[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44662-44663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11049]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15045-002]


Current Hydro Project 19, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for 
Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and 
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing 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: Original Major License.
    b. Project No.: 15045-002.
    c. Date Filed: May 8, 2024.
    d. Submitted By: Current Hydro Project 19, LLC (Current Hydro).
    e. Name of Project: New Cumberland Hydroelectric Project (New 
Cumberland Project).
    f. Location: The New Cumberland Project would be located at the 
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Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) New Cumberland Locks and Dam on the 
Ohio River in Hancock County, West Virginia. The project would occupy 2 
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: Joel Herm, P.O. Box 224, Rhinebeck, NY 12572, 
(917) 244-3607, [email protected] or Norm Bishop, P.O. Box 224, 
Rhinebeck, NY 12572, (303) 475-0608.
    i. FERC Contact: Jay Summers at (202) 502-8764; 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: July 7, 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., July 7, 2024), the filing deadline 
is extended until the close of business on Monday, July 8, 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: 
New Cumberland Hydroelectric Project (P-15045-002).
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The New Cumberland Project would use the Corps' existing New 
Cumberland Locks and Dam and would consist of the following new 
facilities: (1) a 101-foot-wide, 193-foot-long reinforced concrete 
powerhouse; (2) a 90-foot-wide by 350-foot-long intake section with 
trash racks; (3) two identical Kaplan pit turbine-generators with a 
combined capacity of 19.99 megawatts; (4) a 13.8-kilovolt (kV), 180-
foot-long underground utilidor crossing under the Norfolk Southern 
railway and transitioning to a 350-foot overhead transmission to the 
powerhouse-substation; (5) a 90-foot-wide by 90-foot-long powerhouse-
substation; (6) a 1,050-foot-long, 34.5-kV, three-phase overhead 
transmission line connecting the powerhouse-substation to the existing 
35-kV transmission line, east of Hancock County Bus Garage 
interconnection point in West Virginia; and (7) appurtenant facilities.
    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/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)....  August 2024.
Request Additional Information (if          August 2024.
 necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments.....  November 2024.
Request Additional Information (if          January 2025.
 necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)...  February 2025.
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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: May 14, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-11049 Filed 5-20-24; 8:45 am]
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