
[Federal Register: February 19, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 33)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13606-000]

 
Natural Currents Energy Services, LLC; Notice of Preliminary 
Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions 
To Intervene, and Competing Applications

February 4, 2010.
    On October 21, 2009, and revised on December 23, 2009 and January 
28, 2010, Natural Currents Energy Services, 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 Gastineau Channel Tidal 
Energy Project, located on Gastineau Channel, in the City and Borough 
of Juneau, Alaska. 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 either attach turbines to the underside 
of an existing Coast Guard dock, or anchor the turbines to the bottom 
of the channel, and would consist of: (1) An existing approximately 
100-foot-long by 30-foot-wide U.S. Coast Guard dock connected to the 
shore by an approximately 550-foot-long boardwalk extending into 
Gastineau Channel; (2) twelve 25-kilowatt (kW) Red Hawk in-stream 
turbine modules anchored to the bottom of the channel or attached to 
the underside of a pivoting t-dock with a total generating capacity of 
300 kW; (3) one or more clusters of Tidal In-Stream Energy Conversion 
Devices (TISEC devices) to transmit the electricity from the turbines 
to the underwater transmission line; (4) an approximately 600-foot-
long, 480-volt underwater transmission line connecting the TISEC device 
to an existing above-ground local distribution system; and (5) 
appurtenant facilities. The project would have an estimated average 
annual generation of 1,200 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Roger Bason, President, Natural Currents Energy 
Services, LLC, 24 Roxanne Boulevard, Highland, NY 12561; phone: (845) 
691-4009.
    FERC Contact: Jennifer Harper, 202-502-6136.
    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. 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 (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) under the 
``eFiling'' link. For a simpler method of submitting text only 
comments, click on ``Quick Comment.'' For assistance, please contact 
FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call toll-free at 
(866) 208-3676; or, for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Although the 
Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be 
paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and eight copies to: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    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-13606) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-3107 Filed 2-18-10; 8:45 am]
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