[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 73 (Monday, April 16, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22568-22569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9015]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2615-000]


Madison Paper Industries, FPL Energy Maine Hydro, LLC, Merimil 
Limited Partnership; Notice of Authorization for Continued Project 
Operation

    On March 29, 2007, the Madison Paper Industries, FPL Energy Maine 
Hydro, LLC, and Merimil Limited Partnership, licensees for the Brassua 
Hydroelectric Project, filed an Application for a New License pursuant 
to the Federal Power Act (FPA) and the Commission's regulations 
thereunder. The Brassua Hydroelectric Project is located on the Moose 
River in Somerset County, Maine.
    The license for Project No. 2615 was issued for a period ending 
March 31, 2012. 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. 2615 is issued to 
the Madison Paper Industries, FPL Energy Maine Hydro, LLC, and Merimil 
Limited Partnership for a period effective April 1, 2012 through March 
31, 2013, or until the

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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 March 31, 2013, 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 the Madison Paper Industries, FPL Energy 
Maine Hydro, LLC, and Merimil Limited Partnership are authorized to 
continue operation of the Brassua Hydroelectric Project, until such 
time as the Commission acts on its application for a subsequent 
license.

    Dated: April 9, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-9015 Filed 4-13-12; 8:45 am]
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