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S. 635 (101st)

An Act to prevent the unintended licensing of federally nonjurisdictional, unlicensed hydroelectric projects.

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16 March 1989

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Summary

Hydroelectric Fairness Act of 1989 - Amends the Federal Power Act to prohibit the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from issuing a license for the operation of any existing hydroelectric project located on non-navigable waters and unimproved since August 26, 1935, to anyone but the project's owner.

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