# Preliminary Permits, Qualifying Conduit Hydropower Facilities, and Commencement for Payment of Annual Charges
> **Federal Energy Regulatory Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2019-03-06 · Effective 2019-04-05 · 84 FR 7988
## Document
- **Document number:** 2019-03742
- **Category:** hydroelectric
- **Sub-agency:** Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- **Federal Register citation:** 84 FR 7988
- **CFR reference:** 18 CFR 4
- **Publication date:** 2019-03-06
- **Effective date:** 2019-04-05
- **Energy docket:** Docket No. RM19-13-000
## Abstract

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) issues this final rule to amend its regulations to conform to the enacted America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (Water Infrastructure Act). This final rule revises regulations on preliminary permits, qualifying conduit hydropower facilities, and commencement for payment of annual charges. All revisions in this final rule are ministerial in nature.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/03/06/2019-03742/preliminary-permits-qualifying-conduit-hydropower-facilities-and-commencement-for-payment-of-annual)
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