An industry respective of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission`s efforts to monitor and enforce hydroelectric license requirements
- EA Engineering, Science and Technology, Lafayette, CA (United States)
In May 1994 the United States General Accounting Office issued a report on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission`s Efforts to Monitor and Enforce Hydroelectric Requirements at over 1,600 nonfederal hydroelectric projects. The GAO Report found that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission`s (FERC) compliance monitoring and enforcement efforts are adequate to ensure structural soundness, public safety and environmental protection of project facilities and the surrounding area. The GAO report also concluded that FERC`s current compliance program is showing positive results with an overall decrease in the number of compliance violations between 1989 and 1993. The GAO Report leaves the impression that {open_quotes}all is well with the world{close_quotes} and that the hydropower industry can expect the FERC`s compliance program to continue as presently structured. What seems to be missing from the GAO investigation is the hydropower industry`s perception of the FERC`s compliance activities.
- OSTI ID:
- 219993
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9507190--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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