Notice2025-05767
Hydro Kennebec, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests
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April 4, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 64 (Friday, April 4, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14830-14831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05767]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[P-2611-093]
Hydro Kennebec, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing
and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Temporary amendment of license to install
shorter flashboards and maintain lower reservoir elevation.
b. Project No.: 2611-093.
c. Date Filed: February 14, 2025.
d. Applicant: Hydro Kennebec, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Hydro Kennebec Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The project is located on the Kennebec River in
Kennebec and Somerset counties, ME.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Randall Dorman, Senior Compliance
Manager--Northeast, Hydro Kennebec, LLC, 150 Main Street, Lewiston, ME
04240, (207) 755-5605.
i. FERC Contact: Mr. Steven Sachs, (202) 502-8666,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#481b3c2d3e2d26661b292b203b082e2d3a2b662f273e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2073544556454e0e734143485360464552430e474f56">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, and
protests: April 28, 2025.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
comments, motions to intervene, and protests using the Commission's
eFiling system at <a href="https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp">https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp</a>.
Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without
prior registration, using the eComment system at <a href="https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp">https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp</a>. For assistance, please contact FERC Online
Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fbbdbea9b8b4959792959ea88e8b8b94898fbb9d9e8998d59c948d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fcbab9aebfb39290959299af898c8c938e88bc9a998e9fd29b938a">[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, DC
20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to:
Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first page of any
filing should include the docket number P-2611-093. Comments emailed to
Commission staff are not part of the Commission record.
The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of
that document on each person whose name appears on the official service
list for the project. Further, if an intervenor files comments or
documents with the Commission relating to the merits of an issue that
may affect the responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they
must also serve a copy of the document on that resource agency.
k. Description of Request: The applicant requests a temporary
amendment of its license to maintain its reservoir elevation at 78
feet, 3 feet lower than the normal elevation of 81 feet, by temporarily
installing 3-foot-high flashboards rather than the normal 6-foot-high
flashboards. The applicant states lowering the reservoir by 3 feet
would prevent further wear to a damaged spillway gate and allow for
repairs while also keeping the reservoir high enough to use its
downstream fish passage facility and to possibly submerge rapids near
the town of Fairfield to improve boater safety. The applicant intends
to install the temporary flashboards as soon as
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personnel can safely access the spillway but no later than shortly
after spring runoff subsides, and to replace them with the normal, 6-
foot-high flashboards once the gate is repaired, but no later than
December 31, 2025.
l. Locations of the application: This filing 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. You may also register
online at <a href="https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp">https://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, call 1-866-208-3676 or email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c2848790818dacaeabaca791b7b2b2adb0b682a4a7b0a1eca5adb4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="296f6c7b6a66474540474c7a5c5959465b5d694f4c5b4a074e465f">[email protected]</span></a>, for TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
m. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing
list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission.
n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene: Anyone may submit
comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in accordance with the
requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211,
.214, respectively. In determining the appropriate action to take, the
Commission will consider all protests or other comments filed, but only
those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the
Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any comments,
protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or before the
specified comment date for the particular application.
o. Filing and Service of Documents: Any filing must: (1) bear in
all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS'', ``PROTEST'', or ``MOTION TO
INTERVENE'' as applicable; (2) set forth in the heading the name of the
applicant and the project number of the application to which the filing
responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone number of the
person commenting, protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise comply
with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All
comments, motions to intervene, or protests must set forth their
evidentiary basis. Any filing made by an intervenor must be accompanied
by proof of service on all persons listed in the service list prepared
by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR
385.2010.
p. The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners,
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#5e110e0e1e383b2c3d70393128"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e3acb3b3a385869180cd848c95">[email protected]</span></a>.
Dated: March 28, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-05767 Filed 4-3-25; 8:45 am]
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