[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4404-4405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-01138]


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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 
Availability of Environmental Assessment

    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission or FERC's) 
regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897), the Office 
of Energy Projects reviewed the Public Utility District No. 1 of 
Snohomish County, Washington's (Snohomish PUD) application for a 10-
year pilot license for the proposed Admiralty Inlet Tidal Project No. 
12690, which would be located in Admiralty Inlet in Puget Sound, near 
the City of Port Townsend, in Island County, Washington, and has 
prepared an environmental assessment (EA) in cooperation with the U.S. 
Department of Energy (DOE/EA-1949). In the EA, Commission staff 
analyzed the potential environmental effects of constructing and 
operating the project and concludes that licensing the project, with 
appropriate environmental protective measures, would not constitute a 
major federal action that would significantly affect the quality of the 
human environment.
    A copy of the EA is available for review at the Commission in the 
Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at 
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 at 
[email protected] or toll-free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, 
202-502-8659. A copy of the EA can also be found on DOE's Public 
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Room Web site at http://www.eere.energy.gov/golden/NEPA_DEA.aspx. 
Please reference DOE/EA-1949 in the National Environmental Policy Act, 
Draft Documents section.
    You may also register online at 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.
    Any comments should be filed within 30 days from the date of this 
notice. Comments 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. 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 filings, 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. Please affix Project No. 12711-005 to all 
comments.
    For further information, contact David Turner by telephone at 202-
502-6091 or by email at [email protected].

    Dated: January 15, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-01138 Filed 1-18-13; 8:45 am]
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