Document ID: FERC-2018-0543-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: License Applications: Oregon State University
Posted Date: 2018-05-02T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 2, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19277-19278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-09253]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14616-000]

Notice of Draft License Application (DLA) and Draft Preliminary 
Draft Environmental Assessment (PDEA) and Request for Preliminary Terms 
and Conditions: Oregon State University

    Take notice that the following Draft License Application (DLA) and 
Draft Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment (PDEA) have been filed 
with the Commission and are available for public inspection.

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    a. Type of Application: Major Unconstructed Project.
    b. Project No.: 14616-000.
    c. Date Filed: April 20, 2018.
    d. Applicant: Oregon State University.
    e. Name of Project: Pacific Marine Energy Center--South Energy Test 
Site.
    f. Location: On the Pacific Ocean, 6 nautical miles off the central 
Oregon coast near the city of Newport, and in Lincoln County, Oregon. 
The project occupies 1,695 acres of submerged lands on the Outer 
Continental Shelf administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Dr. Burke Hales, College of Earth, Ocean and 
Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, 104 CEOAS Administration 
Building, Corvallis, OR 97331-5503; 541-737-5452; email: 
[email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Jim Hastreiter at (503) 552-2760; or email at 
[email protected].
    j. Status of Project: With this notice the Commission is soliciting 
(1) preliminary terms, conditions, and recommendations on the draft 
PDEA, and (2) comments on the DLA.
    k. Deadline for filing: July 20, 2018.
    All comments on the draft PDEA and DLA should be sent to the 
addresses noted above in Item (h), and filed with FERC.
    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 at 
[email protected], (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-14616-000.
    All comments must bear the heading Preliminary Comments, 
Preliminary Recommendations, Preliminary Terms and Conditions, or 
Preliminary Prescriptions.
    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.
    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.
    Oregon State University has mailed a copy of the draft PDEA and DLA 
to interested entities and parties. Copies of these documents are 
available for review at Oregon State University, 370 Strand 
Agricultural Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-5503.
    m. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the OREGON 
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER (SHPO), as required by section 106, 
National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.

    Dated: April 25, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-09253 Filed 5-1-18; 8:45 am]
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