2012 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 12 - FEDERAL REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF POWER (§§ 791 - 828c)
Subchapter I - REGULATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF WATER POWER AND RESOURCES (§§ 791 - 823d)
Section 798 - Purpose and scope of preliminary permits; transfer and cancellation

Each preliminary permit issued under this subchapter shall be for the sole purpose of maintaining priority of application for a license under the terms of this chapter for such period or periods, not exceeding a total of three years, as in the discretion of the Commission may be necessary for making examinations and surveys, for preparing maps, plans, specifications, and estimates, and for making financial arrangements. Each such permit shall set forth the conditions under which priority shall be maintained. Such permits shall not be transferable, and may be canceled by order of the Commission upon failure of permittees to comply with the conditions thereof or for other good cause shown after notice and opportunity for hearing.

(June 10, 1920, ch. 285, pt. I, §5, 41 Stat. 1067; renumbered pt. I and amended, Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title II, §§203, 212, 49 Stat. 841, 847.)

1935—Act Aug. 26, 1935, §203, amended section generally, striking out “and a license issued” at end of second sentence and inserting “or for other good cause shown after notice and opportunity for hearing” in last sentence.