[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71258-71259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27152]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2368-000]


Algonquin Northern Maine Generating Company; Notice of 
Authorization for Continued Project Operation

    On December 3, 2019, Algonquin Northern Maine Generating Company, 
licensee for the Scopan Hydroelectric Project No. 2368, filed an 
application for a Subsequent License pursuant to the Federal Power Act 
(FPA) and the Commission's regulations thereunder. The Scopan 
Hydroelectric Project is located on Scopan Stream in Aroostook County, 
Maine.
    The license for Project No.2368 was issued for a period ending 
December 3, 2021. 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(s) 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.

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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. 2368 is issued to 
Algonquin Northern Maine Generating Company for a period effective 
December 4, 2021 through December 3, 2022, 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 December 3, 2022, 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 Algonquin Northern Maine Generating Company, is 
authorized to continue operation of the Scopan Hydroelectric Project, 
until such time as the Commission takes final action on the application 
for a subsequent license.

    Dated: December 9, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-27152 Filed 12-14-21; 8:45 am]
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