[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-12649]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 3273-000]


Chittenden Falls Hydropower, Inc.; Notice of Authorization for 
Continued Project Operation

    On May 31, 2019, Chittenden Falls Hydropower, Inc., licensee for 
the Chittenden Falls Hydroelectric Project No. 3273, filed an 
Application for a Subsequent License pursuant to the Federal Power Act 
(FPA) and the Commission's regulations thereunder. The Chittenden Falls 
Hydroelectric Project is located on Kinderhook Creek, near the Town of 
Stockport, Columbia County, New York.
    The license for Project No. 3273 was issued for a period ending May 
31, 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. 3273 is issued to 
Chittenden Falls Hydropower, Inc, for a period effective June 1, 2021 
through May 31, 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 May 31, 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 Chittenden Falls Hydropower, Inc. is authorized to 
continue operation of the Chittenden Falls Hydroelectric Project, until 
such time as the Commission acts on its application for a subsequent 
license.

    Dated: June 10, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-12649 Filed 6-15-21; 8:45 am]
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