# 2025-15151: Scott's Mill Hydro Project Under FERC Environmental Microscope in Virginia

2025-15151, Scott's Mill Hydro, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment, is a Federal Register notice from Energy Department, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission published 2025-08-11, effective 2026-08-04 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15151
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-15151
- Title: Scott's Mill Hydro, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Energy Department; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Citation: 90 FR 38639
- Published: 2025-08-11
- Effective: 2026-08-04
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Scott's Mill Hydro Project Under FERC Environmental Microscope in Virginia

## Summary

Scott's Mill Hydro, LLC wants to build a new 4.5-megawatt hydroelectric project on the James River in Virginia. The government is preparing an Environmental Assessment to check how this project might affect the environment and will ask the public for their thoughts starting August 4, 2026. This process helps make sure the project is safe and fair for local communities, landowners, and nature.

## Effects PRIA read

- Public comment period for Scott's Mill EA: benefit, low. If you live near the James River in Amherst or Bedford Counties, Virginia, you can review the Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed 4.5-megawatt Scott's Mill hydroelectric project when the Commission issues it on August 4, 2026. The EA will be open for a 30-day public comment period, and t…

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## Sources
- [2025-15151 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/11/2025-15151/scotts-mill-hydro-llc-notice-of-intent-to-prepare-an-environmental-assessment)
- [2025-15151 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-11/pdf/2025-15151.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15151 (as of 2026-06-08).