Notice2025-22728

Brooks Energy, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment

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December 15, 2025

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 238 (Monday, December 15, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 57999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22728]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 6276-042]


Brooks Energy, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental 
Assessment

    On August 5, 2025, Brooks Energy, LLC (exemptee) filed an 
application to surrender its exemption from licensing for the Lockville 
Dam Project No. 6276. The project is located on the Deep River at a 
point where it forms the border between Chatham and Lee counties, North 
Carolina. The project does not occupy any federal lands.
    The exemptee proposes to surrender the project exemption. The 
generating equipment has not operated since 2020 and the dam was 
breached in 2023. No modifications to the existing dam, buildings, 
structures, or ground disturbing activities are proposed. After the 
surrender of the exemption, the dam will be removed by American Rivers 
and Resource Environmental Solutions as part of American Rivers' 
Watershed Restoration of the Upper Cape Fear and Lower Deep Rivers 
project, with funding and collaborative support from the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service. A Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 
Comments, Motions to Intervene, and Protest was issued on August 5, 
2025.
    This notice identifies Commission staff's intention to prepare an 
environmental assessment (EA) analyzing the proposed action. The 
planned schedule for the completion of the EA is April 14, 2026.\1\ 
Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate. The EA will be 
issued and made available for review by all interested parties. All 
comments filed on the EA will be reviewed by staff and considered in 
the Commission's final decision on the proceeding.
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    \1\ The unique identification number for documents relating to 
this environmental review is EAXX-019-20-000-1762338428.
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    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#652a353525030017064b020a13"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0c435c5c4c6a697e6f226b637a">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.
Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to Rebecca Martin 
at 202-502-6012 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ffad9a9d9a9c9c9ed1929e8d8b9691bf999a8d9cd1989089"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="72201710171111135c1f1300061b1c32141700115c151d04">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

(Authority: 18 CFR 2.1)

    Dated: December 9, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-22728 Filed 12-12-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P


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