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provided, unless the comment includes 

profanity, threats, information claimed 

to be Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peggy Vyas, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 202–566–0453; vyas.peggy@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through May 31, 

2025. 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. 

This notice allows 60 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 https://

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments 

and information to enable it to: (i) 

evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (ii) evaluate the 

accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (iv) minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate forms of 

information technology. EPA will 

consider the comments received and 

amend the ICR as appropriate. The final 

ICR package will then be submitted to 

OMB for review and approval. At that 

time, EPA will issue another Federal 

Register notice to announce the 

submission of the ICR to OMB and the 

opportunity to submit additional 

comments to OMB. 

Abstract: The Resource Conservation 

and Recovery Act (RCRA) requires EPA 

to establish a national regulatory 

program to ensure that hazardous 

wastes are managed in a manner 

protective of human health and the 

environment. Under this program, EPA 

regulates newly generated hazardous 

wastes, as well as hazardous 

remediation wastes (i.e., hazardous 

wastes managed during cleanup). 

Hazardous remediation waste 

management sites must comply with all 

parts of 40 CFR part 264 except subparts 

B, C, and D. In place of these 

requirements, they need to comply with 

performance standards based on the 

general requirement goals in these 

sections, which are codified at 40 CFR 

264.1(j). 

Under § 264.1(j), owners/operators of 

remediation waste management sites 

must develop and maintain procedures 

to prevent accidents. These procedures 

must address proper design, 

construction, maintenance, and 

operation of hazardous remediation 

waste management units at the site. In 

addition, owners/operators must 

develop and maintain a contingency 

and emergency plan to control accidents 

that occur. The plan must explain 

specifically how to treat, store, and 

dispose of the hazardous remediation 

waste in question, and must be 

implemented immediately whenever 

fire, explosion, or release of hazardous 

waste or hazardous waste constituents 

that could threaten human health or the 

environment. In addition, the Remedial 

Action Plan streamlines the permitting 

process for remediation waste 

management sites to allow cleanups to 

take place more quickly. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this action are 

the private sector, as well as State, local, 

or Tribal governments. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

mandatory (RCRA section 3004(u)). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

170. 

Frequency of response: One-time. 

Total estimated burden: 5,114 hours 

per year. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $348,088 (per 

year), which includes $294,395 in 

annualized labor and $53,693 in 

annualized capital or operation & 

maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: The burden 

hours are likely to stay substantially the 

same. 

Dated: October 1, 2024. 

Carolyn Hoskinson, 

Director, Office of Resource Conservation and 

Recovery. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23077 Filed 10–4–24; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2022–0430; FRL–12197–01– 

OAR] 

Notice of Data Availability Relevant to 

Data Reported Under the American 

Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 

2020 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of data availability. 

SUMMARY: This Notice of Data 

Availability is to alert stakeholders that 

the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has released data on 

production, consumption and other 

activity related to hydrofluorocarbons 

regulated under the American 

Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 

2020. The Agency has published these 

data in the Protecting Our Climate by 

Reducing Use of HFCs web area. 

DATES: October 7, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leo 

Cosgrove, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Stratospheric 

Protection Division, telephone number: 

202–564–2870; or email address: 

Cosgrove.Leo@epa.gov. You may also 

visit EPA’s website at https://

www.epa.gov/climate-hfcs-reduction for 

further information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

EPA has published information 

collected under mandatory reporting 

requirements in 40 CFR part 84 that 

support the hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) 

phasedown specified in the American 

Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 

2020 (AIM Act or Act), codified at 42 

U.S.C. 7675. This includes information 

regarding entities’ HFC allowance usage. 

II. What information is available? 

EPA is providing notice that the 

Agency has published the following 

data in the Protecting Our Climate by 

Reducing Use of HFCs web area for 

calendar year 2023. 

Per entity: 

• Unused consumption allowances 

• Unused production allowances 

• Administrative consequences and 

acquisitions 

• Requests for additional consumption 

allowances 

• Number of allowances transferred 

• Number of offset allowances deducted 

from transferor balance 

• Number of consumption allowances 

expended 

• Number of production allowances 

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• Quantity of material received for 

reclamation 

Per facility: 

• Amount of HFC–23 generated 

• Emissions of HFC–23 

By regulated HFC: 

• Amount destroyed 

• Amount exported 

• Total amount imported 

• Amount imported and not used as 

feedstock 

• Total amount produced (gross) 

• Amount produced for feedstock use 

• Calculated consumption consistent 

with the AIM Act 

• Calculated consumption consistent 

with reporting requirements under the 

Montreal Protocol 

• Total end of year inventory 

Cynthia A. Newberg, 

Director, Stratospheric Protection Division. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23143 Filed 10–4–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2022–0365 and EPA–HQ– 

OW–2022–0366; FRL 8310–02–OW] 

Final Recommended Aquatic Life 

Criteria and Benchmarks for Select 

PFAS 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: As part of the Environmental 

Protection Agency’s (EPA) commitment 

to safeguard the environment from perand polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), 

the agency is announcing the 

availability of national ‘‘Final 

Recommended Freshwater Aquatic Life 

Ambient Water Quality Criteria and 

Acute Saltwater Aquatic Life 

Benchmarks for Perfluorooctanoic Acid 

(PFOA)’’ and ‘‘Final Recommended 

Freshwater Aquatic Life Ambient Water 

Quality Criteria and Acute Saltwater 

Aquatic Life Benchmarks for 

Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS),’’ 

pursuant to the Clean Water Act (CWA). 

The EPA is also announcing the 

availability of Acute Freshwater Aquatic 

Life Benchmarks for eight data-limited 

perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): 

perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA), 

perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA), 

perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), 

perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA), 

perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS), 

perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS), 

2H-perfluoro-2-decenoic acid (8:2 

FTUCA), and 2H,2H,3H,3Hpefluorodecanoic acid (7:3 FTCA). 

These final CWA recommended criteria 

and benchmarks provide information 

that States and Tribes may consider 

when adopting water quality standards. 

Consistent with Clean Water Act 

sections 304(a)(1) and (a)(2), the EPA 

expects to update these recommended 

criteria and benchmark values from time 

to time as new information becomes 

available. This announcement is in 

accordance with Clean Water Act 

section 304(a)(3), which directs the EPA 

to publish information developed under 

sections 304(a)(1) and (a)(2) in the 

Federal Register and make it available 

to States, Tribes, and the public. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. How can I get copies of these 

documents and other related 

information? 

The EPA has established a first docket 

for the ‘‘Final Recommended 

Freshwater Aquatic Life Ambient Water 

Quality Criteria and Saltwater Acute 

Benchmarks for Perfluorooctanoic Acid 

(PFOA)’’ under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2022–0365 and a second docket for 

the ‘‘Final Recommended Freshwater 

Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality 

Criteria and Saltwater Acute 

Benchmarks for Perfluorooctane 

Sulfonate (PFOS)’’ under Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OW–2022–0366. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically through 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the EPA Docket Center, WJC West 

Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The Docket 

Center’s hours of operations are 8:30 

a.m.–4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday 

(except Federal holidays). For further 

information on the EPA Docket Center 

services and the current status, see: 

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

The ‘‘Final Recommended Freshwater 

Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality 

Criteria and Saltwater Acute 

Benchmarks for Perfluorooctanoic Acid 

(PFOA)’’ document can be accessed on 

the EPA’s website through the following 

link: https://www.epa.gov/system/files/ 

documents/2024-09/pfoa-report2024.pdf. The ‘‘Final Recommended 

Freshwater Aquatic Life Ambient Water 

Quality Criteria and Saltwater Acute 

Benchmarks for Perfluorooctane 

Sulfonate (PFOS)’’ document can be 

accessed on the EPA’s website through 

the following link: https://www.epa.gov/ 

system/files/documents/2024-09/pfosreport-2024.pdf. The ‘‘Final Acute 

Freshwater Aquatic Life Benchmarks for 

Eight Data-Limited PFAS: PFBA, 

PFHxA, PFNA, PFDA, PFBS, PFHxS, 8:2 

FTUCA, and 7:3 FTCA’’ document can 

be accessed on the EPA’s website 

through the following link: https://

www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/ 

2024-09/pfas-report-2024.pdf. 

II. What are PFAS, including PFOA and 

PFOS? 

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances 

(PFAS) are human-made organic 

chemical compounds composed of a 

carbon chain bound to multiple fluorine 

atoms. PFAS have been manufactured 

and used by a broad range of industries 

since the 1940s, and there are estimated 

to be thousands of PFAS present in the 

global marketplace that are used in a 

range of commercial and industrial 

products. PFOA and PFOS are two of 

the most widely used and studied 

chemicals in the PFAS group. PFAS are 

not naturally occurring and have no 

biologically important functions or 

beneficial properties to aquatic life. 

PFAS, including PFOA and PFOS, can 

persist in the environment and have 

been detected in U.S. rivers, lakes, and 

streams. At elevated concentrations, 

PFAS can be toxic to fish and other 

aquatic species. 

III. What are CWA national ambient 

water quality criteria and benchmarks 

developed by the EPA? 

CWA section 304(a) directs the EPA to 

develop and publish water quality 

criteria that reflect the latest scientific 

knowledge. The EPA develops national 

recommended ambient water quality 

criteria for the protection of aquatic life 

based on the highest numeric 

concentrations of pollutants, with 

specific recommendations on the 

duration and frequency of those 

concentrations, that are protective of 

aquatic ecosystems as a whole. The 

EPA’s section 304(a)(1) criteria 

recommendations generally follow the 

Guidelines methods (Guidelines for 

Deriving Numerical National Water 

Quality Criteria for the Protection of 

Aquatic Organisms and Their Uses), 

which recommend toxicity data for a 

minimum of eight families of aquatic 

animals be used in developing aquatic 

life criteria to ensure criteria will 

protect aquatic ecosystems as a whole. 

Water quality criteria are based solely 

on data and scientific judgments about 

the relationship between pollutant 

concentrations and potential 

environmental effects. The EPA’s 

recommended water quality criteria are 

not regulatory, nor do they 

automatically become part of a State’s 

water quality standards. States must 

adopt into their standards water quality 

criteria that protect the designated uses 

of their water bodies. States can 

establish water quality criteria based on 

the EPA’s recommended criteria, modify 


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