[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07732]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 9690-000]


Eagle Creek Hydro Power, LLC, Eagle Creek Water Resources, LLC, 
Eagle Creek Land Resources, LLC; Notice of Authorization for Continued 
Project Operation

    On March 31, 2020, Eagle Creek Hydro Power, LLC, Eagle Creek Water 
Resources, LLC, and Eagle Creek Land Resources, LLC, (collectively 
referred to as Eagle Creek) co-licensees for the Rio Hydroelectric 
Project No.9690, filed an application for a new major license. The Rio 
Hydroelectric Project is located on the Mongaup River in Sullivan and 
Orange Counties, New York
    The license for Project No.9690 was issued for a period ending 
March 31, 2022. 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. 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.9690 is issued to 
Eagle Creek for a period effective April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2023 
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 March 
23, 2023, 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 Eagle Creek is authorized to continue operation of 
the Rio Hydroelectric Project, until such time as the Commission takes 
final action on the application for a new major license.

    Dated: April 5, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-07732 Filed 4-11-22; 8:45 am]
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