Document ID: FERC-2012-0229-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Green Wave Mendocino Wave Park
Posted Date: 2012-02-10T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 28 (Friday, February 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 7143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3164]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14291-000]

Green Wave Mendocino Wave Park; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On September 23, 2011, Green Wave Energy Solutions, LLC, 
California, 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 Green Wave Mendocino Wave Park (Mendocino Wave 
Project or project) to be located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of 
the City of Mendocino in Mendocino County, California. 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) 150 to 680 
Wave Energy Converters (WEC) (Pelamis or OPT) units having a total 
installed capacity of 100 megawatts; (2) a proposed 2 to 3-mile-long, 
36 kilovolt, 4-inch-diameter, three-phase AC submarine cable; and (3) 
appurtenant facilities. The project is estimated to have an average 
annual generation of 250 gigawatthours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Wayne Burkamp, Green Wave Energy Solutions, 
LLC, 223 East Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Suite 307, Thousand Oaks, CA 
91360; phone (888) 490-6444.
    FERC Contact: Kenneth Hogan; phone: (202) 502-8434.
    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 at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, 
or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. 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-14291) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: February 6, 2012.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-3164 Filed 2-9-12; 8:45 am]
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