[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 161 (Monday, August 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51409-51412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18067]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Applications Tendered for Filing With the Commission 
and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for 
Submission of Final Amendments

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Center Rivers Power, NH LLC.............  Project No. 2287-053.
Center Rivers Power, NH LLC.............  Project No. 2288-057.

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Great Lakes Hydro America, LLC..........  Project No. 2300-052.
Great Lakes Hydro America, LLC..........  Project No. 2311-067.
Great Lakes Hydro America, LLC..........  Project No. 2326-054.
Great Lakes Hydro America, LLC..........  Project No. 2327-047.
Great Lakes Hydro America, LLC..........  Project No. 2422-058.
Great Lakes Hydro America, LLC..........  Project No. 2423-031.
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    Take notice that the following hydroelectric applications have been 
filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Applications: New Major Licenses.
    b. Project No.: 2287-053, 2288-057, 2300-052, 2311-067, 2326-054, 
2327-047, 2422-058, 2423-031.
    c. Dates Filed: July 28 and August 1, 2022.
    d. Applicants: Center Rivers Power, NH LLC and Great Lakes Hydro 
America, LLC.
    e. Name of Projects: J. Brodie Smith, Gorham, Shelburne, Upper 
Gorham, Cross Power, Cascade, Sawmill, and Riverside Hydroelectric 
Projects.
    f. Location: On the Androscoggin River, in Coos County, New 
Hampshire.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Curtis R. Mooney, Project Manager, 
Central Rivers Power NH, LLC, 59 Ayers Island Road, Bristol, New 
Hampshire 03222, (603) 744-0846.
    Mr. Luke Anderson, Great Lakes Hydro America, LLC, Brookfield 
Renewable, 150 Main St., Lewiston, Maine, 04240, (207) 755-5613, 
[email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen at (202) 502-8074 or email at 
[email protected].
    j. The applications are not ready for environmental analysis at 
this time.
    k. Project Descriptions:
    Sawmill: The existing Sawmill Hydroelectric Project consists of: 
(1) an approximately 720-foot-long concrete dam with a maximum height 
of 15 feet that includes: (a) a 169-foot-long spillway section with a 
crest elevation of 1094.1 feet USGS; (b) a 134-foot-long, 22-foot-wide 
wastegate section, topped with five 18-foot-wide,13-foot-high wooden 
gates; (c) a 99.4-foot-long, 2-foot-high spillway section with a crest 
elevation of 1094.2 feet; (d) a 145-foot-long, 11-foot-high spillway 
section topped with permanent 21-inch-high steel flashboards and a 
crest elevation of 1093.2 feet; (e) a 36-foot-long, 2-foot-high 
spillway section with crest elevation of 1094.2 feet; and (f) a 137-
foot-long spillway section topped with hinged 7.5-foot-high flashboards 
and a crest elevation of 1087.0 feet; (2) an impoundment with a surface 
area of 72.5 acres at a normal full pond elevation of 1094.5 feet; (3) 
a headwork structure including four 9.5-foot-wide, 12-foot-high steel 
wheeled gates conveying flow from the impoundment to the powerhouse; 
(4) a 115-foot-long, 65-foot-wide, 27-foot-high powerhouse integral to 
the western side of the dam containing four turbines and generators 
with a total installed capacity of 3.2 MW; (5) a 120-foot-long tailrace 
at an elevation of 1077.3 feet conveying flow from the powerhouse back 
to the Androscoggin River; (6) a substation located approximately 25 
feet west of the powerhouse; (7) an 1,800-foot-long, 22-kilovolt (kV) 
transmission line connecting the substation to the regional grid; and 
(8) appurtenant facilities. The project creates an approximately 550-
foot-long bypassed reach of the Androscoggin River.
    Riverside: The existing Riverside Hydroelectric Project consists 
of: (1) an approximately 846-foot-long, 21-foot-high rock-filled timber 
and concrete dam that includes: (a) a 660-foot-long spillway consisting 
of a 248-foot-long concrete gravity section with 30-inch-high 
flashboards and a crest elevation of 1076.8 feet; (b) a 235-foot-long 
concrete gravity section with a maximum height of 20 feet and a crest 
elevation of 1076.6 feet; (c) a 177-foot-long timber crib section with 
29-inch-high flashboards and a crest elevation of 1076.9 feet; and (d) 
an integral 91-foot-long, 33-foot-wide, 54-foot-high gatehouse; (2) an 
impoundment with a surface area of 7 acres at a normal full pond 
elevation of 1076.8 feet; (3) two 9-foot-high, 16-foot-wide headgates 
with trashracks with 2.5 inch spacing; (4) two 1,400-foot-long, 11-
foot-diameter steel penstocks; (5) a 104-foot-long, 51-foot-wide, 80-
foot-tall concrete and brick powerhouse containing two vertical Francis 
turbines and accompanying generators rated at 3.8 and 4.1 MW for a 
total installed capacity of 7.9 MW; (6) a 40-foot-long tailrace; (7) a 
400-foot-long, 22-kV transmission line transmitting power from the 
powerhouse to the regional grid; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The 
project creates an approximately 2,350-foot-long bypassed reach of the 
Androscoggin River.
    J. Brodie Smith: The existing J. Brodie Smith Hydroelectric Project 
consists of: (1) a 500-foot-long masonry and concrete U-shaped gravity 
dam with a maximum height of 24 feet that includes: (a) a 170-foot-long 
spillway with a crest elevation of 1003 feet and topped with 6.7-foot-
high hinged steel flashboards and two 17-foot-high, 25-foot-wide steel 
roller-type sluice gates with a sill elevation of 993 feet; (b) a 256-
foot-long spillway with a crest elevation of 1006.7 feet and topped 
with 3-foot-high pin supported wooden flashboards; and (c) two waste 
gates located immediately to the west of an opening in the flashboards; 
(2) an impoundment with a surface area of 8 acres at a normal headwater 
elevation of 1009.7 feet; (3) an intake structure consisting of a 500-
foot-long by 100-foot-wide power canal fitted with trashracks; (4) a 
1,440-foot-long, 18-foot-diameter steel penstock; (5) a 1.15 million 
gallon steel surge tank; (6) a 65-foot-long, 53-foot-wide powerhouse 
containing one generating unit with a rated capacity of 15 MW; (7) a 
400-foot-long tailrace; (8) a 1,500-foot-long, 115-kV transmission line 
conveying power from the powerhouse to the regional grid; and (9) 
appurtenant facilities. The project creates an approximately 0.5-mile-
long bypassed reach of the Androscoggin River.
    Cross Power: The existing Cross Power Hydroelectric Project 
consists of: (1) an approximately 467-foot-long concrete and rock fill 
dam that includes: (a) two concrete non-overflow sections, separated by 
an outcropping ledge; (b) a stoplog opening; (c) a 276-foot-long, 25-
foot-high spillway with a crest elevation that ranges from 918.2 feet 
to 921.7 feet and topped with 42-inch-high flashboards; (d) a 19-foot-
wide, 124-foot-long gatehouse equipped with a 21.6-feet-wide, 18.4-
feet-high trashrack in each bay; and (e) a concrete retaining wall; (2) 
an impoundment with a surface area of 22 acres at a normal full pond 
elevation of 921.7 feet USGS; (3) an original 47-foot-wide, 146-foot-
long concrete and brick powerhouse with a 47-foot-wide, 50-foot-long 
addition on the downstream shore side that contains five propeller 
turbines and five horizontal generators with a combined installed 
capacity of 3.22 MW; (4) a 50-foot-long tailrace; (5) a 20-foot-long 
transmission line transmitting power from the powerhouse to a 3,750 kVA 
transformer located adjacent to the eastern side of the powerhouse; and 
(6) appurtenant facilities.

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    Cascade: The existing Cascade Hydroelectric Project consists of: 
(1) a 583-foot-long concrete gravity dam with a maximum height of 53 
feet consisting of: (a) a 313-foot-long spillway section with a crest 
elevation of 898.4 feet fitted with 3-foot-high flashboards for a total 
elevation of 901.4 feet; and (b) three non-overflow abutment sections 
located between the spillway and forebay gate structure on each side of 
the dam; (2) an impoundment with a surface area of 28 acres at a normal 
full pond elevation of 901.4 feet; (3) an approximately 168-foot long 
and 15-foot-wide forebay gate structure with fourteen 9-foot-wide, 11-
foot-high wooden forebay gates; (4) a 300-foot-long and 240-foot-wide 
forebay with a normal water surface elevation of 901.2 feet; (5) a 4-
foot-wide, 2-inch-long, 6-inch-high sluiceway; (6) a 135-foot-long, 43-
foot-wide, 67-foot-high powerhouse with a 41-foot-long, 16-foot-wide 
addition containing three Francis turbines and three generators with a 
combined installed capacity of 7.92 MW; (7) a 40-foot-long tailrace; 
(8) a 430-foot-long, 22-kV transmission line transmitting power from 
the powerhouse to the regional grid; and (9) appurtenant facilities. 
The project creates an approximately 350-foot-long bypassed reach of 
the Androscoggin River.
    Upper Gorham: The existing Upper Gorham Hydroelectric Project 
consists of: (1) a 775-foot-long timber crib and earthen dam that 
includes: (a) a western 133-foot-long, earthen dike with concrete core 
wall and a crest elevation of 820.0 feet USGS; (b) a 300-foot-long, 18-
foot-high rock-filled timber crib spillway section with 5-foot-high 
flashboards; (c) a 122-foot-long headgate section that regulates flow 
into the power canal; (d) a 113-foot-long by 16-foot-wide gatehouse 
integral with dam; (e) an eastern 220-foot-long earthen dike with 
concrete core wall; and (f) a headgate section containing ten 7.5-foot-
wide stoplog gates fitted with trashracks; (2) an impoundment that is 
approximately 45 acres at a normal full pond elevation of 812.3 feet 
USGS; (3) a 3,350-foot-long, 220-foot-wide, 18-foot-deep excavated 
earthen power canal with riprap lining; (4) a 126-foot-long by 18-foot-
wide gatehouse with 14 operable gates and trashracks with 3-inch clear 
spacing; (5) a 127-foot-long, 74-foot-wide, 26-foot-high powerhouse 
containing four horizontal shaft Francis turbines and four generators 
with a total installed capacity of 4.8 MW; (6) a 370-foot-long 
tailrace; (7) a 22-kV, 50-foot-long transmission line transmits power 
from the powerhouse to three 2500 kVA transformers sitting on a 46-foot 
long by 20-foot-wide transformer pad; and (8) appurtenant facilities. 
The project creates an approximately 1-mile-long bypassed reach of the 
Androscoggin River.
    Gorham: The existing Gorham Hydroelectric Project consists of: (1) 
a 417-foot-long, 20-foot-high timber crib, L-shaped dam that includes: 
(a) a 90-foot-long spillway topped with a 12-inch-long, 12-inch-wide 
wooden flashboard with a crest elevation of 772.2 feet (b) a 252-foot-
long spillway topped with 5.4-foot-high hinged wooden flashboards; (c) 
a 15-foot-wide sluice gate; and (d) a 75-foot-long reinforced concrete 
sluiceway topped with 5.33 foot-high hinged wooden flashboards; (2) an 
impoundment with a surface area of 32 acres; (3) a 415-foot-long, 60-
foot-wide, 20-foot-deep earthen power canal conveying flow from the 
impoundment to the powerhouse; (4) a 37.8-foot-long, 27.1-foot-wide 
powerhouse containing two vertical Francis turbines and two generators 
with a total installed capacity of 2.15 MW; (5) an 850-foot-long 
tailrace; (6) a 200-foot-long, 33-kV transmission line that transmits 
power from the powerhouse to a nearby substation; and (6) appurtenant 
facilities. The project creates an approximately 850-foot-long bypassed 
reach of the Androscoggin River
    Shelburne: The existing Shelburne Hydroelectric Project consists 
of: (1) a 51-foot-long concrete gravity dam that includes: (a) a 70-
foot-long, 3-foot-wide concrete retaining wall along the northern shore 
of the Androscoggin River; (b) a 171-foot-long gated spillway section 
comprised of an 83-foot-long section with 9-foot-high hinged steel and 
wood flashboards; (c) an 88-foot-long section containing three 25-foot-
long, 10-foot-high wastegates separated by 5-foot-wide concrete piers; 
and (d) a 27-foot-wide sluiceway; (2) an impoundment with a surface 
area of approximately 250 acres at the normal full pond elevation of 
734.2 feet; (3) 259 feet of dikes along the south shore of the 
impoundment; (4) a 17-foot-long by 14-foot-wide gate controller 
building located on the island adjacent to the sluiceway housing; (5) a 
15-foot-long by 112-foot-high intake conveying flow from the 
impoundment to the powerhouse fitted with a steel bar trashrack with 3-
inch clear spacing (6) a 110-foot-long, 48.6-foot-wide powerhouse 
integral with the dam containing three turbines and generators a total 
installed capacity of 3.72 MW; (7) a 130-foot-long tailrace; (8) a 5.5-
mile-long, 22-kV transmission line conveying power from the powerhouse 
to the regional grid; and (9) appurtenant facilities.
    l. Location of the Applications: In addition to publishing the full 
text of this notice in the Federal Register, the Commission provides 
all interested persons an opportunity to view and/or print the contents 
of this notice, as well as other documents in the proceeding (e.g., 
license application) via the internet through the Commission's Home 
Page (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 (P-5679). For assistance, contact FERC at 
[email protected] or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or (202) 
502-8659 (TTY).
    m. 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, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    n. Procedural Schedule:
    The application will be processed according to the following 
preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be 
made as appropriate.

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                    Milestone                           Target date
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)..........  September 2022.
Issue Additional Information Request (if          October 2022.
 necessary).
Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for          December 2022.
 Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms and  February 2023.
 conditions, and fishway prescriptions.
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    o. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 
of ready for environmental analysis.

    Dated: August 16, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-18067 Filed 8-19-22; 8:45 am]
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