[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 51 (Friday, March 15, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 16490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05947]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2309-000]


Jersey Central Power and Light Company, PSEG Fossil, LLC; Notice 
of Authorization for Continued Project Operation

    On February 18, 2011, the Jersey Central Power and Light Company 
and PSEG Fossil LLC, licensees for the Yards Creek Pumped Storage 
Project, filed an Application for a New License pursuant to the Federal 
Power Act (FPA) and the Commission's regulations thereunder. The Yards 
Creek Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project is located on Yards Creek, 
in the townships of Hardwick and Blairstown, Warren County, New Jersey.
    The license for Project No. 2309 was issued for a period ending 
February 28, 2013. 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 licensees 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 licensees 
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. 2309 is issued to 
the licensees for a period effective March 1, 2013 through February 28, 
2014 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 
February 28, 2014, 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 
licensees are authorized to continue operation of the Yards Creek 
Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project, until such time as the Commission 
acts on its application for a subsequent license.

    Dated: March 7, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-05947 Filed 3-14-13; 8:45 am]
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