[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 211 (Wednesday, November 2, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 66172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23848]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15285-000]


Ocean Renewable Power Company, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On August 22, 2022, Ocean Renewable Power Company, Inc. filed an 
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the Western 
Passage Tidal Energy Project No. 15285 (project), to be located in the 
Western Passage Inlet of the Gulf of Maine, near the City of Eastport, 
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 the following: (1) up to five 
turbine-generators, including TidGen-80 units and other hydrokinetic 
tidal energy devices, with a combined installed capacity of 5 
megawatts; (2) a mooring system to anchor each turbine-generator to the 
seabed; (3) an approximately 4,200-foot-long bundled submarine data 
line and 4.16- to 12.7-kilovolt (kV) transmission line connecting the 
turbine-generator units to a substation on the shoreline; (5) a 4.16- 
to 12.7- kV transmission line that is up to 2,600 feet long that 
connects the station on the shoreline to an existing electric 
distribution line; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The estimated 
average annual generation of the Western Passage Project would be up to 
7.5 gigawatt-hours. There are no federal lands associated with the 
project.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Nathan Johnson, Vice President of 
Development, Ocean Renewable Power Company, Inc., 254 Commercial 
Street, Suite 119B, Portland, Maine 04101; phone: (207) 772-7707; 
email: [email protected].
    FERC Contact: Michael Watts; phone: (202) 502-6123; email: 
[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 https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. Commenters can submit brief 
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the 
eComment system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx. 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, you may submit a paper copy. 
Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via 
any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include docket 
number P-15285-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the 
Commission's website at https://www.ferc.gov/. Enter the docket number 
(P-15285) in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: October 27, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-23848 Filed 11-1-22; 8:45 am]
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