[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 160 (Monday, August 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 56812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17906]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 5596-020]


Town of Bedford, Virginia; Notice of Waiver Period for Water 
Quality Certification Application

    On July 31, 2023, the Town of Bedford, Virginia submitted to the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) a copy of its request 
for a Clean Water Act section 401(a)(1) water quality certification 
filed with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (Virginia 
DEQ), in conjunction with the above captioned project. Pursuant to 40 
CFR 121.6 and section 5.23(b) of the Commission's regulations,\1\ we 
hereby notify the Virginia DEQ of the following:
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    \1\ 18 CFR 5.23(b).
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    Date of Receipt of the Certification Request: July 28, 2023.
    Reasonable Period of Time to Act on the Certification Request: One 
year (July 28, 2024).
    If Virginia DEQ fails or refuses to act on the water quality 
certification request on or before the above date, 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: August 15, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-17906 Filed 8-18-23; 8:45 am]
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