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2 50 FR 37835 (Sept. 18, 1985) and 84 FR 5347 

(Feb. 21, 2019). 

3This Act transferred to, and vested in, the 

Secretary of Energy the power marketing functions 

of the Secretary of the Department of the Interior 

and the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) under 

the Reclamation Act of 1902 (ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 

388), as amended and supplemented by subsequent 

laws, particularly section 9(c) of the Reclamation 

Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h(c)); and other 

acts that specifically apply to the project involved. 

4 In compliance with the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 

4321–4347; the Council on Environmental Quality 

Regulations for implementing NEPA (40 CFR parts 

1500–1508); and DOE NEPA Implementing 

Procedures and Guidelines (10 CFR part 1021). 

formula-based rate to go into effect April 

1, 2025. The proposed formula rate 

would remain in effect until March 31, 

2030, or until WAPA changes the 

formula rate through another public rate 

process pursuant to 10 CFR part 903, 

whichever occurs first. 

The Deer Creek Dam, Reservoir, and 

Power Plant are components of the Deer 

Creek Division of the PRP, located on 

the Provo River in Utah. The marketing 

plan for the PRP was published in the 

Federal Register (88 FR 16433) on 

March 17, 2023. New contracts are 

effective October 1, 2024, through 

September 30, 2054. This marketing 

plan sets the parameters for WAPA to 

market the output of the PRP. Final 

allocations of PRP power, as published 

in the Federal Register (89 FR 23994) on 

April 5, 2024, were provided to Heber 

Light and Power and seven members of 

Utah Associated Municipal Power 

Systems and Utah Municipal Power 

Agency (Customers) in the Provo River 

drainage area. 

The Customers purchase all power 

generation from the project and pay the 

annual revenue requirement in monthly 

installment payments based on the 

estimates of operation, maintenance, 

and capitalized replacement expenses 

for the Deer Creek Power Plant. The 

payments are not dependent upon the 

power made available for sale or the rate 

of generation each year. CRSP MC 

reconciles the estimate to actual 

expenses at the end of the fiscal year 

and includes the difference in the next 

year’s annual revenue requirement. 

Legal Authority 

Existing DOE procedures for public 

participation in power and transmission 

rate adjustments (10 CFR part 903) were 

published on September 18, 1985, and 

February 21, 2019.2 The proposed 

action constitutes a minor rate 

adjustment, as defined by 10 CFR 

903.2(e). In accordance with 10 CFR 

903.15(a) and 903.16(a), CRSP MC has 

determined it is not necessary to hold 

public information and public comment 

forums for this rate action but is 

initiating a 30-day consultation and 

comment period to give the public an 

opportunity to comment on the 

proposed formula rate. CRSP MC will 

review and consider all timely public 

comments at the conclusion of the 

consultation and comment period and 

make amendments or adjustments to the 

proposal as appropriate. Proposed rates 

will then be approved on an interim 

basis. 

WAPA is establishing the formula rate 

for the PRP in accordance with section 

302 of the DOE Organization Act (42 

U.S.C. 7152).3

By Delegation Order No. S1–DEL– 

RATES–2016, effective November 19, 

2016, the Secretary of Energy delegated: 

(1) the authority to develop power and 

transmission rates to the WAPA 

Administrator; (2) the authority to 

confirm, approve, and place such rates 

into effect on an interim basis to the 

Deputy Secretary of Energy; and (3) the 

authority to confirm, approve, and place 

into effect on a final basis, or to remand 

or disapprove such rates, to FERC. By 

Delegation Order No. S1–DEL–S3–2024, 

effective August 30, 2024, the Secretary 

of Energy also delegated the authority to 

confirm, approve, and place such rates 

into effect on an interim basis to the 

Under Secretary for Infrastructure. By 

Redelegation Order No. S3–DEL– 

WAPA1–2023, effective April 10, 2023, 

the Under Secretary for Infrastructure 

further redelegated the authority to 

confirm, approve, and place such rates 

into effect on an interim basis to 

WAPA’s Administrator. 

Availability of Information 

All brochures, studies, comments, 

letters, memorandums, or other 

documents that CRSP MC initiates or 

uses to develop the proposed formula 

rate are available for inspection and 

copying at the CRSP MC, located at 

1800 South Rio Grande Avenue, 

Montrose, CO 81401. Many of these 

documents and supporting information 

are also available on WAPA’s website at: 

www.wapa.gov/about-wapa/regions/ 

crsp/rates/. 

Ratemaking Procedure Requirements 

Environmental Compliance 

WAPA is in the process of 

determining whether an environmental 

assessment or an environmental impact 

statement should be prepared or if this 

action can be categorically excluded 

from those requirements.4

Determination Under Executive Order 

12866 

WAPA has an exemption from 

centralized regulatory review under 

Executive Order 12866; accordingly, no 

clearance of this notice by the Office of 

Management and Budget is required. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on October 8, 2024, 

by Tracey A. LeBeau, Administrator, 

Western Area Power Administration, 

pursuant to delegated authority from the 

Secretary of Energy. That document, 

with the original signature and date, is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on October 9, 

2024. 

Jennifer Hartzell, 

Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

U.S. Department of Energy. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2024–0063; FRL–12335–01– 

OMS] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 

(CWNS) (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 

(CWNS) (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR Number 

0318.14, OMB Control Number 2040– 

0050) to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. This is a proposed 

extension of the ICR, which is currently 

approved through October 31, 2024. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register on 

March 11, 2024, during a 60-day 


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comment period. This notice allows for 

an additional 30 days for public 

comments. 

DATES: Comments may be submitted on 

or before November 14, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2024–0063, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method) 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: 

Joshua Klein, Office of Water, State 

Revolving Fund Branch, (7309J), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460; telephone number: (202) 557– 

6786; email address: cwns@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through October 31, 

2024. 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 on 

March 11, 2024, during a 60-day 

comment period (89 FR 17464). 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: The Clean Watersheds 

Needs Survey (CWNS) is required by the 

Clean Water Act (CWA) section 

516(b)(1)(B) as well as CWA section 609, 

which was added by the Infrastructure 

Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Public 

Law 117–58, November 15, 2021. It is a 

periodic inventory of existing and 

planned publicly owned wastewater 

conveyance and treatment, combined 

sewer overflow correction, stormwater 

management and other water pollution 

control infrastructure in the United 

States, as well as an estimate of how 

much of this infrastructure may need to 

be repaired or upgraded. The CWNS 

also asked for information regarding 

new infrastructure that is needed. The 

CWNS is a joint effort between the EPA 

and the states. The CWNS collects cost 

and technical data from states that is 

associated with POTWs and other water 

pollution control facilities, existing and 

planned. The respondents who provide 

this information to the EPA are state and 

territory agencies responsible for 

environmental pollution control (states) 

and local facility contacts who provide 

documentation to the states (facilities). 

No confidential information is used, 

nor is sensitive information protected 

from release under the Public 

Information Act. The EPA achieves 

national consistency in the final results 

through the application of uniform 

guidelines and validation techniques. 

Form numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: States, 

Territories, and Facilities. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary. 

Estimated number of respondents: 56 

States and Territories, 6,684 Facilities 

(per year). 

Frequency of response: Every 4 years. 

Total estimated burden: 13,342 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $799,208 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the estimates: There is an 

increase of 3,698 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This increase is based upon an 

increase in facility universe. The prior 

ICR estimated that states would submit 

only half of their facilities (16,048). The 

majority of the states submitted most of 

their facilities in 2022 (30,881), almost 

doubling the estimated facility universe. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23683 Filed 10–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–12316–01–OA] 

Local Government Advisory 

Committee: Request for Nominations 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) invites 

nominations from a diverse range of 

qualified candidates to be considered 

for appointment to its Local 

Government Advisory Committee 

(LGAC). Qualified nominees for the 

LGAC hold elected positions with local, 

tribal, state, or territorial governments, 

or serve in a full-time government 

position appointed by an elected 

official. EPA is seeking up to 12 

individuals to serve one- or two-year 

terms beginning in January 2025. For 

more information on the LGAC, 

including member bios, recent meeting 

summaries and recommendations, visit: 

https://www.epa.gov/ocir/localgovernment-advisory-committee-lgac. 

For more details regarding the 

nomination process, please see 

information under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

DATES: To be considered for 2025 

appointments, nominations should be 

submitted by November 14, 2024. 

How To Apply: Submit nominations 

electronically to LGAC@epa.gov with a 

subject heading of ‘LGAC 2024 

NOMINATION’ and complete the form 

at https://forms.gle/ 

TB8ehr4iJFWG4kGZ6. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Frank Sylvester, LGAC Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO) at (202) 564– 

1279/sylvester.frank.j@epa.gov or 

LGAC@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Qualifications 

The Local Government Advisory 

Committee (LGAC) is chartered under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), Public Law 92–463, to advise 

the EPA Administrator on 

environmental issues impacting local 

governments. Members of LGAC will 

provide advice and recommendations 

on a broad range of issues related to 

promoting and protecting public health 

and the environment. For 2025 the 

topics addressed may include but not be 

limited to: 

• Continued implementation of the 

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and 

Inflation Reduction Act 


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