Document ID: FERC-2014-0136-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: ORPC Maine, LLC
Posted Date: 2014-02-06T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7178-7179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02482]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12680-005]

ORPC Maine, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On January 2, 2014, ORPC Maine, LLC, 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 Western Passage Tidal 
Energy Project (project) to be located in Western Passage, in the 
northern Atlantic Ocean, in the vicinity of the City of Eastport, 
Washington 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 the following: (1) 10 double 
OCGen[supreg] TGU hydrokinetic tidal devices each consisting of a 500-
kilowatt turbine generator unit for a combined capacity of 5,000 
kilowatts; (2) an anchoring support structure; (3) a mooring system; 
(4) a 3,700 to 4,200-foot-long submersible cable connecting the 
turbine-generating units of each device to a shore station; (5) a 
2,200-foot-long, 12.7-kilovolt transmission line connecting the shore 
station to an existing distribution line; and (6) appurtenant 
facilities. The estimated average annual generation of the Western 
Passage Tidal Energy Project would be 2.6 to 3.53 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Christopher R. Sauer, President and CEO, Ocean 
Renewable Power Company, LLC, 120 Exchange Street, Suite 508, Portland, 
Maine 04101; phone: (207) 772-7707.
    FERC Contact: Michael Watts; phone: (202) 502-6123.
    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-12680-005.
    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-12680) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

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    Dated: January 30, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-02482 Filed 2-5-14; 8:45 am]
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