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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 99
115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session SENATE 115-80
TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE FOR COMMENCEMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION OF A HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT
MAY 24, 2017.-Ordered to be printed
Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 723]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 723) to extend the deadline for commencement
of construction of a hydroelectric project, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon with amendments and rec-
ommends that the bill, as amended, do pass.
The amendments are as follows:
1. On page 1, line 9, strike Commission and insert the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (referred to in this section as the
'Commission').
2. On page 2, line 12, strike Federal Energy Regulatory.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 723 is to extend the deadline for commence-
ment of construction of the W. Kerr Scott hydroelectric project.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
On July 17, 2012, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission) granted the Wilkesboro Hydroelectric Company,
LLC, a license for its proposed 4-megawatt W. Kerr Scott Hydro-
electric Project (No. 12642) to be located at the existing, non-pow-
ered, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) W. Kerr Scott Dam in
the State of North Carolina.
On July 24, 2013, the Commission approved the transfer of the
license from Wilkesboro Hydroelectric Company to Wilkesboro Hy-
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