[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3798-3799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01321]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2509-051]


PE Hydro Generation, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for 
Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and 
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for 
Submission of Final Amendments

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed

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with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 2509-051.
    c. Date filed: January 3, 2022.
    d. Applicant: PE Hydro Generation, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Shenandoah Hydroelectric Project (P-2509-051).
    f. Location: The Shenandoah Project is located on the South Fork of 
the Shenandoah River near the Town of Shenandoah in Page and 
Rockingham, Counties, Virginia. The project does not occupy any federal 
land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Jody Smet, Vice President, Regulatory 
Affairs, PE Hydro Generation, LLC, 7315 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 1100W, 
Bethesda, MD 20814; Phone at (240) 482-2700 or email at 
[email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Jody Callihan at (202) 502-8278, or 
[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 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: March 4, 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). 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: Shenandoah Project (P-2509-051).
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Shenandoah Project consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) A 15-foot-high, 495-foot-long reinforced concrete dam 
impounding a small reservoir with a gross storage capacity of 190 acre-
feet; (2) a powerhouse adjacent to the north end of the dam, with four 
generating units having a total installed capacity of 862 kilowatts; 
(3) transmission facilities consisting of the 2.4-kilovolt (kV) project 
generator leads; a 3-phase, 2.4/34.5-kV transformer; and a 34.5-kV, 
8,025-foot-long transmission line; and (4) other appurtenances.
    The project operates in a run-of-river mode with a minimum flow of 
44 cubic feet per second. The project had an average annual generation 
of 2,037 megawatt-hours between 2011 and 2016.
    o. Copies 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 (P-2509). For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support at [email protected] or call toll-free, (866) 
208-3676 or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
    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 and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions 
to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)  March 2022.
Request Additional Information (if      March 2022.
 necessary).
Issue Acceptance Letter...............  May 2022.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments.  June 2022.
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if            August 2022.
 necessary).
Issue Notice of Ready for               August 2022.
 Environmental Analysis.
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    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 18, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-01321 Filed 1-24-22; 8:45 am]
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