[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18534-18535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06518]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 7189-015]


Green Lake Water Power Company; Notice of Application Accepted 
for Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for 
Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, 
Preliminary Terms and Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 7189-015.
    c. Date Filed: March 31, 2022.
    d. Applicant: Green Lake Water Power Company (Green Lake Power).
    e. Name of Project: Green Lake Hydroelectric Project (project).
    f. Location: On Green Lake and Reeds Brook in Hancock County, 
Maine. The project occupies approximately two acres of the U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service's Green Lake National Fish Hatchery.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Caroline Kleinschmidt, Green Lake Water Power 
Company, 120 Hatchery Way, Ellsworth, ME 04605; Phone at (207) 667-
3322; or email at [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Arash Barsari at (202) 502-6207, or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments, 
recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary 
fishway prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this notice; 
reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
motions to intervene and protests, comments, recommendations, 
preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary fishway prescriptions 
using the Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 
characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at 
https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx. You must include your 
name and contact information at the end of your comments. For 
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, you may submit a paper copy. 
Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via 
any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include docket 
number P-7189-015.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person on the official service list for the 
project. Further, if an intervenor files comments or documents with the 
Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the 
responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve 
a copy of the document on that resource agency.
    k. This application has been accepted for filing and is now ready 
for environmental analysis.
    l. Project Description: The existing Green Lake Project consists 
of: (1) a 272.2-foot-long, 7.5-foot-high dam that includes: (a) an 83-
foot-long concrete-gravity section with a 79.8-foot-long spillway that 
has a crest elevation of 160.7 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 
1929 (NGVD 29), and is topped with a 2-foot-high fish screen; (b) a 12-
foot-long concrete intake structure with a 4.5-foot-wide, 4.5-foot-high 
sluice gate equipped with an 8-foot-wide, 12-foot-high trashrack with a 
1-inch clear bar spacing; (c) a 20.2-foot-long concrete gate structure 
with two approximately 6-foot-wide, 7-foot-high sluice gates, each 
equipped with a vertical lift, fish screen with an approximately 0.75-
inch mesh size; and (d) a 157-foot-long section that includes: (i) a 
35.5-foot-long auxiliary spillway with a crest elevation of 161.5 feet 
NGVD 29; (ii) a 71-foot-long auxiliary spillway with a crest elevation 
of 163.4 feet NGVD 29; and (iii) a 50.5-foot-long auxiliary spillway 
with a crest elevation of 163.8 feet NGVD 29; (2) an impoundment (Green 
Lake) with a surface area of 2,989 acres at an elevation of 160.7 feet 
NGVD 29; (3) an approximately 92-foot-long concrete channel that 
conveys flows from the spillway to Reeds Brook; (4) a 1,744-foot-long 
penstock; (5) a 27-foot-long, 35-foot-wide concrete powerhouse 
containing a 400-kilowatt (kW) Allis-Chalmers tube turbine-generator 
unit and a 25-kW centrifugal pump turbine-

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generator unit, for a total installed capacity of 425 kW; (6) a 35.38-
foot-long, 5-foot-diameter discharge pipe and a 42.25-foot-long, 5-
foot-diameter discharge pipe from the powerhouse; (7) a 4.8/12.47-
kilovolt (kV) step-up transformer and a 650-foot-long, 12.47-kV 
underground transmission line that connects the generators to the 
regional grid; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The project creates an 
approximately 1,900-foot-long bypassed reach of Reeds Brook.
    The current license requires Green Lake Power to: (1) maintain the 
elevation of Green Lake between 159.7 feet and 160.7 feet NGVD 29 from 
June 1 through Labor Day weekend each year, and between 157.5 feet and 
160.7 feet NGVD 29 for the remainder of the year; (2) complete the fall 
drawdown of Green Lake by October 15 of each year; (3) reduce the 
elevation of Green Lake during the spring drawdown to no lower than the 
elevation attained on the previous October 15 of each year; and (4) 
release a year-round minimum flow to Reeds Brook of one cubic foot per 
second (cfs), or inflow to Green Lake, whichever is less, for the 
protection and enhancement of fish and wildlife resources downstream of 
the dam. In addition, the current license requires Green Lake Power to 
provide flows of up to 30 cfs to the FWS's Green Lake National Fish 
Hatchery.
    The current license also requires Green Lake Power to install 
screens at the project intake to protect fish from turbine entrainment 
and prevent out-migration of adult salmonids from Green Lake.
    The average annual generation of the project was approximately 
1,657.8 megawatt-hours from 2016 through 2020.
    Green Lake Power proposes to modify the trashrack structure to 
reduce a gap on the side of the trashrack from 2 inches to 1 inch. 
Green Lake Power is not proposing any changes to project operation.
    m. A copy of the application can be viewed on the Commission's 
website at https://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, contact FERC Online 
Support. At this time, the Commission has suspended access to the 
Commission's Public Reference Room due to the proclamation declaring a 
National Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), 
issued by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC 
at [email protected] or call toll free, (886) 208-3676 or TTY 
(202) 502-8659.
    n. 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, and .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 application.
    All filings must: (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST,'' ``MOTION TO INTERVENE,'' ``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' 
``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``PRELIMINARY TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' or 
``PRELIMINARY FISHWAY PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (2) set forth in the heading the 
name of the applicant and the project number of the application to 
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone 
number of the person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise 
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, or prescriptions must 
set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the 
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the 
application directly from the applicant. A copy of any protest or 
motion to intervene must be served upon each representative of the 
applicant specified in the particular application. A copy of all other 
filings in reference to this application must be accompanied by proof 
of service on all persons listed on the service list prepared by the 
Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 
385.2010.
    You may also register online at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    o. The applicant must file no later than 60 days following the date 
of issuance of this notice: (1) a copy of the water quality 
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including 
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request; 
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification. Please note 
that the certification request must comply with 40 CFR 121.5(b), 
including documentation that a pre-filing meeting request was submitted 
to the certifying authority at least 30 days prior to submitting the 
certification request. Please also note that the certification request 
must be sent to the certifying authority and to the Commission 
concurrently.
    p. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will 
be made as appropriate.

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                 Milestone                           Target date
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Deadline for filing interventions,           May 2023.
 protests, comments, recommendations,
 preliminary terms and conditions, and
 preliminary fishway prescriptions.
Deadline for filing reply comments.........  July 2023.
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    q. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of this notice.

    Dated: March 23, 2023.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-06518 Filed 3-28-23; 8:45 am]
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