Notice2022-10103
KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC; Notice of Settlement Agreement and Soliciting Comments
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May 11, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28822-28823]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10103]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 3562-026]
KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC; 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.: 3562-026.
c. Date filed: April 29, 2022.
d. Applicant: KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC.
e. Name of Project: Barker Mill Upper Hydroelectric Project (a.k.a.
Upper Barker Project).
f. Location: On the Little Androscoggin River, in the City of
Auburn, Androscoggin County, 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: Lewis C. Loon, General Manager, KEI (USA)
Power Management Inc., 423 Brunswick Avenue, Gardiner, ME 04345; phone
at (207) 203-3027; email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bbf7deccd2c8f895f7d4d4d5fbd0c9cededcdec995d8d4d6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ce82abb9a7bd8de082a1a1a08ea5bcbbaba9abbce0ada1a3">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: John Matkowski, telephone (202) 502-8576, and
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#99f3f6f1f7b7f4f8edf2f6eeeaf2f0d9fffcebfab7fef6ef"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7b1114131555161a0f10140c0810123b1d1e0918551c140d">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Deadline for filing comments: May 25, 2022. Reply comments due
June 4, 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#f9bfbcabbab6979590979caa8c8989968b8db99f9c8b9ad79e968f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="377172657478595b5e595264424747584543775152455419505841">[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-3562-026.
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. KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC (KEI Power) filed a
Settlement Agreement for the Barker's Mill Project (FERC No. 2808),\1\
Upper Barker Project (FERC No. 3562), and Marcal Project (FERC No.
11482) (Settlement) executed by and between the licensee and the U.S.
Department of Justice, the U.S. Fish and Wildldife Service, the
National Marine Fisheries Service, the Maine
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Department of Marine Resources (Maine DMR), and the Maine Department of
Inland Fisheries and Widlife (Settlement Parties). The purpose of the
Settlement is to resolve the parties' disagreements over the issues
related to fish and aquatic resource management, including upstream and
downstream passage measures for American eel, river herring, American
shad, sea lamprey, and Atlantic salmon; minimum flow releases; and,
aquatic invasive species. Specifically for the relicensing of the Upper
Barker Project, the Settlement provides for: (1) Coordinating the time
frame for providing upstream and downstream fish passage at the Upper
Barker Project; (2) aligning the minimum and seasonal flows at the
Upper Barker and the Lower Barker Projects; (3) aligning the Upper
Barker and Lower Barker Projects license terms by extending the 40-year
license term of the Lower Barker Project to 50 years and requesting a
license term of 47 years for the Upper Barker Project; (4) establishing
an off-license agreement to fund an Androscoggin Basin Stewardship Fund
administered by Maine DMR to benefit spawning and rearing habitat in
the basin; and (5) assuring, through an off-license agreement, the
resources agencies' support for KEI Power's request for Low Impact
Hydropower Institute certification for the Upper Barker Project.
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\1\ The Barker's Mill Project is also known as and referred
herein as the Lower Barker Project.
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l. A copy of the Settlement Agreement is available for review 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 (i.e., P-3562). 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: May 5, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-10103 Filed 5-10-22; 8:45 am]
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