[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 114 (Tuesday, June 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 35981]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12767]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 3133-033]


Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC, Errol Hydro Co., LLC; Notice of 
Reasonable Period of Time for Water Quality Certification Application

    On June 3, 2022, Brookfield White Pine Hydro, LLC and Errol Hydro 
Co., 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 New Hampshire 
Department of Environmental Services, 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 New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services 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 Hampshire Department of Environmental Services 
Received the Certification Request: June 1, 2022.
    If New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services fails or 
refuses to act on the water quality certification request on or before 
June 1, 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: June 8, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-12767 Filed 6-13-22; 8:45 am]
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