[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 25235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-12212]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12679-002]


ORPC Alaska, LLC; Notice of Technical Meeting To Discuss 
Information and Monitoring Needs for a License Application for a Pilot 
Project

May 19, 2009.
    a. Type of Application: Draft License Application for Pilot 
Project.
    b. Project No.: 12679-002.
    c. Applicant: ORPC Alaska, LLC.
    d. Name of Project: Cook Inlet Tidal Energy Pilot Project.
    e. Location: The project would be located in upper Cook Inlet off 
the north shore of Fire Island in the boroughs of Anchorage and 
Matanuska-Susitna, Alaska. Three proposed alternatives for transmission 
line alignment would occupy varying amounts of federal lands on Fire 
Island administered by the U.S. Coast Guard and Federal Aviation 
Administration.
    f. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the Commission's regulations.
    g. Applicant Contact: ORPC Alaska, LLC, 151 Martine Street, Suite 
102-5C, Fall River, MA 02723; (813) 417-6660.
    h. FERC Contact: Matt Cutlip, phone at (503) 552-2762; e-mail at 
[email protected].
    i. Project Description: The proposed Cook Inlet Tidal Energy Pilot 
Project would be implemented in two phases. Phase 1 would occur in year 
1 of the license and would consist of deployment of one OCGen module 
(module), containing 4 turbine-generator units with a combined capacity 
of 1 megawatt (MW). Phase 2 would occur in year 2 of the license and 
would consist of deployment of four additional modules each with a 
capacity of 1 MW, for a total capacity of 5 MW. The project would also 
consist of: (1) Underwater transmission cables from the modules to a 
shore station on Fire Island; (2) a transmission line connecting the 
shore station to an interconnection point on Fire Island; and (3) 
appurtenant facilities.
    j. Licensing Process: On March 31, 2009, ORPC Alaska, LLC, (ORPC 
Alaska) filed a Notice of Intent and request for waivers of certain 
regulations of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) 
Integrated Licensing Process to expedite processing of a license 
application for the Cook Inlet Tidal Energy Pilot Project. ORPC Alaska 
expects to file a license application for a pilot project with the 
Commission by March 31, 2010.
    The purpose of this notice is to inform you of the opportunity to 
participate in the upcoming technical meeting that ORPC Alaska and the 
Commission staff will hold to discuss information and monitoring needs 
for the license application. All interested individuals, organizations, 
and agencies are invited to attend the meeting. The time and location 
of the meeting is as follows:

Meeting Schedule and Location

    Monday, June 15, 2009, 1 p.m. (local time), Homewood Suites by 
Hilton, 101 West 48th Ave., Anchorage, AK 99503.
    To help focus discussions, Commission staff encourages participants 
to review ORPC Alaska's Notice of Intent and draft license application 
and monitoring plans filed with the Commission on March 31, 2009. These 
materials are 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 P-
12679 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.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and 
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.

Meeting Objectives

    At the technical meeting, 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.

Procedures

    The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer and will become 
part of the formal record of the Commission proceeding on the project.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-12212 Filed 5-26-09; 8:45 am]
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