Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 16, 102893-102894 [2024-29860]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 243 / Wednesday, December 18, 2024 / Notices your email address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. Docket: Documents in the docket are listed in the www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other materials, such as copyrighted material, are publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the ORD Docket in the EPA Headquarters Docket Center. Wayne Cascio, Director, Center for Public Health & Environmental Assessment. [FR Doc. 2024–29865 Filed 12–17–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OW–2024–0158; FRL–11254–01– OW] RIN 2040–ZA43 Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 16 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of availability. AGENCY: This notice announces the availability of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 16 (Preliminary Plan 16) and solicits public comment. The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires the EPA to biennially publish a plan for new and revised effluent limitations guidelines and pretreatment standards, after public review and comment. Preliminary Plan 16 discusses the EPA’s 2022 and 2023 annual reviews of effluent guidelines and pretreatment standards, presents its khammond on DSK9W7S144PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:09 Dec 17, 2024 Jkt 265001 preliminary review of specific industrial categories, and provides an update on the analyses and tools that the EPA is continuing to enhance to further improve its annual review and biennial planning process. DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 17, 2025. ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– OW–2024–0158, by any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov/(our preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. • Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center, Office of Water Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460. • Hand Delivery or Courier: EPA Docket Center, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004. The Docket Center’s hours of operations are 8:30 a.m.—4:30 p.m., Monday—Friday (except Federal Holidays). Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID No. for this action. Comments received may be posted without change to https:// www.regulations.gov/, including any personal information provided. For detailed instructions on sending comments and additional information on the process for this action, see the ‘‘Public Participation’’ heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doruntinë Rexhepi, Engineering and Analysis Division, Office of Water, 4303T, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 566–2532; email address: rexhepi.doruntine@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Public Participation Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2024– 0158, at https://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or the other methods identified in the ADDRESSES section. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from the docket. The EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit to EPA’s docket at https://www.regulations.gov any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI), Proprietary Business Information (PBI), or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 102893 accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or other file sharing system). Please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ commenting-epa-dockets for additional submission methods; the full EPA public comment policy; information about CBI, PBI, or multimedia submissions; and general guidance on making effective comments. II. General Information A. Supporting Documents A key document providing additional information is the Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 16 document. Supporting documents providing further details are also available for review. B. How can I get copies of these documents and other related information? 1. Docket. The EPA has established an official public docket for this action under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW– 2024–0158. The official public docket is the collection of materials that are available for public viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA Docket Center, (EPA/ DC) EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20004. 2. Electronic Access. You can access this Federal Register document electronically through the United States Government online source for Federal regulations at https:// www.regulations.gov. 3. Internet access. Copies of the supporting documents are available at https://www.epa.gov/eg/effluentguidelines-plan. III. How Is This Document Organized The outline of this document follows. A. Legal Authority. B. Request for Public Comments and Information. A. Legal Authority This notice is published under the authority of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., and in particular sections 301(d), 304(b), 304(g), 304(m), 306, 307(b), and 308 of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(d), 1314(b), 1314(g), 1314(m), 1316, 1317(b), and 1318. B. Request for Public Comments and Information The EPA invites comment on the entirety of Preliminary Plan 16. In E:\FR\FM\18DEN1.SGM 18DEN1 102894 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 243 / Wednesday, December 18, 2024 / Notices particular, the EPA invites comment on the following topics (see Preliminary Plan 16 for more information on these topics): 1. The order weighted average analysis including: the metrics used in the analysis to evaluate the industrial category rankings, the inclusion/ exclusion of pollutant toxicity in annual review rankings, and results of the 2022 and 2023 annual rankings. 2. The findings of the preliminary category reviews, specifically the findings for Battery Manufacturing, Centralized Waste Treatment, and Oil and Gas Extraction Categories. 3. The preliminary category review schedule and tools described to support the EPA’s review of effluent guidelines. 4. The capabilities, performance, and costs of treatment technologies for industrial wastewater to support the Agency’s technology reviews. 5. The announcement made within Preliminary Plan 16 of the EPA’s intent to prepare a generic ICR to support effluent guidelines planning and rulemakings. 6. The announcement made within Preliminary Plan 16 of an online form on the CWA methods website to request new analytical methods for wastewater and surface waters. 7. The announcements made within Preliminary Plan 16 regarding new studies. Bruno Pigott, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator. [FR Doc. 2024–29860 Filed 12–17–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPP–2024–0092; FRL–12319–01– OCSPP] Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations ACTION: Notice. In accordance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by the registrants to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations. EPA intends to grant these requests at the close of the comment period for this announcement unless the Agency receives substantive comments within the comment period that would merit its further review of the requests, or unless the registrants withdraw their requests. If these requests are granted, any sale, distribution, or use of the products listed in this notice will be permitted after the registrations have been cancelled only if such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the terms as described in the final order. DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 16, 2025. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–OPP–2024–0092, through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Additional instructions on commenting and visiting the docket, along with more information about dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Green, Registration Division (7505T), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone number: (202) 566–2707; email address: green.christopher@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: I. General Information A. Does this action apply to me? This action is directed to the public in general and may be of interest to a Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). AGENCY: wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human health, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry; pesticide users; and members of the public interested in the sale, distribution, or use of pesticides. B. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA? 1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or CD–ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD–ROM the specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. 2. Tips for preparing your comments. When preparing and submitting your comments, see the commenting tips at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ comments.html. II. What action is the Agency taking? This notice announces receipt by the Agency of requests from registrants to cancel certain pesticide products registered under FIFRA section 3 (7 U.S.C. 136a) or 24(c) (7 U.S.C. 136v(c)). The registrations are listed in sequence by registration number (or company number and 24(c) number) in Table 1 of this unit. Unless the Agency determines that there are substantive comments that warrant further review of the requests or the registrants withdraw their requests, EPA intends to issue an order in the Federal Register canceling the affected registrations. khammond on DSK9W7S144PROD with NOTICES TABLE 1—REGISTRATIONS WITH PENDING REQUESTS FOR CANCELLATION Registration No. Company No. 10163–195 ........ 69117–2 ............ 10163 69117 Product name Botran Technical ......................................................... Greyhound Insecticide ................................................ The registrant of 10163–195, has requested to sell and distribute existing stocks for 18-months after the effective date of cancellation. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:09 Dec 17, 2024 Active ingredients Jkt 265001 Dicloran (031301/99–30–9)—(95%). Abamectin (122804/71751–41–2)—(2%). Table 2 of this unit includes the name and address of record for the registrants of the products in Table 1 of this unit, in sequence by EPA company number. PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 This number corresponds to the first part of the EPA registration number of the products listed in this unit. E:\FR\FM\18DEN1.SGM 18DEN1

Agencies

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 102893-102894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29860]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2024-0158; FRL-11254-01-OW]
RIN 2040-ZA43


Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 16

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Preliminary Effluent Guidelines 
Program Plan 16 (Preliminary Plan 16) and solicits public comment. The 
Clean Water Act (CWA) requires the EPA to biennially publish a plan for 
new and revised effluent limitations guidelines and pretreatment 
standards, after public review and comment. Preliminary Plan 16 
discusses the EPA's 2022 and 2023 annual reviews of effluent guidelines 
and pretreatment standards, presents its preliminary review of specific 
industrial categories, and provides an update on the analyses and tools 
that the EPA is continuing to enhance to further improve its annual 
review and biennial planning process.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 17, 2025.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OW-2024-0158, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov/
(our preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket 
Center, Office of Water Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: EPA Docket Center, WJC West 
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004. 
The Docket Center's hours of operations are 8:30 a.m.--4:30 p.m., 
Monday--Friday (except Federal Holidays).
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID 
No. for this action. Comments received may be posted without change to 
https://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal information 
provided. For detailed instructions on sending comments and additional 
information on the process for this action, see the ``Public 
Participation'' heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 
this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doruntin[euml] Rexhepi, Engineering 
and Analysis Division, Office of Water, 4303T, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: (202) 566-2532; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Public Participation

    Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2024-
0158, at https://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or the 
other methods identified in the ADDRESSES section. Once submitted, 
comments cannot be edited or removed from the docket. The EPA may 
publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit to 
EPA's docket at https://www.regulations.gov any information you 
consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI), Proprietary 
Business Information (PBI), or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must 
be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered 
the official comment and should include discussion of all points you 
wish to make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment 
contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web, 
cloud, or other file sharing system). Please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets for additional submission methods; the 
full EPA public comment policy; information about CBI, PBI, or 
multimedia submissions; and general guidance on making effective 
comments.

II. General Information

A. Supporting Documents

    A key document providing additional information is the Preliminary 
Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 16 document. Supporting documents 
providing further details are also available for review.

B. How can I get copies of these documents and other related 
information?

    1. Docket. The EPA has established an official public docket for 
this action under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2024-0158. The official 
public docket is the collection of materials that are available for 
public viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA Docket Center, (EPA/DC) 
EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20004.
    2. Electronic Access. You can access this Federal Register document 
electronically through the United States Government online source for 
Federal regulations at https://www.regulations.gov.
    3. Internet access. Copies of the supporting documents are 
available at https://www.epa.gov/eg/effluent-guidelines-plan.

III. How Is This Document Organized

    The outline of this document follows.

A. Legal Authority.
B. Request for Public Comments and Information.

A. Legal Authority

    This notice is published under the authority of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. 
1251, et seq., and in particular sections 301(d), 304(b), 304(g), 
304(m), 306, 307(b), and 308 of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(d), 1314(b), 
1314(g), 1314(m), 1316, 1317(b), and 1318.

B. Request for Public Comments and Information

    The EPA invites comment on the entirety of Preliminary Plan 16. In

[[Page 102894]]

particular, the EPA invites comment on the following topics (see 
Preliminary Plan 16 for more information on these topics):
    1. The order weighted average analysis including: the metrics used 
in the analysis to evaluate the industrial category rankings, the 
inclusion/exclusion of pollutant toxicity in annual review rankings, 
and results of the 2022 and 2023 annual rankings.
    2. The findings of the preliminary category reviews, specifically 
the findings for Battery Manufacturing, Centralized Waste Treatment, 
and Oil and Gas Extraction Categories.
    3. The preliminary category review schedule and tools described to 
support the EPA's review of effluent guidelines.
    4. The capabilities, performance, and costs of treatment 
technologies for industrial wastewater to support the Agency's 
technology reviews.
    5. The announcement made within Preliminary Plan 16 of the EPA's 
intent to prepare a generic ICR to support effluent guidelines planning 
and rulemakings.
    6. The announcement made within Preliminary Plan 16 of an online 
form on the CWA methods website to request new analytical methods for 
wastewater and surface waters.
    7. The announcements made within Preliminary Plan 16 regarding new 
studies.

Bruno Pigott,
Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2024-29860 Filed 12-17-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P


This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.