[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 33 (Friday, February 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 8355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-676]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12178-000]


Verdant Power LLC; Notice of Declaration of Intent and Petition 
for Relief Filing and Soliciting Comments

February 11, 2005.
    Take notice that the following declaration of intent and petition 
for relief from the requirements of hydropower licensing has been filed 
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Filing: Declaration of intent and petition for relief.
    b. Project No.: 12178-000.
    c. Date Filed: February 2, 2005.
    d. Applicant: Verdant Power LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy Study Project.
    f. Location: In the East channel of the East River, in New York 
City, New York. The project would not occupy Federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 Code of Federal Regulations part 24, 
section 24.1.
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Ronald F. Smith, Chairman and Chief 
Operating Officer, 4640 13th Street, Arlington, VA 22207 (703) 528-
6445.
    i. FERC Contact: Tom Dean at (202) 502-6041, [email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments: 30 days from the issuance date of 
this notice.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Documents may be filed 
electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. The Commission 
strongly encourages electronic filings. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) 
and the instructions on the Commission's Web site (http://www.ferc.gov) 
under the ``eFiling'' link.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person on the official service list for the 
project. Further, if an intervenor files comments or documents with the 
Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the 
responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve 
a copy of the document on that resource agency.
    k. Description of Project: Verdant intends to deploy, for study 
purposes, a temporary (18-month), underwater kinetic hydropower array 
that would be located near New York City in the East River. The 
experimental project would consist of: (1) Six turbines consisting of: 
(a) A 5-meter-diameter, 3-bladed rotor mounted on; (b) a 30-inch-
diameter, 7-foot-long nacelle or enclosed shelter mounted to; (c) a 9-
foot-long vertical pylon that contains a yaw bearing mounted on top of; 
(d) a 24-inch-diameter, 5 or 6-feet-high pile extending above the river 
bottom; (2) six generating units with a combined capacity of up 200 kW; 
(3) an underwater power cable leading to a control room and connected 
via a generator controller and protective relay to two customer-side 
480-volt service meters; and (4) appurtenant facilities.
    l. Petition for Declaratory Intent: Verdant Power asked that it be 
allowed to install and operate the facilities listed above, and to 
deliver power from the project into the facilities of Consolidated 
Edison New York, for a test period of 18 months, without a license 
under Part I of the Federal Power Act. The 18-month deployment would 
provide information about project operation and identify potential 
affects on environment resources in the East River as part of Verdant 
Power's effort in preparing a license application for a fully-developed 
project. Such a project would consist of a series of ``free-flowing'' 
bi-directional submersible turbines totaling between 5 and 10 MW that 
would convert mechanical power from the tidal currents of the East 
River into electrical power without constructing a dam, reservoir, 
penstock, or powerhouse.
    m. A copy of the application is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' 
link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the 
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support at [email protected] or toll-free at 1-
866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for 
inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/esubsribenow.htm to be notified via e-mail of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support. To view upcoming FERC events, go to http://www.ferc.gov 
and click on ``View Entire Calendar''.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-676 Filed 2-17-05; 8:45 am]
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