Document ID: FERC-2019-0723-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Authorization for Continued Project Operation: City of Radford
Posted Date: 2019-06-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 121 (Monday, June 24, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 29510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-13341]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 1235-000]

City of Radford; Notice of Authorization for Continued Project 
Operation

    On May 30, 2017, the City of Radford, licensee for the Municipal 
Hydroelectric Project, filed an Application for a New License pursuant 
to the Federal Power Act (FPA) and the Commission's regulations 
thereunder. The Municipal Hydroelectric Project is located on the 
Little River near the City of Radford in Montgomery and Pulaski 
counties, Virginia.
    The license for Project No. 1235 was issued for a period ending May 
30, 2019. 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 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. 1235 is issued to 
the licensee for a period effective June 1, 2019 through May 31, 2020, 
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 May 31, 
2020, 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 licensee, City of Radford, is authorized to 
continue operation of the Municipal Hydroelectric Project until such 
time as the Commission acts on its application for a subsequent 
license.

    Dated: June 18, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-13341 Filed 6-21-19; 8:45 am]
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