[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 102 (Wednesday, May 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28847-28848]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13897]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2663]


Minnesota Power and Light Company; Notice of Authorization for 
Continued Project Operation

May 21, 1997.
    On May 12, 1995, Minnesota Power and Light Company, licensee for 
the Pillager Project No. 2663, filed an application for a new or 
subsequent license pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA) and the 
Commission's regulations thereunder. Project No. 2663 is located on the 
Crow Wing River in the Township of Pillager in Cass and Morrison 
Counties, Minnesota.
    The license for Project No. 2663 was issued for a period ending May 
11, 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. 2663 is issued to 
Minnesota Power and Light Company for a period effective May 12, 1997, 
through May 11, 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 May 11, 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

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Commission, unless the Commission orders otherwise.
    If the project is not subject to Section 15 of the FPA, notice is 
hereby given that Minnesota Power and Light Company is authorized to 
continue operation of the Pillager Project No. 2663 until such time as 
the Commission acts on its application for subsequent license.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-13897 Filed 5-27-97; 8:45 am]
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