In a filing made on September 4, 2026, the Seefeld Corporation (exemptee) submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) a copy of an email from the Washington Department of Ecology documenting receipt of the exemptee's Clean Water Act section 401(a)(1) water quality certification application, in conjunction with the above captioned project. Pursuant to Section 5.23(b) of the Commission's regulations,^[1] we hereby notify the Washington Department of Ecology of the following:

Date of Receipt of the Certification Request: September 3, 2026.

Reasonable Period of Time to Act on the Certification Request: One year (September 3, 2027).

If the Washington Department of Ecology fails or refuses to act on the water quality certification request on or before the above date, 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).

(Authority: 18 CFR 2.1)