[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 12, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 2142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-96]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2067]


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 Tulloch Project No. 2067, filed an 
application for a new or subsequent license pursuant to the Federal 
Power Act (FPA) and the Commission's regulations thereunder. Project 
No. 2067 is located on the Stanislaus River in Tuolumne and Calaveras 
Counties, California.
    The license for Project No. 2067 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 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. 2067 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 Tulloch Project No. 2067 
until such time as the Commission acts on their application for 
subsequent license.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E5-96 Filed 1-11-05; 8:45 am]
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