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..' )., c' t... ... . , ~:)(__9j ; I '.~f i:;;~I;/ FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION f't I ',,' The Commission'B reBponsibilities, as they relate to water resource devel- opment, are divided basically into three categories: (a) River BaBin Surveys, (b) Licensed Projects Work, and (c) Power Requirements and Supply Btudies. In addition, the Commission has the responsibility for conducting investigations of headwater benefits and aBsessing charges therefor, and, under separate public law provisions, has responsibilities of allocating project costs and approving rateB for sale of power for some Federal hydro- electric projects. Engineering work relating to the Missouri River Basin is aSBigned generally to the Chicago Regional Office. River Basin work in the Missouri Basin can be broadly described as devoted primarily to ascertaining and safeguarding the hydroelectric power poten- tial of the MisBouri River and its tributaries. Studies in this category are directed toward a determination of the maximum economically feasible hydroelectric power development consistent with other water requirementa and with a balanced multiple-purpose development of river basins. It iB on the baBis of this type of study that the Regional Office acts in an advisory capacity to various Federal, State and private agencies with respect to the details of specific projectB planned for the Missouri Basin which either have inherent physical possibilities for the development of power or which may af- fect, in some manner, existing hydroelectric powerplants or the possible de- velopment of hydroelectric potential. The Licensed Project phase of Regional Office activities is closely related to the River Basin work in that the data gathered in connection with the latter are usable in the licensing work. Licenses are issued by the Commis- sion for non-Federal hydroelectric projects which affect the interests of interstate or foreign commerce or which affect public landB and reservations of the United States. The staff reviews license applications to aSBure that the contemplated projects are the most practical and economic and that they fit harmoniously into a comprehensive plan for the development of the river basin. After a project is licensed, it is inspected periodically to aSBure that it ia constructed and later operated and maintained in accordance with the terms of the license. There are currently 8 licensed hydropower pro- jects with 20 developments in the Missouri River Basin and a number of licenBed transmission lines on Government lands. In addition to the 20 li- censed hydropower developments, applications have been filed for license for the 3000 kW Niangua Project on the Niangua River in Missouri (L. P. No. 2561), and the 1850 kW Kansas River Hydroelectric project on the Kansas River in Kansas (L. P. 2644). The licensed projects, with a total installed generating capacity of 867,638 kW, are shown on the attached tabulation. .... .... No earlier than five years before the expiration of any license, the ~ Commission shall entertain applications for a new license and decide them C') in a relicensing proceeding pursuant to the Federal Power Act. Upon not less than two years' notice in writing before the expiration of the pre- scribed license term, nonpublicly owned projects may be taken over by the United States or relicensed to the original licensee or to another appli- cant. It the Commission determines that a project should be recaptured it will so advise the Congress. If the Commission determineB that the project should be relicensed it will so order. However, if any Federal department