[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 94 (Monday, May 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30977-30978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12084]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2634]


Great Northern Paper, Inc.; Notice of Authorization for Continued 
Project Operation

May 9, 2000.
    On April 28, 1998, Great Northern Paper, Inc., licensee for the 
Storage Project No. 2634, filed an application for a new or subsequent 
license pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA) and the Commission's 
regulations thereunder. Project No. 2634 is located on the West and 
South Branches of the Penobscot River in Somerset and Piscataquis 
Counties, Maine.
    The license for Project No. 2634 was issued for a period ending 
April 30, 2000. 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 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 1621(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. 2634 is issued to 
Great Northern Paper, Inc. for a period effective May 1, 2000, through 
April 30, 2001, or until the issuance of a new license for the project

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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 April 30, 2001, 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 Great Northern Paper, Inc. is authorized to continue 
operation of the storage Project No. 3634 until such time as the 
Commission acts on its application for subsequent license.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-12084 Filed 5-12-00; 8:45 am]
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