[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 11, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26208-26209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11108]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12731-004]


 Natural Currents Energy Services, LLC; Notice of Preliminary 
Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions 
To Intervene, and Competing Applications

April 30, 2010.
    On March 2, 2010, and revised on April 7, 2010, Natural Currents 
Energy Services, LLC, filed an application for a preliminary permit, 
pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study 
the feasibility of the Angoon Kootznahoo--Killisnoo Tidal Energy 
Project, located in Kootznahoo Inlet on the western shore of Admiralty 
Island, near the City of Angoon in the Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census 
Area of southeastern 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 include two developments; a 200-
kilowatt-(kW) development in Kootznahoo Inlet and a 200-kW-development 
at Killisnoo Island. Each development would consist of: (1) A moored 
test platform or dock, or underwater tethering device, pending 
evaluation of specific site conditions; (2) eight 25-kW Red Hawk in-
stream turbine modules with a total generating capacity of 200 kW; (3) 
an approximately 650-foot-long, 480-volt underwater transmission line 
connecting the Red Hawk modules to an existing above-ground local 
distribution system; and (4) appurtenant facilities. The project would 
have a total installed capacity of 400 kW and an estimated average 
annual generation of 1,600 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Roger Bason, President, Natural Currents Energy 
Services, LLC, 24 Roxanne Boulevard, Highland, NY 12528; phone: (845) 
691- 4008.
    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. 
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.

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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-12731) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-11108 Filed 5-10-10; 8:45 am]
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