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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…

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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 See on congress.gov
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Feb 16, 2006
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 February 16, 2006

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2297: 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.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2297/
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"S. 2297: 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.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2297/.
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S. 2297, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2297/.
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