[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 205 (Monday, October 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63241-63242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27092]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2670]


Northern States Power Company, City of Eau Claire; Notice of 
Authorization for Continued Project Operation

October 17, 2000.
    On August 21, 1998, Northern States Power Company and the City of 
Eau Claire, licensees for the Dells Project No. 2670, filed an 
application for a new or subsequent license pursuant to the Federal 
Power Act (FPA) and the Commission's regulations thereunder. Project 
No. 2670 is located on the Chippewa River in Chippewa and Eau Claire 
Counties, Wisconsin.
    The license for Project No. 2670 was issued for a period ending 
September 29, 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 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 Section1 5 of the FPA, notice is 
hereby given that an annual license for Project No. 2670 is issued to 
Northern States Power Company and the City of Eau Claire for

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a period effective September 30, 2000, through September 29, 2001, 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 
September 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 Northern States Power Company and the City of Eau 
Claire are authorized to continue operation of the Dells Project No. 
2670 until such time as the Commission acts on its application for 
subsequent license.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-27092 Filed 10-20-00; 8:45 am]
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