[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 19 (Friday, January 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 4575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01753]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 3472-024]


Aspinook Hydro, LLC; Notice of Waiver Period for Water Quality 
Certification Application

    On December 3, 2021, Aspinook Hydro, LLC. submitted to the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) evidence of its application 
for a Clean Water Act section 401(a)(1) water quality certification 
filed with Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental 
Protection (Connecticut DEEP), in conjunction with the above captioned 
project. Pursuant to section 401 of the Clean Water Act \1\ and section 
4.34(b)(5), 5.23(b), 153.4, or 157.22 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 the Connecticut DEEP of the following:
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    \1\ 33 U.S.C. 1341(a)(1).
    \2\ 18 CFR 4.34(b)(5)/5.23(b)/153.4/157.22.
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    Date that Connecticut DEEP Received the Certification Request: 
December 3, 2021.
    If Connecticut DEEP fails or refuses to act on the water quality 
certification request on or before December 3, 2022, 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: January 24, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-01753 Filed 1-27-22; 8:45 am]
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