Notice2025-11225
Hackett Mills Hydro Associates, LLC; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments
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June 18, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 116 (Wednesday, June 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26047-26048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11225]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 6398-026]
Hackett Mills Hydro Associates, LLC; Notice Soliciting Scoping
Comments
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.: 6398-026.
c. Date filed: August 31, 2022.
d. Applicant: Hackett Mills Hydro Associates, LLC (Hackett Mills
Hydro).
e. Name of Project: Hackett Mills Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Little Androscoggin River, in the towns of
Poland and Minot, in Androscoggin County, 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: David Fox, Senior Director, Regulatory
Affairs, Hackett Mills Hydro Associates, LLC c/
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o Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC, 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite
1100W, Bethesda, Maryland 20814; phone: (201) 305-5616; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3e7a5f48575a107851467e5b5f59525b5d4c5b5b554c5b105d5153"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="99ddf8eff0fdb7dff6e1d9fcf8fef5fcfaebfcfcf2ebfcb7faf6f4">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: John Matkowski at (202) 502-8576 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#19737671773774786d72766e6a7270597f7c6b7a377e766f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="38525750561655594c53574f4b5351785e5d4a5b165f574e">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: on or before 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time on July 13, 2025.\1\
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\1\ The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure provide
that if a deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or other
day when the Commission is closed for business, the deadline does
not end until the close of business on the next business day. 18 CFR
385.2007(a)(2). Because the 30-day filing deadline falls on Sunday
(i.e., July 13, 2025), the filing deadline is extended until on or
before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, July 14, 2025.
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The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
scoping comments using the Commission's eFiling system at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</a>. Commenters can submit brief
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the
eComment system at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx</a>. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#561013041519383a3f383305232626392422163033243578313920"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8fc9caddccc0e1e3e6e1eadcfaffffe0fdfbcfe9eafdeca1e8e0f9">[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. All filings must clearly identify the
project name and docket number on the first page: Hackett Mills
Hydroelectric Project (P-6398-026).
The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each
person 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. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
l. The existing Hackett Mills Project consists of: (1) a 285-foot-
long dam that consists of the following sections: (a) a 36-foot-long
gatehouse section that contains five gates; (b) a 23-foot-long concrete
abutment section (west abutment); (c) a 101-foot-long rock-filled
timber crib dam with an uncontrolled spillway (main spillway section);
(d) a 40-foot-long obsolete sluice gatehouse section that contains one
gate; and, (e) an 85-foot-long concrete gravity dam section with three
uncontrolled bays (secondary spillway section); (2) a 3.5-mile-long,
60-acre impoundment with no useable storage capacity at a normal
maximum water surface elevation of 235.045 feet; \2\ (3) a 100-foot-
long, 25-foot-wide, 10-foot-deep power canal; (4) a 20-feet-long, 22-
feet-wide, 43.5-foot-high concrete powerhouse located at the end of the
power canal containing one 485-kilowatt right angle drive bulb turbine-
generator unit, with a minimum hydraulic capacity of 113 cubic-feet-
per-second (cfs) and a maximum hydraulic capacity of 474 cfs; (5) a
downstream fish passage facility; (6) a 200-foot-long, 12.5-kilovolt
transmission line; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The project
generates an average of 1,602 megawatt-hours annually.
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\2\ All elevations are reported in National Geodetic Vertical
Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29).
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m. A copy of the application can 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
project's docket number, excluding the last three digits in the sub-
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact
FERC at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#165053445559787a7f787345636666796462567073647538717960"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9cdad9cedfd3f2f0f5f2f9cfe9ececf3eee8dcfaf9eeffb2fbf3ea">[email protected]</span></a> or call toll-free, (886) 208-3676 or
TTY, (202) 502-8659.
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. 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#26697676664043544508414950"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="90dfc0c0d0f6f5e2f3bef7ffe6">[email protected]</span></a>.
o. Scoping Process
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA),
Commission staff intends to prepare either an environmental assessment
(EA) or an environmental impact statement (EIS) (collectively referred
to as the ``NEPA document'') that describes and evaluates the probable
effects, including an assessment of the site-specific, if any, of the
proposed action and alternatives. The Commission's scoping process will
help determine the required level of analysis and satisfy the NEPA
scoping requirements, irrespective of whether the Commission issues an
EA or an EIS. At this time, we do not anticipate holding on-site
scoping meetings. Instead, we are soliciting written comments and
suggestions on the preliminary list of issues and alternatives to be
addressed in the NEPA document, as described in scoping document 1
(SD1), issued June 13, 2025.
Copies of SD1 outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the
NEPA document were distributed to the parties on the Commission's
mailing list and the applicant's distribution list. Copies of SD1 may
be viewed on the web at <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. For assistance, call 1-866-
208-3676 or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.
Dated: June 13, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-11225 Filed 6-17-25; 8:45 am]
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