Lakeport Hydroelectric One, LLC; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments, 12447-12448 [2022-04555]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 43 (Friday, March 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12447-12448]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04555]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 6440-010]


Lakeport Hydroelectric One, 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.: 6440-010.
    c. Date Filed: August 30, 2021.
    d. Applicant: Lakeport Hydroelectric One, LLC (Lakeport).
    e. Name of Project: Lakeport Hydroelectric Project (project).
    f. Location: On the Winnipesaukee River in Belknap County, New 
Hampshire. 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: Ms. Jody Smet, Lakeport Hydroelectric One, 
LLC c/o Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC, 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 
1100W, Bethesda, MD 20814; Phone at (240) 482-2700, or email at 
[email protected]..
    i. FERC Contact: Erin Kimsey at (202) 502-8621, or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for Filing Scoping Comments: March 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, 
MD 20852. All filings must clearly identify the project name and docket 
number on the first page: Lakeport Project (P-6440-010).

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    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 Lakeport Hydroelectric Project consists of: (1) A 
243-foot-long, 12.34-foot-high concrete gravity dam that includes the 
following sections: (a) A 60-foot-long, 12.34-foot-high east abutment 
section; (b) 78-foot-long, 4-foot-high section with a sill elevation of 
495.22 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD29), topped 
with three 10-foot-high, 18-foot-wide slide gates; (c) an approximately 
15-foot-long overflow section with a crest elevation of 505.33 feet 
NGVD29; (d) an approximately 21-foot-long, 10-foot-wide center pier; 
(e) a 25-foot-long, 12.33-foot-high stoplog section; and (f) a 44-foot-
long, 41.67-foot-wide concrete powerhouse that is integral with the dam 
and that contains three 200-kW vertical submersible Flygt turbine-
generator units located on outdoor concrete pilings for a total 
installed capacity of 600 kW; (2) a 75-foot-long stone training wall 
that extends downstream on the western side of the powerhouse; (3) an 
impoundment (Lake Winnipesaukee) with a surface area of approximately 
46,208 acres and a storage capacity of 165,800 acre-feet at an 
elevation of 504 feet NGVD29; (4) a 2,500-square-foot forebay area; (4) 
a 7.7-foot-long, 15-foot-high concrete and granite intake structure 
that is equipped with three 6-foot-diameter, 10-foot-long cylindrical 
headgates and a trashrack with 2-inch clear bar spacing with a 0.75-
inch overlay; (5) a 23-foot-long, 30.5-foot-wide, 20-foot-high concrete 
and lumber control building adjacent to the powerhouse, on the eastern 
shoreline; (6) a 200-foot-long, 50-foot-wide tailrace that discharges 
into the Winnipesaukee River; (7) three 30- to 55-foot-long, 0.48-
kilovolt (kV) generator leads, three 0.48/12.4-kV step-up transformers 
at a substation adjacent to the control building that connect the 
project to the local utility distribution system; and (8) appurtenant 
facilities. The average annual energy production of the project from 
2015 to 2019, was 2,250 MWh.
    Lakeport proposes to prepare a trashrack replacement plan, in 
consultation with agencies. Lakeport is not proposing any operational 
changes.
    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 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 
scoping requirements, irrespective of whether the Commission prepares 
an EA or an EIS. At this time, we do 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 
February 24, 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: February 24, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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