[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 26 (Thursday, February 29, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S1456]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. DeWINE:
  S. 1581. A bill to reinstate the license for, and extend the deadline 
under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of, a 
hydroelectric project in Ohio, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources.


                   hydroelectric project legislation

 Mr. DeWINE. Mr. President, S. 1581 would reinstate the license 
for a 49.5 megawatt hydroelectric project in Ohio, which was originally 
issued on September 27, 1989, and extend the deadline for construction 
until September 24, 1999. The licensee for this project is the City of 
Orrville. The original license was stayed and held in abeyance until 
1992, due to administrative and judicial challenges to FERC's decision 
to issue licenses for 16 projects in the upper Ohio River basin. In 
1992, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld FERC's licensing 
decision. Due to the delay caused by the litigation and difficulty 
securing adequate funding for the project, the city surrendered its 
license in June, 1993 and sought other sources of power to meet its 
immediate energy needs. This bill would reinstate the license and 
extend the construction deadline for this project. In a letter dated 
February 9, 1996, FERC chair, Elizabeth Moler, stated that she did not 
have any specific objections to legislation reinstating the license and 
extending the construction deadline for Pike Island Project No. 
3218.
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