65388 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 183 / Friday, September 22, 2023 / Notices 

[FR Doc. 2023–20571 Filed 9–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–C 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2003–0004; FRL–11389– 

01–OCSPP] 

Access to Confidential Business 

Information by Eastern Research 

Group (ERG) and Its Subcontractors 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has authorized the 

following contractor and subcontractors 

to access information which has been 

submitted to EPA under all sections of 

the Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSCA), some of which may be claimed 

or determined to be confidential 

business information (CBI): Eastern 

Research Group Inc. (ERG) of Lexington, 

MA/Chantilly, VA and its 

subcontractors as listed in Unit III. 

DATES: Access will occur no sooner than 

September 29, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2003–0004, is 

available at https://

www.regulations.gov. Additional 

instructions on accessing the docket, 

along with more information about 

dockets generally, is available at https:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

For technical information contact: 

Colby Lintner, Program Management 

and Operations Division (7407M), Office 

of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460–0001; telephone number: (202) 

564–8182; email address: lintner.colby@

epa.gov or Adam Schwoerer; telephone 

number: (202) 564–4767; email address: 

schwoerer.adam@epa.gov. 

For general information contact: The 

TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422 

South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 

14620; telephone number: (202) 554– 

1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. This action may, however, be 

of interest to all who manufacture, 

process, or distribute industrial 

chemicals. Because other entities may 

also be interested, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be affected by this 

action. 

II. What is the Agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

This notice is provided pursuant to 

section 14 of the Toxic Substances 

Control Act (TSCA), 15 U.S.C. 2601 et 

seq., and EPA implementing regulations 

in 40 CFR part 2. 

III. What action is the Agency taking? 

Under EPA contract number 

68HERC23D0006, Eastern Research 

Group (ERG) and its subcontractors as 

identified in this unit will provide 

support for Chemical Screening, 

Review, and Evaluation of New, 

Existing, and Safer Choice Chemical 

Substances in accordance with the 

Performance Work Statement which are 

vital to Agency personnel to make 

informed decisions on environmental 

issues and other information that maybe 

claimed as TSCA CBI in accordance 

with the TSCA Security Manual. 

In accordance with 40 CFR 2.306(j), 

EPA has determined that to perform 

successfully the duties specified under 

EPA contract number 68HERC23D0006, 

the contractor and its subcontractors 

will require access to information that 

may contain CBI submitted under all 

sections of TSCA. As such, personnel of 

the contractor and its subcontractors 

will be given access to information that 

may be claimed or determined to be CBI 

information submitted to EPA under all 

sections of TSCA. 

EPA is issuing this notice to inform 

all submitters of information under all 

sections of TSCA that EPA will provide 

the herein identified contractor and its 

subcontractors with access to the CBI 


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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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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

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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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–11280–01–R1] 

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 

EPA Region 1 at the address listed 


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