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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 527
105TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT
2d Session SENATE 105-290
HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT IN ARKANSAS
AUGUST 25, 1998.-Ordered to be printed
Filed under authority of the order of the Senate of July 31, 1998
Mr. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 2171]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 2171) to extend the deadline under the Federal
Power Act applicable to the construction of a hydroelectric project
in the State of Arkansas, having considered the same, reports fa-
vorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill
do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE MEASURE
The purpose of S. 2171 is to extend the deadline contained in the
Federal Power Act for the commencement of construction of a
FERC-licensed hydroelectric project (No. 10455) located in the
State of Arkansas.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
Section 13 of the Federal Power Act requires a licensee to com-
mence the construction of the hydroelectric project within two
years of the date of the issuance of the license. That deadline can
be extended by the FERC one time for as much as two additional
years. If construction has not commenced by the end of the time
period, the license is terminated by the FERC. Thus, in the absence
of this legislation, the FERC would terminate the license for project
No. 10455 at the end of the time period authorized under the Fed-
eral Power Act for commencement of construction.
On occasion a licensee may have difficulty obtaining a power
sales contract, and until that is obtained the licensee cannot secure
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