Notice2023-19655
Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation; Notice of Waiver Period for Water Quality Certification Application
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Published
September 12, 2023
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Energy DepartmentFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 62559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19655]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2853-073]
Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation; Notice
of Waiver Period for Water Quality Certification Application
On September 5, 2023, the Montana Department of Natural Resources
and Conservation submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission) a copy of its application for a Clean Water Act section
401(a)(1) water quality certification filed with the Maine Department
of Environmental Quality (Montana DEQ), in conjunction with the above
captioned project. Pursuant to section 401 of the Clean Water Act \1\
and section 4.34(b)(5) of the Commission's regulations,\2\ a state
certifying agency is deemed to have waived its certifying authority if
it fails or refuses to act on a certification request within a
reasonable period of time, which is one year after the date the
certification request was received. Accordingly, we hereby notify
Montana DEQ of the following:
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\1\ 33 U.S.C. 1341(a)(1).
\2\ 18 CFR 4.34(b)(5) (2022).
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Date Montana DEQ received the certification request: September 1,
2023.
If Montana DEQ fails or refuses to act on the water quality
certification request on or before September 1, 2024, then the agency
certifying authority is deemed waived pursuant to Section 401(a)(1) of
the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1341(a)(1).
Dated: September 6, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-19655 Filed 9-11-23; 8:45 am]
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