Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Order on Petition for Objection to State Operating Permit for Sundance Power Plant, 96962-96963 [2024-28530]

Download as PDF 96962 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 235 / Friday, December 6, 2024 / Notices • Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311). ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY B. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA? 1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this Pesticide Product Registration; information to EPA through Receipt of Applications for New Uses regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark (October 2024) the part or all of the information that AGENCY: Environmental Protection you claim to be CBI. For CBI Agency (EPA). information in a disk or CD–ROM that ACTION: Notice. you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then SUMMARY: EPA has received applications identify electronically within the disk or to register new uses for pesticide CD–ROM the specific information that products containing currently registered is claimed as CBI. In addition to one active ingredients. 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[FR Doc. 2024–28741 Filed 12–5–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–12414–01–R9] Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Order on Petition for Objection to State Operating Permit for Sundance Power Plant Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of final order on petition. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an order dated November 6, 2024, denying a petition dated June 27, 2024, from Sierra Club. The Petition requested that the EPA object to a Clean Air Act (CAA) title V operating permit issued by the Pinal County Air Quality Control District (PCAQCD) to the Arizona Public Service Company Sundance Power Plant (‘‘APS Sundance’’), an electricity generating station located in Casa Grande, Arizona. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Valladolid, EPA Region 9, (415) 947–4103, valladolid.catherine@ epa.gov. The final Order and Petition are available electronically at: https:// www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/ title-v-petition-database. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA received a petition from Sierra Club SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\06DEN1.SGM 06DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 235 / Friday, December 6, 2024 / Notices dated June 27, 2024, requesting that the EPA object to the issuance of operating permit number V20690.R02, issued by PCAQCD to APS Sundance in Casa Grande, Arizona. On November 6, 2024, the EPA Administrator issued an order denying the petition. The Order explains the basis for the EPA’s decision. Sections 307(b) and 505(b)(2) of the CAA provide that a petitioner may request judicial review of those portions of an order that deny issues in a petition. Any petition for review shall be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit no later than February 4, 2025. Dated: November 26, 2024. Martha Guzman Aceves Regional Administrator, Region IX. [FR Doc. 2024–28530 Filed 12–5–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION Agency Information Collection Activities: Existing Collection Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. ACTION: Notice of information collection—proposed revision of State and Local Government Information Report (EEO–4). AGENCY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) announces that it has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for a three-year PRA approval of revisions to the currently approved State and Local Government Information Report (EEO–4). DATES: Written comments on this notice must be submitted on or before January 6, 2025. ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent within 30 days of publication of this final notice to www.reginfo.gov/ public/do/PRAMain. Find this information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Guerino, Director, Data Development and Information Products Division, Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics (OEDA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 131 M Street NE, Washington, DC 20507; (202) 921– 2928 (voice), (800) 669–6820 (TTY) or email at OEDA@eeoc.gov. Requests for this notice in an alternative format lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:02 Dec 05, 2024 Jkt 265001 should be made to the EEOC’s Office of Communications and Legislative Affairs at (202) 921–3191 (voice), (800) 669– 6820 (TTY), or (844) 234–5122 (ASL Video Phone). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice that the EEOC would be submitting this request was published in the Federal Register on September 4, 2024, allowing for a 60-day public comment period which ended on November 4, 2024.1 The EEOC received no comments during the public comment period.2 I. Background A. The EEO–4 Report Since 1973, the EEOC has required EEO–4 filers to submit workforce demographic data. All State and local governments that are covered by title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (title VII) 3 and that have 100 or more employees are required to file the workforce demographic data. B. The 60-Day Notice: Request for Three-Year PRA Approval of Revisions to the EEO–4 Pursuant to the PRA and OMB regulations found at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), the Commission published a Notice in the Federal Register on September 4, 2024, soliciting public comments during a 60-day period (‘‘60-day Notice’’) on the Commission’s intent to seek a threeyear OMB approval of revisions to the currently approved EEO–4. In particular, in its 60-day Notice, the EEOC sought comments to: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the Commission’s functions, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the Commission’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. The 60-day Notice comment period ended on November 4, 2024. 1 See Notice of Information Collection 89 FR 71901 (Sept. 4, 2024) at https:// www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/04/ 2024-19743/agency-information-collectionactivities-existing-collection. 2 Available at https://www.regulations.gov/ docket/EEOC-2024-0008. 3 42 U.S.C. 2000e, et seq. PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 96963 Based on data from the most recent EEO–4 data collection reporting year (i.e., 2023), as well as ongoing updates by the EEOC to the EEO–4 frame (i.e., filer roster or master list), the EEOC anticipates the total number of filers submitting an EEO–4 report may increase to 6,607 per biennial collection. Accordingly, the burden estimates in this Notice are based on this revised estimate of the number of filers. II. The Public Comments on the 60-Day Notice The 60-day Notice was published in the Federal Register on September 4, 2024.4 The EEOC received no comments during the public comment period.5 III. Commission Decisions and Final EEOC Proposals to OMB The EEOC Will Seek Three-Year Approval of Revisions to the Currently Approved EEO–4 State and Local Government Information Report The Commission has decided it will seek a three-year approval by OMB of revisions to the EEO–4 State and Local Government Information Report as described in this Notice. IV. Formal Paperwork Reduction Act Statement A. Overview of Information Collection Collection Title: State and Local Government Information Report (EEO– 4). OMB Number: 3046–0008. Frequency of Report: Biennial. Type of Respondent: State and local governments that have 100 or more employees and meet certain criteria. Description of Affected Public: State and local governments that have 100 or more employees and meet certain criteria. Reporting Hours: 18,094 hours per biennial collection. Respondent Burden Hour Cost: $563,868.27 per biennial collection. Federal Cost: $327,440.12 per biennial collection. Number of Filers: 6,607 per biennial collection.6 Number of Responses: 6,607 per biennial collection. Number of Forms: 1. Form Number: EEOC Form 164. Abstract: Section 709(c) of title VII requires employers to make and keep 4 Available at https://www.federalregister.gov/ documents/2024/09/04/2024-19743/agencyinformation-collection-activities-existing-collection. 5 Available at https://www.regulations.gov/ docket/EEOC-2024-0008. 6 This figure is based on the expanded frame of potentially eligible respondents and the response rate for the most recently completed EEO–4 data collection (the 2023 EEO–4 data collection). E:\FR\FM\06DEN1.SGM 06DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 235 (Friday, December 6, 2024)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-12414-01-R9]


Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Order on Petition for 
Objection to State Operating Permit for Sundance Power Plant

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final order on petition.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed 
an order dated November 6, 2024, denying a petition dated June 27, 
2024, from Sierra Club. The Petition requested that the EPA object to a 
Clean Air Act (CAA) title V operating permit issued by the Pinal County 
Air Quality Control District (PCAQCD) to the Arizona Public Service 
Company Sundance Power Plant (``APS Sundance''), an electricity 
generating station located in Casa Grande, Arizona.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Valladolid, EPA Region 9, 
(415) 947-4103, [email protected]. The final Order and 
Petition are available electronically at: https://www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/title-v-petition-database.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA received a petition from Sierra Club

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dated June 27, 2024, requesting that the EPA object to the issuance of 
operating permit number V20690.R02, issued by PCAQCD to APS Sundance in 
Casa Grande, Arizona. On November 6, 2024, the EPA Administrator issued 
an order denying the petition. The Order explains the basis for the 
EPA's decision.
    Sections 307(b) and 505(b)(2) of the CAA provide that a petitioner 
may request judicial review of those portions of an order that deny 
issues in a petition. Any petition for review shall be filed in the 
United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit no later 
than February 4, 2025.

    Dated: November 26, 2024.
Martha Guzman Aceves
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2024-28530 Filed 12-5-24; 8:45 am]
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