[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77861-77862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21725]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15368-000]


Orcas Power & Light Cooperative; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On July 22, 2024, Orcas Power & Light Cooperative 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 
Rosario Strait Tidal Energy Project (or Project) to be located on 
Rosario Strait in the Salish Sea, near the town of Eastsound, 
Washington. 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) a 245 
foot-long, 13 foot-wide floating tube; (2) two wings attached to 65 
foot diameter rotors with an overall width of 165 feet; (3) two 1.2 MW 
turbines (4) four catenary mooring lines (each approximately 740 feet 
long); (5) four seabed anchors; (6) a 3.3 mile

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long 12.47 kV subsea power cable; and (7) one subsea junction box.
    The estimated annual generation of the Project would be 5.7 GW-hr.
    Applicant Contact: Russell Guerry, C/O Orcas Power and Light 
Cooperative (OPALCO), 183 Mount Baker Road, Eastsound, Washington 98245 
(360) 376-3500.
    FERC Contact: Jeffrey Ackley at [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. 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.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number in the docket number field to access the 
document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: September 17, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-21725 Filed 9-23-24; 8:45 am]
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