[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 132 (Monday, July 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33426-33427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16438]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12924-001; Project No. 12922-001; Project No. 12919-001; 
Project No. 12935-001]


Newton Bend, FFP Project 33, LLC; Milliken Bend, FFP Project 35, 
LLC; Cat Island, FFP Project 36, LLC; Arsenault Island, FFP Project 56, 
LLC; Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-
Application Document, and Approving Use of the Traditional Licensing 
Process Procedures

July 2, 2009.
    a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application and 
Request to Use the Traditional Licensing Process (TLP).
    b. Project Nos.: P-12924, P-12922, P-12919, and P-12935.
    c. Dated Filed: January 15, 2009 (P-12924, P-12922, and P-12919) 
and June 1, 2009 (P-12935).
    d. Submitted By: Free Flow Power Corporation and the subsidiary 
limited liability corporations (listed above and collectively referred 
to below as ``Free Flow Power'').
    e. Name of Projects: Free Flow Power Mississippi River TLP Projects 
(Newton Bend, Milliken Bend, Cat Island, and Arsenault Island).
    f. Locations: On the Mississippi River, in Warren (P-12924 and P-
12922), Claiborne (P-12924) and Issaquena (P-12919) Counties in 
Mississippi; Tensas (P-12924), Madison (P-12924 and P-12922), and East 
Carroll (P-12922 and 12919) Counties in Louisiana; St. Clair County (P-
12935), Illinois; and St. Louis City County (P-12935), Missouri. No 
federal lands are occupied by the project works or located within the 
project boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the Commission's regulations.
    h. Potential Applicant Contact: Ms. Ramya Swaminathan, Vice 
President, Free Flow Power, 33 Commercial Street, Gloucester, MA 01930, 
(978) 226-1531, flow-power.com">rswaminathan@free-flow-power.com.
    i. FERC Contact: Stephen Bowler at (202) 502-6861 or 
[email protected] and Sarah Florentino at (202) 502-6863 or 
[email protected].
    j. On January 15, 2009, Free Flow Power filed a Notice of Intent 
(NOI) to file license applications for original licenses and a Pre-
Application Document (PAD) for the 55 hydrokinetic projects proposed 
for locations in the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri, to New 
Orleans, Louisiana. They also requested the use of the Traditional 
Licensing Process (TLP) for 51 of the 55 proposed sites, later changed 
to 48 of 55 sites. FERC Project Nos. 12924, 12922, and 12919 were part 
of the January 15, 2009 TLP request, but the newspapers published in 
the counties in which the projects would be located did not publish the 
notices. By letter filed on June 1, 2009, Free Flow Power added Project 
No. 12935 to the list of proposed sites for which the TLP was 
requested. On May 21, 2009, Free Flow Power filed records of notices 
published in local newspapers near the four sites between April 1, 
2009, and April 8, 2009. No comments were filed in response to the 
notices.
    k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with: 
(a) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under section 7 of the 
Endangered Species Act and the joint agency regulations thereunder at 
50 CFR, Part 402; (b) NOAA Fisheries under section 305(b) of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and 
implementing regulations at 50 CFR 600.920; and (c) the State Historic 
Preservation Officers of Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, and 
Missouri, as required by section 106, National Historical Preservation 
Act, and the implementing regulations of the Advisory Council on 
Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
    l. With this notice, we are designating Free Flow Power Corporation 
as the Commission's non-federal representative for carrying out 
informal consultation, pursuant to section 106 of the National Historic 
Preservation Act.
    m. Free Flow Power Corporation filed a PAD, including a proposed 
process plan and schedule, with the Commission, pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 
of the Commission's regulations.
    n. A copy of the PAD is available for review at the Commission in 
the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site 
(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, of for TTY, 
(202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in paragraph h.

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    Register online at http://ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm to be notified 
via e-mail of new filing and issuances related to this or other pending 
projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-16438 Filed 7-10-09; 8:45 am]
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