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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 181 / Wednesday, September 22, 2021 / Notices under section 305b of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and implementing regulations at 50 CFR 600.920. We are also initiating consultation with the Maine State Historic Preservation Officer, as required by section 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the implementing regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
l. With this notice, we are designating Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC as the Commissions non-federal representative for carrying out informal consultation pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and section 305b of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act; and consultation pursuant to section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.
m. Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC
filed a Pre-Application Document PAD;
including a proposed process plan and schedule with the Commission, pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commissions regulations.
n. A copy of the PAD may be viewed and/or printed on the Commissions website http 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 FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, 866
2083676 toll free, or 202 5028659
TTY.
o. The licensee states its unequivocal intent to submit an application for a new license for Project No. 2302.
Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.8, 16.9, and 16.10
each application for a new license and any competing license applications must be filed with the Commission at least 24 months prior to the expiration of the existing license. All applications for license for this project must be filed by August 31, 2024.
p. Register online at http
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filing and issuances related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: September 15, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Project No. 2150147

Puget Sound Energy, Inc.; Notice of Water Quality Protection Plan Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests Take notice that the following amendment application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
a. Application Type: Water Quality Protection Plan.
b. Project No: P2150147.
c. Date Filed: August 5, 2021.
d. Applicants: Puget Sound Energy, Inc. licensee.
e. Name of Projects: Baker River Hydroelectric Project.
f. Locations: The project is located on the Baker River in Skagit and Whatcom counties, Washington. The project occupies federal lands administered by the U.S. Forest Service within the Mt.
Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a825r.
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Jory Oppenheimer, Consulting Engineer, Puget Sound Energy, P.O. Box 97034, Bellevue, WA 980099734; telephone:
425 4623556 and email jory.oppenheimer@pse.com.
i. FERC Contact: Marybeth Gay, 202
5026125, Marybeth.Gay@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, and protests:
October 18, 2021.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file comments, motions to intervene, and protests using the Commissions eFiling system at http www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at http
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, 866
2083676 toll free, or 202 5028659
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
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Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include docket number P2150147. Comments emailed to Commission staff are not considered part of the Commission record.
The Commissions Rules of Practice and Procedure require all intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each person whose name appears 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. Description of Request: The Commission is requiring the licensee to grout one of the projects dams, the Lower Baker Dam, due to increasing leakage along its abutments. Upon completion of the seepage reduction project, the licensee would also make improvements to the crest of the Lower Baker Dam. As required by Article 401a of the project license, and condition 5.10 of the Washington Department of Ecologys May 11, 2007
Water Quality Certificate WQC, attached to the license as Appendix C, the licensee developed the Water Quality Protection Plan Plan for the seepage reduction project and has filed the Plan for the Commissions approval.
The Plan addresses the requirements set forth in condition 5.10 of the WQC, and includes: 1 An In-Water Work Protection Plan that specifies the best management practices BMPs for activities that require work within surface waters; 2 a Construction Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan that addresses land-disturbing activities along with BMPs and other control measures to prevent pollutants from entering the projects surface water and groundwater; and 3 procedures for monitoring water quality, and actions to implement if a water quality violation were to occur. Construction of the seepage reduction project is currently scheduled to begin in early November 2021.
The licensee previously filed a draft Biological Assessment BA with the Commission on March 8, 2021 for the proposed seepage reduction and crest improvement project. On April 28, 2021, Commission staff adopted the licensees draft BA without changes as the Commissions final BA and requested formal consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service.

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