Federal Register #2026-22714

FERC Notice on Minnesota’s Water Quality Certification Request for Project No. 3071-008

FERC issued a regulatory notice on Minnesota’s water quality certification request for a hydropower project. - Government agencies and parties - The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), part of the U.S. Department of Energy, issued the notice. - The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is the state agency asked to act on the certification request. - The request concerns Blue Earth County and Project No. 3071-008. - Key requirement - Minnesota has a one-year reasonable period to act on the Clean Water Act Section 401 water quality certification request. - If the agency does not act within that period, its certification authority is deemed waived. - Procurement scope - This is a regulatory notice, not a procurement. No products, services, OEMs, vendors, quantities, or part numbers are requested.

Description

The notice concerns a Clean Water Act section 401(a)(1) water quality certification request from Blue Earth County, Minnesota, for Project No. 3071-008. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency received the request on October 9, 2026. The stated reasonable period for the agency to act ends October 9, 2027; if it does not act by then, its certification authority is deemed waived.

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