Notice2022-05580
Eagle Creek Reusens Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments
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March 17, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 52 (Thursday, March 17, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15236-15237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05580]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. P-2376-052]
Eagle Creek Reusens Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered
for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests
and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for
Submission of Final Amendments
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New Major License.
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b. Project No.: 2376-052.
c. Date Filed: February 28, 2022.
d. Applicant: Eagle Creek Reusens Hydro, LLC (Reusens Hydro).
e. Name of Project: Reusens Hydroelectric Project (Reusens
Project).
f. Location: The project is located on the James River in Bedford
and Amherst Counties, Virginia. The project does not occupy any federal
land.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contacts: Ms. Joyce Foster, Director, Licensing and
Compliance Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC, 7315 Wisconsin Avenue,
Suite 1100W, Bethesda, MD 20814; Phone at (804) 338-5110 or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#db91b4a2b8bef59db4a8afbea99bbebabcb7beb8a9bebeb0a9bef5b8b4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1b517462787e355d74686f7e695b7e7a7c777e78697e7e70697e357874">[email protected]</span></a>; and Ms. Jody Smet, Vice President,
Regulatory Affairs, Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC, 7315 Wisconsin
Ave., Suite 1100W, Bethesda, MD 20814; Phone at (240) 482-2700 or email
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3c56535845124f5159487c595d5b50595f4e5959574e59125f5351"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bcd6d3d8c592cfd1d9c8fcd9dddbd0d9dfced9d9d7ced992dfd3d1">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Laurie Bauer at (202) 502-6519, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b8d4d9cdcad1dd96dad9cdddcaf8deddcadb96dfd7ce"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dbb7baaea9b2bef5b9baaebea99bbdbea9b8f5bcb4ad">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ]
61,076 (2001).
k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of
the request on the applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status: April 29, 2022.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status
using the Commission's eFiling system at <a href="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp</a>. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#35737067767a5b595c5b50664045455a474175535047561b525a43"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2a6c6f786965444643444f795f5a5a45585e6a4c4f5849044d455c">[email protected]</span></a>, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202)
502-8659 (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 Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, Maryland 20852. All filings must clearly identify the
project name and docket number on the first page: Reusens Project (P-
2376-052).
m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The Reusens Project consists of: (1) A 24-foot-high, 416-foot-
long concrete dam and spillway containing eight 16.75-foot-high, 44-
foot-wide floodgates; (2) a 25-foot-high concrete curved auxiliary
spillway; (3) a 500-acre impoundment with a gross storage capacity of
6,869 acre-feet at the normal pool elevation of 550.7 feet National
Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929; (4) an intake sction of Powerhouse A
containing three 6.83-foot-wide, 17.92-foot-high steel, concrete, and
timber gates and Powerhouse B containing two 6.67-foot-wide, 17.5-foot-
high timber gates; (5) a 105.5-foot-long, 83-foot-wide, 86-foot-high
steel frame, concrete and brick Powerhouse A containing three vertical
Francis turbine-generator units with a total installed capacity of 7.5
megawatts (MW); (5) a 55-foot-long, 27-foot-wide, 84-foot-high steel
frame, concrete and brick Powerhouse B containing two vertical Francis
turbine-generator units with a total installed capacity of 5 MW; (6) a
100-foot-wide, 250-foot-long tailrace below Powerhouse A; (7) a 60-
foot-wide, 50-foot-long tailrace below Powerhouse B; (8) a 280-foot-
long transmission line to three 5,210 kilovolt-ampere 4/34.5 kilovolt
step-up transformers which are connected to the grid via a 24-foot-long
overhead line; and (9) appurtenant facilities.
The Reusens Project operates in a peaking mode with an average
annual generation of 22,504 megawatt-hours between 2018 and 2021.
o. A copy of the application can be viewed on the Commission's
website at <a href="http://www.ferc.gov">http://www.ferc.gov</a>, using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the
docket number, excluding the last three digits in the docket number
field, to access the document (P-2376). For assistance, contact FERC at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ce888b9c8d81a0a2a7a0ab9dbbbebea1bcba8ea8abbcade0a9a1b8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="97d1d2c5d4d8f9fbfef9f2c4e2e7e7f8e5e3d7f1f2e5f4b9f0f8e1">[email protected]</span></a>, or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or (202)
502-8659 (TTY).
You may also register online at <a href="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp</a> to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
p. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will
be made as appropriate.
Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)--April 2022
Request Additional Information--April 2022
Issue Acceptance Letter--July 2022
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--August 2022
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--September 2022
Issue Scoping Document 2--November 2022
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--November 2022
Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice
of ready for environmental analysis.
Dated: March 10, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-05580 Filed 3-16-22; 8:45 am]
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