Notice2021-17240
Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC; Errol Hydro Co., LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With The Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments
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August 12, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 153 (Thursday, August 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 44355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17240]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 3133-033]
Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC; Errol Hydro Co., LLC; Notice of
Application Tendered for Filing With The Commission and Establishing
Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final
Amendments
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New Major License.
b. Project No.: 3133-033.
c. Date Filed: July 30, 2021.
d. Applicant: Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC and Errol
Hydroelectric Co., LLC (licensees).
e. Name of Project: Errol Hydroelectric Project (Errol Project).
f. Location: The Errol Project is located on the Androscoggin River
and Umbagog Lake, near the Town of Errol, and Township of Cambridge,
NH, in Coos Wing County, New Hampshire and the Towns of Magalloway
Plantation and Upton in Oxford County, Maine. The project occupies
3,285 acres federal land in the Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge
administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Tom Uncher, Vice President, Brookfield
White Pine Hydro, LLC, Errol Hydroelectric Co., LLC, 339B Big Bay Rd.,
Queensbury, NY 12804 Phone at: (518) 743-2018
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aefac6c1c3cfdd80fbc0cdc6cbdceeccdcc1c1c5c8c7cbc2cadccbc0cbd9cfccc2cb80cdc1c3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e8bc808785899bc6bd868b808d9aa88a9a8787838e818d848c9a8d868d9f898a848dc68b8785">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott at (202) 502-6480 or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#365d535a5a4f1841595a55594242765053445518515940"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d5beb0b9b9acfba2bab9b6baa1a195b3b0a7b6fbb2baa3">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
k. The Errol Project consists of: (1) An existing dam consisting of
a 25-foot-high, 202.5- foot-long gated section separated by rock-filled
timber or concrete crib piers supporting five sluice gates and seven
deep gates, and an earthen dike with a sheet steel cut-off wall on the
upstream side, extending approximately 50 feet from the end of the
gated section of the dam to the northwestern wall of the powerhouse and
then extending another approximately 70 feet from the southeastern
powerhouse wall to the eastern embankment; (2) an approximately 9,098-
acre project impoundment with a storage capacity of 89,568 acre-feet at
a normal pond elevation of 1,247 feet, which includes an approximately
3-mile-long reach of the Androscoggin River above Errol Dam, Umbagog
Lake, and approximately 4.3 miles of the Magalloway River; (3) a
reinforced concrete powerhouse containing one horizontal double
regulated bulb turbine-generator unit with a hydraulic capacity of
2,600 cubic feet per second and an authorized installed generating
capacity of 2,031 kilowatts (kW); (4) an approximately 80-foot-long
tailrace; (5) a 3,333-kilovolt-ampere substation power transformer; and
(6) appurtenant facilities.
The Errol Project is operated in accordance with the current
license, and three water agreements that dictate operational flows in
the watershed for other hydropower developments and for waterfowl
nesting, with an estimated annual energy production of approximately
15,944 megawatt hours. The licensees propose to operate the project
allowing for seasonal flows necessary for waterfowl nesting in Umbagog
Lake and spring runoff and does not propose any new construction to the
project. A license amendment was issued for the project in 2016 (156
FERC ] 62,045 (2016)), which approved the installation of a sixth
turbine generator unit, which would increase the total installed
capacity to 3,542.5 kW; however, the additional generator unit has not
yet been installed.
l. A copy of the application can be viewed on the Commission's
website at <a href="http://www.ferc.gov">http://www.ferc.gov</a> using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the
docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document. At this time, the Commission has
suspended access to the Commission's Public Reference Room due to the
proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning the Novel
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) issued on March 13, 2020. For
assistance, contact FERC at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#21676473626e4f4d484f44725451514e535561474453420f464e57"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="14525146575b7a787d7a71476164647b666054727166773a737b62">[email protected]</span></a> or call toll-
free, (866) 208-3676 or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
m. You may also register online at <a href="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp</a> to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
n. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will
be made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary) September 2021.
Request Additional Information........ September 2021.
Notice of Acceptance December......... 2021.
Notice of Ready for Environmental
Analysis TBD.
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o. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice
of ready for environmental analysis.
Dated: August 6, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-17240 Filed 8-11-21; 8:45 am]
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