Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 197 / Thursday, October 10, 2024 / Notices 82239 

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. 

Abstract: This data collection is 

intended to gather essential data to 

identify and quantify sources of perand polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) 

discharges, prioritize industrial 

categories for potential regulation, and 

establish a current national data set of 

sewage sludge characteristics. The data 

collection will support two separate 

EPA studies—the POTW Influent PFAS 

Study and the National Sewage Sludge 

Survey (NSSS). 

The Clean Water Act directs the EPA 

to develop national regulations known 

as Effluent Limitations Guidelines and 

Standards (ELGs) to place limits on the 

pollutants that are discharged by 

categories of industry to surface waters 

and POTWs. Additionally, Section 

405(d) of the Clean Water Act requires 

that the EPA establish requirements for 

the use or disposal of sewage sludge and 

review the regulations every two years 

to identify additional pollutants. 

For many decades, industrial facilities 

have used and discharged PFAS into the 

environment. PFAS are a class of 

synthetic chemicals of concern to the 

EPA because of their widespread use 

and potential to accumulate in the 

environment. Certain PFAS are known 

to cause adverse ecological and human 

health effects. 

The EPA will require, through an 

OMB-approved Information Collection 

Request, a subset of large POTWs across 

the United States to complete an 

electronic questionnaire and collect and 

analyze wastewater and sewage sludge 

samples. The data collection activities 

will produce a robust data set that will 

characterize the type and quantity of 

PFAS in wastewater discharges from 

industrial users (including industrial 

categories that the EPA has determined 

historically or currently use PFAS but 

for which there is insufficient PFAS 

monitoring data available), domestic 

wastewater or sewage, and POTW 

influent, effluent, and sewage sludge. 

The wastewater sampling data will 

primarily be used to identify and 

prioritize industrial point source 

categories where additional study or 

regulations may be warranted to control 

PFAS discharges. The sewage sludge 

sampling will fulfill the EPA’s data 

needs for the upcoming NSSS by 

establishing a current national data set 

of sewage sludge characteristics which 

the EPA will subsequently use to inform 

upcoming risk assessments and the need 

for future regulations and guidance 

pertaining to the management of sewage 

sludge. 

As part of the POTW Influent PFAS 

Study and NSSS, the EPA estimates that 

approximately 400 POTWs (individual 

wastewater or standalone wastewater 

treatment plans, as defined by Section 

212 of the Clean Water Act, which is 

owned by a state or municipality) with 

a daily design flow rates greater than or 

equal to 10 million gallons per day 

(MGD) and a service population greater 

than or equal to 50,000 people will be 

required to complete an electronic 

questionnaire. The questionnaire will 

gather POTW-specific information and 

data on industrial users discharging to 

the POTW, known or suspected sources 

of PFAS discharges to the POTW, and 

wastewater and sewage sludge 

management practices of the POTW. 

The EPA will use the information and 

data collected in the questionnaire to 

select a subset of 200 to 300 of the 400 

POTWs to participate in the POTW 

Influent PFAS Study and the NSSS’s 

sampling programs. 

Form numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 400 

POTWs with a daily design flow rate 

greater than or equal to 10 million 

gallons per day (MGD) and a service 

population greater than or equal to 

50,000 people will be required to 

complete an electronic questionnaire. 

200–300 of the 400 POTWs will be 

required to conduct wastewater and 

sewage sludge sampling. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (Clean Water Act Section 

308). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

400 (total). 

Frequency of response: One-time data 

collection. 

Total estimated burden: 25,640 hours. 

Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $5,486,816 (onetime cost), which includes $3,891,520 in 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in the estimates: This is a 

new data collection request and is a 

one-time temporary increase to the 

agency’s burden. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23474 Filed 10–9–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–12247–01–OMS] 

Senior Executive Service Performance 

Review Board; Membership 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

membership of the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) Performance 

Review Board for 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lizabeth Engebretson, Acting Director, 

Strategic HR Insights Division, 3606R, 

Office of Human Resources Strategy, 

Office of Mission Support, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1300 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20460, telephone number: (202) 

564–0804, email address: 

engebretson.lizabeth@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

4314(c)(1) through (5) of title 5, U.S.C., 

requires each agency to establish in 

accordance with regulations prescribed 

by the Office of Personnel Management, 

one or more SES performance review 

boards. This board shall review and 

evaluate the initial appraisal of a senior 

executive’s performance by the 

supervisor, along with any 

recommendations to the appointment 

authority relative to the performance of 

the senior executive. Members of the 

2024 EPA Performance Review Board 

are: 

Denise Benjamin-Sirmons, Director, 

Office of Small and Disadvantaged 

Business Utilization, Office of the 

Administrator. 

Erica Canzler, Director, National 

Enforcement Investigations Center, 

Office of Enforcement and Compliance 

Assurance. 

Louis D’Amico, Associate Director for 

Science, Office of Science Advisor, 

Policy and Engagement, Office of 

Research and Development. 

Jeffrey Dawson, Senior Science 

Advisor, Office of Chemical Safety and 

Pollution Prevention. 

Lizabeth Engebretson, (Ex-Officio) 

Deputy Director, Strategic HR Insights 

Division, Office of Human Resources 

Strategy, Office of Mission Support. 

Caroline Freeman, Director, 

Superfund and Emergency Management 

Division, Region 4. 

Alice Gilliland, Deputy Director for 

Management, Center for Environmental 

Measurement and Modeling, Office of 

Research and Development. 

Michael Harris, Director, Enforcement 

and Compliance Division, Region 5. 


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82240 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 197 / Thursday, October 10, 2024 / Notices 

JuanCarlos Hunt, (Ex-Officio) 

Director, Office of Civil Rights, Office of 

the Administrator. 

Meshell Jones-Peeler, Controller, 

Office of the Chief Financial Officer. 

Mara J. Kamen, (Ex-Officio) Director, 

Office of Human Resources Strategy, 

Office of Mission Support. 

Wynne Miller, Deputy Director, Office 

of Wastewater Management, Office of 

Water. 

Javier Laureano, Director, Water 

Division, Region 2. 

Madison Le, Director, Biopesticides 

and Pollution Prevention Division, 

Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 

Prevention. 

Pamela Legare, Director, Office of 

Acquisition Solutions, Office of Mission 

Support. 

David Lloyd, Director, Office of 

Brownfields and Land Revitalization, 

Office of Land and Emergency 

Management. 

Vickie Richardson, Director, Office of 

Management and International Services, 

Office of International and Tribal 

Affairs. 

Cheryl Seager, Director, Enforcement 

and Compliance Assurance Division, 

Region 6. 

Helen Serassio, Associate General, 

Cross-Cutting Issues Law Office, Office 

of General Counsel. 

Richard ‘‘Chet’’ Wayland, Director, 

Air Quality Assessment Division, Office 

of Air and Radiation. 

Mara J. Kamen, 

EPA Deputy Chief Human Capital Officer and 

Director, Office of Human Resources Strategy, 

Office of Mission Support. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23425 Filed 10–9–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OCFO–2024–0048; FRL–12333– 

01–OMS] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Promoting Readiness and Enhancing 

Proficiency To Advance Reporting and 

Data (PREPARED) Program: PostAward Reporting and Public Outreach 

Information Collections (New) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

Promoting Readiness and Enhancing 

Proficiency to Advance Reporting and 

Data (PREPARED) Program: Post-Award 

Reporting and Public Outreach 

Information Collections (EPA ICR 

Number 2804.01, OMB Control Number 

2090–NEW) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a 

request for approval of a new collection. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register on 

February 22, 2024, during a 60-day 

comment period. This notice allows for 

an additional 30 days for public 

comments. 

DATES: Comments may be submitted on 

or before November 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA–HQOCFO–2024–0048 to EPA online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to docket_ocfo@

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. 

Submit written comments and 

recommendations to OMB for the 

proposed information collection within 

30 days of publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex 

Valdez, Office of the Chief Financial 

Officer, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460; email address: 

valdez.alex@epa.gov; phone: 202–564– 

1746. 

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. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register 

February 22, 2024, during a 60-day 

comment period (89 FR 13332). This 

notice allows for an additional 30 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. 

Abstract: To help expand historically 

underserved and overburdened 

communities’ access to critical 

resources, the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) developed the 

Promoting Readiness and Enhancing 

Proficiency to Advance Reporting and 

Data (PREPARED) Program. The 

evidence-building technical assistance 

(TA) providers (thereafter referenced as 

Providers) will operate in cooperative 

agreements with EPA to remove barriers 

and improve access for communities 

who have applied for or received 

financial assistance awards to tackle 

their environmental justice concerns. 

The Providers will deliver TA and 

training that is intended to enhance 

capacity in: grant application and 

administration, collecting grant related 

data; meeting federal post-award 

reporting requirements; project 

planning/design; and generating 

information necessary for outcomes 

assessment, evaluation, and 

identification of opportunities for 

improvement. With this Information 

Collection Request (ICR), EPA seeks 

authorization to collect post-award 

information from each Provider to track 

their progress. Collection of this 

information enables EPA to assess and 

manage the PREPARED 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 Providers to collect 

input and insights from communities 

who seek to obtain technical assistance 

services, as well as stakeholders who 

have valuable experience and expertise 

in community engagement and 

empowerment. These information 

collections will enable the Providers to 

document local priorities, needs, and 

norms to ensure that they develop 

useful and relevant technical assistance 

and training services. Furthermore, 

feedback about these services will 

enable the Providers to conduct selfassessments to identify best practices 

and areas for improvement. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Recipients of financial assistance 


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