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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 226 (Friday, November 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 92678-92679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27355]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2376-052]

Eagle Creek Reusens Hydro, LLC; 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.: 2376-052.
    c. Date filed: February 28, 2022.
    d. Applicant: Eagle Creek Reusens Hydro, LLC (Reusens Hydro).
    e. Name of Project: Reusens Hydroelectric Project (Reusens Project 
or project).
    f. Location: The project is located on the James River in Bedford 
and Amherst Counties, Virginia.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a) through 
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Joyce Foster, Director, Licensing and 
Compliance Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC, 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, 
Suite 1100W, Bethesda, MD 20814; Phone at (804) 338-5110 or email at 
[email protected]; and Ms. Jody Smet, Vice President, 
Regulatory Affairs, Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC, 7315 Wisconsin 
Ave., Suite 1100W, Bethesda, MD 20814; Phone at (240) 482-2700 or email 
at [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Laurie Bauer at (202) 502-6519, or 
[email protected].
    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 https://

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www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.aspx. 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 
send a paper copy. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be 
addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 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, 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: 
Reusens Hydroelectric Project (P-2376-052).
    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 Reusens Project consists of: (1) a 24-foot-high, 416-foot-
long concrete dam and spillway containing eight 16.75-foot-high, 44-
foot-wide floodgates; (2) a 25-foot-high concrete curved auxiliary 
spillway; (3) a 500-acre impoundment with a gross storage capacity of 
6,869 acre-feet at the normal pool elevation of 550.7 feet National 
Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929; (4) an intake section of Powerhouse A 
containing three 6.83-foot-wide, 17.92-foot-high steel, concrete, and 
timber gates and Powerhouse B containing two 6.67-foot-wide, 17.5-foot-
high timber gates; (5) a 105.5-foot-long, 83-foot-wide, 86-foot-high 
steel frame, concrete and brick Powerhouse A containing three vertical 
Francis turbine-generator units with a total installed capacity of 7.5 
megawatts (MW); (5) a 55-foot-long, 27-foot-wide, 84-foot-high steel 
frame, concrete and brick Powerhouse B containing two vertical Francis 
turbine-generator units with a total installed capacity of 5 MW; (6) a 
100-foot-wide, 250-foot-long tailrace below Powerhouse A; (7) a 60-
foot-wide, 50-foot-long tailrace below Powerhouse B; (8) a 280-foot-
long transmission line to three 5,210 kilovolt-ampere 4/34.5 kilovolt 
step-up transformers which are connected to the grid via a 24-foot-long 
overhead line; and (9) appurtenant facilities.
    The Reusens Project operates in a peaking mode with an average 
annual generation of 22,504 megawatt-hours between 2018 and 2021.
    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 [email protected] or call toll 
free, (886) 208-3676 or TTY (202) 502-8659.
    You may also register online at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.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 [email protected].
    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 protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise 
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. 
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the 
applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served 
upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular 
application.
    o. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as 
appropriate.

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Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments.  January 2025.
Scoping Document 1 comments due.......  February 2025.
Request Additional Information (if      March 2025.
 necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if            March 2025.
 necessary).
Issue Notice of Ready for               March 2025.
 Environmental Analysis.
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    Dated: November 15, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-27355 Filed 11-21-24; 8:45 am]
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