[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 198 (Monday, October 16, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 71347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22699]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2514-029]


Notice of Waiver Period for Water Quality Certification 
Application; Appalachian Power Company

    On September 29, 2023, Appalachian Power Company 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 Virginia DEQ of the following:
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    \1\ 18 CFR 5.23(b).

Date of Receipt of the Certification Request: August 1, 2023.
Reasonable Period of Time to Act on the Certification Request: One 
year, August 1, 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: October 3, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-22699 Filed 10-13-23; 8:45 am]
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