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REGULATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF WATER POWER AND RESOURCES

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Repealed. Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title II, §212, 49 Stat. 847

Short title

Federal Power Commission; creation; number; appointment; term; qualifications; vacancies; quorum; chairman; salary; place of holding sessions

Appointment of officers and employees of Commission; duties, and salaries; detail of officers and employees from other departments; expenditures authorized

Repealed. Pub. L. 87–367, title I, §103(5), Oct. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 787

Sections
794, 795

Omitted

Definitions

General powers of Commission

Congressional authorization for permits, licenses, leases, or authorizations for dams, conduits, reservoirs, etc., within national parks or monuments

Duty to keep Congress fully and currently informed

Dams in National Park System units

Third party contracting by FERC

Purpose and scope of preliminary permits; transfer and cancellation

License; duration, conditions, revocation, alteration, or surrender

Issuance of preliminary permits or licenses

Transfer of license; obligations of transferee

Information to accompany application for license; landowner notification

Conditions of license generally

Project works affecting navigable waters; requirements insertable in license

Participation by Government in costs of locks, etc.

Time limit for construction of project works; extension of time; termination or revocation of licenses for delay

Right of Government to take over project works

New licenses and renewals

Temporary use by Government of project works for national safety; compensation for use

Disposition of charges arising from licenses

Operation of navigation facilities; rules and regulations; penalties

Public-service licensee; regulations by State or by commission as to service, rates, charges, etc.

Power entering into interstate commerce; regulation of rates, charges, etc.

Exercise by licensee of power of eminent domain

Contract to furnish power extending beyond period of license; obligations of new licensee

Preservation of rights vested prior to June 10, 1920

Projects not affecting navigable waters; necessity for Federal license, permit or right-of-way; unauthorized activities

Public lands included in project; reservation of lands from entry

Repealed. Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title II, §212, 49 Stat. 847

Proceedings for revocation of license or to prevent violations of license

State laws and water rights unaffected

Reservation of right to alter or repeal chapter

Repeal of inconsistent laws

Conduit hydroelectric facilities

Enforcement

Alaska State jurisdiction over small hydroelectric projects

Alternative conditions and prescriptions

Promoting hydropower development at existing nonpowered dams

Closed-loop pumped storage projects

Considerations for relicensing terms