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EPA will evaluate and select proposed 

projects described in the LOIs using the 

selection criteria established in the 

statute and regulation, and the 

Administration priorities identified in 

section I of this document. EPA’s 

priorities reflect water sector challenges 

that require innovative tools to assist 

borrowers in managing and adapting to 

our most pressing public health and 

environmental challenges. These 

priorities are reflected in the scoring 

methodology of the selection criteria 

below and described in greater detail in 

the WIFIA program handbook. 

The WIFIA selection criteria are 

divided into three categories: Project 

Readiness, Borrower Creditworthiness, 

and Project Impact. Each LOI will be 

evaluated for the extent to which the 

project satisfies the criteria listed below 

for each category. To satisfy the overall 

category review, it is not necessary to 

satisfy all criteria for each category. For 

the Project Impact category, WIFIA staff 

will score LOIs based on the points 

indicated below. All projects that satisfy 

category-level review for all three 

categories will be selected for funding, 

assuming sufficient funds are still 

available. The criteria are as follows: 

Project Readiness: 

(i) The readiness of the project to 

proceed toward development, including 

a demonstration by the obligor that 

there is a reasonable expectation that 

the contracting process for construction 

of the project can commence by not later 

than 90 days after the date on which a 

Federal credit instrument is obligated 

for the project under WIFIA. 

(ii) Preliminary engineering feasibility 

analysis. 

Borrower Creditworthiness: 

(i) The likelihood that assistance 

under WIFIA would enable the project 

to proceed at an earlier date than the 

project would otherwise be able to 

proceed. 

(ii) The extent to which the project 

financing plan includes public or 

private financing in addition to 

assistance under WIFIA. 

(iii) The extent to which assistance 

under WIFIA reduces the contribution 

of Federal assistance to the project. 

(iv) The amount of budget authority 

required to fund the Federal credit 

instrument made available under 

WIFIA. 

(v) Preliminary determination of 

prospective borrower and project 

creditworthiness. 

Project Impact: 

(i) 10 points: The extent to which the 

project is nationally or regionally 

significant, with respect to the 

generation of economic and public 

benefits, such as (1) the reduction of 

flood risk; (2) the improvement of water 

quality and quantity, including aquifer 

recharge; (3) the protection of drinking 

water, including source water 

protection; and (4) the support of 

international commerce. 

(ii) 15 points: The extent to which the 

project (1) protects against extreme 

weather events, such as floods, 

hurricanes or drought; or (2) helps 

maintain or protect the environment, 

including Priority D. 

(iii) 5 points: The extent to which the 

project serves regions with significant 

energy exploration, development, or 

production areas. 

(iv) 10 points: The extent to which a 

project serves regions with significant 

water resource challenges, including the 

need to address: (1) water quality 

concerns in areas of regional, national, 

or international significance; (2) water 

quantity concerns related to 

groundwater, surface water, or other 

water sources; (3) significant flood risk; 

(4) water resource challenges identified 

in existing regional, state, or multistate 

agreements; or (5) water resources with 

exceptional recreational value or 

ecological importance. 

(v) 5 points: The extent to which the 

project addresses identified municipal, 

state, or regional priorities. 

(vi) 10 points: The extent to which the 

project addresses needs for repair, 

rehabilitation or replacement of a 

treatment works, community water 

system, or aging water distribution or 

wastewater collection system. 

(vii) 15 points: The extent to which 

the project serves economically stressed 

communities, or pockets of 

economically stressed rate payers 

within otherwise non-economically 

stressed communities, including 

Priority A. 

(viii) 15 points: The extent to which 

the project reduces exposure to lead in 

the nation’s drinking water systems or 

addresses emergent contaminants, 

including Priorities B and C. 

(ix) 15 points: The extent to which the 

project uses new or innovative 

approaches, including Priority E. 

The scoring scales and guidance used 

to evaluate each project against the 

selection criteria are available in the 

WIFIA program handbook. Prospective 

borrowers considering WIFIA should 

review the WIFIA program handbook 

and discuss how the project addresses 

each of the selection criteria in the LOI 

submission. 

IX. Federal Requirements 

All projects receiving WIFIA 

assistance must comply with the 

applicable Federal requirements. 

Compliance with Federal requirements 

is not required for submitting a letter of 

interest, being invited to apply for a 

WIFIA loan, or submitting an 

application. The WIFIA program will 

review selected projects for compliance 

with Federal requirements once they 

have submitted an application. 

Additional information about Federal 

compliance requirements is available in 

the WIFIA program handbook and at 

https://www.epa.gov/wifia/wifia-federalcompliance-requirements. 

X. Opportunities To Learn More About 

the WIFIA Program 

EPA hosts regular outreach events and 

monthly office hours to provide further 

information about submitting an LOI. 

The outreach schedule and registration 

instructions can be found on the WIFIA 

program website: www.epa.gov/wifia. 

Prospective borrowers with questions 

about the program or interest in meeting 

with the WIFIA program staff may send 

a request to wifia@epa.gov. EPA will 

meet with all prospective borrowers 

interested in discussing the program 

prior to submission of an LOI. 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 3901–3915; 40 

CFR part 35. 

Michael S. Regan, 

Administrator. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0457; FRL–11399–01– 

OCSPP] 

Pesticides; Request for Stakeholder 

Input on the Proposed Design of a New 

Grant Program Regarding the Health 

Care Provider (HCP) Training Program; 

Notice of Availability and Opportunity 

for Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is announcing the 

availability of a Request for Information 

(RFI) that seeks public comment on a 

proposed design for the new grant 

program related to the Health Care 

Provider (HCP) Training Program, a 

cooperative agreement to help medical 

professionals better prevent, recognize, 

treat, and manage pesticide-related 

illness. The Pesticide Registration 

Improvement Act of 2022 (referred to as 

PRIA 5) included set-asides of up to 

$2.5 million for fiscal years 2023–2027 

to fund the HCP Training Program. PRIA 

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persons who conduct farmworker 

education and training, or technical 

assistance and training of healthcare 

providers, to inform the design of the 

grant program. EPA has previously 

solicited input on the HCP Training 

Program design through its Federal 

advisory committees, which include 

representatives of these stakeholders. 

The purpose of this RFI is to solicit 

additional stakeholder feedback from a 

broad array of individuals and 

organizations with knowledge and 

expertise related to the goals of the HCP 

Training Program. Additional public 

input, including environmental justice 

perspectives, will help the Agency 

refine the HCP Training Program and 

design a grant program to more 

effectively support populations that 

have historically been at high risk from 

pesticide-related illness. 

DATES: Submit your comments on or 

before November 24, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0457, 

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 or visiting 

the docket, along with more information 

about dockets generally, is available at 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Aidan Black, Office of Chemical Safety 

and Pollution Prevention, Pesticide Reevaluation Division (7508M), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460–0001; telephone number: 202– 

566–2381; email address: black.aidan@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Executive Summary 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This notice is directed to the general 

public and may be of specific interest to 

entities that conduct education and 

training of farmworkers, or technical 

assistance and training of healthcare 

providers (e.g., governmental and nongovernmental organizations, non-profits, 

community-based organizations, 

academic institutions, research 

institutions, medical institutions, 

medical associations, community health 

centers and clinics, public health 

administration and environmental 

health administration programs, Indian 

Tribes, and private sector entities). 

Because others may also be interested in 

this notice, EPA has not attempted to 

describe all the entities that may be 

interested in the subject covered in this 

notice. 

B. What is the Agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

The Pesticide Registration 

Improvement Act of 2022 (referred to as 

PRIA 5), Public Law 117–328, amended 

the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. 136 

et seq., to include up to $2,500,000 of 

set-aside funds for an HCP Training 

Program. Funds are for fiscal years 2023 

through 2027. 

Under PRIA section 703(a)(1)(H)(i), 

the HCP Training Program should 

provide grants to nonprofit 

organizations to help medical 

professionals better prevent, recognize, 

treat, and manage pesticide-related 

illness through technical assistance and 

training; the development of 

informational materials for technical 

assistance and training; and the 

development of outreach and delivery 

methods. 

PRIA section 703(a)(1)(H)(ii) specifies 

that only nonprofit organizations with 

demonstrated experience in providing 

training and technical assistance to 

health care providers who serve 

farmworker populations are eligible to 

receive this funding. 

C. Why is EPA taking this action? 

This action satisfies PRIA section 

703(a)(1)(K)(iv) which requires that EPA 

seek, in an open and transparent 

manner that does not provide a 

competitive advantage to any person or 

persons, input from persons who 

conduct farmworker education and 

training, or technical assistance and 

training of healthcare providers. 

D. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit CBI 

to EPA through https://

www.regulations.gov or email. If you 

wish to include CBI in your comment, 

please follow the applicable instructions 

at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets#rules and 

clearly mark the part or all of the 

information that you claim to be 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/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

II. Background 

EPA previously solicited feedback 

from the Farmworker and Clinician 

Training Workgroup of the Pesticide 

Programs Dialogue Committee (PPDC), a 

Federal advisory committee group. The 

PPDC workgroup—which included 

representatives of community-based 

organizations that serve farmworkers, 

healthcare providers, and Indian Tribes; 

university extension programs; industry; 

State regulators; farm bureaus; other 

Federal agencies; and current grantees 

under EPA cooperative agreements— 

met monthly for most of a year and 

formulated a set of nine 

recommendations (the 

recommendations can be found at 

https://www.epa.gov/system/files/ 

documents/2021-10/presentationfarmworker-and-clinician-trainingworkgroup-recommendations.pdf). The 

National Environmental Justice 

Advisory Council and the Children’s 

Health Protection Advisory Committee 

provided related anecdotes and 

reiterated some of the recommendations 

of the PPDC workgroup. EPA has 

incorporated these recommendations 

into the proposed program design. The 

Request for Information (RFI), which is 

available in the docket, seeks additional 

feedback to build upon those 

recommendations. 

III. Request for Public Comment 

A. What feedback does EPA hope to 

gain from the public comments? 

In the RFI, the Agency has proposed 

a design for the HCP Training Program 

and has posed a series of questions on 

that design. Generally, EPA is interested 

in comments about the types of 

activities the program could support; 

about populations at high risk of 

pesticide-related illness (and who 

would thus benefit from more highly 

trained clinicians); and about additional 

ways to ensure that training and 

technical assistance under the program 

accounts for the cultural context, social 

determinants of health, and 

vulnerabilities of those populations. 

The project objectives are: (1) 

Administer a national training and 

technical assistance program to improve 

the prevention, recognition, treatment, 

management, and reporting of pesticiderelated illness by HCP; and (2) 

Administer a partnership program to 

inform the Objective 1 activities and 

ensure they have both national reach 


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and local applicability. Each objective 

has both subobjectives and suggested 

emphasis areas. For the complete 

program design, please consult the RFI. 

EPA’s questions are as follows: 

• How can EPA and future grantees 

expand upon the work done through 

previous cooperative agreements to 

build HCP capacity, capitalize on 

existing resources, and avoid 

duplicating efforts? 

• What populations—besides 

farmworkers, pesticide handlers, and 

applicators—are at high risk of 

pesticide-related illness and would 

benefit from more highly trained HCPs? 

• How can EPA ensure that activities 

under Objective 1 (training and 

technical assistance) are responsive to 

the social determinants of health, 

cultural context, and vulnerabilities of 

patients at high risk of pesticide-related 

illness? 

• What steps can future grantees take 

to ensure that recognition, treatment, 

and management of pesticide-related 

illness continue to improve at local 

partner organizations after the project 

has concluded? What steps can they 

take to ensure that reporting continues 

to improve? 

• What networks, organizations, and 

stakeholders are examples of 

collaborators under Objective 2 

(partnership program)? Which could be 

effective at monitoring and evaluating 

the project? 

• What are examples of activities that 

this cooperative agreement could 

support under Objective 1 (training and 

technical assistance)? Under Objective 2 

(partnership program)? 

• Do the objectives, as written, 

exclude any collaborators or activities 

that would support the program goals? 

B. What is the request for information? 

In addition to soliciting comment on 

the questions posed in Unit III.A. of this 

document, EPA is seeking stakeholder 

input on the RFI document that is 

available in the docket. Specifically, 

EPA is interested in comments about the 

types of activities the program could 

support; about populations at high risk 

of pesticide-related illness (and who 

would thus benefit from more highly 

trained clinicians); and about additional 

ways to ensure that training and 

technical assistance under the program 

accounts for the cultural context, social 

determinants of health, and 

vulnerabilities of these populations. 

EPA encourages all potentially 

interested parties, including 

individuals, professional associations, 

governmental and non-governmental 

organizations, academic institutions, 

research institutions, medical 

institutions, non-profits, communitybased organizations, Indian Tribes, and 

private sector entities to provide 

responses to any or all questions. To the 

extent possible, the Agency asks 

commenters to please cite any public 

data related to or that supports the 

responses, and to the extent permissible, 

describe any supporting data that is not 

publicly available. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. 

Dated: September 19, 2023. 

Michal Freedhoff, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

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FEDERAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS 

ADVISORY BOARD 

Notice of Appointments Panel Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Accounting Standards 

Advisory Board. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Appointments Panel, a 

subcommittee of the Federal Accounting 

Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), 

will hold a meeting on October 5, 2023. 

The Appointments Panel makes 

recommendations regarding 

appointments for non-federal member 

positions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Monica R. Valentine, Executive 

Director, 441 G Street NW, Suite 1155, 

Washington, DC 20548, or call (202) 

512–7350. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is closed to the public. The 

reason for the closure is that matters 

covered by 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6) 

will be discussed. Any such discussions 

will involve matters that relate solely to 

internal personnel rules and practices of 

the sponsor agencies and the disclosure 

of information of a personal nature 

where disclosure would constitute a 

clearly unwarranted invasion of 

personal privacy. 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), 5 U.S.C. 1009(d), portions of 

advisory committee meetings may be 

closed to the public where the head of 

the agency to which the advisory 

committee reports determines that such 

portion of such meeting may be closed 

to the public in accordance with 

subsection (c) of section 552b of title 5, 

United States Code. The determination 

shall be in writing and shall contain the 

reasons for the determination. A 

determination has been made in writing 

by the U.S. Government Accountability 

Office, the U.S. Department of the 

Treasury, and the Office of Management 

and Budget, as required by section 10(d) 

of FACA, that such portions of the 

meetings may be closed to the public in 

accordance with subsection (c) of 

section 552b of title 5, United States 

Code. 

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3511(d); Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. 

1001–1014. 

Dated: September 19, 2023. 

Monica R. Valentine, 

Executive Director. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[FR ID 173749] 

Open Commission Meeting Thursday, 

September 21, 2023 

September 14, 2023. 

The Federal Communications 

Commission will hold an Open Meeting 

on the subjects listed below on 

Thursday, September 21, 2023, which is 

scheduled to commence at 10:30 a.m. in 

the Commission Meeting Room of the 

Federal Communications Commission, 

45 L Street NE, Washington, DC. 

While attendance at the Open Meeting 

is available to the public, the FCC 

headquarters building is not open access 

and all guests must check in with and 

be screened by FCC security at the main 

entrance on L Street. Attendees at the 

Open Meeting will not be required to 

have an appointment but must 

otherwise comply with protocols 

outlined at: www.fcc.gov/visit. Open 

Meetings are streamed live at: 

www.fcc.gov/live and on the FCC’s 

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