[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 199 (Friday, October 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 63919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26597]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 13305-002]
Whitestone Power and Communications; Notice of Technical
Teleconference To Discuss Information and Monitoring Needs for a
License Application for a Pilot Project
a. Type of Application: Draft License Application for Pilot
Project.
b. Project No.: 13305-002.
c. Applicant: Whitestone Power and Communications (Whitestone).
d. Name of Project: Microturbine Hydrokinetic River-In-Stream
Energy Conversion Power Project (also known as the Whitestone Poncelet
RISEC Project).
e. Location: On the Tanana River near Delta Junction, Alaska.
f. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the Commission's regulations.
g. Applicant Contact: Steven M. Selvaggio, Whitestone Power and
Communications, P.O. Box 1630, Delta Junction, Alaska 99737; (907) 895-
4938.
h. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman, (202) 502-6077 or
[email protected].
i. Project Description: The proposed Microturbine Hydrokinetic
River-In-Stream Energy Conversion Power Project would consist of: (1) A
12-foot-wide, 16-foot-diameter Poncelet undershot water wheel; (2) a
34-foot-long, 19- to 24-foot-wide aluminum-frame floatation platform
mounted on a 34-foot-long, 3.5-foot-diameter high-density- polyethylene
(HDPE) pontoon and a 34-foot-long, 3-foot-diameter HDPE pontoon; (3) a
100-kilowatt turbine/generator unit; (4) a 33-foot-long, 3.5-foot-wide
gangway from the shore to the floating pontoon; (5) three anchoring
cables to secure the flotation platform to the shore, including a 30-
foot-long primary safety tether, a 117-foot-long primary cable, and a
100-foot-long secondary cable; (6) an approximately 900-foot-long
transmission cable from the floatation platform to an existing Golden
Valley Electric Association distribution line; and (7) appurtenant
facilities. The project is anticipated to operate from April until
October, with an estimated annual generation of 200 megawatt-hours.
j. Meeting Purpose and Schedule: On August 22, 2011, Whitestone
filed (1) A notice of intent to file an application for an original
license for a hydrokinetic pilot project and a draft license
application; (2) a request for waivers of the integrated licensing
process regulations necessary for expedited processing of a
hydrokinetic pilot project license application; (3) a proposed process
plan and schedule; (4) a request to be designated as the non-federal
representative for section 7 of the Endangered Species Act
consultation; and (5) a request to be designated as the non-Federal
representative for section 106 consultation under the National Historic
Preservation Act.
Commission staff will hold a technical teleconference with
Whitestone to discuss the project proposal, pilot licensing process,
and additional information and monitoring needs for the license
application. During the teleconference, Commission staff will focus the
discussion on the information gaps that need to be addressed to ensure
that sufficient information exists for the Commission to make a
determination on whether the proposed project meets the criteria for a
pilot project and for processing a license application for a pilot
project once it is filed with the Commission.
All local, state, and Federal agencies, Native Alaskan tribal
entities, and other interested parties are invited to participate by
phone. The date and time of the teleconference are as follows:
Monday, November 7, 2011, starting at 1 p.m. and ending no later
than 4 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time).
Please call Dianne Rodman by October 31, 2011, to RSVP and to
receive specific instructions on how to participate.
Dated: October 7, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-26597 Filed 10-13-11; 8:45 am]
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