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general permit will be effective March 1, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the general 

permit, 2022 fact sheet, 2023 fact sheet 

addendum, and response to comments 

document are available online: https:// 

www.epa.gov/npdes-permits/npdesgeneral-permit-federal-aquaculturefacilities-and-aquaculture-facilitieslocated. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests may be made to Audrey 

Washington at (206) 553–0523. Requests 

may also be electronically mailed to: 

washington.audrey@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

On September 7, 2022, EPA Region 10 

proposed to reissue the general permit 

(87 FR 54688). In response to requests 

from the regulated community, EPA 

Region 10 extended the end of the 

public comment period from November 

7 to December 22, 2022 (87 FR 66178). 

On July 18, 2023, EPA Region 10 

initiated a second public comment 

period focused exclusively on four 

changes made to the General Permit (88 

FR 45901). Eligible facilities include 

Concentrated Aquatic Animal 

Production (CAAP) facilities, non-CAAP 

facilities, aquaculture research facilities, 

and dam fish passage facilities. 

Currently, there are 32 facilities covered 

under the existing administratively 

continued general permit. Existing 

aquaculture facilities may request 

authorization to discharge under the 

general permit by submitting a Notice of 

Intent (NOI) no more than ninety (90) 

days following the effective date of the 

general permit. New facilities that begin 

operations after the effective date of the 

general permit must submit a NOI at 

least 180 days prior to initiation of 

operations. Upon receipt, EPA will 

review the NOI to ensure that all permit 

requirements are met. If determined 

appropriate by EPA, a discharger will be 

granted coverage under the general 

permit upon the date that EPA provides 

written notification. 

Please see the general permit and fact 

sheet. 

Other Legal Requirements 

This action is not a significant 

regulatory action and was therefore not 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review. 

In accordance with National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), an 

Environmental Assessment (EA) and 

associated Finding of No Significant 

Impact (FONSI) for a proposed facility 

at Cassimer Bar was available for review 

and comment along with this general 

permit. 

Compliance with Endangered Species 

Act, Essential Fish Habitat, Paperwork 

Reduction Act, and other requirements 

are discussed in the 2022 fact sheet to 

the general permit. 

Appeal of Permit: Any interested 

person may appeal the final permit 

action on or before May 7, 2024 (i.e., 120 

days from the issuance date of this 

permit) in the Federal Court of Appeals 

in accordance with section 509(b)(1) of 

the CWA, 33 U.S.C. 1369(b)(1). 

Caleb Shaffer, 

Acting Director, Water Division, Region 10. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OEJECR–2023–0531; FRL– 

11583–01–OEJECR] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Information 

Collection Request; Comment 

Request; Environmental Justice 

Thriving Communities Grantmaking 

(TCGM) Program: Post-Award 

Reporting and Public Outreach 

Information Collections 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

Environmental Justice Thriving 

Communities Grantmaking (TCGM) 

(TCGM) Program: Post-Award Reporting 

and Public Outreach Information 

Collections (EPA ICR Number 2795.01, 

OMB Control Number 2035–NEW) to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. Before doing so, EPA is 

soliciting public comments on specific 

aspects of the proposed information 

collection as described below. This is a 

request for approval of a new collection. 

This notice allows for 60 days for public 

comments. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before March 8, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OEJECR–2023–0531, to EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to Docket_

OMS@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460. EPA’s policy is 

that all comments received will be 

included in the public docket without 

change including any personal 

information provided, unless the 

comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Aarti Iyer, Office of the Chief Financial 

Officer, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460; email address: 

iyer.aarti@epa.gov; phone: 202–564– 

0214. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

request for approval of a new collection. 

An agency may not conduct or sponsor 

and a person is not required to respond 

to a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

This notice allows 60 days for public 

comments. Supporting documents, 

which explain in detail the information 

that the EPA will be collecting, are 

available in the public docket for this 

ICR. The docket can be viewed online 

at www.regulations.gov or in person at 

the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

NW, Washington, DC. The telephone 

number for the Docket Center is 202– 

566–1744. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket, visit http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments 

and information to enable it to: (i) 

evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (ii) evaluate the 

accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (iv) minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate forms of 

information technology. EPA will 

consider the comments received and 

amend the ICR as appropriate. The final 

ICR package will then be submitted to 

OMB for review and approval. At that 

time, EPA will issue another Federal 

Register notice to announce the 

submission of the ICR to OMB and the 

opportunity to submit additional 

comments to OMB. 

Abstract: To meet the goals and 

objectives that demonstrate the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 


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(EPA’s) and the Administration’s 

commitment to achieving 

environmental justice and embedding 

environmental justice into Agency 

programs, EPA released the Thriving 

Communities Grantmaking Program 

(TCGM) funding opportunity. The 

Thriving Communities Grantmaking 

program is a reimagining of the longstanding Environmental Justice (EJ) 

Small Grants Program specifically 

designed to address the needs of 

underserved communities and 

marginalized groups through the 

provision of direct funding. Historically, 

the Agency has managed the EJ Small 

Grants directly, moving forward EPA 

plans to award 11+ cooperative 

agreement(s) to pass-through entities 

(referred to as Grantmakers) in 

collaboration with EPA to design and 

build their own processes to receive and 

evaluate competitive community project 

applications. This competitive 

subawards program called EJ Thriving 

Communities Subgrants will fund the 

initial development of community led 

environmental justice projects. The 

pass-through model removes the 

requirement of applying through the 

federal grants process and decreases the 

amount of time it takes to award federal 

funds. With this Information Collection 

Request (ICR), EPA seeks authorization 

to collect information to track progress 

made by the 11+ Grantmakers and their 

partnerships. Collection of this 

information enables EPA to assess and 

manage the TCGM Program, which 

ensures responsible stewardship of 

public funds; rigorous evidence-based 

learning and improvement; and 

transparent accountability to the 

American public. This ICR also requests 

authorization for the Grantmakers to 

collect input and insights from 

communities who seek to obtain 

subawards via the Thriving 

Communities Subgrant program, as well 

as stakeholders who have valuable 

experience and expertise in community 

engagement and empowerment. These 

information collections will enable the 

Grantmakers and their partners to 

document local priorities, needs, and 

norms to ensure that they develop 

useful and relevant outreach efforts and 

subgrant opportunities regionally and 

nationwide. Feedback about the 

accessibility and effectiveness of the 

subgrant opportunities will enable the 

Grantmakers to conduct selfassessments of their work and identify 

best practices and areas for 

improvement. Furthermore, each 

Grantmaker will offer specific 

application standards for a competitive 

community application for subaward 

funding. Lastly, this ICR requests 

authorization for the Grantmakers to 

collect information from subrecipients, 

in order to track progress made in their 

funded projects. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: To be 

determined. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory for grant recipients as per 

reporting requirements included in EPA 

regulations 2 CFR parts 200 and 1500, 

and voluntary for public outreach 

information collections via surveys and 

focus groups. 

Estimated number of respondents: To 

be determined. This data will be 

available for the next public review 

period. 

Frequency of response: To be 

determined. This data will be available 

for the next public review period. 

Total estimated burden: To be 

determined. This data will be available 

for the next public review period. 

Total estimated cost: To be 

determined. This data will be available 

for the next public review period. 

Changes in the Estimates: This is a 

new collection; therefore there is no 

change in burden. 

Jacob Burney, 

Director, Grants Management Division, Office 

of Community Support, Office of 

Environmental Justice and External Civil 

Rights. 

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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: Thursday, January 11, 

2024, at 10:00 a.m. 

PLACE: Hybrid Meeting: 1050 First 

Street, NE Washington, DC (12th Floor) 

and Virtual. 

Note: For those attending the meeting in 

person, current COVID–19 safety protocols 

for visitors, which are based on the CDC 

COVID–19 hospital admission level in 

Washington, DC, will be updated on the 

Commission’s contact page by the Monday 

before the meeting. See the contact page at 

https://www.fec.gov/contact/. If you would 

like to virtually access the meeting, see the 

instructions below. 

STATUS: This meeting will be open to the 

public, subject to the above-referenced 

guidance regarding the COVID–19 

hospital admission level and 

corresponding health and safety 

procedures. To access the meeting 

virtually, go to the Commission’s 

website www.fec.gov and click on the 

banner to be taken to the meeting page. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Opening Remarks 

Draft Advisory Opinion 2023–09: 

Senator Catherine Cortez Masto 

Draft Advisory Opinion 2023–10: Sony 

Pictures Television, Inc. 

Management and Administrative 

Matters 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Judith Ingram, Press Officer, Telephone: 

(202) 694–1220. 

Individuals who plan to attend in 

person and who require special 

assistance, such as sign language 

interpretation or other reasonable 

accommodations, should contact Laura 

E. Sinram, Secretary and Clerk, at (202) 

694–1040 or secretary@fec.gov, at least 

72 hours prior to the meeting date. 

(Authority: Government in the Sunshine Act, 

5 U.S.C. 552b) 

Laura E. Sinram, 

Secretary and Clerk of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00252 Filed 1–4–24; 4:15 pm] 

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FEDERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 

EXAMINATION COUNCIL 

[Docket No. AS24–01] 

Renewal and Revision of a Current 

Information Collection Request; 

Standardized Instructions and Format 

To Be Used for Interim and Final 

Progress Reporting 

AGENCY: Appraisal Subcommittee of the 

Federal Financial Institutions 

Examination Council (ASC). 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

ASC invites public comments on our 

intention to request the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval to renew an information 

collection request entitled ‘‘ASC 

Progress Report Standardized 

Instructions and Format for Interim and 

Final Progress Reporting.’’ Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an 

agency may not conduct or sponsor, and 

a respondent is not required to respond 

to, an information collection unless it 

displays a currently valid control 

number issued by OMB. The 

requirement for grantees to report on 

performance is OMB’s grants policy. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 8, 2024 to be assured 

of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: To view the ASC–PR 

format, see https://www.asc.gov/sites/ 

default/files/documents/ 

OtherCorrespondence/ 

Progress%20Report%20Form.pdf. 


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