[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 66 (Monday, April 7, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 19065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07692]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13821-001]


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

    On March 3, 2014, the ORPC Alaska 2, LLC, filed an application for 
a successive 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 or project) to be 
located in Cook Inlet near Nikiski in the Kenai Peninsula 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 would consist of the following: (1) A series 
of 150-kilowatt TideGen[supreg] turbine-generator modules with a 
combined capacity of no more than 5 megawatts; (2) a 1- to 8-mile-long, 
13.5-kilovolt (kV) direct current submarine transmission cable from the 
module site to an onshore station on the west coast of the Kenai 
Peninsula; (3) an approximately 0.25-mile-long, 4.16- to 34.5-kV three-
phase alternating current terrestrial transmission line connecting the 
onshore station to a substation site owned by Homer Electric 
Association; and (4) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual 
generation of the East Foreland project would be up to 17.2 gigawatt-
hours.
    Applicant Contact: Monty Worthington, Director of Project 
Development, ORPC Alaska 2, LLC, 725 Christensen Drive, Suite A, 
Anchorage, AK 99501; phone: (907) 388-8639.
    FERC Contact: Sean O'Neill; phone: (202) 502-6462.
    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.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications using the Commission's eFiling system at 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 at 
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-13821-001.
    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) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: April 1, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-07692 Filed 4-4-14; 8:45 am]
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