Notice2025-03496

Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications; Warrior Hydro, LLC

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March 5, 2025

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 5, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 11307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03496]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15022-001]


Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and 
Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications; 
Warrior Hydro, LLC

    On January 15, 2024, Warrior Hydro, LLC, filed an application for a 
preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act 
(FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of hydropower project to be 
located at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) William Bacon 
Oliver Lock and Dam, on the Black Warrior River, near City of 
Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. The sole purpose of a 
preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant the permit holder priority 
to file a license application during the permit term. A preliminary 
permit does not authorize the permit holder to perform any land-
disturbing activities or otherwise enter upon lands or waters owned by 
others without the owners' express permission.
    The proposed Oliver Hydropower Project would consist of the 
following: (1) a 100-foot-wide, 30-foot-long intake structure, situated 
at the southern abutment of the dam that would direct flow from the 
river to the turbines; (2) eight submersible, 4.9-foot-diameter 
propeller turbines mounted on the upstream face of the abutment, each 
connected to a 5-foot-diameter conduit cored through the existing 
abutment providing a total installed capacity of 9.6 megawatts; (3) a 
140-foot-long, 100-foot-wide tailrace that directs flow to the river 
downstream of the dam; (4) a 20-foot long, 10-foot wide building 
housing equipment controls and located approximately 800 feet 
downstream of the dam; and (5) a 0.9-mile-long, 34.5 kilovolt 
transmission line. The proposed project would have an estimated annual 
generation of 37,000 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Jeremy Wells, Warrior Hydro, 1538 Caney Creek 
Road, Haleyville, Alabama 35565; phone: (719) 588-0926.
    FERC Contact: Prabharanjani Madduri; phone: (202) 502-8017, or by 
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#92e2e0f3f0faf3e0f3fcf8f3fcfbbcfff3f6f6e7e0fbd2f4f7e0f1bcf5fde4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="76060417141e170417181c17181f581b17121203041f361013041558111900">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing 
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file 
competing applications: 60 days from the issuance of this notice. 
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements 
of 18 CFR 4.36.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications using the Commission's eFiling system at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/eFiling.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/eFiling.aspx</a>. Commenters can submit brief comments 
up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment 
system at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx</a>. For 
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3b7d7e697874555752555e684e4b4b54494f7b5d5e4958155c544d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="43050611000c2d2f2a2d26103633332c313703252631206d242c35">[email&#160;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, 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. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-15022-001.
    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, 
community organizations, 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#da958a8a9abcbfa8b9f4bdb5ac"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="410e111101272433226f262e37">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed, or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the 
Commission's website at <a href="https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/search">https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/search</a>. 
Enter the docket number (P-15022) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: February 26, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-03496 Filed 3-4-25; 8:45 am]
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