[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 13525]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5344]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2009]


Virginia Electric and Power Company; Notice of Authorization for 
Continued Project Operation

February 28, 2001.
    On January 28, 1999, Virginia Electric and Power Company, licensee 
for the Roanoke Rapids and Gaston Project No. 2009, filed an 
application for a new or subsequent license pursuant to the Federal 
Power Act (FPA) and the Commission's regulations thereunder. Project 
No. 2009 is located on the Roanoke River in Halifax, Northampton, and 
Warren Counties, North Carolina and Brunswick and Mecklenburg Counties, 
Virginia.
    The license for Project No. 2009 was issued for a period ending 
January 31, 2001. 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. 2009 is issued to 
Virginia Electric and Power Company for a period effective February 1, 
2001, through January 31, 2002, 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 February 1, 2002, 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 Virginia Electric and Power Company is authorized to 
continue operation of the Roanoke Rapids and Gaston Project No. 2009 
until such time as the Commission acts on its application for 
subsequent license.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-5344 Filed 3-5-01; 8:45 am]
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