# 2025-15149: Yuba Water Gets Auto-Yes if California Board Drags Feet on Approval

2025-15149, Yuba County Water Agency; Notice of Reasonable Period of Time for Water Quality Certification Application, is a Federal Register notice from Energy Department, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission published 2025-08-11, effective 2025-06-10 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15149
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-15149
- Title: Yuba County Water Agency; Notice of Reasonable Period of Time for Water Quality Certification Application
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Energy Department; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Citation: 90 FR 38643
- Published: 2025-08-11
- Effective: 2025-06-10
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Yuba Water Gets Auto-Yes if California Board Drags Feet on Approval

## Summary

The Yuba County Water Agency asked California’s water board for permission to keep water clean for a project, starting June 10, 2025. The water board has until June 10, 2026, to say yes or no. If they don’t decide by then, their approval is automatically given, so the project can move forward without delay.

## Effects PRIA read

- One-year deadline; waiver if no action: benefit, low. On June 10, 2025, the Yuba County Water Agency requested a Clean Water Act section 401(a)(1) water quality certification for Project No. 2246-102. The California State Water Resources Control Board has until June 10, 2026 to act, and if it fails to act by that date the certifying authority is deeme…

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## Sources
- [2025-15149 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/11/2025-15149/yuba-county-water-agency-notice-of-reasonable-period-of-time-for-water-quality-certification)
- [2025-15149 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-11/pdf/2025-15149.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15149 (as of 2026-06-08).