Green Mountain Power Corporation; Notice of Reasonable Period of Time for Water Quality Certification Application

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2513-091] On April 6, 2026, Green Mountain Power Corporation (GMP) submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) documentation from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (Vermont DEC) 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 GMP, in conjunction with the above captioned project on April 1, 2026. Pursuant to the Commission's regulations, [ 1 ] we hereby notify Vermont DEC of the following dates. Date of Receipt of the Certification Request: April 1, 2026. Reasonable Period of Time to Act on the Certification Request: One year, April 1, 2027. If Vermont DEC 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: April 13, 2026. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Secretary. Footnotes 1.   18 CFR 5.23(b)(2) . Back to Citation [ FR Doc. 2026-07446 Filed 4-15-26; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P