[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 70893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30200]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2721]


PPL Maine, LLC; Notice of Authorization for Continued Project 
Operation

November 21, 2000.
    On September 28, 1998, Bangor Hydro Electric Company (by Commission 
order dated April 1, 1999, the project license was transferred to 
Penobscot Hydro, LLC, and by Commission order dated October 31, 2000, 
the licensee's name was changed to PPL Maine, LLC), licensee for the 
Howland Project No. 2721, filed an application for a new or subsequent 
license pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA) and the Commission's 
regulations thereunder. Project No. 2721 is located on the Piscataquis 
River in Penobscot County, Maine.
    The license for Project No. 2721 was issued for a period ending 
September 30, 2000. 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 operation 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. 2721 is issued to 
PPL Maine, LLC for a period effective October 1, 2000, through 
September 30, 2001, 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 October 1, 2001, 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 EPA, notice is 
hereby given that PPL Maine, LLC is authorized to continue operation of 
the Howland Project No. 2721 until such time as the Commission acts on 
its application for subsequent license.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-30200 Filed 11-27-00; 8:45 am]
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