
[Federal Register: October 22, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 204)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13831-000]

 
Vortex Hydro Energy, LLC; Notice of Competing Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments and 
Interventions

October 15, 2010.
    On August 9, 2010, Vortex Hydro Energy, 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 St. Clair Hydrokinetic 
Project, located on the St. Clair River, in St. Clair County, Michigan. 
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) Two medium scale VIVACE 
converters with each unit consisting of approximately nine cylinders 
that is gravity held at the bottom of the river bed; (2) an underwater 
inverter that would convert the electric signal to 3 Phase 480 Volts; 
and (3) a proposed underwater cable that would transmit to the nearby 
Dunn Paper Plant. The proposed St. Clair Hydrokinetic Project would 
have an estimated average annual generation of 0.788 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Gus Simiao, CEO, Vortex Hydro Energy, LLC, 2512 
Carpenter Road, Suite 201-A1, Ann Arbor, MI 48108; phone: (734) 971-
4020.
    FERC Contact: Bryan Roden-Reynolds at (202) 502-6618, or via e-mail 
at bryan.roden-reynolds@ferc.gov.
    Competing Applications: This application competes with Project No. 
13694-000 filed March 30, 2010.
    Deadline for filing comments and motions to intervene: 60 days from 
the issuance of this notice. Comments and motions to intervene 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 the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-13617) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-26690 Filed 10-21-10; 8:45 am]
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