[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 16 (Friday, January 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 3667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1691]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2100-074]


California Department of Water Resources; Notice Rejecting 
Rehearing

January 17, 1997.
    By order issued December 11, 1996, \1\ the Director, Division of 
Licensing and Compliance (Division Director) approved a request filed 
by the California Department of Water Resources (CDWR) to amend the 
requirements of ordering paragraph (K) of the Commission's Order on 
Revised Recreation Plan, issued September 22, 1994, for CDWR's Feather 
River Project No. 2100, on the Feather River in Butte County, 
California. \2\ The Division Director approved CDWR's request by 
extending the filing date for CDWR's biannual report providing 
recreational use data from November 1, 1996 to April 1, 1997, and 
making subsequent reports due every two years thereafter on April 1, 
instead of November 1.
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    \1\ 77 FERC para. 62,147.
    \2\ See 68 FERC para. 61,358 (1994).
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    On December 23, 1996, the Lake Oroville Fish Enhancement Committee 
(LOFEC) and the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) 
filed a request for rehearing of the Division Director's order. LOFEC 
and CSPA contend that they have been denied due process by the Division 
Director's order.
    Rehearing does not lie in this matter. CDWR's request for a change 
in the due date for its recreation reports does not entail any material 
change in the plan of project development or in the terms and 
conditions of the license, nor does it adversely affect the rights of 
property-holders in a manner not contemplated by the license, such that 
the Commission should have issued notice of the filing or entertained 
intervention petitions thereon. \3\ Accordingly, the request for 
rehearing is rejected.
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    \3\ See, e.g., Sayles Hydro Associates, 48 FERC para. 61,049 
(1989), and Kings River Conservation District, 36 FERC para. 61,881 
(1986).
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    This notice constitutes final agency action. Requests for rehearing 
by the Commission may be filed within 30 days of the date of issuance 
of this notice, pursuant to 18 CFR 385.713.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-1691 Filed 1-23-97; 845 am]
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