[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 12, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2143-2144]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-101]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2233]


Portland General Electric Company; Notice of Authorization for 
Continued Project Operation

January 6, 2005.
    On December 27, 2002, Portland General Electric Company and Blue 
Heron Paper Company, licensees for the Willamette Falls Project No. 
2233, filed an application for a new or subsequent license pursuant to 
the Federal Power Act (FPA) and the Commission's regulations 
thereunder. On November 17, 2003, the Commission issued an order 
approving the transfer of the project license from Portland General 
Electric Company and Blue Heron Paper Company to Portland General 
Electric Company effective August 15, 2003. Project No. 2233 is located 
on the Willamette River in Oregon City and West Linn, Oregon.
    The license for Project No. 2233 was issued for a period ending 
December 31, 2004. 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. 2233 is issued to 
Portland General Electric Company for a period effective January 1, 
2005, through December 31, 2005, 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 January 1, 2006, 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 Portland General Electric Company is authorized to 
continue operation of the Willamette Falls Project No. 2233 until such 
time as the Commission acts

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on its application for subsequent license.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E5-101 Filed 1-11-05; 8:45 am]
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