[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 66082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-27126]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13821-000]


ORPC Alaska 2, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

October 20, 2010.
    On August 2, 2010, and supplemented on September 27, 2010, and 
October 7, 2010, ORPC Alaska 2, LLC filed an application for a 
preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act 
(FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the East Foreland Tidal 
Energy Project (East Foreland project) to be located in Cook Inlet in 
the vicinity of Nikiski, Alaska, in the Municipality of Anchorage and 
Matanuksa-Susitna Borough, 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 will consist of the following: (1) A series of 
150-kilowatt (kW) TideGen and/or 150-kW OCGen turbine-generator modules 
with a combined capacity between 5 megawatts (MW) and 100 MW; (2) a 1- 
to 8-mile-long, 13.5-kilovolt (kV) direct current underwater 
transmission cable from the module site to a shore station on the west 
coast of the Kenai Peninsula; (3) an approximately 0.25-mile-long, 
4.16- to 34.5-kV alternating current terrestrial transmission line 
connecting the shore station to a substation site located on the Kenai 
Peninsula; and (4) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual 
generation of the East Foreland project would be between 13,000 and 
340,000 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Monty Worthington, Director of Project 
Development, ORPC Alaska, LLC, 725 Christensen Drive, Suite A, 
Anchorage, AK 99501; phone: (907) 339-7939.
    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/efiling.asp. Commenters can 
submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior 
registration, using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information 
at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online 
Support. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, 
documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and 
seven 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-13821-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-27126 Filed 10-26-10; 8:45 am]
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