Notice2025-18999
Current Hydro Project 19, LLC; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions
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September 30, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 30, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46884-46885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18999]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 15045-002]
Current Hydro Project 19, LLC; Notice of Application Ready for
Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms
and Conditions, and Prescriptions
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. Applicant: Current Hydro Project 19, LLC (Current Hydro).
e. Name of Project: New Cumberland Hydroelectric Project (New
Cumberland Project).
f. Location: The proposed project would be located at the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers' (Corps) New Cumberland Locks and Dam on the Ohio
River in Hancock County, West Virginia. The proposed project would
occupy 2.82 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: Jeremy King, P.E., Chief Executive Officer,
Current Hydro, 3150 Southwest Freeway, Suite 101, PMB 50808, Houston,
TX 77098; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a2cc8cc8c7d0c7cfdbe2c1d7d0d0c7ccd6cadbc6d0cd8cc1cdcf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="197737737c6b7c7460597a6c6b6b7c776d71607d6b76377a7674">[email protected]</span></a>; or Hailee Kessel, Director
of Regulatory Affairs, Current Hydro, 3150 Southwest Freeway, Suite
101, PMB 50808, Houston, TX 77098; phone: (315) 558-9834 or email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#137b727a7f76765370666161767d677b6a77617c3d707c7e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d4bcb5bdb8b1b194b7a1a6a6b1baa0bcadb0a6bbfab7bbb9">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Colleen Corballis, (202) 502-8598 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e1828e8d8d84848fcf828e9383808d8d8892a187849382cf868e97"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="94f7fbf8f8f1f1fabaf7fbe6f6f5f8f8fde7d4f2f1e6f7baf3fbe2">[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
October 27, 2025; reply comments are due on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on November 10, 2025.\1\
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\1\ Commission staff is aware that the project sponsor intends
to pay a fee under section 112 of the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA), which establishes a deadline for the NEPA review of
these projects, and is awaiting notice from the Council on
Environmental Quality that the fee has been paid. Therefore, we are
waiving, in part, 18 CFR 4.34(b) to shorten the deadline for filing
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, prescriptions, and
reply comments to accommodate the expected schedule required under
section 112 of NEPA. See 42 U.S.C. 4336f.
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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>. You must include your
name and contact information at the end of your comments. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a8eeedfaebe7c6c4c1c6cdfbddd8d8c7dadce8cecddacb86cfc7de"><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 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: New Cumberland
Hydroelectric Project (P-15045-002).
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 and is ready for
environmental analysis at this time.\2\
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\2\ A notice of intent to prepare a NEPA document will be
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l. The proposed project would use the Corps' existing New
Cumberland Locks and Dam and would consist of the following proposed
features: (1) a 90-foot-wide, 350-foot-long, and 69-foot-high intake
section with trash racks; (2) a 186.8-foot-long, 98-foot-wide, and
74.5-foot-high concrete powerhouse on the east bank of the Ohio River;
(3) two identical Kaplan pit turbine-generators with a total installed
capacity of 19.999 megawatts; (4) a 95-foot-wide, 215-foot-long
tailrace channel; (5) a 180-foot-long, 12.47-kilovolt (kV), 22.2-
megavolt ampere underground transmission line crossing under the
Norfolk Southern Railway, transitioning to a 350-foot-long overhead
transmission line to a substation; (6) a 90-foot-long, 90-foot-wide
powerhouse substation, including a 1,050-foot-long, 138-kV, three phase
overhead transmission line connecting the powerhouse substation to the
existing 138-kV transmission line; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The
proposed project would have an estimate average annual generation of
132.4 gigawatt hours.
Current Hydro proposes to operate the New Cumberland Project in a
run-of-release mode, meaning it would generate using flows made
available by the Corps. More specifically, the project outflow would
equal project inflow made available for generation via normal water
flow of the Ohio River, according to the Corps' existing water level
and discharge management practices. The proposed project would only use
flows made available for
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release according to daily operation guidelines and directives issued
by the Corps as part of its project river management. The Corps would
continue to regulate water elevation and discharge according to its
current operation guidelines.
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#04424156474b6a686d6a61577174746b767044626176672a636b72"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="74323126373b1a181d1a11270104041b060034121106175a131b02">[email protected]</span></a> or call toll
free, (886) 208-3676 or TTY (202) 502-8659.
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, address, and telephone
number 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#77382727371112051459101801"><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 the following on or before 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time on November 24, 2025: (1) 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 a waiver of water quality certification.
o. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 27, 2025.
Dated: September 25, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-18999 Filed 9-29-25; 8:45 am]
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