Notice2022-22771
Rumford Falls Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments
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October 20, 2022
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Energy DepartmentFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 202 (Thursday, October 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63770-63771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22771]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2333-094]
Rumford Falls Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for
Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for
Licensing and 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: New Major License.
b. Project No.: 2333-094.
c. Date Filed: September 29, 2022.
d. Applicant: Rumford Falls Hydro LLC.
e. Name of Project: Rumford Falls Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Androscoggin River in the Town of Rumford,
Oxford County, Maine.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Luke Anderson, Rumford Falls Hydro LLC,
Brookfield Renewable, 150 Main St., Lewiston, Maine, 04240, (207) 755-
5613, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#422e3729276c232c262730312d2c0220302d2d29242b272e2630272c273523202e276c212d2f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1b776e707e357a757f7e696874755b79697474707d727e777f697e757e6c7a79777e35787476">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen at (202) 502-8074 or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9fede6fef1b1f7fef1ecfaf1dff9faedfcb1f8f0e9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4d3f342c2363252c233e28230d2b283f2e632a223b">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
k. Project Description: The project consists of two developments:
the Upper Station and Lower Station. The Upper Station Development
consists of the following existing facilities: (1) a concrete gravity
dam with a 464-foot-long, 37-foot-high ogee type spillway section with
32-inch-high, pin-supported wooden flashboards; (2) a reservoir with a
storage capacity of 2,900 acre-feet and a surface area of approximately
419 acres at a maximum headwater elevation of 601.24 feet; (3) a 2,300-
foot-long, 150-foot-wide forebay; (4) a gatehouse containing two
headgates for each of the four penstocks for a total of eight headgates
with trashracks; (5) four 110-foot-long underground steel-plate
penstocks, three of which are 12 feet in diameter, and one of which is
13 feet in diameter; (6) a masonry powerhouse integral with the dam
that is composed of two adjoing stations(a) a 30-foot-wide, 110-foot-
long, 92-foot-high Old Station, containing one horizontal generating
unit with a capacity of 4,300 kilowatts (kW), and (b) a 60-foot-wide,
140-foot-long, 76-foot-high New Station containing three vertical
generating units, two with a capacity of 8,100 kW each, and one with a
capacity of 8,800 kW; (7) four 11.5-kilovolt (kV) overhead transmission
lines, two of which are de-energized, and the other two are: a 4,500-
foot-long line 2 and a 4,200-foot-long line 3; and (8) appurtenant
facilities.
The Lower Station Development consists of the following existing
facilities: (1) a rock-filled, wooden cribbed and concrete-capped
Middle Dam, with a 328.6-foot-long, 20-foot-high gravity spillway
section with a crest elevation of 502.74 feet with 16-inch-high, pin-
supported, wooden flashboards; (2) a reservoir with storage capacity of
141 acre-feet and a surface area of 21 acres at a normal maximum
headwater elevation of 502.7 feet; (3) a 120-foot-long concrete
headgate structure located adjacent to the dam with ten steel headgates
and a waste weir section perpendicular to the headgate structure with a
crest elevation of 502.6 feet and 10-inch-high flashboards regulating
flow to the Middle Canal; (4) a 2,400-foot-long Middle Canal with a
width ranging from 75 to 175 feet and a depth from 8 to 11 feet; (5) a
gatehouse containing two headgates, trashracks, and other appurtenant
equipment regulating flow from the canal into two penstocks; (6) two
815-foot-long, 12-foot-diameter, steel-plate penstocks conveying flow
from the gatehouse to two surge tanks; (7) two 36-foot-diameter, 50.5-
foot-high cylindrical surge tanks; (8) two 77-foot-
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long, 12-foot-diameter steel penstocks conveying flow from the surge
tanks to the powerhouse; (9) a masonry powerhouse containing two
identical vertical units, each with a 7,600-kW capacity; (10) two 600-
foot-long, 11.5-kV parallel generator leads; and (11) appurtenant
facilities.
Rumford Falls Hydro LLC operates the project in a run-of-river mode
and does not propose any changes to project facilities or operation.
The project would continue to generate an estimated average of 270,800
megawatt-hours annually.
l. Location of the Application: 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-2333). For assistance, contact FERC at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c78182958488a9abaea9a294b2b7b7a8b5b387a1a2b5a4e9a0a8b1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="efa9aabdaca0818386818abc9a9f9f809d9baf898a9d8cc1888099">[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) October 2022.
Issue Additional Information Request November 2022.
(if necessary).
Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready March 2023.
for Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary May 2023.
terms and 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: October 13, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-22771 Filed 10-19-22; 8:45 am]
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