[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2857-2858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00819]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2343-086]


PE Hydro Generation, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for 
Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for 
Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

    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.: 2343-086.
    c. Date Filed: December 30, 2015.
    d. Applicant: PE Hydro Generation, LLC (PE Hydro).
    e. Name of Project: Millville Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The existing project is located on the Shenandoah 
River, near the town of Harpers Ferry in Jefferson County, West 
Virginia. No federal lands are occupied by project works or located 
within the project boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Juan Kimble, President, PE Hydro Generation, 
LLC, 5425 Wisconsin Avenue, 6th Floor, Chevy Chase, MD 20815; 
Telephone--(301) 718-4496.
    i. FERC Contact: Michael Spencer, (202) 502-6093, or 
[email protected].
    j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis (EA) at 
this time.
    k. Project Description: The Millville project consists of: (1) A 
14.0-foot-high concrete and stone dam consisting of three sections: a 
36-foot-long non-overflow abutment on the east bank; an 813-foot long, 
non-gated spillway section; and a 122-foot-long intake structure, 
equipped with four vertical lift gates and one canal gate, and 
extending to the west riverbank; (2) a 100 acre reservoir with gross 
storage capacity of 900 acre-feet at elevation 324.0 mean sea level; 
(3) a 1,600-foot-long, 30-foot-wide, 12-foot-high masonry and concrete 
sided headrace canal; (4) a 125-foot-long, 40-foot-wide brick 
powerhouse containing 3 turbine-generating units with a combined 
capacity of 2.84 megawatts; (5) a 550-foot-long tailrace, excavated in 
bedrock and returning flow to the river channel; and (6) a 1,006-foot-
long, 2.4 kilovolt (kV) transmission line to a transformer, with a 794-
foot-long, 34.5 kV transmission line to the interconnection with the 
local grid.
    PE Hydro operates the project in a run-of-river mode, with a 
minimum flow of 200 cfs, or inflow, whichever is less. Under an 
agreement with the US Fish and Wildlife Service the licensee shuts down 
Project nightly from September 15 to December 15 in an effort to reduce 
entrainment of downstream-migrating American eels. The project 
generates an annual average of 10,159.431 MWh.
    l. A copy of the application is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov, 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 at [email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll 
free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection 
and reproduction at the address in item (h) above.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    m. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 
schedule will be made as appropriate.

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Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for    February 2016.
 Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary      April 2016.
 terms and conditions, and fishway
 prescriptions.
Commission issues EA......................  August 2016.
Comments on EA............................  September 2016.
Modified Terms and Conditions.............  November 2016.
Commission Issues Final EA, if necessary..  February 2017.
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    o. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 
of ready for environmental analysis.

    Dated: January 12, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-00819 Filed 1-15-16; 8:45 am]
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