[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 214 (Friday, November 6, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 57463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-26739]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13600-000]


Alaska Power & Telephone Company; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

October 30, 2009.
    On October 5, 2009, Alaska Power & Telephone Company filed an 
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the Yukon 
River Hydrokinetic Water Power Project, located on the Yukon River, in 
the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, near Eagle, 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: (1) A 41.5-foot-long 
fabricated aluminum pontoon barge used to deploy and support the 
turbines; (2) a 25-kilowatt (kW) turbine generator unit attached to the 
pontoon barge; (3) a V-shaped floating debris boom tethered to the 
pontoon; (4) a power conversion station (PCS) building, located on the 
river bank adjacent to the moored pontoon barge; (5) a 750-foot-long, 
600-volt power and control cable linking the turbine generator unit 
with the PCS building; (6) a 150-foot-long, 7.2-kilovolt (kV) 
transmission line connecting the PCS building to an existing 7.2-kV 
utility transmission line; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The project 
is projected to operate from May 15th to October 15th annually. The 
pontoon barge, turbine/generator unit, debris boom, and power and 
control cable will be removed from the river each October and 
redeployed the following May to prevent damage to the project 
facilities from winter ice in the Yukon River. The proposed Yukon River 
Hydrokinetic Water Power Project would have an average annual 
generation of 55-60 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert S. Grimm, CEO/President, Alaska Power 
& Telephone Company, P.O. Box 3222, Port Townsend, WA 98368; phone: 
(360) 385-1733.
    FERC Contact: Jennifer Harper, 202-502-6136.
    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. 
Comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site 
(http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) under the ``eFiling'' 
link. For a simpler method of submitting text only comments, click on 
``Quick Comment.'' For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support 
at [email protected]; call toll-free at (866) 208-3676; or, 
for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission strongly 
encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To 
paper-file, mail an original and eight copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.
    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-13600) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-26739 Filed 11-5-09; 8:45 am]
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