Notice2022-18067
Notice of Applications Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 161 (Monday, August 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51409-51412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18067]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Applications Tendered for Filing With the Commission
and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for
Submission of Final Amendments
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Center Rivers Power, NH LLC............. Project No. 2287-053.
Center Rivers Power, NH LLC............. Project No. 2288-057.
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Great Lakes Hydro America, LLC.......... Project No. 2300-052.
Great Lakes Hydro America, LLC.......... Project No. 2311-067.
Great Lakes Hydro America, LLC.......... Project No. 2326-054.
Great Lakes Hydro America, LLC.......... Project No. 2327-047.
Great Lakes Hydro America, LLC.......... Project No. 2422-058.
Great Lakes Hydro America, LLC.......... Project No. 2423-031.
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Take notice that the following hydroelectric applications have been
filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection.
a. Type of Applications: New Major Licenses.
b. Project No.: 2287-053, 2288-057, 2300-052, 2311-067, 2326-054,
2327-047, 2422-058, 2423-031.
c. Dates Filed: July 28 and August 1, 2022.
d. Applicants: Center Rivers Power, NH LLC and Great Lakes Hydro
America, LLC.
e. Name of Projects: J. Brodie Smith, Gorham, Shelburne, Upper
Gorham, Cross Power, Cascade, Sawmill, and Riverside Hydroelectric
Projects.
f. Location: On the Androscoggin River, in Coos County, New
Hampshire.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Curtis R. Mooney, Project Manager,
Central Rivers Power NH, LLC, 59 Ayers Island Road, Bristol, New
Hampshire 03222, (603) 744-0846.
Mr. Luke Anderson, Great Lakes Hydro America, LLC, Brookfield
Renewable, 150 Main St., Lewiston, Maine, 04240, (207) 755-5613,
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i. FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen at (202) 502-8074 or email at
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j. The applications are not ready for environmental analysis at
this time.
k. Project Descriptions:
Sawmill: The existing Sawmill Hydroelectric Project consists of:
(1) an approximately 720-foot-long concrete dam with a maximum height
of 15 feet that includes: (a) a 169-foot-long spillway section with a
crest elevation of 1094.1 feet USGS; (b) a 134-foot-long, 22-foot-wide
wastegate section, topped with five 18-foot-wide,13-foot-high wooden
gates; (c) a 99.4-foot-long, 2-foot-high spillway section with a crest
elevation of 1094.2 feet; (d) a 145-foot-long, 11-foot-high spillway
section topped with permanent 21-inch-high steel flashboards and a
crest elevation of 1093.2 feet; (e) a 36-foot-long, 2-foot-high
spillway section with crest elevation of 1094.2 feet; and (f) a 137-
foot-long spillway section topped with hinged 7.5-foot-high flashboards
and a crest elevation of 1087.0 feet; (2) an impoundment with a surface
area of 72.5 acres at a normal full pond elevation of 1094.5 feet; (3)
a headwork structure including four 9.5-foot-wide, 12-foot-high steel
wheeled gates conveying flow from the impoundment to the powerhouse;
(4) a 115-foot-long, 65-foot-wide, 27-foot-high powerhouse integral to
the western side of the dam containing four turbines and generators
with a total installed capacity of 3.2 MW; (5) a 120-foot-long tailrace
at an elevation of 1077.3 feet conveying flow from the powerhouse back
to the Androscoggin River; (6) a substation located approximately 25
feet west of the powerhouse; (7) an 1,800-foot-long, 22-kilovolt (kV)
transmission line connecting the substation to the regional grid; and
(8) appurtenant facilities. The project creates an approximately 550-
foot-long bypassed reach of the Androscoggin River.
Riverside: The existing Riverside Hydroelectric Project consists
of: (1) an approximately 846-foot-long, 21-foot-high rock-filled timber
and concrete dam that includes: (a) a 660-foot-long spillway consisting
of a 248-foot-long concrete gravity section with 30-inch-high
flashboards and a crest elevation of 1076.8 feet; (b) a 235-foot-long
concrete gravity section with a maximum height of 20 feet and a crest
elevation of 1076.6 feet; (c) a 177-foot-long timber crib section with
29-inch-high flashboards and a crest elevation of 1076.9 feet; and (d)
an integral 91-foot-long, 33-foot-wide, 54-foot-high gatehouse; (2) an
impoundment with a surface area of 7 acres at a normal full pond
elevation of 1076.8 feet; (3) two 9-foot-high, 16-foot-wide headgates
with trashracks with 2.5 inch spacing; (4) two 1,400-foot-long, 11-
foot-diameter steel penstocks; (5) a 104-foot-long, 51-foot-wide, 80-
foot-tall concrete and brick powerhouse containing two vertical Francis
turbines and accompanying generators rated at 3.8 and 4.1 MW for a
total installed capacity of 7.9 MW; (6) a 40-foot-long tailrace; (7) a
400-foot-long, 22-kV transmission line transmitting power from the
powerhouse to the regional grid; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The
project creates an approximately 2,350-foot-long bypassed reach of the
Androscoggin River.
J. Brodie Smith: The existing J. Brodie Smith Hydroelectric Project
consists of: (1) a 500-foot-long masonry and concrete U-shaped gravity
dam with a maximum height of 24 feet that includes: (a) a 170-foot-long
spillway with a crest elevation of 1003 feet and topped with 6.7-foot-
high hinged steel flashboards and two 17-foot-high, 25-foot-wide steel
roller-type sluice gates with a sill elevation of 993 feet; (b) a 256-
foot-long spillway with a crest elevation of 1006.7 feet and topped
with 3-foot-high pin supported wooden flashboards; and (c) two waste
gates located immediately to the west of an opening in the flashboards;
(2) an impoundment with a surface area of 8 acres at a normal headwater
elevation of 1009.7 feet; (3) an intake structure consisting of a 500-
foot-long by 100-foot-wide power canal fitted with trashracks; (4) a
1,440-foot-long, 18-foot-diameter steel penstock; (5) a 1.15 million
gallon steel surge tank; (6) a 65-foot-long, 53-foot-wide powerhouse
containing one generating unit with a rated capacity of 15 MW; (7) a
400-foot-long tailrace; (8) a 1,500-foot-long, 115-kV transmission line
conveying power from the powerhouse to the regional grid; and (9)
appurtenant facilities. The project creates an approximately 0.5-mile-
long bypassed reach of the Androscoggin River.
Cross Power: The existing Cross Power Hydroelectric Project
consists of: (1) an approximately 467-foot-long concrete and rock fill
dam that includes: (a) two concrete non-overflow sections, separated by
an outcropping ledge; (b) a stoplog opening; (c) a 276-foot-long, 25-
foot-high spillway with a crest elevation that ranges from 918.2 feet
to 921.7 feet and topped with 42-inch-high flashboards; (d) a 19-foot-
wide, 124-foot-long gatehouse equipped with a 21.6-feet-wide, 18.4-
feet-high trashrack in each bay; and (e) a concrete retaining wall; (2)
an impoundment with a surface area of 22 acres at a normal full pond
elevation of 921.7 feet USGS; (3) an original 47-foot-wide, 146-foot-
long concrete and brick powerhouse with a 47-foot-wide, 50-foot-long
addition on the downstream shore side that contains five propeller
turbines and five horizontal generators with a combined installed
capacity of 3.22 MW; (4) a 50-foot-long tailrace; (5) a 20-foot-long
transmission line transmitting power from the powerhouse to a 3,750 kVA
transformer located adjacent to the eastern side of the powerhouse; and
(6) appurtenant facilities.
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Cascade: The existing Cascade Hydroelectric Project consists of:
(1) a 583-foot-long concrete gravity dam with a maximum height of 53
feet consisting of: (a) a 313-foot-long spillway section with a crest
elevation of 898.4 feet fitted with 3-foot-high flashboards for a total
elevation of 901.4 feet; and (b) three non-overflow abutment sections
located between the spillway and forebay gate structure on each side of
the dam; (2) an impoundment with a surface area of 28 acres at a normal
full pond elevation of 901.4 feet; (3) an approximately 168-foot long
and 15-foot-wide forebay gate structure with fourteen 9-foot-wide, 11-
foot-high wooden forebay gates; (4) a 300-foot-long and 240-foot-wide
forebay with a normal water surface elevation of 901.2 feet; (5) a 4-
foot-wide, 2-inch-long, 6-inch-high sluiceway; (6) a 135-foot-long, 43-
foot-wide, 67-foot-high powerhouse with a 41-foot-long, 16-foot-wide
addition containing three Francis turbines and three generators with a
combined installed capacity of 7.92 MW; (7) a 40-foot-long tailrace;
(8) a 430-foot-long, 22-kV transmission line transmitting power from
the powerhouse to the regional grid; and (9) appurtenant facilities.
The project creates an approximately 350-foot-long bypassed reach of
the Androscoggin River.
Upper Gorham: The existing Upper Gorham Hydroelectric Project
consists of: (1) a 775-foot-long timber crib and earthen dam that
includes: (a) a western 133-foot-long, earthen dike with concrete core
wall and a crest elevation of 820.0 feet USGS; (b) a 300-foot-long, 18-
foot-high rock-filled timber crib spillway section with 5-foot-high
flashboards; (c) a 122-foot-long headgate section that regulates flow
into the power canal; (d) a 113-foot-long by 16-foot-wide gatehouse
integral with dam; (e) an eastern 220-foot-long earthen dike with
concrete core wall; and (f) a headgate section containing ten 7.5-foot-
wide stoplog gates fitted with trashracks; (2) an impoundment that is
approximately 45 acres at a normal full pond elevation of 812.3 feet
USGS; (3) a 3,350-foot-long, 220-foot-wide, 18-foot-deep excavated
earthen power canal with riprap lining; (4) a 126-foot-long by 18-foot-
wide gatehouse with 14 operable gates and trashracks with 3-inch clear
spacing; (5) a 127-foot-long, 74-foot-wide, 26-foot-high powerhouse
containing four horizontal shaft Francis turbines and four generators
with a total installed capacity of 4.8 MW; (6) a 370-foot-long
tailrace; (7) a 22-kV, 50-foot-long transmission line transmits power
from the powerhouse to three 2500 kVA transformers sitting on a 46-foot
long by 20-foot-wide transformer pad; and (8) appurtenant facilities.
The project creates an approximately 1-mile-long bypassed reach of the
Androscoggin River.
Gorham: The existing Gorham Hydroelectric Project consists of: (1)
a 417-foot-long, 20-foot-high timber crib, L-shaped dam that includes:
(a) a 90-foot-long spillway topped with a 12-inch-long, 12-inch-wide
wooden flashboard with a crest elevation of 772.2 feet (b) a 252-foot-
long spillway topped with 5.4-foot-high hinged wooden flashboards; (c)
a 15-foot-wide sluice gate; and (d) a 75-foot-long reinforced concrete
sluiceway topped with 5.33 foot-high hinged wooden flashboards; (2) an
impoundment with a surface area of 32 acres; (3) a 415-foot-long, 60-
foot-wide, 20-foot-deep earthen power canal conveying flow from the
impoundment to the powerhouse; (4) a 37.8-foot-long, 27.1-foot-wide
powerhouse containing two vertical Francis turbines and two generators
with a total installed capacity of 2.15 MW; (5) an 850-foot-long
tailrace; (6) a 200-foot-long, 33-kV transmission line that transmits
power from the powerhouse to a nearby substation; and (6) appurtenant
facilities. The project creates an approximately 850-foot-long bypassed
reach of the Androscoggin River
Shelburne: The existing Shelburne Hydroelectric Project consists
of: (1) a 51-foot-long concrete gravity dam that includes: (a) a 70-
foot-long, 3-foot-wide concrete retaining wall along the northern shore
of the Androscoggin River; (b) a 171-foot-long gated spillway section
comprised of an 83-foot-long section with 9-foot-high hinged steel and
wood flashboards; (c) an 88-foot-long section containing three 25-foot-
long, 10-foot-high wastegates separated by 5-foot-wide concrete piers;
and (d) a 27-foot-wide sluiceway; (2) an impoundment with a surface
area of approximately 250 acres at the normal full pond elevation of
734.2 feet; (3) 259 feet of dikes along the south shore of the
impoundment; (4) a 17-foot-long by 14-foot-wide gate controller
building located on the island adjacent to the sluiceway housing; (5) a
15-foot-long by 112-foot-high intake conveying flow from the
impoundment to the powerhouse fitted with a steel bar trashrack with 3-
inch clear spacing (6) a 110-foot-long, 48.6-foot-wide powerhouse
integral with the dam containing three turbines and generators a total
installed capacity of 3.72 MW; (7) a 130-foot-long tailrace; (8) a 5.5-
mile-long, 22-kV transmission line conveying power from the powerhouse
to the regional grid; and (9) appurtenant facilities.
l. Location of the Applications: 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-5679). For assistance, contact FERC at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#571112051418393b3e393204222727382523173132253479303821"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e6a0a3b4a5a9888a8f8883b5939696899492a680839485c8818990">[email protected]</span></a> or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or (202)
502-8659 (TTY).
m. 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.
n. Procedural Schedule:
The application will be processed according to the following
preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be
made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary).......... September 2022.
Issue Additional Information Request (if October 2022.
necessary).
Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for December 2022.
Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms and February 2023.
conditions, and fishway prescriptions.
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o. 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 16, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-18067 Filed 8-19-22; 8:45 am]
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