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S. Rept. 115-82 1 (2017-05-24)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaajl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP Calendar No. 101 115TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT 1st Session SENATE 115-82 TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE FOR COMMENCEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS MAY 24, 2017.-Ordered to be printed Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 730] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was referred the bill (S. 730) to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of certain hydroelectric projects, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec- ommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE The purpose of S. 730 is to extend the deadline for commence- ment of construction of the Gathright and Flannagan hydroelectric projects in Virginia. BACKGROUND AND NEED The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) issued an original license for the Flannagan Hydroelectric Project (No. 12740) in Dickinson County, Virginia, on January 27, 2012. Pursu- ant to section 13 of the Federal Power Act (FPA, 16 U.S.C. 806), the licensee was required to commence project construction within two years. At the licensee's request, the Commission extended the deadline by two years, until January 27, 2016. The Commission issued an original license for the Gathright Project (No. 12737) in Alleghany County, Virginia, on March 13, 2012, and subsequently extended the construction commencement deadline at the licensee's request by two years, until March 13, 2016. 69-010