[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6647-6648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-504]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2194-020]


FPL Energy Maine Hydro LLC; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments

February 1, 2005.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New major license.
    b. Project No.: P-2194-020.
    c. Date Filed: June 30, 2003.
    d. Applicant: FPL Energy Maine Hydro LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Bar Mills Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Saco River in the towns of Buxton and Hollis, 
York County, Maine. The project does not affect any Federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)--825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Frank Dunlap, FPL Energy Maine Hydro LLC, 160 
Capitol Street, Augusta, ME 04330, (207) 623-8417.
    i. FERC Contact: Jack Hannula, (202) 502-8917, 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for Filing Scoping Comments: March 4, 2005.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    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.
    Scoping comments may be filed electronically via the Internet in 
lieu of paper. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. 
See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's 
Web site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.
    k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The project is located on the Saco River in the towns of Buxton 
and Hollis, York County, Maine. The project lies about 19 river miles 
upstream from the river mouth at Camp Ellis, Maine. The Bar Mills 
Project consists of two generating units with an installed capacity of 
4.5 megawatts (MW), a hydraulic capacity of 3,120 cubic feet per second 
(cfs), and generates about 18,850 megawatt-hours (MWh) of energy 
annually. The project operates essentially in a cycling mode with 
moderate fluctuations of the impoundment up to 2 feet of the normal 
full pond elevation. The project does not occupy any federal lands.
    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 at [email protected] or toll-free at 1-
866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for 
inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
    n. You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov.esubscribenow.htm to be notified via email of new filings 
and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For 
assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
    o. Scoping Process. The Commission staff intends to prepare an 
Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Bar Mills Hydroelectric Project 
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accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act. The EA will 
consider both site-specific and cumulative environmental impacts and 
reasonable alternatives to the proposed action.
    Commission staff does not propose to conduct any on-site scoping 
meetings at this time. Instead, we will solicit comments, 
recommendations, information, and alternatives in the Scoping Document 
(SD).
    Copies of the SD outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the 
EA were distributed to the parties on the Commission's mailing list. 
Copies of the SD may be viewed on the Web 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, call 1-866-208-3676 or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-504 Filed 2-7-05; 8:45 am]
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