[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 98 (Monday, May 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27952-27953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12640]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2071]


PacifiCorp; Notice of Authorization for Continued Project 
Operation

May 15, 2001.
    On May 5, 1999, PacifiCorp, licensee for the Yale Project No. 2071, 
filed an application for a new or subsequent license pursuant to the 
Federal Power Act (FPA) and the Commission's regulations thereunder. 
Project No. 2071 is located on the North Fork Lewis River in Cowlitz 
and Clark Counties, Washington.
    The license for Project No. 2071 was issued for a period ending 
April 30, 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 8 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 Section 15 of the FPA, notice is hereby given 
that an annual license for Project No. 2071 is issued to PacifiCorp for 
a period effective May 1,

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2001, through April 30, 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 May 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 PacifiCorp is authorized to continue operation of the 
Yale Project No. 2071 until such time as the Commission acts on its 
application for subsequent license.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-12640 Filed 5-18-01; 8:45 am]
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