[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 66 (Monday, April 7, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 19065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07692]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 13821-001]
ORPC Alaska 2, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and
Competing Applications
On March 3, 2014, the ORPC Alaska 2, LLC, filed an application for
a successive preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the
Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the East
Foreland Tidal Energy Project (East Foreland project or project) to be
located in Cook Inlet near Nikiski in the Kenai Peninsula Borough,
Alaska. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, is to
grant the permit holder priority to file a license application during
the permit term. A preliminary permit does not authorize the permit
holder to perform any land-disturbing activities or otherwise enter
upon lands or waters owned by others without the owners' express
permission.
The proposed project would consist of the following: (1) A series
of 150-kilowatt TideGen[supreg] turbine-generator modules with a
combined capacity of no more than 5 megawatts; (2) a 1- to 8-mile-long,
13.5-kilovolt (kV) direct current submarine transmission cable from the
module site to an onshore station on the west coast of the Kenai
Peninsula; (3) an approximately 0.25-mile-long, 4.16- to 34.5-kV three-
phase alternating current terrestrial transmission line connecting the
onshore station to a substation site owned by Homer Electric
Association; and (4) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual
generation of the East Foreland project would be up to 17.2 gigawatt-
hours.
Applicant Contact: Monty Worthington, Director of Project
Development, ORPC Alaska 2, LLC, 725 Christensen Drive, Suite A,
Anchorage, AK 99501; phone: (907) 388-8639.
FERC Contact: Sean O'Neill; phone: (202) 502-6462.
Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file
competing applications: 60 days from the issuance of this notice.
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements
of 18 CFR 4.36.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing
applications using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the
eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You
must include your name and contact information at the end of your
comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to:
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include
docket number P-13821-001.
More information about this project, including a copy of the
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P-13821) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: April 1, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-07692 Filed 4-4-14; 8:45 am]
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