Notice2025-22345
Kezar Falls Hydro, LLC; Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, and Approving Use of Traditional Licensing Process
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Published
December 9, 2025
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Energy DepartmentFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 9, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57044-57045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22345]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 9340-037]
Kezar Falls Hydro, LLC; Notice of Intent To File License
Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, and Approving Use of
Traditional Licensing Process
a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application and
Request to Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
b. Project No.: 9340-037.
c. Date Filed: September 30, 2025.
d. Submitted By: Kezar Falls Hydro, LLC (Kezar Falls Hydro).
e. Name of Project: Kezar Falls Hydropower Project (project).
f. Location: On the Ossipee River in York and Oxford counties,
Maine.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR5.3 of the Commission's regulations.
h. Potential Applicant Contact: Jody Smet, Kezar Falls Hydro, LLC,
7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1100W Bethesda, MD 20814; Phone at (804)
382-1764 or email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d9b3b6bda0f7aab4bcad99bcb8beb5bcbaabbcbcb2abbcf7bab6b4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0963666d70277a646c7d496c686e656c6a7b6c6c627b6c276a6664">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Brandi Welch-Acosta at (202) 502-8838 or at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#216353404f45480f76444d42490c60424e52554061474453420f464e57"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1c5e6e7d727875324b79707f74315d7f736f687d5c7a796e7f327b736a">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Kezar Falls Hydro filed its request to use the Traditional
Licensing Process on September 30, 2025. Kezar Falls Hydro provided
public notice of its request on October 15, 2025. In a letter dated
December 4, 2025, the Director of the Division of Hydropower Licensing
approved Kezar Falls Hydro's request to use the Traditional Licensing
Process.
k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or the National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and the
joint agency regulations thereunder at 50 CFR, Part 402; and NMFS under
section 305(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act and implementing regulations at 50 CFR 600.920. We are
also initiating consultation with the Maine State Historic Preservation
Officer, as required by section 106, National Historic Preservation
Act, and the implementing regulations of the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
l. With this notice, we are designating Kezar Falls Hydro as the
Commission's non-federal representative for carrying out informal
consultation pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and
section 305(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act; and consultation pursuant to section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act.
m. Kezar Falls Hydro filed a Pre-Application Document (PAD;
including a proposed process plan and schedule) with the Commission,
pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission's regulations.
n. A copy of the PAD may be viewed and/or printed 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
docket number field to access the document (P-9340). For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fdbbb8afbeb29391949398ae888d8d928f89bd9b988f9ed39a928b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f6b0b3a4b5b9989a9f9893a5838686998482b690938495d8919980">[email protected]</span></a>, (866) 208-
3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
You may 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.
o. The licensee states its unequivocal intent to submit an
application for a subsequent license for Project No. 9340. Pursuant to
18 CFR 16.8, 16.9, and 16.10, each application for a subsequent license
and any competing license applications must be filed with the
Commission at least 24 months prior to the expiration of the existing
license. All applications for license for this project must be filed by
September 30, 2028.
p. For public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as
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interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, contact the Office
of Public Participation at (202) 502-6595 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c986999989afacbbaae7aea6bf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="410e111101272433226f262e37">[email protected]</span></a>.
(Authority: 18 CFR 2.1)
Dated: December 4, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-22345 Filed 12-8-25; 8:45 am]
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