[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 80046]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31935]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13883-000]


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

December 14, 2010.
    On November 22, 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 Nenana RivGen Power 
Project (Nenana Project) to be located on the Tanana River in the 
vicinity of Nenana, Alaska, in the unorganized borough of Yukon-
Koyukuk, 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 Nenana Project will consist of the following: (1) Up 
to six 50-kilowatt RivGen turbine-generator modules with a combined 
capacity of 300 kilowatts; (2) an approximately 450-foot-long, 24.9-
kilovolt underwater transmission cable from the module site to a shore 
station on the north bank of the Tanana River, or an alternate 
transmission cable configuration that is yet to be determined; and (3) 
appurtenant facilities. The Nenana Project would operate 140 days per 
year, and the estimated annual generation would be 721 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/efiling.asp. Commenters can 
submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior 
registration, using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information 
at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online 
Support. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, 
documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and 
seven 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-13883-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-31935 Filed 12-20-10; 8:45 am]
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