
[Federal Register: August 10, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 153)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12679-003]

 
ORPC Alaska, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

August 4, 2010.
    On April 1, 2010, and supplemented on July 26, 2010, ORPC Alaska, 
LLC 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 Cook Inlet

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Tidal Energy Project to be located in Cook Inlet in the vicinity of 
Anchorage, Alaska, in the Municipality of Anchorage and Matanuksa-
Susitna 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 will consist of the following: (1) Four 250-
kilowatt TideGen turbine-generator modules with a combined capacity of 
1 megawatt (MW); (2) an approximately 4,000-foot-long underwater 
transmission cable from the module site to a shore station on Fire 
Island; (3) an approximately 4,600-foot-long transmission line 
connecting the shore station to an interconnection point on Fire 
Island; and (4) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation 
of the Cook Inlet project would be 2,628 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Monty Worthington, Director of Project 
Development, ORPC Alaska, LLC, 725 Christensen Drive, Suite A, 
Anchorage, AK 99501; phone: (907) 339-7939.
    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 ``eComment.'' 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-12679-003) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-19669 Filed 8-9-10; 8:45 am]
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