Opinion ID: 1031060
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Maryland's Initial Review.

Text: Of relevance to the present petition for review, on January 8, 2007, AES submitted its request to Maryland for water quality certification under § 401(a)(1) of the Clean Water Act (AES's Request for § 401(a)(1) Water Quality Certification or AES's § 401(a)(1) Certification Request). Both on May 7 and August 15, 2007, Maryland notified AES that its § 401(a)(1) Certification Request was incomplete and identified additional information needed for processing the request. AES submitted information in response to each notification. Continuing to deem AES's § 401(a)(1) Certification Request incomplete, Maryland requested further additional information from AES on January 23, 2008. AES responded with a series of submissions, the last of which it submitted on April 14, 2008.