[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 18, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 18CFR16.16]

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           TITLE 18--CONSERVATION OF POWER AND WATER RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 16_PROCEDURES RELATING TO TAKEOVER AND RELICENSING OF LICENSED 
PROJECTS--Table of Contents
 
Subpart C_Takeover Provisions for Projects Subject to Sections 14 and 15 
                        of the Federal Power Act
 
Sec. 16.16  Motion for stay by Federal department or agency.

    (a) Within 30 days of the date on which an order granting a new 
license or exemption is issued, a Federal department or agency that has 
filed a takeover recommendation under Sec. 16.14 may file a motion 
under Sec. 385.2010 of this chapter to request a stay of the effective 
date of the license or exemption order.

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    (b)(1) If a Federal department or agency files a motion under 
paragraph (a), the Commission will stay the effective date of the order 
issuing the license or exemption for two years.
    (2) The stay issued under paragraph (b)(1) of this section may be 
terminated either:
    (i) Upon motion of the department or agency that requested the stay; 
or
    (ii) By action of Congress.
    (c) The Commission will notify Congress if:
    (1) An order granting a stay under paragraph (b)(1) of this section 
is issued;
    (2) Any license or exemption order becomes effective by reason of 
the termination of a stay; or
    (3) Any license or exemption order becomes effective by reason of 
the expiration of a stay.
    (d) The Commission's order granting the license or exemption will 
automatically become effective:
    (1) Thirty days after issuance, if no request for stay is filed, 
provided that no appeal or rehearing is filed;
    (2) When the period of the stay expires; or
    (3) When the stay is terminated under paragraph (b)(2) of this 
section.