[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62563-62564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19568]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15317-000]


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

    On June 28, 2023, Littoral Power Systems, Inc. filed an application 
for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power 
Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Upper Cook Inlet 
Tidal Energy Project to be located in Cook Inlet, Alaska approximately 
17 miles north-northwest of Kenai, Alaska and 9.5 miles northwest of 
Nikiski, Alaska. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit 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 project would consist of axial hydrokinetic turbines installed 
underwater at or proximate to one or more of four existing 
decommissioned natural gas drilling platforms (Baker, Shell-A, Shell-C, 
and Dillon) located within the Upper Cook Inlet. The drilling 
platforms, which are owned and operated by Hilcorp Alaska, LLC, would 
be the prime anchoring structures for the hydrokinetic equipment that 
would convert the energy of Cook Inlet's tidal currents into electrical 
power. The electrical energy would be transmitted via a new 25kV 
submarine cable to an existing onshore substation (the Bernice Lake 
substation owned by the Homer Electric Association, Inc.) located about 
1.5 miles east-northeast of the East Foreland Lighthouse on the Kenai 
Peninsula. The length of the subsea cable from the drilling platforms 
to land would be between 3.5 and 5 miles, depending on the selected 
route, and the length of the land transmission line to the substation 
would be between 2 and 3 miles. Each hydrokinetic turbine would have a 
generating capacity of 1 megawatt (MW). The project would produce from 
5,000 to 6,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) per year initially.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. David Duquette, CEO, Littoral Power Systems, 
Inc., 5 Dover Street, Suite 102, New Bedford, MA 02740; Phone: (508) 
436-4100.
    FERC Contact: David Froehlich; email; [email protected]; 
phone (202) 502-6769.
    The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports 
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission 
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners, 
environmental justice communities, Tribal members, and others, access 
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For 
public inquiries and assistance with filings such as interventions, 
comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is encouraged to 
contact OPP at (202) 502-6595 or [email protected]. Comments, motions to 
intervene, competing applications (without notices of intent), or 
notices of intent to file competing applications should be submitted 
within 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 get in touch with FERC Online Support 
at [email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll-free), or (202) 
502-8659 (TTY). Instead 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-15310-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can

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be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the Commission's 
website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the 
docket number (P-15317) in the docket number field to access a 
document. For assistance, do not hesitate to get in touch with FERC 
Online Support.

    Dated: September 5, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-19568 Filed 9-11-23; 8:45 am]
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