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www.hydroworld.com June 2017 / HYDRO REVIEW 63 to its incorporation into the license. El Dorado Irrigation
Dist., El Dorado Hydroelectric Project—FERC Project No. 184—Acceptance of September 20, 2007 Amendment to Water Quality Certification (Mar. 14, 2008), eLibrary No. 20080317-5044. See also, e.g., Flambeau Hydro LLC, 125 FERC ¶ 62,168, at 64,540 (2008). The “Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) filed its notice of revised water quality certification,” which was “the product of a final settlement agreement between and among the State of Wisconsin, Flambeau Hydro LLC (licensee), North Central Power Company, Inc., and the River Alliance of Wisconsin.” Id. While the licensee did not make a filing at FERC in support of incorporating the amended WQC in the license, FERC noted that “[t]he licensee has agreed to the conditions of the revised water quality certificate as indicated by the final settlement agreement ...” Id. at 64,541
12Avista Corp., 132 FERC ¶ 62,022 (2010)
13See, e.g., Portland Gen. Elec. Co., 133 FERC ¶ 62,281, P 100 (2010) (noting that “the Commission retains exclusive authority to implement and enforce the terms of the license . . . .”), reh’g denied in part, 134 FERC ¶ 61,206 (2011); California Dep’t of Water Res., 110 FERC ¶ 61,030, P 8 (2005) (“Federal law vests in the Commission exclusive authority over licensing and regulation of the project, except for the right of states to determine vested property rights in water necessary to operate a project.”) (citing California v. FERC, 495 U.S. 490 (1990))
14Friends of Cowlitz v. FERC, 253 F.3d 1161, 1162 (9th Cir. 2001), review denied and amended by 282 F.3d 609 (9th Cir. 2002). FERC does allow other agencies and entities to intervene and participate in post-license proceedings regarding matters on which the other agency or entities are required, under the license, to be consulted. See, e.g., California Dep’t of Water Res., 140 FERC ¶ 61,208, P 24 (2012)
15No. 3:16-cv-1644-SI, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 44029 (D. Or. Mar. 27, 2017)
1633 U.S.C. § 1365(a)( 1)
17Deschutes River All., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 44029, at 2-3
18Id. at 3-4. PGE alternatively argued that even if a state could enforce a WQC condition contained in a FERC license under state law, the plaintiffs here could not bring suit in federal court. Id. at 4
19Id. at 18
20Id. at 21
21Pub. L. No. 113-23, 127 Stat. 493
2216 U.S.C. § 823a(a)
23See, e.g., FERC Office of Energy Projects, Determination that the Silver Creek Hydro Energy Recovery Facility Project Meets the Qualifying Conduit Hydropower Facility Criteria at 1 (Feb. 27, 2017), eLibrary No. 20170227-3003
2416 U.S.C. § 2705(d)
25These facilities must utilize “only the hydroelectric potential
of a conduit” and have “an installed capacity that does not
exceed 40 megawatts.” 16 U.S.C. § 823a(b)
26Exemption From All or Part of Part 1 of the Federal Power
Act of Small Hydroelectric Power Projects With an Installed
Capacity of Five Megawatts or Less, Order No. 106, 45
Fed. Reg. 76,115, 76,121 (Nov. 18, 1980), FERC Stats. &
Regs. ¶ 30,204, at 31,169-70 (1980), clarified, Order No.
106-A, 46 Fed. Reg. 55,252 (Nov. 9, 1981), FERC Stats.
& Regs. ¶ 30,306 (1981)
27Standard terms and conditions for exemptions are codified
at 18 C.F.R. §§ 4.94 and 4.106
2814 N. Y.3d 27, 32 (2010)
30Order on Consent & Stipulation of Discontinuance, In re the Violations of Article 17 of the Envtl. Conservation Law (“ECL”) of New York Title 6 of the Official Compilation of Codes, Rules & Regulations of New York (“ 6 NYCRR”) Parts 701 & 703; & the Alleged Violations of Articles 11 & 15 of the ECL & 6 NYCRR Part 703, DEC Case No. R5-20061024- 650 (N. Y. Dep’t of Envtl. Conservation Dec. 29, 2014)