14648 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 40 / Wednesday, February 28, 2024 / Notices 

After the close of the comment period, 

EPA will consider all comments 

received and determine an appropriate 

final action. 

Dated: February 22, 2024. 

Michal Freedhoff, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2024–04059 Filed 2–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–11728–01–R9] 

Clean Air Act Operating Permit 

Program; Order on Petition for 

Objection to State Operating Permit for 

Agua Fria Generating Station 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of final order on petition. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an 

order dated January 30, 2024, granting 

in part and denying in part a petition 

dated June 1, 2023, from Sierra Club. 

The petition requested that the EPA 

object to a Clean Air Act (CAA) title V 

operating permit issued by the Maricopa 

County Air Quality Department 

(MCAQD) to the Salt River Project 

Agricultural Power District (SRP) Agua 

Fria Generating Station for its electricity 

generating station located in Glendale, 

Arizona. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Catherine Valladolid, EPA Region 9, 

(415) 947–4103, Valladolid.catherine@

epa.gov. The final order and petition are 

available electronically at: https://

www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/ 

title-v-petition-database. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The EPA received a petition from 

Sierra Club dated June 1, 2023, 

requesting that the EPA object to the 

issuance of operating permit no. 

P0009346, issued by MCAQD to SRP 

Agua Fria Generating Station in 

Glendale, Arizona. On January 30, 2024, 

the EPA Administrator issued an order 

granting in part and denying in part the 

petition. The order itself explains the 

basis for the EPA’s decision. 

Sections 307(b) and 505(b)(2) of the 

CAA provide that a petitioner may 

request judicial review of those portions 

of an order that deny issues in a 

petition. Any petition for review shall 

be filed in the United States Court of 

Appeals for the appropriate circuit no 

later than April 29, 2024. 

Dated: February 21, 2024. 

Martha Guzman Aceves, 

Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

[FR Doc. 2024–04113 Filed 2–27–24; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2023–0613; FRL–11608– 

02–OCSPP] 

Formaldehyde; Draft Risk Evaluation 

Peer Review by the Science Advisory 

Committee on Chemicals (SACC); 

Request for Comments on Experts 

Being Considered for Participation as 

Ad Hoc Peer Reviewers 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is announcing the 

availability of and soliciting public 

comments on the list of candidates 

under consideration for selection as ad 

hoc peer reviewers assisting the Science 

Advisory Committee on Chemicals 

(SACC) with their peer review of the 

Agency’s evaluation of the risks from 

formaldehyde being conducted to 

inform risk management decisions 

under the Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSCA). The list of candidates provides 

the names and biographical sketches of 

all interested and available candidates 

identified from the responses to the call 

for nominations and other sources. 

Public comments on these candidates 

will be used to assist the Agency in 

selecting approximately 10–15 ad hoc 

peer reviewers to assist the SACC with 

the identified peer review. 

DATES: Submit your comments on or 

before March 14, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2023–0613, 

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 and visiting 

the docket, along with more information 

about dockets generally, is available at 

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Designated Federal Official (DFO) is 

Tamue Gibson, Mission Support 

Division (7602M), Office of Program 

Support, Office of Chemical Safety and 

Pollution Prevention, Environmental 

Protection Agency; telephone number: 

(202) 564–7642; email address: 

gibson.tamue@epa.gov; or call the SACC 

main office at (202) 564–8450. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. What action is the Agency taking? 

The Agency is seeking public 

comments on scientific and technical 

experts that EPA is considering for 

service as ad hoc peer reviewers 

assisting the SACC with the peer review 

of the Agency’s evaluation of the risks 

from formaldehyde being conducted to 

inform risk management decisions 

under TSCA. The Office of Pollution 

Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) 

collaborated with the Office of Pesticide 

Programs (OPP) to develop hazard 

assessments for human and ecological 

health. EPA expects to ask the SACC to 

consider and review these joint hazard 

assessments in addition to the OPPT 

exposure and risk characterizations. 

This SACC peer review is in addition to 

prior external peer reviews by the 

National Academies of Science, 

Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), 

the EPA’s Human Studies Review Board 

(HSRB) and SACC peer reviews of 

related scientific issues. The Agency is 

leveraging these peer reviews to support 

further development of the risk 

evaluation of formaldehyde. For 

additional information, please see the 

Agency’s request for nominations of ad 

hoc expert reviewers that appeared in 

the Federal Register of December 26, 

2023 (88 FR 88910 (FRL–11608–01– 

OCSPP)). 

B. What is the Agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

EPA established the SACC in 2016 in 

accordance with TSCA, 15 U.S.C. 

2625(o), to provide independent advice 

and expert consultation with respect to 

the scientific and technical aspects of 

issues relating to the implementation of 

TSCA. The SACC operates in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. 10, and 

supports activities under TSCA, 15 

U.S.C. 2601 et seq., the Pollution 

Prevention Act (PPA), 42 U.S.C. 13101 

et seq., and other applicable statutes. 

C. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general and may be of particular 

interest to those involved in the 

manufacture, processing, distribution, 

and disposal of the subject chemical 

substance, and/or those interested in the 

assessment of risks involving chemical 

substances and mixtures regulated 

under TSCA. 


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