[Federal Register: July 19, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 139)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 1895]

 
South Carolina Electric and Gas Company; Notice of Authorization 
for Continued Project Operation

July 13, 2000.
    On June 30, 1998, South Carolina Electric and Gas Company, licensee 
for the Columbia Project No. 1895, filed an application for a new or 
subsequent license pursuant to the Federal Act (FPA) and the 
Commission's regulations thereunder. Project No. 1895 is located on the 
Broad and Congaree Rivers in Richland County and the City of Columbia, 
South Carolina.
    The license for Project No. 1895 was issued for a period ending 
June 30, 2000. Section 15(a)(1) of the EPA, 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 projects'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. 1895 is issued to 
South Carolina Electric and Gas Company for a period effective July 1, 
2000, through June 30, 2001, 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 June 30, 2001, 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 South Carolina Electric and Gas Company is authorized 
to continue operation of the Columbia Project No. 1895 until such time 
as the Commission acts on its application for subsequent license.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-18201 Filed 7-18-00; 8:45 am]
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