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Nasser H. Paydar, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00707 Filed 1–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OGC–2024–0015; FRL–11665–01– 

OGC] 

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air 

Act Citizen Suit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed consent 

decree; request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended 

(‘‘CAA’’ or ‘‘the Act’’), the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(‘‘EPA’’ or ‘‘the Agency’’) is providing 

notice of a proposed consent decree in 

Center for Community Action and 

Environmental Justice v. United States 

Environmental Protection Agency, No. 

4:23–cv–03571–YGR (N.D. Cal.). On July 

19, 2023 and August 29, 2023, Plaintiff 

Center for Community Action and 

Environmental Justice and Plaintiffs 

East Yard Communities for 

Environmental Justice, People’s 

Collective for Environmental Justice, 

Sierra Club, and Communities for a 

Better Environment (collectively, 

‘‘Plaintiffs’’), respectively, filed a 

complaint in the United States District 

Court for the Northern District of 

California alleging that EPA failed to 

perform its non-discretionary duty to 

take final action to approve or 

disapprove, or conditionally approve, in 

whole or in part, the California state 

implementation plan (SIP) submittal 

entitled South Coast Air Quality 

Management District Rule 2305, 

Warehouse Indirect Source Rule— 

Warehouse Actions and Investments to 

Reduce Emissions Program (SCAQMD 

Rule 2305), submitted to EPA by the 

California Air Resources Board on or 

about August 13, 2021. The two cases 

are now consolidated. The proposed 

consent decree would establish a 

deadline for the EPA Administrator 

(‘‘Administrator’’) to sign a notice of 

final rulemaking for this action. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed consent decree must be 

received by February 21, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OGC–2024–0015, online at https://

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method). Follow the online instructions 

for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the Docket ID number for 

this action. Comments received may be 

posted without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. For 

detailed instructions on sending 

comments and additional information 

on the rulemaking process, see the 

‘‘Additional Information about 

Commenting on the Proposed Consent 

Decree’’ heading under the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Yasmı ́n Pe ́rez Ortiz, Air and Radiation 

Law Office, Office of General Counsel, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; 

telephone: (202) 564–1077; email 

address: perez-ortiz.yasmin@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining a Copy of the Proposed 

Consent Decree 

The official public docket for this 

action (identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OGC–2024–0015) contains a 

copy of the proposed consent decree. 

The official public docket is available 

for public viewing at the Office of 

Environmental Information (OEI) Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center 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, 

and the telephone number for the OEI 

Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

The electronic version of the public 

docket for this action contains a copy of 

the proposed consent decree, and is 

available through https://

www.regulations.gov. You may use 

https://www.regulations.gov to submit 

or view public comments, access the 

index listing of the contents of the 

official public docket, and access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, key in the appropriate docket 

identification number then select 

‘‘search.’’ 

II. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Consent Decree 

Plaintiffs filed a complaint in the 

United States District Court for the 

Northern District of California alleging 

that EPA failed to perform its 

nondiscretionary duty under CAA 

section 110(k)(2) to approve, 

disapprove, or conditionally approve, in 

whole or in part SCAQMD Rule 2305, 

within 12 months of a determination of 

completeness by EPA or a submittal 

being deemed complete by operation of 

law. On February 13, 2022, the 

SCAQMD Rule 2305 submittal was 

deemed complete by operation of law 

and EPA had a mandatory duty to take 

final action on the SIP submittal by 

February 13, 2023. 

Under the terms of the proposed 

consent decree, no later than July 17, 

2024, the Administrator would be 

required to sign a notice of final 

rulemaking to approve, disapprove, 

conditionally approve, or approve in 

part and disapprove in part, the SIP 

submittal from California entitled South 

Coast Air Quality Management District 

Rule 2305, Warehouse Indirect Source 

Rule—Warehouse Actions and 

Investments to Reduce Emissions 

Program. For a period of thirty (30) days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, the Agency will accept written 

comments relating to the proposed 

consent decree. EPA or the Department 

of Justice may withdraw or withhold 

consent to the proposed consent decree 

if the comments disclose facts or 

considerations that indicate that such 

consent is inappropriate, improper, 

inadequate, or inconsistent with the 

requirements of the Act. 

III. Additional Information About 

Commenting on the Proposed Consent 

Decree 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OGC–2024– 

0015, via https://www.regulations.gov. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from this docket. The 

EPA may publish any comment received 

to its public docket. Do not submit to 

EPA’s docket at https://

www.regulations.gov any information 

you consider to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 


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information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. The EPA will generally not 

consider comments or comment 

contents located outside of the primary 

submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or 

other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

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

commenting-epa-dockets. For additional 

information about submitting 

information identified as CBI, please 

contact the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 

this document. Note that written 

comments containing CBI and 

submitted by mail may be delayed and 

deliveries or couriers will be received 

by scheduled appointment only. 

If you submit an electronic comment, 

EPA recommends that you include your 

name, mailing address, and an email 

address or other contact information in 

the body of your comment. This ensures 

that you can be identified as the 

submitter of the comment and allows 

EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot 

read your comment due to technical 

difficulties or needs further information 

on the substance of your comment. Any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. 

Use of the https://

www.regulations.gov website to submit 

comments to EPA electronically is 

EPA’s preferred method for receiving 

comments. The electronic public docket 

system is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system, which means EPA will not 

know your identity, email address, or 

other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

Please ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. 

Gautam Srinivasan, 

Associate General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01113 Filed 1–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2023–0098; FRL–10582– 

09–OCSPP] 

Certain New Chemicals or Significant 

New Uses; Statements of Findings for 

November 2023 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Toxic Substances Control 

Act (TSCA) requires EPA to publish in 

the Federal Register a statement of its 

findings after its review of certain TSCA 

submissions when EPA makes a finding 

that a new chemical substance or 

significant new use is not likely to 

present an unreasonable risk of injury to 

health or the environment. Such 

statements apply to premanufacture 

notices (PMNs), microbial commercial 

activity notices (MCANs), and 

significant new use notices (SNUNs) 

submitted to EPA under TSCA. This 

document presents statements of 

findings made by EPA on such 

submissions during the period from 

November 1, 2023, to November 30, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2023–0098, is 

available online at https://

www.regulations.gov or in-person at the 

Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics Docket (OPPT Docket), 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. 

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, and 

the telephone number for the OPPT 

Docket is (202) 566–0280. For the latest 

status information on EPA/DC services 

and docket access, visit https://

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

For technical information contact: 

Rebecca Edelstein, New Chemical 

Division (7405M), Office of Pollution 

Prevention and Toxics, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: (202) 564–1667; 

email address: edelstein.rebecca@

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. Executive Summary 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action provides information that 

is directed to the public in general. 

B. What action is the Agency taking? 

This document lists the statements of 

findings made by EPA after review of 

submissions under TSCA section 5(a) 

that certain new chemical substances or 

significant new uses are not likely to 

present an unreasonable risk of injury to 

health or the environment. This 

document presents statements of 

findings made by EPA during the 

reporting period. 

C. What is the Agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

TSCA section 5(a)(3) requires EPA to 

review a submission under TSCA 

section 5(a) and make one of several 

specific findings pertaining to whether 

the substance may present unreasonable 

risk of injury to health or the 

environment. Among those potential 

findings is that the chemical substance 

or significant new use is not likely to 

present an unreasonable risk of injury to 

health or the environment per TSCA 

Section 5(a)(3)(C). 

TSCA section 5(g) requires EPA to 

publish in the Federal Register a 

statement of its findings after its review 

of a submission under TSCA section 

5(a) when EPA makes a finding that a 

new chemical substance or significant 

new use is not likely to present an 

unreasonable risk of injury to health or 

the environment. Such statements apply 

to PMNs, MCANs, and SNUNs 

submitted to EPA under TSCA section 

5. 

Anyone who plans to manufacture 

(which includes import) a new chemical 

substance for a non-exempt commercial 

purpose and any manufacturer or 

processor wishing to engage in a use of 

a chemical substance designated by EPA 

as a significant new use must submit a 

notice to EPA at least 90 days before 

commencing manufacture of the new 

chemical substance or before engaging 

in the significant new use. 

The submitter of a notice to EPA for 

which EPA has made a finding of ‘‘not 

likely to present an unreasonable risk of 


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