[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 522 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 522

   To provide for a limited exemption to the hydroelectric licensing 
provisions of part I of the Federal Power Act for certain transmission 
  facilities associated with the El Vado Hydroelectric Project in New 
                                Mexico.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                March 9 (legislative day, March 6), 1995

 Mr. Domenici (for himself and Mr. Bingaman) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for a limited exemption to the hydroelectric licensing 
provisions of part I of the Federal Power Act for certain transmission 
  facilities associated with the El Vado Hydroelectric Project in New 
                                Mexico.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. LIMITED EXEMPTION.

    (a) Exemption.--Part I of the Federal Power Act, and the 
jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under such 
part I, shall not apply to the transmission line facilities associated 
with the El Vado Hydroelectric Project (FERC Project No. 5226-002) 
which are described in subsection (b).
    (b) Facilities Covered by Exemption.--The facilities to which the 
exemption under subsection (a) applies are those transmission 
facilities located near the Rio Chama, a tributary of the Rio Grande, 
in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, referred to as the El Vado 
transmission line, a three phase 12-mile long 69 kV power line 
installed within a 50-foot wide right-of-way in Rio Arriba County, New 
Mexico, originating at the El Vado Project's switchyard and connecting 
to the Spills 69 kV Switching Station operated by the Northern Arriba 
Electric Cooperative, Inc.
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