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collected; and (iv) minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. The ICR package will be 

submitted to OMB for review and 

approval. 

Abstract: This supporting statement is 

for an Information Collection Request 

(ICR) for four mobile source related 

grant programs administered by the 

Transportation and Climate Division 

(TCD), within Environmental Protection 

Agency’s (EPA) Office of Transportation 

and Air Quality (OTAQ). These four 

programs include: Diesel Emission 

Reduction Act (DERA) Grant Program, 

Clean School Bus (CSB) Grant Program, 

Clean Heavy-Duty (CHD) Grant Program, 

and Clean Ports Grant Program. 

The DERA Grants Program and the 

Clean School Bus Grant Program 

currently collect information under an 

existing ICR, the General Administrative 

Requirements for Assistance Programs 

(Renewal), ICR No. 2030–0020. The EPA 

currently uses ICR No. 2030–0020 to 

collect information for most major 

elements of grants administration, but in 

order to ease the burden for applicants, 

awardees, and Agency staff, as well as 

enrich data quality across programs, the 

Agency needs to be able to collect 

information via new reporting 

instruments, specifically programspecific, fillable data templates. This 

ICR for these four programs is 

requesting clearance to cover fillable 

data templates for three phases of the 

grant lifecycle: initial application, 

quarterly reporting, and final reporting. 

Notably, for successful grant applicants, 

the information in data templates 

collected during the application phase 

of the grant lifecycle will flow into the 

data templates for the quarterly and 

final reporting periods, enabling these 

templates to capture data efficiently 

throughout the life of the entire award. 

TCD uses approved procedures and 

forms to collect necessary information 

to operate its grant programs and has 

been providing grants under DERA 

since 2008. EPA is preparing to launch 

the 2024 Clean Port Program in late 

winter 2024, the 2024 Clean Heavy Duty 

in early spring 2024, as well as the 2024 

DERA grant program in summer 2024, 

and overseeing the 2023 Clean School 

Bus Grantees, who are expected to begin 

reporting in mid-2024. 

While these programs each have 

unique statutory requirements, there are 

key aspects that unite them as mobile 

source emissions reduction efforts, and 

by combining them as a cohort of 

programs under one ICR, EPA aims to 

enrich data quality across our programs 

and to ease burden on applicants and 

awardees considering applying for 

multiple programs. Additionally, 

collecting data via program-specific, 

fillable data templates that supplement 

the main application document will 

enhance the Agency’s oversight of these 

projects as directed by Congress. 

Further, doing so will also provide 

critical real-world performance data that 

the Agency would not otherwise be able 

to procure, which can inform future 

research and policy decisions related to 

OTAQ’s mission to protect human 

health and the environment by reducing 

air pollution and greenhouse gas 

emissions from mobile sources and 

advancing clean fuels and technology. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this action are 

those interested in applying for grants 

under EPA’s CSB, DERA, Clean Heavy 

Duty, and Clean Ports programs and 

include but are not limited to the 

following NAICS (North American 

Industry Classification System) codes: 

23 Construction; 482 Rail 

Transportation; 483 Water 

Transportation; 484 Truck 

Transportation; 485 Transit and Ground 

Passenger Transportation; 4854 School 

and Employee Bus Transportation; 

48831 Port and Harbor Operations; 

61111 Elementary and Secondary 

Schools; 61131 Colleges, Universities, 

and Professional Schools; 9211 

Executive, Legislative, and Other 

Government Support; and 9221 Justice, 

Public Order, and Safety Activities. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory for grant recipients. 

Estimated number of respondents: 50 

CSB, 112 DERA, 100 Clean Ports and 50 

Clean Heavy Duty grant recipients 

annually. 

Frequency of response: One initial 

report, 3 quarterly reports per year the 

grant is active, and one final report. 

Total estimated burden: 19,701 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $1,104,668 (per 

year), which includes $0 annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: This is a 

new collection. 

Karl Simon, 

Director, Transportation and Climate 

Division, Office of Air and Radiation. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL OP–OFA–092] 

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 October 16, 2023 10 a.m. EST 

Through October 23, 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. 20230143, Draft Supplement, 

FERC, CA, South Feather Power 

Project, Comment Period Ends: 12/18/ 

2023, Contact: Office of External 

Affairs 866–208–3372. 

EIS No. 20230144, Final, HCIDLA, CA, 

One San Pedro Specific Plan Final 

EIR/EIS, Review Period Ends: 11/27/ 

2023, Contact: Jinderpal Bhandal 818– 

601–1169. 

EIS No. 20230145, Final, BOEM, CA, 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement for Oil and Gas 

Decommissioning Activities on the 

Pacific Outer Continental Shelf, 

Review Period Ends: 11/28/2023, 

Contact: Richard Yarde 805–384– 

6383. 

EIS No. 20230146, Draft Supplement, 

BR, CO, Near-term Colorado River 

Operations Revised Draft 

Supplemental EIS, Comment Period 

Ends: 12/11/2023, Contact: Genevieve 

Johnson 602–228–4158. 

EIS No. 20230147, Final, BLM, NV, 

Goldrush Mine Project, Review Period 

Ends: 11/27/2023, Contact: Scott 

Distel 775–635–4093. 

EIS No. 20230148, Draft Supplement, 

GSA, MN, Land Port of Entry 

Modernization and Expansion Project 

at International Falls, MN, Comment 

Period Ends: 12/11/2023, Contact: 

Michael Gonczar 312–810–2326. 

Amended Notice 

EIS No. 20230112, Draft Supplement, 

NRC, FL, Site-Specific Environmental 

Impact Statement for License Renewal 

of Nuclear Plants Regarding 

Subsequent License Renewal for 

Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Unit 

Nos. 3 and 4, NUREG–1437, 

Supplement 5a, Second Renewal, 

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Contact: Lance J Rakovan 301–415– 

2589. 

Revision to FR Notice Published 09/ 

08/2023; Extending the Comment Period 

from 10/23/2023 to 11/07/2023. 

EIS No. 20230116, Draft Supplement, 

BLM, USFWS, AK, Coastal Plain Oil 

and Gas Leasing Program, Comment 

Period Ends: 11/07/2023, Contact: 

Serena Sweet 907–271–4543. 

Revision to FR Notice Published 09/ 

08/2023; Extending the Comment Period 

from 10/23/2023 to 11/07/2023. 

Dated: October 23, 2023. 

Nancy Abrams, 

Associate Director, Office of Federal 

Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23759 Filed 10–26–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0474; FRL–11384–01– 

OCSPP] 

Endocrine Disruptor Screening 

Program (EDSP); Near-Term Strategies 

for Implementation; Notice of 

Availability and Request for Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is announcing the 

availability of and soliciting comment 

on the near-term strategies described in 

this document to help the Agency meet 

its obligations and commitments under 

the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 

Act (FFDCA), which requires, among 

other things, that EPA screen for and 

protect against endocrine disrupting 

effects in humans. An important part of 

these obligations and commitments is 

the Endocrine Disruptor Screening 

Program (EDSP), which EPA established 

in 1998 as a two-tier endocrine 

screening and testing process for 

pesticides and other chemicals. After 

over two decades of implementing the 

EDSP and other aspects of the mandate 

in FFDCA, EPA has developed nearterm strategies to begin addressing the 

challenges it has encountered and to 

rebuild the EDSP. This document covers 

only the initial strategies that EPA is 

taking over the next several years to 

generate momentum toward its longerterm goal of timely addressing all its 

endocrine screening data needs and 

decisions. Through this notice and to 

help implement its strategies, EPA is 

also seeking additional endocrine data 

on two groups of active ingredients 

currently undergoing registration 

review, or explanations of why the 

additional data are unnecessary for EPA 

to make its FIFRA and FFDCA 

decisions. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before December 26, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0474, 

using 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/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Catherine Aubee, Endocrine Disruptor 

Screening Program (7505T), Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

main telephone number: (202) 566– 

1030; email address: 

pesticidequestions@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Executive Summary 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you produce, manufacture, 

use, or import pesticide/agricultural 

chemicals and other chemical 

substances; or if you are or may 

otherwise be involved in the testing of 

chemical substances for potential 

endocrine effects. Potentially affected 

entities, identified by the North 

American Industrial Classification 

System (NAICS) codes, may include, but 

are not limited to: 

• Chemical manufacturers, importers 

and processors (NAICS code 325), e.g., 

persons who manufacture, import or 

process chemical substances. 

• Pesticide, fertilizer, and other 

agricultural chemical manufacturing 

(NAICS code 3253), e.g., persons who 

manufacture, import or process 

pesticide, fertilizer and agricultural 

chemicals. 

• Scientific research (NAICS code 

5417). 

B. What is the Agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

FFDCA section 408(p)(1) requires, 

among other things, that EPA ‘‘develop 

a screening program, using appropriate 

validated test systems and other 

scientifically relevant information to 

determine whether certain substances 

may have an effect in humans that is 

similar to an effect produced by a 

naturally occurring estrogen, or such 

other effects as [EPA] may designate.’’ 

(21 U.S.C. 346a(p)). FFDCA sections 

408(p)(2) and (p)(7) require EPA to 

implement the EDSP by August 1999 

and report to Congress on the program’s 

progress by August 2000, respectively. 

FFDCA section 408(p)(3) requires that 

EPA ‘‘shall provide for the testing of all 

pesticide chemicals.’’ FFDCA section 

201 defines ‘‘pesticide chemical’’ as 

‘‘any substance that is a pesticide within 

the meaning of the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

(FIFRA), including all active and 

pesticide inert ingredients of such 

pesticide.’’ (21 U.S.C. 231(q)(1)). 

However, FFDCA section 408(p)(4) 

authorizes EPA to, by order, exempt a 

substance from the EDSP if the EPA 

‘‘determines that the substance is 

anticipated not to produce any effect in 

humans similar to an effect produced by 

a naturally occurring estrogen.’’ FFDCA 

section 408(p)(5) identifies the 

requirements and processes for issuing 

test orders, requiring testing under the 

EDSP, and submitting information 

obtained from the testing to EPA. (21 

U.S.C. 346a(p)(5)). Finally, FFDCA 

section 408(p)(6) requires EPA to ‘‘as 

appropriate, take action under such 

statutory authority as is available to the 

Administrator, including consideration 

under other sections of this chapter, as 

is necessary to ensure the protection of 

public health’’ for ‘‘any substance that is 

found, as a result of testing and 

evaluation under this section, to have an 

endocrine effect on humans.’’ 

The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 

and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) precludes 

the distribution and sale of any 

pesticide that is not registered under 

FIFRA. (7 U.S.C. 136a(a)). Applications 

for registration of a pesticide may be 

submitted to EPA but must meet the 

requirements in FIFRA sections 3(c) and 

33, which include providing complete 

data in support of that registration 

request. (7 U.S.C. 136a and 136w-8). 

The data required to support these 

applications are identified in EPA 

regulations at 40 CFR part 158. EPA may 

issue Data Call-In (DCI) notices under 

FIFRA section 3(c)(2)(B) to require 

additional data during the registration 

process to address a risk or after 

registration to maintain a registered 

pesticide. (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(2)(B)). To 

grant a pesticide registration, FIFRA 

requires EPA to consider whether the 

pesticide has ‘‘unreasonable adverse 

effects’’ to human health and the 

environment. (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(5)). 

FIFRA section 2(bb) defines 

‘‘unreasonable adverse effects on the 


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