[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 73 (Monday, April 16, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 22568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9016]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2558-000]


Central Vermont Public Service Corporation; Notice of 
Authorization for Continued Project Operation

    On August 1, 2011, the Central Vermont Public Service Corporation, 
licensee for the Otter Creek Hydroelectric Project, filed an 
Application for a New License pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA) 
and the Commission's regulations thereunder. The Otter Creek 
Hydroelectric Project is located on Otter Creek in Addison and Rutland 
counties, Vermont.
    The license for Project No. 2558 was issued for a period ending 
March 31, 2012. 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. 2558 is issued to 
the Central Vermont Public Service Corporation for a period effective 
April 1, 2012 through March 31, 2013, 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 March 31, 2013, 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 Central Vermont Public Service Corporation is authorized 
to continue operation of the Otter Creek Hydroelectric Project, until 
such time as the Commission acts on its application for a subsequent 
license.

    Dated: April 9, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-9016 Filed 4-13-12; 8:45 am]
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