Document ID: FERC-2022-0270-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Authorization for Continued Project Operation: City of Watervliet, NY
Posted Date: 2022-03-09T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13288-13289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04962]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2955-000]

City of Watervliet, New York; Notice of Authorization for 
Continued Project Operation

    On February 28, 2020, the City of Watervliet, New York, licensee 
for the Normanskill Hydroelectric Project No.2955, filed an Application 
for a Subsequent Minor License for the Normanskill Hydroelectric 
Project pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA) and the Commission's 
regulations thereunder. The Normanskill Hydroelectric Project located 
on the Normans Kill in Guilderland, Albany County, New York
    The license for Project No.2955 was issued for a period ending 
February 28, 2022. 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

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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.2955 is issued to 
the City of Watervliet, New York, for a period effective March 1, 2022 
through February 28, 2023 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 February 28, 2023, 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 City of Watervliet, New York, is authorized to 
continue operation of the Normanskill Hydroelectric Project, until such 
time as the Commission acts on its application for a Subsequent Minor 
license.

    Dated: March 3, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-04962 Filed 3-8-22; 8:45 am]
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