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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 239 (Thursday, December 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 100475-100476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29285]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 11132-030]

KEI (Maine) Power Management (I), 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: Subsequent Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 11132-030.
    c. Date Filed: November 27, 2024.
    d. Applicant: KEI (Maine) Power Management (I), LLC (KEI Power).
    e. Name of Project: Eustis Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the North Branch of the Dead River, in the town of 
Eustis, in Franklin County, Maine.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Lewis C. Loon, 423 Brunswick Ave., 
Gardiner, ME 04345; (207) 203-3027; [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Erin Kimsey at (202) 502-8621; 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: January 26, 2025.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
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, DC20426. Submissions sent via 
any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 
Rockville, MD 20852. All filings must clearly identify the project name 
and docket number on the first page: Eustis Hydroelectric Project (P-
11132-030).
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The existing Eustis Hydroelectric Project consists of the 
following: (1) a 472-foot-long dam that includes: (i) a 22-foot-long 
concrete wall, east abutment section; (ii) two 10-foot-wide Taintor 
gates; (ii) a 20-foot-wide concrete sluiceway; (iv) four 3-foot-wide 
concrete piers; (ii) a 183-foot-long concrete ogee spillway section 
with 2- to 4-foot-high flashboards with a crest elevation of 1,161 
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) at top of the 
flashboards; (vi) a 14-foot-long intake section with an intake 
structure equipped with a trashrack with 1-inch clear bar spacing; and 
(vii) a 200-foot-long earthen dike, west abutment section; (2) a 130-
foot-long earthen saddle dike located about 150 feet upstream of the 
west abutment section of the dam; (3) an impoundment with a surface 
area of 73.5 acres at an elevation of 1,161 feet NGVD 29; (4) an 18-
foot-long, 18-foot-wide concrete and masonry powerhouse with a single 
turbine-generator unit with an authorized installed capacity of 250 
kilowatts; (5) a 100-kilovolt-amperes step-up transformer; (6) a 100-
foot-long, 12.5-kilovolt transmission line; and (7) appurtenant 
facilities.
    The current license requires KEI Power to operate the project in a 
run-of-river mode, wherein discharge flow is equal to inflow, for the 
protection of water quality and aquatic resources in the North Branch 
of the Dead River. The project has an average annual general of 728 
megawatt-hours. The current license also requires KEI Power to maintain 
year-round stable impoundment levels within 1-foot of full pond 
elevation of 1,161 NGVD.
    The current license requires the implementation of a May 13, 1999 
recreation plan that includes: (1) four parking spaces at the 
powerhouse; (2) three parking spaces near the abandoned mill foundation 
south of the powerhouse; (3) a canoe portage around the west side of 
Eustis dam; and (4) signs at the powerhouse and at locations visible to 
boaters upstream of the dam.
    KEI Power is not proposing any changes to project facilities or 
operation.
    o. Copies of the application may be viewed on the Commission's 
website at https://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-11132). 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 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.
    p. The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports 
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission 
proceedings. OPP can help

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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].
    q. 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)..  January 2025.
Request Additional Information..........  January 2025.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments...  April 2025.
Issue Acceptance Letter.................  May 2025.
Request Additional Information (if        May 2025.
 necessary).
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: December 6, 2024.
Carlos D. Clay,
Acting Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-29285 Filed 12-11-24; 8:45 am]
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