Millwood Hydro AE, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

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. 15416-001] On April 8, 2026, as supplemented on May 21, 2026, Millwood Hydro AE, LLC (the applicant), filed an application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Millwood Hydroelectric Project (or project). The proposed project would be located at the existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) Millwood Dam on the Little River in Little River and Hempstead Counties, Arkansas. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant the permit holder priority to file a license application during the permit term. A preliminary permit does not authorize the permit holder to perform any land-disturbing activities or otherwise enter upon lands or waters owned by others without the owners' express permission. The proposed project would consist of the following: (1) a new 150-foot-long by 220-foot-wide forebay located immediately upstream from the existing Corps dam; (2) two new penstocks, 7.5-foot in diameter and 180-foot long; (3) a new 220-foot-long by 100-foot-wide by 30-foot-high reinforced concrete powerhouse housing two 9.0 megawatt turbines; (4) a new 60-foot-long by 60-foot-wide substation adjacent to the powerhouse; (5) a new 300-foot-long by 300-foot-wide tailrace area; (6) a new 4,700-foot long transmission line interconnecting to existing Southwest Electric Power company 138-kilovolt line. The project is …