[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 111 (Friday, June 8, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34033-34034]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13880]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2149-000]


Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County; Notice of 
Authorization for Continued Project Operation

    On May 27, 2010, the Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas 
County, licensee for the Wells Hydroelectric Project, filed an 
Application for a New License pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA) 
and the Commission's regulations thereunder. The Wells Hydroelectric 
Project is located on the Columbia River in Douglas, Okanogan, and 
Chelan Counties, Washington.
    The license for Project No. 2149 was issued for a period ending May 
31, 2012. Section 15(a)(1) of the FPA, 16 USC 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

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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. 2149 is issued to 
the Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County for a period 
effective June 1, 2012 through May 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 May 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 Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County 
is authorized to continue operation of the Wells Hydroelectric Project, 
until such time as the Commission acts on its application for a 
subsequent license.

    Dated: May 31, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-13880 Filed 6-7-12; 8:45 am]
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