On October 30, 2026, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (Minnesota PCA) submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) notice that it received a request for a Clean Water Act section 401(a)(1) water quality certification as defined in 40 CFR 121.5, from Blue Earth County, Minnesota, in conjunction with the above captioned project on October 9, 2026. Pursuant to the Commission's regulations,^[1] we hereby notify the Minnesota PCA of the following:

Date of Receipt of the Certification Request: October 9, 2026.

Reasonable Period of Time to Act on the Certification Request: October 9, 2027.

If Minnesota PCA fails or refuses to act on the water quality certification request on or before the above date, then the 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)