[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 179 (Monday, September 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58413-58414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23444]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[PacifiCorp Project No. 2652]


Notice of Authorization for Continued Project Operation

September 10, 2002.
    On August 30, 2000, PacifiCorp, licensee for the Bigfork Project 
No. 2652, filed an application for a new or subsequent license pursuant 
to the Federal Power Act (FPA) and the Commission's regulations 
thereunder. Project No. 2652 is located on the Swan River in Flathead 
County, Montana.
    The license for Project No. 2652 was issued for a period ending 
August 31, 2002. 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.

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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. 2652 is issued to 
PacifiCorp for a period effective September 1, 2002, through August 31, 
2003, 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 1, 2003, 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 
Bigfork Project No. 2652 until such time as the Commission acts on its 
application for subsequent license.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-23444 Filed 9-13-02; 8:45 am]
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