Document ID: FERC-2019-1266-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Application: Lake Lynn Generation, LLC
Posted Date: 2019-10-23T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 23, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 56809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-23097]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2459-263]

Lake Lynn Generation, LLC; Notice of Intent To File License 
Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, and Approving Use of 
the Traditional Licensing Process

    a. Type of Application: Notice of Intent to File License 
Application and Request to Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
    b. Project No.: 2459-263.
    c. Date filed: August 29, 2019.
    d. Submitted by: Lake Lynn Generation, LLC (Lake Lynn).
    e. Name of Project: Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: Located on the Cheat River near the City of 
Morgantown, West Virginia, in Monongalia County, West Virginia and 
Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The project does not occupy any federal 
land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the Commission's regulations.
    h. Potential Applicant Contact: Mrs. Jody Smet, Lake Lynn 
Generation, LLC, 2 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 1330, Bethesda, MD 
20814; Telephone: (804) 739-0654; Email: jsmet@cubehydro.com.
    i. FERC Contact: Andy Bernick at (202) 502-8660; or email at 
andrew.bernick@ferc.gov.
    j. Lake Lynn filed its request to use the Traditional Licensing 
Process on August 29, 2019. Lake Lynn provided public notice of its 
request on August 29, 2019. In a letter dated October 17, 2019, the 
Director of the Division of Hydropower Licensing approved Lake Lynn's 
request to use the Traditional Licensing Process.
    k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under section 7 of the Endangered 
Species Act and the joint agency regulations thereunder at 50 CFR, Part 
402. We are also initiating consultation with the West Virginia State 
Historic Preservation Officer and the Pennsylvania State Historic 
Preservation Officer, as required by section 106, National Historic 
Preservation Act, and the implementing regulations of the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
    l. With this notice, we are designating Lake Lynn as the 
Commission's non-federal representative for carrying out informal 
consultation pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act; and 
consultation pursuant to section 106 of the National Historic 
Preservation Act.
    m. Lake Lynn filed a Pre-Application Document (PAD; including a 
proposed process plan and schedule) with the Commission, pursuant to 18 
CFR 5.6 of the Commission's regulations.
    n. A copy of the PAD is available for review at the Commission in 
the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's website 
(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 Online Support at 
FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at 
the address in paragraph h.
    o. The licensee states its unequivocal intent to submit an 
application for a new license for Project No. 2459. Pursuant to 18 CFR 
16.8, 16.9, and 16.10 each application for a new license and any 
competing license applications must be filed with the Commission at 
least 24 months prior to the expiration of the existing license. All 
applications for license for this project must be filed by November 30, 
2022.
    p. Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filing and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.

    Dated: October 17, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-23097 Filed 10-22-19; 8:45 am]
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