[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 47 (Friday, March 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16763-16764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04915]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2614-042]


City of Hamilton, Ohio and American Municipal Power, Inc.; 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.: 2614-042.
    c. Date Filed: February 21, 2024.
    d. Submitted By: City of Hamilton, Ohio (City of Hamilton) and 
American Municipal Power, Inc. (American Power).
    e. Name of Project: Greenup Hydroelectric Project (Greenup 
Project).
    f. Location: The Greenup Project is located at the U.S. Army Corps 
of Engineers' (Corps) Greenup Locks and Dam on the Ohio River near the 
Town of Franklin Furnace in Scioto County, Ohio and Greenup County, 
Kentucky. The project occupies 12.74 acres of federal land administered 
by the Corps.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Jeff Martin, City of Hamilton, Ohio, 9505 
West Mary Ingles Highway (KY Route 8), Foster, KY 41043; (606) 747-
6103; oh.gov">greenuplicensing@hamilton-oh.gov.
    John McGreevy, American Municipal Power, Inc. 1111 Schrock Road 
Columbus, OH 43229; (614) 540-1111; oh.gov">greenuplicensing@hamilton-oh.gov.
    i. FERC Contact: Twyla Cheatwood at (202) 502-8066; 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).
    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: April 21, 2024.\1\
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    \1\ The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure provide 
that if a filing deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or 
other day when the Commission is closed for business, the filing 
deadline does not end until the close of business on the next 
business day. 18 CFR 385.2007(a)(2). Because the 60-day filing 
deadline falls on a Sunday (i.e., April 21, 2024), the filing 
deadline is extended until the close of business on Monday, April 
22, 2024.
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    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: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. 
Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-
Anne A. Reese, Acting 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: 
Greenup Hydroelectric Project (P-2614-042).
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Greenup Project uses the Corps' existing Greenup Locks and 
Dam and consist of the following existing facilities: (1) a 125-foot-
long, 145-foot-wide reinforced concrete intake channel with sloped 
bottom; (2) three 39-foot-wide intakes equipped with trashracks having 
a clear bar spacing of 5.9 inches; (3) a 145-foot-wide and 190-foot-
long powerhouse consisting of a steel-plate enclosure with concrete 
filled bulkhead walls located on the east (right) end of the dam, with 
a combined capacity of 70.27 megawatts; (4) a 125-foot-long and 145-
foot-wide reinforced concrete tailrace channel with sloped bottom; (5) 
a 10-foot-wide gravity dam between the powerhouse and gated spillway 
which acts as an uncontrolled spillway during open river (flood) 
conditions; and (6) a steel sheet pile wall that stabilizes the right 
(east) bank.
    The Greenup Project currently operates in a run-of-release mode 
using flows released by the Corps, and has an estimated average annual 
energy production of 263,596 megawatt-hours. City of Hamilton and 
American Power do not propose any new construction and propose to 
continue operating the project in a run-of-release mode.
    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-2535). For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support at [email protected], or call (866) 208-3676 
(toll-free) or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

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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. The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports 
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission 
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners, 
environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access 
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For 
public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as 
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is 
encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502-6595, or [email protected].
    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.

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               Milestone                           Target date
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary).  May 2024.
Request Additional Information (if       May 2024.
 necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments..  August 2024.
Request Additional Information (if       October 2024.
 necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)  November 2024.
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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: March 1, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-04915 Filed 3-7-24; 8:45 am]
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