[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 213 (Monday, November 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59371-59372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-23982]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 6398-024]
Hackett Mills Hydro Associates; Notice of Intent To File License
Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, Approving Use of the
Traditional Licensing Process
a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application and
Request to Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
b. Project No.: 6398-024.
c. Date Filed: August 29, 2019.
d. Submitted By: Hackett Mills Hydro Associates.
e. Name of Project: Hackett Mills Project.
f. Location: On the Little Androscoggin River in the towns of
Poland and Minot, in Androscoggin County, Maine.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the Commission's regulations.
h. Potential Applicant Contact: Michael Scarzello, Eagle Creek
Renewable Energy, 116 N State Street, P.O. Box 167, Neshkoro, WI 54960-
0167; (973) 998-8400; [email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Karen Sughrue at (202) 502-8556; or email at
[email protected].
j. Hackett Mills Hydro Associates filed its request to use the
Traditional Licensing Process on August 29, 2019. Hackett Mills Hydro
Associates provided public notice of its request on August 28, 2019. In
a letter dated October 28, 2019, the Director of the Division of
Hydropower Licensing approved Hackett Mills Hydro Associates' request
to use the Traditional Licensing Process.
k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA Fisheries under section
7 of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency regulations
thereunder at 50 CFR, Part 402; and NOAA Fisheries under section 305(b)
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and
implementing regulations at 50 CFR 600.920. We are also initiating
consultation with the Maine State Historic Preservation Officer, as
required by section 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the
implementing regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
l. With this notice, we are designating Hackett Mills Hydro
Associates as the Commission's non-federal representative for carrying
out informal
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consultation pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and
section 305(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act; and consultation pursuant to section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act.
m. Hackett Mills Hydro Associates filed a Pre-Application Document
(PAD; including a proposed process plan and schedule) with the
Commission, pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission's regulations.
n. A copy of the PAD is available for review at the Commission in
the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's website
(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], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at
the address in paragraph h.
o. Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filing and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
Dated: October 28, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-23982 Filed 11-1-19; 8:45 am]
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