[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 66 (Monday, April 7, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19064-19065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07693]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 13884-002]
Pennamaquan Tidal Power, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing And Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On March 12, 2014, Pennamaquan Tidal Power, 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 Pennamaquan Tidal Power Plant Project to be located on the
Pennamaquan River and Cobscook Bay, Washington County, Maine. 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: (1) A new tidal barrage
extending from Leighton Neck to Hersey Neck consisting of: (a) Two 5-
foot-thick concrete walls, one 545-foot-long and one 135-foot-long,
located in the intertidal area at each end of the barrage; (b) six 82-
foot-long, 10-foot-thick concrete modular wall panels extending about
22 feet above mean low tide; (c) a new 438-foot-long, 91-foot-high
concrete powerhouse with 16 reversible bulb generating units with a
total capacity of 24.0 megawatts; (d) a new steel 65-foot-long, 44-
foot-wide boat lock integral with the powerhouse; (2) a tidal basin
(i.e., impoundment) with a surface area of 489 acres at low tide and
862 acres at high tide; (3) a new 328-foot-long utility road providing
access from Hersey Neck to the powerhouse; and (4) a new 35 kilovolt,
2.5-mile-long transmission line to Emera Maine's substation in
Pembroke, Maine. The project would produce an estimated average annual
generation of 80,000 megawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Andrew Landry, 45 Memorial Circle, PO Box 1058,
Augusta, ME 04332, phone: (207) 791-3191, email: [email protected].
FERC Contact: Dr. Nicholas Palso. (202) 502-8854 or
[email protected].
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-13884-002.
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-13884) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
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Dated: April 1, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-07693 Filed 4-4-14; 8:45 am]
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