On August 24, 2022, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, 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 Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VADEQ), in conjunction with the above captioned project. Pursuant to 40 CFR 121.6 and section 157.22(b) of the Commission's regulations,^[1] we hereby notify the VADEQ of the following:

Date of Receipt of the Certification Request: August 25, 2022.

Reasonable Period of Time to Act on the Certification Request: August 25, 2023.

If VADEQ fails or refuses to act on the water quality certification request on or before the above date, then the agency ( printed page 19636) certifying authority is deemed waived pursuant to section 401(a)(1) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1341(a)(1).