ADL 233857 - Grant Lake Hydroelectric Project - Lease Final Finding and Decision - AEEC - Moose Pass, AK

State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Mining, Land & Water Southcentral Region Land Office 550 W. 7th Ave., Suite 900C Anchorage, AK 99501-3577 ADL 233857 Alaska Electric and Energy Cooperative, Inc. Final Finding and Decision Land Lease: AS 38.05.810(e) This is a courtesy notice that the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Division of Mining, Land and Water (DMLW), Southcentral Regional Land Office (SCRO) has made a Final Finding and Decision to offer a 55-year lease for the Grant Lake Hydroelectric Project which proposes the construction and long-term operation of hydroelectric facility using the waters of Grant Lake near the community of Moose Pass. The site is located within Sections 6 and 7, Township 4 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian. An eligible person affected by this decision of the department, and who provided timely written comment or public hearing testimony of the department, may request reconsideration to the DNR Commissioner per AS 44.37.011

and 11 AAC 02. Any request for reconsideration must be received by the Commissioner's Office within twenty (20) calendar days after issuance of the decision under 11 AAC 02.040. The Commissioner may order or deny a request for reconsideration within thirty (30) calendar days after issuance of the decision. If the Commissioner takes no action on a request for reconsideration within thirty (30) days after issuance of the decision, the request for reconsideration is considered denied. The Commissioner's decision on reconsideration, other than a remand decision, is a final administrative order and decision of the department.An eligible person must first request reconsideration to the Commissioner before seeking relief in superior court. The Alaska State Courts establish its own rules for timely appealing final administrative orders and decisions of the department. Reconsideration may be mailed or hand-delivered to the DNR Commissioner's Office, 550 W. 7 th Avenue, Suite 1400, Anchorage, Alaska, 99501; or faxed to (907)-269-8918 or sent by electronic mail to dnr.appeals@alaska.gov. Reconsideration must be accompanied by the fee established in 11 AAC 05.160(d)(l)(F), which has been set at $200 under the provisions of 11 AAC 05.160(a)(b). A .pdf or print copy of 11 AAC 02 may be obtained by contacting Erik Fossum via phone at (907)-269-8429, via email at erik.fossum@alaska.gov, and is also available on the department's website at https://dnr.alaska.gov/mlw/pdf/DNR-11-AAC-02.pd An overview of the proposed Grant Lake Hydroelectric Project is available for review online at https://dnr.alaska.gov/mlw/grant-lake-hydro/. If you have any questions regarding this action, please contact Cole Hendrickson at (907) 269-8555 or cole.hendrickson@alaska.gov.