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SUBCHAPTER I—REGULATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF WATER POWER AND RESOURCES

  • § 791. Repealed.]
  • § 791a. Short title
  • § 792. Federal Power Commission; creation; number; appointment; term; qualifications; vacancies; quorum; chairman; salary; place of holding sessions
  • § 793. Appointment of officers and employees of Commission; duties, and salaries; detail of officers and employees from other departments; expenditures authorized
  • § 793a. Repealed.]
  • §§ 794, 795. Omitted
  • § 796. Definitions
  • § 797. General powers of Commission
  • § 797a. Congressional authorization for permits, licenses, leases, or authorizations for dams, conduits, reservoirs, etc., within national parks or monuments
  • § 797b. Duty to keep Congress fully and currently informed
  • § 797c. Dams in National Park System units
  • § 797d. Third party contracting by FERC
  • § 798. Purpose and scope of preliminary permits; transfer and cancellation
  • § 799. License; duration, conditions, revocation, alteration, or surrender
  • § 800. Issuance of preliminary permits or licenses
  • § 801. Transfer of license; obligations of transferee
  • § 802. Information to accompany application for license; landowner notification
  • § 803. Conditions of license generally
  • § 804. Project works affecting navigable waters; requirements insertable in license
  • § 805. Participation by Government in costs of locks, etc.
  • § 806. Time limit for construction of project works; extension of time; termination or revocation of licenses for delay
  • § 807. Right of Government to take over project works
  • § 808. New licenses and renewals
  • § 809. Temporary use by Government of project works for national safety; compensation for use
  • § 810. Disposition of charges arising from licenses
  • § 811. Operation of navigation facilities; rules and regulations; penalties
  • § 812. Public-service licensee; regulations by State or by commission as to service, rates, charges, etc.
  • § 813. Power entering into interstate commerce; regulation of rates, charges, etc.
  • § 814. Exercise by licensee of power of eminent domain
  • § 815. Contract to furnish power extending beyond period of license; obligations of new licensee
  • § 816. Preservation of rights vested prior to June 10, 1920
  • § 817. Projects not affecting navigable waters; necessity for Federal license, permit or right-of-way; unauthorized activities
  • § 818. Public lands included in project; reservation of lands from entry
  • § 819. Repealed.]
  • § 820. Proceedings for revocation of license or to prevent violations of license
  • § 821. State laws and water rights unaffected
  • § 822. Reservation of right to alter or repeal chapter
  • § 823. Repeal of inconsistent laws
  • § 823a. Conduit hydroelectric facilities
  • § 823b. Enforcement
  • § 823c. Alaska State jurisdiction over small hydroelectric projects
  • § 823d. Alternative conditions and prescriptions

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