[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: 18CFR16.4]

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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 A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 16.4  Acceleration of a license expiration date.

    (a) Request for acceleration. (1) A licensee may file with the 
Commission, in accordance with the formal filing requirements in subpart 
T of part 385 of this chapter, a written request for acceleration of the 
expiration date of its existing license, containing the statements and 
information specified in Sec. 16.6(b) and a detailed explanation of the 
basis for the acceleration request.
    (2) If the Commission grants the request for acceleration pursuant 
to paragraph (c), the Commission will deem the request for acceleration 
to be a notice of intent under Sec. 16.6 and, unless the Commission 
directs otherwise, the licensee shall make available the information 
specified in Sec. 16.7 no later than 90 days from the date that the 
Commission grants the request for acceleration.
    (b) Notice of request for acceleration. (1) Upon receipt of a 
request for acceleration, the Commission will give notice of the 
licensee's request and provide a 45-day period for comments by 
interested persons by:
    (i) Publishing notice in the Federal Register;
    (ii) Publishing notice once in a daily or weekly newspaper published 
in the county or counties in which the project or any part thereof or 
the lands affected thereby are situated; and
    (iii) Notifying appropriate Federal, state, and interstate resource 
agencies and Indian tribes by mail.
    (2) The notice issued pursuant to paragraphs (1) (i) and (ii) and 
the written notice given pursuant to paragraph (1)(iii) will be 
considered as fulfilling the notice provisions of Sec. 16.6(d) should 
the Commission grant the acceleration request and will include an 
explanation of the basis for the licensee's acceleration request.

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    (c) Commission order. If the Commission determines it is in the 
public interest, the Commission will issue an order accelerating the 
expiration date of the license to not less than five years and 90 days 
from the date of the Commission order.