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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions
To Intervene, Protests, and Comments

July 10, 2006.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Preliminary Permit.
    b. Project No.: 12672-000.
    c. Date filed: April 28, 2006.
    d. Applicant: Oregon Tidal Energy Company.
    e. Name of Project: Columbia Tidal Energy Project.
    f. Location: The project would be located in mouth of the Columbia
River in Clatsop County, Oregon and Wahkiakum and Pacific Counties,
Washington.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contacts: Joseph A. Cannon, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw
Pittman LLP, 2300 N Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037, phone: (202)
663-8000, and Charles B. Cooper, TRC Environmental, Boott Mills South,
116 John St., Lowell, MA 01852, phone: (978) 656-3567.
    i. FERC Contact: Robert Bell, (202) 502-6062.
    j. Deadline for filing comments, protests, and motions to
intervene: 60 days from the issuance date of this notice.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of
that document on each person in 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. Description of Project: The proposed project would consist of:
(1) 50 to 150 Tidal In Stream Energy Conversion (TISEC) devices
consisting of rotating propeller blades, (2) integrated generators with
a capacity of 0.5 to 2.0 MW each, (3) anchoring systems, (4) mooring
lines, (5) interconnection transmission lines, and (6) appurtenant
facilities. The project is estimated to have an annual generation of
8.76 gigawatt-hours per-unit per-year, which would be sold to a local
utility.
    l. Locations of Applications: A copy of the application is
available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission in the
Public Reference Room, located at 888 First Street, NE., Room 2A,
Washington, DC 20426, or by calling (202) 502-8371. This filing may
also 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, call toll-free 1-866-208-3676 or e-mail
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. For TTY, call (202) 502-8659. A copy is

also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h
above.
    m. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing
list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission.
    n. Competing Preliminary Permit--Anyone desiring to file a
competing application for preliminary permit for a proposed project
must submit the competing application itself, or a notice of intent to
file such an application, to the Commission on or before the specified
comment date for the particular application (see 18 CFR 4.36).
Submission of a timely notice of intent allows an interested person to
file the competing preliminary permit application no later than 30 days
after the specified comment date for the particular application. A
competing preliminary permit application must conform with 18 CFR
4.30(b) and 4.36.