Notice2023-08356
Androscoggin Reservoir Company; 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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April 20, 2023
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 76 (Thursday, April 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24406-24407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08356]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 4026-055]
Androscoggin Reservoir Company; 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.: 4026-055.
c. Date Filed: March 31, 2023.
d. Applicant: Androscoggin Reservoir Company (ARCO).
e. Name of Project: Aziscohos Hydroelectric Project (project).
f. Location: On the Magalloway River in Oxford and Franklin
Counties, 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: Randy Dorman, Relicensing Manager, Brookfield
Renewable, 150 Maine Street, Lewiston, ME 04240; phone at (207) 755-
5605, or email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a9fbc8c7cdd087edc6dbc4c8c7e9cbdbc6c6c2cfc0ccc5cddbccc7ccdec8cbc5cc87cac6c4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b6e4d7d8d2cf98f2d9c4dbd7d8f6d4c4d9d9ddd0dfd3dad2c4d3d8d3c1d7d4dad398d5d9db">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Michael Watts at (202) 502-6123, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9bf6f2f8f3fafef7b5ecfaefefe8dbfdfee9f8b5fcf4ed"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ea878389828b8f86c49d8b9e9e99aa8c8f9889c48d859c">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
k. Project Description: The existing project consists of: (1) a 74-
foot-high, 881-foot-long concrete multiple arch-buttress dam consisting
of the following sections: (a) a 236-foot-long concrete ogee spillway
section with a crest elevation of 1,517.3 feet National Geodetic
Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD29), and 3-foot-high flashboards at an
elevation of 1,520.3 feet NGVD29 at the top of the flashboards; (b) a
265-foot-long concrete non-overflow section with two, 7-foot-diameter
cylindrical discharge gates; (c) a 120-foot-long earthen dike north
abutment; and (d) a 260-foot-long earthen dike south abutment; (2) a
27-foot-high, 900-foot-long earthen containment dike (Abbott Brooke
Dike) located two miles upstream of the dam; (3) an impoundment
(Aziscohos Lake) with a maximum water surface elevation of 1,520.3 feet
NGVD29; (4) an intake structure consisting of a modified log sluice
with stoplogs and a 96-inch butterfly valve in the non-overflow section
of the dam; (5) a 2,462-foot-long, 8-foot-diameter steel penstock that
provides flow to a 5.311-megawatt vertical Kaplan turbine-generator
unit located in a concrete powerhouse; (6) a 60-foot-long tailrace; (7)
a 12.47/34.5- kilovolt (kV) step-up transformer and a 23.5-mile long,
34.5-kV transmission line connecting the project generator to the
regional grid; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The project creates an
approximately 2,400-foot-long bypassed reach of the Magalloway River.
The project is operated as a seasonal storage reservoir as part of
the Androscoggin River Storage System. The current license requires
ARCO to provide a minimum flow of 130 cubic feet per second (cfs)
downstream of the powerhouse from the start of spring refill through
September 15. The minimum flow is increased to 214 cfs from September
16 to the start of spring refill each year. The current license
requires that 50 cfs of the required minimum flow, be released from the
Aziscohos Dam into the bypassed reach of the Magalloway River. The
current license also requires that a whitewater flow of 900 cfs be
released during the 4th weekend of June, 1st weekend of July, and 1st
weekend of September; and a whitewater flow of 1,200 cfs be released on
the 2nd weekend of July, and the 3rd and 4th weekend of August.
The minimum and maximum hydraulic capacities of the powerhouse are
290 cfs and 623 cfs, respectively. The average annual generation of the
project was approximately 30,788 megawatt-hours from 2012 through 2022.
ARCO is not proposing any changes to project facilities or
operation at this time.
l. 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-
4026). For assistance, contact FERC at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#52141700111d3c3e3b3c37012722223d202612343720317c353d24"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="feb8bbacbdb1909297909bad8b8e8e918c8abe989b8c9dd0999188">[email protected]</span></a>,
(866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). At this time, the
Commission has suspended access to the Commission's Public Reference
Room. For assistance, contact FERC at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b3f5f6e1f0fcdddfdaddd6e0c6c3c3dcc1c7f3d5d6c1d09dd4dcc5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="266063746569484a4f484375535656495452664043544508414950">[email protected]</span></a> or
call toll free, (886) 208-3676 or TTY (202) 502-8659.
m. 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
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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 schedule. Revisions to the schedule will
be made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Issue Deficiency Letter..................... April 2023.
Request Additional Information (if August 2023.
necessary).
Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for October 2023.
Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms December 2023.
and conditions, and preliminary 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: April 14, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-08356 Filed 4-19-23; 8:45 am]
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