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when the regulated community does not 

need the six-month period to come into 

compliance. As described above, the 

facility has ceased the electroplating 

process creating copper filter cake/ 

copper sludge waste which necessitates 

the removal of the delisted waste. 

Therefore, a six-month delay in the 

effective date is not necessary in this 

case. This provides the basis for making 

this amendment effective immediately 

upon publication under the 

Administrative Procedures Act pursuant 

to 5 United States Code (U.S.C.) 553(d). 

The EPA has determined that having a 

proposed rulemaking and public 

comment on this change is unnecessary, 

as it involves the removal of a delisted 

waste. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 261 

Environmental protection, Hazardous 

waste, Recycling, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: October 8, 2024. 

Helena Healy, 

Director, Land, Chemicals and 

Redevelopment Division, Region 6. 

For the reasons set out in the 

preamble, 40 CFR part 261 is amended 

as follows: 

PART 261—IDENTIFICATION AND 

LISTING OF HAZARDOUS WASTE 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 261 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6905, 6912(a), 6921, 

6922, 6924(y) and 6938. 

Appendix IX to Part 21 [Amended] 

■ 2. Amend table 1 of appendix IX to 

part 261 by removing the entry for 

‘‘Samsung’’ for Austin, TX. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23809 Filed 10–17–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

41 CFR Chapter 51 

Office of Inspector General 

Exemptions to the Privacy Act 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, Office of Inspector General. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled (Committee, U.S. AbilityOne 

Commission, Commission), Office of 

Inspector General (OIG) is finalizing 

without change its Privacy Act 

exemption regulations for the system of 

records OIG’s AbilityOne/OIG–001 Case 

Management System which were 

published as a Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking on June 22, 2023. This 

Final Rule makes the OIG’s AbilityOne/ 

OIG–001 Case Management System, 

system of records be exempt from 

certain sections of the Privacy Act of 

1974 pursuant to the general and 

specific exemptions listed in the act. 

The law enforcement and investigatory 

nature of the system of records makes it 

inappropriate to allow individual access 

to records under the Privacy Act. 

DATES: Effective November 17, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions, please contact: Kamil 

Ali, Attorney-Advisor, U.S. AbilityOne 

Commission Office of Inspector General, 

355 E Street SW (OIG Suite 335), 

Washington, DC 20024. Phone: (202) 

603–2248, Email: kali@

oig.abilityone.gov. For privacy 

questions, please contact: Ms. Kamil 

Ali, Attorney-Advisor, U.S. AbilityOne 

Commission Office of Inspector General, 

355 E Street SW (OIG Suite 335), 

Washington, DC 20024. Phone: (202) 

603–2248, Email: kali@

oig.abilityone.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 

401–24, governs how the Federal 

Government collects, maintains, and 

uses personally identifiable information 

in systems of record. The Privacy Act 

requires that Federal agencies publish in 

the Federal Register a system of records 

notice (SORN) that identifies purpose of 

data collection, the routine use of its 

disclosures, and how individuals may 

get access to their own records and 

contest it. 

The Inspector General Act of 1978, 5 

U.S.C. 401–24, allows the U.S. 

AbilityOne Commission/OIG to 

maintain the system to fulfill its 

mission. The U.S. AbilityOne 

Commission OIG is responsible for 

conducting and supervising 

independent and objective audits, 

inspections, and investigations of the 

programs and operations of the 

Committee. OIG promotes economy, 

efficiency, and effectiveness within the 

U.S. AbilityOne Commission/OIG and 

prevents and detects fraud, waste, and 

abuse in its programs and operations. 

OIG’s Office of Investigations 

investigates allegations of criminal, 

civil, and administrative misconduct 

involving U.S. AbilityOne Commission 

employees, contractors, grantees, and 

Departmental programs and activities. 

This includes investigating for 

violations of criminal laws by entities 

regulated by U.S. AbilityOne 

Commission, regardless of whether they 

receive Federal funds. These 

investigations can result in criminal 

prosecutions, fines, civil monetary 

penalties, and administrative sanctions. 

The investigative and law 

enforcement nature of the system of 

records makes it necessary for the 

system to be exempt from the notice and 

access requirements. The Privacy Act 

contains general and specific 

exemptions for law enforcement 

purposes that grant these exemptions. 

The general exemption, 5 U.S.C. 

552a(j)(2), allows exemptions for system 

of records that are ‘‘maintained by an 

agency or component thereof which 

performs as its principal function any 

activity pertaining to the enforcement of 

criminal laws, including police efforts 

to prevent, control, or reduce crime or 

to apprehend criminals, and the 

activities of prosecutors, courts, 

correctional, probation, pardon, or 

parole authorities, and which consists of 

(A) information compiled for the 

purpose of identifying individual 

criminal offenders and alleged offenders 

and consisting only of identifying data 

and notations of arrests, the nature and 

disposition of criminal charges, 

sentencing, confinement, release, and 

parole and probation status; (B) 

information compiled for the purpose of 

a criminal investigation, including 

reports of informants and investigators, 

and associated with an identifiable 

individual; or (C) reports identifiable to 

an individual compiled at any stage of 

the process of enforcement of the 

criminal laws from arrest or indictment 

through release from supervision.’’ 

Similarly the specific exemption in 5 

U.S.C. 552a(k)(2) allows exemptions for 

systems of records for ‘‘investigatory 

material compiled for law enforcement 

purposes, other than material within the 

scope of subsection (j)(2) of this section: 

Provided, however, that if any 

individual is denied any right, privilege, 

or benefit that he would otherwise be 

entitled by Federal law, or for which he 

would otherwise be eligible, as a result 

of the maintenance of such material, 

such material shall be provided to such 

individual, except to the extent that the 

disclosure of such material would reveal 

the identity of a source who furnished 

information to the Government under an 

express promise that the identity of the 

source would be held in confidence, or, 

prior to the effective date of this section, 

under an implied promise that the 

identity of the source would be held in 

confidence.’’ The data collected by the 

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System falls under these categories by 

its nature as investigatory material, and 

for this reason, U.S. AbilityOne 

Commission is adding 41 CFR 51–9.6. 

Summary of Comment and Response 

The Commission received one 

comment on the proposed rule. 

Comment: One comment argued that 

the OIG should not be able to use the 

5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2) exemption because 

its function is not sufficiently criminal 

and sought more clarification on the 

nature of the system of records and how 

the exemptions apply. 

Response: The IG Act outlines the 

authorities of the Inspector General 

under 5 U.S.C. 404(a) and grants it the 

ability to conduct, supervise, and 

coordinate investigations related to the 

program and to manage identification 

and prosecution of fraud and abuse. 41 

CFR 51–9.601(c) explains the reasons 

the exemptions are justified to operate 

an investigatory system of records. 

Details about the system of records, 

such as what information it contains 

and how it is collected, are under the 

AbilityOne/OIG–001 Case Management 

System SORN, 88 FR 40223. 

List of Subjects in 41 CFR Part 51–9 

Privacy. 

For reasons stated in the preamble, 

the Committee amends 41 CFR part 51– 

9 as follows: 

PART 51–9—PRIVACY ACT RULES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 51– 

9 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a. 

■ 2. Revise subpart 51–9.6, consisting of 

§ 51–9.601, to read as follows: 

Subpart 51–9.6—Exemptions 

§ 51–9.601 Office of Inspector General 

exemptions. 

(a) Pursuant to section (j) of the 

Privacy Act of 1974, the Committee has 

deemed it necessary to adopt the 

following exemptions to specified 

provisions of the Privacy Act: 

(1) Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2), the 

AbilityOne/OIG–001 Case Management 

System, System of Records is exempt 

from the following provisions of the 

Privacy Act: 5 U.S.C. 552a (c)(3)–(4); (d); 

(e)(1)–(3); (e)(4)(G)–(I); (e)(5); (e)(8); and 

(f)–(g) and from 41 CFR 51–9.1, 51–9.2, 

51–9.3, 51–9.4, and 51–9.7. 

(2) [Reserved] 

(b) Pursuant to section (k) of the 

Privacy Act of 1974, the Committee has 

deemed it necessary to adopt the 

following exemptions to specified 

provisions of the Privacy Act: 

(1) Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2), 

AbilityOne/OIG–001 Case Management 

System, System of Records is exempt 

from the following provisions of the 

Privacy Act, subject to the limitations 

set forth in those subsections: 5 U.S.C. 

552a(c)(3), (d), (e)(4)(G)–(I), and (f) and 

from 41 CFR 51–9.1, 51–9.2, 51–9.3, 51– 

9.4, and 51–9.7. 

(2) [Reserved] 

(c) Exemptions from the subsections 

are justified because application of these 

provisions would present a serious 

impediment to law enforcement. Access 

to the records contained in this system 

of records could inform the subject of an 

investigation of an actual or potential 

criminal, civil, or regulatory violation, 

of the existence of that investigation; of 

the nature and scope of the information 

and evidence obtained as to his 

activities; of the identity of confidential 

sources, witnesses, and law enforcement 

personnel, and of information that may 

enable the subject to avoid detection or 

apprehension. These factors would 

present a serious impediment to 

effective law enforcement where they 

prevent the successful completion of the 

investigation, endanger the physical 

safety of confidential sources, witnesses, 

and law enforcement personnel, and/or 

lead to the improper influencing of 

witnesses, the destruction of evidence, 

or the fabrication of testimony. In 

addition, granting access to such 

information could disclose securitysensitive or confidential business 

information or information that would 

constitute an unwarranted invasion of 

the personal privacy of third parties. 

Finally, access to the records could 

result in the release of properly 

classified information which would 

compromise the national defense or 

disrupt foreign policy. Amendment of 

the records would interfere with 

ongoing investigations and law 

enforcement activities and impose an 

impossible administrative burden by 

requiring investigations to be 

continuously reinvestigated. It is not 

possible to detect relevance or necessity 

of specific information in the early 

stages of a civil, criminal or other law 

enforcement investigation, case, or 

matter, including investigations in 

which use is made of properly classified 

information. Relevance and necessity 

are questions of judgment and timing, 

and it is only after the information is 

evaluated that the relevance and 

necessity of such information can be 

established. 

Michael R. Jurkowski, 

Director, Business Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24087 Filed 10–17–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Parts 15 and 74 

[ET Docket No. 21–115; RM–11821; FCC 24– 

22; FR ID 207656] 

Wireless Microphones in the TV 

Bands, 600 MHz Guard Band, 600 MHz 

Duplex Gap, and the 941.5–944 MHz, 

944–952 MHz, 952.850–956.250 MHz, 

956.45–959.85 MHz, 1435–1525 MHz, 

6875–6900 MHz and 7100–7125 MHz 

Bands 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal 

Communications Commission 

(Commission) revises the technical rules 

for low-power auxiliary station (LPAS) 

devices to permit a recently developed 

type of wireless microphone system, 

termed herein as a Wireless 

Multichannel Audio System (WMAS), 

to operate in the broadcast television 

(TV) bands and other LPAS frequency 

bands on a licensed basis. The 

Commission adopts technical rules for 

licensed WMAS operations in specific 

frequency bands under our LPAS rules 

and also permits WMAS to operate on 

an unlicensed basis under the rules in 

the TV bands and 600 MHz duplex gap. 

The Commission updates its existing 

LPAS and technical rules for wireless 

microphones, which already rely on 

certain European Telecommunications 

Standards Institute (ETSI) standards, to 

incorporate the latest version of that 

standard where appropriate. Finally, the 

Commission updates the wireless 

microphone rules to reflect the end of 

the post-Incentive Auction transition 

period. The Commission’s goal in the 

FCC document is to increase wireless 

microphone spectral efficiency and 

enable more intensive use in the 

spectrum available for such operations. 

DATES: This rule is effective November 

18, 2024. The incorporation by reference 

of certain material listed in this rule is 

approved by the Director of the Federal 

Register as of November 18, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Hugh VanTuyl of the Office of 

Engineering and Technology, at 

Hugh.VanTuyl@fcc.gov or 202–418– 

7506. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s Report 

and Order, ET Docket No. 21–115 and 

RM–11821; FCC 24–22, adopted and 

released on February 15, 2024. The full 

text of this document is available for 

public inspection and can be 


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