[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 9, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38883-38884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15997]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13884-001]


Pennamaquan Tidal Power LLC; Notice of Initial Study Plan 
Meetings and Revised Process Plan

    On June 5, 2014, Commission staff issued a letter to Pennamaquan 
Tidal Power LLC (Pennamaquan Tidal) stating that Pennamaquan Tidal's 
proposed study plan for the Pennamaquan Tidal Power Plant Project (P-
13884) filed on December 12, 2013, meets the requirements of section 
5.11 of the Commission's regulations and that the Integrated Licensing 
Process (ILP) can resume. According to section 5.11(e) of the 
Commission's regulations, the next step in the ILP is the initial study 
plan meeting. In its June 5, 2014, letter, Commission staff indicated 
that the initial study plan meeting must be held within 75 days of, but 
no sooner than 60 days from, June 5, 2014. Accordingly, Pennamaquan 
Tidal has scheduled the meetings listed below:

Meetings in Bangor, ME

    Dates and Times: August 6 and 7, 2014. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Location: Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Eastern 
Maine Regional Office, 106 Hogan Road, Bangor, Maine 04401.
    Contact: Ramez Attiya, Pennamaquan Tidal, (281) 467-0846.

Meeting in Pembroke, ME

    Date and Time: August 8, 2014. 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
    Location: Pembroke Town Office, 48 Old County Road, Pembroke, ME 
04666.
    Contact: Ramez Attiya, Pennamaquan Tidal, (281) 467-0846.
    A revised process plan that includes new dates for completing the 
ILP is provided below:

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        Responsible party            Pre-filing milestone               Date \1\              FERC  regulation
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Pennamaquan......................  Issue Public Notice for   7/19/12                        5.3(d)(2)
                                    NOI/PAD.
Pennamaquan......................  File NOI/PAD with FERC..  7/19/12                        5.5, 5.6
FERC.............................  Initiate Tribal           8/18/12                        5.7
                                    Consultation.
FERC.............................  Issue Notice of           9/14/12                        5.8
                                    Commencement of
                                    Proceeding; Scoping
                                    Document 1 (SD1).
FERC.............................  Project Environmental     10/25/12                       5.8(b)(viii)
                                    Site Review and Scoping  10/26/12
                                    Meetings.
All stakeholders.................  PAD/SD1 Comments and      12/4/12                        5.9
                                    Study Requests Due.
FERC.............................  Issue Scoping Document 2  1/18/13                        5.1
                                    (if needed).
Pennamaquan......................  File Proposed Study Plan  12/12/13                       5.11(a)
                                    (PSP).
All stakeholders.................  Proposed Study Plan       Between 8/4/14 and 8/19/14     5.11(e)
                                    Meeting (scheduled for    \2\
                                    8/6/14 to 8/8/14).
All stakeholders.................  Proposed Study Plan       10/18/14                       5.12
                                    Comments Due.
Pennamaquan......................  File Revised Study Plan.  11/17/14                       5.13(a)
All stakeholders.................  Revised Study Plan        12/2/14                        5.13(b)
                                    Comments Due.

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FERC.............................  Director's Study Plan     12/17/14                       5.13(c)
                                    Determination.
Mandatory Conditioning Agencies..  Any Study Disputes Due..  1/6/15                         5.14(a)
Dispute Panel....................  Third Dispute Panel       1/21/15                        5.14(d)(3)
                                    Member Selected.
Dispute Panel....................  Dispute Resolution Panel  1/26/15                        5.14(d)
                                    Convenes.
Pennamaquan......................  Applicant Comments on     1/31/15                        5.14(j)
                                    Study Disputes Due.
Dispute Panel....................  Dispute Resolution Panel  2/5/15                         5.14(j)
                                    Technical Conference.
Dispute Panel....................  Dispute Resolution Panel  2/25/15                        5.14(k)
                                    Findings Issued.
FERC.............................  Director's Study Dispute  3/17/15                        5.14(l)
                                    Determination.
Pennamaquan......................  First Study Season......  Spring/Summer 2015             5.15(a)
Pennamaquan......................  Initial Study Report....  12/17/15                       5.15(c)(1)
All stakeholders.................  Initial Study Report      1/1/16                         5.15(c)(2)
                                    Meeting.
Pennamaquan......................  Initial Study Report      1/16/16                        5.15(c)(3)
                                    Meeting Summary.
All stakeholders.................  Any Disputes/Requests to  2/15/16                        5.15(c)(4)
                                    Amend Study Plan Due.
All stakeholders.................  Responses to Disputes/    3/16/16                        5.15(c)(5)
                                    Amendment Requests Due.
FERC.............................  Director's Determination  4/15/16                        5.15(c)(6)
                                    on Disputes/Amendments.
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                    Second study season if necessary. Schedule would be adjusted accordingly.
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Pennamaquan......................  File Preliminary          12/14/16 \3\                   5.16(a)
                                    Licensing Proposal
                                    (PLP).
All stakeholders.................  PLP Comments Due........  3/14/17                        5.16(e)
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\1\ If a due date falls on a weekend or holiday, the due date is the following business day. Dates prior to
  August 2014 are the dates when the events occurred, rather than due dates.
\2\ Commission staff issued a letter on June 5, 2014, requiring the proposed study plan meeting to be held
  between August 4, 2014, and August 19, 2014. Subsequent deadlines in the process plan were calculated from the
  deadline of August 19, 2014.
\3\ The date for filing of the PLP is a staff estimate.


    Dated: July 1, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-15997 Filed 7-8-14; 8:45 am]
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