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TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Agencies may
obtain copies of the application directly
from the applicant.
m. Individuals desiring to be included
on the Commission’s mailing list should
so indicate by writing to the Secretary
of the Commission.
n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to
Intervene: Anyone may submit
comments, a protest, or a motion to
intervene in accordance with the
requirements of Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214,
respectively. In determining the
appropriate action to take, the
Commission will consider all protests or
other comments filed, but only those
who file a motion to intervene in
accordance with the Commission’s
Rules may become a party to the
proceeding. Any comments, protests, or
motions to intervene must be received
on or before the specified comment date
for the particular application.
o. Filing and Service of Documents:
Any filing must (1) bear in all capital
letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’,
‘‘PROTEST’’, or ‘‘MOTION TO
INTERVENE’’ as applicable; (2) set forth
in the heading the name of the applicant
and the project number of the
application to which the filing
responds; (3) furnish the name, address,
and telephone number of the person
commenting, protesting or intervening;
and (4) otherwise comply with the
requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001
through 385.2005. All comments,
motions to intervene, or protests must
set forth their evidentiary basis. Any
filing made by an intervenor must be
accompanied by proof of service on all
persons listed in the service list
prepared by the Commission in this
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR
385.2010.
Dated: March 23, 2023.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 7189–015]
Green Lake Water Power Company;
Notice of Application Accepted for
Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene
and Protests, Ready for Environmental
Analysis, and Soliciting Comments,
Recommendations, Preliminary Terms
and Conditions, and Preliminary
Fishway Prescriptions
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.: 7189–015.
c. Date Filed: March 31, 2022.
d. Applicant: Green Lake Water Power
Company (Green Lake Power).
e. Name of Project: Green Lake
Hydroelectric Project (project).
f. Location: On Green Lake and Reeds
Brook in Hancock County, Maine. The
project occupies approximately two
acres of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service’s Green Lake National Fish
Hatchery.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Caroline
Kleinschmidt, Green Lake Water Power
Company, 120 Hatchery Way, Ellsworth,
ME 04605; Phone at (207) 667–3322; or
email at caroline@
greenlakewaterpower.com.
i. FERC Contact: Arash Barsari at
(202) 502–6207, or Arash.JalaliBarsari@
ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing motions to
intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, preliminary terms
and conditions, and preliminary
fishway prescriptions: 60 days from the
issuance date of this notice; reply
comments are due 105 days from the
issuance date of this notice.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file motions to
intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, preliminary terms
and conditions, and preliminary
fishway prescriptions 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 FERCOnlineSupport@
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ferc.gov, (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. The first page of any filing
should include docket number P–7189–
015.
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. This application has been accepted
for filing and is now ready for
environmental analysis.
l. Project Description: The existing
Green Lake Project consists of: (1) a
272.2-foot-long, 7.5-foot-high dam that
includes: (a) an 83-foot-long concretegravity section with a 79.8-foot-long
spillway that has a crest elevation of
160.7 feet National Geodetic Vertical
Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29), and is
topped with a 2-foot-high fish screen;
(b) a 12-foot-long concrete intake
structure with a 4.5-foot-wide, 4.5-foothigh sluice gate equipped with an 8foot-wide, 12-foot-high trashrack with a
1-inch clear bar spacing; (c) a 20.2-footlong concrete gate structure with two
approximately 6-foot-wide, 7-foot-high
sluice gates, each equipped with a
vertical lift, fish screen with an
approximately 0.75-inch mesh size; and
(d) a 157-foot-long section that includes:
(i) a 35.5-foot-long auxiliary spillway
with a crest elevation of 161.5 feet
NGVD 29; (ii) a 71-foot-long auxiliary
spillway with a crest elevation of 163.4
feet NGVD 29; and (iii) a 50.5-foot-long
auxiliary spillway with a crest elevation
of 163.8 feet NGVD 29; (2) an
impoundment (Green Lake) with a
surface area of 2,989 acres at an
elevation of 160.7 feet NGVD 29; (3) an
approximately 92-foot-long concrete
channel that conveys flows from the
spillway to Reeds Brook; (4) a 1,744foot-long penstock; (5) a 27-foot-long,
35-foot-wide concrete powerhouse
containing a 400-kilowatt (kW) AllisChalmers tube turbine-generator unit
and a 25-kW centrifugal pump turbine-
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generator unit, for a total installed
capacity of 425 kW; (6) a 35.38-footlong, 5-foot-diameter discharge pipe and
a 42.25-foot-long, 5-foot-diameter
discharge pipe from the powerhouse; (7)
a 4.8/12.47-kilovolt (kV) step-up
transformer and a 650-foot-long, 12.47kV underground transmission line that
connects the generators to the regional
grid; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The
project creates an approximately 1,900foot-long bypassed reach of Reeds
Brook.
The current license requires Green
Lake Power to: (1) maintain the
elevation of Green Lake between 159.7
feet and 160.7 feet NGVD 29 from June
1 through Labor Day weekend each year,
and between 157.5 feet and 160.7 feet
NGVD 29 for the remainder of the year;
(2) complete the fall drawdown of Green
Lake by October 15 of each year; (3)
reduce the elevation of Green Lake
during the spring drawdown to no lower
than the elevation attained on the
previous October 15 of each year; and
(4) release a year-round minimum flow
to Reeds Brook of one cubic foot per
second (cfs), or inflow to Green Lake,
whichever is less, for the protection and
enhancement of fish and wildlife
resources downstream of the dam. In
addition, the current license requires
Green Lake Power to provide flows of
up to 30 cfs to the FWS’s Green Lake
National Fish Hatchery.
The current license also requires
Green Lake Power to install screens at
the project intake to protect fish from
turbine entrainment and prevent outmigration of adult salmonids from
Green Lake.
The average annual generation of the
project was approximately 1,657.8
megawatt-hours from 2016 through
2020.
Green Lake Power proposes to modify
the trashrack structure to reduce a gap
on the side of the trashrack from 2
inches to 1 inch. Green Lake Power is
not proposing any changes to project
operation.
m. 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. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support. 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 FERC at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
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toll free, (886) 208–3676 or TTY (202)
502–8659.
n. Anyone may submit comments, a
protest, or a motion to intervene in
accordance with the requirements of
Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR
385.210, .211, and .214. In determining
the appropriate action to take, the
Commission will consider all protests or
other comments filed, but only those
who file a motion to intervene in
accordance with the Commission’s
Rules may become a party to the
proceeding. Any comments, protests, or
motions to intervene must be received
on or before the specified comment date
for the particular application.
All filings must: (1) bear in all capital
letters the title ‘‘PROTEST,’’ ‘‘MOTION
TO INTERVENE,’’ ‘‘COMMENTS,’’
‘‘REPLY COMMENTS,’’
‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’
‘‘PRELIMINARY TERMS AND
CONDITIONS,’’ or ‘‘PRELIMINARY
FISHWAY PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set
forth in the heading the name of the
applicant and the project number of the
application to which the filing
responds; (3) furnish the name, address,
and telephone number of the person
protesting or intervening; and (4)
otherwise comply with the requirements
of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005.
All comments, recommendations, terms
and conditions, or prescriptions must
set forth their evidentiary basis and
otherwise comply with the requirements
of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain
copies of the application directly from
the applicant. A copy of any protest or
motion to intervene must be served
upon each representative of the
applicant specified in the particular
application. A copy of all other filings
in reference to this application must be
accompanied by proof of service on all
persons listed on the service list
prepared by the Commission in this
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR
4.34(b) and 385.2010.
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. The applicant must file no later
than 60 days following the date of
issuance of this notice: (1) a copy of the
water quality certification; (2) a copy of
the request for certification, including
proof of the date on which the certifying
agency received the request; or (3)
evidence of waiver of water quality
certification. Please note that the
certification request must comply with
40 CFR 121.5(b), including
documentation that a pre-filing meeting
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request was submitted to the certifying
authority at least 30 days prior to
submitting the certification request.
Please also note that the certification
request must be sent to the certifying
authority and to the Commission
concurrently.
p. Procedural schedule: The
application will be processed according
to the following preliminary schedule.
Revisions to the schedule will be made
as appropriate.
Milestone
Deadline for filing interventions, protests, comments, recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary fishway prescriptions.
Deadline for filing reply comments .....
Target date
May 2023.
July 2023.
q. Final amendments to the
application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from
the issuance date of this notice.
Dated: March 23, 2023.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
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received the following Natural Gas & Oil
Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:
Filings Instituting Proceedings
Docket Numbers: RP23–579–000.
Applicants: Rockies Express Pipeline
LLC.
Description: Section 4(d) Rate Filing:
REX 2023–03–17 Negotiated Rate
Agreement Amendments to be effective
3/18/2023.
Filed Date: 3/17/23.
Accession Number: 20230317–5097.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/29/23.
Docket Numbers: RP23–584–000.
Applicants: Trailblazer Pipeline
Company LLC.
Description: Compliance filing: TPC
Annual Purchases and Sales Report to
be effective N/A.
Filed Date: 3/23/23.
Accession Number: 20230323–5059.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/4/23.
Docket Numbers: RP23–585–000.
Applicants: Rockies Express Pipeline
LLC.
Description: Compliance filing: REX
2023–03–23 Annual Purchases and
Sales Report to be effective N/A.
Filed Date: 3/23/23.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 7189-015]
Green Lake Water Power Company; Notice of Application Accepted
for Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for
Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations,
Preliminary Terms and Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions
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.: 7189-015.
c. Date Filed: March 31, 2022.
d. Applicant: Green Lake Water Power Company (Green Lake Power).
e. Name of Project: Green Lake Hydroelectric Project (project).
f. Location: On Green Lake and Reeds Brook in Hancock County,
Maine. The project occupies approximately two acres of the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service's Green Lake National Fish Hatchery.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Caroline Kleinschmidt, Green Lake Water Power
Company, 120 Hatchery Way, Ellsworth, ME 04605; Phone at (207) 667-
3322; or email at [email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Arash Barsari at (202) 502-6207, or
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary
fishway prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this notice;
reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this notice.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
motions to intervene and protests, comments, recommendations,
preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary fishway prescriptions
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. The first page of any filing should include docket
number P-7189-015.
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. This application has been accepted for filing and is now ready
for environmental analysis.
l. Project Description: The existing Green Lake Project consists
of: (1) a 272.2-foot-long, 7.5-foot-high dam that includes: (a) an 83-
foot-long concrete-gravity section with a 79.8-foot-long spillway that
has a crest elevation of 160.7 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of
1929 (NGVD 29), and is topped with a 2-foot-high fish screen; (b) a 12-
foot-long concrete intake structure with a 4.5-foot-wide, 4.5-foot-high
sluice gate equipped with an 8-foot-wide, 12-foot-high trashrack with a
1-inch clear bar spacing; (c) a 20.2-foot-long concrete gate structure
with two approximately 6-foot-wide, 7-foot-high sluice gates, each
equipped with a vertical lift, fish screen with an approximately 0.75-
inch mesh size; and (d) a 157-foot-long section that includes: (i) a
35.5-foot-long auxiliary spillway with a crest elevation of 161.5 feet
NGVD 29; (ii) a 71-foot-long auxiliary spillway with a crest elevation
of 163.4 feet NGVD 29; and (iii) a 50.5-foot-long auxiliary spillway
with a crest elevation of 163.8 feet NGVD 29; (2) an impoundment (Green
Lake) with a surface area of 2,989 acres at an elevation of 160.7 feet
NGVD 29; (3) an approximately 92-foot-long concrete channel that
conveys flows from the spillway to Reeds Brook; (4) a 1,744-foot-long
penstock; (5) a 27-foot-long, 35-foot-wide concrete powerhouse
containing a 400-kilowatt (kW) Allis-Chalmers tube turbine-generator
unit and a 25-kW centrifugal pump turbine-
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generator unit, for a total installed capacity of 425 kW; (6) a 35.38-
foot-long, 5-foot-diameter discharge pipe and a 42.25-foot-long, 5-
foot-diameter discharge pipe from the powerhouse; (7) a 4.8/12.47-
kilovolt (kV) step-up transformer and a 650-foot-long, 12.47-kV
underground transmission line that connects the generators to the
regional grid; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The project creates an
approximately 1,900-foot-long bypassed reach of Reeds Brook.
The current license requires Green Lake Power to: (1) maintain the
elevation of Green Lake between 159.7 feet and 160.7 feet NGVD 29 from
June 1 through Labor Day weekend each year, and between 157.5 feet and
160.7 feet NGVD 29 for the remainder of the year; (2) complete the fall
drawdown of Green Lake by October 15 of each year; (3) reduce the
elevation of Green Lake during the spring drawdown to no lower than the
elevation attained on the previous October 15 of each year; and (4)
release a year-round minimum flow to Reeds Brook of one cubic foot per
second (cfs), or inflow to Green Lake, whichever is less, for the
protection and enhancement of fish and wildlife resources downstream of
the dam. In addition, the current license requires Green Lake Power to
provide flows of up to 30 cfs to the FWS's Green Lake National Fish
Hatchery.
The current license also requires Green Lake Power to install
screens at the project intake to protect fish from turbine entrainment
and prevent out-migration of adult salmonids from Green Lake.
The average annual generation of the project was approximately
1,657.8 megawatt-hours from 2016 through 2020.
Green Lake Power proposes to modify the trashrack structure to
reduce a gap on the side of the trashrack from 2 inches to 1 inch.
Green Lake Power is not proposing any changes to project operation.
m. 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. For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support. 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 FERC
at [email protected] or call toll free, (886) 208-3676 or TTY
(202) 502-8659.
n. Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene
in accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure,
18 CFR 385.210, .211, and .214. In determining the appropriate action
to take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments
filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with
the Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any
comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or
before the specified comment date for the particular application.
All filings must: (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``PROTEST,'' ``MOTION TO INTERVENE,'' ``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,''
``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``PRELIMINARY TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' or
``PRELIMINARY FISHWAY PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (2) set forth in the heading the
name of the applicant and the project number of the application to
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone
number of the person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, or prescriptions must
set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the
application directly from the applicant. A copy of any protest or
motion to intervene must be served upon each representative of the
applicant specified in the particular application. A copy of all other
filings in reference to this application must be accompanied by proof
of service on all persons listed on the service list prepared by the
Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and
385.2010.
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. The applicant must file no later than 60 days following the date
of issuance of this notice: (1) a copy of the water quality
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request;
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification. Please note
that the certification request must comply with 40 CFR 121.5(b),
including documentation that a pre-filing meeting request was submitted
to the certifying authority at least 30 days prior to submitting the
certification request. Please also note that the certification request
must be sent to the certifying authority and to the Commission
concurrently.
p. 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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Deadline for filing interventions, May 2023.
protests, comments, recommendations,
preliminary terms and conditions, and
preliminary fishway prescriptions.
Deadline for filing reply comments......... July 2023.
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q. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of this notice.
Dated: March 23, 2023.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
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