Lower Mousam Hydroelectric Project License Surrender

Kennebunk Light and Power District; Notice of Revised Procedural Schedule for Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Surrender of License

This is a notice of revised procedural schedule for the Environmental Assessment (EA) covering the proposed surrender of the FERC license for the Lower Mousam Hydroelectric Project (No. 5362), located on the Mousam River in York County, Maine. Kennebunk Light and Power District filed the surrender application on March 31, 2021, supplemented most recently in April 2025. FERC staff revised the EA schedule after requesting additional consultation information from the licensee; the EA is now targeted for issuance by October 2, 2025. The project does not occupy federal lands. No impact analysis appears in this procedural notice.

Kennebunk Light and Power District; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment

This is a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed surrender of FERC Project No. 5362, the Lower Mousam Hydroelectric Project, located on the Mousam River in York County, Maine. The licensee, Kennebunk Light and Power District, filed for license surrender in March 2021, proposing to remove generation equipment and secure project structures with fencing while leaving the dams in place. Multiple federal and state agencies, environmental groups, and private citizens filed comments; numerous commenters oppose surrender without dam removal. FERC staff plans to issue the EA by April 30, 2025, for a 30-day public comment period.