Document ID: FERC-2010-0709-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Applications: Tidewalker Associates
Posted Date: 2010-05-21T04:00Z

[Federal Register: May 21, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 98)]
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[Page 28596]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12704-004]

 
Tidewalker Associates; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted For Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

May 17, 2010.
    On April 12, 2010, Tidewalker Associates filed a successive 
preliminary permit application, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal 
Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Half-Moon 
Cove Tidal Power Project, to be located in Cobscook and Passamaquoddy 
Bay, Washington County, Maine.
    The proposed project would consist of: (1) A new 1,200-foot-long 
rock-filled barrage with a crest elevation of approximately 27 feet 
above mean sea level (msl); (2) a new 30-foot-wide, 15-foot-high 
filling and emptying gated section; (3) the 850-acre Half-Moon Cove 
with a surface elevation of 13.0 feet above msl; (4) a new powerhouse 
with four turbine generating units with a total capacity of 9.0 
megawatts; and (5) a new 34.5 kilovolt, 7.1-mile-long transmission 
line. The project would produce an estimated average annual generation 
of about 45,000 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Normand Laberge, Tidewalker Associates, 46 Place 
Cove Road, Trescott, Maine 04652, 207-733-5513.
    FERC Contact: Tom Dean, 202-502-6041.
    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. 
Comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, 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 
under ``eFiling'' link. If unable to be filed electronically, documents 
may be paper-filed. To paper-file, an original and eight copies should 
be mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For more 
information on how to submit these types of filings please go to the 
Commission's Web site located at http: //www.ferc.gov/filing-
comments.asp. More information about this project can be viewed or 
printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the Commission's Web site at http:/
/www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P-
12704) in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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