[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 213 (Friday, November 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55653-55654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27565]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2631]


Woronoco Hydro LLC; Notice of Authorization for Continued Project 
Operation

October 29, 2001.
    On August 1, 1999, Woronoco Hydro LLC, licensee for the Woronoco 
Project No. 2631 (in a May 22, 2001 Order, the Commission approved the 
transfer of the project from International Paper Company to Woronoco 
Hydro LLC and substitution of Woronoco Hydro LLC as the relicense 
applicant), filed an application for a new or subsequent license 
pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA) and the Commission's 
regulations thereunder. Project No. 2631 is located on the Westfield 
River in Hampden County, Massachusetts.
    The license for Project No. 2631 was issued for a period ending 
September 1, 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. 2631 is issued to 
Woronoco Hydro LLC for a period effective September 2, 2001, through 
September 1, 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 September 2, 2002, notice is hereby given that,

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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 Woronoco Hydro LLC is authorized to continue 
operation of the Woronoco Project No. 2631 until such time as the 
Commission acts on its application for subsequent license.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-27565 Filed 11-1-01; 8:45 am]
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