[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 6235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3292]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 1927]


Pacificorp; Notice of Authorization for Continued Project 
Operation

February 5, 1997.
    On January 30, 1995, Pacificorp, licensee for the North Umpqua 
Project No. 1927, filed an application for a new or subsequent license 
pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA) and the Commission's 
regulations thereunder. Project No. 1927 is located on the North Umpqua 
River in Douglas County, Oregon.
    The license for Project No. 1927 was issued for a period ending 
January 29, 1997. 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. 1927 is issued to 
Pacificorp for a period effective January 30, 1997, through January 29, 
1998, 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 January 
29, 1998, 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 Pacificorp is authorized to continue operation of the 
North Umpqua Project No. 1927 until such time as the Commission acts on 
its application for subsequent license.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-3292 Filed 2-10-97; 8:45 am]
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