Notice2021-20135
Lakeport Hydroelectric One, 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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September 17, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 178 (Friday, September 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51883-51884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20135]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 6440-010]
Lakeport Hydroelectric One, 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.
a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.
b. Project No.: 6440-010.
c. Date filed: August 30, 2021.
d. Applicant: Lakeport Hydroelectric One, LLC (Lakeport).
e. Name of Project: Lakeport Hydroelectric Project (project).
f. Location: On the Winnipesaukee River in Belknap County, New
Hampshire. 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: Ms. Jody Smet, Lakeport Hydroelectric One,
LLC c/o Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC, 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite
1100W, Bethesda, MD 20814; Phone at (240) 482-2700, or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3c56535845124f5159487c595d5b50595f4e5959574e59125f5351"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="12787d766b3c617f7766527773757e77716077777960773c717d7f">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Erin Kimsey at (202) 502-8621, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7e1b0c1710501517130d1b073e181b0c1d50191108"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2247504b4c0c494b4f51475b62444750410c454d54">[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: October 29, 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#73353621303c1d1f1a1d16200603031c010733151601105d141c05"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2c6a697e6f6342404542497f595c5c435e586c4a495e4f024b435a">[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,
MD 20852. All filings must clearly identify the project name and docket
number on the first page: Lakeport Hydroelectric Project (P-6440-010).
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. Project Description: The existing Lakeport Project consists of:
(1) A 220-foot-long, 10-foot-high concrete gravity dam that includes
three 10-foot-high, 18-foot-wide gates, a spillway, and a stoplog gate;
(2) an impoundment with a surface area of approximately 70 square miles
at an elevation of 504 feet NGVD 29; (3) a 40-foot-wide, 12-foot-long
concrete and granite intake structure that is equipped with three
headgates and a trashrack with 2-inch clear bar spacing with a 0.75-
inch overlay; (4) a concrete and lumber powerhouse containing three
200-kilowatt (kW) vertical submersible Flygt turbine-generator units
located on concrete pilings outside for a total installed capacity of
600 kW; (5) a 200-foot-long, 50-foot-wide tailrace that discharges into
the Winnipesaukee River; (6) three 0.48-kilovolt (kV) generator leads,
three 0.48/12.4-kV step-up transformers, and a 250-foot-long, 12.4 kV
transmission line that connect the project to the local utility
distribution system; and (7) appurtenant facilities.
The project is operated as a run of-river facility. The average
annual generation of the project is approximately 2,250 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-
6440). For assistance, contact FERC at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#33757661707c5d5f5a5d56604643435c414773555641501d545c45"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b7f1f2e5f4f8d9dbded9d2e4c2c7c7d8c5c3f7d1d2c5d499d0d8c1">[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)--October 2021
Request Additional Information--October 2021
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--January 2022
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--February 2022
Issue Acceptance Letter--February 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
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the issuance date of the notice of ready for environmental analysis.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-20135 Filed 9-16-21; 8:45 am]
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