[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 12, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2141-2142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-95]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2005]


Oakdale Irrigation District, South San Joaquin Irrigation 
District; Notice of Authorization for Continued Project Operation

January 6, 2005.
    On December 23, 2002, Oakdale and South San Joaquin Irrigation 
Districts, licensees for the Beardsley/Donnells Project No. 2005, filed 
an application for a new or subsequent license pursuant to the Federal 
Power Act (FPA) and the Commission's regulations thereunder. Project 
No. 2005 is located on the Middle Fork of the Stanislaus River in 
Tuolumne County, California.
    The license for Project No. 2005 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

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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 licensees of such project have filed an 
application for a subsequent license, the licensees 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 their application. If the licensees of such a 
project have not filed an application for a subsequent license, then 
they 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. 2005 is issued to 
Oakdale and South San Joaquin Irrigation Districts 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 Oakdale and South San Joaquin Irrigation Districts 
are authorized to continue operation of the Beardsley/Donnells Project 
No. 2005 until such time as the Commission acts on their application 
for subsequent license.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-95 Filed 1-11-05; 8:45 am]
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