[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 111 (Thursday, June 11, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 27784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13669]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 9988-000]


Augusta Canal Authority; Notice of Authorization for Continued 
Project Operation

June 4, 2009.

    On May 30, 2007, Augusta Canal Authority, licensee for the King 
Mill Hydroelectric Project, filed an Application for a New License 
pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA) and the Commission's 
regulations thereunder. The King Mill Hydroelectric Project is located 
on the Augusta Canal, adjacent to the Savannah River, in Richmond 
County, Augusta, GA.
    The license for Project No. 9988 was issued for a period ending May 
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 project is subject to section 15 of the FPA, notice is 
hereby given that an annual license for Project No. 9988 is issued to 
the Augusta Canal Authority for a period effective June 1, 2009 through 
May 31, 2010, 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 
May 31, 2010, 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 the Augusta Canal 
Authority is authorized to continue operation of the King Mill 
Hydroelectric Project, until such time as the Commission acts on its 
application for a subsequent license.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-13669 Filed 6-10-09; 8:45 am]
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