[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 56 (Thursday, March 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 20194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06036]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 6440-010]


Lakeport Hydroelectric One, LLC and New Hampshire Department of 
Environmental Services; Notice of Reasonable Period of Time for Water 
Quality Certification Application

    On March 5, 2024, Lakeport Hydroelectric One, LLC (Lakeport) and 
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (New Hampshire DES) 
(collectively, co-applicants) filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (Commission) a letter received from the New Hampshire DES--
Watershed Management Bureau verifying receipt of a complete request for 
a Clean Water Act section 401(a)(1) water quality certification from 
the co-applicants, in conjunction with the above captioned project, on 
March 4, 2024. Pursuant to section 4.34(b)(5) of the Commission's 
regulations,\1\ we hereby notify the New Hampshire DES--Watershed 
Management Bureau of the following:
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    \1\ 18 CFR [4.34(b)(5)/5.23(b)/153.4/157.22].
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    Date of Receipt of the Certification Request: March 4, 2024.
    Reasonable Period of Time to Act on the Certification Request: One 
year, March 4, 2025.
    If the New Hampshire DES--Watershed Management Bureau fails or 
refuses to act on the water quality certification request on or before 
the above date, then the certifying authority is deemed waived pursuant 
to section 401(a)(1) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1341(a)(1).

    Dated: March 15, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-06036 Filed 3-20-24; 8:45 am]
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