[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 16, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31262-31263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10382]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15296-000]


Tivis Branch Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On January 3, 2023, Tivis Branch Hydro, LLC, filed an application 
for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power 
Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Flannagan 
Hydroelectric Project to be located at the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers' (Corps) Huntington District John W. Flannagan Dam on the 
Pound River in Dickenson County, 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.
    The proposed project would consist of the following: (1) new four 
0.36-megawatt (MW) turbine-generator units to be placed inside the 
Corps' intake tower with a total installed capacity of 1.44 MW; (2) a 
new 40-foot-long, 40-foot-wide operating space inside the Corps' intake 
tower; (3) a new 300-foot-long conduit attached to the access bridge 
(which provides access to the Corps' intake tower); (4) a new 15-foot-
long, 15-foot-wide substation pad including a 4.16/12.47-kilovolt (kV) 
step-up transformer; (5) a new 300-foot-long, 4.16-kV generator lead to 
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substation pad; (6) a 30-foot-long, 12.47-kV transmission line 
connecting the substation pad to the existing 12.47-kV Appalachian 
Power Company's distribution line; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The 
proposed project would have an annual generation of 8,000 megawatt-
hours.
    Applicant Contact: Ryan A. Cook, Tivis Branch Hydro, LLC, 5 Dover 
Street, Suite 102, New Bedford, MA 02740; phone: (508) 436-4100.
    FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; email: [email protected]; phone: 
(202) 502-6336.
    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 
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications using the Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/eFiling.aspx. Commenters can submit brief comments 
up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment 
system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx. You must 
include your name and contact information at the end of your comments. 
For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support. 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. 
The first page of any filing should include docket number P-15296-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-15296) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: May 10, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-10382 Filed 5-15-23; 8:45 am]
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