[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 94 (Wednesday, May 15, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21767-21768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-10040]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 1892-000]


Great River Hydro, LLC; Notice of Authorization for Continued 
Project Operation

    On October 31, 2012 Great River Hydro, LLC, licensee for the Wilder 
Hydroelectric Project, filed an Application for a New License pursuant 
to the Federal Power Act (FPA) and the Commission's regulations 
thereunder. The Wilder Hydroelectric Project is located on the 
Connecticut River in Orange and Windsor counties, Vermont, and Grafton 
County, New Hampshire.
    The license for Project No. 1892 was issued for a period ending 
April 30, 2019. 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

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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. 1892 is issued to 
the licensee for a period effective May 1, 2019 through April 30, 2020, 
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 April 
30, 2020, 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 licensee, Great River Hydro, LLC., is authorized 
to continue operation of the Wilder Hydroelectric Project until such 
time as the Commission acts on its application for a subsequent 
license.

    Dated: May 9, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-10040 Filed 5-14-19; 8:45 am]
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