Notice2024-08200

Town of Bedford, Virginia; Notice of Revised Procedural Schedule for Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Project Relicense

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April 17, 2024

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 27428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08200]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 5596-020]


Town of Bedford, Virginia; Notice of Revised Procedural Schedule 
for Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Project Relicense

    On April 30, 2021, the Town of Bedford, Virginia filed an 
application for a new major license for the 5.0-megawatt Bedford 
Hydroelectric Project No. 5596 (Bedford Project or project). On August 
17, 2023, Commission staff issued a notice of intent to prepare an 
Environmental Assessment (EA) to evaluate the effects of relicensing 
the Bedford Project. The notice of intent included a schedule for 
preparing a single EA.
    By this notice, Commission staff is updating the procedural 
schedule for completing the EA. The revised schedule is shown below. 
Further revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate.
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    \1\ The Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) regulations 
under 40 CFR 1501.10(b)(1) (2022) require that EAs be completed 
within 1 year of the federal action agency's decision to prepare an 
EA. See National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., 
as amended by section 107(g)(1)(B)(iii) of the Fiscal Responsibility 
Act of 2023, Public Law 118-5, 4336a, 137 Stat. 42.

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                 Milestone                           Target date
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Issue EA..................................  July 2024.\1\
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    Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to Andy Bernick 
at (202) 502-8660 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1a7b747e687f6d34787f68747379715a7c7f6879347d756c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="02636c667067752c6067706c6b616942646770612c656d74">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

    Dated: April 11, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-08200 Filed 4-16-24; 8:45 am]
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