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Michelle Asha Cooper, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Higher 

Education Programs, Delegated the Authority 

to Perform the Functions and Duties of the 

Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02514 Filed 2–4–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2790–074] 

Boott Hydropower, LLC; Notice 

Soliciting Scoping Comments 

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.: 2790–074. 

c. Date Filed: April 30, 2021. 

d. Applicant: Boott Hydropower, LLC 

(Boott). 

e. Name of Project: Lowell 

Hydroelectric Project (project). 

f. Location: On the Merrimack River, 

in Middlesex County, Massachusetts 

and Hillsborough County, New 

Hampshire. The project does not occupy 

federal land. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Kevin Webb, 

Licensing Manager, Boott Hydropower, 

LLC, 670 N Commercial Street, Suite 

204, Manchester, NH 03101; Telephone 

(978) 935–6039; or email at kwebb@

centralriverspower.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Amy Chang at (202) 

502–8250, or amy.chang@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing scoping 

comments: March 3, 2022. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file scoping 

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 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (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. All filings 

must clearly identify the project name 

and docket number on the first page: 

Lowell Hydroelectric Project (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. The application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

l. The existing project consists of: (1) 

The 1,093-foot-long, 15-foot-high 

Pawtucket Dam; (2) a 720-acre 

impoundment with a normal maximum 

water surface elevation of 92.2 feet 

National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 

1929 (NGVD); (3) the 5.5-mile-long 

Northern and Pawtucket Canal System 

that includes several small dams and 

gatehouses; (4) generating facilities, 

including: (a) One powerhouse facility 

located on the mainstem of the 

Merrimack River (E.L. Field 

Powerhouse), with a total authorized 

installed capacity of 15.012 MW and a 

440-foot-long tailrace to the Merrimack 

River; and (b) four power stations 

located along the canal system 

(Hamilton Power Station, Assets Power 

Station, Bridge Street Power Station, 

and John Street Power Station), with a 

total combined authorized capacity of 

5.152 MW; (5) an approximately 2-milelong, 13.8-kilovolt submarine 

transmission line that connects the 

project generating facilities to the 

regional electric grid; (6) upstream and 

downstream fish passage facilities; (7) a 

visitor center; and (8) appurtenant 

facilities. 

The project bypasses approximately 

two miles of the Merrimack River, 

including a 0.7-mile-long bypassed 

reach from the Pawtucket Dam to the 

E.L. Field Powerhouse tailrace and an 

approximately 1.3-mile-long bypassed 

reach from the E.L. Field Powerhouse 

tailrace to the confluence of the 

Merrimack and Concord Rivers. 

The current license requires Boott to 

release an instantaneous minimum flow 

of 1,990 cfs or inflow, whichever is less, 

downstream of the project. Boott 

provides the minimum flow through 

spillage over the Pawtucket Dam, 

discharge from the project turbines, and 

the fish passage facilities. 

In the relicense application, Boott 

proposes to decommission the four 

power stations located along the Lowell 

downtown canal system (Hamilton 

Power Station, Assets Power Station, 

Bridge Street Power Station, and John 

Street Power Station). In addition, Boott 

proposes to remove the canal system 

from the project boundary, except for a 

2,200-foot-long section of the Northern 

Canal; and a 1,600-foot-long portion of 

the Pawtucket Canal. 

Boott proposes to continue to operate 

the project in run-of-river mode using 

an automatic pond level control system. 

Boott proposes to provide a minimum 

flow of 500 cfs to the bypassed reach via 

the Pawtucket Dam fish ladder during 

the fish passage season (typically May 

1–July 15), and 100 cfs outside of the 

fish passage season. Boott also proposes 

to replace the existing fish lift at the E.L. 

Field Powerhouse with a fish ladder to 

pass migratory fish from the E.L. Field 

Powerhouse tailrace to the bypassed 

reach, which would provide fish with 

access to the existing fish ladder in the 

bypassed reach that is used to pass fish 

over the Pawtucket Dam. Boott proposes 

to continue to operate the gates at the 

Guard Lock and Gates facility to provide 

flows to the Lowell downtown canal 

system. Boott proposes to continue to 

maintain canal structures and facilities, 

canal water levels, and flows in line 

with current agreements with NPS and 

other stakeholders. Finally, Boot 

proposes to develop several plans, 

including a fishway operation and 

management plan, a gaging plan, a 

recreation access and facilities 

management plan, a historic properties 

management plan, and a 

decommissioning plan for each of the 

four downtown power stations. 

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 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. For assistance, contact FERC 

at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

n. 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 


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other pending projects. For assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support. 

o. Scoping Process. 

Commission staff will prepare either 

an environmental assessment (EA) or an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

that describes and evaluates the 

probable effects, if any, of the licensee’s 

proposed action and alternatives. The 

EA or EIS will consider environmental 

impacts and reasonable alternatives to 

the proposed action. The Commission’s 

scoping process will help determine the 

required level of analysis and satisfy the 

NEPA scoping requirements, 

irrespective of whether the Commission 

prepares an EA or an EIS. At this time, 

we do not anticipate holding on-site 

scoping meetings. Instead, we are 

soliciting written comments and 

suggestions on our updated list of issues 

and alternatives to be addressed in the 

NEPA document, as described in 

scoping document 3 (SD3), issued 

February 1, 2022. 

Copies of the SD3 outlining the 

subject areas to be addressed in the 

NEPA document were distributed to the 

parties on the Commission’s mailing list 

and the applicant’s distribution list. 

Copies of SD3 may be viewed on the 

web 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. For assistance, call 1–866– 

208–3676 or for TTY, (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: February 1, 2022. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02503 Filed 2–4–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RM98–1–000] 

Records Governing Off-the-Record 

Communications; Public Notice 

This constitutes notice, in accordance 

with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt 

of prohibited and exempt off-the-record 

communications. 

Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222, 

September 22, 1999) requires 

Commission decisional employees, who 

make or receive a prohibited or exempt 

off-the-record communication relevant 

to the merits of a contested proceeding, 

to deliver to the Secretary of the 

Commission, a copy of the 

communication, if written, or a 

summary of the substance of any oral 

communication. 

Prohibited communications are 

included in a public, non-decisional file 

associated with, but not a part of, the 

decisional record of the proceeding. 

Unless the Commission determines that 

the prohibited communication and any 

responses thereto should become a part 

of the decisional record, the prohibited 

off-the-record communication will not 

be considered by the Commission in 

reaching its decision. Parties to a 

proceeding may seek the opportunity to 

respond to any facts or contentions 

made in a prohibited off-the-record 

communication and may request that 

the Commission place the prohibited 

communication and responses thereto 

in the decisional record. The 

Commission will grant such a request 

only when it determines that fairness so 

requires. Any person identified below as 

having made a prohibited off-the-record 

communication shall serve the 

document on all parties listed on the 

official service list for the applicable 

proceeding in accordance with Rule 

2010, 18 CFR 385.2010. 

Exempt off-the-record 

communications are included in the 

decisional record of the proceeding, 

unless the communication was with a 

cooperating agency as described by 40 

CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR 

385.2201(e)(1)(v). 

The following is a list of off-therecord communications recently 

received by the Secretary of the 

Commission. The communications 

listed are grouped by docket numbers in 

ascending order. These filings are 

available for electronic review at the 

Commission in the Public Reference 

Room or 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. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FERCOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or 

for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. 

Docket Nos. File date Presenter or requester 

Prohibited: 

1. CP16–9–011, CP16–9–012 .............................................................................. 1–20–2022 FERC Staff.1

2. CP16–9–011, CP16–9–012, RP21–1001–000, RP21–1001–001, CP18–46– 

004, CP15–490–002.

1–20–2022 FERC Staff.2

3. CP16–9–011, CP16–9–012 .............................................................................. 1–20–2022 FERC Staff.3

4. CP16–9–011, CP16–9–012, RP21–1001–000, RP21–1001–001, CP18–46– 

004, CP15–490–002.

1–20–2022 FERC Staff.4

5. CP16–9–011, CP16–9–012, RP21–1001–000, RP21–1001–001, CP18–46– 

004, CP15–490–002.

1–20–2022 FERC Staff.5

6. CP16–9–011, CP16–9–012, RP21–1001–000, RP21–1001–001, CP18–46– 

004, CP15–490–002.

1–20–2022 FERC Staff.6

7. CP16–9–011, CP16–9–012 .............................................................................. 1–20–2022 FERC Staff.7

8. CP16–9–011, CP16–9–012 .............................................................................. 1–20–2022 FERC Staff.8

9. CP16–9–011, CP16–9–012 .............................................................................. 1–21–2022 FERC Staff.9

10. CP16–9–011, CP16–9–012 ............................................................................ 1–21–2022 FERC Staff.10

11. CP16–9–011, CP16–9–012, RP21–1001–000, RP21–1001–001, CP18–46– 

004, CP15–490–002.

1–21–2022 FERC Staff.11

12. CP16–9–011, CP16–9–012, RP21–1001–000, RP21–1001–001, CP18–46– 

004, CP15–490–002.

1–26–2022 FERC Staff.12

13. CP16–9–011, CP16–9–012 ............................................................................ 1–26–2022 FERC Staff.13

14. CP16–9–011, CP16–9–012 ............................................................................ 1–26–2022 FERC Staff.14

15. CP22–17–000 ................................................................................................. 1–27–2022 Molly Smith. 

16. CP16–9–011, CP16–9–012, RP21–1001–000, RP21–1001–001, CP18–46– 

004, CP15–490–002.

1–27–2022 FERC Staff.15

17. CP16–9–011, CP16–9–012, RP21–1001–000, RP21–1001–001, CP18–46– 

004, CP15–490–002.

1–27–2022 FERC Staff.16

18. CP16–9–011, CP16–9–012 ............................................................................ 1–27–2022 FERC Staff.17


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