[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 37328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13336]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 3133-033]


Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC, Errol Hydro Co., LLC; Notice of 
Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment

    On July 30, 2021, Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC and Errol Hydro 
Co., LLC filed an application for a new major license for the 2.031-
megawatt Errol Hydroelectric Project (Errol Project; FERC No. 3133). 
The Errol Project is located on the Androscoggin River and Umbagog 
Lake, near the Town of Errol, and Township of Cambridge, in Coos Wing 
County, New Hampshire and the Towns of Magalloway Plantation and Upton 
in Oxford County, Maine. The project occupies 3,285 acres of federal 
land in the Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge administered by the U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service.
    In accordance with the Commission's regulations, on April 4, 2022, 
Commission staff issued a notice that the project was ready for 
environmental analysis (REA Notice). Based on the information in the 
record, including comments filed on the REA Notice, staff does not 
anticipate that licensing the project would constitute a major federal 
action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. 
Therefore, staff intends to prepare a draft and final Environmental 
Assessment (EA) on the application to relicense the Errol Project.
    The EA will be issued and circulated for review by all interested 
parties. All comments filed on the EA will be analyzed by staff and 
considered in the Commission's final licensing decision.
    The application will be processed according to the following 
schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate.

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               Milestone                           Target date
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Commission issues draft EA.............  December 2022
Comments on draft EA...................  January 2023
Commission issues final EA.............  June 2023 \1\
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    Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to Kelly 
Wolcott at (202) 502-6480 or [email protected].
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    \1\ The Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) regulations 
under 40 CFR 1501.10(b)(1) require that EAs be completed within 1 
year of the federal action agency's decision to prepare an EA. This 
notice establishes the Commission's intent to prepare a draft and 
final EA for the Errol Project. Therefore, in accordance with CEQ's 
regulations, the final EA must be issued within 1 year of the 
issuance date of this notice.

    Dated: June 15, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-13336 Filed 6-21-22; 8:45 am]
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