Notice2021-17701
KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments
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August 18, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 18, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46233-46234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17701]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 3562-026]
KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC; Notice of Application
Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study
Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a
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.
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a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.
b. Project No.: 3562-026.
c. Date filed: July 29, 2021.
d. Applicant: KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC (KEI Power).
e. Name of Project: Barker Mill Upper Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Little Androscoggin River, in the City of
Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine. The project does not occupy any
federal land.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Lewis C. Loon, General Manager, KEI (USA)
Power Management Inc., 423 Brunswick Avenue, Gardiner, ME 04345; phone
at (207) 203-3025; email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#256940524c56660b694a4a4b654e5750404240570b464a48"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5d11382a342e1e73113232331d362f28383a382f733e3230">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: John Matkowski at (202) 502-8576, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d5bfbabdbbfbb8b4a1bebaa2a6bebc95b3b0a7b6fbb2baa3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="88e2e7e0e6a6e5e9fce3e7fffbe3e1c8eeedfaeba6efe7fe">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ]
61,076 (2001).
k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of
the request on the applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status: September 27, 2021.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status
using the Commission's eFiling system at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</a>. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b1f7f4e3f2fedfddd8dfd4e2c4c1c1dec3c5f1d7d4c3d29fd6dec7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="54121106171b3a383d3a31072124243b262014323126377a333b22">[email protected]</span></a>, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, you may submit a paper copy.
Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via
any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville,
Maryland 20852. All filings must clearly identify the project name and
docket number on the first page: Barker Mill Upper Project (P-3562-
026).
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. Project Description: The existing Barker Mill Upper Project
consists of: (1) A 41-acre impoundment with a maximum storage capacity
of 255 acre-feet at a normal maximum water surface elevation of 192
feet NAVD 88; (2) a dam consisting of (starting from the west bank):
(a) 43-foot-long concrete abutment; (b) a 40-foot-long gated spillway
structure consisting of two, 18-foot high, 15-foot-wide steel Tainter
gates; (c) an 86-foot-long, 24-foot-high stone masonry with concrete
overlay overflow spillway with 3-foot-high wooden flashboards and a
crest elevation of 192 feet NAVD 88 at the top of the flashboards (189
feet NAVD 88 when the flashboards are lowered); (d) a 31-foot-long
concrete intake structure; and, (e) a 27-foot-long underground
abutment; (3) a powerhouse containing a single 950-killowatt turbine-
generator unit; (4) a tailrace; (5) a 50-foot-long, 12.47-kilovolt
transmission line; and (10) appurtenant facilities.
The Barker Mill Upper Project is operated in run-of-river mode. The
average annual generation is estimated to be of 4,681 megawatt-hours.
o. In addition to publishing the full text of this notice in the
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this notice, as well
as other documents in the proceeding (e.g., license application) via
the internet through the Commission's Home Page (<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 (P-
3562). 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 by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a5e3e0f7e6eacbc9cccbc0f6d0d5d5cad7d1e5c3c0d7c68bc2cad3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="692f2c3b2a26070500070c3a1c1919061b1d290f0c1b0a470e061f">[email protected]</span></a> or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or
(202) 502-8659 (TTY).
You may also register online at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</a> to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
p. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will
be made as appropriate.
Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)--September 2021
Request Additional Information (if needed)--September 2021
Issue Notice of Acceptance--December 2021
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--January 2022
Issue Scoping Document 2--March 2022
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--March 2022
q. 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 12, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-17701 Filed 8-17-21; 8:45 am]
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