[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51998-51999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20766]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 9421-000]
James D. Sysko; Notice of Intent To Terminate Exemption (5 MW or
Less) and Soliciting Comments, Protests, or Motions To Intervene
Take notice that the following hydroelectric proceeding has been
initiated by the Commission:
a. Type of Proceeding: Notice of Intent To Terminate Exemption.
b. Project No.: 9421-000.
c. Date Initiated: August 21, 2014.
d. Exemptee: James D. Sysko.
e. Name and Location of Project: The Gardner Brook Hydroelectric
Project is located on Gardner Brook, in Oxford County, Maine.
f. Exemptee Contact Information: James D. Sysko, 524 Jims Drive,
Newry, ME 04261, (207) 824-3244 and Penny Percival, P.O. Box 366,
Andover, ME 04216.
g. FERC Contact: Ashish Desai, (202)502-8370,
[email protected].
h. Deadline for filing comments, protests, or motions to intervene
is 30 days from the issuance of this notice by the Commission. Please
file your submittal electronically via the Internet (eFiling) in lieu
of paper. Please refer to the instructions on the Commission's Web site
under http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp and filing
instructions in the Commission's Regulations at 18 CFR section
385.2001(a)(1)(iii). To assist you with eFilings you should refer to
the submission guidelines document at http://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide/user-guide.pdf. In addition, certain filing
requirements have statutory or regulatory formatting and other
instructions. You should refer to a list of these ``qualified
documents'' at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling/filing.pdf. You
must include your name and contact information at the end of your
comments. Please include the project number (P-9421-000) on any
documents or motions filed. The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings; otherwise, you should submit an original and seven
copies of any submittal to the following address: The Secretary,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Mail Code: DHAC, PJ-12, 888 First
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
i. Description of Project Facilities: (1) 10-Acre impoundment; (2)
14-foot-high, 100-foot-long timber crib dam with concrete cap; (3) 12-
inch-diameter, 3900-foot-long penstock; (4) a powerhouse containing a
single generating unit rated at 50 kW and (5) a 4000-foot-long
underground transmission line.
j. Description of Proceeding: The exemptee is in violation of
Standard Article 1 of its exemption, which was granted March 27, 1986
(34 FERC ]62,603). The Commission's regulation, 18 CFR 4.106, provides,
among other things, that the Commission reserves the right to revoke an
exemption if any term or condition of the exemption is violated.
Commission records indicate that the project stopped operating
sometime in early 2007. After several years of correspondence regarding
restoring operation to the project or surrounding the exemption, the
exemptee has become non-responsive. On December 19, 2013, the
Commission sent a letter indicating that the exemptee must file a plan
and schedule to restore operation or surrender the project, failure to
do so would result in an implied surrender. To date, the exemptee has
not filed a response and the project remains inoperable.
k. This notice is available for review and reproduction at the
Commission in the Public Reference Room, Room 2A, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426. The filing may also be viewed on the Commission's
Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the
Docket number (P-9421-000) excluding the last three digits in the
docket number field to access the notice. 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, call toll-free 1-866-208-3676 or email
[email protected]. For TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
l. Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene: Anyone may submit
comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in accordance with the
requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211,
.212, .214. In determining the appropriate action to take, the
Commission will consider all protests or other comments filed, but only
those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the
Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any comments,
protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or before the
specified comment date for the particular proceeding.
m. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--Any filing must (1)
bear in all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS, PROTEST,'' or
``MOTIONS TO INTERVENE,'' as applicable; (2) set
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forth in the heading the project number of the proceeding to which the
filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone number of
the person commenting, protesting, or intervening; and (4) otherwise
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All
comments or protests must set forth their evidentiary basis. All
comments, protests, or motions to intervene should relate to project
works which are the subject of the termination of exemption. A copy of
any protest or motion to intervene must be served on each
representative of the exemptee specified in item f above. A copy of all
other filings in reference to this notice must be accompanied by proof
of service on all persons listed in the service list prepared by the
Commission in this proceeding in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and
385.2010.
n. Agency Comments--Federal, state, and local agencies are invited
to file comments on the described proceeding. If any agency does not
file comments within the time specified for filing comments, it will be
presumed to have no comments.
Dated: August 22, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-20766 Filed 8-29-14; 8:45 am]
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