
[Federal Register: August 24, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 162)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13545-000]

 
Free Flow Power Ohio River 8, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

August 14, 2009.

    On July 14, 2009, Free Flow Power Ohio River 8, LLC filed an 
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the Whiskey 
Bay Hydrokinetic Energy Project, located on the Atchafalaya River, 
Saint Landry, Saint Martin, and Iberville Parishes, Louisiana. The sole 
purpose of a preliminary permit, if

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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) 1,860 turbine-generator 
units configured in a series of turbine arrays which in turn will be 
grouped to form turbine fields; (2) a combination of freestanding 
pilings, a floating barge-like platform, or existing shore 
infrastructure such as dock pilings onto which the turbine arrays will 
be moored; (3) submersible electric cables interconnecting the arrays 
within each turbine field and transmit the turbine field's generation 
to a shore station; (4) several shore stations each consisting of less 
than 100 square meters which will transition the submersible cabling to 
the overhead transmission; (5) a 8.3 mile, 69 kV line interconnecting 
the shore stations and delivering power to the project substation; and 
(6) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would generate about 
163 gigawatt-hours annually.
    Applicant contact: Ramya Swaminathan, Free Flow Power Corporation, 
33 Commercial Street, Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930, phone: (978) 
226-1531.
    FERC Contact: Sergiu Serban, 202-502-6211.
    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, including a copy of 
the application, 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-13545) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-20224 Filed 8-21-09; 8:45 am]

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