Notice2023-27750
Brown Bear II Hydro, Inc.; 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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December 18, 2023
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 241 (Monday, December 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87420-87421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27750]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 3428-205]
Brown Bear II Hydro, Inc.; 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.: 3428-2050.
c. Date Filed: November 29, 2023.
d. Applicant: Brown Bear II Hydro, Inc.
e. Name of Project: Worumbo Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Androscoggin River, in Androscoggin County,
Maine.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
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h. Applicant Contact: Matthew Nini, Brown Bear II Hydro Inc., (973)
998-8171 or email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b0ddd1c4c4d8d5c79eded9ded9f0d5d1d7dcd5d3c2d5d5dbc2d59ed3dfdd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9bf6faefeff3feecb5f5f2f5f2dbfefafcf7fef8e9fefef0e9feb5f8f4f6">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen at (202) 502-8074 or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#95e7ecf4fbbbfdf4fbe6f0fbd5f3f0e7f6bbf2fae3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="46343f2728682e2728352328062023342568212930">[email protected]</span></a>. j. The application is not ready for environmental
analysis at this time.
k. Project Description: The project consists of the following
existing facilities: (1) an 870-foot-long concrete gravity dam with an
116-foot-long flood spillway containing four 18-foot-wide and 26-foot-
high vertical lift gates and three flashboard sections including (from
left to right facing downstream) a 233-foot-long ogee spillway topped
by 38 2-foot-high hinged steel flashboard panels, a 167-foot-long
concrete gravity section topped by 21 2-foot-high steel flashboard
panels controlled by inflatable air bags, and a 349-foot-long concrete
gravity section topped by 26 steel flashboard panels ranging in height
from 1.5 to 1.9-foot-high controlled by inflatable air bags; (2) a
reservoir with a gross storage capacity of 2,000 acre-feet and a
surface area of 240 acres at the normal full-pond elevation of 98.5
feet; (3) a 337-foot-long concrete retaining wall with a top elevation
of 108 feet leading to the intake structure; (4) a concrete intake
structure integral with the powerhouse, containing two vertical slide
gates each 33-foot-wide and 40- foot-high which are normally fully open
and protected by trash racks; (5) a 105-foot-wide, 145-foot-long
reinforced concrete powerhouse containing two Kaplan bulb turbines each
with a generating capacity of 10.5 MW at 28.5 feet net head; (6) an
approximately 30-foot-high vertical fish-lift, four vertical attraction
pumps, an eight-foot-long and 8-foot-wide hopper lift tank, and a
viewing room; (7) an upstream eel passage system consisting of two two-
foot-wide, seven-foot-long bristled ramps, and an eel trap; (8) a
downstream fish passage system consisting of three entry way gates with
trashracks, a 36-inch-diameter downstream passage pipe, and a 30-foot-
wide, 20-foot-long, 10-foot-deep plunge pool; (9) an 850-foot-long,
approximately 80-foot wide, tailrace excavated from the downstream
powerhouse wall to the State Route 125 (Canal Street) bridge, flanked
by a 200-foot-long concrete retaining wall on the left and a 230-foot-
long concrete training wall on the right; (10) a 3,540-foot-long, 34.5-
kilovolt (kV) transmission line leading to the Central Maine Power
Company's Lisbon Falls substation; and (11) appurtenant facilities.
Brown Bear Hydro II Hydro, LLC has not proposed any new construction at
the project. The project is operated in a run-of-river mode and average
annual generation from the project is 83,911 megawatt-hours.
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-3428). For assistance, contact FERC at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6d2b283f2e2203010403083e181d1d021f192d0b081f0e430a021b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b9fffcebfaf6d7d5d0d7dceaccc9c9d6cbcdf9dfdccbda97ded6cf">[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. The need for
additional tagging and cfd modeling studies will influence the schedule
below. 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).. December 2023.
Issue Additional Information Request (if January 2024.
necessary).
Issue Study Modification Determination.. February 2024.
Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for March 2024.
Environmental Analysis (if no studies
are needed).
Filing of recommendations, preliminary June 2024.
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: December 12, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-27750 Filed 12-15-23; 8:45 am]
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