Brainerd Public Utilities; Notice of Waiver of Water Quality Certification, 20200 [2024-06044]

Download as PDF 20200 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 56 / Thursday, March 21, 2024 / Notices The Commission encourages electronic filing of submissions (option 1 above) and has eFiling staff available to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Protests and motions to intervene must be served on the applicant either by mail or email (with a link to the document) at: Blair Lichtenwalter, Senior Director of Certificates, 1300 Main Street, Houston, Texas 7702 or by email at blair.lictenwalter@ energytransfer.com. Any subsequent submissions by an intervenor must be served on the applicant and all other parties to the proceeding. Contact information for parties can be downloaded from the service list at the eService link on FERC Online. Tracking the Proceeding Throughout the proceeding, additional information about the project will be available from the Commission’s Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208– FERC, or on the FERC website at www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link as described above. The eLibrary link also provides access to the texts of all formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings. In addition, the Commission offers a free service called eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with notification of these filings, document summaries, and direct links to the documents. For more information and to register, go to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ esubscription.asp. Dated: March 15, 2024. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. 2024–06041 Filed 3–20–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2533–062] lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Brainerd Public Utilities; Notice of Waiver of Water Quality Certification 16:53 Mar 20, 2024 Jkt 262001 BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–11832–01–R9] Reissuance of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Low Threat Discharges in Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of availability of final NPDES general permit. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 9 is publishing this notice of availability of its final general NPDES permit (Permit No. NNG990001) for water discharges from facilities classified as low threat located in the Navajo Nation. Use of a general NPDES permit in the location described above allows EPA and dischargers to allocate resources in a more efficient manner, obtain timely permit coverage, and avoid issuing resource intensive individual permits to each facility, while simultaneously providing greater certainty and efficiency to the regulated community while ensuring consistent permit conditions for comparable facilities. SUMMARY: For purposes of judicial review the permit is considered issued on April 3, 2024. The final permit is effective on May 1, 2024. ADDRESSES: The final general permit and other related documents in the administrative record are on file and may be inspected any time between 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays, at: U.S. Frm 00040 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Gary Sheth, EPA Region 9, Water Division, NPDES Permits Office; telephone (415) 972–3516; email address: sheth.gary@ epa.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. Administrative Process [FR Doc. 2024–06044 Filed 3–20–24; 8:45 am] PO 00000 EPA, Region 9, NPDES Permits Office (WTR–2–3), 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105–3901. Copies of the final General Permit, Fact Sheet and Response to Public Comments are available at EPA, Region 9’s website at https://www.epa.gov/ npdes-permits/npdes-permits-epaspacific-southwest-region-9. If there are issues accessing the website, please contact EPA via contact information below. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Dated: March 15, 2024. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary. DATES: On January 23, 2023, Brainerd Public Utilities filed an application for a license for the Brainerd Hydroelectric Project in the above captioned docket. On February 1, 2023, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (Minnesota PCA) received a complete request for a Clean Water Act section 401(a)(1) water VerDate Sep<11>2014 quality certification from Brainerd Public Utilities in conjunction with the above captioned project. On February 2, 2023, staff provided Minnesota PCA with written notice that the applicable reasonable period of time for it to act on the certification request was one (1) year from the date of receipt of the request, and that the certification requirement for the license would be waived if the certifying authority failed to act by February 1, 2024. Because Minnesota PCA did not act by February 1, 2024, we are notifying you pursuant to section 401(a)(1) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1341(a)(1), that waiver of the certification requirement has occurred. Public notice of EPA Region 9’s tentative decision to issue the permit was published in the Federal Register on May 25, 2023 (88 FR 33876) and on EPA Region 9’s website. The public comment period closed on June 26, 2023. Region 9 received written comments from one party concerning the proposed permit. Region 9 prepared a separate document (Response to Comments) which discusses these comments in more detail and Region 9’s responses to the comments. B. Changes From the Proposed Permit The final permit contains two minor changes from the proposed permit; these are discussed here and in the final fact sheet. EPA added a specific email address for the New Mexico Environment Department for permittees to report discharges likely to leave Navajo Nation land and reach New Mexico waters. EPA also added a requirement for submitting all required Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs) before the finalization of a Notice of Termination. C. Endangered Species Act Considerations The ESA and its implementing regulations (50 CFR part 402) require EPA to ensure that any action authorize, funded or carried out by EPA is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of any threatened or endangered species or adversely affect its critical habitat. EPA Region 9 concluded that the authorized discharges may affect, but are not likely to adversely affect listed species, and will not adversely affect critical habitat. EPA received a letter of concurrence on this finding from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service on January 10, 2024. E:\FR\FM\21MRN1.SGM 21MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 56 (Thursday, March 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 20200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06044]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2533-062]


Brainerd Public Utilities; Notice of Waiver of Water Quality 
Certification

    On January 23, 2023, Brainerd Public Utilities filed an application 
for a license for the Brainerd Hydroelectric Project in the above 
captioned docket. On February 1, 2023, the Minnesota Pollution Control 
Agency (Minnesota PCA) received a complete request for a Clean Water 
Act section 401(a)(1) water quality certification from Brainerd Public 
Utilities in conjunction with the above captioned project.
    On February 2, 2023, staff provided Minnesota PCA with written 
notice that the applicable reasonable period of time for it to act on 
the certification request was one (1) year from the date of receipt of 
the request, and that the certification requirement for the license 
would be waived if the certifying authority failed to act by February 
1, 2024. Because Minnesota PCA did not act by February 1, 2024, we are 
notifying you pursuant to section 401(a)(1) of the Clean Water Act, 33 
U.S.C. 1341(a)(1), that waiver of the certification requirement has 
occurred.

    Dated: March 15, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-06044 Filed 3-20-24; 8:45 am]
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