Notice2023-19568
Littoral Power Systems, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications
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September 12, 2023
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62563-62564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19568]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 15317-000]
Littoral Power Systems, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On June 28, 2023, Littoral Power Systems, Inc. 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 Upper Cook Inlet
Tidal Energy Project to be located in Cook Inlet, Alaska approximately
17 miles north-northwest of Kenai, Alaska and 9.5 miles northwest of
Nikiski, Alaska. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit 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' express permission.
The project would consist of axial hydrokinetic turbines installed
underwater at or proximate to one or more of four existing
decommissioned natural gas drilling platforms (Baker, Shell-A, Shell-C,
and Dillon) located within the Upper Cook Inlet. The drilling
platforms, which are owned and operated by Hilcorp Alaska, LLC, would
be the prime anchoring structures for the hydrokinetic equipment that
would convert the energy of Cook Inlet's tidal currents into electrical
power. The electrical energy would be transmitted via a new 25kV
submarine cable to an existing onshore substation (the Bernice Lake
substation owned by the Homer Electric Association, Inc.) located about
1.5 miles east-northeast of the East Foreland Lighthouse on the Kenai
Peninsula. The length of the subsea cable from the drilling platforms
to land would be between 3.5 and 5 miles, depending on the selected
route, and the length of the land transmission line to the substation
would be between 2 and 3 miles. Each hydrokinetic turbine would have a
generating capacity of 1 megawatt (MW). The project would produce from
5,000 to 6,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) per year initially.
Applicant Contact: Mr. David Duquette, CEO, Littoral Power Systems,
Inc., 5 Dover Street, Suite 102, New Bedford, MA 02740; Phone: (508)
436-4100.
FERC Contact: David Froehlich; email; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c7a3a6b1aea3e9a1b5a8a2afabaea4af87a1a2b5a4e9a0a8b1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="84e0e5f2ede0aae2f6ebe1ece8ede7ecc4e2e1f6e7aae3ebf2">[email protected]</span></a>;
phone (202) 502-6769.
The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners,
environmental justice communities, Tribal members, and others, access
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For
public inquiries and assistance with filings such as interventions,
comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is encouraged to
contact OPP at (202) 502-6595 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#115e414151777463723f767e67"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f8b7a8a8b89e9d8a9bd69f978e">[email protected]</span></a>. Comments, motions to
intervene, competing applications (without notices of intent), or
notices of intent to file competing applications should be submitted
within 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 <a href="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp</a>. Commenters can submit brief
comments up to 6,000 characters without prior registration using the
eComment system at <a href="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp</a>. You
must include your name and contact information at the end of your
comments. For assistance, please get in touch with FERC Online Support
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#64222136272b0a080d0a01371114140b161024020116074a030b12"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5b1d1e091814353732353e082e2b2b34292f1b3d3e2938753c342d">[email protected]</span></a>, (866) 208-3676 (toll-free), or (202)
502-8659 (TTY). Instead of electronic filing, you may submit a paper
copy. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed
to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent
via any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include
docket number P-15310-000.
More information about this project, including a copy of the
application, can
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be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the Commission's
website at <a href="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp</a>. Enter the
docket number (P-15317) in the docket number field to access a
document. For assistance, do not hesitate to get in touch with FERC
Online Support.
Dated: September 5, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-19568 Filed 9-11-23; 8:45 am]
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