[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 179 (Monday, September 20, 2021)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20274]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 3777-000]


Town of Rollinsford, New Hampshire; Notice of Authorization for 
Continued Project Operation

    On August 29, 2019, the Town of Rollinsford, New Hampshire, 
licensee for the Rollinsford Hydroelectric Project No. 3777, filed an 
Application for a Subsequent License pursuant to the Federal Power Act 
(FPA) and the Commission's regulations thereunder. The Rollinsford 
Hydroelectric Project is located on the Salmon Falls River in Strafford 
County, New Hampshire and York County, Maine.
    The license for Project No. 3777 was issued for a period ending 
August 31, 2021. 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(s) 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. 3777 is issued to 
the Town of Rollinsford, New Hampshire for a period effective September 
1, 2021 through August 31, 2022 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 August 31, 2022, 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 Town of Rollinsford, New Hampshire is authorized 
to continue operation of the Rollinsford Hydroelectric Project, until 
such time as the Commission acts on its application for a subsequent 
license.

    Dated: September 14, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-20274 Filed 9-17-21; 8:45 am]
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