82 FR 58387 - Notice of Authorization for Continued Project Operation; Pelzer Hydro Company, LLC, Consolidated Hydro Southeast, LLC

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 237 (December 12, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 12, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 58387]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-26746]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 10254-000]


Notice of Authorization for Continued Project Operation; Pelzer 
Hydro Company, LLC, Consolidated Hydro Southeast, LLC

    On November 30, 2015 Pelzer Hydro Company, LLC and Consolidated 
Hydro Southeast, LLC, licensee(s) for the Upper Pelzer Hydroelectric 
Project, filed an Application for a New License pursuant to the Federal 
Power Act (FPA) and the Commission's regulations thereunder. The Upper 
Pelzer Hydroelectric project facilities are located on the Saluda River 
in Anderson and Greenville Counties, South Carolina.
    The license for Project No. 10254 was issued for a period ending 
November 30, 2017. 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 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. 10254 is issued to 
the licensee(s) for a period effective December 1, 2017 through 
November 30, 2018 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 November 30, 2018, 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 the licensee(s), Pelzer Hydro Company, LLC and 
Consolidated Hydro Southeast, LLC, are authorized to continue operation 
of the Upper Pelzer Hydroelectric Project, until such time as the 
Commission acts on its application for a subsequent license.

    Dated: December 6, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-26746 Filed 12-11-17; 8:45 am]
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