Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Notice of Waiver Period for Water Quality Certification Application, 16621 [2023-05538]
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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 53 / Monday, March 20, 2023 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 1121–136]
Pacific Gas and Electric Company;
Notice of Waiver Period for Water
Quality Certification Application
On March 8, 2023, Pacific Gas and
Electric Company 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
California State Water Resources
Control Board, 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 the California State Water
Resources Control Board of the
following:
Date of Receipt of the Certification
Request: March 8, 2023.
Reasonable Period of Time to Act on
the Certification Request: One year
(March 8, 2024).
If the California State Water Resources
Control Board 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: March 13, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023–05538 Filed 3–17–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP23–84–000]
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Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC;
Notice of Request Under Blanket
Authorization and Establishing
Intervention and Protest Deadline
Take notice that on March 03, 2023,
Columbia Gas Transmission (Columbia),
700 Louisiana Street, Suite 1300,
Houston, Texas 77002–2700, filed in the
above referenced docket, a prior notice
request pursuant to sections 157.205
and 157.216(b) of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission’s (Commission)
regulations under the Natural Gas Act
(NGA), and Columbia’s blanket
certificate issued in Docket No. CP83–
1 18
CFR 5.23(b) (2022).
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76–000,1 for authorization to abandon
one injection/withdrawal well,
connecting pipe, and appurtenant
facilities located at the Lanham Storage
Field in Kanawha County, West
Virginia, all as more fully set forth in
the application which is on file with the
Commission and open for public
inspection.
In addition to publishing the full text
of this document in the Federal
Register, the Commission provides all
interested persons an opportunity to
view and/or print the contents of this
document via the internet through the
Commission’s Home Page (https://
www.ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.
Enter the docket number excluding the
last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document. At this
time, the Commission has suspended
access to the Commission’s Public
Reference Room, due to the
proclamation declaring a National
Emergency concerning the Novel
Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued
by the President on March 13, 2020. For
assistance, contact FERC at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TTY, (202)
502–8659.
Any questions concerning this
application should be directed to David
A. Alonzo, Manager, Project
Authorizations, Columbia Gas
Transmission, LLC, 700 Louisiana
Street, Suite 1300, Houston, Texas
77002–2700, at (832) 320–5477 or
david_alonzo@tcenergy.com.
Pursuant to section 157.9 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure,2 within 90 days of this
Notice the Commission staff will either:
complete its environmental review and
place it into the Commission’s public
record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or
issue a Notice of Schedule for
Environmental Review. If a Notice of
Schedule for Environmental Review is
issued, it will indicate, among other
milestones, the anticipated date for the
Commission staff’s issuance of the final
environmental impact statement (FEIS)
or environmental assessment (EA) for
this proposal. The filing of an EA in the
Commission’s public record for this
proceeding or the issuance of a Notice
of Schedule for Environmental Review
will serve to notify federal and state
agencies of the timing for the
completion of all necessary reviews, and
the subsequent need to complete all
federal authorizations within 90 days of
1 Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation
(predecessor to Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC),
22 FERC ¶ 62,029 (1983).
2 18 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) 157.9.
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the date of issuance of the Commission
staff’s FEIS or EA.
Public Participation
There are three ways to become
involved in the Commission’s review of
this project: you can file a protest to the
project, you can file a motion to
intervene in the proceeding, and you
can file comments on the project. There
is no fee or cost for filing protests,
motions to intervene, or comments. The
deadline for filing protests, motions to
intervene, and comments is 5 p.m.
Eastern Time on May 12, 2023. How to
file protests, motions to intervene, and
comments is explained below.
Protests
Pursuant to section 157.205 of the
Commission’s regulations under the
NGA,3 any person 4 or the Commission’s
staff may file a protest to the request. If
no protest is filed within the time
allowed or if a protest is filed and then
withdrawn within 30 days after the
allowed time for filing a protest, the
proposed activity shall be deemed to be
authorized effective the day after the
time allowed for protest. If a protest is
filed and not withdrawn within 30 days
after the time allowed for filing a
protest, the instant request for
authorization will be considered by the
Commission.
Protests must comply with the
requirements specified in section
157.205(e) of the Commission’s
regulations,5 and must be submitted by
the protest deadline, which is May 12,
2023. A protest may also serve as a
motion to intervene so long as the
protestor states it also seeks to be an
intervenor.
Interventions
Any person has the option to file a
motion to intervene in this proceeding.
Only intervenors have the right to
request rehearing of Commission orders
issued in this proceeding and to
subsequently challenge the
Commission’s orders in the U.S. Circuit
Courts of Appeal.
To intervene, you must submit a
motion to intervene to the Commission
in accordance with Rule 214 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure 6 and the regulations under
the NGA 7 by the intervention deadline
for the project, which is May 12, 2023.
As described further in Rule 214, your
3 18
CFR 157.205.
include individuals, organizations,
businesses, municipalities, and other entities. 18
CFR 385.102(d).
5 18 CFR 157.205(e).
6 18 CFR 385.214.
7 18 CFR 157.10.
4 Persons
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 1121-136]
Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Notice of Waiver Period for
Water Quality Certification Application
On March 8, 2023, Pacific Gas and Electric Company 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 California State Water Resources Control
Board, 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 the California State Water Resources Control Board of the
following:
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Date of Receipt of the Certification Request: March 8, 2023.
Reasonable Period of Time to Act on the Certification Request: One
year (March 8, 2024).
If the California State Water Resources Control Board 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: March 13, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-05538 Filed 3-17-23; 8:45 am]
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