Brookfield White Pine Hydro LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment, 43651 [2021-16993]
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Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
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Milestone
Target
date
Commission issues draft EA
October
2021.1
November
2021.
January 2022.
Comments on EA ..................
Modified 4(e) and Fishway
Prescriptions.
Issue final EA ........................
April 2022.
Any questions regarding this notice
may be directed to David Turner at (202)
502–6091 or David.Turner@ferc.gov.
Dated: August 4, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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[Project No. 3063–000]
[Project No. 2530–057]
Brookfield White Pine Hydro LLC;
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Assessment
On November 20, 2020, Brookfield
White Pine Hydro LLC (White Pine
Hydro) filed an application for a new
license for the 10.9-megawatt Hiram
Hydroelectric Project (Hiram Project)
(FERC No. 2530). The Hiram Project is
located on the Saco River near the
towns of Hiram, Baldwin, Denmark, and
Brownfield in Oxford and Cumberland
Counties, Maine. The project does not
occupy federal land.
In accordance with the Commission’s
regulations, on January 11, 2021,
Commission staff issued a notice that
the project was ready for environmental
analysis (REA notice). Based on the
information in the record, including
comments filed on the REA notice, staff
does not anticipate that licensing the
project would constitute a major federal
action significantly affecting the quality
of the human environment. Therefore,
staff intends to prepare an
Environmental Assessment (EA) on the
application to license the Hiram Project.
The EA will be issued and circulated
for review by all interested parties. All
comments filed on the EA will be
analyzed by staff and considered in the
Commission’s final licensing decision.
The application will be processed
according to the following schedule.
Revisions to the schedule may be made
as appropriate.
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Blackstone Hydro Associates; Notice
of Authorization for Continued Project
Operation
On July 31, 2019, Blackstone Hydro
Associates, licensee for the Central Falls
Hydroelectric Project No. 3063, filed an
Application for a Subsequent License
pursuant to the Federal Power Act
(FPA) and the Commission’s regulations
thereunder. The Central Falls
Hydroelectric Project is located on the
Blackstone River, in the City of Central
Falls, Providence County, Rhode Island.
The license for Project No. 3063 was
issued for a period ending July 31, 2021.
Section 15(a)(1) of the FPA, 16 U.S.C.
808(a)(1), requires the Commission, at
the expiration of a license term, to issue
from year-to-year an annual license to
the then licensee(s) under the terms and
conditions of the prior license until a
new license is issued, or the project is
otherwise disposed of as provided in
section 15 or any other applicable
section of the FPA. If the project’s prior
license waived the applicability of
section 15 of the FPA, then, based on
section 9(b) of the Administrative
Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 558(c), and as
set forth at 18 CFR 16.21(a), if the
licensee of such project has filed an
application for a subsequent license, the
licensee may continue to operate the
1 The Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ)
regulations under 40 CFR 1501.10(b)(1) require that
EAs be completed within 1 year of the federal
action agency’s decision to prepare an EA. This
notice establishes the Commission’s intent to
prepare an EA for the Normanskill Project.
Therefore, in accordance with CEQ’s regulations,
the EA must be issued within 1 year of the issuance
date of this notice.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2530-057]
Brookfield White Pine Hydro LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Assessment
On November 20, 2020, Brookfield White Pine Hydro LLC (White Pine
Hydro) filed an application for a new license for the 10.9-megawatt
Hiram Hydroelectric Project (Hiram Project) (FERC No. 2530). The Hiram
Project is located on the Saco River near the towns of Hiram, Baldwin,
Denmark, and Brownfield in Oxford and Cumberland Counties, Maine. The
project does not occupy federal land.
In accordance with the Commission's regulations, on January 11,
2021, Commission staff issued a notice that the project was ready for
environmental analysis (REA notice). Based on the information in the
record, including comments filed on the REA notice, staff does not
anticipate that licensing the project would constitute a major federal
action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
Therefore, staff intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) on
the application to license the Hiram Project.
The EA will be issued and circulated for review by all interested
parties. All comments filed on the EA will be analyzed by staff and
considered in the Commission's final licensing decision.
The application will be processed according to the following
schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Commission issues draft EA................ October 2021.\1\
Comments on EA............................ November 2021.
Modified 4(e) and Fishway Prescriptions... January 2022.
Issue final EA............................ April 2022.
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Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to David Turner
at (202) 502-6091 or [email protected].
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\1\ The Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) regulations
under 40 CFR 1501.10(b)(1) require that EAs be completed within 1
year of the federal action agency's decision to prepare an EA. This
notice establishes the Commission's intent to prepare an EA for the
Normanskill Project. Therefore, in accordance with CEQ's
regulations, the EA must be issued within 1 year of the issuance
date of this notice.
Dated: August 4, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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