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Union Calendar No. 5 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 316 

[Report No. 113–7] 

To reinstate and transfer certain hydroelectric licenses and extend the 

deadline for commencement of construction of certain hydroelectric projects. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 18, 2013 

Ms. ESTY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Energy and Commerce 

FEBRUARY 4, 2013 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To reinstate and transfer certain hydroelectric licenses and 

extend the deadline for commencement of construction 

of certain hydroelectric projects. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Energy Promotion Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REINSTATEMENT OF EXPIRED LICENSES AND EX7 TENSION OF TIME TO COMMENCE CON8 STRUCTION OF PROJECTS. 

9 Subject to section 4 of this Act and notwithstanding 

10 the time period under section 13 of the Federal Power 

11 Act (16 U.S.C. 806) that would otherwise apply to Federal 

12 Energy Regulatory Commission projects numbered 10822 

13 and 10823, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

14 (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Commission’’) may— 

15 (1) reinstate the license for either or each of 

16 those projects; and 

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

18 either or each project is reinstated under paragraph 

19 (1) the time period during which the licensee is re20 quired to commence the construction of such 

21 projects. 

22 Prior to reaching any final decision under this section, the 

23 Commission shall provide an opportunity for submission 

24 of comments by interested persons, municipalities, and 


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1 States and shall consider any such comment that is timely 

2 submitted. 

3 SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF LICENSES TO THE TOWN OF CANTON, 

4 CONNECTICUT. 

5 Notwithstanding section 8 of the Federal Power Act 

6 (16 U.S.C. 801) or any other provision thereof, if the 

7 Commission reinstates the license for, and extends the 

8 time period during which the licensee is required to com9 mence the construction of, a Federal Energy Regulatory 

10 Commission project under section 2, the Commission shall 

11 transfer such license to the town of Canton, Connecticut. 

12 SEC. 4. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT. 

13 (a) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 

14 term ‘‘environmental assessment’’ shall have the same 

15 meaning as is given such term in regulations prescribed 

16 by the Council on Environmental Quality that implement 

17 the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 

18 4321 et seq.). 

19 (b) ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 

20 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Com21 mission shall complete an environmental assessment for 

22 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission projects num23 bered 10822 and 10823, updating, to the extent nec24 essary, the environmental analysis performed during the 

25 process of licensing such projects. 


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1 (c) COMMENT PERIOD.—Upon issuance of the envi2 ronmental assessment required under subsection (b), the 

3 Commission shall— 

4 (1) initiate a 30-day public comment period; 

5 and 

6 (2) before taking any action under section 2 or 

7 3— 

8 (A) consider any comments received during 

9 such 30-day period; and 

10 (B) incorporate in the license for the 

11 projects involved, such terms and conditions as 

12 the Commission determines to be necessary, 

13 based on the environmental assessment per14 formed and comments received under this sec15 tion. 

16 SEC. 5. DEADLINE. 

17 Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment 

18 of this Act, the Commission shall— 

19 (1) make a final decision pursuant to para20 graph (1) of section 2; and 

21 (2) if the Commission decides to reinstate one 

22 or both of the licenses under such paragraph and ex23 tend the corresponding deadline for commencement 

24 of construction under paragraph (2) of such section, 

25 complete the action required under section 3. 


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1 SEC. 6. PROTECTION OF EXISTING RIGHTS. 

2 Nothing in this Act shall affect any valid license 

3 issued by the Commission under section 4 of the Federal 

4 Power Act (16 U.S.C. 797) on or before the date of enact5 ment of this Act or diminish or extinguish any existing 

6 rights under any such license. 


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Union Calendar No. 5 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 316 

[Report No. 113–7] 

A BILL 

To reinstate and transfer certain hydroelectric liprojects. ment of construction of certain hydroelectric censes and extend the deadline for commenceFEBRUARY 4, 2013 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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