[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32450-32451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13563]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY



Federal Energy Regulatory Commission



[Project No. 13656-000]




TideWorks, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing, 

Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, and Intent To Waive 

Scoping



May 28, 2010.

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 

filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.

    a. Type of Application: Exemption From Licensing.

    b. Project No.: P-13656-000.

    c. Date Filed: January 15, 2010.

    d. Applicant: TideWorks, LLC.

    e. Name of Project: TideWorks Project.

    f. Location: On the Sasanoa River adjacent to Bareneck Island, in 

Sagadahoc County, Maine. The project would not occupy lands of the 

United States.

    g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of 

1978, 16 U.S.C. 2705, 2708.

    h. Applicant Contact: Shana Lewis, 730 N. Yellowstone Street, 

Livingston, MT 59047, (406) 224-2908.



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    i. FERC Contact: Tom Dean, (202) 502-6041.

    j. On April 13, 2010, Commission staff requested additional 

information from TideWorks, LLC including project operation, water 

velocity, and finfish data in the area of the proposed project. On May 

5, 2010, TideWorks, LLC filed a revised final exemption application in 

response to the requested information.

    Based on a review of the exemption application, additional 

environmental information subsequently filed by TideWorks, LLC, 

resource agency consultation letters and comments filed to date, 

Commission staff intend to prepare a single environmental assessment 

(EA). The EA will assess the potential effects of project construction 

and operation on aquatic, terrestrial, threatened and endangered 

species, recreation, and cultural resources. Because staff believe the 

issues that need to be addressed in its EA have been adequately 

identified, with this notice, we are soliciting comments on our intent 

to waive scoping for the TideWorks Project.

    k. Deadline for filing motions to intervene, protests, and 

comments: 60 days from the issuance date of this notice.

    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

    The Commission's Rules of Practice require all interveners filing 

documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each 

person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an 

intervener files comments or documents with the Commission relating to 

the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a 

particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document 

on that resource agency.

    Motions to intervene, protests, and comments may be filed 

electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. The Commission 

strongly encourages electronic filings. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) 

and the instructions on the Commission's Web site (http://www.ferc.gov) 

under the ``eFiling'' link.

    l. This application has been accepted for filing, but is not ready 

for environmental analysis at this time.

    m. Description of Project: The proposed TideWorks Project would 

consist of: (1) A new 10-foot-wide, 20-foot-long steel pontoon float 

suspending into the river; (2) a new submerged 5 kilowatt single 

vertical shaft hydrokinetic turbine generating unit with four 4-inch-

wide, 5-foot-long blades; (3) a new 3.5-foot-wide, 40-foot-long walkway 

ramp connecting the pontoon float to Bareneck Island; (4) a new 100-

foot-long, 220-volt transmission line; and (5) appurtenant facilities. 

The project would have an average annual generation of about 22,000 

kilowatt-hours. The project would operate in a run-of-river mode using 

the river current flood and ebb tidal flows to rotate the hydrokinetic 

turbine generating unit.

    n. A copy of the application is available for review at the 

Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 

Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' 

link. Enter the docket number excluding the three digits in the docket 

number field to access the document. For assistance, please contact 

FERC Online Support at [email protected] or toll free at (866) 

208-3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available 

for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.

    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and 

issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support.

    o. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in 

accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 

CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In determining the appropriate 

action to take, the Commission will consider all protests filed, but 

only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the 

Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any protests 

or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified 

deadline date for the particular application.

    All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital letters the title 

``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE;'' (2) set forth in the heading 

the name of the applicant and the project number of the application to 

which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone 

number of the person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise 

comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. 

Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the 

applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served 

upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular 

application.

    p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 

be processed according to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. 

Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate. The Commission 

staff proposes to issue one EA rather than issue a draft and final EA. 

Comments, terms and conditions, recommendations, prescriptions, and 

reply comments, if any, will be addressed in an EA.



Notice of application ready for environmental analysis--September 2010

Notice of the availability of the EA--February 2011



    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 

Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 

of ready for environmental analysis.



Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 2010-13563 Filed 6-7-10; 8:45 am]

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