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August 16, 2006


August 16, 2006


Honorable Magalie Salas
Secretary
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
888 First Street, NE, Room 1-A
Washington, DC 20426


RE:
Preliminary Permit Application (Lincoln County Wave Energy Power Project)

Dear Ms Salas,


Enclosed for filing is an original and eight copies of Lincoln Countys Application for a
Preliminary Permit for the Lincoln County Wave Energy Power Project. Also enclosed is a CD with
the permit application in printable document format (.pdf).


We are looking forward to initiating the evaluations, studies, and initial permitting process
discussed in the application. If you have any question, please contact this office at (541) 265-4108.


Thank you in advance for your consideration of this application.








Sincerely



Wayne
Belmont
County
Counsel
Lincoln
County,
Oregon

enclosures


pc:
Terry Thompson, County Commissioner

Don Lindly, County Commissioner
Bill Hall, County Commissioner

Rob Bovett, Assistant County Counsel

Oregon Congressional Delegation
OFFICE OF LINCOLN COUNTY LEGAL COUNSEL

225 West Olive Street, Room 110
Newport, Oregon 97365
(541) 265-4108
Fax: (541) 265-4176

Wayne Belmont
County Counsel
Rob Bovett

Assistant County Counsel
Judy Eames
Legal Assistant










BEFORE THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION


APPLICATION FOR PRELIMINARY PERMIT





Lincoln County Wave Energy Power Project





Lincoln County
(a political subdivision of the State of Oregon)
225 W Olive Street, Room 110
Newport, OR 97365
(541) 265-4108



August 16, 2006
1
PRELIMINARY PERMIT APPLICATION FOR THE
LINCOLN COUNTY WAVE ENERGY POWER PROJECT

A. Initial
Statement

1.
Statement of Application


Lincoln County applies to the Federal Regulatory Energy Commission (FERC) for a
preliminary permit for the proposed Lincoln County Wave Energy Power Project, as described in the
attached exhibits. This application is made in order that the applicant may secure and maintain
priority of application for a license for the project under Part 1 of the Federal Power Act (FPA, 16
USC §§ 791-823b) while obtaining the data and performing the acts required to determine the
feasibility of the project and to support an application for a license.

2. Project
Location


The project would be located in the Pacific Ocean in Lincoln County, Oregon. The site is
situated within the state boundary (thus solely in FERCs jurisdiction) in the open ocean between the
shore and 3 miles from shore in water depths that range from approximately 1 to 70 meters. The
dimensions of the proposed site are as follows: The West boundary is the 3 mile territorial boundary
of the State of Oregon; the East boundary is the high tide line of the Pacific Ocean; the North
boundary is a Westerly extension of the North line of Lincoln County; the South boundary is a
Westerly extension of the South line of Lincoln County.
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3.
Name, business address, and telephone number of applicant

Lincoln
County


225 W Olive Street, Room 110


Newport, OR 97365


Telephone: (541) 265-4108


FAX: (541) 265-4176




The following persons are authorized to act as agents for the applicant in the application:

Wayne
Belmont
County
Counsel
225 W Olive Street, Room 110


Newport, OR 97365


Telephone: (541) 265-4108


FAX: (541) 265-4176
e-mail:

wbelmont@co.lincoln.or.us


Rob Bovett
Assistant
County
Counsel
225 W Olive Street, Room 110


Newport, OR 97365


Telephone: (541) 265-4108


FAX: (541) 265-4176
e-mail:

rbovett@co.lincoln.or.us


4.
Preference under Section 7(a) of the Federal Power Act


As a municipality, Lincoln County is entitled to preference under Section 7(a) of the FPA (16
USC § 800(a)).

5.
Term of Permit


The proposed term of the requested permit is 36 months, as allowed by Sections 4(f) and 5 of
the FPA (16 USC §§ 797(f) and 798).

6.
Existing Dams or Other Project Facilities


There is no existing dam or other project facility as part of the proposed project.


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EXHIBIT 1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION

1. Project
Configuration


There is a rule when working in the ocean that fishermen use that goes Keep it simple,
stupid.
1


That old adage applies not only to the technologies that will successfully harness the energy of
the ocean, but also to this permit application and the project configuration for what we call the Lincoln
County Wave Energy Power Project. Lincoln County, Oregon is located on the Pacific Ocean in the
area known as the Central Oregon Coast.
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It fronts the ocean for more than 50 miles. It is
approximately two hours from Portland to Lincoln City in North County and two hours from Eugene
to Yachats in South County. Three state highways link the county to the Willamette Valley (and the
Portland Metropolitan area): Hwy 18, Hwy 22 and Hwy 34. Hwy 101 runs the length of the County
north to south as it generally follows the ocean from Washington to California.

Oregons offshore conditions present the most optimal wave environment for extracting
potential useful energy according to the Electrical Power Research Institute (EPRI).
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For the Lincoln
County Wave Energy Power Project, Lincoln County together with the Central Lincoln Peoples
Utility District (CLPUD), has identified at least nine potential interconnections between the existing
CLPUD nearshore substations on the power distribution grid and possible wave energy park
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locations off the coast of Lincoln County. A Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) substation in
Toledo, Oregon can distribute power beyond the county on the electrical grid. Lincoln Countys
project will comply with all interconnection requirements as specified by CLPUD and BPA. In
addition, there are potentially other connections including utilizing an existing outfall for a major
power user
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and possible interconnections with Pacific Power in the northern portion of Lincoln
County.

Such wave parks have the potential of generating up to 20 megawatts (MW) of power or
more. Multiple sites would be beneficial to the immediate area and to the Pacific Northwest in
supplementing the regions hydropower capacity and in providing generation to the west of the
Cascade Mountain Range, thereby easing congestion on the east-west transmission grid in Oregon.
While recognizing that wave energy will be an intermittent energy source, and mindful of integration
needs, we also recognize that waves are far less intermittent than wind energy and are predictable
many hours ahead of their occurrence.

1
Commissioner and long-time Oregon fisherman Terry N. Thompson, quoted in Oregon State University
publication Terra in an article entitled Will the Ocean Light Our Future? Author Lee Sherman, Spring 2006.

2
Further information can be found at:
http://bluebook.state.or.us/local/counties/counties21.htm


3
As cited in Terra supra page 5.

4
Wave energy parks is the current nomenclature used for sites that use arrays or clusters of individual
wave energy devices. There is no set area or size for these arrays or clusters, and that is one of the variables that must
be determined for each location.

5
Up to 70 megawatts (MW) for this use alone.

4


Lincoln County will examine all the available wave power technologies for each location. In
this regard, we will work closely with Oregon State University as a leader in wave power
development. Although we are aware that current tests have identified only one technology for which
commercial scale installation and ocean testing is proposed, we will look into all the alternative Wave
Energy Conversion (WEC) devices capable of generating commercially viable energy.
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Various sized
wave parks will be explored.


Lincoln County will seek investment of available economic development dollars to locate
businesses to both support wave parks off our county shores and to create and test new technologies.
The Port of Newport has two deep-draft terminals for support vessels servicing the wave power parks.
Adequate industrial lands adjacent to those terminals, with full infrastructure improvements including
water, sewer, and highways,
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are available to develop local wave park technology, manufacturing,
maintenance and repair businesses. Other County Ports