[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 101 (Thursday, May 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 25857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12910]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 2019-000]


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

May 17, 1996.
    On May 5, 1994, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, licensee for the 
Utica Project No. 2019, filed an application for a new or subsequent 
license pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA) and the Commission's 
regulations thereunder. Project No. 2019 is located on the North Fork 
Stanislaus River and Silver, Beaver, Mill, and Angels Creeks in 
Calaveras. Toulumne, and Alpine Counties, California.
    The license for Project No. 2019 was issued for a period ending May 
8, 1996. 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. 2019 is issued to 
Pacific Gas and Electric Company for a period effective May 9, 1996, 
through May 8, 1997, 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 May 8, 1997, 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 Utica Project No. 2019 until such time as the 
Commission acts on its application for subsequent license.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-12910 Filed 5-22-96; 8:45 am]
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