[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 149 (Friday, August 2, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37862-37863]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16461]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No.: 2660-030]


Notice of Technical Meeting; Woodland Pulp, LLC

    a. Project Name and Number: Forest City Project No. 2660.
    b. Project location: The project is located on the East Branch of 
the St. Croix River in Washington and Aroostook counties, Maine.
    c. Project licensee: Woodland Pulp, LLC.
    d. FERC Contact: Michael Calloway, (202) 502-8041, or 
[email protected].
    e. Date, Time, and Location of Technical Meeting: Take notice that 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) will convene a 
staff-led technical meeting in the above-referenced proceeding on 
August 28, 2019 at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The technical 
meeting will be held at the East Grand High School cafeteria located at 
31 Houlton Road Danforth, ME.
    f. Purpose of technical meeting: The purpose of the meeting is 
limited to gathering new technical information concerning the following 
three items: (1) Whether there are alternative modes of project 
operation that could demonstrably lower the project's impact on 
downstream generation; (2) whether there are methods for implementing 
license requirements in an economically efficient manner; and (3) 
whether there are decommissioning plans that would meet the needs of 
stakeholders. The purpose of the meeting is not to discuss legal 
issues.
    The technical meeting will be in the form of a panel discussion. 
The following participants have been invited to appear on the panel: 
Woodland Pulp, LLC; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Ecological Services 
Maine Field Office; Maine Department of Environmental Protection; and 
the Maine Department Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
    Following the conclusion of the panel discussion, the public will 
have an opportunity to comment. All previous comments filed with the 
Commission are on record and will be considered in this proceeding. 
Therefore it will not be necessary to repeat previous statements.
    g. Staff request that panelists come prepared to discuss the 
following topics:
    (1) The impacts of operation of the Forest City Project as proposed 
under the modified operations and maintenance agreement and the effect 
it would have on downstream power generation, including ways to produce 
evidence supporting any reduction in downstream generation benefits.
    (2) Whether there are methods for complying with the project's 
existing operational requirements that could improve project economic 
efficiency.
    (3) Strategies that would ensure the protection of fish passage, 
recreational interests, and public access while

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maintaining compliance with the project license.
    (4) Possible alternatives regarding the licensee's proposal to 
surrender the license while addressing dam safety, recreation, 
navigation, and migratory fish.
    h. The technical meeting will be transcribed by a court reporter 
and the transcript will be placed in the public record of this 
proceeding.

    Dated: July 26, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-16461 Filed 8-1-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6717-01-P