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Docket Numbers: PR24–58–000.
Applicants: EasTrans, LLC.
Description: § 284.123 Rate Filing:
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effective 4/1/2024.
Filed Date: 3/15/24.
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Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/5/24.
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Applicants: Tallgrass Interstate Gas
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Dated: March 18, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
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Environmental Impact Statements;
Notice of Availability
Responsible Agency: Office of Federal
Activities, General Information 202–
564–5632 or https://www.epa.gov/nepa.
Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact
Statements (EIS)
Filed March 11, 2024 10 a.m. EST
Through March 18, 2024 10 a.m. EST
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9
Notice
Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act
requires that EPA make public its
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comments on EISs issued by other
Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters
on EISs are available at: https://
cdxapps.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-II/public/
action/eis/search.
EIS No. 20240045, Final Supplement,
FHWA, WI, I–94 East–West (16th
Street–70th Street) Milwaukee
County, WI, Contact: Bethaney
Bacher-Gresock 608–662–2119.
Under 23 U.S.C. 139(n)(2), FHWA has
issued a single document that consists
of a final environmental impact
statement and record of decision.
Therefore, the 30-day wait/review
period under NEPA does not apply to
this action.
EIS No. 20240046, Final, FAA, GA,
ADOPTION—Moody Air Force Base
Comprehensive Airspace Initiative,
Contact: Veronda Johnson 404–305–
5598.
The Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) has adopted the United States Air
Force’s Final EIS No. 20230064 filed 05/
09/2023 with the Environmental
Protection Agency. The FAA was a
cooperating agency on this project.
Therefore, republication of the
document is not necessary under
section 1506.3(b)(2) of the CEQ
regulations.
EIS No. 20240047, Final, USACE, TX,
Proposed Corpus Christi Ship
Channel Deepening Project, Review
Period Ends: 04/22/2024, Contact:
Jayson Hudson 409–766–3108.
EIS No. 20240048, Draft, APHIS, NAT,
Monsanto Petition (19–316–01p) for
Determination of Nonregulated Status
for Dicamba, Glufosinate, Quizalofop,
and 2,4-D Tolerant MON 87429 Maize
with Tissue-Specific Glyphosate
Tolerance Facilitating the Production
of Hybrid Maize Seed [OECD Unique
Identifier: MON–87429–9], Comment
Period Ends: 05/06/2024, Contact:
Joseph Tangredi 301–851–4061.
EIS No. 20240049, Final, FRA, DC,
Washington Union Station Expansion
Project, Contact: Amanda Murphy
202–493–0413.
Under 23 U.S.C. 139(n)(2), FRA has
issued a single document that consists
of a final environmental impact
statement and record of decision.
Therefore, the 30-day wait/review
period under NEPA does not apply to
this action.
EIS No. 20240050, Final, NPS, USFWS,
WA, Grizzly Bear Restoration Plan—
Environmental Impact Statement
North Cascades Ecosystem, Review
Period Ends: 04/22/2024, Contact:
Denise Shultz 360–854–7200.
EIS No. 20240051, Draft, USFS, NE,
Nebraska National Forests and
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Grasslands Undesirable Plant
Management, Comment Period Ends:
05/13/2024, Contact: Kim Dolatta
701–842–2393.
Dated: March 18, 2024.
Nancy Abrams,
Associate Director, Office of Federal
Activities.
[FR Doc. 2024–06098 Filed 3–21–24; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Adoption of Department of
Energy Categorical Exclusion Under
the National Environmental Policy Act
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice of adoption of categorical
exclusions.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is adopting two
categorical exclusions (CEs) from the
Department of Energy (DOE) under the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) for drop-off, collection, and
transfer facilities for recyclable
materials and for installation or
relocation of machinery and equipment,
to use in EPA’s programs and in funding
opportunities administered by EPA.
This notice describes the categories of
proposed actions for which EPA intends
to use DOE’s CEs and describes the
consultation between the agencies.
DATES: This action is effective upon
publication.
SUMMARY:
Dan
Halpert, EPA Solid Waste Infrastructure
for Recycling Program, by phone at 202–
566–0816 or by email at halpert.daniel@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
I. Background
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NEPA and CEs
The National Environmental Policy
Act, as amended at, 42 U.S.C. 4321–
4347 (NEPA), requires all Federal
agencies to assess the environmental
impact of their actions. Congress
enacted NEPA in order to encourage
productive and enjoyable harmony
between humans and the environment,
recognizing the profound impact of
human activity and the critical
importance of restoring and maintaining
environmental quality to the overall
welfare of humankind. 42 U.S.C. 4321,
4331. NEPA’s twin aims are to ensure
agencies consider the environmental
effects of their proposed actions in their
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decision-making processes and inform
and involve the public in that process.
42 U.S.C. 4331. NEPA created the
Council on Environmental Quality
(CEQ), which promulgated NEPA
implementing regulations, 40 CFR parts
1500 through 1508 (CEQ regulations).
To comply with NEPA, agencies
determine the appropriate level of
review—an environmental impact
statement (EIS), environmental
assessment (EA), or CE. 42 U.S.C. 4336.
If a proposed action is likely to have
significant environmental effects, the
agency must prepare an EIS and
document its decision in a record of
decision. 42 U.S.C. 4336. If the
proposed action is not likely to have
significant environmental effects or the
effects are unknown, the agency may
instead prepare an EA, which involves
a more concise analysis and process
than an EIS. 42 U.S.C. 4336. Following
the EA, the agency may conclude the
process with a finding of no significant
impact if the analysis shows that the
action will have no significant effects. If
the analysis in the EA finds that the
action is likely to have significant
effects, however, then an EIS is
required.
Under NEPA and the CEQ regulations,
a Federal agency also can establish
CEs—categories of actions that the
agency has determined normally do not
significantly affect the quality of the
human environment—in its agency
NEPA procedures. 42 U.S.C. 4336(e)(1);
40 CFR 1501.4, 1507.3(e)(2)(ii),
1508.1(d). If an agency determines that
a CE covers a proposed action, it then
evaluates the proposed action for
extraordinary circumstances in which a
normally excluded action may have a
significant effect. 40 CFR 1501.4(b). If
no extraordinary circumstances are
present or if further analysis determines
that the extraordinary circumstances do
not involve the potential for significant
environmental effects, the agency may
apply the CE to the proposed action
without preparing an EA or EIS. 42
U.S.C. 4336(a)(2), 40 CFR 1501.4. If the
extraordinary circumstances have the
potential to result in significant effects,
the agency is required to prepare an EA
or EIS.
Section 109 of NEPA, enacted as part
of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023,
allows a Federal agency to ‘‘adopt’’ and
use another agency’s CEs for a category
of proposed agency actions. 42 U.S.C.
4336(c). To use another agency’s CEs
under section 109, the adopting agency
must identify the relevant CEs listed in
another agency’s (‘‘establishing agency’’)
NEPA procedures that cover the
adopting agency’s category of proposed
actions or related actions; consult with
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the establishing agency to ensure that
the proposed adoption of the CE to a
category of actions is appropriate;
identify to the public the CE that the
adopting agency plans to use for its
proposed actions; and document
adoption of the CE. Id. This notice
describes EPA’s adoption of DOE’s CEs
under section 109 of NEPA to use in
EPA’s program and in funding
opportunities administered by EPA.
EPA’s Program
EPA intends to use DOE’s recycling
facilities and equipment installation CEs
in EPA’s program and in funding
opportunities, including those
administered by the EPA Solid Waste
Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR)
Program.
The SWIFR Program provides funding
to eligible entities to implement the
National Recycling Strategy to improve
post-consumer materials management
and infrastructure; support
improvements to local post-consumer
materials management and recycling
programs; and assist local waste
management authorities in making
improvements to local waste
management systems. The SWIFR
program funds projects for the siting,
construction, modification, and
operation of recycling or compostable
material drop-off, collection, and
transfer station facilities. Funding
administered by the SWIFR program
may also be used at these recycling,
reuse, composting, or other waste
management facilities for the
installation or relocation and operation
of machinery and equipment, such as
crushers, shredders, sorters, and baling
equipment. EPA also intends to use the
DOE CEs adopted through this notice for
activities administered under other EPA
programs that meet this description of
SWIFR program activities.
II. Identification of the Categorical
Exclusions
EPA is adopting two CEs from DOE
for drop-off, collection, and transfer
facilities for recyclable materials and for
the installation or relocation of
machinery and equipment.
DOE’s CE for recycling facilities is
codified in DOE’s NEPA procedures as
CE B1.35 of 10 CFR part 1021, subpart
D, appendix B, as follows:
B1.35 Drop-Off, Collection, and Transfer
Facilities for Recyclable Materials. The siting,
construction, modification, and operation of
recycling or compostable material drop-off,
collection, and transfer stations on or
contiguous to a previously disturbed or
developed area and in an area where such a
facility would be consistent with existing
zoning requirements. The stations would
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Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
Responsible Agency: Office of Federal Activities, General
Information 202-564-5632 or https://www.epa.gov/nepa.
Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact Statements (EIS)
Filed March 11, 2024 10 a.m. EST Through March 18, 2024 10 a.m. EST
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9
Notice
Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act requires that EPA make public
its comments on EISs issued by other Federal agencies. EPA's comment
letters on EISs are available at: https://cdxapps.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-II/public/action/eis/search.
EIS No. 20240045, Final Supplement, FHWA, WI, I-94 East-West (16th
Street-70th Street) Milwaukee County, WI, Contact: Bethaney Bacher-
Gresock 608-662-2119.
Under 23 U.S.C. 139(n)(2), FHWA has issued a single document that
consists of a final environmental impact statement and record of
decision. Therefore, the 30-day wait/review period under NEPA does not
apply to this action.
EIS No. 20240046, Final, FAA, GA, ADOPTION--Moody Air Force Base
Comprehensive Airspace Initiative, Contact: Veronda Johnson 404-305-
5598.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has adopted the United
States Air Force's Final EIS No. 20230064 filed 05/09/2023 with the
Environmental Protection Agency. The FAA was a cooperating agency on
this project. Therefore, republication of the document is not necessary
under section 1506.3(b)(2) of the CEQ regulations.
EIS No. 20240047, Final, USACE, TX, Proposed Corpus Christi Ship
Channel Deepening Project, Review Period Ends: 04/22/2024, Contact:
Jayson Hudson 409-766-3108.
EIS No. 20240048, Draft, APHIS, NAT, Monsanto Petition (19-316-01p) for
Determination of Nonregulated Status for Dicamba, Glufosinate,
Quizalofop, and 2,4-D Tolerant MON 87429 Maize with Tissue-Specific
Glyphosate Tolerance Facilitating the Production of Hybrid Maize Seed
[OECD Unique Identifier: MON-87429-9], Comment Period Ends: 05/06/2024,
Contact: Joseph Tangredi 301-851-4061.
EIS No. 20240049, Final, FRA, DC, Washington Union Station Expansion
Project, Contact: Amanda Murphy 202-493-0413.
Under 23 U.S.C. 139(n)(2), FRA has issued a single document that
consists of a final environmental impact statement and record of
decision. Therefore, the 30-day wait/review period under NEPA does not
apply to this action.
EIS No. 20240050, Final, NPS, USFWS, WA, Grizzly Bear Restoration
Plan--Environmental Impact Statement North Cascades Ecosystem, Review
Period Ends: 04/22/2024, Contact: Denise Shultz 360-854-7200.
EIS No. 20240051, Draft, USFS, NE, Nebraska National Forests and
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Grasslands Undesirable Plant Management, Comment Period Ends: 05/13/
2024, Contact: Kim Dolatta 701-842-2393.
Dated: March 18, 2024.
Nancy Abrams,
Associate Director, Office of Federal Activities.
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