consistent with community objectives. The impactof <strong>the</strong> recon~ended action upon <strong>Valdez</strong> will be positivein supplying energy to meet <strong>for</strong>ecast power dem<strong>and</strong>s':,"The growth that is projected <strong>for</strong> Valuez in this decadewill surpass <strong>the</strong> capacity of <strong>the</strong> current power generationsys tem. The proposed acti on of <strong>the</strong> CDE wi 11 benefit Va 1 dez<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Copper</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>Basin</strong> through ad~anced planning <strong>for</strong><strong>for</strong>ecast energy dem<strong>and</strong>s <strong>and</strong>, ultimately, supplying powerin advance of critical shortages."Considering <strong>the</strong> amount of power generated by <strong>the</strong> proposedaction, relatively little environmental impact will result.We feel that <strong>the</strong> COE has adequately addressed <strong>the</strong>' environmentalimpacts of <strong>the</strong>ir EIS section."The following comment was received from <strong>the</strong> Department of NaturalResources (DNR):"1. Of <strong>the</strong> various alternatives presented to help meet <strong>the</strong>needs -of <strong>the</strong> electrical power as projected in <strong>the</strong> report.a combination of <strong>the</strong> hydro-electrical facility atAllison Lake <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pressure Reducing Turbine to beinstalled in <strong>the</strong> Trans-Alaska Pipeline along withincreased conservation programs appear to be <strong>the</strong>most reasonable methods if it can be demonstratedthat <strong>the</strong> need <strong>for</strong> additional electrical powersources ex is ts.1. COiTr.ient Noted1. Based upon current in<strong>for</strong>mation th t' t 'are <strong>the</strong> best available' Ho • \ e~ lma ,ed future energy requlrementsfuture dem<strong>and</strong> COuld be'eith~~v~~'h~r ~s ~ulte Possib~e that <strong>the</strong> actualhappens versus What is prOjected~ rower dependlng on what actually

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