29742 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 94 / Monday, May 16, 2022 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Paducah 

AGENCY: Office of Environmental 

Management, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Paducah. The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

requires that public notice of this 

meeting be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Thursday, June 16, 2022, 5:30 

p.m.–7:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held, 

strictly following COVID–19 

precautionary measures, at: West 

Kentucky Community and Technical 

College, Emerging Technology Building, 

Room 109, 5100 Alben Barkley Drive, 

Paducah, Kentucky 42001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Roberts, Board Support Manager, by 

Phone: (270) 554–3004 or Email: eric@

pgdpcab.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management, and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda 

• Review of Agenda 

• Administrative Issues 

• Public Comment Period 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. The EM SSAB, 

Paducah, welcomes the attendance of 

the public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Eric Roberts 

as soon as possible in advance of the 

meeting at the telephone number listed 

above. Written statements may be filed 

with the Board either before or after the 

meeting. Comments received by no later 

than 5:00 p.m. CDT on Monday, June 

13, 2022 will be read aloud during the 

meeting. Comments will also be 

accepted after the meeting, by no later 

than 5:00 p.m. CDT on Friday, June 24, 

2022. Please submit comments to the 

Paducah Board Support Manager at the 

aforementioned email address. Please 

put ‘‘Public Comment’’ in the subject 

line. Individuals who wish to make oral 

statements pertaining to agenda items 

should contact Eric Roberts at the 

telephone number listed above. 

Requests must be received as soon as 

possible prior to the meeting and 

reasonable provision will be made to 

include the presentation in the agenda. 

The Deputy Designated Federal Officer 

is empowered to conduct the meeting in 

a fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make oral public comments 

will be provided a maximum of five 

minutes to present their comments. 

Individuals wishing to submit written 

public comments should email them as 

directed above. The EM SSAB, Paducah, 

will hear oral public comments 

pertaining to its scope (clean-up 

standards and environmental 

restoration; waste management and 

disposition; stabilization and 

disposition of non-stockpile nuclear 

materials; excess facilities; future land 

use and long-term stewardship; risk 

assessment and management; and cleanup science and technology activities). 

Comments outside of the scope may be 

submitted via written statement as 

directed above. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Eric Roberts, Board 

Support Manager, Emerging Technology 

Center, Room 221, 4810 Alben Barkley 

Drive, Paducah, KY 42001; Phone: (270) 

554–3004. Minutes will also be 

available at the following website: 

https://www.energy.gov/pppo/pgdp-cab/ 

listings/meeting-materials. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on May 11, 

2022. 

LaTanya Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10485 Filed 5–13–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 4784–106] 

Topsham Hydro Partners Limited 

Partnership (L.P.); Notice of Intent To 

Prepare an Environmental Assessment 

On August 31, 2020, Topsham Hydro 

Partners Limited Partnership (L.P.) 

(Topsham Hydro) filed an application 

for a new license for the 12.3-megawatt 

Pejepscot Hydroelectric Project 

(Pejepscot Project; FERC No. 4784) on 

the Androscoggin River in Sagadahoc, 

Cumberland, and Androscoggin 

Counties in the village of Pejepscot and 

the town of Topsham, Maine. The 

project does not affect federal lands. 

In accordance with the Commission’s 

regulations, on April 19, 2021, 

Commission staff issued a notice that 

the project was ready for environmental 

analysis (REA Notice). Subsequently, 

Topsham Hydro filed Settlement 

Agreements for Modified Prescriptions 

for Fishways executed by and between 

the licensee and the U.S. Department of 

Commerce’s National Marine Fisheries 

Service and the U.S. Department of 

Interior’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

on February 18, 2022, and February 24, 

2022, respectively. Comments on the 

settlement agreements were due on 

March 26 and 30, 2022. Comments were 

filed on the settlement agreements. 

Based on the information in the 

record, including our review of the 

settlement agreements and comments on 

the settlement agreements, staff does not 

anticipate that licensing the project 

would constitute a major federal action 

significantly affecting the quality of the 

human environment. Therefore, staff 

intends to prepare a draft and final 

Environmental Assessment (EA) on the 

application to relicense the Pejepscot 

Project. 

The EA will be issued and circulated 

for review by all interested parties. All 

comments filed on the EA will be 

analyzed by staff and considered in the 

Commission’s final licensing decision. 

The application will be processed 

according to the following schedule. 

Revisions to the schedule may be made 

as appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

Commission issues 

draft EA.

June 2022. 

Comments on draft 

EA due.

July 2022. 

Commission issues 

final EA.

November 2022 1

1The Council on Environmental Quality’s 

(CEQ) regulations under 40 CFR 

1501.10(b)(1) require that EAs be completed 

within 1 year of the federal action agency’s 

decision to prepare an EA. This notice establishes the Commission’s intent to prepare a 

draft and final EA for the Pejepscot Hydroelectric Project. Therefore, in accordance with 

CEQ’s regulations, the final EA must be 

issued within 1 year of the issuance date of 

this notice. 

Any questions regarding this notice 

may be directed to Ryan Hansen at (202) 

502–8074 or at ryan.hansen@ferc.gov. 

Dated: May 10, 2022. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10470 Filed 5–13–22; 8:45 am] 

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