[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32265-32266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12882]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14616-000]


Oregon State University; Notice of Intent To File License 
Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, and Approving Use of 
the Alternative Licensing Procedures

    a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application and 
Request to Use the Alternative Licensing Procedures.
    b. Project No.: P-14616-000.
    c. Dated Filed: April 15, 2014.
    d. Submitted By: Oregon State University.
    e. Name of Project: Pacific Marine Energy Test Center South Energy 
Test Site.
    f. Location: Pacific Ocean--Outer Continental Shelf off central 
Oregon coast near city of Newport, Oregon.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the Commission's regulations.
    h. Potential Applicant Contact: Belinda Batten, Oregon State 
University, 350 Batcheller Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331; (541) 737-9492; 
email at [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Jim Hastreiter at (503) 552-2760; or email at 
[email protected].
    j. Oregon State University filed its request to use the Alternative 
Licensing Procedures on April 15, 2014. Oregon State University 
provided public notice of its request on May 8, 2014. In a letter dated 
May 27, 2014, the Director of the Office of Energy Projects approved 
Oregon State University's request to use the Alternative Licensing 
Process.
    k. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item o below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC ] 
61,076 (2001).
    l. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with: 
(a) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries under section 
7 of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency regulations 
thereunder at 50 CFR, Part 402; (b) NOAA Fisheries under section 305(b) 
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and 
implementing

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regulations at 50 CFR 600.920; and (c) the Alaska State Historic 
Preservation Officer, as required by section 106, National Historical 
Preservation Act, and the implementing regulations of the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation at 36 CFR. 800.2.
    m. With this notice, we are designating Oregon State University as 
the Commission's non-federal representative for carrying out informal 
consultation, pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act, and 
section 305 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 
Act; and consultation pursuant to section 106 of the National Historic 
Preservation Act.
    n. Oregon State University filed a Pre-Application Document (PAD; 
including a proposed process plan, schedule, and communications 
protocol) with the Commission, pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the 
Commission's regulations.
    o. A copy of the PAD is available for review at the Commission in 
the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site 
(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 at 
[email protected] or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, 
(202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in paragraph h.
    p. Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filing and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.

    Dated: May 27, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-12882 Filed 6-3-14; 8:45 am]
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