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Authority: HBCUs Partners Act, 

Presidential Executive Order 14041, 

continued by Executive Order 14109. 

Notice of the meeting is required by 5 

U.S.C. chapter 10 (Federal Advisory 

Committees) and is intended to notify 

the public of an opportunity to attend 

the meeting. 

Alexis Barrett, 

Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02524 Filed 2–7–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER24–1163–000] 

CPV Backbone Solar, LLC; 

Supplemental Notice That Initial 

Market-Based Rate Filing Includes 

Request for Blanket Section 204 

Authorization 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of CPV 

Backbone Solar, LLC’s application for 

market-based rate authority, with an 

accompanying rate tariff, noting that 

such application includes a request for 

blanket authorization, under 18 CFR 

part 34, of future issuances of securities 

and assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, 

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Anyone filing a motion to 

intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

deadline for filing protests with regard 

to the applicant’s request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability, is February 22, 

2024. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http://

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

may mail similar pleadings to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426. Hand delivered submissions in 

docketed proceedings should be 

delivered to Health and Human 

Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document 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. At this 

time, the Commission has suspended 

access to the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, due to the 

proclamation declaring a National 

Emergency concerning the Novel 

Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued 

by the President on March 13, 2020. For 

assistance, contact the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission at FERCOnline

Support@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (886) 

208–3676 or TYY, (202) 502–8659. 

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 


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interventions, comments, or requests for 

rehearing, the public is encouraged to 

contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@

ferc.gov. 

Dated: February 2, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02604 Filed 2–7–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2411–030] 

Eagle Creek Schoolfield Hydro, LLC, 

City of Danville; Notice of Application 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Motions To Intervene and Protests 

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.: 2411–030.

c. Date filed: July 29, 2022.

d. Applicant: Eagle Creek Schoolfield,

LLC and City of Danville. 

e. Name of Project: Schoolfield

Hydroelectric Project (Schoolfield 

Project or project). 

f. Location: On the Dan River at

approximately river mile 60.1 in the 

county of Pittsylvania, near the City of 

Danville, Virginia. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Jody Smet, Vice

President, Engineering and Regulatory 

Affairs, Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, 

LLC, 7315 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 

1100W, Bethesda, Maryland 20814; 

phone at (804) 382–1764 or email at 

jody.smet@eaglecreekre.com; Joyce 

Foster, Director, Licensing and 

Compliance, Eagle Creek Renewable 

Energy, LLC, 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, 

Suite 1100W, Bethesda, Maryland 

20814; phone at (804) 338–5110 or 

email at Joyce.Foster@eaglecreekre.com; 

and Mr. W. Clarke Whitfield, Junior, 

City Attorney, City of Danville, 427 

Patton Street, Room 421, Danville, 

Virginia 24541; phone at (434) 799–5122 

or email at whitfcc@danvilleva.gov. 

i. FERC Contact: Claire Rozdilski at

202–502–8259; or email at claire.

rozdilski@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing motions to

intervene and protests: 60 days from the 

issuance date of this notice. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file motions to 

intervene and protests using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.aspx. 

For assistance, please contact FERC 

Online Support at FERCOnline

Support@ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll 

free), or (202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu 

of electronic filing, you may send 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: Schoolfield Hydroelectric Project 

(P–2411–030). 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

require all intervenors filing documents 

with the Commission to serve a copy of 

that document on each person on the 

official service list for the project. 

Further, if an intervenor files comments 

or documents with the Commission 

relating to the merits of an issue that 

may affect the responsibilities of a 

particular resource agency, they must 

also serve a copy of the document on 

that resource agency. 

k. This application has been accepted

but is not ready for environmental 

analysis at this time. 

l. The Schoolfield Project includes: (1)

a 910-foot-long, 25-foot-high curved 

ogee-type concrete spillway dam with a 

crest elevation of 434.7 feet National 

Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 

(NGVD29) and topped with 3-foot-high 

wooden flashboards; (2) a reservoir 

having a surface area of 287 acres and 

a gross storage capacity of 

approximately 1,952 acre-feet at the 

project’s normal maximum water 

surface elevation of 437.7 feet NGVD29; 

(3) a 224-foot-long by 35-foot-wide brick

and concrete powerhouse that contains

three identical 1.5-megawatt (MW)

generating units (each generating unit is

connected to two identical propellertype turbine units with rated capacity of

1,006 horsepower each) for a total

installed capacity of 4.5 MW; (4) a 72-

foot-long headwall between the dam

and the powerhouse with six low-level

sluice gates and a non-operating fish

ladder; (5) a tailrace that is

approximately 160 feet long and 220

feet wide and separated from main river

flows by a concrete wall; (6) a

substation; (7) six 300-foot-long

generator leads and a step-up

transformer; and (8) appurtenant

facilities.

The Schoolfield Project is operated in 

run-of-river mode, which may be 

suspended during reservoir drawdown 

and refilling for inspection of the City 

of Danville, Virginia’s water supply 

intakes, which occurs on an as needed 

basis. During normal operation, an 

instantaneous minimum flow of 300 

cubic feet per second is released 

downstream. The minimum flow is 

typically provided as part of generation 

flows. Average annual generation at the 

project was 15,220 megawatt-hours from 

2017–2020. 

m. A copy of the application is

available for review 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. For assistance, contact FERC 

at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll free, (886) 208–3676 or TTY (202) 

502–8659. 

You may also register online at 

https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERC

Online.aspx to be notified via email of 

new filings and issuances related to this 

or other pending projects. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

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 OPP@

ferc.gov. 

n. Anyone may submit a protest or a

motion to intervene in accordance with 

the requirements of Rules of Practice 

and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 

385.211, and 385.214. In determining 

the appropriate action to take, the 

Commission will consider all protests 

filed, but only those who file a motion 

to intervene in accordance with the 

Commission’s Rules may become a 

party to the proceeding. Any protests or 

motions to intervene must be received 

on or before the specified deadline date 

for the particular application. 

All filings must (1) bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’ or 

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE;’’ (2) set 

forth in the heading the name of the 

applicant and the project number of the 

application to which the filing 

responds; (3) furnish the name, address, 

and telephone number of the person 


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