[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65189-65190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31122]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2064]


Flambeau Hydro, LLC; Notice of Authorization for Continued 
Project Operation

December 12, 2001.
    On November 26, 1999, Flambeau Hydro, LLC (on January 23, 2001, the 
Commission approved the transfer of the license from North Central 
Power Co., Inc. to Flambeau Hydro, LLC and substituted Flambeau Hydro, 
LLC for North Central Power Co., Inc. as the relicense applicant), 
licensee for the Winter Project No. 2064, filed an application for a 
new or subsequent license pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA) and 
the Commission's regulations thereunder. Project No. 2064 is located on 
the East Fork of the Chippewa River in Sawyer County, Wisconsin.
    The license for Project No. 2064 was issued for a period ending 
November 30, 2001. 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

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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. 2064 is issued to 
Flambeau Hydro, LLC for a period effective December 1, 2001, through 
November 30, 2002, 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 December 1, 2002, 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 Flambeau Hydro, LLC is authorized to continue 
operation of the Winter Project No. 2064 until such time as the 
Commission acts on its application for subsequent license.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-31122 Filed 12-17-01; 8:45 am]
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