[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67470-67471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24344]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 5124-000]


Washington Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Notice of Authorization 
for Continued Project Operation

    The license for the North Branch No. 3 Hydroelectric Project No. 
5124 was issued for a period ending October 31, 2022.
    Section 15(a)(1) of the Federal Power Act (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. 5124 is issued to 
the Washington Electric Cooperative, Inc for a period effective 
November 1, 2022, through October 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 October 31, 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,

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unless the Commission orders otherwise.
    If the project is not subject to section 15 of the FPA, notice is 
hereby given that the Washington Electric Cooperative, Inc is 
authorized to continue operation of the North Branch No. 3 
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: November 2, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-24344 Filed 11-7-22; 8:45 am]
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