Briar Hydro Associates, LLC; Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, and Approving Use of the Traditional Licensing Process, 7995-7996 [2020-02811]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2322–069]
Brookfield White Pine Hydro LLC;
Notice of Application Tendered for
Filing With the Commission and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for
Licensing and 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: New Major
License.
b. Project No.: 2322–069.
c. Date Filed: January 31, 2020.
d. Applicant: Brookfield White Pine
Hydro LLC (Brookfield).
e. Name of Project: Shawmut
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The existing project is
located on the Kennebec River in
Kennebec and Somerset Counties,
Maine. The project does not affect
federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Frank Dunlap,
150 Main Street, Lewiston, Maine
04240; (207) 755–5603.
i. FERC Contact: Matt Cutlip, (503)
552–2762 or matt.cutlip@ferc.gov.
j. This application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
k. Project Description: The project
consists of the following constructed
facilities: (1) A 24-foot-high, 1,480-footlong concrete gravity dam consisting of:
(i) A 380-foot-long overflow section
with hinged flashboards, (ii) a 730-footlong overflow section with an inflatable
bladder, (iii) 25-foot-wide sluice section;
(iv) a non-overflow section; and (v) a
headworks containing 11 headgates that
regulate flow into a forebay; (2) a 1,310acre impoundment extending about 12
miles upstream; (3) two powerhouses
adjacent to the forebay, separated by a
10-foot-high by 7-foot-wide Tainter gate
and a 6-foot-high by 6-foot-wide deep
gate; (4) eight turbine-generating units;
(5) a 300-foot-long tailrace; (6) 250-footlong generator leads connecting the
powerhouses with a substation; and (7)
appurtenant facilities.
Brookfield operates the project in a
run-of-river mode and implements
specific operating procedure to facilitate
upstream and downstream fish passage
at the project. Upstream passage for
American eel is provided by a dedicated
eel passage facility located adjacent to
one of the powerhouses. There are no
constructed upstream anadromous
fishways at the project. Currently
anadromous fish are captured and
transported upstream of the Shawmut
Project via a fish lift and transport
system at the Lockwood Dam
Hydroelectric Project No. 2574, located
about 6 miles downstream. Downstream
fish passage for American eel and
anadromous fish at the Shawmut Project
is provided via a combination of routing
flows through the project’s spillways,
turbines, and other flow regulating
equipment (e.g., Tainter gate between
the powerhouses).
l. Locations of the Application: 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 website at https://
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, please contact FERC Online
Support at FERCOnlineSupport@
ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or
(202) 502–8659 (TTY).
m. You may also register online at
https://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.
n. Procedural Schedule: The
application will be processed according
to the following preliminary Hydro
Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the
schedule may be made as appropriate.
Milestone
Target date
Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis ..........................................................................................
Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions .......................................................
Commission issues Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) ......................................................................................................
Comments on Draft EA ..............................................................................................................................................................
Modified terms and conditions ...................................................................................................................................................
Commission issues Final EA .....................................................................................................................................................
o. Final amendments to the
application must be filed with the
Commission no later than thirty (30)
days from the issuance date of the
notice of ready for environmental
analysis.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Dated: February 5, 2020.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
Briar Hydro Associates, LLC; Notice of
Intent To File License Application,
Filing of Pre-Application Document,
and Approving Use of the Traditional
Licensing Process
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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 3342–023]
a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to
File License Application and Request to
Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
b. Project No.: 3342–023.
c. Date Filed: November 29, 2019.
d. Submitted By: Briar Hydro
Associates, LLC (Briar Hydro).
e. Name of Project: Penacook Lower
Falls Hydroelectric Project.
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f. Location: On the Contoocook River,
in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
No federal lands are occupied by the
project works or located within the
project boundary.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 and
5.5 of the Commission’s regulations.
h. Potential Applicant Contact:
Andrew J. Locke, Essex Hydro
Associates, LLC, 55 Union Street,
Boston, MA 02108; (617) 357–0032;
email—alocke@essexhydro.com.
i. FERC Contact: Jeanne Edwards at
(202) 502–6181; or email at
jeanne.edwards@ferc.gov.
j. Briar Hydro filed its request to use
the Traditional Licensing Process on
November 29, 2019. Briar Hydro
provided public notice of its request on
December 12, 2019. In a letter dated
February 6, 2020, the Director of the
Division of Hydropower Licensing
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approved Briar 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 NOAA
Fisheries under section 7 of the
Endangered Species Act and the joint
agency regulations thereunder at 50
CFR, part 402. We are also initiating
consultation with the New Hampshire
State Historic Preservation Officer, as
required by section 106 of the 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
Briar Hydro as the Commission’s nonfederal representative for carrying out
informal consultation pursuant to
section 7 of the Endangered Species Act
and consultation pursuant to section
106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act.
m. On November 28, 2019, Briar
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 is available for
review at the Commission in the Public
Reference Room or may be viewed on
the Commission’s website (https://
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 at
FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
(TTY). A copy is also available for
inspection and reproduction at the
address in paragraph h.
o. The licensee states its unequivocal
intent to submit an application for a
new license for Project No. 3342.
Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.8, 16.9, and 16.10
each application for a new 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 October 31, 2.
p. Register online at https://
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.
Dated: February 6, 2020.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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Project, LLC, Maverick Wind Project
Holdings LLC, Sundance Wind Project,
Federal Energy Regulatory
LLC, Sundance Wind Project Holdings
Commission
LLC, Traverse Wind Energy LLC,
Traverse Wind Energy Holdings LLC.
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Description: Notice of Change in Facts
of Buckeye Wind Energy LLC, et al.
Take notice that the Commission
Filed Date: 2/6/20.
received the following exempt
Accession Number: 20200206–5083.
wholesale generator filings:
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/27/20.
Docket Numbers: EG20–77–000.
Docket Numbers: ER20–958–000.
Applicants: FirstEnergy Nuclear
Applicants: Sierra Pacific Power
Generation, LLC.
Company.
Description: Notice of SelfDescription: Notice of Termination of
Certification of Exempt Wholesale
Generator Status of FirstEnergy Nuclear Service Agreement (No. 17–00040) of
Sierra Pacific Power Company.
Generation, LLC.
Filed Date: 2/5/20.
Filed Date: 2/4/20.
Accession Number: 20200205–5149.
Accession Number: 20200204–5183.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/26/20.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/25/20.
Docket Numbers: ER20–959–000.
Docket Numbers: EG20–78–000.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
Applicants: Cambria Wind, LLC.
L.L.C.
Description: Notice of SelfDescription: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Certification as an Exempt Wholesale
Original WMPA SA No 5589; Queue No.
Generator of Cambria Wind, LLC.
AE2–115 to be effective 1/8/2020.
Filed Date: 2/5/20.
Filed Date: 2/6/20.
Accession Number: 20200205–5170.
Accession Number: 20200206–5094.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/26/20.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/27/20.
Docket Numbers: EG20–79–000.
Docket Numbers: ER20–960–000.
Applicants: Thunderhead Wind
Applicants: New England Power
Energy LLC.
Company.
Description: Notice of SelfDescription: Tariff Cancellation:
Certification of Exempt Wholesale
Notice of Cancellation of Facilities Use
Generator Status of Thunderhead Wind
Agreement with Deepwater Wind to be
Energy LLC.
effective 4/7/2020.
Filed Date: 2/5/20.
Filed Date: 2/6/20.
Accession Number: 20200205–5172.
Accession Number: 20200206–5126.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/26/20.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/27/20.
Take notice that the Commission
Docket Numbers: ER20–961–000.
received the following electric rate
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
filings:
L.L.C.
Docket Numbers: ER10–2390–005;
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
ER19–784–001; ER10–2394–006; ER12–
1563–006; ER10–2395–006; ER10–2422– Amendment to WMPA, SA No. 5153;
Queue No. AD1–157 (consent) to be
007; ER12–1562–006; ER11–3642–019.
effective 7/23/2018.
Applicants: Bicent (California)
Filed Date: 2/6/20.
Malburg LLC, Big Country Datalec LLC,
Accession Number: 20200206–5128.
BIV Generation Company, L.L.C.,
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/27/20.
Cayuga Operating Company, LLC,
Docket Numbers: ER20–962–000.
Colorado Power Partners, Rocky
Applicants: The Narragansett Electric
Mountain Power, LLC, Somerset
Company.
Operating Company LLC, Tanner Street
Description: Tariff Cancellation:
Generation, LLC.
Cancellation of Indemnification
Description: Notice of Non-Material
Agreement with the Deepwater Wind
Change in Status of Bicent (California)
Companies to be effective 4/7/2020.
Malburg LLC, et. al.
Filed Date: 2/6/20.
Filed Date: 2/5/20.
Accession Number: 20200206–5130.
Accession Number: 20200205–5153.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/27/20.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/26/20.
The filings are accessible in the
Docket Numbers: ER15–1873–012;
Commission’s eLibrary system by
ER18–471–006; ER18–472–006;ER16–
clicking on the links or querying the
1720–011; ER20–383–002; ER20–384–
docket number.
002; ER20–385–002; ER20–386–002;
Any person desiring to intervene or
ER20–387–002ER20–388–002.
Applicants: Buckeye Wind Energy
protest in any of the above proceedings
LLC, States Edge Wind I LLC, Invenergy must file in accordance with Rules 211
Energy Management LLC, States Edge
and 214 of the Commission’s
Wind I Holdings LLC, Maverick Wind
Regulations (18 CFR 85.211 and
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 3342-023]
Briar Hydro Associates, LLC; Notice of Intent To File License
Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, and Approving Use of
the 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.: 3342-023.
c. Date Filed: November 29, 2019.
d. Submitted By: Briar Hydro Associates, LLC (Briar Hydro).
e. Name of Project: Penacook Lower Falls Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Contoocook River, in Merrimack County, New
Hampshire. No federal lands are occupied by the project works or
located within the project boundary.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 and 5.5 of the Commission's
regulations.
h. Potential Applicant Contact: Andrew J. Locke, Essex Hydro
Associates, LLC, 55 Union Street, Boston, MA 02108; (617) 357-0032;
[email protected]
i. FERC Contact: Jeanne Edwards at (202) 502-6181; or email at
[email protected].
j. Briar Hydro filed its request to use the Traditional Licensing
Process on November 29, 2019. Briar Hydro provided public notice of its
request on December 12, 2019. In a letter dated February 6, 2020, the
Director of the Division of Hydropower Licensing
[[Page 7996]]
approved Briar 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 NOAA Fisheries under section
7 of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency regulations
thereunder at 50 CFR, part 402. We are also initiating consultation
with the New Hampshire State Historic Preservation Officer, as required
by section 106 of the 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 Briar Hydro as the
Commission's non-federal representative for carrying out informal
consultation pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and
consultation pursuant to section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act.
m. On November 28, 2019, Briar 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 is available for review at the Commission in
the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's website
(https://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 at
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at
the address in paragraph h.
o. The licensee states its unequivocal intent to submit an
application for a new license for Project No. 3342. Pursuant to 18 CFR
16.8, 16.9, and 16.10 each application for a new 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 October 31,
2.
p. Register online at https://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.
Dated: February 6, 2020.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-02811 Filed 2-11-20; 8:45 am]
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