PUBLIC LAW 99-495—OCT. 16, 1986
100 STAT. 1255
(h) COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS.—Upon mutual request of the parties to any negotiation under this section, the Commission may defer any determination of net investment for the applicable project until whenever it is required to issue an order under this section for such project. No new license shall be issued under the Federal Power Act 16 USC 79ia. for the projects referenced in this section until there is full compliance, to the extent applicable, with this section. The Commission shall ensure that negotiations and any determinations and orders required by this section shall be conducted, made, and issued expeditiously and shall ensure that the parties do not delay. SEC. 11. MERWIN DAM PROJECT.
The amendments made by this Act, except for the amendments Washington. made by sections 6 and 12 shall not apply to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proceeding involving FERC Project Number 935 (FERC Project Number 2791), relating to the Merwin Dam in Washington State. SEC. 12. ADDITIONAL COMMISSION ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.
Part I of the Federal Power Act is amended by adding the following new section at the end thereof: "SEC. 31. ENFORCEMENT.
"(a) MONITORING AND INVESTIGATION.—The Commission shall monitor and investigate compliance with each license and permit issued under this Part and with each exemption granted from any requirement of this Part. The Commission shall conduct such investigations as may be necessary and proper in accordance with this Act. After notice and opportunity for public hearing, the Commission may issue such orders as necessary to require compliance with the terms and conditions of licenses and permits issued under this Part and with the terms and conditions of exemptions granted from any requirement of this Part. "(b) REVOCATION ORDERS.—After notice and opportunity for an
evidentiary hearing, the Commission may also issue an order revoking any license issued under this Part or any exemption granted from any requirement of this Part where any licensee or exemptee is found by the Commission: "(1) to have knowingly violated a final order issued under subsection (a) after completion of judicial review (or the opportunity for judicial review); and "(2) to have been given reasonable time to comply fully with such order prior to commencing any revocation proceeding. In any such proceeding, the order issued under subsection (a) shall be subject to de novo review by the Commission. No order shall be issued under this subsection until after the Commission has taken into consideration the nature and seriousness of the violation and the efforts of the licensee to remedy the violation. "(c) CIVIL PENALTY.—Any licensee, permittee, or exemptee who violates or fails or refuses to comply with any rule or regulation under this Part, any term, or condition of a license, permit, or exemption under this Part, or any order issued under subsection (a) shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $10,000 for each day that such violation or failure or refusal continues. Such penalty shall be assessed by the Commission after notice and opportunity for public hearing. In determining the amount of a proposed penalty, the Commission shall take into consideration the nature
16 USC 823b.
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