Document ID: FERC-2014-0596-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Vortex Hydro Energy
Posted Date: 2014-05-13T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 92 (Tuesday, May 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27297-27298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-10884]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 [Project No. 14587-000]

Vortex Hydro Energy; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On February 21, 2014, Vortex Hydro Energy 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 St. Clair River 
Hydrokinetic (St. Clair River Project or project) to be located on St. 
Clair River, in the city of Port Huron, 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 the following: (1) Three new 
20-foot-long by 32-foot-wide by 27-foot-high oscylators, each 
containing four horizontal cylinders with a combined nameplate capacity 
of 33 kilowatts (kW), for a project total of 100 kW of installed 
capacity; (2) twelve 10-kW generator units; (3) a traditional direct 
current to alternating current inverter for power connection to the 
grid; (4) three 500-foot-long, 1-kilovolt (kV) to 3-

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kV underwater transmission lines; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The 
estimated annual generation of the St. Clair River Project would be 840 
megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Michael M. Bernitsas, Vortex Hydro Energy, 330 
East Liberty, Lower Level, Ann Arber, MI 48104; phone: (734) 253-2451.
    FERC Contact: Tyrone A. Williams; phone: (202) 502-6331, email: 
tyrone.williams@ferc.gov.
    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. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. 
Please file comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and 
competing applications using the Commission's eFiling system at 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, (866) 208-
3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic 
filing, please send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. The 
first page of any filing should include docket number P-14587-000.
    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-14587) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: May 6, 2014.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-10884 Filed 5-12-14; 8:45 am]
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