(2) Nothing in ORS 468.065, 468B.040, 468B.045, 468B.046, 536.015, 536.050, 543.012 and 543.710 and ORS chapter 543A, including but not limited to review of applications by the Hydroelectric Application Review Team, shall affect the authority of the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality to act on a request for water quality certification as necessary to avoid certification being deemed waived under the one-year period prescribed by 33 U.S.C. 1341(a)(1). [1997 c.449 §40d]