82 FR 31772 - KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 130 (July 10, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 130 (Monday, July 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 31772]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-14334]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2808-017]


KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC; Notice of Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric applications have been 
filed with Commission and are available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 2808-017.
    c. Date filed: January 30, 2017.
    d. Applicant: KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Barker's Mill Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Little Androscoggin River, in the City of 
Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine. The project does not occupy lands 
of the United States.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Lewis Loon, Operations and Maintenance 
Manager, 423 Brunswick Avenue, Gardiner, ME 04345, (207) 203-3025.
    i. FERC Contact: Karen Sughrue, [email protected], (202) 502-
8556.
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests and 
requests for cooperating agency status: August 29, 2017.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
motions to intervene and protests and requests for cooperating agency 
status using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 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, please send a paper 
copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should 
include docket number P-2808-017.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
interveners 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 intervener 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, but is not ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The Barker's Mill Project consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) A 232-foot-long, 30-foot-high concrete dam with a 125-
foot-long spillway section with flashboards, a 46-foot-long non-
overflow section with two waste gates along the left buttress, and a 
61-foot-long non-overflow section with seven stop-logs adjacent to the 
intake canal; (2) a 16.5-acre reservoir with a storage capacity of 150-
acre-feet; (3) a 60-foot-long, 20-foot-wide, 9 foot, 7 inch-deep intake 
canal on the right bank with seven stop-logs; (4) a 35-foot-long, 20-
foot-wide gatehouse containing a single gate fitted with trash racks; 
(5) a buried 650-foot-long, 10 foot, 2 inch-wide, 7 foot, 2 inch-high 
concrete penstock; (6) a 50-foot-long, 25-foot-wide concrete partially 
buried powerhouse containing a single semi-Kaplan-type turbine/
generating unit with a rated capacity of 1.5 megawatts; (7) a tailrace; 
(8) a 250-foot-long, 4.2 kilovolt underground power line; (9) a 
substation; and (10) appurtenant facilities. The project produces an 
average of 5,087 megawatt-hours annually.
    m. A copy of the application is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at http://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. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    You may also register online at http://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. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 
CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In determining the appropriate 
action to take, the Commission will consider all protests 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 protests 
or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified 
deadline date for the particular application.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE;'' (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. 
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.

    Dated: June 30, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-14334 Filed 7-7-17; 8:45 am]
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