
[Federal Register: April 10, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 68)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13378-000]

 
Sonoma County Water Agency; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

April 3, 2009.
    On February 23, 2009, Sonoma County Water Agency filed an 
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the Sonoma 
Coast Hydrokinetic Energy Project Fort Ross (North) to be located on 
the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Sonoma County, California. The 
project uses no dam or impoundment. 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: (1) Approximately 5 to 10 
oscillating water column devices and/or buoy-type wave energy 
conversion devices with an estimated total power output of 2 to 5 
megawatts (MW); (2) a potential expansion of the proposed project or 
additional projects up to 40 to 200 MW; (3) one or more proposed 
submersible armored submarine cables, including a 12-kilovolt 
transmission line approximately 5 miles in length; (4) a potential sub-
station and 1-mile-long transmission line, if the proposed project is 
expanded; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The project is estimated to 
have an annual generation of 20 gigawatt-hours, which would be sold to 
a local utility or used by the Sonoma County Water Agency to offset its 
own load.

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    Applicant Contact: Sonoma County Water Agency, Mr. Randy D. Poole, 
General Manager/Chief Engineer, 404 Aviation Boulevard, Santa Rosa, 
California 95403, phone: (707) 547-1900.
    FERC Contact: Aaron Liberty (202) 502-6862.
    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. 
Comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site 
under the ``e-Filing'' link. If unable to be filed electronically, 
documents may be paper-filed. To paper-file, an original and eight 
copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For 
more information on how to submit these types of filings, please go to 
the Commission's Web site located at http://www.ferc.gov/filing-
comments.asp. More information about this project can be viewed or 
printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of Commission's Web site at http://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P-
13378) in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-8161 Filed 4-9-09; 8:45 am]
