[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 4, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57163-57164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-26471]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 803-087 ]


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

October 28, 2009.
    On October 2, 2007, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, licensee for 
the DeSabla-Centerville Hydroelectric Project, filed an Application for 
a New License pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA) and the 
Commission's regulations thereunder. The DeSabla-Centerville 
Hydroelectric Project is located on the Butte Creek and West Branch 
Feather River, in Butte County, CA.
    The license for Project No. 803 was issued for a period ending 
October 11, 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. 803 is issued to 
the Pacific Gas and Electric Company for a period effective October 12, 
2009 through October 11, 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 October 11, 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

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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 Pacific Gas and 
Electric Company is authorized to continue operation of the DeSabla-
Centerville Hydroelectric Project, until such time as the Commission 
acts on its application for a subsequent license.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-26471 Filed 11-3-09; 8:45 am]
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