[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32451-32453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13564]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 12713-002]
Reedsport OPT Wave Park, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for
Filing, Ready for Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Motions To
Intervene and Protests, Comments, Terms and Conditions,
Recommendations, and Prescriptions
June 1, 2010.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Filing: Original Minor License.
b. Project No.: 12713-002.
c. Dated Filed: February 1, 2010.
d. Applicant: Reedsport OPT Wave Park, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Reedsport OPT Wave Park.
f. Location: Pacific Ocean in state waters about 2.5 miles off the
coast near Reedsport, in Douglas County, Oregon. The project would
occupy about 5 acres of federal lands in the Siuslaw National Forest
(Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area).
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 4.61 of the Commission's regulations.
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Philip Pellegrino, Reedsport OPT Wave
Park, LLC, 1590 Reed Road, Pennington, New Jersey 08534; (609) 730-
0400.
i. FERC Contact: Jim Hastreiter at (503) 552-2760 or
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments,
terms
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and conditions, recommendations, and prescriptions: 90 days from the
issuance of this notice. All reply comments must be filed with the
Commission within 135 days from the date of this notice.
All documents 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/ferconline.asp) under the
``eFiling'' link. For a simpler method of submitting text only
comments, click on ``Quick Comment.'' For assistance, please contact
FERC Online Support at [email protected]; call toll-free at
(866) 208-3676; or, for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Although the
Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be
paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and eight copies to:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each
person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an
intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to
the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a
particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document
on that resource agency.
k. This application has been accepted for filing and is now ready
for environmental analysis.
l. Project description: The project facilities would include 10
PowerBuoy wave-powered generating units attached to seabed anchors,
tendon lines, subsurface floats, and catenary mooring lines. The
PowerBuoy units would be deployed in an array of three to four rows,
approximately in a SW-NE orientation, and would occupy about 0.25
square mile of the Pacific Ocean. Each PowerBuoy would have a maximum
diameter of 36 feet, extend 29.5 feet above the water surface, and have
a draft of 115 feet.
A power/fiber optic cable would exit the bottom of each PowerBuoy,
descending to the seabed in a lazy ``S'' shape with subsurface floats
attached to the cable and a clump weight at the seabed. The 10
PowerBuoy units would be connected to a single Underwater Substation
Pod (USP) via power/fiber-optic lines. The USP would be about 6 feet in
diameter and 15 feet in length, and would rest on the seabed below the
PowerBuoys, held in place with pre-cured concrete ballast blocks. A
submarine transmission cable, buried in the seabed to a depth of 3 to 6
feet, would extend from the USP to an existing wastewater discharge
pipe. The submarine cable would extend through the wastewater pipe to
an underground vault, which would be constructed at the existing turn-
around at the end of Sparrow Park Road, immediately inland of the sand
dunes. At the vault, the subsea transmission cable would exit the
effluent pipe, transition to an underground cable, and reenter the
effluent pipe.
The underground transmission cable would continue within the
effluent pipe eastward for approximately 3 miles, where it would
connect to the Douglas Electric Cooperative transmission line at a
proposed shore station. The shore station would consist of a 100- to
200-square foot building.
m. A copy of the license application 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 (P-12713). For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support at [email protected] or toll free
at 1-866-208-3676, of for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available
for inspection and reproduction at the address in paragraph i.
Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filing and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
n. Any qualified applicant desiring to file a competing application
must submit to the Commission, on or before the specified intervention
deadline date, a competing development application, or a notice of
intent to file such an application. Submission of a timely notice of
intent allows an interested person to file the competing development
application no later than 120 days after the specified intervention
deadline date. Applications for preliminary permits will not be
accepted in response to this notice.
A notice of intent must specify the exact name, business address,
and telephone number of the prospective applicant, and must include an
unequivocal statement of intent to submit a development application. A
notice of intent must be served on the applicant(s) named in this
public notice.
Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18
CFR 385.210, .211, .214. In determining the appropriate action to take,
the Commission will consider all protests or other comments filed, but
only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the
Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any comments,
protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or before the
specified comment date for the particular application.
All filings must (1) Bear in all capital letters the title
``PROTEST'', ``MOTION TO INTERVENE'', ``NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE
COMPETING APPLICATION,'' ``COMPETING APPLICATION,'' ``COMMENTS,''
``REPLY COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' or
``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (2) set forth in the heading the name of the
applicant and the project number of the application to which the filing
responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone number of the
person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise comply with the
requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All comments,
recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must set forth
their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the requirements of
18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly
from the applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must
be served upon each representative of the applicant specified in the
particular application. A copy of all other filings in reference to
this application must be accompanied by proof of service on all persons
listed in the service list prepared by the Commission in this
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
o. Cooperating agencies: Federal, State, local, and tribal agencies
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the
environmental document should file such within 90 days from issuance of
this notice. Cooperating agencies should note the Commission's policy
that agencies that cooperate in the preparation of the environmental
document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC ] 61,076 (2001).
p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the Oregon
State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by 106,
National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR, at 800.4.
q. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule
will be made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Notice of Acceptance and Ready for June 1, 2010.
Environmental Analysis.
Filing comments, recommendations, August 30, 2010.
preliminary terms and conditions, and
fishway prescriptions.
Reply comments............................. October 14, 2010.
Notice of availability of Final EA......... November 15, 2010.
Comments on EA............................. January 14, 2011.
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Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-13564 Filed 6-7-10; 8:45 am]
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