S.Amdt. 2961

SA 2961. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2953 proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to
provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United
States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table;
as follows:

At the end of part I of subtitle A of title III, add the
following:

SEC. 30___. TERROR LAKE HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT UPPER HIDDEN
BASIN DIVERSION AUTHORIZATION.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Terror lake hydroelectric project.--The term ``Terror
Lake Hydroelectric Project'' means the project identified in
section 1325 of the Alaska National Interest Lands
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3212), and which is Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission project number 2743.
(2) Upper hidden basin diversion expansion.--The term
``Upper Hidden Basin Diversion Expansion'' means the
expansion of the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project as
generally described in Exhibit E to the Upper Hidden Basin
Grant Application dated July 2, 2014 and submitted to the
Alaska Energy Authority Renewable Energy Fund Round VIII by
Kodiak Electric Association, Inc.
(b) Authorization.--The licensee for the Terror Lake
Hydroelectric Project may occupy not more than 20 acres of
Federal land to construct, operate, and maintain the Upper
Hidden Basin Diversion Expansion without further
authorization of the Secretary of the Interior or under the
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C.
3101 et seq.).
(c) Savings Clause.--The Upper Hidden Basin Diversion
Expansion shall be subject to appropriate terms and
conditions included in an amendment to a license issued by
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission pursuant to the
Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.), including section
4(e) of that Act (16 U.S.C. 797(e)), following an
environmental review by the Commission under the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
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