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Version 28 · Reported to House without amendment, Part I · Oct 4, 2004
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Tapoco Project Licensing Act of 2004 - (Sec. 3) Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to engage in a specified simultaneous land exchange with the Alcoa Power Generating Inc. (APGI).
Identifies the land within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Tennessee) to be conveyed by APGI to the United States.
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Identifies the land to be conveyed by the Secretary to APGI as: (1) adjacent to or flooded by the Chilhowee Reservoir; and (2) within the boundary of the Tapoco Hydroelectric Project as of February 21, 2003.
Prescribes procedural requirements, including: (1) reservation of a conservation easement over any land conveyed to APGI; and (2) reversion of title to the United States if the Chilhowee Reservoir ceases to exist, or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issues a final order decommissioning the Tapoco Project from which no further appeal may be taken.
(Sec. 4) Grants FERC jurisdiction to license the Tapoco Project upon completion of the land exchange.
(Sec. 5) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire for the United States any land or interest in land, including specified easements, that may be transferred by APGI to a nongovernmental organization pursuant to a specified Settlement Agreement.
Prescribes a related boundary adjustment to the Cherokee National Forest.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to evaluate the feasibility of managing specified land acquired by the Secretary of Agriculture in a manner that retains the primitive, back-country character of the land.
(Sec. 6) Authorizes appropriations.
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Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] · R–TN
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 455.
Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-721, Part II.
Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-721, Part II.
Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 108-721, Part I.
Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 108-721, Part I.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands Discharged.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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