[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 51 (Friday, March 15, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16490-16491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05950]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2079-000]


Placer County Water Agency; Notice of Authorization for Continued 
Project Operation

    On February 23, 2011, the Placer County Water Agency, licensee for 
the Middle Fork American River Hydroelectric Project, filed an 
Application for a New License pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA) 
and the Commission's regulations thereunder. The Middle Fork American 
River Hydroelectric Project is located on the Middle Fork American 
River and the Rubicon River and located in Placer and El Dorado 
Counties, almost entirely within the Tahoe and El Dorado National 
Forests.
    The license for Project No. 2079 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 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. 2079 is issued to 
the Placer County Water Agency 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),

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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 Placer County 
Water Agency is authorized to continue operation of the Middle Fork 
American River 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. 2013-05950 Filed 3-14-13; 8:45 am]
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