[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2070 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2070

   To provide certain requirements for hydroelectric projects on the 
                 Mohawk River in the State of New York.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 18, 2005

  Mr. Schumer 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 certain requirements for hydroelectric projects on the 
                 Mohawk River in the State of New York.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mohawk River Hydroelectric Projects 
Licensing Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. LICENSING OF MOHAWK RIVER HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS.

    (a) In General.--If a hydroelectric project on the Mohawk River in 
the State of New York has been operating under annual licenses for 10 
or more years, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (referred to in 
this Act as the ``Commission'') shall not issue a new license for the 
project until the Commission--
            (1) issues a public notice that the Commission will accept 
        other valid license applications to develop the project works 
        or water resources subject to the license in accordance with 
        subsection (b); and
            (2) if other valid license applications are submitted in 
        accordance with subsection (b), the Commission approves a 
        license application in accordance with subsection (c).
    (b) Application Requirements.--To be valid, a license application 
submitted under subsection (a) shall--
            (1) be in an appropriate form, as determined by the 
        Commission, in accordance with regulations of the Commission; 
        and
            (2) be submitted to the Commission not later than July 31, 
        2006.
    (c) Processing; Approval.--As soon as practicable after July 31, 
2006, the Commission shall--
            (1) expeditiously process any pending valid license 
        applications in accordance with subsections (a) and (c) of 
        section 15 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 808); and
            (2) approve a valid license application and issue a license 
        only if the Commission determines that the project will best 
        develop the affected water resources, consistent with section 
        10(a) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 803(a)).
    (d) License Conditions.--Any new power license issued for a project 
described in subsection (a) shall include the same license conditions 
relating to the use of affected waters provided in articles 32 and 33 
of the license included in Potomac Light & Power Company, Project No. 
2343, 32 F.P.C. 584, 588 (1964).
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