Document ID: FERC-2013-1012-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Turnagain Arm Tidal Energy Corp.
Posted Date: 2013-07-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44557-44558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17812]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13509-002]

 Turnagain Arm Tidal Energy Corporation; Notice of Preliminary 
Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions 
To Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On February 1, 2013, the Turnagain Arm Tidal Energy Corporation, 
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 Turnagain Arm Tidal Electric Generation Project (Turnagain Arm 
Project or project) to be located on the Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet 
and adjacent lands of the Kenai Peninsula Borough and the Municipality 
of Anchorage, Alaska. 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

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otherwise enter upon lands or waters owned by others without the 
owners' express permission.
    The proposed project would consist of the following: (1) An 8-mile-
long tidal fence situated between Fire Island near Anchorage and Point 
Possession in the Kenai Peninsula Borough, and consisting of 24, 10-
megawatt (MW) Davis turbines with tidal-to-electrical energy generating 
units for a total installed capacity of 240 MW; (2) one control 
building/substation onshore near Anchorage and one near Point 
Possession; (3) an 18-mile-long, 230-kilovolt (kV) submerged 
transmission line connecting the tidal fence to the existing Chugach 
Electric Association substation at Point Woronzof in Anchorage and a 
new substation at Point Possession; (4) a 28-mile-long, 230-kV 
aboveground transmission line running parallel to an existing Homer 
Electric Association (HEA) transmission line corridor and extending 
from Point Possession to the existing HEA Nikiski substation; and (5) 
appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would have an estimated 
average annual generation of 1,271,950 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Dominic Lee, President and Chief Executive 
Officer, Turnagain Arm Tidal Energy Corporation, 821 N. Street, Suite 
207, Anchorage, Alaska 99501; phone: (907) 274-7571.
    FERC Contact: Kim Nguyen; phone: (202) 502-6105.
    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. Comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and 
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 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 or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, 
or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, 
mail an original and five copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, 
DC 20426.
    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-13509) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: July 18, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-17812 Filed 7-23-13; 8:45 am]
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