[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 58 (Monday, March 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17466-17467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-7150]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12690-005]


Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County, WA; 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: License for Pilot Project.
    b. Project No.: 12690-005.
    c. Date Filed: March 1, 2012.
    d. Applicant: Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County, 
Washington (Snohomish PUD).
    e. Name of Project: Admiralty Inlet Pilot Tidal Project.
    f. Location: On the east side of Admiralty Inlet in Puget Sound, 
Washington, about 1 kilometer west of Whidbey Island, entirely within 
Island County, Washington. The project would not occupy any federal 
lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-828(c).
    h. Applicant Contact: Steven J. Klein, Public Utility District of 
Snohomish County, Washington, P.O. Box 1107, 2320, California Street, 
Everett, WA 98206-1107; (425) 783-8473.
    i. FERC Contact: David Turner (202) 502-6091.
    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 proposed Admiralty Inlet Pilot Tidal Project would consist 
of (1) two 19.7-foot-diameter Open-Centre Turbines supplied by 
OpenHydro Group Ltd., mounted on completely submerged gravity 
foundations; (2) two transmission cables, which run from the turbines 
to the cable termination vault; (3) two transmission cables from the 
cable termination vault to the proposed cable control building; (4) a 
proposed cable control building housing the power conditioning and 
monitoring equipment; (5) a transmission cable bringing power from the 
cable control building to an existing 12.47-kV transmission line; and 
(6) appurtenant facilities for operation and maintenance. The estimated 
average annual generation of the project is 216,000 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 email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. 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         April 16, 2012.
 information.
Commission issues REA notice.........  April 23, 2012.
Filing of recommendations,             May 23, 2012.
 preliminary terms and conditions,
 and preliminary fishway
 prescriptions.
Commission issues Single EA..........  July 23, 2012.
Comments on EA.......................  August 22, 2012.
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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: March 16, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-7150 Filed 3-23-12; 8:45 am]
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