[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 15, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 45806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15908]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 [Project No. 2155-000]


Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Notice of Authorization for 
Continued Project Operation

August 8, 2007.
    On July 15, 2005, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, licensee for 
the Chili Bar Hydroelectric Project, filed an application for a new or 
subsequent license pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA) and the 
Commission's regulations. The Chili Bar Project is located on the South 
Fork American River in El Dorado, near Placerville, California.
    The license for Project No. 2155 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 
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. 2155 is issued to 
Pacific Gas and Electric 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 
Pacific Gas and Electric Company is authorized to continue operation of 
the Chili Bar Project until such time as the Commission acts on its 
application for a subsequent license.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-15908 Filed 8-14-07; 8:45 am]
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