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Filed Date: 3/14/24.
Accession Number: 20240314–5073.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/4/24.
Docket Numbers: ER24–1215–001.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
Amendment to ISA, SA No. 1442;
Queue No. NQ–123 (amend) Errata
Filing to be effective 4/9/2024.
Filed Date: 3/14/24.
Accession Number: 20240314–5037.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/4/24.
Docket Numbers: ER24–1482–000.
Applicants: Michigan Electric
Transmission Company, LLC.
Description: Application for
Authorization for Abandoned Plant
Incentive Rate Treatment of Michigan
Electric Transmission Company, LLC.
Filed Date: 3/13/24.
Accession Number: 20240313–5232.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/3/24.
Docket Numbers: ER24–1483–000.
Applicants: American Transmission
Systems, Incorporated, PJM
Interconnection, L.L.C.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
American Transmission Systems,
Incorporated submits tariff filing per
35.13(a)(2)(iii: ATSI submits one
Construction Agreement, SA No. 6934
to be effective 5/14/2024.
Filed Date: 3/14/24.
Accession Number: 20240314–5033.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/4/24.
Docket Numbers: ER24–1489–000.
Applicants: Cheyenne Light, Fuel and
Power Company.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Filing of Construction, Operation and
Maintenance Agreement to be effective
2/15/2024.
Filed Date: 3/14/24.
Accession Number: 20240314–5121.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/4/24.
Docket Numbers: ER24–1490–000.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Amended ISA; Service Agreement No.
6278; AD2–048 to be effective 5/14/
2024.
Filed Date: 3/14/24.
Accession Number: 20240314–5131.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/4/24.
Docket Numbers: ER24–1495–000.
Applicants: AEP Texas Inc.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
AEPTX-Taylor Electric Cooperative 2nd
Amended TSA to be effective 2/22/
2024.
Filed Date: 3/14/24.
Accession Number: 20240314–5139.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/4/24.
The filings are accessible in the
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Dated: March 14, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–05887 Filed 3–19–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2364–047]
Eagle Creek Madison Hydro, LLC;
Notice of Effectiveness of Withdrawal
of Application for Amendment of
License
On June 20, 2023, Eagle Creek
Madison Hydro, LLC (licensee) filed an
application for non-capacity
amendment of the license for the 18.8megawatt Abenaki Hydroelectric Project
No. 2364. On February 26, 2024, the
licensee filed a notice of withdrawal of
the amendment application. The project
is located on the Kennebec River,
Somerset County, Maine.
No motion in opposition to the notice
of withdrawal has been filed, and the
Commission has taken no action to
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disallow the withdrawal. Pursuant to
Rule 216(b) of the Commission’s Rules
of Practice and Procedure,1 the
withdrawal of the application became
effective on March 12, 2024, and this
proceeding is hereby terminated.
Dated: March 14, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–05884 Filed 3–19–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2006–0525; FRL–11844–01–
OMS]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Fuels and Fuel Additives: HealthEffects Research Requirements for
Manufacturers (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR),
Fuels and Fuel Additives: Health-Effects
Research Requirements for
Manufacturers (EPA ICR Number.
1696.11, OMB Control Number 2060–
0297) to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval
in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act. This is a proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently
approved through March 31, 2024.
Public comments were previously
requested via the Federal Register on
July 5, 2023, during a 60-day comment
period. This notice allows for 30 days
for public comments.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on
or before April 19, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–OAR–2006–0525, to EPA online
using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by email to a-and-rdocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460. EPA’s policy is
that all comments received will be
included in the public docket without
change including any personal
information provided, unless the
comment includes profanity, threats,
information claimed to be Confidential
SUMMARY:
1 18
CFR 385.216(b) (2023).
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Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Submit written
comments and recommendations to
OMB for the proposed information
collection within 30 days of publication
of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James W. Caldwell, Compliance
Division, Office of Transportation and
Air Quality, Mail Code: 6406J,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460; telephone number: (202) 343–
9303; fax number: (202) 343–2800;
email address: caldwell.jim@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
proposed extension of the ICR, which is
currently approved through March 31,
2024. An agency may not conduct or
sponsor and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
Public comments were previously
requested via the Federal Register on
July 5, 2023 during a 60-day comment
period (88 FR 42939). This notice allows
for an additional 30 days for public
comments. Supporting documents
which explain in detail the information
that the EPA will be collecting are
available in the public docket for this
ICR. The docket can be viewed online
at www.regulations.gov or in person at
the EPA Docket Center, WJC West,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington, DC. The telephone number
for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744.
For additional information about EPA’s
public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/
dockets.
Abstract: In accordance with the
regulations at 40 CFR 79, Subparts A, B,
C, and D, Registration of Fuels and Fuel
Additives, manufacturers (including
importers) of motor-vehicle gasoline,
motor-vehicle diesel fuel, and additives
for those fuels, are required to have
these products registered by the EPA
prior to their introduction into
commerce. Registration involves
providing a chemical description of the
fuel or additive, and certain technical,
marketing, and health-effects
information. The development of
health-effects data, as required by 40
CFR 79, Subpart F, is the subject of this
ICR. The information collection
requirements for Subparts A through D,
and the supplemental notification
requirements of Subpart F (indicating
how the manufacturer will satisfy the
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health-effects data requirements) are
covered by a separate ICR (OMB Control
Number 2060–0150). The health-effects
data will be used to determine if there
are any products which have
evaporative or combustion emissions
that may pose an unreasonable risk to
public health, thus meriting further
investigation and potential regulation.
This information is required for specific
groups of fuels and additives as defined
in the regulations. For example, gasoline
and gasoline additives which consist of
only carbon, hydrogen, oxygen,
nitrogen, and/or sulfur, and which
involve a gasoline oxygen content of
less than 1.5 weight percent, fall into a
‘‘baseline’’ group. Oxygenated additives,
such as ethanol, when used in gasoline
at an oxygen level of at least 1.5 weight
percent, define separate ‘‘non-baseline’’
groups for each oxygenate. Additives
which contain elements other than
carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and
sulfur fall into separate ‘‘atypical’’
groups. There are similar grouping
requirements for diesel fuel and diesel
fuel additives.
Manufacturers may perform the
research independently or may join
with other manufacturers to share in the
costs for each applicable group. Several
research consortiums (groups of
manufacturers) have been formed. The
research is structured into three tiers of
requirements for each group. Tier 1
requires an emissions characterization
and a literature search for information
on the health effects of those emissions.
Tier 1 data have been submitted for
biodiesel, water/diesel emulsions,
several atypical additives, and
renewable gasoline and diesel fuels.
Tier 2 requires short-term inhalation
exposures of laboratory animals to
emissions to screen for adverse health
effects. Tier 2 data have been submitted
for baseline diesel, biodiesel, and water/
diesel emulsions. Alternative Tier 2
requirements were established for the
API consortium for baseline gasoline
and six gasoline-oxygenate blends. Tier
3 provides for follow-up research, at
EPA’s discretion, when remaining
uncertainties as to the significance of
observed health effects, welfare effects,
and/or emissions exposures from a fuel
or fuel/additive mixture interfere with
EPA’s ability to make reasonable
estimates of the potential risks posed by
emissions from a fuel or additive. Under
regulations promulgated pursuant to
Section 211 of the Clean Air Act,
submission of the health-effects
information is necessary for a
manufacturer to obtain registration of a
motor-vehicle gasoline, diesel fuel, or
fuel additive, and be allowed to
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introduce that product into commerce
and the information shall not be
considered confidential.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities:
Manufacturers of motor-vehicle
gasoline, motor-vehicle diesel fuel, and
additives for those fuels.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory per 40 CFR 79.
Estimated number of respondents: 2.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Total estimated burden: 13,867 hours
per year. Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $1.7 million per
year, includes $0.6 million annualized
capital or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a
$2 million decrease in cost. This is due
to an estimated decrease in the number
of fuels and additives for which testing
will be required.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2024–05931 Filed 3–19–24; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2023–0614; FRL–11723–02–
OAR]
Technical Documentation for the
Framework for Evaluating Damages
and Impacts (FrEDI); Extension of
Comment Period
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of document availability
and request for comments; extension of
public comment period.
AGENCY:
On February 23, 2024, the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
published a draft document titled,
‘‘Technical Documentation for the
Framework for Evaluating Damages and
Impacts (FrEDI)’’ (EPA 430–R–24–001).
The EPA is extending the comment
period.
SUMMARY:
The comment period for the
document published on February 23,
2024, at 89 FR 13717, is extended.
Comments must be received on or
before April 24, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2023–0614, to the Federal Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments. Once submitted, comments
cannot be edited or withdrawn. Do not
submit electronically any information
you consider to be Confidential
DATES:
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0525; FRL-11844-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Fuels and Fuel Additives: Health-Effects Research Requirements
for Manufacturers (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), Fuels and Fuel Additives: Health-
Effects Research Requirements for Manufacturers (EPA ICR Number.
1696.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0297) to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is
currently approved through March 31, 2024. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal Register on July 5, 2023, during a
60-day comment period. This notice allows for 30 days for public
comments.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before April 19, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2006-0525, to EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. EPA's policy is that all
comments received will be included in the public docket without change
including any personal information provided, unless the comment
includes profanity, threats, information claimed to be Confidential
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Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Submit written comments and recommendations to
OMB for the proposed information collection within 30 days of
publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find
this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under
30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James W. Caldwell, Compliance
Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Mail Code: 6406J,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343-9303; fax number: (202) 343-2800;
email address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through March 31, 2024. An agency may not
conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register
on July 5, 2023 during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 42939). This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. Supporting
documents which explain in detail the information that the EPA will be
collecting are available in the public docket for this ICR. The docket
can be viewed online at www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA
Docket Center, WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington, DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202-566-
1744. For additional information about EPA's public docket, visit
https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Abstract: In accordance with the regulations at 40 CFR 79, Subparts
A, B, C, and D, Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives, manufacturers
(including importers) of motor-vehicle gasoline, motor-vehicle diesel
fuel, and additives for those fuels, are required to have these
products registered by the EPA prior to their introduction into
commerce. Registration involves providing a chemical description of the
fuel or additive, and certain technical, marketing, and health-effects
information. The development of health-effects data, as required by 40
CFR 79, Subpart F, is the subject of this ICR. The information
collection requirements for Subparts A through D, and the supplemental
notification requirements of Subpart F (indicating how the manufacturer
will satisfy the health-effects data requirements) are covered by a
separate ICR (OMB Control Number 2060-0150). The health-effects data
will be used to determine if there are any products which have
evaporative or combustion emissions that may pose an unreasonable risk
to public health, thus meriting further investigation and potential
regulation. This information is required for specific groups of fuels
and additives as defined in the regulations. For example, gasoline and
gasoline additives which consist of only carbon, hydrogen, oxygen,
nitrogen, and/or sulfur, and which involve a gasoline oxygen content of
less than 1.5 weight percent, fall into a ``baseline'' group.
Oxygenated additives, such as ethanol, when used in gasoline at an
oxygen level of at least 1.5 weight percent, define separate ``non-
baseline'' groups for each oxygenate. Additives which contain elements
other than carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur fall into
separate ``atypical'' groups. There are similar grouping requirements
for diesel fuel and diesel fuel additives.
Manufacturers may perform the research independently or may join
with other manufacturers to share in the costs for each applicable
group. Several research consortiums (groups of manufacturers) have been
formed. The research is structured into three tiers of requirements for
each group. Tier 1 requires an emissions characterization and a
literature search for information on the health effects of those
emissions. Tier 1 data have been submitted for biodiesel, water/diesel
emulsions, several atypical additives, and renewable gasoline and
diesel fuels. Tier 2 requires short-term inhalation exposures of
laboratory animals to emissions to screen for adverse health effects.
Tier 2 data have been submitted for baseline diesel, biodiesel, and
water/diesel emulsions. Alternative Tier 2 requirements were
established for the API consortium for baseline gasoline and six
gasoline-oxygenate blends. Tier 3 provides for follow-up research, at
EPA's discretion, when remaining uncertainties as to the significance
of observed health effects, welfare effects, and/or emissions exposures
from a fuel or fuel/additive mixture interfere with EPA's ability to
make reasonable estimates of the potential risks posed by emissions
from a fuel or additive. Under regulations promulgated pursuant to
Section 211 of the Clean Air Act, submission of the health-effects
information is necessary for a manufacturer to obtain registration of a
motor-vehicle gasoline, diesel fuel, or fuel additive, and be allowed
to introduce that product into commerce and the information shall not
be considered confidential.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Manufacturers of motor-vehicle
gasoline, motor-vehicle diesel fuel, and additives for those fuels.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory per 40 CFR 79.
Estimated number of respondents: 2.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Total estimated burden: 13,867 hours per year. Burden is defined at
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $1.7 million per year, includes $0.6 million
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a $2 million decrease in cost.
This is due to an estimated decrease in the number of fuels and
additives for which testing will be required.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-05931 Filed 3-19-24; 8:45 am]
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