Notice2021-22515
KEI (Maine) Power Management (II) 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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October 15, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 197 (Friday, October 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57420-57421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22515]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 4202-025]
KEI (Maine) Power Management (II) 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.: 4202-025.
c. Date Filed: September 28, 2021.
d. Applicant: KEI (Maine) Power Management (II), LLC (KEI Power).
e. Name of Project: Lowell Tannery Project (project).
f. Location: On the Passadumkeag River in Penobscot 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: Mr. Lewis C. Loon, KEI (Maine) Power
Management (II), LLC c/o KEI (USA) Power Management Inc., 423 Brunswick
Avenue, Gardiner, ME 04345; Phone at (207) 203-3025, or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#622e07150b114c2e0d0d0c220910170507104c010d0f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="08446d7f617b264467676648637a7d6f6d7a266b6765">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Arash Barsari at (202) 502-6207, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a6c7d4c7d5ce88ccc7cac7cacfc4c7d4d5c7d4cfe6c0c3d4c588c1c9d0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="34554655475c1a5e555855585d5655464755465d74525146571a535b42">[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: November 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#c5838097868aaba9acaba096b0b5b5aab7b185a3a0b7a6eba2aab3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e0a6a5b2a3af8e8c898e85b39590908f9294a086859283ce878f96">[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: Lowell Tannery Project (P-4202-025).
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. Project Description: The existing Lowell Tannery Project
consists of: (1) A 230-foot-long, 21.5-foot-high concrete gravity dam
that includes the following sections: (a) A left abutment section; (b)
a 30-foot-long primary spillway with 42-inch-high flashboards and a
crest elevation of 187.5 feet mean sea level (msl) at the top of the
flashboards; (c) a 30.2-foot-long section with a seven-foot-wide log
sluice and a ten-foot-wide tainter gate; (d) an 89-foot-long auxiliary
spillway with 42-inch-high flashboards and a crest elevation of 187.5
feet msl at the top of the flashboards; (e) a 22.2-foot-long intake
structure with two 15.5-foot-wide, 15.8-foot-high, angled trashracks
with 1.5-inch clear bar spacing; and (f) a right abutment section; (2)
an impoundment with a surface area of approximately 341 acres at an
elevation of 187.5 feet msl; (3) a 69.4-foot-long, 26.7-foot-wide
concrete powerhouse containing a 1,000-kilowatt vertical Kaplan
turbine-generator unit; (4) a tailrace channel that discharges into the
Passadumkeag River; (5) a 2.3/12.5-kilovolt (kV) step-up transformer
and a 200-foot-long, 12.5-kV transmission line that connects the
generator to the local utility distribution system; and (6) appurtenant
facilities.
Article 19 of the current license requires the project to be
operated in run-of-river mode. The average annual generation of the
project was approximately 4,144 megawatt-hours from 2016 through 2020.
The project creates an approximately 70-foot-long bypassed reach of the
Passadumkeag River.
Downstream fish passage is provided by a bypass facility located
adjacent to the left side of the intake structure and powerhouse, and
consists of a 3.7-foot-wide log sluice, a 5.1-foot-wide, 5.8-foot-long
concrete fish collection box, and a 69.7-foot-long, 18-inch-diameter
fiberglass fish passage pipe that discharges into a plunge pool next to
the tailrace. Upstream fish passage is provided by a 3-foot-wide Denil
fishway located adjacent to the right side of the intake structure and
powerhouse.
KEI Power proposes to: (1) Continue to operate the project in a
run-of-river mode; (2) install upstream and downstream eel passage
facilities; (3) install seasonal trashrack overlays with 0.875 inch
diameter holes; (4) modify the discharge location of the existing
downstream fish passage pipe to discharge adjacent to the existing
upstream fish passage entrance; and (5) develop a fishway operation and
management plan.
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-
4202). For assistance, contact FERC at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c68083948589a8aaafa8a395b3b6b6a9b4b286a0a3b4a5e8a1a9b0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6d2b283f2e2203010403083e181d1d021f192d0b081f0e430a021b">[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.
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)--November 2021
Request Additional Information--November 2021
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--February 2022
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--March 2022
Issue Acceptance Letter--March 2022
Issue Scoping Document 2--April 2022
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--April 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: October 8, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-22515 Filed 10-14-21; 8:45 am]
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