[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 241 (Friday, December 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77099-77100]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27310]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2459-279]


Lake Lynn 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 with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 2459-279.
    c. Date filed: November 30, 2022.
    d. Applicant: Lake Lynn Generation, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Cheat River, near the city of Morgantown, in 
Monongalia County, West Virginia, and near the borough of Point Marion, 
in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. 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: Jody Smet, Lake Lynn Generation, LLC, 7315 
Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1100W, Bethesda, MD 20814; Phone at (240) 482-
2700; or email at [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Joshua Dub at (202) 502-8138, 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: January 29, 2023.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
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 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: Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Project (P-
2459-279).
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The existing Lake Lynn Project consists of: (1) a 13 mile-long, 
1,729-acre impoundment (Lake Lynn) with a maximum storage capacity of 
72,300 acre-feet at a normal water surface elevation of 870 feet 
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) and a normal minimum 
storage capacity of 51,100 acre-feet at 857 feet NGVD 29; (2) a 1,000-
foot-long, 125-foot-high, concrete gravity dam with a 624-foot-long 
spillway section controlled by 26, 21-foot-wide by 17-foot-high, 
Tainter gates; (3) a concrete intake structure equipped with a log boom 
and eight trash racks with 4-inch clear bar spacing; (4) eight 12-foot-
wide by 18-foot-deep gated reinforced concrete penstocks; (5) a 160-
foot-long by 94.5-foot-wide powerhouse containing four Francis 
generating units with a combined capacity of 51.2 megawatts; and (6) 
two 800-foot-long transmission lines that run from the powerhouse to a 
substation within the project boundary.
    The Lake Lynn Project is currently operated as a peaking facility 
with storage. The hours of peaking vary depending on environmental and 
economic considerations. The current license requires Lake Lynn 
Generation, LLC to maintain Cheat Lake between 868 feet and 870 feet 
NGVD 29 from May 1 through October 31, 857 feet and 870 feet NGVD 29 
from November 1 through March 31, and 863 feet and 870 feet NGVD 29 
from April 1 through April 30 each year. The current license also 
requires Lake Lynn Generation, LLC to release a downstream minimum flow 
of 212 cubic-feet-per-second (cfs), or inflow, from the dam when not 
generating, with an absolute minimum flow of 100 cfs regardless of 
inflow, when not generating. The project generates about 144,741 
megawatt-hours annually.
    Lake Lynn Generation, LLC proposes to continue operating the 
project as a peaking facility with storage, and does not propose any 
new development at the project.
    o. In addition to publishing the full text of this notice in the 
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an 
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this notice, as well 
as other documents in the proceeding (e.g., license application) via 
the internet through the Commission's Home Page (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-
2459). For assistance, contact FERC at [email protected], or 
call toll-free, (866) 208-3676, or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
    You may also register online at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx 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)--February 2023
Request Additional Information--February 2023
Issue Acceptance Letter--June 2023
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--June 2023
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)--August 2023
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--August 2023

    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: December 12, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-27310 Filed 12-15-22; 8:45 am]
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