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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Nevada
Office of Environmental
Management, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
This notice announces an inperson/virtual hybrid meeting of the
Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB),
Nevada. The Federal Advisory
Committee Act requires that public
notice of this meeting be announced in
the Federal Register.
DATES: Wednesday, July 17, 2024; 4–9
p.m. PDT; The opportunity for public
comment is at 4:10 p.m. PDT. This time
is subject to change; please contact the
Nevada Site Specific Advisory Board
(NSSAB) Administrator (below) for
confirmation of time prior to the
meeting.
ADDRESSES: Molasky Corporate Center,
15th Floor Conference Room, 100 North
City Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada 89106.
This meeting will be open to the public
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Center or virtually via Microsoft Teams.
To attend virtually, please contact
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p.m. PDT on Monday, July 15, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara Ulmer, NSSAB Administrator,
by phone: (702) 523–0894 or email:
nssab@emcbc.doe.gov or visit the
Board’s internet homepage at
www.nnss.gov/NSSAB/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of the Board: The purpose of
the Board is to provide advice and
recommendations concerning the
following EM site-specific issues: cleanup activities and environmental
restoration; waste and nuclear materials
management and disposition; excess
facilities; future land use and long-term
stewardship. The Board may also be
asked to provide advice and
recommendations on any EM program
components.
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Committee Management Officer,
pursuant to delegated authority from the
Secretary of Energy. That document
with the original signature and date is
maintained by DOE. For administrative
purposes only, and in compliance with
requirements of the Office of the Federal
Register, the undersigned DOE Federal
Register Liaison Officer has been
authorized to sign and submit the
document in electronic format for
publication, as an official document of
the Department of Energy. This
administrative process in no way alters
the legal effect of this document upon
publication in the Federal Register.
Tentative Agenda
1. Public Comment Period
2. Update from Deputy Designated
Federal Officer
3. Update from National Nuclear
Security Administration/Nevada Field
Office
4. Updates from NSSAB Liaisons
5. Presentation
6. Planning for Fall EM SSAB National
Chairs’ Meeting
Public Participation: The in-person/
online virtual hybrid meeting is open to
the public either in-person at the
Molasky Corporate Center or via
Microsoft Teams. To sign-up for public
comment, please contact the NSSAB
Administrator (above) no later than 4
p.m. PDT on Monday, July 15, 2024. In
addition to participation in the live
public comment session identified
above, written statements may be filed
with the Board either before or within
seven days after the meeting by sending
them to the NSSAB Administrator at the
aforementioned email address. Written
public comment received prior to the
meeting will be read into the record.
The Deputy Designated Federal Officer
is empowered to conduct the meeting in
a fashion that will facilitate the orderly
conduct of business. Individuals
wishing to make public comments can
do so in 2-minute segments for the 15
minutes allotted for public comments.
Minutes: Minutes will be available by
writing or calling Barbara Ulmer,
NSSAB Administrator, U.S. Department
of Energy, EM Nevada Program, 100
North City Parkway, Suite 1750, Las
Vegas, NV 89106; Phone: (702) 523–
0894. Minutes will also be available at
the following website: https://
www.nnss.gov/nssab/nssab-meetings/.
Signing Authority: This document of
the Department of Energy was signed on
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2024.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection
Proposed New Survey
U.S. Energy Information
Administration (EIA), U.S. Department
of Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
EIA invites public comment
on the proposed collection of
information in the Residential Utility
Disconnections Survey, as required
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. Form EIA–112 is an annual survey
that collects information on the number
of monthly natural gas and electric
service final notices, disconnections,
and reconnections for bill nonpayment
across residential customers.
DATES: EIA must receive all comments
on this proposed information collection
no later than August 19, 2024. If you
anticipate any difficulties in submitting
your comments by the deadline, contact
the person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
notice as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Marc
Harnish by email to EIA112@eia.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you need additional information,
contact Marc Harnish at (202) 586–5309
or by email at EIA112@eia.gov. The form
and instructions are available on EIA’s
website at www.eia.gov/survey/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
SUMMARY:
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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 119 / Thursday, June 20, 2024 / Notices
(1) OMB No.: New;
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Residential Utility Disconnections
Survey;
(3) Type of Request: New;
(4) Purpose: Form EIA–112 is an
annual form that will collect 12 months
of data from electric and natural gas
providers about final termination
notices sent to residential customers
due to bill nonpayment, service
disconnections of residential customers
due to bill nonpayment, and service
reconnections of residential customers
who were disconnected due to bill
nonpayment.
No national data is currently collected
on this information. Some states collect
some of the data described above, but
the data are inconsistent, and
publication is not uniform. Form EIA–
112 aims to better inform state and
federal policymakers on utility
disconnections by providing reliable
data that can help inform appropriate
levels of budgetary support for various
assistance programs across the United
States. The results of the survey will be
published on the EIA website at the
aggregated national and state level, as
well as at the utility level for
respondents.
EIA will conduct periodic censuses of
all natural gas and electric utilities
above a certain size threshold. These
censuses will cover respondents that
complete Form EIA–176 and Form EIA–
861, excluding the small electric
utilities receiving Form EIA–861S. To
reduce the respondent burden of this
proposed data collection, while also
considering data quality, for the years in
between censuses, EIA will use cut-off
samples from Form EIA–857 and Form
EIA–861M, based on utility size and
state coverage. This strategy will allow
EIA to reduce respondent burden on
smaller utilities, while also producing
population estimates at the state level
by modeling data for the utilities on the
frames that were subjected to sampling
but not selected.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 1,130;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 1,130;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 2,260;
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: EIA
estimates no capital and start-up costs
associated with this data collection. The
information is maintained during the
normal course of business. The cost of
the burden hours is estimated to be
$206,021.60 (2,260 burden hours times
$91.16 per hour). Other than the cost of
burden hours, EIA estimates no
additional costs for generating,
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maintaining, and providing this
information.
Comments are invited on whether or
not: (a) The proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of agency functions,
including whether the information will
have a practical utility; (b) EIA’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used, is accurate; (c) EIA
can improve the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information it will collect;
and (d) EIA can minimize the burden of
the collection of information on
respondents, such as automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b)
and 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.
Signed in Washington, DC, on June 13,
2024.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods and
Research, U.S. Energy Information
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024–13457 Filed 6–18–24; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–11994–01–R6]
Clean Water Act Section 303(d):
Availability of List Decisions
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
The Clean Water Act (CWA)
requires that states periodically submit,
and the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) approve or disapprove,
lists of waters (called ‘‘Section 303(d)
lists’’) for which existing technologybased pollution controls are not
stringent enough to attain or maintain
State water quality standards and for
which total maximum daily loads
(TMDLs) must be prepared. Waters
identified on Section 303(d) lists are
called ‘‘water quality-limited segments.’’
This notice describes the EPA’s
Decision Document, which identified
certain additional water quality-limited
segments for the Arkansas 2020 Section
303(d) list, and requests public
comment on those additions.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before August 26, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may send written
comments to Mr. Richard Wooster by
the following methods:
SUMMARY:
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Electronic mail: wooster.richard@
epa.gov. Include ‘FRL–comment’ in the
subject line of the message.
Mail: Mr. Richard Wooster, Mail Code
R6WDPQ, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Region 6, 1201 Elm
St., Dallas, TX 75270.
Mr.
Richard Wooster, Water Division Water
Quality Protection Section, R6WDPQ,
Environmental Protection Agency at
wooster.richard@epa.gov or (214) 665–
6473. Additional information regarding
the basis for this EPA action is available
at https://www.epa.gov/publicnotices.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Section
303(d) of the Clean Water Act requires
that each state identify those water
quality-limited segments for which
existing technology-based pollution
controls are not stringent enough to
attain or maintain state water quality
standards and for which total maximum
daily loads (TMDLs) must be prepared.
For each water quality-limited segment
on the list, the state identifies the
pollutant causing the impairment, when
known. In addition, the state assigns a
priority ranking for development of
TMDLs based on the severity of the
pollution and the uses to be made of the
waters, among other factors (40 CFR
130.7(b)(4)).
The EPA’s Water Quality Planning
and Management regulations include
requirements related to the
implementation of Section 303(d) of the
CWA (40 CFR 130.7). The regulations
require states to assemble and evaluate
all existing and readily-available water
quality data and to use that data to
identify water quality-limited segments
still requiring TMDLs every two years.
Where a state does not use certain data,
it must provide a rationale. The list of
waters still needing TMDL development
must also include priority rankings and
must identify the waters targeted for
TMDL development during the next two
years (40 CFR 130.7).
The EPA received Arkansas’s
submittal of its listing decisions under
Section 303(d)(2) on June 2, 2022. On
September 28, 2023, the EPA partially
approved and partially disapproved
Arkansas’s 2020 Section 303(d) list of
water quality-limited segments based
upon the Agency’s finding that
Arkansas did not use certain water
quality information and therefore did
not identify certain water qualitylimited segments based upon existing
data and public input. The EPA
analyzed the information and identified
seven additional water quality-limited
segments for inclusion on Arkansas’s
2020 Section 303(d) list.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2024-13457]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection Proposed New Survey
AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), U.S. Department
of Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: EIA invites public comment on the proposed collection of
information in the Residential Utility Disconnections Survey, as
required under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Form EIA-112 is an
annual survey that collects information on the number of monthly
natural gas and electric service final notices, disconnections, and
reconnections for bill nonpayment across residential customers.
DATES: EIA must receive all comments on this proposed information
collection no later than August 19, 2024. If you anticipate any
difficulties in submitting your comments by the deadline, contact the
person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
notice as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Marc Harnish by email to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you need additional information,
contact Marc Harnish at (202) 586-5309 or by email at [email protected].
The form and instructions are available on EIA's website at
www.eia.gov/survey/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request
contains:
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(1) OMB No.: New;
(2) Information Collection Request Title: Residential Utility
Disconnections Survey;
(3) Type of Request: New;
(4) Purpose: Form EIA-112 is an annual form that will collect 12
months of data from electric and natural gas providers about final
termination notices sent to residential customers due to bill
nonpayment, service disconnections of residential customers due to bill
nonpayment, and service reconnections of residential customers who were
disconnected due to bill nonpayment.
No national data is currently collected on this information. Some
states collect some of the data described above, but the data are
inconsistent, and publication is not uniform. Form EIA-112 aims to
better inform state and federal policymakers on utility disconnections
by providing reliable data that can help inform appropriate levels of
budgetary support for various assistance programs across the United
States. The results of the survey will be published on the EIA website
at the aggregated national and state level, as well as at the utility
level for respondents.
EIA will conduct periodic censuses of all natural gas and electric
utilities above a certain size threshold. These censuses will cover
respondents that complete Form EIA-176 and Form EIA-861, excluding the
small electric utilities receiving Form EIA-861S. To reduce the
respondent burden of this proposed data collection, while also
considering data quality, for the years in between censuses, EIA will
use cut-off samples from Form EIA-857 and Form EIA-861M, based on
utility size and state coverage. This strategy will allow EIA to reduce
respondent burden on smaller utilities, while also producing population
estimates at the state level by modeling data for the utilities on the
frames that were subjected to sampling but not selected.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,130;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 1,130;
(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 2,260;
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: EIA
estimates no capital and start-up costs associated with this data
collection. The information is maintained during the normal course of
business. The cost of the burden hours is estimated to be $206,021.60
(2,260 burden hours times $91.16 per hour). Other than the cost of
burden hours, EIA estimates no additional costs for generating,
maintaining, and providing this information.
Comments are invited on whether or not: (a) The proposed collection
of information is necessary for the proper performance of agency
functions, including whether the information will have a practical
utility; (b) EIA's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used, is accurate; (c) EIA can improve the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information it will collect; and (d) EIA can minimize
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, such as
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b) and 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.
Signed in Washington, DC, on June 13, 2024.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods and Research, U.S. Energy
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-13457 Filed 6-18-24; 8:45 am]
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