KEI (Maine) Power Management (II) LLC; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments, 5813-5814 [2022-02152]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 2, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5813-5814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02152]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 4202-025]


KEI (Maine) Power Management (II) LLC; Notice Soliciting Scoping 
Comments

    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.: 4202-025.
    c. Date Filed: September 28, 2021.
    d. Applicant: KEI (Maine) Power Management (II), LLC (KEI Power).
    e. Name of Project: Lowell Tannery Project (project).
    f. Location: On the Passadumkeag River in Penobscot County, Maine. 
The project does not occupy any federal land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Lewis C. Loon, KEI (Maine) Power 
Management (II), LLC c/o KEI (USA) Power Management Inc., 423 Brunswick 
Avenue, Gardiner, ME 04345; Phone at (207) 203-3025, or email at 
[email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Arash Barsari at (202) 502-6207, or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: February 26, 2022.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
scoping comments using the Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. Commenters can submit brief 
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the 
eComment system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx. You 
must include your name and contact information at the end of your 
comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected], (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: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via 
any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, 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: Lowell Tannery Project (P-4202-025).
    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. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The existing project consists of: (1) A 230-foot-long, 21.5-
foot-high concrete gravity dam that includes the following sections: 
(a) A left abutment section; (b) a 30-foot-long primary spillway with 
42-inch-high flashboards and a crest elevation of 187.5 feet mean sea 
level (msl) at the top of the flashboards; (c) a 30.2-foot-long section 
with a seven-foot-wide log sluice and a ten-foot-wide tainter gate; (d) 
an 89-foot-long auxiliary spillway with 42-inch-high flashboards and a 
crest elevation of 187.5 feet msl at the top of the flashboards; (e) a 
22.2-foot-long intake structure with two 15.5-foot-wide, 15.8-foot-
high, angled trashracks with 1.5-inch clear bar spacing; and (f) a 
right abutment section; (2) an impoundment with a surface area of 
approximately 341 acres at an elevation of 187.5 feet msl; (3) a 69.4-
foot-long, 26.7-foot-wide concrete powerhouse containing a 1,000-
kilowatt vertical Kaplan turbine-generator unit; (4) a tailrace channel 
that discharges into the Passadumkeag River; (5) a 2.3/12.5-kilovolt 
(kV) step-up transformer and a 200-foot-long, 12.5-kV transmission line 
that connects the generator to the local utility distribution

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system; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The project creates an 
approximately 70-foot-long bypassed reach of the Passadumkeag River.
    As required by Article 19 of the current license, KEI Power 
operates the project as a run-of-river (ROR) facility. Downstream fish 
passage is provided by a bypass facility located adjacent to the left 
side of the intake structure and powerhouse, and consists of a 3.7-
foot-wide log sluice, a 5.1-foot-wide, 5.8-foot-long concrete fish 
collection box, and a 69.7-foot-long, 18-inch-diameter fiberglass fish 
passage pipe that discharges into a plunge pool next to the tailrace. 
Upstream fish passage is provided by a 3-foot-wide Denil fishway 
located adjacent to the right side of the intake structure and 
powerhouse.
    KEI Power proposes to: (1) Continue operating the project as a ROR 
facility; (2) install upstream and downstream eel passage facilities; 
(3) install seasonal trashrack overlays with 0.875 inch diameter holes; 
(4) modify the discharge location of the existing downstream fish 
passage pipe to discharge adjacent to the existing upstream fish 
passage entrance; and (5) develop a fishway operation and management 
plan.
    The average annual generation of the project was approximately 
4,144 megawatt-hours from 2016 through 2020.
    m. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the 
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an 
opportunity to view and/or print the contents via the internet through 
the Commission's Home Page (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 at [email protected] or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or 
TYY, (202) 502-8659.
    n. You may also register online at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    o. Scoping Process.
    Commission staff will prepare either an environmental assessment 
(EA) or an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that describes and 
evaluates the probable effects, if any, of the licensee's proposed 
action and alternatives. The EA or EIS will consider environmental 
impacts and reasonable alternatives to the proposed action. The 
Commission's scoping process will help determine the required level of 
analysis and satisfy the NEPA scoping requirements, irrespective of 
whether the Commission prepares an EA or an EIS. At this time, we do 
not anticipate holding on-site scoping meetings. Instead, we are 
soliciting written comments and suggestions on the preliminary list of 
issues and alternatives to be addressed in the NEPA document, as 
described in scoping document 1 (SD1), issued January 27, 2022.
    Copies of the SD1 outlining the subject areas to be addressed in 
the NEPA document were distributed to the parties on the Commission's 
mailing list and the applicant's distribution list. Copies of SD1 may 
be viewed on the web 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, call 1-866-
208-3676 or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.

    Dated: January 27, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-02152 Filed 2-1-22; 8:45 am]
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