[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 166 (Friday, August 26, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53438-53439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21824]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12848-002; Project No. 14081-000]


Free Flow Power Corporation; Northland Power Mississippi River 
LLC; Notice of Competing Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for 
Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing 
Applications

    Free Flow Power Corporation (Free Flow) and Northland Power 
Mississippi River LLC (Northland) filed preliminary permit 
applications, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, 
proposing to study the feasibility of developing hydropower projects 
hydropower on the Mississippi River, near the town of New Orleans, in 
Orleans Parish, Louisiana.

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Both applications were filed electronically and given the filing date 
of February 1, 2011, at 8:30 AM. 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 projects are described as follows:

    Free Flow's hydrokinetic Project, Project No. 12848-002 would 
consist of: (1) Up to 2,250 SmartTurbine generating units installed 
in arrays on the bottom of the river; (2) the total capacity of the 
installation would be up to 90,000 kilowatts; (3) flexible cables 
would convey each arrays power to a metering station; and (4) a 
transmission line would interconnect with the power grid. The 
proposed project would have an average annual generation of 
197,100,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh), which would be sold to a local 
utility.
    Northland's hydrokinetic Project, Project No. 14081-000 would 
consist of: (1) Up to 50 TREK generating units installed in a matrix 
on the bottom of the river; (2) the total capacity of the 
installation would be up to 38,000 kilowatts; (3) shielded 
underwater cables would convey each matrix power to a substation; 
and (4) a transmission line would interconnect with the power grid. 
The proposed project would have an average annual generation of 
329,000,000 kWh, which would be sold to a local utility.
    Applicants Contact: For Free Flow: Ramya Swaminathan, Free Flow 
Power Corporation, 239 Causeway Street, Boston, MA 02114; phone 
(978) 283-2822. For Northland: Tim Richardson, 30 St. Clair Avenue 
West 17th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; phone (416) 820-9521.
    FERC Contact: Michael Spencer, (202) 502-6093.

    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 the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-12848-002, or P-14081-000) in the docket 
number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.

    Dated: August 19, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-21824 Filed 8-25-11; 8:45 am]
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