Notice2022-20065
Hackett Mills Hydro Associates, 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 16, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 179 (Friday, September 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56941-56942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20065]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 6398-026]
Hackett Mills Hydro Associates, 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.: P-6398-026.
c. Date filed: August 31, 2022.
d. Applicant: Hackett Mills Hydro Associates, LLC (Hackett Mills
Hydro).
e. Name of Project: Hackett Mills Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Little Androscoggin River, in the towns of
Poland and Minot, in Androscoggin 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: Matthew Nini, Hackett Mills Hydro Associates,
LLC c/o Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC, 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite
1100W, Bethesda, Maryland 20814; phone: (973) 998-8171; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a6cbc7d2d2cec3d188c8cfc8cfe6c3c7c1cac3c5d4c3c3cdd4c388c5c9cb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e885899c9c808d9fc686818681a88d898f848d8b9a8d8d839a8dc68b8785">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: John Matkowski at (202) 502-8576 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#02686d6a6c2c6f6376696d7571696b42646770612c656d74"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="29434641470744485d42465e5a4240694f4c5b4a074e465f">[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 31, 2022.
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#e1a7a4b3a2ae8f8d888f84b29491918e9395a187849382cf868e97"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="adebe8ffeee2c3c1c4c3c8fed8ddddc2dfd9edcbc8dfce83cac2db">[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. All filings must clearly identify the project name and
docket number on the first page: Hackett Mills Hydroelectric Project
(P-6398-026).
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m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The existing Hackett Mills Project consists of: (1) a 186-foot-
long dam that consists of two spillway sections: a 101-foot-long, 8-
foot-high rock filled timber crib dam with an uncontrolled spillway
(main spillway section) and a 85-foot-long, 8-foot-high concrete
gravity dam with three uncontrolled bays (secondary spillway section);
(2) an obsolete sluice gatehouse that connects the main spillway and
the secondary spillway sections; (3) a 3.5-mile-long, 60-acre
impoundment with no useable storage capacity at a normal maximum water
surface elevation of 234.75 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of
1929 (NGVD 29); (4) a canal intake gate structure containing five
gates; (5) a 100-foot-long, 25-foot-wide, 10-foot-deep power canal; (6)
a powerhouse located at the end of the canal containing one 485-
kilowatt right angle drive bulb turbine-generator unit, with a minimum
hydraulic capacity of 80 cubic-feet-per-second (cfs) and a maximum
hydraulic capacity of 474 cfs; (7) a downstream fish passage facility;
(8) a 200-foot-long, 12.5-kilovolt transmission line; and (9)
appurtenant facilities.
The Hackett Mills Project is currently operated in a run-of-river
mode and generates 1,602 megawatt-hours annually. Hackett Mills Hydro
proposes to continue operating the project as a run-of-river facility
and does not propose any new construction to the project.
o. A copy of the application can be viewed 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 (P-6398). For assistance, contact FERC at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#97d1d2c5d4d8f9fbfef9f2c4e2e7e7f8e5e3d7f1f2e5f4b9f0f8e1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7b3d3e293834151712151e280e0b0b14090f3b1d1e0918551c140d">[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 and final amendments: The application will
be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions
to the schedule will be made as appropriate.
Additional Study Requests due--October 31, 2022
Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)--November 2022
Request Additional Information--November 2022
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--February 2023
Comments on Scoping Document 1--March 2023
Issue Acceptance Notice and Letter--April 2023
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)--April 2023
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--April 2023
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: September 12, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-20065 Filed 9-15-22; 8:45 am]
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