[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13284-13285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04959]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2221-000]


Empire District Electric Company; Notice of Authorization for 
Continued Project Operation

    On February 28, 2020, Empire District Electric Company, licensee 
for the Ozark Beach Hydroelectric Project No. 2221, filed an 
Application for a New License for Ozark Beach Hydroelectric Project 
pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA) and the Commission's 
regulations thereunder. The Ozark Beach Hydroelectric Project is 
located on the White River near the Town of Forsyth, in Taney County, 
Missouri.
    The license for Project No. 2221 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 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

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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. 2221 is issued to 
Empire District Electric Company, 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 Empire District Electric Company, is authorized to 
continue operation of the Ozark Beach Hydroelectric Project, until such 
time as the Commission acts on its application for a new license.

    Dated: March 3, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-04959 Filed 3-8-22; 8:45 am]
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