[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 15, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45804-45805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15904]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 82-000]


Alabama Power Company; Notice of Authorization for Continued 
Project Operation

August 8, 2007.
    On July 28, 2005, Alabama Power Company, licensee for the Mitchell 
Hydroelectric Project, filed an application for a new or subsequent 
license pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA) and the Commission's 
regulations thereunder. The Mitchell Project is located on the Coosa 
River in the state of Alabama.
    The license for Project No. 82 was issued for a period ending July 
31, 2007. 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

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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. 82 is issued to 
Alabama Power Company, for a period effective August 1, 2007 through 
July 31, 2008, 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 July 31, 2008, 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 
Alabama Power Company is authorized to continue operation of the 
Mitchell Project until such time as the Commission acts on its 
application for a subsequent license.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-15904 Filed 8-14-07; 8:45 am]
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