Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 12 — Federal Regulation and Development of Power
§ 797c. Dams in National Park System units
Statutory text
After , the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission may not issue an original license under Part I of the Federal Power Act [16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.] (nor an exemption from such Part) for any new hydroelectric power project located within the boundaries of any unit of the National Park System that would have a direct adverse effect on Federal lands within any such unit. Nothing in this section shall be construed as repealing any existing provision of law (or affecting any treaty) explicitly authorizing a hydroelectric power project.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Energy Policy Act of 1992
Pub. L. 102–486 title XXIV § 2402 · 106 Stat. 2776
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 797c
(Pub. L. 102–486, title XXIV, § 2402, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3097.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 102–486, title XXIV, § 2402, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3097.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 2402. DAMS IN NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM UNITS. After the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission may not issue an original license under Part I of the Federal Power Act (nor an exemption from such Part) for any new hydroelectric power project located within the boundaries of any unit of the National Park System that would have a direct adverse effect on Federal lands within any such unit. Nothing in this section shall be construed as repealing any existing provision of law (or affecting any treaty) explicitly authorizing a hydroelectric power project.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Federal Power Act, referred to in text, is act June 10, 1920, ch. 285, 41 Stat. 1063. Part I of the Act is classified generally to this subchapter (§ 791a et seq.). For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 791a of this title and Tables.
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and not as part of the Federal Power Act which generally comprises this chapter.