Bangor-Pacific Hydro Associates; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2600-088] 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.: 2600-088. c. Date Filed: May 27, 2022. d. Applicant: Bangor-Pacific Hydro Associates (Bangor Hydro). e. Name of Project: West Enfield Hydroelectric Project (project). f. Location: On the Penobscot River in Penobscot County, Maine. The project does not occupy any federal land. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r) . h. Applicant Contact: Randy Dorman, Relicensing Manager, Brookfield Renewable, 150 Maine Street, Lewiston, ME 04240; phone at (207) 755-5605, or email at Randy.Dorman@brookfieldrenewable.com . i. FERC Contact: Bill Connelly at (202) 502-8587, or william.connelly@ferc.gov . j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. k. Project Description: The existing West Enfield Hydroelectric Project consists of: (1) a 664-foot-long, 39-foot-high concrete dam that includes: (a) a 363-foot-long overflow spillway with 7-foot-high flashboards and a crest elevation of 156.1 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum 1929 (NGVD 29) at the top of the flashboards; (b) a 107-foot-long gated spillway with three 26-foot-wide, 25-foot-high radial spillway gates at an elevation of 149.1 feet NGVD 29; and (c) a 194-foot-long, 39-foot-high non-overflow section; (2) an 1,148-…