Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

16 U.S.C. § 802

Information to accompany application for license; landowner notification

(a)
Each applicant for a license under this chapter shall submit to the commission—
(1)
Such maps, plans, specifications, and estimates of cost as may be required for a full understanding of the proposed project. Such maps, plans, and specifications when approved by the commission shall be made a part of the license; and thereafter no change shall be made in said maps, plans, or specifications until such changes shall have been approved and made a part of such license by the commission.
(2)
Satisfactory evidence that the applicant has complied with the requirements of the laws of the State or States within which the proposed project is to be located with respect to bed and banks and to the appropriation, diversion, and use of water for power purposes and with respect to the right to engage in the business of developing, transmitting and distributing power, and in any other business necessary to effect the purposes of a license under this chapter.
(3)
1
1 See Codification note below.
  Such additional information as the commission may require.
(b)
section 808 of this title Upon the filing of any application for a license (other than a license under ) the applicant shall make a good faith effort to notify each of the following by certified mail:
(1)
Any person who is an owner of record of any interest in the property within the bounds of the project.
(2)
Any Federal, State, municipal or other local governmental agency likely to be interested in or affected by such application.

June 10, 1920, ch. 28541 Stat. 1068Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 68749 Stat. 847Pub. L. 99–495, § 14100 Stat. 1257(, pt. I, § 9, ; renumbered pt. I, , title II, § 212, ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

Pub. L. 99–495Former subsec. (c), included in the provisions designated as subsec. (a) by , has been editorially redesignated as par. (3) of subsec. (a) as the probable intent of Congress.

Amendments

Pub. L. 99–4951986— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), redesignated former subsecs. (a) and (b) as pars. (1) and (2) of subsec. (a), and added subsec. (b).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1986 Amendment

Pub. L. 99–495section 18 of Pub. L. 99–495section 797 of this titleAmendment by effective with respect to each license, permit, or exemption issued under this chapter after , see , set out as a note under .