On April 6, 2021, Green Mountain Power Corporation and the City of Somersworth, New Hampshire submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission a copy of its application for a Clean Water Act section 401(a)(1) water quality certification filed with the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (New Hampshire DES), in conjunction with the above captioned project. Pursuant to 40 CFR 121.6, we hereby notify the New Hampshire DES of the following:
Date of Receipt of the Certification Request: April 6, 2021.
Reasonable Period of Time to Act on the Certification Request: One year.
Date Waiver Occurs for Failure to Act: April 7, 2022.
If New Hampshire DES fails or refuses to act on the water quality certification request by the above waiver date, then the agency's certifying authority is deemed waived pursuant to section 401(a)(1) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1341(a)(1).
Dated: April 21, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-08743 Filed 4-26-21; 8:45 am]
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