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the comments received during the

scoping process, the EA may be

published and mailed to federal, state,

and local agencies, public interest

groups, interested individuals, affected

landowners, newspapers, libraries, and

the Commission’s official service list for

this proceeding. A comment period will

be allotted for review if the EA is

published. We will consider all

comments on the EA before we make

our recommendations to the

Commission.

To ensure your comments are

considered, please carefully follow the

instructions in the public participation

section below.

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Public Participation

You can make a difference by

providing us with your specific

comments or concerns about the project.

By becoming a commentor, your

concerns will be addressed in the EA

and considered by the Commission. You

should focus on the potential

environmental effects of the proposal,

alternatives to the proposal (including

alternative locations), and measures to

avoid or lessen environmental impact.

The more specific your comments, the

more useful they will be. Please

carefully follow these instructions to

ensure that your comments are received

in time and properly recorded:

• Send an original and two copies of

your letter to: Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First St., NE., Room

1A, Washington, DC 20426.

• Label one copy of the comments for

the attention of OEP/DG2E, Gas Branch

3.

• Reference Docket No. CP06–433–

001.

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before January 19, 2007.

We will include all comments that we

receive within a reasonable time frame

in our environmental analysis of this

project. However, the Commission

strongly encourages electronic filing of

any comments or interventions or

protests to this proceeding. See 18 CFR

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions

on the Commission’s Web site at http://

www.ferc.gov under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link

and the link to the User’s Guide. Before

you can file comments you will need to

create a free account which can be

created on-line.

We may mail the EA for comment. If

you are interested in receiving it, please

return the Information Request

(Appendix 2). If you do not return the

Information Request, you will be taken

off the mailing list.

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Becoming an Intervenor

In addition to involvement in the EA

scoping process, you may want to

become an official party to the

proceeding, or ‘‘intervenor’’. To become

an intervenor you must file a motion to

intervene according to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214). Intervenors

have the right to seek rehearing of the

Commission’s decision. Motions to

Intervene should be electronically

submitted using the Commission’s

eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov.

Persons without Internet access should

send an original and 14 copies of their

motion to the Secretary of the

Commission at the address indicated

previously. Persons filing Motions to

Intervene on or before the comment

deadline indicated above must send a

copy of the motion to the Applicant. All

filings, including late interventions,

submitted after the comment deadline

must be served on the Applicant and all

other intervenors identified on the

Commission’s service list for this

proceeding. Persons on the service list

with e-mail addresses may be served

electronically; others must be served a

hard copy of the filing.

Affected landowners and parties with

environmental concerns may be granted

intervenor status upon showing good

cause by stating that they have a clear

and direct interest in this proceeding

which would not be adequately

represented by any other parties. You do

not need intervenor status to have your

environmental comments considered.

eLibrary link also provides access to the

texts of formal documents issued by the

Commission, such as orders, notices,

and rulemakings.

In addition, the Commission now

offers a free service called eSubscription

which allows you to keep track of all

formal issuances and submittals in

specific dockets. This can reduce the

amount of time you spend researching

proceedings by automatically providing

you with notification of these filings,

document summaries and direct links to

the documents. Go to http://

www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm.

Finally, public meetings or site visits

will be posted on the Commission’s

calendar located at http://www.ferc.gov/

EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along

with other related information.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No.: P–12751–000]

AquaEnergy Group, Ltd.; Notice of

Application and Applicant-Prepared EA

Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Motions

To Intervene and Protests, Ready for

Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting

Comments, and Terms and Conditions,

Recommendations, and Prescriptions

Environmental Mailing List

December 18, 2006.

An effort is being made to send this

notice to all individuals, organizations,

and government entities interested in

and/or potentially affected by the

proposed project additions. This

includes all landowners who are

potential right-of-way grantors, whose

property may be used temporarily for

project purposes.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application and applicantprepared environmental assessment has

been filed with the Commission and is

available for public inspection.

a. Type of Application: Minor

License.

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.

Additional Information

Additional information about the

project is available from the

Commission’s Office of External Affairs,

at 1–866–208-FERC or on the FERC

Internet Web site (http://www.ferc.gov)

using the eLibrary link. Click on the

eLibrary link, click on ‘‘General Search’’

and enter the docket number excluding

the last three digits in the Docket

Number field. Be sure you have selected

an appropriate date range. For

assistance, please contact FERC Online

Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov

or toll free at 1–866–208–3676, or for

TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The

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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, (626) 568–0798.

i. FERC Contact: Nick Jayjack, (202)

502–6073, Nicholas.Jayjack@ferc.gov.

j. Deadline for filing motions to

intervene and protests, comments, terms

and conditions, recommendations, and

prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance

of this notice. All reply comments must

be filed with the Commission within

105 days from the date of this notice.

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.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice

require all intervenors filing documents

with the Commission to serve a copy of

that document on each person on 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.

Motions to intervene, protests,

comments, terms and conditions,

recommendations, and prescriptions

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.

k. This application has been accepted

for filing and is now ready for

environmental analysis.

l. 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 3.7mile 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

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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.

m. 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

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY,

(202) 502–8659. A copy is also available

for inspection and reproduction at the

address in item h above.

Register online at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances

related to this or other pending projects.

For assistance, contact FERC Online

Support.

n. Any qualified applicant desiring to

file a competing application must

submit to the Commission, on or before

the specified deadline date for the

particular application, a competing

development application, or a notice of

intent to file such an application.

Submission of a timely notice of intent

allows an interested person to file the

competing development application no

later than 120 days after the specified

deadline date for the particular

application. Applications for

preliminary permits will not be

accepted in response to this notice.

A notice of intent must specify the

exact name, business address, and

telephone number of the prospective

applicant, and must include an

unequivocal statement of intent to

submit, if such an application may be

filed, either a preliminary permit

application or a development

application (specify which type of

application). A notice of intent must be

served on the applicant(s) named in this

public notice.

Anyone may submit comments, a

protest, or a motion to intervene in

accordance with the requirements of

Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR

385.210, 385.211, 385.214. In

determining the appropriate action to

take, the Commission will consider all

protests or other comments filed, but

only those who file a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

Commission’s Rules may become a

party to the proceeding. Any comments,

protests, or motions to intervene must

be received on or before the specified

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comment date for the particular

application.

All filings must (1) bear in all capital

letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’, ‘‘MOTION

TO INTERVENE’’, ‘‘NOTICE OF

INTENT TO FILE COMPETING

APPLICATION,’’ ‘‘COMPETING

APPLICATION,’’ ‘‘COMMENTS,’’

‘‘REPLY COMMENTS,’’

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘TERMS

AND CONDITIONS,’’ or

‘‘PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set forth in the

heading the name of the applicant and

the project number of the application to

which the filing responds; (3) furnish

the name, address, and telephone

number of the person protesting or

intervening; and (4) otherwise comply

with the requirements of 18 CFR

385.2001 through 385.2005. All

comments, recommendations, terms and

conditions or prescriptions must set

forth their evidentiary basis and

otherwise comply with the requirements

of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain

copies of the application directly from

the applicant. A copy of any protest or

motion to intervene must be served

upon each representative of the

applicant specified in the particular

application. A copy of all other filings

in reference to this application must be

accompanied by proof of service on all

persons listed in the service list

prepared by the Commission in this

proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR

4.34(b) and 385.2010.

o. A license applicant must file no

later than 60 days following the date of

issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the

water quality certification; (2) a copy of

the request for certification, including

proof of the date on which the certifying

agency received the request; or (3)

evidence of waiver of water quality

certification.

p. Procedural schedule: The

application will be processed according

to the following Hydro Licensing

Schedule. Revisions to the schedule will

be made as appropriate.

Notice of the availability of the EA

(single EA): May 2007.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

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