[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59671-59672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-24755]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[ Project No. 12711-005]


Ocean Renewable Power Company, LLC; Notice of Application 
Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural 
Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

    Take notice that the following hydrokinetic pilot project license 
application has been filed with the Commission and is available for 
public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Pilot License.
    b. Project No.: 12711-005.
    c. Date Filed: September 1, 2011.
    d. Applicant: Ocean Renewable Power Company, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Cobscook Bay Tidal Energy Project.
    f. Location: The proposed project would be located in Cobscook Bay, 
in Washington County, Maine. The project does not affect federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-828(c).
    h. Applicant Contact: Christopher R. Sauer, Ocean Renewable Power 
Company, LLC, 120 Exchange Street, Suite 508, Portland, Maine 04101, 
(207) 772-7707.
    i. FERC Contact: Timothy Konnert, (202) 502-6359 or 
[email protected].
    j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. With this notice, we are asking federal, state, local, and 
tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or expertise with respect to 
environmental issues to cooperate with us in the preparation of the 
environmental document. Agencies who would like to request cooperating 
status should follow the instructions for filing described below.
    All documents 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. For assistance, 
please contact FERC Online Support at [email protected] or 
toll free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. 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.
    l. The Project Description: The primary project facilities would 
include: (1) A single, approximately 98.5-foot-long, cross-flow Kinetic 
System turbine generator unit (TGU) mounted on a bottom support frame, 
with a rated capacity of 60 kilowatts (kW), in Phase 1; (2) four, 
approximately 98.5-foot-long, cross-flow Kinetic System TGUs mounted on 
bottom support frames, with a rated capacity of 60 kW each, in Phase 2; 
(3) a direct current power and data cable approximately 3,800 feet long 
(3,600 feet underwater and 200 feet on shore) extending from the TGUs 
to the onshore station house; (4) an on-shore building 32 feet wide by 
35 feet long, housing the SatCon power inverter and the supervisory 
control and data acquisition (SCADA) system; and (5) appurtenant 
facilities for navigation safety and operation. The project would have 
a total rated capacity of 300 kW, with an estimated annual generation 
between 1,200,000 and 1,300,000 kilowatt-hours.
    m. Locations of the Application: 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 last three 
digits in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, contact FERC Online Support. A copy is also available for 
inspection and reproduction at the address in item (h) above.
    n. 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.

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For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
    o. Procedural Schedule:
    The application will be processed according to the following 
preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be 
made as appropriate.

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              Milestone                           Target date
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Filing of requested additional        October 1, 2011.
 information.
Commission issues REA notice........  October 6, 2011.
Filing of recommendations,            November 5, 2011.
 preliminary terms and conditions,
 and preliminary fishway
 prescriptions.
Commission issues Single EA.........  January 4, 2011.
Comments on EA......................  February 3, 2011.
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    p. 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.

    Dated: September 16, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-24755 Filed 9-26-11; 8:45 am]
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