Document ID: FERC-2021-0970-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Authorization for Continued Project Operation: Blackstone Hydro Associates
Posted Date: 2021-08-10T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43651-43652]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16990]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 3063-000]

Blackstone Hydro Associates; Notice of Authorization for 
Continued Project Operation

    On July 31, 2019, Blackstone Hydro Associates, licensee for the 
Central Falls Hydroelectric Project No. 3063, filed an Application for 
a Subsequent License pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA) and the 
Commission's regulations thereunder. The Central Falls Hydroelectric 
Project is located on the Blackstone River, in the City of Central 
Falls, Providence County, Rhode Island.
    The license for Project No. 3063 was issued for a period ending 
July 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

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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. 3063 is issued to 
Blackstone Hydro Associates for a period effective August 1, 2021 
through July 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 July 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 Blackstone Hydro Associates is authorized to continue 
operation of the Central Falls Hydroelectric Project, until such time 
as the Commission acts on its application for a subsequent license.

    Dated: August 4, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-16990 Filed 8-9-21; 8:45 am]
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