[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 159 (Thursday, August 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43003-43004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20616]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2077]


USGen New England, Inc.; Notice of Authorization for Continued 
Project Operation

August 10, 2001.
    On July 29, 1999, USGen New England, Inc., licensee for the Fifteen 
Mile Falls Project No. 2077, filed an application for a new or 
subsequent license pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA) and the 
Commission's regulations thereunder. Project No. 2077 is located on the 
Connecticut River in Grafton and Coos Counties, New

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Hampshire and Caledonia and Essex Counties, Vermont.
    The license for Project No. 2077 was issued for a period ending 
July 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. 2077 is issued to 
USGen New England, Inc. for a period effective August 1, 2001, through 
July 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 August 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 USGen New England, Inc. is authorized to continue 
operation of the Fifteen Mile Falls Project No. 2077 until such time as 
the Commission acts on its application for subsequent license.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-20616 Filed 8-15-01; 8:45 am]
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