[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 98 (Friday, May 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 28597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12239]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12687-003]


Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County; Notice of 
Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

May 14, 2010.
    On March 2, 2010, and supplemented on April 29, 2010, and May 4, 
2010, Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County, Washington 
(Snohomish PUD) filed an application for a preliminary permit, pursuant 
to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study the 
feasibility of the Deception Pass Tidal Energy Project (project). The 
project would be located in Puget Sound within Deception Pass, between 
Whidbey Island and Fidalgo Island, in Skagit and Island Counties, 
Washington. 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) Four 
approximately 66-foot-diameter, 1.6-megawatt horizontal axis tidal 
energy turbine/generator units, each mounted approximately 25 feet 
above the sea bed; (2) an approximately 1-mile-long subsea transmission 
cable, which may be buried as it approaches shore at Miller Bay; (3) a 
cable termination vault on shore; (4) either an approximately 6.5-mile 
long above ground transmission line connecting with Puget Sound 
Energy's existing March Point substation, or an above ground 
transmission line and new substation connecting with an existing 115-
kilovolt line, the location of which is yet to be determined; and (5) 
appurtenant facilities. The project is estimated to have average annual 
generation of 20.7 gigawatt-hours, which would be distributed by the 
Snohomish PUD.
    Applicant Contact: Steven J. Klein, General Manager, Public Utility 
District No. 1 of Snohomish County, P.O. Box 1107, 2320 California 
Street, Everett, WA 98206-1107, phone: (425) 783-1000.
    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. 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-12687) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-12239 Filed 5-20-10; 8:45 am]
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