Document ID: FERC-2012-1597-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Shearwater Design, Inc.
Posted Date: 2012-09-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 58988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23508]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13345-001]

Shearwater Design, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On July 3, 2012, Shearwater Design, Inc. filed an application for a 
successive preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal 
Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Homeowner 
Tidal Power Electric Generation Project to be located in the Kennebec 
River, in the Town of Phippsburg, Sagadahoc County, Maine. 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) 10 hydrokinetic turbine 
units with an estimated total capacity of 100 kilowatts; (2) 
approximately five 200 to 500-foot-long, 220-volt transmission lines 
connected to individual homes; and (3) appurtenant facilities. The 
estimated annual generation of the proposed project would be 150,000 
kilowatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Dot Kelly, Shearwater Design, Inc., 83 Captain 
Perry Drive, Phippsburg, ME 04562; phone: (207) 443-4787.
    FERC Contact: Brandon Cherry; phone: (202) 502-8328.
    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-13345) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: September 18, 2012.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-23508 Filed 9-24-12; 8:45 am]
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