Notice2024-29285
KEI (Maine) Power Management (I), 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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December 12, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 239 (Thursday, December 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 100475-100476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29285]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 11132-030]
KEI (Maine) Power Management (I), 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.: 11132-030.
c. Date Filed: November 27, 2024.
d. Applicant: KEI (Maine) Power Management (I), LLC (KEI Power).
e. Name of Project: Eustis Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the North Branch of the Dead River, in the town of
Eustis, in Franklin County, Maine.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Lewis C. Loon, 423 Brunswick Ave.,
Gardiner, ME 04345; (207) 203-3027; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#711d140618025f1d1e1e1f311a03041614035f121e1c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="59353c2e302a773536363719322b2c3e3c2b773a3634">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Erin Kimsey at (202) 502-8621; or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d9bcabb0b7f7b2b0b4aabca099bfbcabbaf7beb6af"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2e4b5c4740004547435d4b576e484b5c4d00494158">[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: January 26, 2025.
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#9bdddec9d8d4f5f7f2f5fec8eeebebf4e9efdbfdfee9f8b5fcf4ed"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="31777463727e5f5d585f54624441415e434571575443521f565e47">[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:
Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC20426. Submissions sent via
any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, MD 20852. All filings must clearly identify the project name
and docket number on the first page: Eustis Hydroelectric Project (P-
11132-030).
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The existing Eustis Hydroelectric Project consists of the
following: (1) a 472-foot-long dam that includes: (i) a 22-foot-long
concrete wall, east abutment section; (ii) two 10-foot-wide Taintor
gates; (ii) a 20-foot-wide concrete sluiceway; (iv) four 3-foot-wide
concrete piers; (ii) a 183-foot-long concrete ogee spillway section
with 2- to 4-foot-high flashboards with a crest elevation of 1,161
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) at top of the
flashboards; (vi) a 14-foot-long intake section with an intake
structure equipped with a trashrack with 1-inch clear bar spacing; and
(vii) a 200-foot-long earthen dike, west abutment section; (2) a 130-
foot-long earthen saddle dike located about 150 feet upstream of the
west abutment section of the dam; (3) an impoundment with a surface
area of 73.5 acres at an elevation of 1,161 feet NGVD 29; (4) an 18-
foot-long, 18-foot-wide concrete and masonry powerhouse with a single
turbine-generator unit with an authorized installed capacity of 250
kilowatts; (5) a 100-kilovolt-amperes step-up transformer; (6) a 100-
foot-long, 12.5-kilovolt transmission line; and (7) appurtenant
facilities.
The current license requires KEI Power to operate the project in a
run-of-river mode, wherein discharge flow is equal to inflow, for the
protection of water quality and aquatic resources in the North Branch
of the Dead River. The project has an average annual general of 728
megawatt-hours. The current license also requires KEI Power to maintain
year-round stable impoundment levels within 1-foot of full pond
elevation of 1,161 NGVD.
The current license requires the implementation of a May 13, 1999
recreation plan that includes: (1) four parking spaces at the
powerhouse; (2) three parking spaces near the abandoned mill foundation
south of the powerhouse; (3) a canoe portage around the west side of
Eustis dam; and (4) signs at the powerhouse and at locations visible to
boaters upstream of the dam.
KEI Power is not proposing any changes to project facilities or
operation.
o. Copies of the application may be viewed on the Commission's
website at <a href="https://www.ferc.gov">https://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-11132). For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aceae9feefe3c2c0c5c2c9ffd9dcdcc3ded8eccac9decf82cbc3da"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1a5c5f485955747673747f496f6a6a75686e5a7c7f6879347d756c">[email protected]</span></a> or call tollfree, (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. The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission
proceedings. OPP can help
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members of the public, including landowners, environmental justice
communities, Tribal members and others, access publicly available
information and navigate Commission processes. For public inquiries and
assistance with making filings such as interventions, comments, or
requests for rehearing, the public is encouraged to contact OPP at
(202) 502-6595 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#347b646474525146571a535b42"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="77382727371112051459101801">[email protected]</span></a>.
q. 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.
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Milestone Target date
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary).. January 2025.
Request Additional Information.......... January 2025.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments... April 2025.
Issue Acceptance Letter................. May 2025.
Request Additional Information (if May 2025.
necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary). June 2025.
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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 6, 2024.
Carlos D. Clay,
Acting Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-29285 Filed 12-11-24; 8:45 am]
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