Authorization for Continued Project Operation: Ken Willis
Federal Register: May 19, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 96)
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Project No. 1992-003
Ken Willis; Notice of Authorization for Continued Project
Operation
May 12, 2010.
On April 25, 2008, Ken Willis, licensee for the Fire Mountain Lodge
Hydroelectric Project, filed an Application for a New License pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA) and the Commission's regulations thereunder. The Fire Mountain Lodge Hydroelectric Project is located in
Fern Springs, in Tehama County, California near the town of Chester,
Plumas County, California.
The license for Project No. 1992 was issued for a period ending
April 30, 2010. 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 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. 1992 is issued to
Ken Willis for a period effective May 1, 2010 through April 30, 2011, 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, 2011, 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 Ken Willis is authorized to continue operation of the Fire Mountain Lodge
Hydroelectric Project, until such time as the Commission acts on its application for a subsequent license.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
FR Doc. 2010-11909 Filed 5-18-10; 8:45 am
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