Rumford Falls Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments, 63770-63771 [2022-22771]

Download as PDF 63770 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 202 / Thursday, October 20, 2022 / Notices Dated: October 14, 2022. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2022–22777 Filed 10–19–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. ER23–71–000] lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Buena Vista Energy Center, LLC; Supplemental Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate Filing Includes Request for Blanket Section 204 Authorization This is a supplemental notice in the above-referenced proceeding of Buena Vista Energy Center, LLC’s application for market-based rate authority, with an accompanying rate tariff, noting that such application includes a request for blanket authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of future issuances of securities and assumptions of liability. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest should file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Notice is hereby given that the deadline for filing protests with regard to the applicant’s request for blanket authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of future issuances of securities and assumptions of liability, is November 3, 2022. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at https:// www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with internet access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the intervention or protests. Persons unable to file electronically may mail similar pleadings to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Hand delivered submissions in docketed proceedings should be delivered to Health and Human Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the Federal VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:50 Oct 19, 2022 Jkt 259001 Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document 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. 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 by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 502–8659. Dated: October 14, 2022. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2022–22775 Filed 10–19–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2333–094] Rumford Falls 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.: 2333–094. c. Date Filed: September 29, 2022. d. Applicant: Rumford Falls Hydro LLC. e. Name of Project: Rumford Falls Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: On the Androscoggin River in the Town of Rumford, Oxford County, Maine. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Luke Anderson, Rumford Falls Hydro LLC, Brookfield Renewable, 150 Main St., Lewiston, Maine, 04240, (207) 755– 5613, luke.anderson@ brookfieldrenewable.com. i. FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen at (202) 502–8074 or email at ryan.hansen@ ferc.gov. j. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 k. Project Description: The project consists of two developments: the Upper Station and Lower Station. The Upper Station Development consists of the following existing facilities: (1) a concrete gravity dam with a 464-footlong, 37-foot-high ogee type spillway section with 32-inch-high, pinsupported wooden flashboards; (2) a reservoir with a storage capacity of 2,900 acre-feet and a surface area of approximately 419 acres at a maximum headwater elevation of 601.24 feet; (3) a 2,300-foot-long, 150-foot-wide forebay; (4) a gatehouse containing two headgates for each of the four penstocks for a total of eight headgates with trashracks; (5) four 110-foot-long underground steel-plate penstocks, three of which are 12 feet in diameter, and one of which is 13 feet in diameter; (6) a masonry powerhouse integral with the dam that is composed of two adjoing stations(a) a 30-foot-wide, 110-foot-long, 92-foot-high Old Station, containing one horizontal generating unit with a capacity of 4,300 kilowatts (kW), and (b) a 60-foot-wide, 140-foot-long, 76-foothigh New Station containing three vertical generating units, two with a capacity of 8,100 kW each, and one with a capacity of 8,800 kW; (7) four 11.5kilovolt (kV) overhead transmission lines, two of which are de-energized, and the other two are: a 4,500-foot-long line 2 and a 4,200-foot-long line 3; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The Lower Station Development consists of the following existing facilities: (1) a rock-filled, wooden cribbed and concrete-capped Middle Dam, with a 328.6-foot-long, 20-foothigh gravity spillway section with a crest elevation of 502.74 feet with 16inch-high, pin-supported, wooden flashboards; (2) a reservoir with storage capacity of 141 acre-feet and a surface area of 21 acres at a normal maximum headwater elevation of 502.7 feet; (3) a 120-foot-long concrete headgate structure located adjacent to the dam with ten steel headgates and a waste weir section perpendicular to the headgate structure with a crest elevation of 502.6 feet and 10-inch-high flashboards regulating flow to the Middle Canal; (4) a 2,400-foot-long Middle Canal with a width ranging from 75 to 175 feet and a depth from 8 to 11 feet; (5) a gatehouse containing two headgates, trashracks, and other appurtenant equipment regulating flow from the canal into two penstocks; (6) two 815-foot-long, 12-foot-diameter, steel-plate penstocks conveying flow from the gatehouse to two surge tanks; (7) two 36-foot-diameter, 50.5-foot-high cylindrical surge tanks; (8) two 77-foot- E:\FR\FM\20OCN1.SGM 20OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 202 / Thursday, October 20, 2022 / Notices long, 12-foot-diameter steel penstocks conveying flow from the surge tanks to the powerhouse; (9) a masonry powerhouse containing two identical vertical units, each with a 7,600-kW capacity; (10) two 600-foot-long, 11.5-kV parallel generator leads; and (11) appurtenant facilities. Rumford Falls Hydro LLC operates the project in a run-of-river mode and does not propose any changes to project facilities or operation. The project would continue to generate an estimated average of 270,800 megawatt-hours annually. l. Location of the Application: In addition to publishing the full text of this notice in the Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this notice, as well as other documents in the proceeding (e.g., license application) 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 (P–2333). 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 Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate. Milestone Target date Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary) ....................................................................................................................................... Issue Additional Information Request (if necessary) ................................................................................................................. Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis .......................................................................................... Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions ....................................................... 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: October 13, 2022. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2022–22771 Filed 10–19–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP22–138–000] lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Northern Lights 2023 Expansion Project The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) has prepared a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Northern Lights 2023 Expansion Project (Project), proposed by Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern) in the above-referenced docket. Northern requests a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and authorization to abandon, construct, operate, and maintain certain natural gas transmission pipeline facilities in Freeborn, Washington, Scott, Sherburne, and Stearns Counties, Minnesota and Monroe County, Wisconsin. The Project purpose is to provide incremental winter firm service of 44,222 dekatherms per day (Dth/d) to Northern’s residential, commercial, and VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:50 Oct 19, 2022 Jkt 259001 industrial customer market and 6,667 Dth/d of additional firm service that will allow a shipper enhanced reliability and flexibility in natural gas transportation capacity for electric generation. The draft EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of the construction and operation of the Project in accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). FERC staff concludes that approval of the proposed Project, with the mitigation measures recommended in the EIS, would result in some adverse environmental impacts; however, with the exception of potential impacts on climate change, we conclude that impacts would be reduced to less than significant levels. Regarding climate change impacts, the EIS is not characterizing the Project’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as significant or not significant because the Commission is conducting a generic proceeding to determine whether and how the Commission will conduct significance determinations going forward.1 Special construction methods in proximity to residences are shown on Northern’s Site-Specific Residential Construction Plans (see appendix N of the draft EIS), which we have reviewed and found acceptable; however, we encourage affected landowners to review these site-specific drawings and provide comments, as warranted. The draft EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the construction, abandonment, and 1 Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Natural Gas Infrastructure Project Reviews, 178 FERC ¶ 61,108 (2022); 178 FERC ¶ 61,197 (2022). PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4703 63771 Sfmt 4703 October 2022. November 2022. March 2023. May 2023. operation of the following Project facilities: • Ventura North E-line Extension (Ventura Extension)—2.8 miles of 36inch-diameter pipeline extension of the Ventura North E-Line in Freeborn County, Minnesota; • Elk River 3rd Branch Line Loop 2 (Elk River Loop)—1.1 miles of 30-inchdiameter pipeline loop in Washington County, Minnesota; • Willmar D Branch Line Extension (Willmar Extension)—1.1 miles of 24inch-diameter pipeline extension in Scott County, Minnesota; • Princeton Tie-Over Loop Extension (Princeton Extension)—2.5 miles of 8inch-diameter pipeline loop extension in Sherburne County, Minnesota; • Paynesville 2nd Branch Line Loop (Paynesville Loop)—2.0 miles of 4-inchdiameter pipeline loop in Stearns County, Minnesota; and • Tomah Branch Line Loop Extension (Tomah Extension)—0.3 mile of 8-inchdiameter pipeline extension in Monroe County, Wisconsin. • The aboveground facilities proposed for this Project would include one new pig 3 launcher, four new valve settings, replacement of valves and piping inside four facilities, and installation of two rupture-mitigation valves (RMV), associated piping, and buildings. • Abandonment and removal of two valve settings and associated piping. 2 A loop is a segment of pipeline parallel to a mainline that connects to it at both ends and allows more gas to flow through that segment. 3 A ‘‘pig’’ is a tool that the pipeline company inserts into and pushes through the pipeline for cleaning the pipeline, conducting internal inspections, or other purposes. 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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 202 (Thursday, October 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63770-63771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22771]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2333-094]


Rumford Falls 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.: 2333-094.
    c. Date Filed: September 29, 2022.
    d. Applicant: Rumford Falls Hydro LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Rumford Falls Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Androscoggin River in the Town of Rumford, 
Oxford County, Maine.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Luke Anderson, Rumford Falls Hydro LLC, 
Brookfield Renewable, 150 Main St., Lewiston, Maine, 04240, (207) 755-
5613, [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen at (202) 502-8074 or email at 
[email protected].
    j. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. Project Description: The project consists of two developments: 
the Upper Station and Lower Station. The Upper Station Development 
consists of the following existing facilities: (1) a concrete gravity 
dam with a 464-foot-long, 37-foot-high ogee type spillway section with 
32-inch-high, pin-supported wooden flashboards; (2) a reservoir with a 
storage capacity of 2,900 acre-feet and a surface area of approximately 
419 acres at a maximum headwater elevation of 601.24 feet; (3) a 2,300-
foot-long, 150-foot-wide forebay; (4) a gatehouse containing two 
headgates for each of the four penstocks for a total of eight headgates 
with trashracks; (5) four 110-foot-long underground steel-plate 
penstocks, three of which are 12 feet in diameter, and one of which is 
13 feet in diameter; (6) a masonry powerhouse integral with the dam 
that is composed of two adjoing stations(a) a 30-foot-wide, 110-foot-
long, 92-foot-high Old Station, containing one horizontal generating 
unit with a capacity of 4,300 kilowatts (kW), and (b) a 60-foot-wide, 
140-foot-long, 76-foot-high New Station containing three vertical 
generating units, two with a capacity of 8,100 kW each, and one with a 
capacity of 8,800 kW; (7) four 11.5-kilovolt (kV) overhead transmission 
lines, two of which are de-energized, and the other two are: a 4,500-
foot-long line 2 and a 4,200-foot-long line 3; and (8) appurtenant 
facilities.
    The Lower Station Development consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) a rock-filled, wooden cribbed and concrete-capped 
Middle Dam, with a 328.6-foot-long, 20-foot-high gravity spillway 
section with a crest elevation of 502.74 feet with 16-inch-high, pin-
supported, wooden flashboards; (2) a reservoir with storage capacity of 
141 acre-feet and a surface area of 21 acres at a normal maximum 
headwater elevation of 502.7 feet; (3) a 120-foot-long concrete 
headgate structure located adjacent to the dam with ten steel headgates 
and a waste weir section perpendicular to the headgate structure with a 
crest elevation of 502.6 feet and 10-inch-high flashboards regulating 
flow to the Middle Canal; (4) a 2,400-foot-long Middle Canal with a 
width ranging from 75 to 175 feet and a depth from 8 to 11 feet; (5) a 
gatehouse containing two headgates, trashracks, and other appurtenant 
equipment regulating flow from the canal into two penstocks; (6) two 
815-foot-long, 12-foot-diameter, steel-plate penstocks conveying flow 
from the gatehouse to two surge tanks; (7) two 36-foot-diameter, 50.5-
foot-high cylindrical surge tanks; (8) two 77-foot-

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long, 12-foot-diameter steel penstocks conveying flow from the surge 
tanks to the powerhouse; (9) a masonry powerhouse containing two 
identical vertical units, each with a 7,600-kW capacity; (10) two 600-
foot-long, 11.5-kV parallel generator leads; and (11) appurtenant 
facilities.
    Rumford Falls Hydro LLC operates the project in a run-of-river mode 
and does not propose any changes to project facilities or operation. 
The project would continue to generate an estimated average of 270,800 
megawatt-hours annually.
    l. Location of the Application: In addition to publishing the full 
text of this notice in the Federal Register, the Commission provides 
all interested persons an opportunity to view and/or print the contents 
of this notice, as well as other documents in the proceeding (e.g., 
license application) 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 (P-2333). For assistance, contact FERC at 
FERCOnlin[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 Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 
schedule may be made as appropriate.

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               Milestone                           Target date
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)  October 2022.
Issue Additional Information Request    November 2022.
 (if necessary).
Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready    March 2023.
 for Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary  May 2023.
 terms and conditions, and fishway
 prescriptions.
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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: October 13, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-22771 Filed 10-19-22; 8:45 am]
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