[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 62559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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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