[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51351-51352]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19899]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 5596-020]


Town of Bedford, Virginia; 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.: 5596-020.
    c. Date filed: April 30, 2021.
    d. Applicant: Town of Bedford, Virginia.
    e. Name of Project: Bedford Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the James River in the town of Bedford in Bedford 
and Amherst counties, Virginia. The project does not affect federal 
land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: M. Scott Salmon, Electric Systems Engineer, 
Town of Bedford Electric Department, 877 Monroe Street, Bedford, 
Virginia 24523; (540) 587-6079 or [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Andy Bernick at (202) 502-8660, or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: 60 days 
from the issuance date of this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
motions to intervene and protests 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). In lieu of electronic 
filing, you may submit a paper copy. Submissions sent via the U.S. 
Postal Service must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, 
Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be 
addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, 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: Bedford Hydroelectric Project (P-5596-020).
    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.
    l. The current license for the Bedford Hydroelectric Project 
(Bedford Project) authorizes the following project facilities: (1) A 9- 
to 17-foot-high concrete gravity dam with a 1,680-foot-long concrete 
spillway; (2) a 57-acre impoundment with a storage capacity of 350 
acre-feet at the normal maximum water surface elevation of 628.0 feet 
above mean sea level; (3) a 1,200-foot-long, 180-foot-wide, 16-foot-
deep power canal; (4) a power canal headgate composed of three 21.6-
foot-wide, 15.9-foot-high steel gates; (5) a 49.1-foot-wide, 29.02-
foot-high steel trashrack with a clear bar spacing of 3.5-inches; (6) a 
55-foot-long, 80-foot-wide powerhouse; (7) a 65-foot-long, 120-foot-
wide tailrace; (8) two 2.5-megawatt (MW) turbine-generator units with a 
total capacity of 5.0 MW; (9) a 110-foot-long, 2.4-kilovolt (kV) 
generator lead, and a 180-foot-long, 4.16-kV generator lead; (10) two 
2.4/22.9-kV, 0.600-megavolt-ampere (MVA) three-phase step-up 
transformers, and two 4.16/22.9-kV, 3.75 MVA three-phase step-up 
transformers; (11) a 2,800-foot-long, 33.9-kilovolt primary 
transmission line; and (12) appurtenant facilities.
    The Town of Bedford's proposed project facilities would revise the 
project's electrical infrastructure to include a 4.0-kilovolt, 120-
foot-long underground transmission line from the powerhouse to the 
project substation; and two 3.75-megavolt-ampere step-up transformers. 
In addition, the Town of Bedford proposes to remove the 2,800-foot-long 
transmission line as it is no longer the project's primary transmission 
line.
    The Bedford Project is operated in run-of-river mode. The average 
annual generation is estimated to be 1,114.75 megawatt-hours.
    m. 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.
    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

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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.

Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--January 2022
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--February 2022
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)--March 2022
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--October 2022

    Dated: September 9, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-19899 Filed 9-14-21; 8:45 am]
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