FERC-505, (Final Rule in RM18-14) Small Hydropower Projects and Conduit Facilities including License/Relicense, Exemption, and Qualifying Conduit Facility Determination
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FERC-505, (Final Rule in RM18-14) Small Hydropower Projects and Conduit Facilities including License/Relicense, Exemption, and Qualifying Conduit Facility Determination
In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
02/28/2022
36 Months From Approved
04/30/2021
320
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33
24,465
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24,321
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Final Rule in RM18-14. FERC is eliminating Form 80, and revising sections 8.1 and 8.2 of its regulations (affecting FERC-505 and FERC-500) to modernize public notice practices, clarify recreational signage requirements, and provide flexibility to assist licenseesâ compliance efforts.
FERC-505, in general. The Commission regulates non-federal hydropower projects on navigable waters and federal lands pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA). 16 U.S.C. 797(e) authorizes the Commission to issue licenses to citizens of the United States, or to any corporation organized under the laws of United States or any State thereof, or to any State or municipality for the purpose of constructing, operating, and maintaining dams, water conduits, reservoirs, power houses, transmission lines, or other project works necessary or convenient for the development and improvement of navigation and for the development, transmission, and utilization of power across, along, from, or in any of the streams or other bodies of water over which Congress has jurisdiction under its authority to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several States, or upon any part of the public lands and reservations of the United States. The Electric Consumers Protection Act (ECPA) amended and expanded the FPA by adding the following at the end thereof: âIn deciding whether to issue any license under this Part, for any project, the Commission, in addition to the power and development purposes for which licenses are issued, shall give equal consideration to the purposes of energy conservation, the protection, mitigation of damage to, and enhancement of, fish and wildlife (including related spawning grounds and habitat), the protection of recreational opportunities, and the preservation of other aspects of environmental quality.â
Section 4(e) of the FPA requires the Commission to give equal consideration to preserving energy conservation, the protection, mitigation of damage to, and enhancement of, fish and wildlife, the protection of recreational opportunities, and the preservation of other aspects of environmental quality when approving licenses. Also, section 10(a) of the FPA stipulates conditions upon which hydroelectric licenses are issued.
The Commission requires all hydroelectric license applications to address a variety of environmental concerns. Many of these concerns address environmental requirements developed by federal and state resource agencies, including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service, federal land management agencies (such as the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and National Park Service), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (depending on location of dam), Indian Tribes, State Departments of Natural Resources, and State Historic Preservation Officers. The applicants must provide information in order for the Commission to understand and resolve potential environmental problems associated with the application in the interests of the United States public.
Pursuant to the FPA, the Commission is authorized to issue licenses and exemptions to citizens of the United States, or to any corporation organized under the laws of United States or any State thereof, or to any State or municipality for the purpose of constructing, operating, and maintaining dams, water conduits, reservoirs, power houses, transmission lines, or other project works necessary or convenient for the development &improvement of navigation and for the development, transmission, and utilization of power across, along, from, or in any of the streams or other bodies of water over which Congress has jurisdiction under its authority to regulate commerce w/foreign nations and among the several States, or upon any part of public lands and reservations of the U.S.FERC-505 is an application for a small hydropower project license or relicense, exemption, or determination of a qualifying conduit hydropower facility.
US Code:
16 USC 46
Name of Law: Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA)
US Code:
16 USC 791
Name of Law: Federal Power Act
The Commission is revising its regulations (affecting FERC-500 and FERC-505) to modernize licensee public notice practices, clarify recreational signage requirements, and provide flexibility to assist licenseesâ compliance efforts. The change affects those licenses with a website.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
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(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
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FERC-505_500_80 SuppStatefinal ruleRM18-14_1-7-2019.docx
CFR-2017-title18-vol1-part5.pdf
16 USC 797a.PNG
Small Hydropower Projects and Conduit Facilities including License/Relicense, Exemption, and Qualifying Conduit Facility Determination