[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 246 (Thursday, December 24, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 68420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-30579]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13641-000]


Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

December 17, 2009.
    On December 11, 2009, Pacific Gas and Electric 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 Central 
Coast WaveConnect Project, multiple wave energy conversion devices with 
an installed capacity of up to 100-megawatthours. The requested project 
boundary comprises approximately 45 square miles of coastal waters, 
located off the coast of Santa Barbara County, California.
    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.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Steven E. Malnight; Vice President--
Renewable Energy; Pacific Gas and Electric Company; P.O. Box 770000, 
MC- N13R-1362; San Francisco, CA 94177-0001; or Annette Faraglia, Esq.; 
Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Law Department; P.O. Box 7442, MC 
B30A-2479; San Francisco, CA 94120-7442.
    FERC Contact: Kenneth Hogan, (202) 502-8434, or via e-mail at: 
[email protected].
    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. 
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements 
of 18 CFR 4.36. 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-13641) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-30579 Filed 12-23-09; 8:45 am]
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