Notice2024-27355
Eagle Creek Reusens Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests
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November 22, 2024
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Energy DepartmentFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 226 (Friday, November 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 92678-92679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27355]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2376-052]
Eagle Creek Reusens Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted
for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests
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.
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
or project).
f. Location: The project is located on the James River in Bedford
and Amherst Counties, Virginia.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a) through
825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: 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#064c697f656328406975726374466367616a63657463636d7463286569"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="064c697f656328406975726374466367616a63657463636d7463286569">[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#5f35303b26712c323a2b1f3a3e38333a3c2d3a3a342d3a713c3032"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a7cdc8c3de89d4cac2d3e7c2c6c0cbc2c4d5c2c2ccd5c289c4c8ca">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Laurie Bauer at (202) 502-6519, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a3cfc2d6d1cac68dc1c2d6c6d1e3c5c6d1c08dc4ccd5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="caa6abbfb8a3afe4a8abbfafb88aacafb8a9e4ada5bc">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: 60 days
from the issuance date of this notice.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
motions to intervene and protests using the Commission's eFiling system
at https://
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www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.aspx. For assistance, please contact
FERC Online Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#60262532232f0e0c090e05331510100f121420060512034e070f16"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aee8ebfcede1c0c2c7c0cbfddbdedec1dcdaeec8cbdccd80c9c1d8">[email protected]</span></a>, (866) 208-3676 (toll
free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, you may
send a paper copy. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be
addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 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, 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 Hydroelectric Project (P-2376-052).
The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each
person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an
intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to
the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a
particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document
on that resource agency.
k. This application has been accepted but is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. 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 section 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.
m. A copy of the application is available for review via the
internet through the Commission's Home Page (<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.
For assistance, contact FERC at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#460003140509282a2f282315333636293432062023342568212930"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="387e7d6a7b77565451565d6b4d4848574a4c785e5d4a5b165f574e">[email protected]</span></a> or call toll
free, (886) 208-3676 or TTY (202) 502-8659.
You may also register online at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</a> to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
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#642b343424020116074a030b12"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="541b040414323126377a333b22">[email protected]</span></a>.
n. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18
CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In determining the appropriate
action to take, the Commission will consider all protests filed, but
only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the
Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any protests
or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified
deadline date for the particular application.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE;'' (2) set forth in the heading
the name of the applicant and the project number of the application to
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone
number of the person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005.
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the
applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served
upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular
application.
o. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as
appropriate.
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Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments. January 2025.
Scoping Document 1 comments due....... February 2025.
Request Additional Information (if March 2025.
necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if March 2025.
necessary).
Issue Notice of Ready for March 2025.
Environmental Analysis.
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Dated: November 15, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-27355 Filed 11-21-24; 8:45 am]
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