82 FR 51231 - Topsham Hydro Partners Limited Partnership; Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document (PAD), Commencement of Pre-Filing Process, and Scoping; Request For Comments on the PAD and Scoping Document, and Identification of Issues and Associated Study Requests

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 4784-095]

Topsham Hydro Partners Limited Partnership; Notice of Intent To
File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document (PAD),
Commencement of Pre-Filing Process, and Scoping; Request For Comments
on the PAD and Scoping Document, and Identification of Issues and
Associated Study Requests

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application for
a New License and Commencing Pre-filing Process.
b. Project No.: 4784-095.
c. Dated Filed: August 31, 2017.
d. Submitted By: Topsham Hydro Partners Limited Partnership.
e. Name of Project: Pejepscot Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Androscoggin River in Sagadahoc, Cumberland,
and Androscoggin Counties in the village of Pejepscot and the town of
Topsham, Maine.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of the Commission's
Regulations.
h. Potential Applicant Contact: C. Todd Wynn, Topsham Hydro
Partners Limited Partnership, 150 Main Street, Lewiston, Maine 04240.
i. FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen at (202) 502-8074 or email at
ryan.hansen@ferc.gov.
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such
requests described in item o below. Cooperating agencies should note
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC 61,076
(2001).
k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with:
(a) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA Fisheries under
section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency
regulations thereunder at 50 CFR, Part 402 and (b) the State Historic
Preservation Officer, as required by section 106, National Historic
Preservation Act, and the implementing regulations of the Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
l. With this notice, we are designating Topsham Hydro Partners
Limited Partnership as the Commission's non-federal representative for
carrying out informal consultation, pursuant to section 7 of the
Endangered Species Act and section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act.
m. Topsham Hydro Partners Limited Partnership filed with the
Commission a Pre-Application Document (PAD; including a proposed
process plan and schedule), pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission's
regulations.
n. A copy of the PAD is available for review at the Commission in
the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site
(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 at
FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at
the address in paragraph h.
Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filing and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
o. With this notice, we are soliciting comments on the PAD and
Commission's staff Scoping Document 1 (SD1), as well as study requests.
All comments on the PAD and SD1, and study requests should be sent to
the address above in paragraph h. In addition, all comments on the PAD
and SD1, study requests, requests for cooperating agency status, and
all communications to and from Commission staff related to the merits
of the potential application must be filed with the Commission.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
all documents using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the
eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You
must include your name and contact information at the end of your
comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. 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-4784-095.
All filings with the Commission must bear the appropriate heading:
Comments on Pre-Application Document, Study Requests, Comments on
Scoping Document 1, Request for Cooperating Agency Status, or
Communications to and from Commission Staff. Any individual or entity
interested in submitting study requests, commenting on the PAD or SD1,
and any agency requesting cooperating status must do so by December 29,
2017.
p. Although our current intent is to prepare an environmental
assessment (EA), there is the possibility that an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) will be required. Nevertheless, this meeting will
satisfy the NEPA scoping requirements, irrespective of whether an EA or
EIS is issued by the Commission.

Scoping Meetings

Commission staff will hold two scoping meetings in the vicinity of
the project at the time and place noted below. The daytime meeting will
focus on resource agency, Indian tribes, and non-governmental
organization concerns, while the evening meeting is primarily for
receiving input from the public. We invite all interested individuals,
organizations, and agencies to attend one or both of the meetings,

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and to assist staff in identifying particular study needs, as well as
the scope of environmental issues to be addressed in the environmental
document. The times and locations of these meetings are as follows:

Daytime Scoping Meeting

Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2017.
Time: 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.
Location: Brunswick Hotel and Tavern, 4 Noble St., Brunswick, ME
04011.
Phone: (207) 837-6565.

Evening Scoping Meeting

Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2017.
Time: 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.
Location: Brunswick Hotel and Tavern, 4 Noble St., Brunswick, ME
04011.
Phone: (207) 837-6565.
Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which outlines the subject areas to be
addressed in the environmental document, was mailed to the individuals
and entities on the Commission's mailing list. Copies of SD1 will be
available at the scoping meetings, or may be viewed on the web at
http://www.ferc.gov, using the eLibrary link. Follow the directions for
accessing information in paragraph n. Based on all oral and written
comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) may be issued. SD2 may include a
revised process plan and schedule, as well as a list of issues,
identified through the scoping process.

Environmental Site Review

The potential applicant and Commission staff will conduct an
Environmental Site Review of the project on Wednesday, November 29,
2017, starting at 9:00 a.m. All participants should meet at the
Pejepscot Hydroelectric Project, 110 Pejepscot Village Main Street,
Topsham ME 04086. All participants are responsible for their own
transportation. Anyone with questions about the site visit should
contact Frank Dunlap at (207) 755-5603 or at
frank.dunlap@brookfieldrenewables.com.

Meeting Objectives

At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) Initiate scoping of the
issues; (2) review and discuss existing conditions and resource
management objectives; (3) review and discuss existing information and
identify preliminary information and study needs; (4) review and
discuss the process plan and schedule for pre-filing activity that
incorporates the time frames provided for in Part 5 of the Commission's
regulations and, to the extent possible, maximizes coordination of
federal, state, and tribal permitting and certification processes; and
(5) discuss the appropriateness of any federal or state agency or
Indian tribe acting as a cooperating agency for development of an
environmental document.
Meeting participants should come prepared to discuss their issues
and/or concerns. Please review the PAD in preparation for the scoping
meetings. Directions on how to obtain a copy of the PAD and SD1 are
included in item n. of this document.

Meeting Procedures

The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer and will be placed
in the public records of the project.

Dated: October 30, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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a notice of open meeting announcing a g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of For assistance, contact FERC Online
meeting on November 18, 2017 of the the Commission’s Regulations. Support.
Environmental Management Site- h. Potential Applicant Contact: C. o. With this notice, we are soliciting
Specific Advisory Board, Paducah (82 Todd Wynn, Topsham Hydro Partners comments on the PAD and
FR 49357). This document makes a Limited Partnership, 150 Main Street, Commission’s staff Scoping Document 1
correction to that notice. Lewiston, Maine 04240. (SD1), as well as study requests. All
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: i. FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen at (202) comments on the PAD and SD1, and
Jennifer Woodard, Deputy Designated 502–8074 or email at ryan.hansen@ study requests should be sent to the
Federal Officer, Department of Energy ferc.gov. address above in paragraph h. In
Paducah Site Office, Post Office Box j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, addition, all comments on the PAD and
1410, MS–103, Paducah, Kentucky local, and tribal agencies with SD1, study requests, requests for
42001, (270) 441–6825. jurisdiction and/or special expertise cooperating agency status, and all
with respect to environmental issues communications to and from
Corrections that wish to cooperate in the Commission staff related to the merits of
In the Federal Register of October 25, preparation of the environmental the potential application must be filed
2017, in FR Doc. 2017–23160, on page document should follow the with the Commission.
49357, please make the following instructions for filing such requests The Commission strongly encourages
correction: described in item o below. Cooperating electronic filing. Please file all
In that notice under ADDRESSES, agencies should note the Commission’s documents using the Commission’s
second column, third paragraph, the policy that agencies that cooperate in eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/
meeting address has been changed. The the preparation of the environmental docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can
original address was West Kentucky document cannot also intervene. See 94 submit brief comments up to 6,000
Community and Technical College, FERC 61,076 (2001). characters, without prior registration,
Emerging Technology Center, 4810 k. With this notice, we are initiating using the eComment system at http://
Alben Barkley Drive, Paducah, informal consultation with: (a) The U.S. www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
Kentucky 42001. The new address is Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA ecomment.asp. You must include your
West Kentucky Community and Fisheries under section 7 of the name and contact information at the end
Technical College, Anderson Technical Endangered Species Act and the joint of your comments. For assistance,
Building, 4810 Alben Barkley Drive, agency regulations thereunder at 50 please contact FERC Online Support at
Paducah, Kentucky 42001. CFR, Part 402 and (b) the State Historic FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. In lieu of
Preservation Officer, as required by electronic filing, please send a paper
Issued at Washington, DC, on October 30,
2017.
section 106, National Historic copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy
Preservation Act, and the implementing Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
LaTanya R. Butler,
regulations of the Advisory Council on NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. page of any filing should include docket
[FR Doc. 2017–23918 Filed 11–2–17; 8:45 am] l. With this notice, we are designating number P–4784–095.
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P Topsham Hydro Partners Limited All filings with the Commission must
Partnership as the Commission’s non- bear the appropriate heading: Comments
federal representative for carrying out on Pre-Application Document, Study
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY informal consultation, pursuant to Requests, Comments on Scoping
Federal Energy Regulatory section 7 of the Endangered Species Act Document 1, Request for Cooperating
Commission and section 106 of the National Historic Agency Status, or Communications to
Preservation Act. and from Commission Staff. Any
[Project No. 4784–095] m. Topsham Hydro Partners Limited individual or entity interested in
Partnership filed with the Commission submitting study requests, commenting
Topsham Hydro Partners Limited a Pre-Application Document (PAD; on the PAD or SD1, and any agency
Partnership; Notice of Intent To File including a proposed process plan and requesting cooperating status must do so
License Application, Filing of Pre- schedule), pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the by December 29, 2017.
Application Document (PAD), Commission’s regulations. p. Although our current intent is to
Commencement of Pre-Filing Process, n. A copy of the PAD is available for prepare an environmental assessment
and Scoping; Request For Comments review at the Commission in the Public (EA), there is the possibility that an
on the PAD and Scoping Document, Reference Room or may be viewed on Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
and Identification of Issues and the Commission’s Web site (http:// will be required. Nevertheless, this
Associated Study Requests www.ferc.gov), using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ meeting will satisfy the NEPA scoping
a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to link. Enter the docket number, requirements, irrespective of whether an
File License Application for a New excluding the last three digits in the EA or EIS is issued by the Commission.
License and Commencing Pre-filing docket number field to access the
document. For assistance, contact FERC Scoping Meetings
Process.
b. Project No.: 4784–095. Online Support at Commission staff will hold two
c. Dated Filed: August 31, 2017. FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) scoping meetings in the vicinity of the
d. Submitted By: Topsham Hydro 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 project at the time and place noted
Partners Limited Partnership. (TTY). A copy is also available for below. The daytime meeting will focus
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e. Name of Project: Pejepscot inspection and reproduction at the on resource agency, Indian tribes, and
Hydroelectric Project. address in paragraph h. non-governmental organization
f. Location: On the Androscoggin Register online at http:// concerns, while the evening meeting is
River in Sagadahoc, Cumberland, and www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ primarily for receiving input from the
Androscoggin Counties in the village of esubscription.asp to be notified via public. We invite all interested
Pejepscot and the town of Topsham, email of new filing and issuances individuals, organizations, and agencies
Maine. related to this or other pending projects. to attend one or both of the meetings,

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and to assist staff in identifying of federal, state, and tribal permitting Docket Numbers: ER18–181–000.
particular study needs, as well as the and certification processes; and (5) Applicants: Arizona Public Service
scope of environmental issues to be discuss the appropriateness of any Company.
addressed in the environmental federal or state agency or Indian tribe Description: Tariff Cancellation:
document. The times and locations of acting as a cooperating agency for Notice of Cancellation—Service
these meetings are as follows: development of an environmental Agreement No. 346 to be effective 12/
document. 31/2017.
Daytime Scoping Meeting Meeting participants should come
Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2017. Filed Date: 10/30/17.
prepared to discuss their issues and/or
Time: 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. concerns. Please review the PAD in Accession Number: 20171030–5159.
Location: Brunswick Hotel and preparation for the scoping meetings. Comments Due: 5:00 p.m. ET 11/20/
Tavern, 4 Noble St., Brunswick, ME Directions on how to obtain a copy of 17.
04011. the PAD and SD1 are included in item Docket Numbers: ER18–182–000.
Phone: (207) 837–6565. n. of this document. Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
Evening Scoping Meeting Meeting Procedures L.L.C.
Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2017. Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 3rd
The meetings will be recorded by a
Time: 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Quarter 2017 Updates to OA–RAA
stenographer and will be placed in the
Location: Brunswick Hotel and Member Lists to be effective 9/30/2017.
public records of the project.
Tavern, 4 Noble St., Brunswick, ME Filed Date: 10/30/17.
Dated: October 30, 2017.
04011. Accession Number: 20171030–5163.
Phone: (207) 837–6565. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Comments Due: 5:00 p.m. ET 11/20/
Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which Deputy Secretary.
17.
outlines the subject areas to be [FR Doc. 2017–23942 Filed 11–2–17; 8:45 am]
addressed in the environmental BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
The filings are accessible in the
document, was mailed to the Commission’s eLibrary system by
individuals and entities on the clicking on the links or querying the
Commission’s mailing list. Copies of DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY docket number.
SD1 will be available at the scoping Any person desiring to intervene or
meetings, or may be viewed on the web Federal Energy Regulatory protest in any of the above proceedings
at http://www.ferc.gov, using the Commission must file in accordance with Rules 211
eLibrary link. Follow the directions for and 214 of the Commission’s
Combined Notice of Filings #1 Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
accessing information in paragraph n.
Based on all oral and written comments, Take notice that the Commission 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) may be received the following electric rate time on the specified comment date.
issued. SD2 may include a revised filings: Protests may be considered, but
process plan and schedule, as well as a Docket Numbers: ER18–178–000. intervention is necessary to become a
list of issues, identified through the Applicants: Imperial Valley Solar 3, party to the proceeding.
scoping process. LLC. eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
Description: Compliance filing: information relating to filing
Environmental Site Review requirements, interventions, protests,
Imperial Valley Solar 3, LLC. Exhibit C
The potential applicant and Assignment and Assumption to be service, and qualifying facilities filings
Commission staff will conduct an effective 9/21/2017. can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
Environmental Site Review of the Filed Date: 10/30/17. docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
project on Wednesday, November 29, Accession Number: 20171030–5108. other information, call (866) 208–3676
2017, starting at 9:00 a.m. All Comments Due: 5:00 p.m. ET 11/20/ (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
participants should meet at the 17. Dated: October 30, 2017.
Pejepscot Hydroelectric Project, 110 Docket Numbers: ER18–179–000. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Pejepscot Village Main Street, Topsham Applicants: PJM Interconnection, Deputy Secretary.
ME 04086. All participants are L.L.C.
[FR Doc. 2017–23939 Filed 11–2–17; 8:45 am]
responsible for their own transportation. Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Anyone with questions about the site BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
Queue Position #AA2–081, Original
visit should contact Frank Dunlap at Service Agreement No. 4702 to be
(207) 755–5603 or at frank.dunlap@ effective 9/28/2017. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
brookfieldrenewables.com. Filed Date: 10/30/17.
Accession Number: 20171030–5110. Federal Energy Regulatory
Meeting Objectives
Comments Due: 5:00 p.m. ET 11/20/ Commission
At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) 17.
Initiate scoping of the issues; (2) review Docket Numbers: ER18–180–000. Notice of Commission Staff
and discuss existing conditions and Applicants: PJM Interconnection, Attendance
resource management objectives; (3) L.L.C.
review and discuss existing information Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: The Federal Energy Regulatory
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and identify preliminary information Revisions to the OA, Sch. 6, sec. 1.5 re: Commission (Commission) hereby gives
and study needs; (4) review and discuss Extending 30-day proposal window to notice that members of the
the process plan and schedule for pre- 60 to be effective. 1/1/2018. Commission’s staff may attend the
filing activity that incorporates the time Filed Date: 10/30/17. following meetings related to the
frames provided for in Part 5 of the Accession Number: 20171030–5139. transmission planning activities of the
Commission’s regulations and, to the Comments Due: 5:00 p.m. ET 11/20/ New York Independent System
extent possible, maximizes coordination 17. Operator, Inc. (NYISO):

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Section		Notices
Dates		Tuesday, November 28, 2017.
FR Citation		82 FR 51231

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYFederal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 212 (November 3, 2017)

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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