United States Department of the Interior v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.'

The United States Department .of the Interior (“Interior”) petitions this Court to review two orders of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) which granted Boott Hydropower, Inc. and the Eldred L. Field Hydroelectric Facility Trust (collectively, “Boott”) an amendment to their license for the Lowell Hydroelectric Project No. 2790. The amendment permitted Boott to replace the historic wooden flashboard system atop the Pawtucket Dam (the “Dam”) in Lowell National Historic Park, Massachusetts, (“Lowell Park” or the “Park”) with a modern pneumatic crest gate…