Document ID: FERC-2022-1036-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Application: Eagle Creek Schoolfield Hydro, LLC, City of Danville
Posted Date: 2022-08-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 155 (Friday, August 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49818-49819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17367]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. P-2411-030]

Eagle Creek Schoolfield Hydro, LLC, City of Danville; Notice of 
Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting 
Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for 
Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

    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).
    f. Location: The project is located on the Dan River at 
approximately river mile 60.1 in the county of Pittsylvania, near the 
City of Danville, Virginia. The project does not occupy any federal 
land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contacts: 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]; 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]; and Mr. W Clarke Whitfield, Junior, City 
Attorney, City of Danville, 427 Patton Street, Room 421, Danville, VA 
24541; Phone at (434) 799-5122 or email at [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Erin Stockschlaeder at (202) 502-8107, or 
[email protected].
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ] 
61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: September 27, 2022.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 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 submit a paper 
copy. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed 
to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent 
via any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, 
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 Project 
(P-2411-030).
    m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Schoolfield Project consists of the following existing 
facilities: (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 propeller-type 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) 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.
    o. A copy of the application can be viewed on the Commission's 
website at 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 (P-2411). For assistance, contact FERC at 
[email protected], or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or (202) 
502-8659 (TTY).
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    p. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will 
be made as appropriate.

Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)-- September 2022
Request Additional Information--September 2022

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Issue Acceptance Letter--December 2022
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--January 2023
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--February 2023
Issue Scoping Document 2--March 2023
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--April 2023

    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 
of ready for environmental analysis.

    Dated: August 8, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-17367 Filed 8-11-22; 8:45 am]
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