Annual Update to Fee Schedule for the Use of Government Lands by Hydropower Licensees

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 18 CFR Part 11 [Docket No. RM11-6-000] AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: In accordance with the Commission's regulations, the Commission, by its designee, the Executive Director, issues this notice of the annual update to the fee schedule, which lists per-acre rental fees by county (or other geographic area) for use of government lands by hydropower licensees. DATES: This rule is effective February 10, 2021. The updates to appendix A to part 11, with the fee schedule of per-acre rental fees by county (or other geographic area), are from October 1, 2020, through September 30, 2021 (Fiscal Year 2021). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Raven A. Rodriguez, Financial Management Division, Office of the Executive Director, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6276, Raven.Rodriguez@ferc.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Annual Update to Fee Schedule Section 11.2 of the Commission's regulations provides a method for computing reasonable annual charges for recompensing the United States for the use, occupancy, and enjoyment of its lands by hydropower licensees. [ 1 ] Annual charges for the use of government lands are payable in advance, and are based on an annual schedule of per-acre rental fees published in Appendix A to Part 11 of the Commission's regulations. [ 2 ] This notice updates the fee schedule in Appendix A to Part 11 for fisc…