Document ID: FERC-2020-0529-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Oregon State University
Posted Date: 2020-04-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 83 (Wednesday, April 29, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 23815]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-09093]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14616-001]

Oregon State University; Notice of Availability of Environmental 
Assessment

    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's regulations, 18 CFR part 
380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897), the Office of Energy Projects has 
reviewed the application for a license to construct and operate a wave 
energy test facility for the PacWave South Hydrokinetic Project 
(project) and has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA). Project 
facilities would be located on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the 
Pacific Ocean, in state territorial waters off the coast of Newport, 
Oregon, and on state and private lands. The project would occupy 2.65 
square miles (1,695 acres) on the OCS, administered through a lease by 
the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management within the U.S. Department of the 
Interior.
    In the EA, Commission staff analyzes the potential environmental 
effects of the project and concludes that issuing a license for the 
project, with appropriate environmental measures, would not constitute 
a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human 
environment.
    The Commission provides all interested persons an opportunity to 
view and/or print the EA via the internet through the Commission's Home 
Page (http://www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. Enter the docket 
number, excluding the last three digits in the docket number field, to 
access the document. At this time, the Commission has suspended access 
to Commission's Public Reference Room, due to the proclamation 
declaring a National Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease 
(COVID-19), issued by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free 
at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. You may also register 
online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be 
notified via email of new filings and issuances related to this or 
other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
    Any comments should be filed within 45 days from the date of this 
notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments 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. 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-14616-001.
    For further information, contact Jim Hastreiter at (503) 552-2760 
or james.hastreiter@ferc.gov.

    Dated: April 23, 2020.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-09093 Filed 4-28-20; 8:45 am]
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