---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 C.F.R. § 4.80"
title: "18"
number: "4.80"
heading: "Applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/18/4.80"
---

# §4.80. Applicability.


[Sections 4.80 through 4.83](/cfr/18/4.80..4.83.md) pertain to preliminary permits under Part I of the Federal Power Act. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit is to secure priority of application for a license for a water power project under Part I of the Federal Power Act while the permittee obtains the data and performs the acts required to determine the feasibility of the project and to support an application for a license.


## Notes

### Amendments

[Order 54, 44 FR 61336, Oct. 25, 1979, as amended by Order 413, 50 FR 11685, Mar. 25, 1985]

### Authority

Authority: Federal Power Act, as amended 16 U.S.C. 792-828c; Department of Energy Organization Act, 42 U.S.C. 7101-7352; E.O. 12009, 42 FR 46267; Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16 U.S.C. 2601-2645, 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 54, 44 FR 61336, Oct. 25, 1979, as amended by Order 413, 50 FR 11685, Mar. 25, 1985]