Notice2025-18198
KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests
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September 19, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 180 (Friday, September 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45202-45203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18198]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 3562-026]
KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC; Notice of Application
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 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: Subsequent Minor License.
b. Project No.: 3562-026.
c. Date filed: July 29, 2021.
d. Applicant: KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC (KEI Power).
e. Name of Project: Barker Mill Upper Hydroelectric Project (Upper
Barker Project).
f. Location: On the Little Androscoggin River, in the City of
Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Lewis C. Loon, General Manager, KEI (USA)
Power Management Inc., 423 Brunswick Avenue, Gardiner, ME 04345; phone
at (207) 203-3025; email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9ed2fbe9f7edddb0d2f1f1f0def5ecebfbf9fbecb0fdf1f3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="773b12001e0434593b181819371c0502121012055914181a">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Jody Callihan at (202) 502-8278 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#264c49425f0845474a4a4f4e4748664043544508414950"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="53393c372a7d30323f3f3a3b323d13353621307d343c25">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: on or
before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on November 16, 2025.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
motions to intervene and protests 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#f7b1b2a5b4b8999b9e9992a4828787988583b791928594d9909881"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="94d2d1c6d7dbfaf8fdfaf1c7e1e4e4fbe6e0d4f2f1e6f7baf3fbe2">[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: Barker Mill Upper Hydroelectric Project (P-3562-026).
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 has been accepted but is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. The existing Barker Mill Upper Project consists of: (1) a 41-
acre impoundment with a maximum storage capacity of 255 acre-feet at a
normal maximum water surface elevation of 192 feet; \1\ (2) a dam
consisting of (starting from the west bank): (a) a 43-foot-long
concrete abutment; (b) a 40-foot-long gated spillway structure
consisting of two, 18-foot high, 15-foot-wide steel Tainter gates; (c)
an 86-foot-long, 24-foot-high stone masonry with concrete overlay
overflow spillway with 3-foot-high wooden flashboards and a crest
elevation of 192 feet at the top of the flashboards (189 feet when the
flashboards are lowered); (d) a 31-foot-long concrete intake structure;
and, (e) a 27-foot-long underground abutment; (3) a powerhouse
containing a single 950-kilowatt turbine-generator unit; (4) a
tailrace; (5) a 50-foot-long, 12.47-kilovolt transmission line; and (6)
appurtenant facilities.
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\1\ All elevations are referenced to the North American Vertical
Datum of 1988.
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KEI Power filed a Settlement Agreement for the Barker's Mill
Project (FERC No. 2808),\2\ Upper Barker Project (FERC No. 3562), and
Marcal Project (FERC No. 11482) (Settlement) executed by and between
the licensee and the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the Maine
Department of Marine Resources (Maine DMR), and the Maine Department of
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (Settlement Parties). The purpose of the
Settlement is to resolve the parties' disagreements over the issues
related to fish and aquatic resource management, including upstream and
downstream passage measures for American eel, river herring, American
shad, sea lamprey, and Atlantic salmon; minimum flow releases; and
aquatic invasive species. Specifically, for the relicensing of the
Upper Barker Project, the Settlement provides for: (1) coordinating the
time frame for providing upstream and downstream fish passage at the
Upper Barker Project; (2) aligning the minimum and seasonal flows at
the Upper Barker and the Lower Barker Projects; (3) aligning the Upper
Barker and Lower Barker Projects' license terms by extending the 40-
year license term of the Lower Barker Project to 50 years and
requesting a license term of 47 years for the Upper Barker Project; (4)
establishing an off-license agreement to fund an Androscoggin Basin
Stewardship Fund administered by Maine DMR to benefit spawning and
rearing habitat in the basin; and (5) assuring, through an off-license
agreement, the resources agencies' support for KEI Power's request for
Low Impact Hydropower Institute certification for the Upper Barker
Project.
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\2\ The Barker's Mill Project is also known as and referred to
herein as the Lower Barker Project.
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The Upper Barker Project is currently operated in run-of-river mode
and generates 4,681 megawatt-hours annually.
m. A copy of the application can be viewed on the Commission's
website <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 sub-docket number
field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cd8b889f8e82a3a1a4a3a89eb8bdbda2bfb98daba8bfaee3aaa2bb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="793f3c2b3a36171510171c2a0c0909160b0d391f1c0b1a571e160f">[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
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landowners, community organizations, 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#93dcc3c3d3f5f6e1f0bdf4fce5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="48071818082e2d3a2b662f273e">[email protected]</span></a>.
o. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18
CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In determining the appropriate
action to take, the Commission will consider all protests 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 protests
or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified
deadline date for the particular application.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE;'' (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 protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005.
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the
applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served
upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular
application.
p. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as
appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Issue Scoping Notice for comments.......... October 2025.
Scoping Comments due....................... November 2025.
Request Additional Information (if December 2025.
necessary).
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental December 2025.
Analysis.
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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: September 16, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-18198 Filed 9-18-25; 8:45 am]
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