Document ID: FERC-2014-0138-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Maine Tidal Power
Posted Date: 2014-02-06T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 7177]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02483]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12704-007]

Maine Tidal Power; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted For Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On December 2, 2013, Maine Tidal Power filed an application for a 
successive preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal 
Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Half Moon 
Cove Tidal Power Project (Half Moon Cove Project) to be located in 
Cobscook and Passamaquoddy Bay, near the cities of Eastport and Perry, 
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) A new 
1,200-foot-long tidal wall with a crest elevation of approximately 27 
feet above mean sea level (msl); (2) a new 60-foot-wide, 20-foot-high 
filling and empting gate; (3) the 850-acre Half Moon Cove with a 
surface elevation of 13.0 feet above msl; (4) a new 60-foot-wide, 125-
foot-long gated powerhouse with four turbine generating units with a 
total capacity of 21.5 megawatts; (5) a new 34.5 kilovolt, 7.1-mile-
long transmission line extending from the project powerhouse to an 
existing substation owned by Bangor Hydroelectric Company located in 
the town of Pembroke, ME (the point of interconnection with the 
distribution grid); and (6) appurtenant facilities. The estimated 
annual generation of the Half Moon Cove Project would be 30,000 
megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Normand Laberge, Maine Tidal Power, 46 Place 
Cove Road, Trescott, Maine 04652; phone: (207) 733-5513.
    FERC Contact: Tom Dean; phone: (202) 502-6041; or 
thomas.dean@ferc.gov.
    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-12704-007.
    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-12704) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: January 30, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-02483 Filed 2-5-14; 8:45 am]
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