Notice2025-09196
Eagle Creek Reusens Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions
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May 22, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 98 (Thursday, May 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21919-21920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-09196]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2376-052]
Eagle Creek Reusens Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Ready for
Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms
and Conditions, and Prescriptions
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)-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#642e0b1d07014a220b17100116240105030801071601010f16014a070b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="581237213b3d761e372b2c3d2a183d393f343d3b2a3d3d332a3d763b37">[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#f79d98938ed9849a9283b79296909b92948592929c8592d994989a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a0cacfc4d98ed3cdc5d4e0c5c1c7ccc5c3d2c5c5cbd2c58ec3cfcd">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Laurie Bauer at (202) 502-6519, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#533f3226213a367d313226362113353621307d343c25"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="65090410170c004b070410001725030017064b020a13">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions, and prescriptions: on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
July 12, 2025; reply comments are due on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on August 26, 2025.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions
using the Commission's eFiling system at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.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#e3a5a6b1a0ac8d8f8a8d86b09693938c9197a385869180cd848c95"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e3a5a6b1a0ac8d8f8a8d86b09693938c9197a385869180cd848c95">[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, 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 and Procedure 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 for filing and is now ready
for environmental analysis.
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 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. For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND
CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (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 of the person
submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply with the requirements
of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All comments, recommendations,
terms and conditions or prescriptions must set forth their evidentiary
basis and otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b).
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the
applicant. Each filing must be accompanied by proof of service on all
persons listed on the service list prepared by the Commission in this
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
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#59160909193f3c2b3a773e362f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="37786767775152455419505841">[email protected]</span></a>.
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.
n. The applicant must file no later than 60 days following the date
of issuance of this notice: (1) a copy of the water quality
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request;
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification.
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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Milestone Target date
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Filing of Comments, Recommendations, July 12, 2025.
Terms and Conditions, and
Prescriptions.
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Filing of Reply Comments............... August 26, 2025.
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p. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of this notice.
Dated: May 13, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-09196 Filed 5-21-25; 8:45 am]
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