[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 145 (Wednesday, July 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 40519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20202]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2696-006]


Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. Late-Filed Request for Rehearing 
Rejected

July 23, 1998.
    On May 29, 1998, the Commission issued an order accepting the 
surrender of a license for the Stuyvesant Falls Hydroelectric Project 
No. 2696 from Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation.\1\ On July 1, 1998, New 
York Rivers United filed a request for rehearing of the Commission's 
order, and of the Final Environmental Assessment (EA) issued in 
connection with the surrender order.\2\
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    \1\ 83 FERC para. 61,226.
    \2\ There is no provision under applicable statutes or 
regulations for requesting rehearing of a Final EA.
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    Section 313(a) of the Federal Power Act requires an aggrieved party 
to file its request for rehearing within 30 days after issuance of a 
Commission order.\3\ In this instance, the deadline for filing a 
request for rehearing was June 29, 1998. Because the rehearing deadline 
is statutorily based, and New York Rivers United did not file its 
request within the statutorily prescribed period, its request for 
rehearing must be rejected. The Final EA was attached to, and issued 
with, the order. The fact that a Notice of Availability of the Final EA 
was issued on June 1, 1998, does not extend the statutory deadline for 
requesting rehearing of the order.
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    \3\ 16 U.S.C. 825l.
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    This notice constitutes final agency action. Requests for rehearing 
of this notice may be filed within 30 days of the date of issuance of 
this notice, pursuant to Rule 713 of the Commission's Rules of Practice 
and Procedure.\4\
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    \4\ 18 CFR 385.713 (1998).
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David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-20202 Filed 7-28-98; 8:45 am]
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