Document ID: FERC-2016-0984-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative of New England
Posted Date: 2016-07-20T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 20, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 47167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17126]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14775-000]

Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative of New England; Notice of 
Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On April 20, 2016, the Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative of New 
England 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 Cape Cod Canal and Bourne Tidal Test Site (Cape Cod 
Canal Test Site or project) to be located on the Cape Cod Canal, near 
the Town of Bourne, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. 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' permission.
    The proposed project would consist of: (1) A 45-foot-high, 23-foot-
wide support structure; (2) a 25-kilowatt turbine-generator unit; (3) a 
500 to 7,500-foot-long, 13.2-kilovolt (kV) transmission; and (4) 
appurtenant facilities. The estimated average annual generation of the 
project would be 54.7 gigawatt-hours. The project would occupy 
approximately 0.5 acres of federal land under the jurisdiction of the 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. John Miller, Executive Director, Marine 
Renewable Energy Collaborative of New England, P.O. Box 479, Marion, 
Massachusetts 02738; phone: (508) 728-5825.
    FERC Contact: Michael Watts; phone: (202) 502-6123; email: 
michael.watts@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-14775-000.
    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-14775) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: July 14, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-17126 Filed 7-19-16; 8:45 am]
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