[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 232 (Friday, December 4, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63745-63746]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-28920]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13509-000]


Turnagain Arm Tidal Energy Corporation; Notice of Amended 
Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing, and Soliciting 
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

November 25, 2009.
    On August 31, 2009, Little Susitna Construction Company, Inc., 
filed an application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) 
of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the 
Turnagain Arm Tidal Electric Generation Project (Turnagain Arm Project 
or project), located on the Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet and adjacent 
lands of the Kenai Peninsula Borough and the Municipality of Anchorage, 
Alaska. On September 3, 2009, the Commission issued a Notice of 
Acceptance of the August 31, 2009 application and sent an acceptance 
letter to Little Susitna Construction Company, Inc. Subsequently, on 
November 17, 2009, Little Susitna Construction Company, Inc. amended 
its preliminary permit application to change its name to Turnagain Arm 
Tidal Energy Corporation.
    Pursuant to 18 CFR 4.35, the September 3, 2009 Notice of 
Application and acceptance letter are rescinded, and the acceptance 
date for the application is now November 17, 2009.
    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) Proposed 
8-mile-long and 7.5-mile long tidal ``fences'' containing a total of 
220 10-megawatt (MW) Davis Turbine tidal-to-electrical energy 
generating units (total installed capacity equal to 2,200 MW)--the 8-
mile-long tidal fence would extend from just south of Fire Island to 
Kenai Peninsula Borough land at Possession Point and the 7.5-mile-long 
tidal fence would extend from a point about 5-7 miles south of Fire 
Island to a point offshore of Anchorage; (2) two proposed control 
buildings--one near the southwest end of the 8-mile-long tidal fence at 
Possession Point (Possession Point control building) and one in 
Anchorage along Raspberry Road (Anchorage control building)--containing 
equipment for controlling the turbines and the interties of the 
transmission lines to existing area electrical grids; (3) a pair of 
proposed 44-mile-long, 230-kilovolt (kV) transmission lines extending 
southwest from the Possession Point control building to a Homer 
Electric substation near the unincorporated community of Nikiski; (4) a 
proposed single, 17-mile-long, 230-kV above and below water 
transmission line extending from the Possession Point control building, 
across the 8-mile-long tidal fence, and to the Anchorage control 
building; (5) a pair of proposed 10-mile-long, 230-kV transmission 
lines extending from the Anchorage control building to a Chugach 
Electric substation in Anchorage; (6) a proposed 18-mile-long, 230-kV 
above and below water transmission line extending from the Possession 
Point control building, over the 7.5-mile-long tidal fence, and to the 
Anchorage control building; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The 
proposed project would have an estimated average annual generation of 
11,560,000 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Dominic S.F. Lee, P.E., or Tamara L. Smith; 
Turnagain Arm Tidal Energy Corporation; 821 N St., Suite 201, 
Anchorage, AK 99501; Ph. (907) 274-7571.
    FERC Contact: Nick Jayjack, 202-502-6073.
    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 
under the ``e-Filing'' link. If unable to be filed electronically, 
documents may be paper-filed. To paper-file, an original and eight 
copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For 
more information on how to submit these types of filings, please go to 
the Commission's Web site located at http://www.ferc.gov/filing-comments.asp. 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-13509) in the docket number field to

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access the document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-28920 Filed 12-3-09; 8:45 am]
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