[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 194 (Monday, October 7, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 53427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21791]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2333-091-Maine]


Rumford Falls Hydro, LLC; Notice of Environmental Site Review

    On September 27, 2019, Rumford Falls Hydro, LLC filed a Notice of 
Intent (NOI) and Pre-Application Document to re-license its 44.5-
megawatt Rumford Falls Hydroelectric Project No. 2333. The Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) will conduct an environmental 
site review for the project on October 24, 2019. The project is located 
on the Androscoggin River, in Oxford County, Maine.
    The environmental site review is being held to provide all 
stakeholders, interested in the project's future relicensing 
proceedings, an opportunity to view the project's facilities and 
surrounding areas.
    Under the Commission's Integrated Licensing Process, the Commission 
conducts its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) scoping meeting 
within 90 days of the filing of the licensee's NOI. An environmental 
site review is typically held in conjunction with that scoping meeting. 
However, access to some project facilities may be limited by winter 
weather during December of 2019 when scoping for this project is 
currently anticipated. For this reason, the Commission will conduct the 
environmental site review in October before the onset of winter; 
additional site reviews will not be conducted in conjunction with NEPA 
scoping meetings for the project in December of 2019. Therefore, we are 
waiving 5.8(b)(viii) of the Commission's regulations requiring an 
environmental site review within 30 days of issuance of a notice of 
commencement of proceeding to facilitate the early environmental site 
review. The Commission encourages all interested parties to participate 
in the October environmental site review to facilitate productive 
scoping meetings later this year. Details of the project specific 
environmental site review follow.
    Date and Time: October 24, 2019 at 9:00 a.m.
    Location: Rumford Falls Hydroelectric Project, 299 Prospect Avenue 
(Route 2), Rumford, Maine 04276.

Directions and Logistics

    Please notify Mr. Randy Dorman of Great Lakes Hydro America at 
(207) 755- 5605 or at randy.dorman@brookfieldrenewable.com on or before 
October 21, 2019, if you plan to attend the environmental site review.
    If you need further logistical information or directions, please 
contact the Mr. Randy Dorman with the information above. All other 
questions regarding the environmental site review or the Commission's 
Integrated Licensing Process may be directed to Ryan Hansen of the 
Commission's staff at (202) 502-8074 or via email at: 
ryan.hansen@ferc.gov.

    Dated: October 1, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-21791 Filed 10-4-19; 8:45 am]
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