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materials on a need-to-know basis only. 

All access to TSCA CBI under this 

contract will take place at EPA 

Headquarters, and/or at the following 

facilities of the contractor and/or 

subcontractors: 

• Eastern Research Group (ERG), 

located at 110 Hartwell Ave., Lexington, 

MA 02421 and 14555 Avion Parkway, 

Suite 200, Chantilly, VA; 

• Avanti Corporation, located at 5695 

King Centre Dr., #301, Alexandria, VA 

22315; 

• Kathleen Wolf, located at 22319 

43rd Dr. SE, Bothell, WA 98021; 

• Lopez Environmental, located at 

413 Patton Ave., Piscataway, NJ 08854; 

• Northwest Green Chemistry/ 

Institute for Safer Chemical 

Alternatives, located at 121 Elmwood 

Road, Lunenburg, MA 01462–1464; 

• Park Northwest Pollution 

Prevention Resource Center, located at 

13751 Lake City Way NE, Suite 305, 

Seattle, WA 98125; 

• Research Triangle Institute, located 

at 3040 E Cornwallis Road, RTP, NC 

27709; 

• Ross Strategic, located at 1325 4th 

Ave., Suite 1600, Seattle, WA 98101; 

• Rumley Solutions, Inc., DBA 

Hummingbird, located at 976 Brady 

Ave. NW, Suite 100, Atlanta, GA 30318; 

• Syracuse Research Corporation, Inc. 

(SRC), located at 7502 Round Pond Rd., 

North Syracuse, NY 13212; and 

• At the telework locations of the 

personnel of the contractor and 

subcontractors in accordance with 

EPA’s TSCA CBI Protection Manual and 

the Rules of Behavior for Virtual 

Desktop Access to OPPT Materials, 

including TSCA CBI. 

Access to TSCA data, including CBI, 

will continue until November 30, 2027. 

If the contract is extended, this access 

will also continue for the duration of the 

extended contract without further 

notice. 

The personnel of the contractor and 

subcontractors will be required to sign 

nondisclosure agreements and will be 

briefed on specific security procedures 

for TSCA CBI. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. 

Dated: September 18, 2023. 

Pamela Myrick, 

Director, Project Management and Operations 

Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL OP–OFA–087] 

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 September 11, 2023 10 a.m. EST 

Through September 18, 2023 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. 20230122, Draft, FTA, WA, 

Operations and Maintenance Facility 

South NEPA Draft/SEPA 

Supplemental Draft, Environmental 

Impact Statement, Comment Period 

Ends: 11/06/2023, Contact: Justin 

Zweifel 206–220–7538. 

EIS No. 20230123, Final, FERC, VA, 

Virginia Reliability Project and 

Commonwealth Energy Connector 

Project, Review Period Ends: 10/23/ 

2023, Contact: Office of External 

Affairs 866–208–3372. 

Amended Notice 

EIS No. 20230098, Draft, NPS, MT, 

Yellowstone National Park Bison 

Management Plan Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Comment Period Ends: 10/10/2023, 

Contact: Morgan Warthin, Public 

Affairs Specialist, Yellowstone 

National Park 307–344–2010. 

Revision to FR Notice Published 

08/11/2023; Extending the Comment 

Period from 09/25/2023 to 10/10/ 

2023. 

Dated: September 18, 2023. 

Cindy S. Barger, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

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AGENCY 

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Notice of Availability of Draft NPDES 

Non-Contact Cooling Water General 

Permit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability of draft 

NPDES General Permits MAG250000 

and NHG250000. 

SUMMARY: The Director of the Water 

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region 1 (EPA), is providing a 

Notice of Availability for the Draft 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) NonContact Cooling Water General Permit 

(Draft NCCW GP) for discharges to 

certain waters of the Commonwealth of 

Massachusetts and the State of New 

Hampshire. This Draft NCCW GP 

establishes effluent limitations and 

requirements, effluent and ambient 

monitoring requirements, reporting 

requirements, and standard conditions 

for existing facilities with non-contact 

cooling water discharges. The Draft 

NCCW GP is available on EPA Region 

1’s website at https://www.epa.gov/ 

npdes-permits/noncontact-coolingwater-general-permit-nccw-gpmassachusetts-new-hampshire. The 

Fact Sheet for the Draft NCCW GP sets 

forth principal facts and the significant 

factual, legal, methodological, and 

policy questions considered in the 

development of the Draft Permit and is 

also available at this website. 

DATES: The public comment period will 

be open until November 21, 2023. See 

EPA’s web page for the applicable dates, 

https://www.epa.gov/npdes-permits/ 

noncontact-cooling-water-generalpermit-nccw-gp-massachusetts-newhampshire. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

Draft NCCW GP may be sent via email 

to: Papadopoulos.George@epa.gov. If 

requesting to submit comments in hard 

copy form, please reach out to the EPA 

contact above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

administrative record and additional 

information concerning the Draft NCCW 

GP may be obtained from George 

Papadopoulos via telephone: 617–918– 

1579 or email Papadopoulos.George@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Comment Information: 

Interested persons may submit written 

comments on the Draft NCCW GP to 

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1USFWS New Hampshire Project code: 2022– 

0065502, March 30, 2023. USFWS Massachusetts 

Project code: 2022–0065493, March 30, 2023. 

2https://ipac.ecosphere.fws.gov/. 

above. In reaching a final decision on 

this Draft Permit, the Regional 

Administrator will respond to all 

significant comments and make 

responses available to the public on 

EPA Region 1’s website. All comments 

must be postmarked or delivered by the 

close of the public comment period. 

General Information: The Draft NCCW 

GP includes effluent limitations and 

requirements for eligible facilities based 

on technology and/or water quality 

considerations of the unique discharges 

from these facilities. The effluent limits 

established in the Draft NCCW GP 

ensure that the surface water quality 

standards of the receiving water(s) will 

be attained and/or maintained. 

Obtaining Authorization: To obtain 

coverage under the General Permit, 

facilities meeting the eligibility 

requirements outlined in Part 1 of this 

General Permit may submit a notice of 

intent (NOI) in accordance with Part 5 

of this General Permit and 40 CFR 

122.28(b)(2)(i) & (ii). The contents of the 

NOI shall include at a minimum, the 

legal name and address of the owner or 

operator, the facility name and address, 

type of facility or discharges, the 

receiving stream(s) and be signed by the 

operator in accordance with the 

requirements of 40 CFR 122.22. 

Other Legal Requirements: 

Endangered Species Act (ESA): In 

accordance with the ESA, EPA has 

updated the provisions and necessary 

actions and documentation related to 

potential impacts to threatened and 

endangered species from discharges of 

NCCW eligible for coverage under the 

Draft NCCW GP. Concurrently with the 

public notice of the Draft NCCW GP, 

EPA plans to initiate an informal 

consultation with the National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration, 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NOAA Fisheries) under ESA section 7, 

through the submission of a biological 

assessment (BA) and request for 

concurrence letter summarizing the 

results of EPA’s assessment of the 

potential effects to endangered and 

threatened species and their critical 

habitats under NOAA Fisheries 

jurisdiction as a result of EPA’s issuance 

of the Draft NCCW GP. 

In this document, EPA has made a 

preliminary determination that the 

proposed issuance of the Draft NCCW 

GP is not likely to adversely affect the 

shortnose sturgeon, Atlantic sturgeon, 

Atlantic sturgeon designated critical 

habitat, leatherback sea turtles, 

loggerhead sea turtles, Kemp’s ridley sea 

turtles, green sea turtles, North Atlantic 

right whales, North Atlantic right whale 

designated critical habitat and fin 

whales. EPA plans to request that 

NOAA Fisheries review this submittal 

and inform EPA whether it concurs with 

this preliminary finding. In addition, 

EPA has addressed its responsibilities 

with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(USFWS) under ESA section 7, through 

an assessment of the potential effects to 

endangered and threatened species and 

their critical habitats under USFWS 

jurisdiction as a result of EPA’s issuance 

of the Draft NCCW GP. As part of the 

assessment, EPA prepared an Effects 

Determination for the endangered 

northern long eared bat. The USFWS 

recorded the determination of ‘‘No 

Effect’’ on the northern long-eared bat 

by letter, dated March 30, 2023.1 The 

determination of ‘‘No Effect’’ concluded 

EPA’s consultation responsibilities for 

the NCCW GP NPDES permitting action 

under ESA section 7(a)(2) with respect 

to the northern long-eared bat. EPA also 

made the assessment that no action 

areas expected to be covered by the 

Draft NCCW GP overlap with the 

documented habitat of the dwarf 

wedgemussel 2 in the Connecticut River 

Watershed. Therefore, no ESA section 7 

consultation is required for the dwarf 

wedgemussel with USFWS for this GP. 

Essential Fish Habitat (EFH): Under 

the 1996 Amendments (Pub. L. 104– 

267) to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act (16 

U.S.C. 1801 et seq. (1998)), EPA is 

required to consult with NOAA 

Fisheries if EPA’s actions or proposed 

actions that it funds, permits or 

undertakes ‘‘may adversely impact any 

essential fish habitat.’’ 16 U.S.C. 

1855(b). In the Fact Sheet accompanying 

the Draft NCCW GP, EPA notes that the 

general permit action minimizes adverse 

effects to aquatic organisms, including 

those with designated EFH in the 

receiving waters. EFH species associated 

with the receiving waters of facilities 

covered by the Draft NCCW GP may 

include Atlantic salmon as well as the 

life stages of a number of coastal EFH 

designated species, along with three 

habitat areas of particular concern. EPA 

has made the determination that 

additional mitigation is not warranted 

under section 305(b)(2) of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act and has 

provided this determination to NOAA 

Fisheries for their review. 

National Historic Preservation Act 

(NHPA): Facilities which adversely 

affect properties listed or eligible for 

listing in the National Registry of 

Historic Places under the NHPA are not 

authorized to discharge under the Draft 

NCCW GP. EPA is requesting that 

facilities certify, prior to obtaining 

coverage, that there are either no 

historic properties present or that their 

discharge and related activities do not 

have the potential to impact historic 

properties. 

Coastal Zone Management Act 

(CZMA): The CZMA, 16 U.S.C. 1451 et 

seq., and its implementing regulations 

(15 CFR part 930) require a 

determination that any federally 

licensed activity affecting the coastal 

zone with an approved Coastal Zone 

Management Program (CZMP) is 

consistent with the CZMA. 

Concurrent with the public notice, 

EPA will request that the Executive 

Office of Environmental Affairs, MA 

CZM, Project Review Coordinator 

provide a consistency concurrence that 

the proposed Draft NCCW GP is 

consistent with the MA CZMP. 

Concurrent with the public notice, 

EPA will request that the New 

Hampshire Coastal Program, Project 

Review Coordinator, provide a 

consistency concurrence that the 

proposed Draft NCCW GP is consistent 

with the NH CZMP. 

Authority: This action is being taken 

under the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 

1251 et seq. 

David Cash, 

Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1. 

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01–OCSPP] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Renewal and 

Request for Comment; Notification of 

Chemical Exports Under TSCA Section 

12(b) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this 

document announces the availability of 

and solicits public comment on the 

following Information Collection 

Request (ICR) that EPA is planning to 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB): ‘‘Notification of 

Chemical Exports—TSCA Section 

12(b),’’ identified by EPA ICR No. 

0795.17 and OMB Control No. 2070– 

0030. This ICR represents the renewal of 

an approved ICR that is currently 

scheduled to expire on May 31, 2024. 


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