82_FR_6509 82 FR 6497 - Hydro Kennebec, LLC; Notice of Application To Extend Interim Species Protection Plan for Three Years and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene and Protests

82 FR 6497 - Hydro Kennebec, LLC; Notice of Application To Extend Interim Species Protection Plan for Three Years and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene and Protests

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 12 (January 19, 2017)

Page Range6497-6498
FR Document2017-01140

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 12 (Thursday, January 19, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6497-6498]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01140]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2611-084]


Hydro Kennebec, LLC; Notice of Application To Extend Interim 
Species Protection Plan for Three Years and Soliciting Comments, 
Motions To Intervene and Protests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Application Type: Amendment of License.
    b. Project No: 2611-084.
    c. Date Filed: December 23, 2016.
    d. Applicant: Hydro Kennebec, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Hydro Kennebec.
    f. Location: The project is located on the Kennebec River in 
Kennebec and Somerset counties, Maine.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a-825r.
    h. Applicant Contact: Kelly Maloney, Hydro Kennebec LLC, 150 Main 
Street, Lewiston, ME 04340, (207) 755-5605.
    i. FERC Contact: Mr. Mark Pawlowski 202-502-6052, 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, and 
protests: February 13, 2017.
    All documents may be filed electronically via the Internet. See, 18 
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web 
site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. If unable to be 
filed electronically, documents may be paper-filed. To paper-file, an 
original and seven copies should be mailed to: Secretary, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 
20426. 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.
    Please include the project number, P-2611-084, on any comments, 
motions, or protests filed.
    k. Description of Request: Hydro Kennebec, LLC, licensee for the 
Hydro Kennebec Project, seeks Commission approval to extend the 
expiration date of its approved Interim Species Passage Plan (ISPP). 
The Commission approved the ISPP on February 28, 2013, with an 
expiration date of December 31, 2016. Hydro Kennebec, LLC wants to keep 
the plan in effect for three more years so that it expires on December 
31, 2019 (the same date approved ISPPs expire for the Lockwood, 
Shawmut, and Weston Projects, which are also located on the Kennebec 
River).
    l. Locations of the Application: 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, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at 
the address in item (h) above.
    m. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing 
list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission.
    n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene: 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, 
.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.
    o. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents: Any filing must (1) 
bear in all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS,'' ``PROTESTS,'' or 
``MOTION TO INTERVENE'' as applicable; (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, motions to intervene, or protests 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. 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

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agency, they must also serve a copy of the document on that resource 
agency. A copy of all other filings in reference to this application 
must be accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed in the 
service list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in 
accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.

    Dated: January 12, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 12 / Thursday, January 19, 2017 / Notices 6497 2005 (PUHCA 2005), Alcoa Corporation DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (the same date approved ISPPs expire (Petitioner) filed a petition for for the Lockwood, Shawmut, and declaratory order requesting that the Federal Energy Regulatory Weston Projects, which are also located Commission grant their petition and Commission on the Kennebec River). declare them exempt from the l. Locations of the Application: A [Project No. 2611–084] Commission’s regulations under copy of the application is available for PUHCA 2005, all as more fully Hydro Kennebec, LLC; Notice of review at the Commission in the Public explained in the petition. Application To Extend Interim Species Reference Room or may be viewed on Any person desiring to intervene or to Protection Plan for Three Years and the Commission’s Web site at http:// protest in this proceeding must file in Soliciting Comments, Motions To www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of Intervene and Protests Enter the docket number excluding the the Commission’s Rules of Practice and last three digits in the docket number Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and Take notice that the following field to access the document. For 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern hydroelectric application has been filed assistance, please contact FERC Online time on the specified comment date. with the Commission and is available Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ Protests will be considered by the for public inspection: ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or Commission in determining the a. Application Type: Amendment of (202) 502–8659 (TTY). A copy is also appropriate action to be taken, but will License. available for inspection and not serve to make protestants parties to b. Project No: 2611–084. reproduction at the address in item (h) the proceeding. Any person wishing to c. Date Filed: December 23, 2016. above. become a party must file a notice of d. Applicant: Hydro Kennebec, LLC. m. Individuals desiring to be included intervention or motion to intervene, as e. Name of Project: Hydro Kennebec. on the Commission’s mailing list should appropriate. Such notices, motions, or f. Location: The project is located on so indicate by writing to the Secretary protests must be filed on or before the the Kennebec River in Kennebec and of the Commission. comment date. Anyone filing a motion Somerset counties, Maine. n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Intervene: Anyone may submit to intervene or protest must serve a copy Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. comments, a protest, or a motion to of that document on the Petitioner. The Commission encourages h. Applicant Contact: Kelly Maloney, intervene in accordance with the electronic submission of protests and Hydro Kennebec LLC, 150 Main Street, requirements of Rules of Practice and interventions in lieu of paper, using the Lewiston, ME 04340, (207) 755–5605. Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214. i. FERC Contact: Mr. Mark Pawlowski In determining the appropriate action to FERC Online links at http:// 202–502–6052, mark.pawlowski@ take, the Commission will consider all www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic ferc.gov. protests or other comments filed, but service, persons with Internet access j. Deadline for filing comments, only those who file a motion to who will eFile a document and/or be motions to intervene, and protests: intervene in accordance with the listed as a contact for an intervenor February 13, 2017. Commission’s Rules may become a must create and validate an All documents may be filed eRegistration account using the party to the proceeding. Any comments, electronically via the Internet. See, 18 protests, or motions to intervene must eRegistration link. Select the eFiling CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the link to log on and submit the be received on or before the specified instructions on the Commission’s Web comment date for the particular intervention or protests. site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ Persons unable to file electronically application. efiling.asp. If unable to be filed o. Filing and Service of Responsive should submit an original and 5 copies electronically, documents may be paper- Documents: Any filing must (1) bear in of the intervention or protest to the filed. To paper-file, an original and all capital letters the title Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, seven copies should be mailed to: ‘‘COMMENTS,’’ ‘‘PROTESTS,’’ or 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory ‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’ as 20426. The filings in the above proceeding Commission, 888 First Street NE., applicable; (2) set forth in the heading are accessible in the Commission’s Washington, DC 20426. Commenters the name of the applicant and the eLibrary system by clicking on the can submit brief comments up to 6,000 project number of the application to appropriate link in the above list. They characters, without prior registration, which the filing responds; (3) furnish are also available for review in the using the eComment system at http:// the name, address, and telephone Commission’s Public Reference Room in www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ number of the person protesting or ecomment.asp. You must include your intervening; and (4) otherwise comply Washington, DC. There is an name and contact information at the end with the requirements of 18 CFR eSubscription link on the Web site that of your comments. 385.2001 through 385.2005. All enables subscribers to receive email Please include the project number, P– comments, motions to intervene, or notification when a document is added 2611–084, on any comments, motions, protests must set forth their evidentiary to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance or protests filed. basis and otherwise comply with the with any FERC Online service, please k. Description of Request: Hydro requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or Kennebec, LLC, licensee for the Hydro Agencies may obtain copies of the call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, Kennebec Project, seeks Commission application directly from the applicant. call (202) 502–8659. approval to extend the expiration date A copy of any protest or motion to mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on February 2, 2017. of its approved Interim Species Passage intervene must be served upon each Plan (ISPP). The Commission approved representative of the applicant specified Dated: January 12, 2017. the ISPP on February 28, 2013, with an in the particular application. If an Kimberly D. Bose, expiration date of December 31, 2016. intervener files comments or documents Secretary. 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6498 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 12 / Thursday, January 19, 2017 / Notices agency, they must also serve a copy of radiological dispersal device or an directly or indirectly affecting health, the document on that resource agency. improvised nuclear device, and for a including guidance for all federal A copy of all other filings in reference duration which may last for weeks to agencies in the formulation of radiation to this application must be accompanied months but not longer than one year. standards and in the establishment and by proof of service on all persons listed The dose levels reflected in the drinking execution of programs of cooperation in the service list prepared by the water PAG provide a level of protection with [s]tates.’’ (Reorg. Plan No. 3 of Commission in this proceeding, in against cancer risks for a short-term 1970, section 2(a) (7), 6(a) (2); § 274.h of accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and (weeks to months but not longer than a the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 385.2010. year), similar to that provided by EPA’s amended (AEA), codified at 42 U.S.C. Dated: January 12, 2017. MCLs for radionuclides (which are 2021(h)). Recognizing this role, the calculated based on 70 years of Federal Emergency Management Agency Kimberly D. Bose, exposure). The revised drinking water (FEMA) directed EPA, in its Secretary. Radiological Emergency Planning and PAG is available for use upon [FR Doc. 2017–01140 Filed 1–18–17; 8:45 am] Preparedness Regulations, to ‘‘establish publication of this document in the BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Federal Register, at Protective Action Guides (PAGs) for all www.regulations.gov, under ID No. aspects of radiological emergency EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–0268. planning in coordination with ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: appropriate federal agencies.’’ (44 CFR AGENCY Samuel Hernandez, Standards and Risk 351.22(a)). FEMA also tasked EPA with [EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–0268; FRL–9958–50– Management Division, Office of Ground preparing ‘‘guidance for state and local OW] Water and Drinking Water, Mail Code governments on implementing PAGs, 4607M, U.S. Environmental Protection including recommendations on Revision to the PAG Manual: Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue protective actions which can be taken to Protective Action Guide (PAG) for NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone mitigate the potential radiation dose to Drinking Water After a Radiological number: (202) 564–1735; email: the population.’’ (44 CFR 351.22(b)). All Incident of this information was to ‘‘be presented hernandez.samuel@epa.gov. in the Environmental Protection Agency AGENCY: Environmental Protection SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: (EPA) ‘Manual of Protective Action Agency (EPA). Guides and Protective Actions for A. How can I get copies of the PAG ACTION: Notice of availability. Manual and supporting information? Nuclear Incidents.’ ’’ (44 CFR 351.22(b)). Additionally, section 2021(h) charged SUMMARY: As part of its mission to Docket: EPA has established a docket the Administrator with performing protect human health and the for this action under Docket ID No. ‘‘such other functions as the President environment, the Environmental EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–0268. Publicly may assign to him [or her] by Executive Protection Agency publishes protective available docket materials are available Order.’’ Executive Order 12656 states action guides (PAGs) to help federal, either electronically through that the Administrator shall ‘‘[d]evelop, state, local and tribal emergency www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at for national security emergencies, response officials make radiation the Air and Radiation Docket in the EPA guidance on acceptable emergency protection decisions during Docket Center, (EPA/DC) EPA West, levels of nuclear radiation. . . .’’ emergencies. EPA, in coordination with Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. (Executive Order No. 12656, section a multi-agency working group within NW., Washington, DC 20004. The 1601(2)). EPA’s role in PAGs the Federal Radiological Preparedness Docket Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. development was recognized by the Coordinating Committee, recently to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, National Response Framework, updated its guidance manual on this excluding legal holidays. The telephone Nuclear/Radiological Incident Annex of topic, titled ‘‘Protective Action Guides number for the Docket’s Public Reading June 2008. and Planning Guidance for Radiological Room is (202) 566–1744 and the Incidents’’ (referred to herein as the telephone number for the Air and C. What is the PAG Manual: Protective PAG Manual). On December 8, 2016, Radiation Docket is (202) 566–1742. In action guides and planning guidance EPA announced availability of the accordance with normal EPA docket for radiological incidents? updated 2016 PAG Manual in the procedures, if copies of any docket The PAG Manual provides federal, Federal Register. In this document, EPA materials are requested, a reasonable fee state and local emergency management is announcing that it has amended may be charged for photocopying. officials with guidance for responding to Chapter 4 of the 2016 PAG Manual to Electronic access: The PAG Manual in radiological emergencies. A protective incorporate guidance for radiation electronic form suitable for printing, as action guide is the projected dose to an protection decisions concerning well as related guidelines and further individual from a release of radioactive drinking water. The drinking water PAG information, can be found on the PAGs’ material at which a specific protective is not binding and does not in any way Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ action to reduce or avoid that dose is affect regulatory requirements or radiation/protective-action-guides-pags. recommended. Emergency management enforcement of the Safe Drinking Water officials use PAGs for making decisions Act (SDWA), including maximum B. What authority does EPA have to regarding actions to protect the public contaminant limits (MCLs) for provide Protective Action Guidance? from exposure to radiation during an radionuclides established by regulation The historical and legal basis of EPA’s emergency. Such actions include, but mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES under the SDWA. The drinking water role in the PAG Manual begins with the are not limited to, evacuation, shelter- PAG is guidance only and is intended Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970, in in-place, temporary relocation and food for use by federal, state and local which the Administrator of the EPA restrictions. emergency management officials in the assumed all the functions of the Federal Development of the PAGs was based unlikely event of significant radiological Radiation Council (FRC), including the on the following essential principles, contamination incidents, such as a charge to ‘‘. . . advise the President which also apply to the selection of any disaster at a nuclear power plant, a with respect to radiation matters, protective action during an incident: VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:20 Jan 18, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\19JAN1.SGM 19JAN1


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