Notice2026-05884
Hackett Mills Hydro Associates, LLC; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions
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March 26, 2026
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 58 (Thursday, March 26, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14690-14691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-05884]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 6398-026]
Hackett Mills Hydro Associates, LLC; Notice of Application Ready
for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations,
Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions
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.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Jody Smet, Chief Compliance Officer, Hackett
Mills Hydro Associates, LLC c/o Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC, 7315
Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1100W, Bethesda, Maryland 20814; phone: (804)
382-1764; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#03696c677a2d706e6677436662646f66607166666871662d606c6e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0d67626974237e6068794d686c6a61686e7f6868667f68236e6260">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Jody Callihan at (202) 502-8278 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aac0c5ced384c9cbc6c6c3c2cbc4eacccfd8c984cdc5dc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="177d78736e3974767b7b7e7f7679577172657439707861">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions, and prescriptions: on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
May 22, 2026; reply comments are due on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on July 6, 2026.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions
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 10,000
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#f6b0b3a4b5b9989a9f9893a5838686998482b690938495d8919980"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ccac9decfc3e2e0e5e2e9dff9fcfce3fef8cceae9feefa2ebe3fa">[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 and Procedure 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 and is ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. The Hackett Mills Project consists of the following existing
facilities: (1) a 186-foot-long dam that consists of two spillway
sections: a 101-foot-long, 8-foot-high rock-filled timber crib dam with
an uncontrolled spillway (main spillway section) and a 85-foot-long, 8-
foot-high concrete gravity dam with three uncontrolled bays (secondary
spillway section); (2) an obsolete sluice gatehouse that connects the
main spillway and the secondary spillway sections; (3) a 3.5-mile-long,
60-acre impoundment with no useable storage capacity at a normal
maximum water surface elevation of 235.05 feet; \1\ (4) a 17.5-foot-
long, 40-foot-high and 22-foot-wide intake structure containing five
gates; (5) a 100-foot-long, 25-foot-wide, 10-foot-deep power canal; (6)
a 20-foot-long, 43.5-foot-high and 22-foot-wide concrete powerhouse
located at the end of the 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; (7) a downstream fish passage facility; (8) a 200-foot-long, 12.5-
kilovolt transmission line; and (9) appurtenant facilities.
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The Hackett Mills Project is currently operated in a run-of-river
mode and generates 1,602 megawatt-hours annually. Hackett Mills Hydro
proposes to continue operating the project as a run-of-river facility
and does not propose any new construction at the project.
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 docket number
field to access the document (P-6398). For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support (see item j above).
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND
CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (2) set forth in the heading the
name of the applicant and the project number of the application to
which the filing responds; and (3) otherwise comply with the
requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All comments,
recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must set forth
their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the requirements of
18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly
from the applicant. Each filing must be accompanied by proof of service
on all persons listed on the service list prepared by the Commission in
this proceeding in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
For public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, contact the Office
of Public Participation at (202) 502-6595 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#307f606070565542531e575f46"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="91dec1c1d1f7f4e3f2bff6fee7">[email protected]</span></a>.
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.
n. The applicant must file the following on or before 5:00 p.m.
Eastern
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Time on May 22, 2026: (1) a copy of the water quality certification;
(2) a copy of the request for certification, including proof of the
date on which the certifying agency received the request; or (3)
evidence of a waiver of water quality certification.
o. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 22, 2026.
(Authority: 18 CFR 2.1)
Dated: March 23, 2026
Carlos D. Clay,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-05884 Filed 3-25-26; 8:45 am]
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