City of Abbeville; 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

<NOTICE> DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY <SUBAGY>Federal Energy Regulatory Commission</SUBAGY> <DEPDOC>[Project No. 11286-030]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>City of Abbeville; 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</SUBJECT> Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. <E T="03">Type of Application:</E> New Major License. b. <E T="03">Project No.:</E> 11286-030. c. <E T="03">Date filed</E> : November 25, 2025. d. <E T="03">Applicant:</E> City of Abbeville. e. <E T="03">Name of Project:</E> Abbeville Hydroelectric Project (project). f. <E T="03">Location:</E> On the Rocky River in Abbeville and Anderson Counties, South Carolina. g. <E T="03">Filed Pursuant to:</E> Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r). h. <E T="03">Applicant Contact:</E> Tim Hall, Director of Public Utilities, City of Abbeville, 306 Cambridge Street, Abbeville, SC 29620; Phone: (864) 366-5058, Email: <E T="03">thall@abbevillecitysc.com.</E> i. <E T="03">FERC Contact:</E> Kristine Sillett at (202) 502-6575 or <E T="03">kristine.sillett@ferc.gov.</E> j. <E T="03">Cooperating agencies:</E> 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. <E T="03">Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status</E> : on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on January 26, 2026. <SU>1</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>1</SU>  Sixty days from the filing of the application is January 24, 2026, which is a Saturday. Therefore, the due date is the following business day. </FTNT> The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status using the Commission's eFiling system at <E T="03">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.</E> Commenters can submit brief comments up to 10,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at <E T="03">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp.</E> For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at <E T="03">FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,</E> (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy via U.S. Postal Service to: DebbieAnne 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. The first page of any filing should include docket number P-11286-030. m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. n. <E T="03">The project consists of:</E> (1) a 1,362-acre impoundment (Lake Secession) having a storage capacity of 25,650 acre-feet at elevation 548.0 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD); (2) a multi-section dam consisting of: an 80-foot east concrete abutment, a 360-foot, multiple arch buttress dam including five arches topped with wooden flashboards, a 124-foot west concrete abutment, a 910-foot earthen embankment, and an 87-foot-long concrete gated spillway; (3) a 35.7-foot-wide by 68.3-foot-long powerhouse with two turbine generator units with a total installed capacity of 2.6 megawatts; (4) 150-foot, 2.4-kilovolt generator leads connecting the project to the project switchyard; and (5) appurtenant facilities. o. In addition to publishing the full text of this notice in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> , the Commission provides all interested persons an opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this notice, as well as other documents in the proceeding ( <E T="03">e.g.,</E> license application) via the internet through the Commission's Home Page ( <E T="03">http://www.ferc.gov</E> ) using the “eLibrary” link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document (P-11286). For assistance, contact FERC at <E T="03">FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,</E> (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). You may also register online at <E T="03">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</E> to be notified via email of new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. p. For public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, contact the Office of Public Participation at (202) 502-6595 or <E T="03">OPP@ferc.gov.</E> q. <E T="03">Procedural schedule and final amendments:</E> The application will be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate. <GPOTABLE COLS="2" OPTS="L2,nj,tp0,i1" CDEF="s200,r40"> <TTITLE> </TTITLE> <CHED H="1">Milestone</CHED> <CHED H="1">Target date</CHED> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Issue Deficiency Letter and Request Additional Information</ENT> <ENT>February 2026.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Deficiency/Additional Information Responses Due</ENT> <ENT>May 2026.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Issue Acceptance Letter and Notice</ENT> <ENT>June 2026.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Issue Scoping Notice </ENT> <ENT>June 2026.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Scoping Comments due</ENT> <ENT>August 2026.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Issue Ready for Environmental Analysis Notice</ENT> <ENT>September 2026.</ENT> </ROW> </GPOTABLE> r. 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. <EXTRACT> <FP>(Authority: 18 CFR 2.1)</FP> </EXTRACT> <SIG> <DATED>Dated: December 8, 2025.</DATED> <NAME>Debbie-Anne A. Reese,</NAME> Secretary. </SIG> <FRDOC>[FR Doc. 2025-22548 Filed 12-10-25; 8:45 am]</FRDOC> </NOTICE>