[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 212 (Thursday, November 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 66291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23952]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15038-001]


Let It Go, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental 
Assessment

    On December 9, 2021, as supplemented,\1\ Let It Go, LLC filed an 
application for an exemption from licensing for the proposed 20-
kilowatt Jefferson Mill Hydroelectric Project (Jefferson Mill Project) 
(FERC No. 15038). The Jefferson Mill Project would be located on the 
Hardware River near the Town of Scottsville, Albemarle County, 
Virginia. The project would not occupy federal land.
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    \1\ The final exemption application filed December 9, 2021 was 
supplemented on December 15, 2021, December 28, 2021, and March 9, 
2022.
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    In accordance with the Commission's regulations, on July 21, 2022, 
Commission staff issued a notice that the project was ready for 
environmental analysis (REA notice). Based on the information in the 
record, including comments filed on the REA notice, staff does not 
anticipate that exempting the project from licensing would constitute a 
major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human 
environment. Therefore, staff intends to prepare an Environmental 
Assessment (EA) on the application to exempt the Jefferson Mill Project 
from licensing.
    The EA will be issued and circulated for review by all interested 
parties. All comments filed on the EA will be analyzed by staff and 
considered in the Commission's decision on whether to issue an 
exemption from licensing for the project.
    The application will be processed according to the following 
schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate.
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    \2\ The Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) regulations 
under 40 CFR 1501.10(b)(1) require that EAs be completed within 1 
year of the federal action agency's decision to prepare an EA. This 
notice establishes the Commission's intent to prepare an EA for the 
Jefferson Mill Project. Therefore, in accordance with CEQ's 
regulations, the EA must be issued within 1 year of the issuance 
date of this notice.

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               Milestone                           Target date
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Commission issues EA...................  April 2023.\2\
Comments on EA.........................  May 2023
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    Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to Andy Bernick 
at (202) 502-8660 or [email protected].

    Dated: October 28, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-23952 Filed 11-2-22; 8:45 am]
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