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existing customers as a result of the

proposed uprate.

Any questions regarding the

application should be directed to

Fredric J. George, Lead Counsel,

Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation, P.O. Box 1273, Charleston,

West Virginia 25325–1273, or call at

(304) 357–2359.

Any person or the Commission’s Staff

may, within 60 days after the issuance

of the instant notice by the Commission,

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention and, pursuant to section

157.205 of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(NGA) (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to the

request. If no protest is filed within the

time allowed therefore, the proposed

activity shall be deemed to be

authorized effective the day after the

time allowed for protest. If a protest is

filed and not withdrawn within 30 days

after the time allowed for filing a

protest, the instant request shall be

treated as an application for

authorization pursuant to section 7 of

the NGA.

The Commission strongly encourages

electronic filings of comments, protests,

and interventions via the internet in lieu

of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii)

and the instructions on the

Commission’s Web site (http://

www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link.

Philis J. Posey,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. E7–5757 Filed 3–28–07; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2686]

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Notice of

Authorization for Continued Project

Operation

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March 23, 2007.

On July 28, 2000, Duke Energy

Carolinas, LLC, licensee for the West

Fork Hydroelectric Project, filed an

application for a new or subsequent

license pursuant to the Federal Power

Act (FPA) and the Commission’s

regulations thereunder. The West Fork

Project is located on the Tuckasegee

River in Jackson County, North

Carolina.

The license for Project No. 2686 was

issued for a period ending January 31,

2006. Section 15(a)(1) of the FPA, 16

U.S.C. 808(a)(1), requires the

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Commission, at the expiration of a

license term, to issue from year-to-year

an annual license to the then licensee

under the terms and conditions of the

prior license until a new license is

issued, or the project is otherwise

disposed of as provided in section 15 or

any other applicable section of the FPA.

If the project’s prior license waived the

applicability of section 15 of the FPA,

then, based on section 9(b) of the

Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C.

558(c), and as set forth at 18 CFR

16.21(a), if the licensee of such project

has filed an application for a subsequent

license, the licensee may continue to

operate the project in accordance with

the terms and conditions of the license

after the minor or minor part license

expires, until the Commission acts on

its application. If the licensee of such a

project has not filed an application for

a subsequent license, then it may be

required, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.21(b),

to continue project operations until the

Commission issues someone else a

license for the project or otherwise

orders disposition of the project.

If the project is subject to section 15

of the FPA, notice is hereby given that

an annual license for Project No. 2686

is issued to Duke Energy Carolinas,

LLC., for a period effective February 1,

2006 through January 31, 2007, or until

the issuance of a new license for the

project or other disposition under the

FPA, whichever comes first. If issuance

of a new license (or other disposition)

does not take place on or before January

31, 2007, notice is hereby given that,

pursuant to 18 CFR 16.18(c), an annual

license under section 15(a)(1) of the

FPA is renewed automatically without

further order or notice by the

Commission, unless the Commission

orders otherwise.

If the project is not subject to section

15 of the FPA, notice is hereby given

that Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC. is

authorized to continue operation of the

West Fork Project until such time as the

Commission acts on its application for

a subsequent license.