Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC; Errol Hydro Co., LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With The Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments, 44355 [2021-17240]
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Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC;
Errol Hydro Co., 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.: 3133–033.
c. Date Filed: July 30, 2021.
d. Applicant: Brookfield White Pine
Hydro, LLC and Errol Hydroelectric Co.,
LLC (licensees).
e. Name of Project: Errol
Hydroelectric Project (Errol Project).
f. Location: The Errol Project is
located on the Androscoggin River and
Umbagog Lake, near the Town of Errol,
and Township of Cambridge, NH, in
Coos Wing County, New Hampshire and
the Towns of Magalloway Plantation
and Upton in Oxford County, Maine.
The project occupies 3,285 acres federal
land in the Umbagog National Wildlife
Refuge administered by the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service.
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g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Tom
Uncher, Vice President, Brookfield
White Pine Hydro, LLC, Errol
Hydroelectric Co., LLC, 339B Big Bay
Rd., Queensbury, NY 12804 Phone at:
(518) 743–2018 Thomas.Uncher@
brookfieldrenewable.com.
i. FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott at
(202) 502–6480 or email at
kelly.wolcott@ferc.gov.
j. This application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
k. The Errol Project consists of: (1) An
existing dam consisting of a 25-foothigh, 202.5- foot-long gated section
separated by rock-filled timber or
concrete crib piers supporting five
sluice gates and seven deep gates, and
an earthen dike with a sheet steel cutoff wall on the upstream side, extending
approximately 50 feet from the end of
the gated section of the dam to the
northwestern wall of the powerhouse
and then extending another
approximately 70 feet from the
southeastern powerhouse wall to the
eastern embankment; (2) an
approximately 9,098-acre project
impoundment with a storage capacity of
89,568 acre-feet at a normal pond
elevation of 1,247 feet, which includes
an approximately 3-mile-long reach of
the Androscoggin River above Errol
Dam, Umbagog Lake, and approximately
4.3 miles of the Magalloway River; (3)
a reinforced concrete powerhouse
containing one horizontal double
regulated bulb turbine-generator unit
with a hydraulic capacity of 2,600 cubic
feet per second and an authorized
installed generating capacity of 2,031
kilowatts (kW); (4) an approximately 80foot-long tailrace; (5) a 3,333-kilovoltampere substation power transformer;
and (6) appurtenant facilities.
The Errol Project is operated in
accordance with the current license, and
three water agreements that dictate
operational flows in the watershed for
other hydropower developments and for
waterfowl nesting, with an estimated
annual energy production of
approximately 15,944 megawatt hours.
The licensees propose to operate the
project allowing for seasonal flows
necessary for waterfowl nesting in
Umbagog Lake and spring runoff and
does not propose any new construction
to the project. A license amendment was
issued for the project in 2016 (156 FERC
¶ 62,045 (2016)), which approved the
installation of a sixth turbine generator
unit, which would increase the total
installed capacity to 3,542.5 kW;
however, the additional generator unit
has not yet been installed.
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l. A copy of the application can 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. At this time, the Commission
has suspended access to the
Commission’s Public Reference Room
due to the proclamation declaring a
National Emergency concerning the
Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19)
issued on March 13, 2020. For
assistance, contact FERC at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
toll-free, (866) 208–3676 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 schedule.
Revisions to the schedule will be made
as appropriate.
Milestone
Issue Deficiency Letter
(if necessary).
Request Additional Information.
Notice of Acceptance
December.
Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis
TBD.
Target date
September 2021.
September 2021.
2021.
o. 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: August 6, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 3133-033]
Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC; Errol Hydro Co., 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.: 3133-033.
c. Date Filed: July 30, 2021.
d. Applicant: Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC and Errol
Hydroelectric Co., LLC (licensees).
e. Name of Project: Errol Hydroelectric Project (Errol Project).
f. Location: The Errol Project is located on the Androscoggin River
and Umbagog Lake, near the Town of Errol, and Township of Cambridge,
NH, in Coos Wing County, New Hampshire and the Towns of Magalloway
Plantation and Upton in Oxford County, Maine. The project occupies
3,285 acres federal land in the Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge
administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Tom Uncher, Vice President, Brookfield
White Pine Hydro, LLC, Errol Hydroelectric Co., LLC, 339B Big Bay Rd.,
Queensbury, NY 12804 Phone at: (518) 743-2018
[email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott at (202) 502-6480 or email at
[email protected].
j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
k. The Errol Project consists of: (1) An existing dam consisting of
a 25-foot-high, 202.5- foot-long gated section separated by rock-filled
timber or concrete crib piers supporting five sluice gates and seven
deep gates, and an earthen dike with a sheet steel cut-off wall on the
upstream side, extending approximately 50 feet from the end of the
gated section of the dam to the northwestern wall of the powerhouse and
then extending another approximately 70 feet from the southeastern
powerhouse wall to the eastern embankment; (2) an approximately 9,098-
acre project impoundment with a storage capacity of 89,568 acre-feet at
a normal pond elevation of 1,247 feet, which includes an approximately
3-mile-long reach of the Androscoggin River above Errol Dam, Umbagog
Lake, and approximately 4.3 miles of the Magalloway River; (3) a
reinforced concrete powerhouse containing one horizontal double
regulated bulb turbine-generator unit with a hydraulic capacity of
2,600 cubic feet per second and an authorized installed generating
capacity of 2,031 kilowatts (kW); (4) an approximately 80-foot-long
tailrace; (5) a 3,333-kilovolt-ampere substation power transformer; and
(6) appurtenant facilities.
The Errol Project is operated in accordance with the current
license, and three water agreements that dictate operational flows in
the watershed for other hydropower developments and for waterfowl
nesting, with an estimated annual energy production of approximately
15,944 megawatt hours. The licensees propose to operate the project
allowing for seasonal flows necessary for waterfowl nesting in Umbagog
Lake and spring runoff and does not propose any new construction to the
project. A license amendment was issued for the project in 2016 (156
FERC ] 62,045 (2016)), which approved the installation of a sixth
turbine generator unit, which would increase the total installed
capacity to 3,542.5 kW; however, the additional generator unit has not
yet been installed.
l. A copy of the application can 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. At this time, the Commission has
suspended access to the Commission's Public Reference Room due to the
proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning the Novel
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) issued on March 13, 2020. For
assistance, contact FERC at [email protected] or call toll-
free, (866) 208-3676 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 schedule. Revisions to the schedule will
be made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary) September 2021.
Request Additional Information........ September 2021.
Notice of Acceptance December......... 2021.
Notice of Ready for Environmental
Analysis TBD.
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o. 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: August 6, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-17240 Filed 8-11-21; 8:45 am]
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