[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67040-67041]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25622]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project Nos. 15230-000, 15231-000]


Pike Island Hydropower Corporation, Pike Island Hydropower 
Project, LLC; Notice of Competing Preliminary Permit Applications 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On August 2, 2021, Pike Island Hydropower Corporation filed a 
preliminary permit application, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal 
Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of a hydropower project 
at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) Pike Island Lock and Dam, 
located on the Ohio River near the City of Wheeling, West Virginia. On 
August 13, 2021, Pike Island Hydropower Project, LLC filed a 
preliminary permit application to study the feasibility of a hydropower 
project, at same site and location, on the same river, near Wheeling, 
West Virginia. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, is 
to grant the permit holder priority to file a license application 
during the permit term. A preliminary permit does not authorize the 
permit holder to perform any land-disturbing activities or otherwise 
enter upon lands or waters owned by others without the owners' express 
permission.
    Pike Island Hydropower Corporation's Pike Island Locks and Dam 
Hydroelectric Project (Project No. 15230-000) would consist of: (1) 
160-foot-wide by 100 to 200-foot-long intake section containing 
trashracks; (2) a new 160-foot-wide by 160-foot-long concrete 
powerhouse containing two, three, or four identical Kaplan pit turbine-
generators with a combined net power capacity of 20 megawatts (MW); (3) 
a new 160-foot-wide, 300-foot-long tailrace channel downstream of the 
powerhouse. The height of the proposed powerhouse and intake structure 
would be 658 feet above mean sea level (msl); (4) a new 200-foot-wide 
by 200-foot-long substation; (5) a new 1.4-mile-long, 69 kilovolt (kV), 
three phase overhead transmission line connecting the project 
substation with an existing substation in Tiltonsville, OH; and (6) 
appurtenant facilities. The estimated average annual energy production 
is 151 Gigawatt-hours (``GWh'').
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Joel Herm, Pike Island Hydropower 
Corporation, P.O. Box 224, Rhinebeck, NY 12572-0224; Telephone: 917-
244-3607.
    Pike Island Hydropower Project, LLC's proposed Pike Island 
Hydroelectric Project (Project No. 15231-000) would consist of: (1) 
225-foot-wide by 50-foot-long intake section containing trashracks, 
sluice gates, intake gates; (2) a new 160-foot-wide by 140-foot-long 
concrete powerhouse containing three new pit-type Kaplan turbines rated 
at 15 MW each; (3) a new 200-foot wide, 500-foot-long tailrace channel 
downstream of the powerhouse. The height of the proposed powerhouse and 
intake structure is 654 feet above msl; (4) a new 80-foot-wide by 120-
foot-long, substation; (5) a new 1.288-mile-long, 138 kV, three phase 
overhead transmission line connecting the new project substation with 
an existing utility substation located in Yorkville, Ohio; and (6) 
appurtenant facilities. The estimated average annual energy production 
is 225 GWh.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Erik Steimle, Rye Development, LLC, One 
Beacon Street, 15th Floor, Boston, MA 02108; Telephone: (503) 998-0230.
    FERC Contact: Tyrone A. Williams, [email protected] or (202) 
502-6331.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing 
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file 
competing applications: 60 days from the issuance of this notice. 
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements 
of 18 CFR 4.36.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
the requested information using the Commission's eFiling system at 
https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 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 request. 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. New Submissions sent via any other carrier must 
be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first 
page of any filing should

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include docket number P-15320-000 or P-15321-000.
    More information about the projects, including a copy of the 
applications, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-15320 or P-15321) in the docket number field 
to access the documents. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: November 17, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-25622 Filed 11-23-21; 8:45 am]
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