[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51998-51999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20766]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 9421-000]


James D. Sysko; Notice of Intent To Terminate Exemption (5 MW or 
Less) and Soliciting Comments, Protests, or Motions To Intervene

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric proceeding has been 
initiated by the Commission:
    a. Type of Proceeding: Notice of Intent To Terminate Exemption.
    b. Project No.: 9421-000.
    c. Date Initiated: August 21, 2014.
    d. Exemptee: James D. Sysko.
    e. Name and Location of Project: The Gardner Brook Hydroelectric 
Project is located on Gardner Brook, in Oxford County, Maine.
    f. Exemptee Contact Information: James D. Sysko, 524 Jims Drive, 
Newry, ME 04261, (207) 824-3244 and Penny Percival, P.O. Box 366, 
Andover, ME 04216.
    g. FERC Contact: Ashish Desai, (202)502-8370, 
[email protected].
    h. Deadline for filing comments, protests, or motions to intervene 
is 30 days from the issuance of this notice by the Commission. Please 
file your submittal electronically via the Internet (eFiling) in lieu 
of paper. Please refer to the instructions on the Commission's Web site 
under http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp and filing 
instructions in the Commission's Regulations at 18 CFR section 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii). To assist you with eFilings you should refer to 
the submission guidelines document at http://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide/user-guide.pdf. In addition, certain filing 
requirements have statutory or regulatory formatting and other 
instructions. You should refer to a list of these ``qualified 
documents'' at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling/filing.pdf. You 
must include your name and contact information at the end of your 
comments. Please include the project number (P-9421-000) on any 
documents or motions filed. The Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filings; otherwise, you should submit an original and seven 
copies of any submittal to the following address: The Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Mail Code: DHAC, PJ-12, 888 First 
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    i. Description of Project Facilities: (1) 10-Acre impoundment; (2) 
14-foot-high, 100-foot-long timber crib dam with concrete cap; (3) 12-
inch-diameter, 3900-foot-long penstock; (4) a powerhouse containing a 
single generating unit rated at 50 kW and (5) a 4000-foot-long 
underground transmission line.
    j. Description of Proceeding: The exemptee is in violation of 
Standard Article 1 of its exemption, which was granted March 27, 1986 
(34 FERC ]62,603). The Commission's regulation, 18 CFR 4.106, provides, 
among other things, that the Commission reserves the right to revoke an 
exemption if any term or condition of the exemption is violated.
    Commission records indicate that the project stopped operating 
sometime in early 2007. After several years of correspondence regarding 
restoring operation to the project or surrounding the exemption, the 
exemptee has become non-responsive. On December 19, 2013, the 
Commission sent a letter indicating that the exemptee must file a plan 
and schedule to restore operation or surrender the project, failure to 
do so would result in an implied surrender. To date, the exemptee has 
not filed a response and the project remains inoperable.
    k. This notice is available for review and reproduction at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room, Room 2A, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The filing may also be viewed on the Commission's 
Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the 
Docket number (P-9421-000) excluding the last three digits in the 
docket number field to access the notice. 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, call toll-free 1-866-208-3676 or email 
[email protected]. For TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    l. 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, 
.212, .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 proceeding.
    m. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--Any filing must (1) 
bear in all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS, PROTEST,'' or 
``MOTIONS TO INTERVENE,'' as applicable; (2) set

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forth in the heading the project number of the proceeding to which the 
filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone number of 
the person commenting, protesting, or intervening; and (4) otherwise 
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All 
comments or protests must set forth their evidentiary basis. All 
comments, protests, or motions to intervene should relate to project 
works which are the subject of the termination of exemption. A copy of 
any protest or motion to intervene must be served on each 
representative of the exemptee specified in item f above. A copy of all 
other filings in reference to this notice 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.
    n. Agency Comments--Federal, state, and local agencies are invited 
to file comments on the described proceeding. If any agency does not 
file comments within the time specified for filing comments, it will be 
presumed to have no comments.

    Dated: August 22, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-20766 Filed 8-29-14; 8:45 am]
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