[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 138 (Friday, July 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43577-43578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15485]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 1894-000]


Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.; Notice of Authorization for 
Continued Project Operation

    On June 28, 2018, South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (now 
identified as Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.),\1\ licensee for 
the Parr Hydroelectric Project, filed an Application for a New License 
pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA) and the Commission's 
regulations thereunder. The Parr Hydroelectric Project is on the Broad 
River in Newberry and Fairfield Counties, South Carolina.
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    \1\ Effective April 29, 2019, South Carolina Electric & Gas 
Company changed the company name to Dominion Energy South Carolina, 
Inc. On July 29, 2019, the Commission approved the name change. 168 
FERC ] 62,053 (2019).
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    The license for Project No. 1894 was issued for a period ending 
June 30, 2020. 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

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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. 1894 is issued to 
Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc. for a period effective July 1, 
2020 through June 30, 2021, 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 June 30, 2021, 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 Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc., is authorized 
to continue operation of the Parr Hydroelectric Project, until such 
time as the Commission acts on its application for a subsequent 
license.

    Dated: July 13, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-15485 Filed 7-16-20; 8:45 am]
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