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Filed Date: 2/8/24. 

Accession Number: 20240208–5086. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/29/24. 

Docket Numbers: ER24–1216–000. 

Applicants: Duke Energy Florida, 

LLC. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: DEFBartow-FPL Dynamic Transfer Agmt RS 

No. 426 to be effective 3/1/2024. 

Filed Date: 2/8/24. 

Accession Number: 20240208–5095. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/29/24. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system (https://

elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/ 

fercgensearch.asp) by querying the 

docket number. 

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. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://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: February 8, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03051 Filed 2–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas 

Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: 

Filings Instituting Proceedings 

Docket Numbers: RP24–394–000. 

Applicants: Rockies Express Pipeline 

LLC. 

Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: REX 

2024–02–08 Negotiated Rate Agreement 

Amendment to be effective 2/8/2024. 

Filed Date: 2/8/24. 

Accession Number: 20240208–5054. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/20/24. 

Docket Numbers: RP24–395–000. 

Applicants: Gulf South Pipeline 

Company, LLC. 

Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Update 

to Certain Auction Procedures to be 

effective 3/11/2024. 

Filed Date: 2/8/24. 

Accession Number: 20240208–5060. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/20/24. 

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: http://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: February 8, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03057 Filed 2–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OLEM–2023–0451; 11466–02– 

OLEM] 

Waste Reduction Model (WARM) 

Version 16: Request for Public 

Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is extending the comment 

period for the Waste Reduction Model 

(WARM) version 16 and its supporting 

documentation, along with the WARM 

v16 methodology external peer review 

report and the WARM v16 data quality 

assessment report. WARM is a tool that 

estimates the potential greenhouse gas 

emissions, energy savings and economic 

impacts of baseline and alternative 

waste management practices of 

materials. This Notice is inviting public 

comment on WARM v16 and its 

supporting documentation from a broad 

range of individuals and organizations. 

The EPA will consider the public 

comments received to inform future 

improvements to WARM. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 15, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: 

Written Comments: Submit your 

written comments, identified by Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–OLEM–2023–0451, 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

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

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. Once submitted, comments 

cannot be edited or removed from 

Regulations.gov. EPA may publish any 

comment received to its public docket. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

Additional instructions on commenting 

or visiting the docket, along with more 

information about dockets generally, is 

available at: https://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OLEM–2023–0451 for this notice. 

Comments received may be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov/, including any 

personal information provided. For 

detailed instructions on sending 

comments, see the ‘‘Public 

Participation’’ heading of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Boone O’Neil, Resource Conservation 

and Sustainability Division, Office of 

Resource Conservation and Recovery, 

Office of Land and Emergency 

Management, Mail Code 5306T, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 202–566– 

1094, or Kimberly Cochran (same 

address); telephone number: 202–566– 

0308; email address: 

orcrWARMquestions@epa.gov. For more 

information on WARM, please visit 

https://epa.gov/warm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation 

Response to this request for public 

comment is voluntary. Submit your 

comments, identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OLEM–2023–0451, at https://

www.regulations.gov/ (our preferred 

method), or the other methods 

identified in the ADDRESSES section. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from the docket. The 

Environmental Protection Agency may 

publish any comment received to its 

public docket. Responses to this request 

for public comment may be submitted 

by a single party or a team. Responses 

will only be accepted using Microsoft 

Word (.docx) or Adobe PDF (.pdf) file 

formats. The response document should 

contain the following: 

D Two clearly delineated sections: (1) 

Cover page with company name and 

contact information; and (2) responses 

by topic and/or that address specific 

EPA questions. 

D 1-inch margins (top, bottom, and 

sides). 

D Times New Roman and 12-point 

font. 

Comments containing references, 

studies, research, and other empirical 

data that are not widely published 

should include copies or electronic 

links to the referenced materials. Do not 

submit to EPA’s docket at https://

www.regulations.gov any information 

you consider to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI), Proprietary 

Business Information (PBI), or other 

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. 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). Please visit: https://

www.epa.gov/dockets for additional 

submission methods; the full EPA 

public comment policy; information 

about CBI, PBI, or multimedia 

submissions; and general guidance on 

making effective comments. No 

confidential and/or business proprietary 

information, copyrighted information, 

or personally identifiable information 

should be submitted in response to this 

notice. 

Privacy Note: All comments received 

from members of the public will be 

available for public viewing on 

Regulations.gov. In accordance with 

FAR 15.202(3), responses to this notice 

are not offers and cannot be accepted by 

the Federal Government to form a 

binding contract. Additionally, those 

submitting responses are solely 

responsible for all expenses associated 

with response preparation. 

II. General Information 

A. What is the purpose of this request 

for public comment? 

The EPA will use the feedback and 

information received through this 

public comment process, along with 

findings of the external peer review and 

data quality assessment, to inform 

future improvements to WARM. 

The Environmental Protection Agency 

launched the Waste Reduction Model 

(WARM) in 1998. WARM has been 

updated and expanded fifteen times 

since its launch in 1998. In 2022 and 

2023, WARM underwent an external 

peer review and a data quality 

assessment as part of the EPA’s on-going 

efforts to ensure WARM’s scientific 

integrity. (Reports are available in the 

docket EPA–HQ–OLEM–2023–0451 and 

on the web at https://epa.gov/warm.) 

The EPA created WARM to provide 

high-level comparisons of potential 

greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 

reductions, energy savings, and 

economic impacts (labor hours, wages 

and taxes when considering different 

materials management practices. 

Materials management practices 

include—source reduction, recycling, 

anaerobic digestion, combustion, 

composting and landfilling. 

WARM models 61 materials 

commonly found in municipal solid 

waste (MSW) and construction and 

demolition debris (C&D), including 

aluminum cans, glass, paper, plastics, 

organics (including food waste) and 

building materials. 

WARM is a comparative tool rather 

than a comprehensive measurement 

tool. WARM was not developed for and, 

as such, should not be used for final 

site-specific materials management 

decisions, when other human health 

and environmental impacts of the 

different management methods may 

need to be considered (such as air 

pollution, water pollution, noise, etc.). It 

also should not be used for developing 

GhG inventories, which need to 

establish a baseline and measure 

reductions over time on an annual basis 

for an entity. 

III. Request for Information 

The Environmental Protection Agency 

requests public comment on WARM v16 

and its supporting documentation from 

a broad range of individuals and 

organizations with an understanding of 

and interest in tools and models related 

to life cycle materials management, such 

as: federal, state, tribal, territorial, and 

local governments; industry; 

researchers; academia; non-profit 

organizations; community groups; 

individuals and international 

organizations. EPA is interested in 

receiving input on the following: 

• How can the scientific rigor and 

adherence to modeling best practices 

and assumptions in WARM regarding 

biogenic carbon emissions, carbon 

storage in forests, soils, and landfills, 

and utility offsets from combustion be 

improved? 

• How can WARM better align with 

best practices in climate change 

modeling and assumptions? 

• How can the alignment of data, 

assumptions, and model components in 

WARM with real market practices be 

improved? 

• In assessing WARM, how well do 

the modeled management practices 

represent the diversity of practices 

typically used in the United States? 

• When evaluating WARM, how 

accurately does it depict the common 

secondary use of recycled materials in 

the United States? 

• What recommendations can be 

made for enhancing the clarity, 

transparency, relevance, and usability of 

WARM and its accompanying 

documentation? 

• Are there any studies or data 

sources that are relevant to WARM but 

are currently not integrated, and how 

could their inclusion be beneficial for 

future development? 

• What are the potential advantages 

and disadvantages of conducting future 

WARM model development in a more 

publicly accessible development 

environment, such as GitHub, to 

encourage increased transparency and 

public involvement? 

• What are the potential advantages 

and disadvantages of the EPA 

considering the use of readily available 

data from public sources (such as the 

Federal LCA Commons) in WARM, 

especially the use of non-waste 

management data, to enhance data 


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consistency, accessibility and reliability 

across federal government life cycle 

work? 

The Environmental Protection Agency 

will use feedback and information 

received through this public comment, 

the external peer review and the data 

quality assessment to inform future 

improvements to WARM. Please 

identify the question(s) you are 

responding to when submitting your 

comments. 

IV. Disclaimer and Important Note 

This request for public comment is 

issued solely for information, research 

and planning purposes and does not 

constitute a Request for Proposals (RFP) 

or a Request for Applications (RFA). 

Responding to this notice will not give 

any advantage to or preclude any 

organization or individual in any 

subsequently issued solicitation, RFP, or 

RFA. Any future development activities 

related to this activity will be 

announced separately. This notice does 

not represent any award commitment on 

the part of the U.S. Government, nor 

does it obligate the Government to pay 

for costs incurred in the preparation and 

submission of any responses. 

Dated: February 8, 2024. 

Carolyn Hoskinson, 

Director, Office of Resource Conservation and 

Recovery. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02974 Filed 2–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9448–03–OAR] 

Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas 

Emissions and Sinks: 1990–2022 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of document availability 

and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Draft Inventory of U.S. 

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 

1990–2022 is available for public 

review. EPA requests recommendations 

for improving the overall quality of the 

inventory report to be finalized in April 

2024, as well as subsequent inventory 

reports. 

DATES: To ensure your comments are 

considered for the final version of the 

document, please submit your 

comments by March 15, 2024. However, 

comments received after that date will 

still be welcomed and considered for 

the next edition of this report. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2024–0004, to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or withdrawn. Do not submit 

electronically any information you 

consider to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI). Comments can also 

be submitted in hardcopy to GHG 

Inventory at: Environmental Protection 

Agency, Climate Change Division 

(6207A), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460, Fax: (202) 343– 

2342. You are welcome and encouraged 

to send an email with your comments to 

GHGInventory@epa.gov. EPA may 

publish any comment received to its 

public docket, submitted in hardcopy or 

sent via email. For additional 

submission methods, the full EPA 

public comment policy, information 

about CBI, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Mausami Desai, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of Air and 

Radiation, Office of Atmospheric 

Protection, Climate Change Division, 

(202) 343–9381, GHGInventory@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Annual 

U.S. emissions for the period of time 

from 1990 through 2022 are summarized 

and presented by sector, including 

source and sink categories. The 

inventory contains estimates of carbon 

dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous 

oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFC), 

perfluorocarbons (PFC), sulfur 

hexafluoride (SF6), and nitrogen 

trifluoride (NF3) emissions. The 

technical approach used in this report to 

estimate emissions and sinks for 

greenhouse gases is consistent with the 

methodologies recommended by the 

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 

Change (IPCC), and reported in a format 

consistent with the Paris Agreement and 

United Nations Framework Convention 

on Climate Change (UNFCCC) reporting 

guidelines. The Inventory of U.S. 

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 

1990–2022 is the latest in a series of 

annual, policy-neutral U.S. submissions 

to the Secretariat of the UNFCCC and 

the Paris Agreement. EPA requests 

recommendations for improving the 

overall quality of the inventory report to 

be finalized in April 2024, as well as 

subsequent annual inventory reports. 

The draft report is available at https:// 

www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/inventoryus-greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-sinks. 

Paul Gunning, 

Director, Office of Atmospheric Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01658 Filed 2–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2017–0747; FRL–11744–01– 

ORD] 

Availability of the Protocol for the 

Uranium Integrated Risk Information 

System (IRIS) Assessment (Oral) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of public comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is announcing a 30-day 

public comment period associated with 

release of the document Protocol for the 

Uranium IRIS Assessment (Oral). This 

document communicates the rationale 

for conducting the human health 

assessment of natural and/or depleted 

uranium via oral exposure, describes 

screening criteria to identify relevant 

literature, outlines the approach for 

evaluating study quality, and describes 

the methods for dose-response analysis. 

DATES: The 30-day public comment 

period begins February 14, 2024 and 

ends March 15, 2024. Comments must 

be received on or before March 15, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: The Protocol for the 

Uranium IRIS Assessment (Oral) will be 

available via the internet on the IRIS 

website at https://www.epa.gov/iris and 

in the public docket at http://

www.regulations.gov, Docket ID: EPA– 

HQ–ORD–2017–0747. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the docket, contact the 

ORD Docket at the EPA Headquarters 

Docket Center; email: Docket_ORD@

epa.gov. 

For technical information on the 

protocol, contact Avanti Shirke and 

Dahnish Shams, EPA’s Office of 

Research and Development (ORD) 

Center for Public Health & 

Environmental Assessment (CPHEA); 

email: shirke.avanti@epa.gov and 

shams.dahnish@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background Information on the IRIS 

Program and Systematic Review 

Protocols 

EPA’s Integrated Risk Information 

System (IRIS) Program is a human 

health assessment program that 

evaluates quantitative and qualitative 


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