Licenses under this subchapter shall be issued for a period not exceeding fifty years. Each such license shall be conditioned upon acceptance by the licensee of all of the terms and conditions of this chapter and such further conditions, if any, as the Commission shall prescribe in conformity with this chapter, which said terms and conditions and the acceptance thereof shall be expressed in said license. Licenses may be revoked only for the reasons and in the manner prescribed under the provisions of this chapter, and may be altered or surrendered only upon mutual agreement between the licensee and the Commission after thirty days’ public notice.
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CHAPTER 12— FEDERAL REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF POWER
SUBCHAPTER I— REGULATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF WATER POWER AND RESOURCES
§ 791. Repealed. , title II, § 212,
§ 797. General powers of Commission
§ 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.
§ 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
§ 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
§ 818. Public lands included in project; reservation of lands from entry
§ 819. Repealed. , title II, § 212,
§ 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
§ 823c. Alaska State jurisdiction over small hydroelectric projects
§ 823d. Alternative conditions and prescriptions
§ 823e. Promoting hydropower development at existing nonpowered dams