[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 101 (Thursday, May 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45653-45654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11371]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15230-002]


Pike Island Hydropower Corporation; 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.: 15230-002.
    c. Date Filed: May 14, 2024.
    d. Submitted By: Pike Island Hydropower Corporation.
    e. Name of Project: Pike Island Hydroelectric Project (Pike Island 
Project).
    f. Location: The Pike Island Project would be located at the U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) Pike Island Locks and Dam on the Ohio 
River in Belmont County, Ohio. 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 13, 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 Saturday (i.e., July 13, 2024), the filing 
deadline is extended until the close of business on Monday, July 15, 
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: 
Pike Island Hydroelectric Project (P-15230-002).
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Pike Island Project would use the Corps' existing Pike 
Island 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 110-foot-long intake section with trash racks; (3) 
two Kaplan pit turbine-generators with a combined capacity of 19.99 
megawatts; (4) a 95-foot-wide, 150-foot-long tailrace channel; (5) a 
13.8-kilovolt (kV), 550-foot-long underground utilidor crossing under 
River Road; (5) a 2,223 foot-long, 69-kV, three phase overhead 
transmission line connecting the powerhouse substation to the 69-kV 
Glenn Run-Tiltonsville interconnection point in Ohio; 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 17, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-11371 Filed 5-22-24; 8:45 am]
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