Document ID: FERC-2022-1327-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Application: Rumford Falls Hydro, LLC
Posted Date: 2022-10-20T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 202 (Thursday, October 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63770-63771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22771]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2333-094]

Rumford Falls Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for 
Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for 
Licensing and 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: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 2333-094.
    c. Date Filed: September 29, 2022.
    d. Applicant: Rumford Falls Hydro LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Rumford Falls Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Androscoggin River in the Town of Rumford, 
Oxford County, Maine.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Luke Anderson, Rumford Falls Hydro LLC, 
Brookfield Renewable, 150 Main St., Lewiston, Maine, 04240, (207) 755-
5613, [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen at (202) 502-8074 or email at 
[email protected].
    j. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. Project Description: The project consists of two developments: 
the Upper Station and Lower Station. The Upper Station Development 
consists of the following existing facilities: (1) a concrete gravity 
dam with a 464-foot-long, 37-foot-high ogee type spillway section with 
32-inch-high, pin-supported wooden flashboards; (2) a reservoir with a 
storage capacity of 2,900 acre-feet and a surface area of approximately 
419 acres at a maximum headwater elevation of 601.24 feet; (3) a 2,300-
foot-long, 150-foot-wide forebay; (4) a gatehouse containing two 
headgates for each of the four penstocks for a total of eight headgates 
with trashracks; (5) four 110-foot-long underground steel-plate 
penstocks, three of which are 12 feet in diameter, and one of which is 
13 feet in diameter; (6) a masonry powerhouse integral with the dam 
that is composed of two adjoing stations(a) a 30-foot-wide, 110-foot-
long, 92-foot-high Old Station, containing one horizontal generating 
unit with a capacity of 4,300 kilowatts (kW), and (b) a 60-foot-wide, 
140-foot-long, 76-foot-high New Station containing three vertical 
generating units, two with a capacity of 8,100 kW each, and one with a 
capacity of 8,800 kW; (7) four 11.5-kilovolt (kV) overhead transmission 
lines, two of which are de-energized, and the other two are: a 4,500-
foot-long line 2 and a 4,200-foot-long line 3; and (8) appurtenant 
facilities.
    The Lower Station Development consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) a rock-filled, wooden cribbed and concrete-capped 
Middle Dam, with a 328.6-foot-long, 20-foot-high gravity spillway 
section with a crest elevation of 502.74 feet with 16-inch-high, pin-
supported, wooden flashboards; (2) a reservoir with storage capacity of 
141 acre-feet and a surface area of 21 acres at a normal maximum 
headwater elevation of 502.7 feet; (3) a 120-foot-long concrete 
headgate structure located adjacent to the dam with ten steel headgates 
and a waste weir section perpendicular to the headgate structure with a 
crest elevation of 502.6 feet and 10-inch-high flashboards regulating 
flow to the Middle Canal; (4) a 2,400-foot-long Middle Canal with a 
width ranging from 75 to 175 feet and a depth from 8 to 11 feet; (5) a 
gatehouse containing two headgates, trashracks, and other appurtenant 
equipment regulating flow from the canal into two penstocks; (6) two 
815-foot-long, 12-foot-diameter, steel-plate penstocks conveying flow 
from the gatehouse to two surge tanks; (7) two 36-foot-diameter, 50.5-
foot-high cylindrical surge tanks; (8) two 77-foot-

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long, 12-foot-diameter steel penstocks conveying flow from the surge 
tanks to the powerhouse; (9) a masonry powerhouse containing two 
identical vertical units, each with a 7,600-kW capacity; (10) two 600-
foot-long, 11.5-kV parallel generator leads; and (11) appurtenant 
facilities.
    Rumford Falls Hydro LLC operates the project in a run-of-river mode 
and does not propose any changes to project facilities or operation. 
The project would continue to generate an estimated average of 270,800 
megawatt-hours annually.
    l. Location of the Application: In addition to publishing the full 
text of this notice in the Federal Register, the Commission provides 
all interested persons an opportunity to view and/or print the contents 
of this notice, as well as other documents in the proceeding (e.g., 
license application) 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 (P-2333). For assistance, contact FERC at 
[email protected] or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or (202) 
502-8659 (TTY).
    m. 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.
    n. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 
schedule may be made as appropriate.

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               Milestone                           Target date
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)  October 2022.
Issue Additional Information Request    November 2022.
 (if necessary).
Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready    March 2023.
 for Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary  May 2023.
 terms and conditions, and fishway
 prescriptions.
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    o. 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: October 13, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-22771 Filed 10-19-22; 8:45 am]
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