Title: To extend a project of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission involving the Cannonsville Dam.
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
This bill authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), upon request, to extend for up to eight years the time period during which construction must commence on the Cannonsville Hydroelectric Project located on the West Branch of the Delaware River in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York. (The City of New York was granted a construction license for the Cannonsville Hydroelectric Project on May 13, 2014.)
Additionally, FERC may reinstate the construction license if it is expired.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2292 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2292

    To extend a project of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
                    involving the Cannonsville Dam.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 2, 2017

Mr. Faso (for himself, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Meng, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Clarke 
of New York, Mr. Engel, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Donovan, and Mr. Collins of New 
    York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To extend a project of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
                    involving the Cannonsville Dam.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF TIME FOR A FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION 
              PROJECT INVOLVING CANNONSVILLE DAM.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding the time period specified in 
section 13 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 806) that would 
otherwise apply to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project 
numbered 13287, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (referred to 
in this section as the ``Commission'') may, at the request of the 
licensee for the project, and after reasonable notice, in accordance 
with the good faith, due diligence, and public interest requirements of 
that section and the procedures of the Commission under that section, 
extend the time period during which the licensee is required to 
commence construction of the project for up to 4 consecutive 2-year 
periods after the required date of the commencement of construction 
described in Article 301 of the license.
    (b) Reinstatement of Expired License.--
            (1) In general.--If the required date of the commencement 
        of construction described in subsection (a) has expired prior 
        to the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission may 
        reinstate the license effective as of that date of expiration.
            (2) Extension.--If the Commission reinstates the license 
        under paragraph (1), the first extension authorized under 
        subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of that 
        expiration.
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