82 FR 29 pgs. 10572-10573 - KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments
Type: NOTICEVolume: 82Number: 29Pages: 10572 - 10573
Pages: 10572, 10573Docket number: [Project No. 2808-017]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2017-02950 Filed 2-13-17; 8:45 am]
Agency: Energy Department
Sub Agency: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2808-017]
KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments
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.: P-2808-017.
c. Date filed: January 31, 2017.
d. Applicant: KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC.
e. Name of Project: Lower Barker Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Little Androscoggin River, in the City of Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine. The project does not occupy lands of the United States.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Lewis Loon, Operations and Maintenance Manager, 37 Alfred Plourde Parkway, Suite 2, Lewiston, Maine 04240; (207) 786-8834.
i. FERC Contact: Karen Sughrue at (202) 502-8556 or email at Karen.Sughrue@ferc.gov.
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC 61,076 (2001).
[top] k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's regulations, if
l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status: March 31, 2017.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include docket number P-2808-017.
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time.
n. The Lower Barker Project consists of the following existing facilities: (1) A 232-foot-long, 30-foot-high concrete dam with a 125-foot-long spillway with flashboards, a 46-foot-long non-overflow section with two waste gates along the left buttress, and a 61-foot-long non-overflow section with seven stop-logs adjacent to the intake canal; (2) a 16.5-acre reservoir with a storage capacity of 150-acre-feet; (3) a 60-foot-long, 20-foot-wide, 9.6-foot-deep intake canal on the right bank with seven stop-logs; (4) a 35-foot-long, 20-foot-wide gatehouse containing a single gate and fitted with trash racks; (5) a buried 650-foot-long, 10-foot-wide, 8-foot-high concrete penstock; (6) a 50-foot-long, 25-foot-wide concrete powerhouse containing a single semi-Kaplan-type turbine and generating unit with a rated capacity of 1.5 megawatts; (7) a tailrace; (8) a 250-foot-long, 4.2 kilovolt underground power line; (9) a substation; and (10) appurtenant facilities. The project produces an average of 5,087 megawatt-hours annually.
o. A copy of the application is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the "eLibrary" link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will be processed according to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.
| Issue Acceptance or Deficiency/Additional Information Letter | April 2017. |
| Issue Scoping Document 1 for comment | June 2017. |
| Hold Scoping Meeting | July 2017. |
| Request Additional Information (if necessary) | July 2017. |
| Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary) | August 2017. |
| Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis | September 2017. |
| Notice of the availability of the draft NEPA document | March 2018. |
| Initiate the 10(j) process | April 2018. |
| Notice of the availability of the final NEPA document | July 2018. |
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: February 3, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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