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Filed Date: 9/26/23. 

Accession Number: 20230926–5006. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/10/23. 

Docket Numbers: RP23–1060–000. 

Applicants: El Paso Natural Gas 

Company, L.L.C. 

Description: Section 4(d) Rate Filing: 

Negotiated Rate Agreement Update 

(Hartree Oct 2023) to be effective 10/1/ 

2023. 

Filed Date: 9/26/23. 

Accession Number: 20230926–5007. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/10/23. 

Docket Numbers: RP23–1061–000. 

Applicants: Iroquois Gas 

Transmission System, L.P. 

Description: Section 4(d) Rate Filing: 

9.26.23 Negotiated Rates—Citadel 

Energy Marketing LLC R–7705–17 to be 

effective 11/1/2023. 

Filed Date: 9/26/23. 

Accession Number: 20230926–5011. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/10/23. 

Docket Numbers: RP23–1062–000. 

Applicants: Iroquois Gas 

Transmission System, L.P. 

Description: Section 4(d) Rate Filing: 

9.26.23 Negotiated Rates—Emera Energy 

Services, Inc. R–2715–52 to be effective 

11/1/2023. 

Filed Date: 9/26/23. 

Accession Number: 20230926–5020. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/10/23. 

Docket Numbers: RP23–1063–000. 

Applicants: Iroquois Gas 

Transmission System, L.P. 

Description: Section 4(d) Rate Filing: 

9.26.23 Negotiated Rates—Emera Energy 

Services, Inc. R–2715–53 to be effective 

11/1/2023. 

Filed Date: 9/26/23. 

Accession Number: 20230926–5024. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/10/23. 

Docket Numbers: RP23–1064–000. 

Applicants: Iroquois Gas 

Transmission System, L.P. 

Description: Section 4(d) Rate Filing: 

9.26.23 Negotiated Rates—Emera Energy 

Services, Inc. R–2715–54 to be effective 

11/1/2023. 

Filed Date: 9/26/23. 

Accession Number: 20230926–5029. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/10/23. 

Docket Numbers: RP23–1065–000. 

Applicants: El Paso Natural Gas 

Company, L.L.C. 

Description: Section 4(d) Rate Filing: 

Non-Conforming Agreement Filing 

(Phillips 66) to be effective 10/27/2023. 

Filed Date: 9/26/23. 

Accession Number: 20230926–5060. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/10/23. 

Any person desiring to intervene, to 

protest, or to answer a complaint in any 

of the above proceedings must file in 

accordance with Rules 211, 214, or 206 

of the Commission’s Regulations (18 

CFR 385.211, 385.214, or 385.206) on or 

before 5 p.m. Eastern time on the 

specified comment date. Protests may be 

considered, but intervention is 

necessary to become a party to the 

proceeding. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system (https://

elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/

fercgensearch.asp) by querying the 

docket number. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

The Commission’s Office of Public 

Participation (OPP) supports meaningful 

public engagement and participation in 

Commission proceedings. OPP can help 

members of the public, including 

landowners, environmental justice 

communities, Tribal members and 

others, access publicly available 

information and navigate Commission 

processes. For public inquiries and 

assistance with making filings such as 

interventions, comments, or requests for 

rehearing, the public is encouraged to 

contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@

ferc.gov. 

Dated: September 26, 2023. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21692 Filed 9–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–11423–01–OAR] 

Acid Rain Program: Excess Emissions 

Penalty Inflation Adjustments 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of annual adjustment 

factors. 

SUMMARY: The Acid Rain Program 

requires sources that do not meet their 

annual Acid Rain emissions limitations 

for sulfur dioxide (SO2) or nitrogen 

oxides (NOX) to pay inflation-adjusted 

excess emissions penalties. This 

document provides notice of the annual 

adjustment factors used to calculate 

excess emissions penalties for 

compliance years 2023 and 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jason Kuhns at (202) 564–3236 or 

kuhns.jason@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Acid 

Rain Program limits SO2 and NOX

emissions from fossil fuel-fired 

electricity generating units. All affected 

sources must hold allowances sufficient 

to cover their annual SO2 mass 

emissions, and certain coal-fired units 

must meet annual average NOX

emission rate limits. Under 40 CFR 77.6, 

any source that does not meet these 

requirements must pay an excess 

emissions penalty without demand to 

the EPA Administrator. The automatic 

penalty is computed as the number of 

excess tons of SO2 or NOX emitted times 

a per-ton penalty amount of $2,000 

times an annual adjustment factor, 

which must be published in the Federal 

Register. 

The annual adjustment factor used to 

compute excess emissions penalties for 

compliance year 2023 is 2.377, resulting 

in an automatic penalty amount of 

$4,754 per excess ton of SO2 or NOX

emitted in 2023. In accordance with 40 

CFR 77.6(b) and 72.2, this annual 

adjustment factor is determined from 

values of the Consumer Price Index for 

All Urban Consumers (CPI–U) for 

August 1989 and August 2022. 

The annual adjustment factor used to 

compute excess emissions penalties for 

compliance year 2024 is 2.464, resulting 

in an automatic penalty amount of 

$4,928 per excess ton of SO2 or NOX

emitted in 2024. This annual adjustment 

factor is determined from values of the 

CPI–U for August 1989 and August 

2023. 

Rona Birnbaum, 

Director, Clean Air Markets Division, Office 

of Atmospheric Programs, Office of Air and 

Radiation. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21664 Filed 9–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0467; FRL–11410–01– 

OCSPP] 

Pesticide Program Dialogue 

Committee; Notice of Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, the 

Environmental Protection Agency’s 

(EPA’s) Office of Pesticide Programs is 

announcing a public meeting of the 

Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee 

(PPDC) on November 15 and 16, 2023. 

The meeting will be held in person and 

limited opportunities for virtual 

participation will be offered. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, November 15 from 


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approximately 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

and on Thursday, November 16, 2023, 

from approximately 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 

p.m. Requests to participate in the 

meeting must be received on or before 

November 8, 2023. 

To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact the technical 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATON CONTACT, preferably at least 

10 days prior to the meeting, to give 

EPA as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency Ruckelshaus Conference Center 

in the East West William Jefferson 

Clinton Building at 1201 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004. 

Please visit https://www.epa.gov/ 

pesticide-advisory-committees-andregulatory-partners/pesticide-programdialogue-committee-ppdc to find a link 

to register for the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey Chang, telephone number: (202) 

566–2213, email address: chang.jeffrey@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you work in in agricultural 

settings or if you are concerned about 

implementation of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.); the 

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

(FFDCA) (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.); the 

Pesticide Registration Improvement Act 

(PRIA) (which amends FIFRA section 

33); and the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Potentially affected entities may include 

but are not limited to: Agricultural 

workers and farmers; pesticide industry 

and trade associations; environmental, 

consumer, and farm worker groups; 

pesticide users and growers; animal 

rights groups; pest consultants; state, 

local, and tribal governments; academia; 

public health organizations; and the 

public. If you have questions regarding 

the applicability of this action to a 

particular entity, consult the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

The docket for this action, identified 

by docket identification (ID) number 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0467, is available 

online at https://www.regulations.gov. 

The docket will also be available inperson at the Office of Pesticide 

Programs Regulatory Public Docket 

(OPP Docket) in the EPA/DC, West 

William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 

3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460–0001. The 

Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 

telephone number for the Public 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744. 

For further information on EPA/DC 

services, docket contact information and 

the current status of the EPA/DC and 

Reading Room, please visit https://

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

II. Background 

The PPDC is a federal advisory 

committee chartered under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public 

Law 92–463. EPA established the PPDC 

in September 1995 to provide policy 

advice, information and 

recommendations to the EPA 

Administrator through the Director of 

the Office of Pesticide Programs, Office 

of Chemical Safety and Pollution 

Prevention. The PPDC provides a public 

forum to discuss a wide variety of 

pesticide regulatory developments and 

reform initiatives, evolving public 

policy and program implementation 

issues associated with evaluating and 

risks from the use of pesticides. 

III. How can I request to participate in 

this meeting? 

Please visit https://www.epa.gov/ 

pesticide-advisory-committees-andregulatory-partners/pesticide-programdialogue-committee-ppdc to find a link 

to register to attend the meeting in 

person. 

Requests to make brief oral comments 

to the PPDC during the meeting should 

be submitted to the individual listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT on or before noon on the date 

set in the DATES section. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2 et seq. 

and 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. 

Dated: September 26, 2023. 

Edward Messina, 

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21647 Filed 9–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0430; FRL–11382–01– 

OCSPP] 

Pesticides; Draft Guidance and 

Proposed Method for Antimicrobial 

Product Efficacy Claims Against 

Planktonic Legionella Pneumophila in 

Cooling Tower Water; Notice of 

Availability and Request for Comments 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is announcing the 

availability of and soliciting public 

comment on a draft guidance document 

and proposed method for adding 

efficacy claims to antimicrobial 

products for use in cooling tower water 

to reduce the level of planktonic 

Legionella pneumophila. The draft 

guidance document describes efficacy 

testing for antimicrobial products to 

support claims for the reduction of 

planktonic L. pneumophila in water 

within cooling tower systems and how 

to prepare an application for 

registration. The proposed method is for 

evaluating the efficacy of antimicrobial 

products in water of cooling towers 

against planktonic L. pneumophila. The 

draft guidance does not address 

adherent or sessile bacteria that attach 

to a surface (e.g., biofilm) of the cooling 

tower system or any other 

microorganism other than L. 

pneumophila which may be found in 

the water of cooling tower systems. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before December 1, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0430, 

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: 

For information on the proposed 

method contact: Lisa S. Smith, 

Microbiology Laboratory Branch 

(7503M), Biological and Economic 

Analysis Division, Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Environmental Science Center, 

701 Mapes Road Ft. Meade, MD 20755– 


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