KEI Power Management, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions, 48160-48162 [2024-12322]
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CFR 385.211, 385.214, or 385.206) 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.
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.
The Commission’s Office of Public
Participation (OPP) supports meaningful
public engagement and participation in
Commission proceedings. OPP can help
members of the public, including
landowners, environmental justice
communities, Tribal members and
others, access publicly available
information and navigate Commission
processes. For public inquiries and
assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for
rehearing, the public is encouraged to
contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@
ferc.gov.
Dated: May 30, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–12329 Filed 6–4–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. ER24–1889–000]
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NMRD Data Center III, 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 NMRD
Data Center III, 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
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to the applicant’s request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability, is June 20,
2024.
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
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). From the Commission’s
Home Page on the internet, this
information is available on eLibrary.
The full text of this document is
available on eLibrary in PDF and
Microsoft Word format for viewing,
printing, and/or downloading. To access
this document in eLibrary, type the
docket number excluding the last three
digits of this document in the docket
number field.
User assistance is available for
eLibrary and the Commission’s website
during normal business hours from
FERC Online Support at 202–502–6652
(toll free at 1–866–208–3676) or email at
ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or the
Public Reference Room at (202) 502–
8371, TTY (202) 502–8659. Email the
Public Reference Room at
public.referenceroom@ferc.gov.
The Commission’s Office of Public
Participation (OPP) supports meaningful
public engagement and participation in
Commission proceedings. OPP can help
members of the public, including
landowners, environmental justice
communities, Tribal members and
others, access publicly available
information and navigate Commission
processes. For public inquiries and
assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for
rehearing, the public is encouraged to
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contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@
ferc.gov.
Dated: May 30, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 4202–025]
KEI Power Management, LLC; Notice
of Application Accepted for Filing,
Soliciting Motions To Intervene and
Protests, Ready for Environmental
Analysis, and Soliciting Comments,
Recommendations, Terms and
Conditions, and 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.: 4202–025.
c. Date Filed: September 28, 2021.
d. Applicant: KEI (Maine) Power
Management (II), LLC.
e. Name of Project: Lowell Tannery
Hydroelectric Project (project).
f. Location: On the Passadumkeag
River in Penobscot County, Maine.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Lewis Loon,
KEI (Maine) Power Management (II) LLC
c/o KEI (USA) Power Management Inc.,
423 Brunswick Avenue, Gardiner, ME
04345; (207) 203–3025 or LewisC.Loon@
kruger.com.
i. FERC Contact: Robert Haltner at
(202) 502–8612 or robert.haltner@
ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing motions to
intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, terms and
conditions, and 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, terms and
conditions, and 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/Quick
Comment.aspx. For assistance, please
contact FERC Online Support at
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FERCOnlineSupport@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: Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Submissions sent via any other carrier
must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A.
Reese, Acting 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 Hydroelectric
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. This application has been accepted
and is now ready for environmental
analysis.
l. The Lowell Tannery Project consists
of: (1) a 242.8-foot-long, 21.5-foot-high
concrete gravity dam that includes: (a)
a 3-foot-long south abutment section; (b)
a 35-foot-long section that includes a
27.2-foot-long primary spillway with 42inch-high flashboards and a crest
elevation of 187.5 feet National Geodetic
Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD29) at the
top of the flashboards; (c) a 30.2-footlong section with a seven-foot-wide,
14.5-foot-high log sluice and a ten-footwide, 19-foot-high tainter gate; (d) an
89-foot-long auxiliary spillway with 42inch-high flashboards and a crest
elevation of 187.5 feet NGVD29 at the
top of the flashboards; (e) a 26.7-footlong intake structure with two 15.5-footwide, 15.8-foot-high, angled trashracks
with 1.5-inch clear bar spacing; and (f)
a 58.9-foot-long north abutment section;
(2) an impoundment with a surface area
of approximately 341 acres at an
elevation of 187.5 feet NGVD29; (3) a
69.4-foot-long, 26.7-foot-wide concrete
powerhouse containing a 1,000-kilowatt
vertical Kaplan turbine-generator unit;
(4) a 60-foot-long, 26.7-foot-wide, 13.4foot-deep tailrace channel that
discharges into the Passadumkeag River;
(5) a 165-foot-long, 2.3-kV transmission
line connecting the turbine-generator
unit to a 2.3/12.5-kilovolt (kV) step-up
transformer that connects to the local
utility distribution system; and (6)
appurtenant facilities. The project
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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,
such that project outflow approximates
inflow to the impoundment.
Downstream fish passage is provided
by a bypass facility located adjacent to
the south side of the intake structure
and powerhouse, and consists of a 3.7foot-wide, 6.2-foot-high stoplog slot; a
5.1-foot-wide, 5.8-foot-long concrete fish
collection box; and a 69.7-foot-long, 24inch-diameter fiberglass fish passage
pipe that discharges into a 13.4-footdeep plunge pool next to the tailrace.
Upstream fish passage is provided by a
3-foot-wide Denil fishway located
adjacent to the north side of the intake
structure and powerhouse.
Recreation facilities at the project
include a hand-carry boat access area on
the north side of the dam, a parking
area, and a canoe portage.
The minimum and maximum
hydraulic capacities of the powerhouse
are 90 and 905 cfs, respectively. The
average annual generation of the project
was approximately 4,144 megawatthours from 2016 through 2020.
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.
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 (P–4202). For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support.
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,’’
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‘‘REPLY COMMENTS,’’
‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘TERMS
AND CONDITIONS,’’ or
‘‘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.
The Commission’s Office of Public
Participation (OPP) supports meaningful
public engagement and participation in
Commission proceedings. OPP can help
members of the public, including
landowners, environmental justice
communities, Tribal members and
others, access publicly available
information and navigate Commission
processes. For public inquiries and
assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for
rehearing, the public is encouraged to
contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@
ferc.gov.
You may also register online at
https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/
overview 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.
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
Deadline for filing interventions, protests, comments,
recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions,
and preliminary fishway prescriptions.
Deadline for filing reply comments.
Target date
July 2024.
August 2024.
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: May 30, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–12322 Filed 6–4–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings
Take notice that the Commission has
received the following Natural Gas
Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:
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Filings Instituting Proceedings
Docket Numbers: RP24–164–000.
Applicants: Carolina Gas
Transmission, LLC.
Description: Motion Filing: CGT—
Rate Case Motion Filing to be effective
6/1/2024.
Filed Date: 5/30/24.
Accession Number: 20240530–5108.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 6/11/24.
Docket Numbers: RP24–780–000.
Applicants: Maritimes & Northeast
Pipeline, LLC.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing:
Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, LLC
2024 Section 4 Rate Case Filing to be
effective 7/1/2024.
Filed Date: 5/30/24.
Accession Number: 20240530–5043.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 6/11/24.
Docket Numbers: RP24–781–000.
Applicants: Algonquin Gas
Transmission, LLC.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing:
Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC 2024
Section 4 Rate Case Filing to be effective
7/1/2024.
Filed Date: 5/30/24.
Accession Number: 20240530–5056.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 6/11/24.
Docket Numbers: RP24–782–000.
Applicants: MarkWest Pioneer, LLC.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing:
Quarterly Fuel Adjustment Filing to be
effective 7/1/2024.
Filed Date: 5/30/24.
Accession Number: 20240530–5069.
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Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 6/11/24.
Docket Numbers: RP24–783–000.
Applicants: El Paso Natural Gas
Company, LLC.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing:
Negotiated Rate Agreement Update
(Conoco June 2024) to be effective 6/1/
2024.
Filed Date: 5/30/24.
Accession Number: 20240530–5153.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 6/11/24.
Docket Numbers: RP24–784–000.
Applicants: Columbia Gas
Transmission, LLC.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing:
Housekeeping Clean-Up to be effective
7/1/2024.
Filed Date: 5/30/24.
Accession Number: 20240530–5168.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 6/11/24.
Any person desiring to intervene, to
protest, or to answer a complaint in any
of the above proceedings must file in
accordance with Rules 211, 214, or 206
of the Commission’s Regulations (18
CFR 385.211, 385.214, or 385.206) 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.
Filings in Existing Proceedings
Docket Numbers: RP24–164–002.
Applicants: Carolina Gas
Transmission, LLC.
Description: Compliance filing:
CGT—Rate Case Motion Filing (Revised
Tariff Record) to be effective 6/1/2024.
Filed Date: 5/30/24.
Accession Number: 20240530–5113.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 6/11/24.
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/fercgen
search.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.
The Commission’s Office of Public
Participation (OPP) supports meaningful
public engagement and participation in
Commission proceedings. OPP can help
members of the public, including
landowners, environmental justice
communities, Tribal members and
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others, access publicly available
information and navigate Commission
processes. For public inquiries and
assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for
rehearing, the public is encouraged to
contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@
ferc.gov.
Dated: May 30, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–12328 Filed 6–4–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2853–073]
Montana Department of Natural
Resources and Conservation; Notice
of Availability of Draft Environmental
Assessment
In accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and
the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission’s (Commission)
regulations, 18 CFR part 380, the Office
of Energy Projects has reviewed the
application for license for the
Broadwater Hydroelectric Project,
located on the Missouri River in
Broadwater County, Montana and has
prepared a Draft Environmental
Assessment (DEA) for the project. The
project is adjacent to and includes
federal lands administered by the
Bureau of Land Management.
The DEA contains staff’s analysis of
the potential environmental impacts of
the project and concludes that licensing
the project, with appropriate
environmental protective measures,
would not constitute a major federal
action that would significantly affect the
quality of the human environment.
The Commission provides all
interested persons with an opportunity
to view and/or print the DEA 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
Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or tollfree at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, (202)
502–8659.
You may also register online at
https://ferconline.ferc.gov/
eSubscription.aspx to be notified via
email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 4202-025]
KEI Power Management, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for
Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for
Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms
and Conditions, and 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.: 4202-025.
c. Date Filed: September 28, 2021.
d. Applicant: KEI (Maine) Power Management (II), LLC.
e. Name of Project: Lowell Tannery Hydroelectric Project (project).
f. Location: On the Passadumkeag River in Penobscot County, Maine.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Lewis Loon, KEI (Maine) Power Management (II)
LLC c/o KEI (USA) Power Management Inc., 423 Brunswick Avenue,
Gardiner, ME 04345; (207) 203-3025 or [email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Robert Haltner at (202) 502-8612 or
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, terms and conditions, and 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, terms and
conditions, and 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. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support
at
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[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:
Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-
Anne A. Reese, Acting 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 Hydroelectric 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. This application has been accepted and is now ready for
environmental analysis.
l. The Lowell Tannery Project consists of: (1) a 242.8-foot-long,
21.5-foot-high concrete gravity dam that includes: (a) a 3-foot-long
south abutment section; (b) a 35-foot-long section that includes a
27.2-foot-long primary spillway with 42-inch-high flashboards and a
crest elevation of 187.5 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
(NGVD29) at the top of the flashboards; (c) a 30.2-foot-long section
with a seven-foot-wide, 14.5-foot-high log sluice and a ten-foot-wide,
19-foot-high tainter gate; (d) an 89-foot-long auxiliary spillway with
42-inch-high flashboards and a crest elevation of 187.5 feet NGVD29 at
the top of the flashboards; (e) a 26.7-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 58.9-foot-long north abutment section; (2)
an impoundment with a surface area of approximately 341 acres at an
elevation of 187.5 feet NGVD29; (3) a 69.4-foot-long, 26.7-foot-wide
concrete powerhouse containing a 1,000-kilowatt vertical Kaplan
turbine-generator unit; (4) a 60-foot-long, 26.7-foot-wide, 13.4-foot-
deep tailrace channel that discharges into the Passadumkeag River; (5)
a 165-foot-long, 2.3-kV transmission line connecting the turbine-
generator unit to a 2.3/12.5-kilovolt (kV) step-up transformer that
connects to the local utility distribution 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, such that
project outflow approximates inflow to the impoundment.
Downstream fish passage is provided by a bypass facility located
adjacent to the south side of the intake structure and powerhouse, and
consists of a 3.7-foot-wide, 6.2-foot-high stoplog slot; a 5.1-foot-
wide, 5.8-foot-long concrete fish collection box; and a 69.7-foot-long,
24-inch-diameter fiberglass fish passage pipe that discharges into a
13.4-foot-deep plunge pool next to the tailrace. Upstream fish passage
is provided by a 3-foot-wide Denil fishway located adjacent to the
north side of the intake structure and powerhouse.
Recreation facilities at the project include a hand-carry boat
access area on the north side of the dam, a parking area, and a canoe
portage.
The minimum and maximum hydraulic capacities of the powerhouse are
90 and 905 cfs, respectively. The average annual generation of the
project was approximately 4,144 megawatt-hours from 2016 through 2020.
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.
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 (P-4202). For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
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,'' ``TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' or ``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.
The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners,
environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For
public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is
encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502-6595 or [email protected].
You may also register online at https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview 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.
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, July 2024.
protests, comments, recommendations,
preliminary terms and conditions, and
preliminary fishway prescriptions.
Deadline for filing reply comments........ August 2024.
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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: May 30, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-12322 Filed 6-4-24; 8:45 am]
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