[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 16594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06505]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2814-000]


Great Falls Hydroelectric Company, City of Paterson, New Jersey;

    Notice of Authorization for Continued Project Operation
    On February 28, 2019, Great Falls Hydroelectric Company and the 
City of Paterson, New Jersey (Great Falls Hydro-Paterson), as co-
licensees for the Great Falls Hydroelectric Project No. 2814, filed an 
Application for a New License pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA) 
and the Commission's regulations thereunder. The Great Falls 
Hydroelectric Project is on the Passaic River, near the City of 
Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey.
    The license for Project No. 2814 was issued for a period ending 
February 28, 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 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. 2814 is issued to 
Great Falls Hydro-Paterson for a period effective March 1, 2021 through 
February 28, 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 February 28, 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 Great Falls Hydro-Paterson is authorized to continue 
operation of the Great Falls Hydroelectric Project, until such time as 
the Commission acts on its application for a subsequent license.

    Dated: March 24, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-06505 Filed 3-29-21; 8:45 am]
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