[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 198 (Wednesday, October 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26079]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 7518-000]


Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P.; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe; Notice 
of Authorization for Continued Project Operation

    On September 30, 2013, Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P., and Saint 
Regis Mohawk Tribe, co-licensees for the Hogansburg Hydroelectric 
Project, filed an Application for a New License pursuant to the Federal 
Power Act (FPA) and the Commission's regulations thereunder. The 
Hogansburg Hydroelectric Project is located on the St. Regis River in 
Franklin County, New York.
    The license for Project No.7518 was issued for a period ending 
September 30, 2015. 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. 7518 is issued to 
the licensee for a period effective October 1, 2015 through September 
30, 2016 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 
September 30, 2016, 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 co-licensees, Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P., 
and Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe are authorized to continue operation of 
the Hogansburg Hydroelectric Project, until such time as the Commission 
acts on its application for a subsequent license.

    Dated: October 6, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-26079 Filed 10-13-15; 8:45 am]
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