Notice2022-04684
Topsham Hydro Partners Limited Partnership (L.P.); Notice of Settlement Agreement and Soliciting Comments
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March 7, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 44 (Monday, March 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 12688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04684]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 4784-106]
Topsham Hydro Partners Limited Partnership (L.P.); Notice of
Settlement Agreement and Soliciting Comments
Take notice that the following settlement agreement has been filed
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Settlement Agreement.
b. Project No.: 4784-106.
c. Date filed: February 24, 2022.
d. Applicant: Topsham Hydro Partners Limited Partnership (L.P.)
e. Name of Project: Pejepscot Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Androscoggin River in Sagadahoc, Cumberland,
and Androscoggin Counties in the village of Pejepscot and the town of
Topsham, Maine. The project does not affect federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Luke T. Anderson, Manager, Licensing,
Brookfield Renewable, 150 Main Street, Lewiston, Maine 04240, telephone
207-755-5613, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#501c253b357e113e343522233f3e1012223f3f3b3639353c3402353e352731323c357e333f3d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fcb0899799d2bd9298998e8f9392bcbe8e9393979a95999098ae9992998b9d9e9099d29f9391">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen, telephone (202) 502-8074, and email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b0c2c9d1de9ed8d1dec3d5def0d6d5c2d39ed7dfc6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5e2c273f3070363f302d3b301e383b2c3d70393128">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Deadline for filing comments: March 20, 2022. Reply comments due
March 30, 2022.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
comments using the Commission's eFiling system at <a href="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp</a>. Commenters can submit brief comments up to
6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system
at <a href="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp</a>. You must include your
name and contact information at the end of your comments. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fabcbfa8b9b5949693949fa98f8a8a95888eba9c9f8899d49d958c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="662023342529080a0f080335131616091412260003140548010910">[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. The first page of any filing should include docket
number P-4784-106.
The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each
person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an
intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to
the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a
particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document
on that resource agency.
k. Topsham Hydro Partners Limited Partnership (L.P.) (Topsham
Hydro) filed a Settlement Agreement for Modified Prescription for
Fishways executed by and between the licensee and the U.S. Department
of Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildldife Service. The purpose of the
agreement is to resolve the parties' disagreements over the appropriate
terms of a prescription for fishways for upstream and downstream
passage of American eel at the project under the new license. Topsham
Hydro requests that the Commission consider the Settlement Agreement in
its environmental analysis of the project relicensing, acknowledge the
Offer of Settlement, and incorporate the terms of the agreement which
will be reflected in the modified fishway prescription in the new
license for the project. The Settlement Agreement details the terms of
the modified prescription for upstream and downstream passage of
American eel at the project to be filed by the Department within 60
days after the deadline for filing comments on the Commission's draft
environmental document. With respect to downstream passage of American
eel, the Agreement provides for both interim and permanent downstream
passage measures, based on the outcome of studies to be conducted by
Topsham Hydro, as well as effectiveness testing of those interim and
permanent measures. With respect to upstream passage of American eel,
the Agreement includes temporary upstream passage measures, permanent
upstream passage measures, and effectiveness testing of those permanent
measures.
l. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the
internet through 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 (i.e., P-
4784). 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
Online Support.
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.
Dated: February 28, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-04684 Filed 3-4-22; 8:45 am]
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