[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 30, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 52949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18656]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2790-074]


Boott Hydropower, LLC; Notice of Settlement Agreement and 
Soliciting Comments

    Take notice that the following settlement agreement has been filed 
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Settlement Agreement.
    b. Project No.: 2790-074.
    c. Date Filed: August 22, 2022.
    d. Applicant: Boott Hydropower, LLC (Boott).
    e. Name of Project: Lowell Hydroelectric Project (project).
    f. Location: The existing project is located on the Merrimack River 
in Middlesex County, Massachusetts and Hillsborough County, New 
Hampshire. The project does not occupy any federal land but is located 
within the administrative boundary of the Lowell National Historical 
Park.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
    h. Applicant Contact: Kevin Webb, Licensing Manager, Boott 
Hydropower, LLC, 670 N Commercial Street, Suite 204, Manchester, NH 
03101; (978) 935-6039 or [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Bill Connelly, (202) 502-8587 or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for Filing Comments: September 23, 2022. Reply comments 
due October 8, 2022.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments using the Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. Commenters can submit brief 
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the 
eComment system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx. You 
must include your name and contact information at the end of your 
comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, you may submit a paper copy. 
Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via 
any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include docket 
number P-2790-074.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure 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.
    k. Boott filed the Settlement Agreement on behalf of itself, the 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Marine Fisheries Service, 
the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, the Massachusetts Division 
of Marine Fisheries, and the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and 
Wildlife. The purpose of the Settlement Agreement is to resolve, among 
the signatories, issues related to minimum flows in the project's 
bypassed reach and fish passage associated with the issuance of any new 
license and fishway prescriptions under Section 18 of the FPA for the 
project. Specifically, the Settlement Agreement includes, but is not 
limited to, proposed measures for minimum flows in the bypassed reach, 
modifications to existing upstream and downstream fish passage 
facilities, modifications to the project's bypassed reach for upstream 
fish passage, installation of an upstream fish passage facility in the 
project tailrace, fish passage studies and effectiveness testing, fish 
passage protection, and fish passage facility operation. Boott requests 
that the Commission incorporate the proposed measures into any new 
license issued.
    l. A copy of the settlement agreement may be viewed on the 
Commission's website 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 (i.e., P-2790). At this 
time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commission's Public 
Reference Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency 
concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), issued by the 
President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC Online 
Support.
    You may also register online at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.

    Dated: August 24, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-18656 Filed 8-29-22; 8:45 am]
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