[Federal Register: March 5, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 42)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13345-000]

 
Shearwater Design Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

February 26, 2009.
    On December 15, 2008, and supplemented on February 5, 2009, and 
February 24, 2009, Shearwater Design Inc. filed an application, 
pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study 
the feasibility of the Homeowner Tidal Power Electric Generation 
Project located on the Kennebec River in Sagadahoc County, Maine. The 
project uses no dam or impoundment.
    The proposed project would consist of: (1) 6 hydrokinetic turbine 
units that would be directly connected to individual homes, with a 
total installed capacity of 60-kilowatts, and (2) appurtenant 
facilities. The project is estimated to have an annual generation of 
150,000-kilowatt-hours, which would be used by the homeowners and net 
metered back into the electricity power grid.
    Applicant Contact: Ms. Dot Kelly, Shearwater Design Inc., 83 
Captain Perry Drive, Phippsburg, Maine 04562, phone: (207) 443-4787.
    FERC Contact: Kelly T. Houff (202) 502-6393.
    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. 
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 
under the ``e-Filing'' link. If unable to be filed electronically, 
documents may be paper-filed. To paper-file, an original and eight 
copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For 
more information on how to submit these types of filings please go to 
the Commission's Web site located at http://www.ferc.gov/filing-
comments.asp. More information about this project 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-
13345-000) in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-4716 Filed 3-4-09; 8:45 am]

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