[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21651-21652]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07734]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 10482-000]


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 Swinging Bridge 
Hydroelectric Project No. 10482, filed an application for a new major 
license. The Swinging Bridge Hydroelectric Project is located on the 
Mongaup River and Black Lake Creek in Sullivan County, New York.
    The license for Project No. 10482 was issued for a period ending 
March 31, 2022. Section 15(a)(1) of the FPA, 16

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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. 10482 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 Swinging Bridge 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. 2022-07734 Filed 4-11-22; 8:45 am]
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