[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 1656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-519]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13-016]


Erie Boulevard Hydropower L.P. Green Island Power Authority; 
Notice of Transfer of Ownership Pursuant to an Order of Condemnation 
and Designation of New Licensee

January 3, 2001.
    On July 14, 2000, as supplemented September 7, 2000, the Green 
Island Power Authority (Authority) filed a notice, in accordance with 
section 14(a) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 807(a), stating 
that on July 11, 2000, the Supreme Court of the State of New York 
entered an order of condemnation whereby the property that constitutes 
the licensed Green Island Project No. 13 was vested in the Authority. 
Project No. 13 is located on the Hudson River, at the U.S. Army Corps 
of Engineers' Troy Lock and Dam in Albany County, New York.\1\
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    \1\ The Commission issued the original license for the project 
to Henry Ford and Son, Inc., in 1921. See First Annual Report of the 
Federal Power Commission, pp. 110, 195. It issued a new license for 
the project to Niagara Mohawk Power Company in 1977. 57 FPC 817. The 
new license expires at the end of March 2, 2011. Recently, the 
Commission approved a transfer of the project license to Erie 
Boulevard Hydropower, L.P. 88 FERC para. 62,082 (1999), reh'g 
denied, 90 FERC para. 61,148 (2000).
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    Section 14(a) of the FPA states that ``the right of the United 
States or any State or municipality to take over, maintain, and operate 
any project licensed under this Act at any time by condemnation 
proceedings upon payment of just compensation is hereby expressly 
reserved.'' The Authority's filing demonstrate that it is 
``municipality'' as defined in Section 3(8) of the FPA (16 U.S.C. 
796(8)); that it has fulfilled the conditions of the condemnation 
court's order, which therefore vests the project's property in it; and 
that it intends to operate the project as the licensee.
    In accordance with Section 14(a) of the FPA, the Authority is 
recognized as the licensee for Project No. 13.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-519 Filed 1-8-01; 8:45 am]
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