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[Laws in effect as of January 2, 2001]
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  January 2, 2001 and January 28, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC806]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
         CHAPTER 12--FEDERAL REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF POWER
 
SUBCHAPTER I--REGULATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF WATER POWER AND RESOURCES
 
Sec. 806. Time limit for construction of project works; 
        extension of time; termination or revocation of licenses for 
        delay
        
    The licensee shall commence the construction of the project works 
within the time fixed in the license, which shall not be more than two 
years from the date thereof, shall thereafter in good faith and with due 
diligence prosecute such construction, and shall within the time fixed 
in the license complete and put into operation such part of the ultimate 
development as the commission shall deem necessary to supply the 
reasonable needs of the then available market, and shall from time to 
time thereafter construct such portion of the balance of such 
development as the commission may direct, so as to supply adequately the 
reasonable market demands until such development shall have been 
completed. The periods for the commencement of construction may be 
extended once but not longer than two additional years and the period 
for the completion of construction carried on in good faith and with 
reasonable diligence may be extended by the commission when not 
incompatible with the public interests. In case the licensee shall not 
commence actual construction of the project works, or of any specified 
part thereof, within the time prescribed in the license or as extended 
by the commission, then, after due notice given, the license shall, as 
to such project works or part thereof, be terminated upon written order 
of the commission. In case the construction of the project works, or of 
any specified part thereof, has been begun but not completed within the 
time prescribed in the license, or as extended by the commission, then 
the Attorney General, upon the request of the commission, shall 
institute proceedings in equity in the district court of the United 
States for the district in which any part of the project is situated for 
the revocation of said license, the sale of the works constructed, and 
such other equitable relief as the case may demand, as provided for in 
section 820 of this title.

(June 10, 1920, ch. 285, pt. I, Sec. 13, 41 Stat. 1071; renumbered pt. 
I, Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title II, Sec. 212, 49 Stat. 847.)

                       References in Text

    Proceedings in equity, referred to in text, were abolished by the 
adoption of rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, set out in 
the Appendix to Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, which 
provided that ``there shall be one form of action to be known as `civil 
action' ''.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Federal Power Commission terminated and its functions with regard to 
licenses and permits for dams, reservoirs, or other works for 
development and improvement of navigation and for development and 
utilization of power across, along, from, or in navigable waters under 
this subchapter transferred to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by 
sections 7172(a)(1)(A) and 7293 of Title 42, The Public Health and 
Welfare.
