[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 53 (Thursday, March 20, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13156-13157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04742]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 6398-026]
Hackett Mills Hydro Associates, LLC; Notice of Application
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.
b. Project No.: 6398-026.
c. Date filed: August 31, 2022.
d. Applicant: Hackett Mills Hydro Associates, LLC (Hackett Mills
Hydro).
e. Name of Project: Hackett Mills Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Little Androscoggin River, in the towns of
Poland and Minot, in Androscoggin County, Maine. The project does not
occupy any Federal land.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Matthew Nini, Hackett Mills Hydro Associates,
LLC c/o Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC, 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite
1100W, Bethesda, Maryland 20814; phone: (973) 998-8171; email:
[email protected].
i. FERC Contact: John Matkowski at (202) 502-8576 or
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: 60 days
from the issuance date of this notice.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
motions to intervene and protests using the Commission's eFiling system
at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 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, 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, 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: Hackett Mills Hydroelectric Project (P-6398-026).
The Commission's Rules of Practice 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. This application has been accepted but is not ready for
environmental analysis.
l. The existing Hackett Mills Project consists of: (1) a 186-foot-
long dam that consists of two spillway sections: a 101-foot-long, 8-
foot-high rock filled timber crib dam with an uncontrolled spillway
(main spillway section) and a 85-foot-long, 8-foot-high concrete
gravity dam with three uncontrolled bays (secondary spillway section);
(2) an obsolete sluice gatehouse that connects the main spillway and
the secondary spillway sections; (3) a 3.5-mile-long, 60-acre
impoundment with no useable storage capacity at a normal maximum water
surface elevation of 235.05 feet; \1\ (4) a 17.5-foot-long, 40-foot-
high and 22-foot-wide intake structure containing five gates; (5) a
100-foot-long, 25-foot-wide, 10-foot-deep power canal; (6) a 20-feet-
long, 43.5-foot-high and 22-feet-wide concrete powerhouse located at
the end of the canal containing one 485-kilowatt right angle drive bulb
turbine-generator
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unit, with a minimum hydraulic capacity of 113 cubic-feet-per-second
(cfs) and a maximum hydraulic capacity of 474 cfs; (7) a downstream
fish passage facility; (8) a 200-foot-long, 12.5-kilovolt transmission
line; and (9) appurtenant facilities.
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\1\ All elevations are reported in National Geodetic Vertical
Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29).
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The Hackett Mills Project is currently operated in a run-of-river
mode and generates 1,602 megawatt-hours annually. Hackett Mills Hydro
proposes to continue operating the project as a run-of-river facility
and does not propose any new construction to the project.
m. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the
internet through the Commission's Home Page (https://www.ferc.gov)
using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number, excluding the
last three digits in the sub-docket number field to access the
document. For assistance, contact FERC at [email protected] or
call toll-free, (886) 208-3676 or TTY, (202) 502-8659.
You may also register online at https://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. 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,
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].
o. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18
CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In determining the appropriate
action to take, the Commission will consider all protests filed, but
only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the
Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any protests
or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified
deadline date for the particular application.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE;'' (2) set forth in the heading
the name of the applicant and the project number of the application to
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone
number of the person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005.
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the
applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served
upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular
application.
p. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as
appropriate.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--April 2025
Comments on Scoping Document 1 Due--May 2025
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)--July 2025
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--August 2025
Dated: March 14, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-04742 Filed 3-19-25; 8:45 am]
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