[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 175 (Friday, September 11, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46754-46755]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21869]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13509-000]


Little Susitna Construction Co., Inc.; Notice of Preliminary 
Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions 
To Intervene, and Competing Applications

September 3, 2009.
    On August 31, 2009, Little Susitna Construction Company, Inc., 
filed an application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) 
of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the 
Turnagain Arm Tidal Electric Generation Project (Turnagain Arm Project 
or project), located on the Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet and adjacent 
lands of the Kenai Peninsula Borough and the Municipality of Anchorage, 
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 consist of the following: (1) Proposed 
8-mile-long and 7.5-mile-long tidal ``fences'' containing a total of 
220, 10-megawatt (MW) Davis Turbine tidal-to-electrical energy 
generating units (total installed capacity equal to 2,200 MW)--the 8-
mile-long tidal fence would extend from just south of Fire Island to 
Kenai Peninsula Borough land at Possession Point and the 7.5-mile-long 
tidal fence would extend from a point about 5-7 miles south of Fire 
Island to a point offshore of Anchorage; (2) two proposed control 
buildings--one near the southwest end of the 8-mile-long tidal fence at 
Possession Point (Possession Point control building) and one in 
Anchorage along Raspberry Road (Anchorage control building)--containing 
equipment for controlling the turbines and the interties of the 
transmission lines to existing area electrical grids; (3) a pair of 
proposed 44-mile-long, 230-kilovolt (kV) transmission lines extending 
southwest from the Possession Point control building to a Homer 
Electric substation near the unincorporated community of Nikiski; (4) a 
proposed single, 17-mile-long, 230-kV above and below water 
transmission line extending from the Possession Point control building, 
across the 8-mile-long tidal fence, and to the Anchorage control 
building; (5) a

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pair of proposed 10-mile-long, 230-kV transmission lines extending from 
the Anchorage control building to a Chugach Electric substation in 
Anchorage; (6) a proposed 18-mile-long, 230-kV above and below water 
transmission line extending from the Possession Point control building, 
over the 7.5-mile-long tidal fence, and to the Anchorage control 
building; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would 
have an estimated average annual generation of 11,560,000 megawatt-
hours.
    Applicant Contact: Dominic S.F. Lee, P.E., President and CEO, 
Little Susitna Construction Co., Inc., 821 N St., Suite 201, Anchorage, 
AK 99501; Ph. (907) 274-7571.
    FERC Contact: Nick Jayjack, 202-502-6073.
    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. 
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 
under the ``e-Filing'' link. If unable to be filed electronically, 
documents may be paper-filed. To paper-file, an original and eight 
copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For 
more information on how to submit these types of filings please go to 
the Commission's Web site located at http://www.ferc.gov/filing-comments.asp. 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 the http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P-13509) in the docket number 
field to access the document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-
3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-21869 Filed 9-10-09; 8:45 am]
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