H. R. 316 

One Hundred Thirteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and fourteen 

An Act 

To reinstate and transfer certain hydroelectric licenses and extend the deadline 

for commencement of construction of certain hydroelectric projects. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Collinsville Renewable Energy 

Production Act’’. 

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

In this Act: 

(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 

(2) LICENSE.—The term ‘‘license’’ means— 

(A) the license for Commission project number 10822; 

(B) the license for Commission project number 10823; 

or 

(C) both. 

(3) TOWN.—The term ‘‘Town’’ means the town of Canton, 

Connecticut. 

SEC. 3. REINSTATEMENT, EXTENSION, AND TRANSFER OF EXPIRED 

LICENSES. 

Notwithstanding the termination of the license, the Commission 

may, at the request of the Town, in accordance with section 4(a), 

and after reasonable notice— 

(1) reinstate the licence; 

(2) extend for 2 years after the date on which the license 

is reinstated the time period during which the licensee is 

required to commence the construction of the project subject 

to the license; and 

(3) subject to section 4, transfer the license to the Town. 

SEC. 4. CONDITIONS OF TRANSFER. 

(a) APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER.—The Town may request the 

reinstatement, extension, and transfer of the license by filing an 

application for approval of the transfer. 

(b) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—The application for approval 

of the transfer shall set forth in appropriate detail the qualifications 

of the Town to hold the license and to operate the property under 

license, which qualifications shall be the same as those required 

of applicants for the license. 

(c) COMMISSION APPROVAL.—The Commission may approve the 

transfer on a showing that the transfer is in the public interest. 
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(d) TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LICENSES.—The Town shall be 

subject to— 

(1) all the conditions of the license and all the provisions 

and conditions of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 791a et 

seq.), as though the Town were the original licensee; and 

(2) any additional terms and conditions the Commission 

determines to be necessary, including conditions for the protection, mitigation, and enhancement of fish and wildlife and 

related habitat under sections 10(j) and 18 of the Federal 

Power Act (16 U.S.C. 803(j), 811). 

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION. 

The Commission shall supplement the environmental impact 

statement or similar analysis required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) prepared in 

connection with the issuance of the original license to examine 

all new circumstances and information relevant to environmental 

concerns and bearing on the reinstatement of the license or the 

impact of the license. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.