[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 64904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20354]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 3562-000]


KEI (Maine) Power Management (III), LLC; Notice of Authorization 
for Continued Project Operation

    The license for the Barker Mill Upper Hydroelectric Project No. 
3562 was issued for a period ending July 31, 2023.
    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. 3562 is issued to 
KEI (Maine) Power Management (III), LLC for a period effective August 
1, 2023, through July 31, 2024, 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 July 31, 2024, 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 KEI (Maine) Power Management (III), LLC is authorized 
to continue operation of Barker Mill Upper 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: September 14, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-20354 Filed 9-19-23; 8:45 am]
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