[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 118 (Tuesday, June 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36524-36525]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-14877]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14421-000]
Freedom Falls, LLC; 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: Exemption from Licensing.
b. Project No.: 14421-000.
c. Date filed: June 1, 2012.
d. Applicant: Freedom Falls, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Freedom Falls Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On Sandy Stream, in the Town of Freedom, Waldo County,
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Maine. The project would not occupy lands of the United States.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of
1978, 16 U.S.C. 2705, 2708.
h. Applicant Contact: Anthony P. Grassi, Freedom Falls LLC, 363
Belfast Road, Camden, ME 04843, (207) 236-4663.
i. FERC Contact: Samantha Davidson, (202) 502-6839 or
samantha.davidson@ferc.gov.
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: July 31, 2012.
All documents may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web
site http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp. Commenters can
submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior
registration, using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. 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; call toll-free at (866) 208-
3676; or, for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission
strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-
filed. To paper-file, mail an original and seven copies to: Kimberly D.
Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE., Washington, DC 20426.
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The proposed Freedom Falls Hydroelectric Project would consist
of: (1) An existing 90-foot-long, 12-foot-high concrete-capped stone
masonry dam with a 25-foot-long, 10-foot-high spillway with two
vertical lift sluice gates and a crest elevation of 452.5 feet mean sea
level (msl); (2) an existing 1.6-acre impoundment with a normal maximum
water surface elevation of 453.0 feet msl; (3) a new intake structure
equipped with an 8-foot-high, 5-foot-wide trashrack that would be
modified to have 1-inch clear bar spacing, and a 3-foot-high, 4.75-
foot-wide slide gate; (4) a new downstream American eel passage
facility and working platform; (5) a new 60-foot-long, 30-inch-diameter
steel penstock leading to; (6) an existing 20-foot-wide, by 30-foot-
long generating room containing a new 38.3 kilowatt turbine-generator
unit; (7) a new 20-foot-long, 5-foot-wide tailrace; (8) a new 30-foot-
long, 110-volt transmission line; and (9) appurtenant facilities. The
proposed project is estimated to generate an average of 66,000
kilowatt-hours annually.
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 Web site 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.
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. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the Maine
Historic Preservation Commission, as required by 106, National Historic
Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation, 36, CFR, at 800.4.
q. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the
schedule will be made as appropriate (e.g., if scoping is waived, the
schedule would be shortened).
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Issue Deficiency Letter................ August 2012.
Issue Notice of Acceptance............. October 2012.
Issue Scoping Document................. November 2012.
Issue Notice of ready for environmental January 2013.
analysis.
Issue Notice of the availability of the May 2013.
EA.
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Dated: June 13, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-14877 Filed 6-18-12; 8:45 am]
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