S 2297
109th Congress
Senate
Energy
Administrative procedure
Department of Energy
Environmental Protection
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Hazardous wastes
Hydroelectric power
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Licenses
New York State
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Rivers
Water Resources Development
A bill to clarify the applicability of deadlines relating to construction of hydroelectric projects to certain hydroelectric projects located or proposed to be located on the Upper Hudson River in the State of New York.
Introduced: February 16, 2006
Introduced by:
Schumer, Charles E.
Democratic
· New York
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In committee
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To President
Became law
Feb 16, 2006
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb 16, 2006
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Suspends the statutory time period governing commencement and completion of construction of a hydroelectric project until the date on which the Hudson River PCB site has been: (1) removed from the National Priorities List; or (2) approved for hydroelectric project construction by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Deems any order of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued before the date of enactment of this Act that addresses such suspended deadline to be void and of no legal effect with respect to any failure by a licensee to meet the deadline.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
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