Document ID: FERC-2019-0669-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Application: Oregon State University
Posted Date: 2019-06-11T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 112 (Tuesday, June 11, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 27104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12199]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14616-001]

Oregon State University; Notice of Application Tendered for 
Filing With the Commission

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original License for Major Unconstructed 
Project.
    b. Project No.: 14616-001.
    c. Date filed: May 31, 2019.
    d. Applicant: Oregon State University.
    e. Name of Project: PacWave South Project.
    f. Location: On the Pacific Ocean 6 nautical miles off the central 
Oregon coast near the city of Newport, in Lincoln County, Oregon. The 
project occupies 1,695 acres of United States submerged lands on the 
Outer Continental Shelf administered by the Bureau of Ocean Energy 
Management.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Cherise Gaffney, Stoel Rives LLP, 600 
University St, Suite 3600, Seattle, WA 98101; (206) 386-7622; or email 
at cherise.gaffney@stoel.com.
    i. FERC Contact: Jim Hastreiter at (503) 552-2760; or email at 
james.hastreiter@ferc.gov.
    j. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. The proposed PacWave South Project would consist of: (1) Four 
offshore test berths; (2) a maximum of 20 wave energy conversion (WEC) 
devices with a maximum total installed capacity of 20 megawatts; (3) 
various WEC devices including point absorbers, oscillating water 
column, overtopping, attenuator, and ``other'' types that utilize a 
combination of technology designs; (4) various anchoring systems 
including gravity based anchors, drag anchors, and embedment anchors, 
consisting of steel, concrete, or a mixture of steel and concrete; (5) 
single- or 3-point mooring systems consisting of chain, steel cables, 
or synthetic materials; (6) mooring infrastructure including surface 
buoys, subsurface floats, and chain, wire or rope, as catenary, tendon 
or bridle lines; (7) subsea connectors; (8) five buried 8.3-mile-long 
subsea transmission cables converging in a nearshore conduit; (9) up to 
five onshore 10-foot by 10-foot by 10-foot cable splice vaults (beach 
manholes), where the subsea cables would transition to terrestrial 
cables; (10) five buried 0.5-mile-long subterranean transmission cables 
connecting to a power monitoring and conditioning facility; (11) grid-
interconnection at Central Lincoln Public Utility District substation; 
and (12) appurtenant facilities.
    l. A copy of the application is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's website at 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. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    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.
    m. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 
schedule will be made as appropriate.
    Issue Notice of Application Tendered: June 2019.
    Issue Notice of Application Acceptance and Soliciting Final Terms 
and Conditions: August 2019.
    Commission issues EA: December 2019.

    Dated: June 4, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-12199 Filed 6-10-19; 8:45 am]
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