---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 C.F.R. § 4.400"
title: "18"
number: "4.400"
heading: "Applicability and purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/18/4.400"
---

# §4.400. Applicability and purpose.


This part implements section 30(a) of the Federal Power Act, as amended, and provides procedures for obtaining a determination from the Commission that the facility to be constructed is a qualifying conduit hydropower facility, as defined in [§ 4.30(b)(26)](/cfr/18/4.30.md?p=b-26), and thus, is not required to be licensed under Part I of the FPA.


## Notes

### Amendments

[Order 800, 79 FR 59111, Oct. 1, 2014, as amended by Order 857, 84 FR 7991, Mar. 6, 2019]

### Source

Source: Order 800, 79 FR 59111, Oct. 1, 2014, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 791a-825r; 42 U.S.C. 7101-7352.

### Source

Source: Order 141, 12 FR 8485, Dec. 19, 1947, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Order 800, 79 FR 59111, Oct. 1, 2014, as amended by Order 857, 84 FR 7991, Mar. 6, 2019]