[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 179 (Tuesday, September 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57210-57211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-20309]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 4784-106]


Topsham Hydro Partners Limited Partnership (L.P.); 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.: 4784-106.
    c. Date Filed: August 31, 2020.
    d. Applicant: Topsham Hydro Partners Limited Partnership (L.P.).
    e. Name of Project: Pejepscot Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Androscoggin River in Sagadahoc, Cumberland, 
and Androscoggin Counties in the village of Pejepscot and the town of 
Topsham, Maine. The project does not affect federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Tom Uncher, Vice President, Topsham Hydro 
Partners Limited Partnership, 339B Big Bay Rd, Queensbury, NY 12804, 
Telephone: 1-518-743-2018, Thomas.Uncher@brookfieldrenewable.com.
    i. FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen at (202) 502-8074 or email at 
ryan.hansen@ferc.gov.
    j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. Project Description: The existing Pejepscot Project consists of: 
(1) A 560-foot-long, 47.5-foot-high rock and gravel-filled, timber crib 
overflow structure that is topped with a 5-foot-thick reinforced 
concrete slab; (2) a spillway consisting of five, 96-foot-long by 3-
foot-high steel bascule gates; (3) a 225-acre, 3 mile-long reservoir at 
an elevation of 67.5 feet mean sea level (MSL); (4) a 97-foot-wide, 
146-foot-long brick masonry and concrete original powerhouse integral 
with the dam including an integral intake structure and containing 
three horizontal Francis turbine-generator units with a combined

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rated capacity of approximately 1.58 megawatts (MW); (5) a 60-foot-wide 
by 115-foot-long concrete with steel frame superstructure newer 
powerhouse integral with the dam including an integral intake structure 
and containing a Kaplan turbine and a generator with a rated capacity 
of approximately 12.3 MW; (6) a vertical lift upstream fish passage 
facility consisting of a 20-foot-long, 7-foot-wide steel hopper with a 
sloping bottom and an 8-inch-wide, 8-foot-high V-trap inlet, a 6-foot-
wide, 8-foot-high, 110-foot-long metal flume, four attraction pumps 
with a combined capacity of 160 cubic feet per second (cfs) and a 
viewing window; (7) a downstream fish passage facility consisting of 
two 4-foot-wide steel entry weirs with grizzly racks that pass fish 
through 30-inch-diameter, 185-foot-long and 24-inch-diameter, 60-foot-
long outlet pipes, respectively; (8) a tailrace with a bulkhead-like 
gate that discharges water into the Androscoggin River approximately 25 
feet downstream of the powerhouses; (9) two 900-foot-long, 15-kilovolt 
cable connections to substations located north and south of the 
powerhouses, respectively; and (10) appurtenant facilities.
    The project is operated in a run-of-river mode with an average 
annual generation of 68.5 megawatt-hours.
    l. Locations of the Application: 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, please contact FERC Online Support at 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at 
the address in item (h) above.
    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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Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for      October 2020.
 Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms  December 2020.
 and conditions, and fishway prescriptions.
Commission issues Draft EA or EIS...........  June 2021.
Comments on Draft EA or EIS.................  July 2021.
Modified terms and conditions...............  September 2021.
Commission issues Final EA or EIS...........  December 2021.
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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: September 9, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-20309 Filed 9-14-20; 8:45 am]
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