Essex Company, LLC; Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document (Pad), Commencement of Pre-Filing Process, and Scoping, Request For Comments on the Pad and Scoping Document, and Identification of Issues and Associated Study Requests

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. 2800-054] a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application for a New ( printed page 56814) License and Commencing Pre-filing Process. b. Project No.: 2800-054. c. Dated Filed: June 16, 2023. d. Submitted By: Essex Company, LLC (Essex). e. Name of Project: Lawrence Hydroelectric Project (Lawrence Project). f. Location: The project is located on the Merrimack River in the City of Lawrence in Essex County, Massachusetts. g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of the Commission's Regulations. h. Applicant Contact: Kevin Webb, Hydro Licensing Manager, Essex Company, 670 N Commercial Street, Suite 204, Manchester, NH 03101; (978) 935-6039; kwebb@patriothydro.com . i. FERC Contact: Bill Connelly at (202) 502-8587 or email at william.connelly@ferc.gov . j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such requests described in item o below. Cooperating agencies should note the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with: (a) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administr…