[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 64902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20358]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2639-028]


Northern States Power Company--Wisconsin; Notice of Waiver Period 
for Water Quality Certification Application

    On September 11, 2023, Northern States Power Company--Wisconsin 
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 Wisconsin Department of Natural 
Resources (Wisconsin DNR), 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 Wisconsin DNR 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 of Receipt of the Certification Request: September 11, 2023.
    Reasonable Period of Time to Act on the Certification Request: One 
year (September 11, 2024).
    If Wisconsin DNR 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: September 14, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-20358 Filed 9-19-23; 8:45 am]
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