[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 30505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14421]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2778]
Idaho Power Company; Notice of Authorization for Continued
Project Operation
June 2, 1999.
On May 29, 1997, Idaho Power Company, licensee for the Shoshone
Falls Project No. 2778, filed an application for a new or subsequent
license pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA) and the Commission's
regulations thereunder. Project No. 2778 is located on the Snake River
in Jerome and Twin Falls Counties, Idaho.
The license for Project No. 2778 was issued for a period ending May
31, 1999. 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 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 licensee expires, until the
Commission acts on its application. If the licensee of such a project
has not filed an application for a subsequent licensee, 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. 2778 is issued to
Idaho Power Company for a period effective June 1, 1999, through May
31, 2000, 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
May 31, 2000, 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 Idaho Power Company is authorized to continue
operation of the Shoshone Falls Project No. 2778 until such time as the
Commission acts on its application for subsequent license.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-14421 Filed 6-7-99; 8:45 am]
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