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

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13605-000]

 
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 January 28, 2009, 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 Icy Passage Tidal Energy Project, located 
in Icy Passage, in the Hoonah-Angoon Borough, 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 State of Alaska dock, or anchor the turbines to the 
bottom of the passage, and would consist of: (1) An existing 
approximately 70-foot-long by 220-foot-wide State of Alaska dock 
connected to the shore by an approximately 1,130-foot-long boardwalk 
extending into Icy Passage; (2) twelve 25-kilowatt (kW) Red Hawk in-
stream turbine modules 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 3,900-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-13605) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-3106 Filed 2-18-10; 8:45 am]
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