[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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