Orcas Power & Light Cooperative; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications, 77861-77862 [2024-21725]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 185 / Tuesday, September 24, 2024 / Notices whenever we propose to authorize take for endangered or threatened species, in this case with the NMFS AKRO. Four marine mammal species, fin whale, humpback whale (Mexico Distinct Population Segment (DPS)), beluga whale (Cook Inlet), and Steller sea lion (Western DPS) occur in the project area and are listed as threatened or endangered under the ESA. The NMFS AKRO issued a Biological Opinion under section 7 of the ESA on the issuance of two IHAs to Furie under section 101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA by NMFS OPR. The Biological Opinion concluded that the action is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of these species and is not likely to destroy or adversely modify their critical habitat. 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Persons unable to file electronically may mail similar pleadings to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Hand PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 77861 delivered submissions in docketed proceedings should be delivered to Health and Human Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 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 making filings such as interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@ ferc.gov. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on October 15, 2024. Dated: September 17, 2024. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. 2024–21723 Filed 9–23–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 15368–000] Orcas Power & Light Cooperative; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On July 22, 2024, Orcas Power & Light Cooperative 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 Rosario Strait Tidal Energy Project (or Project) to be located on Rosario Strait in the Salish Sea, near the town of Eastsound, 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 245 foot-long, 13 foot-wide floating tube; (2) two wings attached to 65 foot diameter rotors with an overall width of 165 feet; (3) two 1.2 MW turbines (4) four catenary mooring lines (each approximately 740 feet long); (5) four seabed anchors; (6) a 3.3 mile E:\FR\FM\24SEN1.SGM 24SEN1 77862 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 185 / Tuesday, September 24, 2024 / Notices long 12.47 kV subsea power cable; and (7) one subsea junction box. The estimated annual generation of the Project would be 5.7 GW-hr. Applicant Contact: Russell Guerry, C/ O Orcas Power and Light Cooperative (OPALCO), 183 Mount Baker Road, Eastsound, Washington 98245 (360) 376–3500. FERC Contact: Jeffrey Ackley at jeffrey.ackley@ferc.gov. 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 https:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ ecomment.asp. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include docket number. More information about this project, including a copy of the application, can be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link of Commission’s website at https:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Dated: September 17, 2024. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary. explore cross-jurisdictional issues relevant to FERC and state utility commissions.1 The first public meeting of the Collaborative will be held on November 12, 2024, from approximately 2:30 p.m.– 5 p.m. PST, at the Anaheim Marriott in Anaheim, California. The meeting will be open to the public for listening and observing and on the record. There is no fee for attendance and registration is not required. The public may also attend via Webcast. This conference will be transcribed. Transcripts will be available for a fee from Ace Reporting, 202–347–3700. Commission conferences are accessible under section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations, please send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free 1–866–208–3372 (voice) or 202–208–8659 (TTY), or send a fax to 202–208–2106 with the required accommodations. The first overarching topic the Collaborative will discuss is gas-electric coordination. As explained in the Establishing Order, the Commission will issue agendas for each meeting, after consulting with members of the Collaborative and considering suggestions from state commissions.2 The Commission will issue the specific agenda for the first public meeting no later than October 29, 2024. More information about the Collaborative is available here: https:// www.ferc.gov/federal-state-currentissues-collaborative. For questions related to the Collaborative, please contact: Rob Thormeyer, 202–502–8694, robert.thormeyer@ferc.gov, Sarah Greenberg, 202–502–6230, sarah.greenberg@ferc.gov, or Robert Cain, 202–898–1350, rcain@naruc.org. Dated: September 17, 2024. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. 2024–21727 Filed 9–23–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P [FR Doc. 2024–21725 Filed 9–23–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings #1 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 [Docket No. AD24–7–000] Federal and State Current Issues Collaborative; Notice Announcing Meeting Take Notice that the Commission received the following exempt wholesale generator filings: Docket Numbers: EG24–289–000. On March 21, 2024, the Commission established a Federal and State Current Issues Collaborative (Collaborative) to 1 Fed. and State Current Issues Collaborative, 186 FERC ¶ 61,189 (2024) (Establishing Order). 2 Id. P 7. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:07 Sep 23, 2024 Jkt 262001 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Applicants: Dan’s Mountain Wind Force, LLC. Description: Dan’s Mountain Wind Force, LLC submits Notice of SelfCertification of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status. Filed Date: 9/17/24. Accession Number: 20240917–5035. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/8/24. Docket Numbers: EG24–290–000. Applicants: Silver State South Storage, LLC. Description: Silver State South Storage, LLC submits Notice of SelfCertification of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status. Filed Date: 9/17/24. Accession Number: 20240917–5113. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/8/24. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric rate filings: Docket Numbers: ER22–2359–003. Applicants: PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. Description: Compliance filing: Motion for Leave to Submit Compliance Filing to be effective 7/12/2025. Filed Date: 9/16/24. Accession Number: 20240916–5133. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/7/24. Docket Numbers: ER24–2072–001. Applicants: The Empire District Electric Company, Southwest Power Pool, Inc. Description: Compliance filing: The Empire District Electric Company submits tariff filing per 35: The Empire District Electric Company’s Amended Order No. 864 Compliance Filing to be effective 1/27/2020. Filed Date: 9/17/24. Accession Number: 20240917–5111. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/8/24. Docket Numbers: ER24–2253–001. Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, Inc. Description: Tariff Amendment: 4268 Blue Valley Grid GIA—Deficiency Response to be effective 5/23/2024. Filed Date: 9/17/24. Accession Number: 20240917–5028. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/8/24. Docket Numbers: ER24–2725–000. Applicants: Lone Star Solar, LLC. Description: Supplement to 08/08/ 2024 Lone Star Solar, LLC tariff filing. Filed Date: 9/13/24. Accession Number: 20240913–5243. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 9/23/24. Docket Numbers: ER24–3054–000. Applicants: Constellation Mystic Power, LLC. Description: Constellation Mystic Power, LLC submits request for waiver of certain deadlines required by Schedule 3A of the Mystic Cost of Service Agreement. E:\FR\FM\24SEN1.SGM 24SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77861-77862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21725]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15368-000]


Orcas Power & Light Cooperative; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On July 22, 2024, Orcas Power & Light Cooperative 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 
Rosario Strait Tidal Energy Project (or Project) to be located on 
Rosario Strait in the Salish Sea, near the town of Eastsound, 
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 245 
foot-long, 13 foot-wide floating tube; (2) two wings attached to 65 
foot diameter rotors with an overall width of 165 feet; (3) two 1.2 MW 
turbines (4) four catenary mooring lines (each approximately 740 feet 
long); (5) four seabed anchors; (6) a 3.3 mile

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long 12.47 kV subsea power cable; and (7) one subsea junction box.
    The estimated annual generation of the Project would be 5.7 GW-hr.
    Applicant Contact: Russell Guerry, C/O Orcas Power and Light 
Cooperative (OPALCO), 183 Mount Baker Road, Eastsound, Washington 98245 
(360) 376-3500.
    FERC Contact: Jeffrey Ackley at [email protected].
    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 https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief 
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the 
eComment system at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. For 
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, 
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of 
Commission's website at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number in the docket number field to access the 
document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: September 17, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-21725 Filed 9-23-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P

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