59890 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 167 / Wednesday, August 30, 2023 / Notices 

11 18 CFR 385.214(b)(3) and (d). 

1 33 U.S.C. 1341(a)(1). 2 18 CFR 5.23(b) (2022). 

1 18 CFR 157.205. 

2Persons include individuals, organizations, 

businesses, municipalities, and other entities. 18 

CFR 385.102(d). 

being late and must explain why the 

time limitation should be waived and 

provide justification by reference to 

factors set forth in Rule 214(d) of the 

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.11

A person obtaining party status will be 

placed on the service list maintained by 

the Secretary of the Commission and 

will receive copies (paper or electronic) 

of all documents filed by the applicant 

and by all other parties. 

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. 

Intervention Deadline: 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time on September 13, 2023. 

Dated: August 23, 2023. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18639 Filed 8–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2333–094] 

Rumford Falls Hydro LLC; Notice of 

Waiver Period for Water Quality 

Certification Application 

On August 22, 2023, Rumford Falls 

Hydro LLC 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 

Maine Department of Environmental 

Protection (Maine DEP), in conjunction 

with the above captioned project. 

Pursuant to Section 401 of the Clean 

Water Act 1 and section 5.23(b) of the 

Commission’s regulations,2 a state 

certifying agency is deemed to have 

waived its certifying authority if it fails 

or refuses to act on a certification 

request within a reasonable period of 

time, which is one year after the date 

the certification request was received. 

Accordingly, we hereby notify Maine 

DEP of the following: 

Date Maine DEP received the 

certification request: August 22, 2023. 

If Maine DEP fails or refuses to act on 

the water quality certification request on 

or before August 22, 2024, 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: August 23, 2023. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18637 Filed 8–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP23–529–000] 

Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; 

Notice of Request Under Blanket 

Authorization and Establishing 

Intervention and Protest Deadline 

Take notice that on August 17, 2023, 

Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC 

(Columbia), 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 

1300, Houston, Texas 77002–2700, filed 

in the above referenced docket, a prior 

notice request for authorization, in 

accordance with section 7 of the Natural 

Gas Act, and part 157 Sections 157.205 

and 157.216 of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission’s (Commission) 

regulations under the Natural Gas Act 

and Columbia’s blanket certificate 

issued in Docket No. CP83–76–000. 

Columbia seeks authorization to 

abandon two injection/withdrawal well, 

connecting pipeline, and appurtenances 

located in the Victory B Storage Field in 

Marshall 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 (http://

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. For assistance, contact 

FERC at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 

or call toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, 

(202) 502–8659. 

Any questions regarding this prior 

notice request 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. 

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 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time on October 23, 2023. How 

to file protests, motions to intervene, 

and comments is explained below. 

The Commission’s Office of Public 

Participation (OPP) supports meaningful 

public engagement and participation in 

Commission proceedings. OPP can help 

members of the public, including 

landowners, environmental justice 

communities, Tribal members and 

others, access publicly available 

information and navigate Commission 

processes. For public inquiries and 

assistance with making filings such as 

interventions, comments, or requests for 

rehearing, the public is encouraged to 

contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@

ferc.gov. 

Protests 

Pursuant to section 157.205 of the 

Commission’s regulations under the 

NGA,1 any person 2 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. 


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