Document ID: FERC-2018-0240-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Hydroelectric Applications: Goose River Hydro, Inc.
Posted Date: 2018-02-22T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 36 (Thursday, February 22, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7707-7708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03556]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2804-035]

Goose River Hydro, Inc.; Notice of Application Tendered for 
Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New minor license
    b. Project No.: P-2804-035
    c. Date filed: February 2, 2018
    d. Applicant: Goose River Hydro, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Goose River Hydroelectric Project
    f. Location: On the Goose River, near Belfast, Waldo County, Maine. 
No federal or tribal lands would be occupied by project works or 
located within the project boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Nicholas Cabral, Goose River Hydro Inc., 67 
Swan Lake Ave., Belfast, ME 04095, (207)-604-4394, 
[email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Julia Kolberg, 888 1st St. NE, Washington, DC 
20426, (202) 502-8261, [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

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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: April 3, 2018.
    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, please send a paper copy 
to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 
NE, Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-2804-033.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The project consists of the following existing facilities:

Swan Lake Dam

    (1) A 14-foot-high, 250-foot-long rock masonry gravity dam 
impounding Swan Lake with a surface area of approximately 1,364 acres 
at an elevation of 201 feet above sea level; (2) a concrete inlet 
structure; (3) three manually operated butterfly gates that regulate 
flow through the inlet structure; (4) two culverts the convey flow 
under Route 141; and (5) appurtenant facilities.

Mason's Dam

    (1) A 15-foot-high, 86-foot-long rock masonry dam impounding a 
reservoir with a storage capacity of approximately 1,621 acre-feet at 
an elevation of 188 feet above sea level; (2) a concrete inlet 
structure; (3) a manually operated gate regulating flow from the inlet 
structure to the penstock; (4) a 350-foot-long steel penstock; (5) a 
266-square-foot concrete powerhouse containing two Kaplan turbines and 
generating units with a licensed capacity of 75 kW; (6) a 300-foot-
long, 12-kilovolt (kV) transmission line and (7) appurtenant 
facilities.

Kelley Dam

    (1) A 15-foot-high, 135-foot-long masonry gravity dam impounding a 
reservoir with a storage capacity of approximately 200 acre-feet at an 
elevation of approximately 159 feet above sea level; and (2) three 
manually operated gates.

Mill Dam

    (1) A 6-foot-tall, 70-foot-wide masonry dam impounding a reservoir 
with a storage capacity of approximately 7 acre-feet at an elevation of 
approximately 128 feet above sea level; (2) a concrete inlet structure; 
(3) a trash sluice with wooden stop logs; (4) a 3-foot-diameter, 110-
foot-long plastic penstock; (5) a powerhouse containing a Francis-type 
turbine and generator unit with a licensed capacity of 94 kW; and (6) 
an approximately 100-foot-long, 12-kV transmission line.

CMP Dam

    (1) A 21-foot-high, 231-foot-long buttress dam impounding a 
reservoir with a storage capacity of approximately 72 acre-feet at an 
elevation of approximately 109 feet above sea level; (2) a 5-foot-
diameter, 1,200-foot-long steel penstock; (3) a 300-square-foot 
concrete and timber powerhouse with a Kaplan-type turbine and generator 
unit with a licensed capacity of 200 kW; and (4) an approximately 500-
foot-long, 12-kV transmission line.
    o. A copy of the application is available for 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, contact 
FERC Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    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.
    p. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will 
be made as appropriate.

Issue Deficiency Letter--March 2018
Issue Notice of Acceptance--July 2018
Issue Scoping Document for comments--August 2018
Comments on Scoping Document--October 2018
Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis--November 2018
Commission issues EA--April 2019
Comments on EA--May 2019

    Dated: February 14, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-03556 Filed 2-21-18; 8:45 am]
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