Environment

Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment for Dominion Energy's Bath County Project

🇺🇸United States··Notice·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This notice announces that an environmental assessment will be prepared for Dominion Energy Virginia's Bath County Pumped Storage Project. This affects local and federal land as the project is within forests managed by the U.S. Forest Service. Stakeholders and interested parties can review and comment on the assessment, impacting future licensing decisions.

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Key Changes

  • Environmental assessment will be prepared for the Bath County Project.
  • Stakeholders can review and comment on the assessment.
  • The assessment will influence future licensing decisions.

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Prepare and issue an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Bath County Pumped Storage Project relicense application by November 20, 2026

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
operational
high

Circulate the completed Environmental Assessment for review by all interested parties

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
disclosure
high

Analyze all comments filed on the Environmental Assessment and consider them in the Commission's final licensing decision

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) staff
operational
medium

Accept and process public submissions including interventions, comments, and requests for rehearing through the Office of Public Participation

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Office of Public Participation
operational
medium

Process the relicense application according to the published schedule, with revisions made only as appropriate

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
operational

Affected Parties

Dominion Energy VirginiaLocal communities around Bath County

Tags

environmental_assessment,energy,regulatory_notice