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Additional information about the 

Project is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs 

at (866) 208–FERC or on the FERC 

website (www.ferc.gov). Using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link, select ‘‘General Search’’ 

from the eLibrary menu, enter the 

selected date range and ‘‘Docket 

Number’’ excluding the last three digits 

(i.e., CP24–494), and follow the 

instructions. For assistance with access 

to eLibrary, the helpline can be reached 

at (866) 208–3676, TTY (202) 502–8659, 

or at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. The 

eLibrary link on the FERC website also 

provides access to the texts of formal 

documents issued by the Commission, 

such as orders, notices, and rule 

makings. 

Dated: October 2, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23303 Filed 10–8–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 15364–000] 

Desert Bloom Energy Storage, LLC; 

Notice of Preliminary Permit 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Competing Applications 

On June 14, 2024, Desert Bloom 

Energy Storage, LLC, filed an 

application for a preliminary permit, 

pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal 

Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the 

feasibility of the Desert Bloom Energy 

Storage Project (Desert Bloom Project or 

project) to be located near the city of Las 

Vegas in Clark County, Nevada. The 

proposed project would occupy federal 

land managed by the Bureau of Land 

Management. The sole purpose of a 

preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant 

the permit holder priority to file a 

license application during the permit 

term. A preliminary permit does not 

authorize the permit holder to perform 

any land-disturbing activities or 

otherwise enter upon lands or waters 

owned by others without the owners’ 

express permission. 

The proposed project would be a 

closed-loop pumped storage project that 

would consist of the following: (1) a 

new upper reservoir with a maximum 

elevation of 4,810 feet above mean sea 

level (MSL), and a storage capacity of 

4,900 acre-feet; (2) a new lower reservoir 

with a maximum elevation of 3,320 feet 

MSL, and a storage capacity of 4,900 

acre-feet; (3) a 21-foot-diameter, 4,300- 

foot-long concrete and steel penstock; 

(4) a powerhouse with approximate 

dimensions of 200 feet by 100 feet and 

150 feet high, and containing two 

vertical single-stage reversible Francistype pump/turbine units with a total 

installed capacity of 450 megawatts; (5) 

a 132-kilovolt, 3.5-mile-long 

transmission line; and (6) appurtenant 

facilities. The water used to initially fill 

the reservoirs and supplement 

evaporative losses will either be hauled 

or piped in from a yet-to-be-determined 

source. The estimated annual generation 

of the Desert Bloom Project would be 

1,170 gigawatt-hours. 

Applicant Contact: Jonathan Blum, 

Desert Bloom Energy Storage, LLC; 

10000 West Charleston Blvd., Suite 230, 

Las Vegas, Nevada 89135; (702) 910– 

3329. 

FERC Contact: Lee Baker; email: 

everard.baker@ferc.gov; phone: (202) 

502–8554. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, competing applications 

(without notices of intent), or notices of 

intent to file competing applications: 60 

days from the issuance of this notice. 

Competing applications and notices of 

intent must meet the requirements of 18 

CFR 4.36. 

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 filings such as 

interventions, comments, or requests for 

rehearing, the public is encouraged to 

contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@

ferc.gov. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file comments, 

motions to intervene, notices of intent, 

and competing applications using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at https:// 

ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 

Commenters can submit brief comments 

up to 6,000 characters, without prior 

registration, using the eComment system 

at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/.aspx. You 

must include your name and contact 

information at the end of your 

comments. For assistance, please 

contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 

208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 

(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, you 

may submit a paper copy. Submissions 

sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be 

addressed to: Acting Secretary DebbieAnne A. Reese, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Washington, DC 20426. 

Submissions sent via any other carrier 

must be addressed to: Acting Secretary 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins 

Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

The first page of any filing should 

include docket number P–15364–000. 

More information about this project, 

including a copy of the application, can 

be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ 

link of Commission’s website at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 

Enter the docket number (P–15364) in 

the docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, contact FERC 

Online Support. 

Dated: October 3, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23385 Filed 10–8–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2024–0446; FRL–12268–01– 

OAR] 

Notice of Pending Approval for Other 

Use of Phosphogypsum 

AGENCY: Office of Air and Radiation, 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (the EPA or the Agency) seeks 

public comment on its pending 

approval of a request for a ‘‘Small-scale 

Road Pilot Project on Private Land in 

Florida’’ submitted by Mosaic Fertilizer, 

LLC in March 2022, and updated by the 

‘‘Revised Request for Approval of Use of 

Phosphogypsum in Small-scale Pilot 

Project’’, submitted in August 2023. The 

Agency’s review found that Mosaic’s 

request is complete per the 

requirements of EPA’s National 

Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air 

Pollutants under the Clean Air Act, and 

that the potential radiological risks from 

conducting the pilot project meet the 

regulatory requirement that the project 

is at least as protective of public health 

as maintaining the phosphogypsum in a 

stack. On October 9, 2024 the EPA 

issued a pending approval of the request 

subject to certain conditions. The EPA 

is soliciting public comments on the 

pending approval. 

DATES: Comments may be submitted on 

or before November 8, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 


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OAR–2024–0446 by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method). Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov. 

Include Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR– 

2024–0446 in the subject line of the 

message. 

• U.S. Postal Service Mail: U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 

Docket Center, Air and Radiation 

Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: EPA Docket 

Center, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20004. The Docket 

Center’s hours of operations are 8:30 

a.m.–4:30 p.m., Monday–Friday (except 

Federal holidays). 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2024–0446. 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 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. Copies of Mosaic’s 

request, supporting materials, and the 

EPA’s analysis are available on the 

EPA’s phosphogypsum website at 

https://www.epa.gov/radiation/

phosphogypsum#aaup. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonathan Walsh, Radiation Protection 

Division, Office of Radiation and Indoor 

Air, Mail Code 6608T, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; 

202–343–9238; Walsh.Jonathan@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2024– 

0446, 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. 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. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. The EPA generally will not 

consider comments or their 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. 

Tips for Preparing Your Comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

• Identify the notice by docket 

number, subject heading, Federal 

Register date, and page number. 

• Provide a brief description of 

yourself and your role or organization. 

• Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

• Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

• Illustrate your concerns with 

specific examples and suggest 

alternatives. 

• Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

• Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

II. Background 

Phosphogypsum is the waste 

byproduct of wet acid phosphorous 

production. It contains elevated 

concentrations of the radionuclide 

radium, which decays to form radon 

gas. The EPA’s regulations under the 

Clean Air Act at 40 CFR part 61, subpart 

R (hereafter ‘‘Subpart R’’) require that 

phosphogypsum must be disposed of in 

engineered piles, called stacks, to limit 

public exposure to its radioactive 

components. Subpart R allows the 

removal of phosphogypsum from stacks 

for outdoor agricultural purposes and 

indoor research and development, 

subject to conditions and restrictions. 

Any other use of phosphogypsum 

requires prior approval from the EPA. 

The EPA may approve a request for a 

specific use of phosphogypsum if it 

determines that the proposed use is at 

least as protective of public health as 

placement of phosphogypsum in a 

stack. The processes for requesting such 

an approval are described in 40 CFR 

61.206. 

Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC submitted a 

request for a Small-scale Road Pilot 

Project on Private Land in Florida in 

March 2022, and submitted a Revised 

Request for Approval of Use of 

Phosphogypsum in Small-scale Pilot 

Project in August 2023. Mosaic has 

proposed to construct a small-scale pilot 

project at its New Wales facility in Polk 

County, Florida. Mosaic’s plan is to 

construct four sections of test road 

having varying mixtures of 

phosphogypsum (PG) in the road base 

‘‘to demonstrate the range of PG road 

construction designs that meet the 

Florida Standard Specifications for 

Road and Bridge construction’’ (Request 

for Approval of Additional Uses of 

Phosphogypsum Pursuant to 40 CFR 

61.206, Small-scale Road Pilot Project 

on Private Land in Florida, Docket #). 

The pilot project will be constructed in 

the place of an existing facility road 

near the phosphogypsum stack, and the 

study will be conducted in conjunction 

with researchers from the University of 

Florida. 

The EPA has performed a complete 

review of Mosaic’s request, documented 

in ‘‘Review of the Small-scale Road Pilot 

Project on Private Land in Florida 

Submitted by Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC’’ 

(E-Docket EPA–HQ–OAR–2024–0446). 

The Agency’s review found that 

Mosaic’s request is complete per the 

requirements of 40 CFR 61.206(b). 

Further, the review found that Mosaic’s 

risk assessment is technically 

acceptable, and that the potential 

radiological risks from the proposed 

project meet the regulatory requirements 

of 40 CFR 61.206(c); that is, the project 

is at least as protective of public health 

as maintaining the phosphogypsum in a 

stack. Therefore, the Agency has issued 

a pending approval of the small-scale 

pilot project per 40 CFR 61.206. The 

pending approval is available at EDocket EPA–HQ–OAR–2024–0446. This 

approval is pending a 30-day public 

comment period. Approval by the 

Agency is specific to the pilot project as 

described in the Mosaic request and 

indicates only that this project meets the 

approval requirements of Subpart R. 


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2https://www.epa.gov/radiation/

phosphogypsum#aaup. 

III. Request for Comments 

The Agency is soliciting public 

comment on its pending approval. 

Electronic copies of the application, the 

EPA’s review, and relevant background 

materials are available in the public 

docket 1 and on the EPA 

phosphogypsum website.2 The EPA’s 

decision to approve or deny a request 

for other use under 40 CFR 61.206 is not 

a rulemaking. In December 2005, the 

EPA issued a guidance document, 

‘‘Applying to EPA for Approval of Other 

Uses of Phosphogypsum: Preparing and 

Submitting a Complete Petition Under 

40 CFR 61.206, A Workbook’’ 

(December 2005). Although this 

guidance is not binding, the EPA is 

seeking public comment on this 

pending approval. Physical copies of the 

Mosaic request and the EPA’s technical 

evaluation have been placed for public 

review in the Mulberry Public Library, 

905 NE 5th Street, Mulberry, FL 33860. 

The Agency will accept comment 

until November 8, 2024. Upon receipt of 

public comments, EPA will review all 

comments for their relevance to the 

pending design and determine if they 

contain information that would lead to 

a concern for human health or 

environmental impacts not previously 

considered. Comments must be specific 

to the small-scale pilot project as it is 

described in Mosaic’s request and the 

EPA’s pending approval. Should the 

EPA receive significant adverse 

comments on aspects of this specific 

pilot project, the EPA will give the 

applicant the opportunity to amend the 

analysis or request. If the comments can 

be successfully addressed, the EPA will 

publish a response to comments and 

notify the public. The EPA’s complete 

process of soliciting and addressing 

comments is described in Section 2.4 of 

‘‘Applying to EPA for Approval of Other 

Uses of Phosphogypsum: Preparing and 

Submitting a Complete Petition Under 

40 CFR 61.206, A Workbook’’. 

Joseph Goffman, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and 

Radiation. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23294 Filed 10–8–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OA–2024–0043; FRL–12321–01– 

OA] 

National Environmental Youth 

Advisory Council; Notification of 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) hereby provides notice that the 

National Environmental Youth Advisory 

Council (NEYAC) will meet on the date 

and time described below. The meeting 

is open to the public. For additional 

information about registering to attend 

the meeting or to provide a public 

comment, see the ‘‘Public Participation’’ 

heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this document. 

Due to unforeseen administrative 

circumstances, EPA is announcing this 

meeting with less than 15 calendar 

days’ notice. 

DATES: The NEYAC will convene a 

virtual public meeting on Tuesday, 

October 22, 2024. A public comment 

period relevant to the NEYAC will be 

considered by the NEYAC at the 

meeting (see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION). Members of the public 

who wish to participate during the 

public comment period must register by 

11:59 p.m., eastern time, Tuesday, 

October 15, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OA–2024–0043, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov/ (our 

preferred method). Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: neyac@epa.gov. Include 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OA–2024–0043 

in the subject line of the message. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the Docket ID No. for this 

public meeting. Comments received 

may be posted without change to 

https://www.regulations.gov/, including 

any personal information provided. 

Comments must be submitted by 11:59 

p.m. eastern time on Tuesday, 

November 5, 2024. For detailed 

instructions on sending comments and 

additional information on the 

rulemaking process, see the ‘‘Public 

Participation’’ heading of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

The virtual meeting will be through 

an online audio and video platform. The 

meeting will convene on Tuesday, 

October 22, from 12 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

eastern time. Refer to the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below for additional information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carissa Cyran, NEYAC Designated 

Federal Officer (1702A), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 566–1353; 

email address: cyran.carissa@epa.gov. 

Additional information about the 

NEYAC is available at https://

www.epa.gov/faca/nationalenvironmental-youth-advisory-councilneyac. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

NEYAC will present the final 

recommendations to EPA on the topics 

the council has been deliberating, which 

include environmental justice and 

youth, climate change and 

environmental justice, and food loss and 

waste. EPA will also present the next set 

charge questions to the NEYAC. An 

agenda and meeting material will be 

posted online at https://www.epa.gov/ 

faca/national-environmental-youthadvisory-council-neyac-meetings. 

I. Public Participation 

Individual registration is required for 

the public meeting. No two individuals 

can share the same registration link. 

Members of the public wishing to attend 

or participate virtually must contact 

neyac@epa.gov with your name, 

organization, city and state, and email 

address to receive a link to the meeting. 

Please also indicate whether you would 

like to provide public comment during 

the meeting, or if you are submitting 

written comments. Registration to 

attend the meeting is available until the 

scheduled end time of the meeting. 

Registration to speak during the public 

comment period will close at 11:59 

p.m., eastern time, on Tuesday, October 

15, 2024. Information on how to register 

is located at https://www.epa.gov/faca/ 

national-environmental-youth-advisorycouncil-neyac. 

A. Written Comments 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OA–2024– 

0043, at https://www.regulations.gov 

(our preferred method), or the other 

methods identified in the ADDRESSES

section. Comments must be submitted 

by 11:59 p.m. eastern time on Tuesday, 

November 5, 2024. Once submitted, 

comments cannot be edited or removed 

from the docket. EPA may publish any 

comment received to its public docket. 

Do not submit to EPA’s docket at 

https://www.regulations.gov any 


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