Notice2024-11049
Current Hydro Project 19, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments
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May 21, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44662-44663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11049]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 15045-002]
Current Hydro Project 19, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for
Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing 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: Original Major License.
b. Project No.: 15045-002.
c. Date Filed: May 8, 2024.
d. Submitted By: Current Hydro Project 19, LLC (Current Hydro).
e. Name of Project: New Cumberland Hydroelectric Project (New
Cumberland Project).
f. Location: The New Cumberland Project would be located at the
U.S.
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Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) New Cumberland Locks and Dam on the
Ohio River in Hancock County, West Virginia. The project would occupy 2
acres of federal land administered by the Corps.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Joel Herm, P.O. Box 224, Rhinebeck, NY 12572,
(917) 244-3607, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#85efeae0e9c5e6f0f7f7e0ebf1edfce1f7eaabe6eae8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b2d8ddd7def2d1c7c0c0d7dcc6dacbd6c0dd9cd1dddf">[email protected]</span></a> or Norm Bishop, P.O. Box 224,
Rhinebeck, NY 12572, (303) 475-0608.
i. FERC Contact: Jay Summers at (202) 502-8764; or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dbb1baa2f5a8aeb6b6bea9a89bbdbea9b8f5bcb4ad"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e08a8199ce93958d8d859293a086859283ce878f96">[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: July 7, 2024.\1\
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\1\ The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure provide
that if a filing deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or
other day when the Commission is closed for business, the filing
deadline does not end until the close of business on the next
business day. 18 CFR 385.2007(a)(2). Because the 60-day filing
deadline falls on a Sunday (i.e., July 7, 2024), the filing deadline
is extended until the close of business on Monday, July 8, 2024.
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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#e8aeadbaaba7868481868dbb9d9898879a9ca88e8d9a8bc68f879e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8dcbc8dfcec2e3e1e4e3e8def8fdfde2fff9cdebe8ffeea3eae2fb">[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: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-
Anne A. Reese, Acting 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:
New Cumberland Hydroelectric Project (P-15045-002).
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The New Cumberland Project would use the Corps' existing New
Cumberland Locks and Dam and would consist of the following new
facilities: (1) a 101-foot-wide, 193-foot-long reinforced concrete
powerhouse; (2) a 90-foot-wide by 350-foot-long intake section with
trash racks; (3) two identical Kaplan pit turbine-generators with a
combined capacity of 19.99 megawatts; (4) a 13.8-kilovolt (kV), 180-
foot-long underground utilidor crossing under the Norfolk Southern
railway and transitioning to a 350-foot overhead transmission to the
powerhouse-substation; (5) a 90-foot-wide by 90-foot-long powerhouse-
substation; (6) a 1,050-foot-long, 34.5-kV, three-phase overhead
transmission line connecting the powerhouse-substation to the existing
35-kV transmission line, east of Hancock County Bus Garage
interconnection point in West Virginia; and (7) appurtenant facilities.
o. Copies of the application may 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-2535). For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3e787b6c7d71505257505b6d4b4e4e514c4a7e585b4c5d10595148"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="43050611000c2d2f2a2d26103633332c313703252631206d242c35">[email protected]</span></a>, or call (866) 208-3676
(toll-free) 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. The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners,
environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For
public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is
encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502-6595, or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#216e717161474453420f464e57"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="713e212131171403125f161e07">[email protected]</span></a>.
q. Procedural schedule and final amendments: the application will
be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions
to the schedule will be made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary).... August 2024.
Request Additional Information (if August 2024.
necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments..... November 2024.
Request Additional Information (if January 2025.
necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)... February 2025.
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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: May 14, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-11049 Filed 5-20-24; 8:45 am]
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