[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30217-30218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10605]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 4451-000]


Green Mountain Power Corporation, City of Somersworth, New 
Hampshire; Notice of Authorization for Continued Project Operation

    The license for the Lower Great Falls Hydroelectric Project No. 
4451 was issued for a period ending April 30, 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

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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. 4451 is issued to 
Green Mountain Power Corporation and the City of Somersworth, New 
Hampshire for a period effective May 1, 2022 through April 30, 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 April 
30, 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 Green Mountain Power Corporation and the City of 
Somersworth, New Hampshire are authorized to continue operation of the 
Lower Great Falls Hydroelectric Project under the terms and conditions 
of the prior license until the issuance of a new license for the 
project or other disposition under the FPA, whichever comes first.

    Dated: May 11, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-10605 Filed 5-17-22; 8:45 am]
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