[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 178 (Friday, September 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74932-74933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20832]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2302-101]


Brookfield White Pine Hydro LLC; Notice of Application Tendered 
for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests 
and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for 
Submission of Final Amendments

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-2302-101.
    c. Date Filed: August 28, 2024.
    d. Applicant: Brookfield White Pine Hydro LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Lewiston Falls Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Androscoggin River in the cities of Auburn and 
Lewiston and the town of Durham, in Androscoggin County, Maine.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Luke T. Anderson, Senior Manager, 
Licensing, Brookfield White Pine Hydro LLC, 150 Main Street, Lewiston, 
ME 04240; Telephone: (207) 755-5600.
    i. FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen at (202) 502-8074 or email at 
[email protected].
    j. Cooperating Agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ] 
61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: October 28, 2024.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 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: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. 
Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-
Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. All filings must 
clearly identify the project name and docket number on the first page: 
Lewiston Falls Hydroelectric Project (P-2302-101).
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. Project Description: The existing Lewiston Falls Hydroelectric 
Project consists of: (1) a dam consisting of 5 distinct sections: (a) a 
154-foot-long stone masonry section topped with a single rubber dam for 
a total elevation of 169.07 feet,\1\ (b) a 279-foot-long stone masonry 
section topped with a single rubber dam for a total elevation of 169.07 
feet, (c) a 161-foot-long stone masonry section topped with a single 
rubber dam for a total elevation of 168.60 feet, (d) a 162-foot-long 
stone masonry section topped with a single rubber dam for a total 
elevation of 168.60 feet, and (e) a 57-foot-long concrete section 
topped with a 1.34-foot-high flashboards for a total elevation of 
168.17 feet; (2) a 2.5-mile-long, 169-acre impoundment at a full pond 
elevation of 168.17 feet; (3) an 85-foot-long, 2-inch-wide, 40-foot-
high reinforced concrete intake with a trashrack; (4) a reinforced 
concrete powerhouse containing two vertical Kaplan turbine generators 
for a total installed capacity of 28.44 megawatts; (5) a 400-foot-long, 
75-foot-wide excavated tailrace; (6) a 111.6-foot-long, 26.3-foot-wide 
masonry gatehouse located at the southeast corner of the impoundment 
diverting flow to a canal system; (7) a 12.5 to 34.5-kV, 30 megavolt-
ampere transformer; (8) a primary transmission line connected to 
Central Maine Power's distribution system; and (8) appurtenant 
facilities.
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    \1\ All elevations are referenced to a vertical datum of 
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
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    The project is operated as run-of-river with daily impoundment 
fluctuations of one foot or less but is licensed to operate with up to 
four feet of impoundment fluctuation to allow for adjustments between 
inflow and a minimum flow requirement of 1,430 cubic feet per second or 
in response to operating emergencies. The estimated annual generation 
is 157,614 megawatt-hours.
    The project recreation facilities include: (1) the Lewiston Falls 
Impoundment Boat Launch (also known as Haggins Boat Launch), (2) the 
West Pitch Park Overlook, and (3) the Durham Boat Launch.
    o. A copy of the application is available for review 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 (P-2302). For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support at [email protected] or call 
tollfree, (866) 208-3676 or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
    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.
    The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports 
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission 
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners, 
environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access 
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For 
public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as 
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is 
encouraged to contact OPP at (202)502-6595 or [email protected].
    p. Procedural Schedule and Final Amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions 
to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

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                Milestone                           Target date
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)..  November 2024.

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Request Additional Information..........  November 2024.
Issue Acceptance Letter.................  February 2025.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for Comments...  March 2025.
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary).  June 2025.
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    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: September 9, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-20832 Filed 9-12-24; 8:45 am]
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