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Dam relicensing remains in limbo ELLSWORTH As Black Bear Hydro, the energy company in charge of the Ellsworth and Graham Lake dams, awaits the appeals process for its federal licensing renewal, the question arises: what happens if a new license is never issued? “If the [Federal Energy Regulatory Commission] makes a determination to not issue a new license, this would initiate the decommissioning process,” Black Bear Senior Communications Director Andy Davis told The American. Black Bear Hydro was denied its water quality certification by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) last March. The certification is required as part of the energy company’s years-long effort to renew its federal license to operate the dams. ....
Whatâs in a name like âyonderâ? I went out the back door and said that Iâm going through Hurricane and on âup yonderâ to Sand Springs for the big hill on Graham Road that should be the perfect sledding venue for the âgrandarlinsâ that were looking for a place to ride on Monday, January 11. If thatâs not ok, I will travel on to Smoke Top as that is the granddaddy of the local North Mississippi hills and on to Lafayette Springs or Denmark near Oxford for the quest. Then I thought about âdown yonderâ as you can travel to the Tallahatchie River Bottom via Rocky Ford and beyond to Riverside or the old Graham Lake area as the Bagley Fire Tower had height there on that hill as I began to reminisce about hunting there one New Yearâs Day with my dad in the early 1960âs. Then âover yonderâ near the Lappatubby Creek and before the Tallahatchie River is a land area that is called the Flatwoods that also ....
Playing by the rules on the Union River By Dwayne Shaw and Brett Ciccotelli Recently, Brookfield Renewables, the owner of the Ellsworth and Graham Lake dams, issued a press statement that has angered locals and further muddied the waters regarding their intentions to comply with state and federal water quality and fisheries regulations. What is clear is that Brookfield has decided its profits are at risk because its antiquated dams and highly problematic water management systems cannot be lawfully permitted under modern licensing requirements. Hydroelectric dams are licensed only every 40 years, and the old license has run out; Brookfield apparently does not like playing by today’s rules, versus those in place many decades ago. ....
Much too little, way too late Dear Editor: Last week a vice president from Brookfield Renewables the Canadian owners of the Ellsworth and Graham Lake dams made a statement to our community through an op-ed to the EA. This message comes after they have fought for over eight years to maintain the status quo of drawdowns at Graham Lake and horrific ongoing fish kills at the turbines. Now they are proposing that the community should be satisfied that they will “voluntarily” limit drawdowns for a few months next summer and if licensed provide safe upstream passage for salmon, eels, alewives and shad by 2035 as prescribed by federal agencies. ....