[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 240 (Monday, December 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80777-80778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27436]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 4202-024]


KEI (Maine) Power Management (II) LLC; Notice of Conference Call

    a. Date and Time of Meeting: December 18, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern 
Standard Time.
    b. FERC Contact: Steve Kartalia at stephen.kartalia@ferc.gov or 
(202) 502-6131.
    c. Purpose of Meeting: On October 15, 2020, the National Marine 
Fisheries Service (NMFS) requested that, pursuant to section 16.8(b)(6) 
of the Commission's regulations, the Director of the Office of Energy 
Projects resolve a dispute with KEI (Maine) Power Management (II) LLC 
(KEI Power), regarding two studies NMFS requested during the first 
stage of consultation for the proposed relicensing of the Lowell 
Tannery Hydroelectric Project No. 4202 (project). NMFS's dispute 
involves two studies: an upstream fish passage effectiveness study, and 
a downstream fish passage effectiveness and survival study. Commission 
staff need additional information to provide a recommendation on the 
dispute involving upstream fish passage.
    Commission staff is meeting with KEI Power, NMFS, the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, and other interested participants, via conference 
call, to discuss the project's upstream fish passage facility, project 
operation, and

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existing information about the project's effects on upstream fish 
passage.
    d. Proposed Agenda: (1) Introduction of participants; (2) FERC 
staff explain purpose of meeting and gather information about upstream 
passage at the project; (3) Participants discuss upstream passage at 
the project; and (4) Meeting conclusion.
    e. A summary of the meeting will be prepared and filed in the 
Commission's public file for the project.
    f. All local, state, and federal agencies, Indian tribes, and other 
interested parties are invited to participate by phone. If interested, 
please contact Steve Kartalia at
    stephen.kartalia@ferc.gov or (202) 502-6131, by December 16, 2020, 
to receive the conference call number and access code.

    Dated: December 8, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-27436 Filed 12-11-20; 8:45 am]
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