Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 226 / Friday, November 22, 2024 / Notices 92673 

1 79 FR 65541 (Nov. 5, 2014). 

2Rio Grande LNG’s Notice also applies to its 

existing authorization to export LNG to FTA 

countries in the same docket. DOE will respond to 

that portion of the filing separately pursuant to the 

CIC Procedures, 79 FR 65542. 

3 Intervention, if granted, would constitute 

intervention only in the change in control portion 

of these proceedings, as described herein. 

Assistant General Counsel for Energy 

Delivery and Resilience, Forrestal 

Building, Room 6D–033, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585, (240) 780–1691, 

cassandra.bernstein@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Change in Control 

Rio Grande LNG states that, by means 

of a transaction (Transaction) that 

closed on October 1, 2024, its upstream 

ownership structure has changed. 

According to Rio Grande LNG, 

BlackRock, Inc. (BlackRock), a publicly 

traded investment management firm 

domiciled in the United States, acquired 

100% of the limited liability company 

interests in Global Infrastructure 

Management, LLC (GIM), a global 

independent infrastructure fund 

manager headquartered in New York. 

GIM indirectly owns GIP V Velocity 

Acquisition Partners, L.P. (GIP V 

Velocity), an indirect upstream owner of 

a minimum of 46.12% economic 

interest in Rio Grande LNG Intermediate 

Holdings, LLC (RGIH), which, in turn, 

indirectly owns 100% of Rio Grande 

LNG. Accordingly, as a result of the 

Transaction, BlackRock now indirectly 

owns a minimum of 46.12% economic 

interest in RGIH. In sum, Rio Grande 

LNG states that only the ownership of 

GIM is being modified as a result of the 

Transaction, and there are no 

modifications to RGIH’s ownership of 

Rio Grande LNG. 

Additional details can be found in the 

Notice, posted on the DOE website at: 

https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/ 

files/2024-11/ 

Rio%20Grande%20DOE%20CIC

%20Filing.pdf. 

DOE Evaluation 

DOE will review the Notice in 

accordance with its Procedures for 

Changes in Control Affecting 

Applications and Authorizations to 

Import or Export Natural Gas (CIC 

Procedures).1 Consistent with the CIC 

Procedures, this notice addresses Rio 

Grande LNG’s existing authorization to 

export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to 

countries with which the United States 

has not entered into a free trade 

agreement (FTA) requiring national 

treatment for trade in natural gas and 

with which trade is not prohibited by 

United States law or policy (non-FTA 

countries), granted in DOE/FE Order No. 

4492, as amended.2 If no interested 

person protests the change in control 

and DOE takes no action on its own 

motion, the proposed change in control 

will be deemed granted 30 days after 

publication in the Federal Register. If 

one or more protests are submitted, DOE 

will review any motions to intervene, 

protests, and answers, and will issue a 

determination as to whether the 

proposed change in control has been 

demonstrated to render the underlying 

authorizations inconsistent with the 

public interest. 

Public Comment Procedures 

Interested persons will be provided 15 

days from the date of publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register to move 

to intervene, protest, and answer Rio 

Grande LNG’s Notice.3 Protests, motions 

to intervene, notices of intervention, 

and written comments are invited in 

response to this notice only as to the 

change in control described in the 

Notice. All protests, comments, motions 

to intervene, or notices of intervention 

must meet the requirements specified by 

DOE’s regulations in 10 CFR part 590, 

including the service requirements. 

Filings may be submitted using one of 

the following methods: 

(1) Submitting the filing electronically 

at fergas@hq.doe.gov; 

(2) Mailing the filing to the Office of 

Regulation, Analysis, and Engagement 

at the address listed in the ADDRESSES

section; or 

(3) Hand delivering the filing to the 

Office of Regulation, Analysis, and 

Engagement at the address listed in the 

ADDRESSES section. 

For administrative efficiency, DOE 

prefers filings to be filed electronically. 

All filings must include a reference to 

‘‘Docket No. 15–190–LNG’’ in the title 

line, or ‘‘Rio Grande LNG, LLC Change 

in Control’’ in the title line. 

For electronic submissions: Please 

include all related documents and 

attachments (e.g., exhibits) in the 

original email correspondence. Please 

do not include any active hyperlinks or 

password protection in any of the 

documents or attachments related to the 

filing. All electronic filings submitted to 

DOE must follow these guidelines to 

ensure that all documents are filed in a 

timely manner. 

The Notice, and any filed protests, 

motions to intervene, notices of 

intervention, and comments will be 

available electronically on the DOE 

website at www.energy.gov/fecm/ 

regulation. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on November 

19, 2024. 

Amy R. Sweeney, 

Director, Office of Regulation, Analysis, and 

Engagement, Office of Resource 

Sustainability. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27416 Filed 11–21–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 175–032] 

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; 

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.: 175–132. 

c. Date filed: April 18, 2024. 

d. Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric 

Company. 

e. Name of Project: Balch 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The existing project is 

located Fresno County, California, is in 

the Sierra Nevada, approximately 45 

miles northeast of the City of Fresno and 

on the North Fork Kings River. The 

North Fork Kings River drains into the 

Kings River, which then drains into the 

San Joaquin River. PG&E’s proposed 

FERC Project Boundary includes 694.67 

acres of lands, of which 491.50 acres are 

United States (U.S.) lands, all of which 

are National Forest System. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. 

h. Applicant Contact: Dave Gabbard, 

Vice President Power Generation, 

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 300 

Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA 94612; 

telephone at (650) 207–9705; email at 

David.gabbard@pge.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Benjamin Mann 

Project Coordinator, West Branch, 

Division of Hydropower Licensing; 

telephone at (202) 502–8127; email at 

benjamin.mann@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 https:// 

ferconline.ferc.gov/FERC.aspx. 

Commenters can submit brief comments 

up to 6,000 characters, without prior 

registration, using the eComment system 


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at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/ 

Quick.aspx. For assistance, please 

contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (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, 

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: Balch Hydroelectric Project (P– 

175–032). 

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 existing Balch Hydroelectric 

Project (project) includes the following 

facilities: (1) a 135-foot-high, 396-footlong diversion dam with a crest 

elevation of 4,098 feet that includes a 

364-foot-long spillway and is located on 

the North Fork Kings River 9.9 miles 

upstream of the confluence with Kings 

River; (2) the 35-acre Black Rock 

Reservoir with a usable storage capacity 

of 1,260 acre-feet at a normal water 

surface elevation of 4,097 feet; (3) an 11- 

foot-high, concrete tunnel intake; (4) a 

water conveyance system consisting of: 

(a) a 19,336-foot-long tunnel with a 

maximum hydraulic capacity of 760 

cubic feet per second (cfs) that includes 

the 308-foot-long Black Rock Adit, the 

350-foot-long Weir Creek Adit, an 

unlined surge chamber, and two sluice 

channels; (5) a 4,905.6-foot-long 

penstock leading to the Balch No. 1 

Powerhouse and a 4,933.3-foot-long 

penstock leading to the Balch No. 2 

Powerhouse; (6) the 65.5- foot-long, 

80.5-foot-wide Balch No. 1 Powerhouse 

housing one turbine-generator unit with 

an authorized installed capacity of 31.02 

megawatts (MW) and a maximum 

hydraulic capacity of 213 cfs; (7) the 

149-foot-long, 84-foot-wide Balch No. 2 

Powerhouse housing two turbinegenerator units with a total authorized 

installed capacity of 105 MW and a 

maximum hydraulic capacity of 315 cfs; 

(8) a 165-foot-high, 238-foot-long 

afterbay dam with a crest elevation of 

1,704 feet that includes a 238-foot-long 

spillway; (9) a 7-acre afterbay with a 

usable storage capacity of 135 acre-feet; 

(10) project roads and trails; (11) 

recreation facilities; (12) a 22-mile-long, 

115-kilovolt (kV) transmission line 

connecting the project with the grid at 

Piedra Junction; (13) the 76-acre Balch 

Camp, which is the project operating 

headquarters and includes personnel 

housing; (14) a 6.2-mile-line, 12-kV 

distribution line connecting Balch Camp 

with the project’s diversion dam; and 

(15) appurtenant facilities. 

The Balch Project is located 

downstream of PG&E’s Haas-Kings River 

Hydroelectric Project No. 1988 and 

Helms Pumped Storage Project No. 

2735, which use the same reservoirs 

(Courtright Lake and Lake Wilshon) for 

operation. The project is operated as a 

peaking facility to generate power that 

is released from upstream storage to 

meet power demand and for irrigation 

purposes. Project operation is 

coordinated with Project No. 1988, 

whose releases from Lake Wilshon 

largely control inflow to Black Rock 

Reservoir; however, spill fluctuations at 

the project are possible at times when 

inflow exceeds powerhouse capacity 

and during powerhouse outages. 

The current license requires PG&E to 

maintain the following continuous 

minimum flows in the North Kings 

River: (1) during normal water years: (a) 

from June 1 through November 31, 5 cfs 

from Black Rock Reservoir, 15 cfs from 

Balch Afterbay, and 30 cfs of total river 

flow; and (b) from December 1 through 

May 31, 2.5 cfs from Black Rock 

Reservoir, 10 cfs from Balch Afterbay, 

and 30 cfs of total river flow; (2) during 

dry water years, as defined by the 

California Department of Water 

Resources, year-round flows of 2.5 cfs 

from Black Rock Reservoir, 10 cfs from 

Balch Afterbay, and 20 cfs of total river 

flow. 

PG&E proposes to continue operating 

the project in a manner that is 

consistent with current operation, with 

the exception of the following new 

proposed measures: (1) minimum flows 

and water year types, (2) a recreation 

plan, (3) a biological resources 

management plan, (4) a historic 

properties management plan, (5) lowlevel operations, (6) flood period 

operations, (7) a hazardous substance 

plan, (8) a gaging plan, (9) visual 

resources management, (10) a fire 

management and response plan, and 

(11) a transportation system 

management plan. 

m. A copy of the application can be 

viewed on the Commission’s website at 

https://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 

Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or (202) 502– 

8659 (TTY). 

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. 

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 

submitting the filing; 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. 

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. 

o. Procedural schedule: 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 Date 

Issue Scoping Document 1 ......................................................................................................................................................... December 2024. 

Comments on Scoping Document 1 Due ................................................................................................................................... January 2025. 

Issue Request for Additional Information (if necessary) ............................................................................................................. January 2025. 

Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary) .................................................................................................................................. March 2025. 

Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis ..................................................................................................................... November 2025. 

Dated: November 15, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27356 Filed 11–21–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 14867–003] 

Notice of Application Accepted for 

Filing and Soliciting Motions To 

Intervene and Protests: Scott’s Mill 

Hydro, LLC 

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.: 14867–003. 

c. Date filed: March 21, 2022. 

d. Applicant: Scott’s Mill Hydro, LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Scott’s Mill 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: On the James River, near 

the City of Lynchburg, in Bedford and 

Amherst Counties, Virginia. No federal 

or tribal land would be occupied by 

project works or located within the 

project boundary. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Mark 

Fendig, Luminaire Technologies, Inc., 

9932 Wilson Highway, Mouth-ofWilson, VA 24363; phone: (540) 320– 

6762. 

i. FERC Contact: Jody Callihan at 

(202) 502–8278, or jody.callihan@

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 https:// 

ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 

Commenters can submit brief comments 

up to 6,000 characters, without prior 

registration, using the eComment system 

at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/ 

QuickComment.aspx. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (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, 

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: Scott’s Mill Hydroelectric Project 

(P–14867–003). 

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 

for filing but is not ready for 

environmental analysis. 

l. The Scott’s Mill Hydroelectric 

Project would consist of: (1) an existing 

masonry dam containing two spillways 

separated by a 25-foot-wide stone pier, 

with one 735-foot-long, 15-foot-high 

overflow spillway and the other a 140- 

foot-long, 16-foot-high arch-section 

spillway; (2) an impoundment with a 

surface area of 305 acres at the normal 

pool elevation of 516.4 feet North 

American Vertical Datum of 1988 

(NAVD 88); (3) a new modular 

powerhouse containing nine generating 

units with a total installed capacity of 

4.5 megawatts that would be installed 

immediately downstream of the existing 

arch-section spillway of the dam; (4) a 

new 1,200-foot-long overhead 

transmission line; and (5) appurtenant 

facilities. 

To increase flow through the modular 

powerhouse, Scott’s Mill proposes to 

remove the top 6.8 feet of the existing 

arch-section spillway of the dam and 

add 2-foot-high flashboards to the 

existing overflow spillway. Scott’s Mill 

proposes to operate the project in a runof-river mode, except on the 10 days of 

peak annual electrical demand in the 

Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland 

(PJM) regional transmission 

organization, during which time the 

project may operate in a peaking mode 

for up to two hours per day. The 

estimated annual energy production of 

the project is 20,700 megawatt-hours. 

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/ 

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 OPP@

ferc.gov. 

n. Any qualified applicant desiring to 

file a competing application must 

submit to the Commission, on or before 

the specified intervention deadline date, 

a competing development application, 

or a notice of intent to file such an 

application. Submission of a timely 

notice of intent allows an interested 

person to file the competing 

development application no later than 

120 days after the specified intervention 

deadline date. Applications for 

preliminary permits will not be 

accepted in response to this notice. 

A notice of intent must specify the 

exact name, business address, and 

telephone number of the prospective 

applicant, and must include an 

unequivocal statement of intent to 


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