[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 75 (Tuesday, April 21, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 18216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-9083]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project Nos. 2281 and 4851]


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

April 14, 2009.
    On March 30, 2007, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, licensee for 
the Woodleaf-Kanaka Junction Transmission Line and Sly Creek 
Transmission Line Projects, filed Applications for a New License 
pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA) and the Commission's 
regulations thereunder. The Woodleaf-Kanaka Junction Transmission Line 
is located in Butte County, California, within the South Fork Feather 
River watershed, and the Sly Creek Transmission Line is located in the 
Sierra Nevada Range, also in Butte County, California.
    The licenses for Project Nos. 2281 and 4851 were issued for a 
period ending March 31, 2009. 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 projects are subject to section 15 of the FPA, notice is 
hereby given that annual licenses for Projects Nos. 2281 and 4851 are 
issued to the Pacific Gas and Electric Company for a period effective 
April 1, 2009 through March 31, 2010, or until the issuance of new 
licenses for the projects or other disposition under the FPA, whichever 
comes first. If issuance of new licenses (or other disposition) does 
not take place on or before March 31, 2010, notice is hereby given 
that, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.18(c), annual licenses under section 
15(a)(1) of the FPA are renewed automatically without further order or 
notice by the Commission, unless the Commission orders otherwise. If 
the projects are not subject to section 15 of the FPA, notice is hereby 
given that the Pacific Gas and Electric Company is authorized to 
continue operation of the Woodleaf-Kanaka Junction Transmission Line 
and Sly Creek Transmission Line Projects, until such time as the 
Commission acts on its application for a subsequent license.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-9083 Filed 4-20-09; 8:45 am]
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