Notice2025-04698
Stirling T. Hebenstreit; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications
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March 20, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 53 (Thursday, March 20, 2025)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04698]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 15320-001]
Stirling T. Hebenstreit; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and
Competing Applications
On June 24, 2024, and as supplemented on October 16, 2024, and
December 31, 2024, Stirling T. Hebenstreit, 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 Energy Production from
Deep Ocean Pressure Project No. 15320 (project), to be located on
Commencement Bay in Pierce County, Washington. 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' express permission.
The proposed project would consist of the following: (1) a 65-foot
long, 25-foot-wide, 11-foot-high single-haul floating steel barge
(surface platform), moored to the seafloor using anchors and mooring
buoys; (2) a 1-inch diameter, 575-foot-long stainless-steel screw gate
valve stem rod descending from the surface platform to an intake
opening gate; (3) a 4-foot-diameter vertical intake opening with an
adjustable gate valve located at a depth of about 560 feet from the
water surface; (4) a 3-foot-long, 4- to 8-foot-diameter vertical intake
raceway pipe; (5) an axial turbine with 3- to 4-foot-long turbine
blades housed within the intake raceway and connected to a submerged 4-
foot-long, 4-foot-wide, 6-foot-high hermetically-sealed stainless-steel
box containing a single 1.67-megawatt (MW) generator; (6) two 20-foot-
long, 8.5-foot-wide, 8-foot-high, aluminum tanks situated on the
seafloor that receive water exiting the turbine; (7) air compressors
connected to hoses and air actuators to control the flow of turbine
discharge water into and between the tanks; (8) six 1.33-foot-diameter
outlet pipes that discharge water from the tanks to the sea; (9) two
560-foot-long steel pipe raceways containing a total of five 1-inch
diameter, 560-foot-long aluminum-core conductor cables to transmit
electricity from the generator to two 10 megawatt-hour sodium-ion
energy storage battery banks located on the floating surface platform;
and (10) appurtenant facilities. Battery banks would be transported to
and from the surface platform and the Port of Tacoma using a supply
vessel. The estimated annual generation of the project would be about
827,542 megawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Stirling T. Hebenstreit, Stirling Industries
LLC, 3303 Paty Drive, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822; telephone at (571) 535-
5966.
FERC Contact: John Matkowski; phone (202) 502-8576; email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dcb6b3b4b2f2b1bda8b7b3abafb7b59cbab9aebff2bbb3aa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5d3732353373303c2936322a2e36341d3b382f3e733a322b">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</a>. Commenters can submit brief
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the
eComment system at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/.aspx</a>. For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9ed8dbccddd1f0f2f7f0fbcdebeeeef1eceadef8fbecfdb0f9f1e8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="367073647579585a5f585365434646594442765053445518515940">[email protected]</span></a>, (866)
208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic
filing, you may submit a paper copy. Submissions sent via the U.S.
Postal Service must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Secretary,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A,
Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be
addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
The first page of any filing should include docket number P-15320-001.
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,
community organizations, 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#77382727371112051459101801"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="19564949597f7c6b7a377e766f">[email protected]</span></a>.
More information about this project, including a copy of the
application, can be viewed on the Commission's website (<a href="https://www.ferc.gov">https://www.ferc.gov</a>) using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number (P-
15320) in the docket number field to access the document. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: March 13, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-04698 Filed 3-19-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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