---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 C.F.R. § 5.19"
title: "18"
number: "5.19"
heading: "Tendering notice and schedule."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/18/5.19"
---

# §5.19. Tendering notice and schedule.

- (a) **Notice.** Within 14 days of the filing date of any application for a license developed pursuant to this part, the Commission will issue public notice of the tendering for filing of the application. The tendering notice will include a preliminary schedule for expeditious processing of the application, including dates for:
  - (1) Issuance of the acceptance for filing and ready for environmental analysis notice provided for in [§ 5.22](/cfr/18/5.22.md).
  - (2) Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions;
  - (3) Issuance of a draft environmental assessment or environmental impact statement, or an environmental assessment not preceded by a draft.
  - (4) Filing of comments on the draft environmental assessment or environmental impact statement, as applicable;
  - (5) Filing of modified recommendations, mandatory terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions in response to a draft NEPA document or Environmental Analysis, if no draft NEPA document is issued;
  - (6) Issuance of a final NEPA document, if any;
  - (7) In the case of a new or subsequent license application, a deadline for submission of final amendments, if any, to the application; and
  - (8) **Readiness of the application for Commission decision.**
- (b) **Modifications to process plan and schedule.** The tendering notice shall also include any known modifications to the schedules developed pursuant to [§ 5.8](/cfr/18/5.8.md) for completion of consultation under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and water quality certification under [section 401](/cfr/18/401.md) of the Clean Water Act.
- (c) **Method of notice.** The public notice provided for in paragraphs [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) of this Section will be given by:
  - (1) Publishing notice in the Federal Register; and
  - (2) Notifying appropriate Federal, state, and interstate resource agencies, state water quality and coastal zone management plan consistency certification agencies, Indian tribes, and non-governmental organizations, by electronic means if practical, otherwise by mail.
- (d) **Resolution of pending information requests.** Within 30 days of the filing date of any application for a license developed pursuant to this part, the Director of the Office of Energy Projects will issue an order resolving any requests for additional information-gathering or studies made in comments on the preliminary licensing proposal or draft license application.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Order 2002, 68 FR 51121, Aug. 25, 2003; 68 FR 61742, Oct. 30, 2003; 68 FR 69957, Dec. 16, 2003; Order 653, 70 FR 8724, Feb. 23, 2005]

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 792-828c, 2601-2645; 42 U.S.C. 7101-7352.

### Source

Source: Order 2002, 68 FR 51121, Aug. 25, 2003, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Order 2002, 68 FR 51121, Aug. 25, 2003; 68 FR 61742, Oct. 30, 2003; 68 FR 69957, Dec. 16, 2003; Order 653, 70 FR 8724, Feb. 23, 2005]