[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 18, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
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[CITE: 18CFR2.19]

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           TITLE 18--CONSERVATION OF POWER AND WATER RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 2_GENERAL POLICY AND INTERPRETATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 2.19  State and Federal comprehensive plans.

    (a) In determining whether the proposed hydroelectric project is 
best adapted to a comprehensive plan under section (10)(a)(1) of the 
Federal Power Act for improving or developing a waterway, the Commission 
will consider the extent to which the project is consistent with a 
comprehensive plan (where one exists) for improving, developing, or 
conserving a waterway or waterways affected by the project that is 
prepared by:
    (1) An agency established pursuant to Federal law that has the 
authority to prepare such a plan, or
    (2) A state agency, of the state in which the facility is or will be 
located, authorized to conduct such planning pursuant to state law.
    (b) The Commission will treat as a state or Federal comprehensive 
plan a plan that:
    (1) Is a comprehensive study of one or more of the beneficial uses 
of a waterway or waterways;
    (2) Includes a description of the standards applied, the data relied 
upon, and the methodology used in preparing the plan; and
    (3) Is filed with the Secretary of the Commission.

[Order 481-A, 53 FR 15804, May 4, 1988]