[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 181 (Monday, September 21, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 59774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-19280]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 3428-205]


Brown Bear II Hydro, Inc.; Notice of Reasonable Period of Time 
for Water Quality Certification Application

    On September 8, 2026, the Maine Department of Environmental 
Protection (Maine DEP) submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (Commission) notice that it received a request for a Clean 
Water Act section 401(a)(1) water quality certification as defined in 
40 CFR 121.5, from Brown Bear II Hydro, Inc., in conjunction with the 
above captioned project on August 27, 2026. Pursuant to the 
Commission's regulations,\1\ we hereby notify Maine DEP of the 
following:
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    \1\ 18 CFR 5.23(b)(2).
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    Date of Receipt of the Certification Request: August 27, 2026.
    Reasonable Period of Time to Act on the Certification Request: One 
year, August 27, 2027.
    If Maine DEP 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).

(Authority: 18 CFR 2.1)

    Dated: September 16, 2026.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-19280 Filed 9-18-26; 8:45 am]
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