[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 147 (Wednesday, July 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44248-44249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-17400]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 12749-000]
Oregon Wave Energy Partners I, LLC; Notice of Intent To File
License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, and Approving
Use of the Traditional Licensing Process
July 23, 2008.
a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application and
Request to Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
b. Project No.: 12749-000.
c. Date Filed: March 7, 2008.
d. Submitted By: Oregon Wave Energy Partners I, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Coos Bay OPT Wave Park.
f. Location: Oregon state territorial waters of the Pacific Ocean,
about 3 miles off the coast near Coos Bay, in Coos County, Oregon. A
portion of the proposed terrestrial power cable would be buried and
pass through United States lands administered by the Bureau of Land
Management.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.5 and 5.6 of the Commission's
regulations.
h. License Applicant Contact: Mr. Charles F. Dunleavy, 1590 Reed
Road, Pennington, NJ 08534; (609) 730-0400; or e-mail at
[email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Jim Hastreiter at (503) 552-2760; or e-mail at:
[email protected].
j. Pursuant to 18 CFR 5.3(a)(2), Oregon Wave Energy Partners I, LLC
filed a request to use the Traditional Licensing Process on March 7,
2008, and provided public notice of this request on March 8, 2008. With
this notice, the Director of the Office of Energy Projects approves
Oregon Wave Energy Partners I, LLC's request to use the Traditional
Licensing Process.
k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with:
(a) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA Fisheries under
section 7 of the
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Endangered Species Act and the joint agency consultation thereunder at
50 CFR part 402; (b) NOAA Fisheries under section 305(b) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and
implementing regulations at 50 CFR 600.920; and (c) the Oregon State
Historic Preservation Officer, as required by section 106, National
Historic Preservation Act, and the implementing regulations of the
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
l. With this notice, we are designating Oregon Wave Energy Partners
I, LLC, as the Commission's non-federal representative for carrying out
informal consultation, pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species
Act, section 305 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act, and section 106 of the National Historic Preservation
Act
m. Oregon Wave Energy Partners I, LLC filed a Pre-Application
Document (PAD) with the Commission pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the
Commission's regulations.
n. A copy of the PAD is available for review at the Commission in
the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site
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 at
[email protected] or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY,
(202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in paragraph h.
Register online at http://ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm to be notified
via e-mail of new filing and issuances related to this or other pending
projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-17400 Filed 7-29-08; 8:45 am]
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