82 FR 51824 - Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions; KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 215 (November 8, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 8, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51824-51825]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-24273]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2808-017]


Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and 
Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and 
Prescriptions; KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC

    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.: 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, General Manager/Operations and 
Maintenance, KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC, 423 Brunswick 
Avenue, Gardiner, ME 04345; (207) 203-3027; email: 
[email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Karen Sughrue at (202) 502-8556; or email at 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing 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 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions 
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 
[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 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 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 near the intake to the 
power canal, which serves as the downstream fish passage; (4) a 35-
foot-long, 20-foot-wide gatehouse containing a single gate and 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 MW; (7) a 
tailrace; (8) a 250-foot-long, 4.2 kilovolt underground power line; (9) 
a substation; and (10) appurtenant facilities. The average annual 
generation is estimated to be 5,087 megawatt-hours.
    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.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
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 
submitting the filing; 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. Each filing must be accompanied by proof of service on all 
persons listed on the service list prepared by the Commission in this 
proceeding, in

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accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
    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. A license 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.
    o. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as 
appropriate.

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             Major milestone                        Target date
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Draft EA Issued.........................  June 2018.
Comments on Draft EA due................  July 2018.
Final EA Issued.........................  October 2018.
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    Dated: November 2, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-24273 Filed 11-7-17; 8:45 am]
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