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who file a motion to intervene in 

accordance with the Commission’s 

Rules may become a party to the 

proceeding. Any comments, protests, or 

motions to intervene must be received 

on or before the specified comment date 

for the particular application. 

All filings must (1) bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’ or 

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE,’’ ‘‘NOTICE 

OF INTENT TO FILE COMPETING 

APPLICATION,’’ or ‘‘COMPETING 

APPLICATION;’’ (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. 

p. Procedural Schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following schedule. Revisions to 

the schedule will be made as 

appropriate. 

Issue Scoping Document 1 for 

comments—April 2025 

Comments on Scoping Document 1 

due—May 2025 

Request Additional Information (if 

necessary)—June 2025 

Issue Scoping Document 2 (if 

necessary)—June 2025 

Dated: January 16, 2025. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01580 Filed 1–22–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 15230–002] 

Pike Island Hydropower Corporation; 

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: Original Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: 15230–002. 

c. Date Filed: May 14, 2024. 

d. Applicant: 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: Mr. Jeremy 

King, Current Hydro, LLC, 3120 

Southwest Freeway, Suite 101, PMB 

50808, Houston, TX 77098. 

i. FERC Contact: Colleen Corballis at 

(202) 502–8598 or colleen.corballis@

ferc.gov; or Shivani Khetani at (212) 

273–5917 or Shivani.khetani@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: Pike Island Hydroelectric Project 

(P–15230–002). 

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 Pike Island Project would be 

located the Corps’ existing Pike Island 

Locks and Dam and would consist of the 

following new facilities: (1) a 101-footwide, 193-foot-long reinforced concrete 

powerhouse; (2) a 90-foot-wide, 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-footlong tailrace channel; (5) a 13.8-kilovolt 

(kV), 550-foot-long underground utilidor 

crossing under River Road; (6) 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. 

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. 

n. 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. 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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1 16 U.S.C. 808(b)(1). 

2Cook Electric, Inc., who transferred the license 

to Magic Reservoir Hydroelectric Inc., who 

subsequently transferred the license to Big Wood 

Canal Company, was issued a major license for the 

project on January 15, 1987, for a term of 40 years, 

effective the first day of the month in which the 

order was issued. See Cook Electric, Inc., 38 FERC 

¶ 62,034 (1987); Cook Elec., Inc. and Magic 

Reservoir Hydroelectric, Inc., 44 FERC ¶ 62,144 

(1988); Magic Reservoir Hydroelectric, Inc. and Big 

Wood Canal Co., 166 FERC ¶ 62,037 (2019). 

Therefore, the license would expire on December 

31, 2026, and the statutory deadline for filing a new 

license application was December 31, 2024. See 

FPA 15(c)(1), 16 U.S.C. 808(c)(1). 

3 16 U.S.C. 808(c)(1). 

4 18 CFR 16.9 (2024). 

5See Big Wood Canal Company December 31, 

2024 Request for Extension. 

6See Pacific Gas and Elec. Co., 98 FERC ¶ 61,032 

(2002), reh’g denied, 99 FERC ¶ 61,045 (2002). 

submit a development application. A 

notice of intent must be served on the 

applicant(s) named in this public notice. 

Anyone may submit comments, a 

protest, or a motion to intervene in 

accordance with the requirements of 

Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 

385.210, .211, and .214. In determining 

the appropriate action to take, the 

Commission will consider all protests or 

other comments 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 comments, protests, or 

motions to intervene must be received 

on or before the specified comment date 

for the particular application. 

All filings must (1) bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’ or 

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE,’’ ‘‘NOTICE 

OF INTENT TO FILE COMPETING 

APPLICATION,’’ or ‘‘COMPETING 

APPLICATION;’’ (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. 

p. Procedural Schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following schedule. Revisions to 

the schedule will be made as 

appropriate. 

Issue Scoping Document 1 for 

comments—April 2025 

Comments on Scoping Document 1 

due—May 2025 

Request Additional Information (if 

necessary)—June 2025 

Issue Scoping Document 2 (if 

necessary)—June 2025 

Dated: January 16, 2025. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01579 Filed 1–22–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 3407–088] 

Big Wood Canal Company; Notice 

Soliciting Applications and Waiving 

Regulations 

On January 3, 2022, Big Wood Canal 

Company, licensee for the Magic Dam 

Hydroelectric Project No. 3407 (project), 

filed a Notice of Intent (NOI) to file an 

application for a new license for the 

project pursuant to section 15(b)(1) of 

the Federal Power Act (FPA).1 On 

March 1, 2022, Commission staff issued 

public notice of the NOI and approved 

the use of the traditional licensing 

process to develop the license 

application. The current license for the 

project expires on December 31, 2026.2

The 9-megawatt project is located on 

the Big Wood River in Blaine and Camas 

Counties, Idaho. The project consists of: 

(1) a 640-foot-long, 128-foot-high earthfilled dam; (2) a 1,260-foot-long, 50-foothigh dike; (3) a 1,200-foot-long spillway 

structure; (4) a 3,740-acre reservoir with 

a storage capacity of approximately 

191,500 acre-feet at an elevation of 

4,798 feet; (5) a 37-foot-high intake 

tower; (6) a 620-foot-long, 132-inchdiameter outlet conduit leading to a 

170-foot-long, 132-inch-diameter 

penstock connecting to a powerhouse; 

(7) a powerhouse containing three 

generating units with a combined 

capacity of 9 megawatts; (8) a 9.2-milelong, 4.16 kilovolt transmission line; 

and (9) appurtenant facilities. The 

average annual energy generation of the 

project is approximately 14.3 gigawatthours. 

Pursuant to section 15(c)(1) of the 

FPA 3 and section 16.9 of the 

Commission’s regulations,4 an existing 

licensee must file an application for a 

new license at least 24 months prior to 

the expiration of the current license. As 

stated above, Big Wood Canal 

Company’s NOI indicated that it would 

file an application for a new license; 

however, it did not file an application 

for a new license for the project by the 

December 31, 2024 deadline. Instead, on 

December 31, 2024, Big Wood Canal 

Company requested a 3-month 

extension of time to file its final license 

application.5

The statutory date for filing a final 

license application cannot be waived.6

Therefore, the request for an extension 

of time to file a final license application 

for the Magic Dam Hydroelectric Project 

was denied. Pursuant to section 16.25(a) 

of the Commission’s regulations, the 

Commission is soliciting applications 

from potential applicants. This 

solicitation is necessary because the 

deadline for filing an application for a 

new license and any competing license 

applications, pursuant to section 16.9 of 

the Commission’s regulations, was 

December 31, 2024, and no other license 

applications for this project were filed. 

With this notice, we are waiving those 

parts of section 16.24(a) and 16.25(a) 

which bar an existing licensee that 

missed the two-year application filing 

deadline from filing another 

application. Further, because Big Wood 

Canal Company completed the pre-filing 

consultation requirements pursuant to 

Part 4 of the Commission’s regulations, 

we are waiving the consultation 

requirements in section 16.8(b) and (c) 

for the existing licensee. Consequently, 

Big Wood Canal Company will be 

allowed to file a license application and 

compete for the license. 

The licensee is required to make 

available certain information described 

in section 16.7 of the regulations. For 

more information from the licensee, 

please contact Big Wood Canal 

Company’s authorized agent Mr. Peter 

Josten, 2742 Saint Charles Avenue, 

Idaho Falls, ID 83404, (208) 339–3542. 

Pursuant to section 16.25(b), a 

potential applicant that files a notice of 

intent within 90 days from the date of 

this notice: (1) may apply for a license 

under Part I of the FPA and Part 4 

(except section 4.38) of the 

Commission’s regulations within 18 

months of the date on which it files its 

notice; and (2) must comply with 

sections 16.8 and 16.10 of the 

Commission’s regulations. 

Questions concerning this notice 

should be directed to Amy Chang at 

(202) 502–6154 or email at amy.chang@

ferc.gov. 


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