Hydro Kennebec LLC filed an application on February 14, 2025, for a temporary variance at its Hydro-Kennebec Hydroelectric Project (No. 2611) on the Kennebec River in Kennebec and Somerset counties, Maine. The licensee proposes to install 3-foot flashboards instead of the normal 6-foot flashboards, lowering the reservoir from 81 to 78 feet to allow repairs to a damaged spillway gate. FERC staff issued this Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Assessment, targeting completion by May 30, 2025. The public comment period on the underlying amendment closed April 28, 2025, with no filings received.123