[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 1, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39553-39554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-14176]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14867-001]


Scott's Mill Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for 
Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Exemption from Licensing.
    b. Project No.: 14867-001.
    c. Date filed: June 17, 2020.
    d. Applicant: Scott's Mill Hydro, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Scott's Mill Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the James River, near the City of Lynchburg, in 
Bedford and Amherst Counties, Virginia. No federal or tribal land would 
be occupied by project works or located within the project boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 
1978, 16 U.S.C. 2705, 2708.
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Mark Fendig, P.O. Box 13, Coleman Falls, 
VA 24536; phone: (540) 320-6762.
    i. FERC Contact: Jody Callihan, phone: (202) 502-8278 or email at 
[email protected].
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ] 
61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of the Commission's regulations, 
if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes that an 
additional scientific study should be conducted in order to form an 
adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the application on 
its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file a 
request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 days from the 
date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of the request on 
the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: August 16, 2020.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support 
at [email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 
502-8659 (TTY).
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Scott's Mill Hydroelectric Project would consist of: (1) An 
existing

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masonry dam containing two spillways separated by a 25-foot-wide stone 
pier, with one 735-foot-long, 15-foot-high overflow spillway and the 
other a 140-foot-long, 16-foot-high arch-section spillway; (2) an 
impoundment with a surface area of 316 acres at the normal pool 
elevation of 516 feet North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88); 
(3) a new modular powerhouse containing nine generating units with a 
total installed capacity of 4.5 megawatts that would be installed 
immediately downstream of the existing arch-section spillway of the 
dam; (4) a new 1,200-foot-long underground transmission line; and (5) 
appurtenant facilities.
    To increase flow through the modular powerhouse, Scott's Mill 
proposes to remove the top 6.8 feet of the existing arch-section 
spillway of the dam and add a 2-foot-high concrete cap to the existing 
overflow spillway. Scott's Mill proposes to operate the project in a 
run-of-river mode with an estimated annual energy production of 20,700 
megawatt-hours.
    o. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the 
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested individuals an 
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the 
internet through the Commission's Home Page (www.ferc.gov) using the 
``eLibrary'' link. At this time, the Commission has suspended access to 
the Commission's Public Access Room due to the proclamation declaring a 
National Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), 
issued by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC 
at [email protected] or call toll-free, (886) 208-3676 or TTY, 
(202) 502-8659.
    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.
    p. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will 
be made as appropriate.

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               Milestone                           Target date
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Issue Deficiency/Additional Information  August 2020.
 Request (if necessary).
Issue Acceptance Letter................  October 2020.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments..  October 2020.
Comments on Scoping Document 1.........  November 2020.
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)  December 2020.
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental  December 2020.
 Analysis.
Commission issues EA...................  June 2021.
Comments on EA.........................  July 2021.
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    Dated: June 24, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-14176 Filed 6-30-20; 8:45 am]
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