[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1916-1917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-931]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 2687]


Pacific Gas and Electric Co.; Notice of Authorization for 
Continued Project Operation

January 18, 1996.
    On December 20, 1993, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, licensee 
for the Pit No. 1 Project No. 2687, filed an application for a new or 
subsequent license pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA) and the 
Commission's Regulations thereunder. Project No. 2687 is located on the 
Tule, Little Tule, Fall, and Pit Rivers in Shasta County, 
California.The license for Project No. 

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2687 was issued for a period ending December 31, 1995. Section 15(a)(1) 
of the FPA, 16 U.S.C. 808(a)(1), requires the Commission, at the 
expiration of a license term, to issue from year to year an annual 
license to the then licensee under the terms and conditions of the 
prior license until a new license is issued, or the project is 
otherwise disposed of as provided in Section 15 or any other applicable 
section of the FPA. If the project's prior license waived the 
applicability of Section 15 of the FPA, then, based on Section 9(b) of 
the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 558(c), and as set forth at 
18 CFR 16.21(a), if the licensee of such project has filed an 
application for a subsequent license, the licensee may continue to 
operate the project in accordance with the terms and conditions of the 
license after the minor or minor part license expires, until the 
Commission acts on its application. If the licensee of such a project 
has not filed an application for a subsequent license, then it may be 
required, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.21(b), to continue project operations 
until the Commission issues someone else a license for the project or 
otherwise orders disposition of the project.
    If the project is subject to Section 15 of the FPA, notice is 
hereby given that an annual license for Project No. 2687 is issued to 
Pacific Gas and Electric Company for a period effective January 1, 
1996, through December 31, 1996, or until the issuance of a new license 
for the project or other disposition under the FPA, whichever comes 
first. If issuance of a new license (or other disposition) does not 
take place on or before December 31, 1996, notice is hereby given that, 
pursuant to 18 CFR 16.18(c), an annual license under Section 15(a)(1) 
of the FPA is renewed automatically without further order or notice by 
the Commission, unless the Commission orders otherwise.
    If the project is not subject to Section 15 of the FPA, notice is 
hereby given that Pacific Gas and Electric Company is authorized to 
continue operation of the Pit No. 1 Project No. 2687 until such time as 
the Commission acts on its application for subsequent license.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-931 Filed 1-23-96; 8:45 am]
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