FERC ISSUES NOTICE TO VERDANT POWER REGARDING APPLICATION ACCEPTED FOR FILING, SOLICITING MOTIONS TO INTERVENE AND PROTESTS, READY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS, AND SOLICITING COMMENTS, RECOMMENDATIONS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS, AND FISHWAY PRESCRIPTIONS, AND WAIVING THE TIMING REQUIREMENT FOR FILING COMPETING DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- The U.

S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following notice:

VERDANT POWER, LLC.

Project No. 12611-005

Take notice that the following hydrokinetic pilot project license application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.

a. Type of Application: Pilot Project License.

b. Project No.: 12611-005.

c. Date filed: December 29, 2010.

d. Applicant: Verdant Power, LLC.

e. Name of Project: Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy (RITE) Project

f. Location: The proposed project would be located on the East River in New York, New York. The project does not affect federal lands.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.

S.

C. 791a-828c.

h. Applicant Contact: Ronald F. Smith, Verdant Power, LLC, The Octagon, 888 Main Street, New York, NY 10044; telephone (212) 888-8887 (extension 601).

i. FERC Contact: Timothy Konnert, telephone (202) 502-6359, and e-mail timothy.konnert@ferc.gov.

j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions: 30 days from the issuance of this notice; reply comments are due 60 days from the issuance date of this notice.

Motions to intervene, protests, comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 C.

F.

R. 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's website http://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 http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.

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 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.

k. This application has been accepted for filing and is now ready for environmental analysis.

l. The Project Description: The primary project facilities would include: (1) three 35-kilowatt (kW), 5-meter-diameter axial flow Kinetic System turbine generator units mounted on a single triframe mount, with a total installed capacity of 105 kW, in Phase 1; (2) nine additional 5-meter-diameter axial flow Kinetic System turbine generator units mounted on three triframe mounts, with a total installed capacity of 420 kW, in Phase 2; (3) eighteen additional 5-meter-diameter axial flow Kinetic System turbine generator units mounted on six triframe mounts, with a total installed capacity of 1,050 kW, in Phase 3; (4) 480-volt underwater cables from each turbine to five shoreline switchgear vaults that would interconnect to a control room and interconnection points; and (5) appurtenant facilities for navigation safety and operation. The project is estimated to have an annual generation of between 1,680 and 2,400 megawatt-hours.

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 website 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. 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.

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