Notice2025-17266
Banister Hydro, Inc.; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests
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September 9, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 9, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43425-43426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17266]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 9028-012]
Banister Hydro, Inc.; 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.: 9028-012.
c. Date filed: July 26, 2024.
d. Applicant: Banister Hydro, Inc. (Banister Hydro).
e. Name of Project: Halifax Hydroelectric Project (Halifax Project
or project).
f. Location: On the Banister River, near the Town of Halifax in
Halifax County, Virginia.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Sherri Loon, Coordinator of Operations--USA,
Banister Hydro, Inc c/o KEI (USA)
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Power Management Inc., 423 Brunswick Ave., Gardiner, ME 04345; (207)
203-3026; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#87f4efe2f5f5eea9ebe8e8e9c7ecf5f2e0e2f5a9e4e8ea"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fe8d969b8c8c97d092919190be958c8b999b8cd09d9193">[email protected]</span></a> or Lewis Loon, General Manager,
Operations and Maintenance--USA, Banister Hydro, Inc. c/o KEI (USA)
Power Management Inc., 423 Brunswick Ave., Gardiner, ME 04345; (207)
203-3027; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#650900120c164b090a0a0b250e17100200174b060a08"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="adc1c8dac4de83c1c2c2c3edc6dfd8cac8df83cec2c0">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Chris Millard at (202) 502-8256, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b4d7dcc6ddc7c0dbc4dcd1c69ad9ddd8d8d5c6d0f4d2d1c6d79ad3dbc2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dbb8b3a9b2a8afb4abb3bea9f5b6b2b7b7baa9bf9bbdbea9b8f5bcb4ad">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: on or
before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on November 3, 2025.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
motions to intervene and protests using the Commission's eFiling system
at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</a>. For assistance, please
contact FERC Online Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aee8ebfcede1c0c2c7c0cbfddbdedec1dcdaeec8cbdccd80c9c1d8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="561013041519383a3f383305232626392422163033243578313920">[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: Halifax Hydroelectric Project (P-9028-012).
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 Halifax Hydroelectric Project consists of the following
existing facilities: (1) a 682-foot-long and 36-foot-high dam, with a
301-foot-long concrete spillway (consisting of a 24-foot-long fixed
weir, twelve 3-foot-wide piers, eleven 20-foot-wide gated bays, and a
21-foot-long fixed weir), a 73-foot-8-inch-long integral powerhouse and
intake structure, and a 307-foot-8-inch-long non-overflow structure
(consisting of a 57-foot-6-inch-long concrete gravity wall, 203-foot-2-
inch-long sheet pile cells with earthfill, and a 47-foot-long earthfill
section); (2) an approximately 374-acre impoundment with a gross
storage capacity of 3,510 acre-feet at a normal water surface elevation
of 351.3 feet mean sea level (MSL); \1\ (3) two 455-kilowatt (kW)
turbine-generator units and a 875-kW turbine-generator unit for a total
installed capacity of 1,785 kW; (4) a 486-foot-long, 4.16-kilovolt (kV)
generator lead connecting to a 4.16/13.2-kV transformer, and a 26-foot-
long, 13.2-kV transmission line connecting to the local distribution
system; and (5) appurtenant facilities.
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\1\ In a revised Exhibit A filed May 22, 2025, Banister Hydro
states that elevation data expressed as MSL are equal to that of the
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 at the Halifax Project.
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The Halifax Project operates in a run-of-river mode with a
continuous minimum flow of 5 cubic feet per second (cfs), or inflow,
whichever is less. There is minimal to no available usable storage
behind the dam and if river flow is less than 135 cfs, all water is
spilled over the dam. The project is typically operated remotely in
automatic control mode. Banister Hydro is not proposing any new project
facilities or changes to the operation of the project.
From 2019 to 2023, average annual generation at the Halifax Project
was 2,403 megawatt-hours.
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 (P-9028). For assistance, contact FERC at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d5939087969abbb9bcbbb086a0a5a5baa7a195b3b0a7b6fbb2baa3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="42040710010d2c2e2b2c27113732322d303602242730216c252d34">[email protected]</span></a>, or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or (202)
502-8659 (TTY).
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,
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#450a151505232037266b222a33"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d59a858595b3b0a7b6fbb2baa3">[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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Milestone Target date
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Issue Scoping Document Notice for October 2025.
comments.
Scoping Comments due.................... November 2025.
Request Additional Information (if December 2025.
necessary).
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental December 2025.
Analysis.
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Final amendments to the applications must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice
of ready for environmental analysis.
Dated: September 4, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-17266 Filed 9-8-25; 8:45 am]
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