[Federal Register: November 29, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 229)]
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[Page 69110-69111]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Notice of Application Tendered for Filing with the Commission

November 21, 2006.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Minor.
    b. Project No.: P-12751-000.
    c. Date filed: November 8, 2006.
    d. Applicant: AquaEnergy Group, Ltd.
    e. Name of Project: Makah Bay Offshore Wave Energy Pilot Project.
    f. Location: Pacific Ocean in Makah Bay, Clallam County, Washington
near the city of Neah Bay, Washington. The project would occupy about
one acre of land on the Makah Indian Reservation and about seven acres
of the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary administered by the U.S.
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
and Flattery Rocks National Wildlife Refuge administered by the U.S.
Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mary Jane Parks, P.O. Box 1276, Mercer
Island, WA 98059,<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    i. FERC Contact: Nick Jayjack,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
    j. Cooperating agencies: We are asking Federal, state, local, and
tribal agencies

with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues to cooperate with us in the preparation of the
environmental document. Agencies who would like to request cooperating
status should follow the instructions for filing comments described in
item k below. 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).
    k. Deadline for filing requests for cooperating agency status:
January 8, 2007.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with:
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    Requests for cooperating agency status may be filed electronically
via the Internet in lieu of paper. The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions
on the Commission's Web site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-

Filing'' link.
    l. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
    m. The project would consist of: (1) Four, 250-kilowatt wave energy
conversion buoys (``AquaBuOYs'') and an associated mooring/anchoring
and electrical connection system placed 3.7 miles offshore in water
depths of about 150 feet over a rectangular area about 625 feet by 450
feet of ocean floor; (2) a metal shore station that would be about 15
feet long by 15 feet wide by 10 feet high and located just inland of
Hobuck Beach (on the Makah Indian Reservation near Neah Bay,
Washington) adjacent to an existing power line for interconnection--the
shore station would contain equipment necessary to connect to the
electrical grid; (3) a driveway and parking area at the metal shore
station; and (4) a 3.7-mile long submarine cable anchored to the ocean
floor and connecting from one of the buoy's (``collector buoy'') power
cable to the metal shore station. The total installed capacity of the
project would be 1 megawatt, and the project would generate about
1,500,000 kilowatt-hours annually. AquaEnergy proposes to provide the
power generated by the project to the Clallam County PUD for use in its
service area.
    n. A copy of the application is available for review at the
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the
Commission's Web site at 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_ADDRESS>or toll-free at 1-
866-208-3676, or for TTY,<PHONE_NUMBER>. A copy is also available for
inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp
 to be notified via e-mail of new filings and

issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support.
    o. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the
Washington State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by
section 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36, CFR, at Sec.  800.4.
    p. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule
will be made as appropriate.

Issue Acceptance or Deficiency Letter--February 2007.
Notice soliciting final terms and conditions--February 2007.
Notice of the availability of the draft EA--August 2007.
Notice of the availability of the final EA--November 2007.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-20199 Filed 11-28-06; 8:45 am]

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6247-6248]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2533-062]

Brainerd Public Utilities; Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Assessment

    On March 1, 2021, Brainerd Public Utilities filed a relicense
application for the 3.5425-megawatt Brainerd Hydroelectric Project No.
2533 (project). The project is located on the Mississippi River, in the
City of Brainerd, in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. The project does not
occupy federal land.
    In accordance with the Commission's regulations, on November 1,
2022, Commission staff issued a notice that the project was ready for
environmental analysis (REA notice). Based on the information in the
record, staff does not anticipate that licensing the project would
constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality
of the human environment. Therefore, staff intends to prepare an
Environmental Assessment (EA) on the application to relicense the
project.

    The EA will be issued and circulated for review by all interested
parties. All comments filed on the EA will be analyzed by staff and
considered in the Commission's final licensing decision.
    The application will be processed according to the following
schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate.

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                Milestone                           Target date
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Commission issues EA....................  August 2023.\1\
Comments on EA..........................  September 2023.
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    Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to Patrick Ely
at [email protected] or<PHONE_NUMBER>.
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    \1\ The Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) regulations
under 40 CFR 1501.10(b)(1) require that EAs be completed within 1
year of the federal action agency's decision to prepare an EA. This
notice establishes the Commission's intent to prepare an EA for the
Boyne River Project. Therefore, in accordance with CEQ's
regulations, the EA must be issued within 1 year of the issuance
date of this notice.

    Dated: January 24, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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