Black Canyon Hydro, LLC; Notice of Revised Schedule for the Seminoe Pumped Storage Project

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 14787-004] This notice revises the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) schedule for processing Black Canyon Hydro, LLC's (BCH) license application for the Seminoe Pumped Storage Project. The notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) issued on March 28, 2025, identified April 13, 2026, as the planned date for issuing the final EIS and July 16, 2026, as the planned date for issuing the final order for the project. On September 26, 2025, Commission staff issued a draft EIS and accompanying EIS notice of availability which set a deadline of January 2, 2026, for filing comments on the draft EIS. On December 15, 2025, BCH filed a proposal to relocate a proposed batch plant, spoil pile, and construction area for the inlet-outlet structure to land owned and managed by the Bureau of Reclamation. The filing also included supplemental study reports, an alternative spoil site analysis technical memorandum, a visual resource management conformance supplemental design technical memorandum, a Preliminary Traffic Management Plan, a Wildlife Seasonal Restrictions Management Plan, and a Bighorn Sheep Management Plan. Additionally, on December 30, 2025, BCH filed an updated Preliminary Weed and Vegetation Management Plan, a Preliminary Draft Aquatic Invasive Species Plan, and updated Habitat Management Plan. In response to BCH's revised proposal and updated plans, multiple stakeholde…