Androscoggin Reservoir Company; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments, 24406-24407 [2023-08356]
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Filed Date: 4/14/23.
Accession Number: 20230414–5009.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/26/23.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
Protests may be considered, but
intervention is necessary to become a
party to the proceeding.
Androscoggin Reservoir Company;
Notice of Application Tendered for
Filing With the Commission and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for
Licensing and Deadline for
Submission of Final Amendments
Filings in Existing Proceedings
Docket Numbers: RP19–73–008.
Applicants: El Paso Natural Gas
Company, L.L.C.
Description: Compliance filing: Rate
Case Settlement Implementation Filing
to be effective 5/13/2023.
Filed Date: 4/13/23.
Accession Number: 20230413–5092.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/25/23.
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Docket Numbers: RP22–501–006.
Applicants: ANR Pipeline Company.
Description: Compliance filing: ANR
Rate Case—Compliance to Settlement
Agreement to be effective 8/1/2022.
Filed Date: 4/14/23.
Accession Number: 20230414–5048.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/26/23.
Any person desiring to protest in any
the above proceedings must file in
accordance with Rule 211 of the
Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR
385.211) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system (https://
elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/
fercgensearch.asp) by querying the
docket number.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings
can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
Dated: April 14, 2023.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 4026–055]
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.: 4026–055.
c. Date Filed: March 31, 2023.
d. Applicant: Androscoggin Reservoir
Company (ARCO).
e. Name of Project: Aziscohos
Hydroelectric Project (project).
f. Location: On the Magalloway River
in Oxford and Franklin Counties,
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: Randy Dorman,
Relicensing Manager, Brookfield
Renewable, 150 Maine Street, Lewiston,
ME 04240; phone at (207) 755–5605, or
email at Randy.Dorman@
brookfieldrenewable.com.
i. FERC Contact: Michael Watts at
(202) 502–6123, or michael.watts@
ferc.gov.
j. This application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
k. Project Description: The existing
project consists of: (1) a 74-foot-high,
881-foot-long concrete multiple archbuttress dam consisting of the following
sections: (a) a 236-foot-long concrete
ogee spillway section with a crest
elevation of 1,517.3 feet National
Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
(NGVD29), and 3-foot-high flashboards
at an elevation of 1,520.3 feet NGVD29
at the top of the flashboards; (b) a 265foot-long concrete non-overflow section
with two, 7-foot-diameter cylindrical
discharge gates; (c) a 120-foot-long
earthen dike north abutment; and (d) a
260-foot-long earthen dike south
abutment; (2) a 27-foot-high, 900-footlong earthen containment dike (Abbott
Brooke Dike) located two miles
upstream of the dam; (3) an
impoundment (Aziscohos Lake) with a
maximum water surface elevation of
1,520.3 feet NGVD29; (4) an intake
structure consisting of a modified log
sluice with stoplogs and a 96-inch
butterfly valve in the non-overflow
section of the dam; (5) a 2,462-foot-long,
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8-foot-diameter steel penstock that
provides flow to a 5.311-megawatt
vertical Kaplan turbine-generator unit
located in a concrete powerhouse; (6) a
60-foot-long tailrace; (7) a 12.47/34.5kilovolt (kV) step-up transformer and a
23.5-mile long, 34.5-kV transmission
line connecting the project generator to
the regional grid; and (8) appurtenant
facilities. The project creates an
approximately 2,400-foot-long bypassed
reach of the Magalloway River.
The project is operated as a seasonal
storage reservoir as part of the
Androscoggin River Storage System.
The current license requires ARCO to
provide a minimum flow of 130 cubic
feet per second (cfs) downstream of the
powerhouse from the start of spring
refill through September 15. The
minimum flow is increased to 214 cfs
from September 16 to the start of spring
refill each year. The current license
requires that 50 cfs of the required
minimum flow, be released from the
Aziscohos Dam into the bypassed reach
of the Magalloway River. The current
license also requires that a whitewater
flow of 900 cfs be released during the
4th weekend of June, 1st weekend of
July, and 1st weekend of September;
and a whitewater flow of 1,200 cfs be
released on the 2nd weekend of July,
and the 3rd and 4th weekend of August.
The minimum and maximum
hydraulic capacities of the powerhouse
are 290 cfs and 623 cfs, respectively.
The average annual generation of the
project was approximately 30,788
megawatt-hours from 2012 through
2022.
ARCO is not proposing any changes to
project facilities or operation at this
time.
l. 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–4026).
For assistance, contact FERC at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
(TTY). At this time, the Commission has
suspended access to the Commission’s
Public Reference Room. For assistance,
contact FERC at FERCOnlineSupport@
ferc.gov or call toll free, (886) 208–3676
or TTY (202) 502–8659.
m. You may also register online at
https://ferconline.ferc.gov/
FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via
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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
Target date
Issue Deficiency Letter ..................................................................................................................................................................
Request Additional Information (if necessary) ..............................................................................................................................
Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis .............................................................................................
Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary 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: April 14, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP22–17–000]
Rio Grande LNG, LLC; Notice
Suspending Environmental Review
Schedule of the Proposed Carbon
Capture and Sequestration System
Amendment
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The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) is suspending the
environmental review schedule of the
Carbon Capture and Sequestration
System Amendment (Amendment)
involving construction and operation of
facilities by Rio Grande LNG, LLC (RG
Examples of necessary information for EA
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a revised schedule for the EA. Note that
this requirement includes information
referred to by RG LNG in the above table
as to be filed ‘‘during detailed design,’’
which this notice is clarifying must be
filed for review and staff’s analysis in
the EA. This is not a suspension of the
Commission staff’s review of the
Amendment. Staff will continue to
process RG LNG’s proposal to the extent
possible based upon the information
filed to date while awaiting the
remaining data responses.
Additional Information
Additional information about the
Amendment is available from the
Commission’s Office of External Affairs,
at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC
website at www.ferc.gov using the
eLibrary link. Click on the eLibrary link,
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April 2023.
August 2023.
October 2023.
December 2023.
LNG) in Cameron County, Texas. The
notice of schedule, issued on December
2, 2022, identified a May 5, 2023
Environmental Assessment (EA)
issuance date. This schedule was based
upon RG LNG providing complete and
timely responses to any data requests
regarding the carbon capture systems.
Environmental and/or engineering data
requests were issued on April 27, May
2, and November 10, 2022, and January
27 and January 31, 2023. RG LNG
responded partially to these data
requests on May 20, May 27, December
9, and December 21, 2022, and February
21 and February 28, 2023. However, a
number of responses remain
outstanding and/or are deficient,
including the following, which are
integral to the development of the EA:
Date to be provided according to RG LNG
Spill Containment Information .........................................................................................................
Impoundment Radiant Heat Modeling ............................................................................................
Fire Protection Evaluation ...............................................................................................................
Hazard Detection Information .........................................................................................................
Hazard Control Information .............................................................................................................
Passive Mitigation Systems Information .........................................................................................
Emergency Shutdown Button Information ......................................................................................
Firewater Information ......................................................................................................................
Fire Protection Information ..............................................................................................................
Security Information ........................................................................................................................
Air Dispersion Modeling ..................................................................................................................
As stated in our data requests,
complete responses to these information
requests within the time frame
requested was necessary to maintain the
published schedule for issuance of the
EA. RG LNG has indicated in its
responses to staff data requests that
certain information would not be
provided in time for staff to evaluate the
responses and complete the analysis
required for the EA. Because there are
still a number of outstanding responses
to staff’s environmental and engineering
data requests, FERC staff is no longer
able to complete the EA as scheduled.
Therefore, the Commission will
suspend the environmental review
schedule for the Amendment. Once RG
LNG provides the outstanding
information, the Commission will issue
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During Detailed Design.
April 28, 2023.
click on ‘‘General Search’’ and enter the
docket number in the ‘‘Docket Number’’
field, excluding the last three digits (i.e.,
CP22–17). Be sure you have selected an
appropriate date range. For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support at
FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or (866)
208–3676, or for TTY, contact (202)
502–8659. The eLibrary link also
provides access to the texts of all formal
documents issued by the Commission,
such as orders, notices, and
rulemakings.
Dated: April 14, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 4026-055]
Androscoggin Reservoir Company; 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.: 4026-055.
c. Date Filed: March 31, 2023.
d. Applicant: Androscoggin Reservoir Company (ARCO).
e. Name of Project: Aziscohos Hydroelectric Project (project).
f. Location: On the Magalloway River in Oxford and Franklin
Counties, 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: Randy Dorman, Relicensing Manager, Brookfield
Renewable, 150 Maine Street, Lewiston, ME 04240; phone at (207) 755-
5605, or email at [email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Michael Watts at (202) 502-6123, or
[email protected].
j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
k. Project Description: The existing project consists of: (1) a 74-
foot-high, 881-foot-long concrete multiple arch-buttress dam consisting
of the following sections: (a) a 236-foot-long concrete ogee spillway
section with a crest elevation of 1,517.3 feet National Geodetic
Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD29), and 3-foot-high flashboards at an
elevation of 1,520.3 feet NGVD29 at the top of the flashboards; (b) a
265-foot-long concrete non-overflow section with two, 7-foot-diameter
cylindrical discharge gates; (c) a 120-foot-long earthen dike north
abutment; and (d) a 260-foot-long earthen dike south abutment; (2) a
27-foot-high, 900-foot-long earthen containment dike (Abbott Brooke
Dike) located two miles upstream of the dam; (3) an impoundment
(Aziscohos Lake) with a maximum water surface elevation of 1,520.3 feet
NGVD29; (4) an intake structure consisting of a modified log sluice
with stoplogs and a 96-inch butterfly valve in the non-overflow section
of the dam; (5) a 2,462-foot-long, 8-foot-diameter steel penstock that
provides flow to a 5.311-megawatt vertical Kaplan turbine-generator
unit located in a concrete powerhouse; (6) a 60-foot-long tailrace; (7)
a 12.47/34.5- kilovolt (kV) step-up transformer and a 23.5-mile long,
34.5-kV transmission line connecting the project generator to the
regional grid; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The project creates an
approximately 2,400-foot-long bypassed reach of the Magalloway River.
The project is operated as a seasonal storage reservoir as part of
the Androscoggin River Storage System. The current license requires
ARCO to provide a minimum flow of 130 cubic feet per second (cfs)
downstream of the powerhouse from the start of spring refill through
September 15. The minimum flow is increased to 214 cfs from September
16 to the start of spring refill each year. The current license
requires that 50 cfs of the required minimum flow, be released from the
Aziscohos Dam into the bypassed reach of the Magalloway River. The
current license also requires that a whitewater flow of 900 cfs be
released during the 4th weekend of June, 1st weekend of July, and 1st
weekend of September; and a whitewater flow of 1,200 cfs be released on
the 2nd weekend of July, and the 3rd and 4th weekend of August.
The minimum and maximum hydraulic capacities of the powerhouse are
290 cfs and 623 cfs, respectively. The average annual generation of the
project was approximately 30,788 megawatt-hours from 2012 through 2022.
ARCO is not proposing any changes to project facilities or
operation at this time.
l. 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-
4026). For assistance, contact FERC at [email protected],
(866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). At this time, the
Commission has suspended access to the Commission's Public Reference
Room. For assistance, contact FERC at [email protected] or
call toll free, (886) 208-3676 or TTY (202) 502-8659.
m. You may also register online at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via
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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..................... April 2023.
Request Additional Information (if August 2023.
necessary).
Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for October 2023.
Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms December 2023.
and conditions, and preliminary 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: April 14, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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