Hydropower Licenses and the Relicensing Conditions : Current Issues and Legislative Activity.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electric power-plants.

Administrative agencies.

Fisheries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (15 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2004.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Examines the process for FERC licensing of hydroelectric power projects and proposed hydroelectric relicensing legislation in the 108th Congress. Explains the Federal Power Act and hydroelectric license conditions, including license conditions for projects on Federal reservations and fishway provisions. Describes the role of license-conditioning agencies and the relicensing process, and examines the cost of mandatory license conditions and proposed changes to the license-conditioning process.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Hydropower Licenses and the Relicensing Conditions

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