[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 244 (Thursday, December 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72941-72942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27873]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15038-001]


Let It Go, 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.: 15038-001.
    c. Date Filed: December 9, 2021.
    d. Applicant: Let It Go, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Jefferson Mill Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Hardware River near the Town of Scottsville, 
Albemarle County, Virginia. The project does not occupy federal land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 
1978, 16 U.S.C. 2705, 2708, amended by the Hydropower Regulatory 
Efficiency Act of 2013, Public Law 113-23, 127 Stat. 493 (2013).
    h. Applicant Contacts: Aaron Van Duyne III, Let It Go, LLC c/o Van 
Duyne, Bruno & Co., P.A.; 18 Hook Mountain Road, Suite 202, P.O. Box 
896, Pine Brook, NJ 07058; cpa.com">avanduyne@vb-cpa.com; Kevin O'Brien, 809 
Bolling Ave., Unit C, Charlottesville, VA 22902; (703) 966-2438 or 
[email protected]; and/or Jessica Penrod (lead contact for project 
questions), Natel Energy, 2401 Monarch St., Alameda, CA 94501; 415-845-
1933 or [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Andy Bernick at (202) 502-8660; 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).

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    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR 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: February 7, 2022.
    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). 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: Jefferson Mill 
Hydroelectric Project (P-15038-001).
    m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The proposed project would consist of: (1) An existing 140-foot-
long, 9-foot-high masonry dam that impounds a 1.46-acre reservoir with 
a gross volume of 5.3 acre-feet at the normal pool elevation of 320.0 
feet mean sea level; (2) a new 12.5-foot-wide, 4-foot-high intake rack 
with 0.75-inch spacing to prevent river debris from entering the 
intake; (3) a new 14-foot-long, 12-foot-wide, and 10-foot-high 
reinforced concrete intake structure, mostly constructed below-grade 
and upstream of the dam on the west side of the river; (4) a new 70-
foot-long, 3-foot-diameter penstock; (5) a new eel ramp for the 
upstream passage of American eel and sea lamprey; (6) an existing 3-
foot-wide and 0.9-foot-high low-flow notch and 4.6-foot-deep plunge 
pool for downstream fish passage; (7) an existing 33-foot-wide, 8-foot-
long, 14-foot-high powerhouse with one new 20-kilowatt (kW) turbine-
generator unit; (8) two new 100-foot-long underground utility trenches 
(containing conduits for utility power, generator power, and 
communications) between the powerhouse and control equipment shed; (9) 
a new draft tube that connects the exit of the turbine to the tailrace; 
(10) a transmission line connecting the project to the distribution 
system owned by the Appalachian Power Company; and (11) appurtenant 
facilities. The project is estimated to generate an average of 111,000 
kW-hours annually. The applicant proposes to operate the project in a 
run-of-river mode.
    o. A copy of the application may be viewed on the Commission's 
website 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. At this time, the Commission has 
suspended access to the Commission's Public Reference 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 Online Support. 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. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
Virginia State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by 
section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and the 
regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 
800.4.
    q. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions 
to the schedule will be made as appropriate (e.g., if there are no 
deficiencies or a need for additional information, the schedule would 
be shortened).

Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)--March 2022
Request Additional Information--March 2022
Issue Acceptance Letter--June 2022
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--July 2022
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--September 2022
Issue Scoping Document 2--October 2022
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--October 2022

    Dated: December 17, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-27873 Filed 12-22-21; 8:45 am]
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