[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 72 (Thursday, April 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 22201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08032]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2701-061]


Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P.; Notice of Reasonable Period of 
Time for Water Quality Certification Application

    On March 10, 2022, Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P. 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 New York State Department of Environmental 
Conservation (New York DEC), in conjunction with the above captioned 
project. Pursuant to section 401 of the Clean Water Act \1\ and section 
5.23(b) 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 New York DEC 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 New York DEC Received the Certification Request: March 9, 
2022.
    If New York DEC fails or refuses to act on the water quality 
certification request on or before March 9, 2023, 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: April 7, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-08032 Filed 4-13-22; 8:45 am]
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