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• Describe information collected 

through the new Safer Choice cleaning 

service certification program; and, 

• Clarify the TPP application process 

and form. 

Form numbers: 9600–017, 9600–018, 

9600–019, 9600–020, 9600–021, 9600– 

022, 9600–023, 9600–058, 9600–059, 

9600–060, 9600–061. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this ICR include 

a wide range of sectors that 

participation in the Safer Choice 

Program including chemical 

manufacturers, paint and coating 

manufacturing, merchant wholesalers, 

janitorial services, and environmental 

consulting firms. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

4,539 (total). 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Total estimated burden: 4,511 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $854,358 (per 

year), which includes $553,850 

annualized capital or operation & 

maintenance costs. 

Changes in the estimates: There is an 

increase of 1,279 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This increase, which is discussed 

in more detail in the ICR, is due to an 

increase in annual consumer online 

surveys, which increased from 2,000 to 

4,000 annually, the inclusion of a new 

program, the ‘‘Safer Choice Cleaning 

Service Certification,’’ and the inclusion 

of the TPP solicitation process. These 

changes qualify as a program change. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Information Engagement Division. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24986 Filed 10–25–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–OEJECR–2024–0479; FRL—12368– 

01–OMS] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Environmental Justice Thriving 

Communities Grantmaking Program: 

Applications for Subawards— 

November Launch 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

Environmental Justice Thriving 

Communities Grantmaking Program: 

Applications for Subawards—November 

Launch (EPA ICR Number 7790.01, 

OMB Control Number 2035–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 

emergency clearance of a new 

collection. A two-week public comment 

period has been initiated via a notice in 

the Federal Register. 

DATES: Comments may be submitted on 

or before November 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

OEJECR–2024–0479 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Aarti Iyer, Office of the Chief Financial 

Officer, Mail Code 2710A, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460; telephone number: 202–564– 

0214; email address: iyer.aarti@epa.gov. 

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. 

This notice allows for a 14 day public 

comment period. 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 meet the goals and 

objectives that demonstrate the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA’s) and the Administration’s 

commitment to achieving 

environmental justice and embedding 

environmental justice into Agency 

programs, the Environmental Justice 

Thriving Communities Grantmaking 

Program provides about $600 million in 

11 cooperative agreements funding to 

‘‘Grantmakers’’ who will function as 

pass-through entities for the 

Environmental Justice Thriving 

Communities Subgrants (2 CFR parts 

200 and 1500). Each Grantmaker will 

collaborate with EPA to design and 

build their own processes to receive and 

evaluate applications to fund the initial 

development of community-led 

environmental justice projects. With 

this Information Collection Request 

(ICR), EPA seeks emergency clearance 

by October 31, 2024 for six Grantmakers 

to solicit applications for their first 

round of subgrants to be launched in 

November 2024. 

This is the third of three related 

Grantmaker ICRs submitted on an 

emergency basis (see also 2090–0035 

and 2090–0036). EPA cannot reasonably 

comply with the normal clearance 

procedures because subaward programs 

must be launched within 3 months, 

which does not allow sufficient time to 

obtain PRA clearance using the standard 

ICR process. Collection of the 

information requested under this 

emergency clearance (i.e., applications) 

is essential for the Grantmakers to have 

a mechanism for selecting and 

distributing subaward grants to fund 

environmental justice projects in 

underserved communities, thus 

fulfilling the central objective of the 

program. 

This emergency clearance will cover 

the first round of subaward applications 

solicited by six Grantmakers in 

November 2024. Subsequent rounds of 

applications will be authorized via a 

Standard ICR package for the 

Grantmaking Program that will be 

submitted for review via the standard 

ICR approval process. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Respondents will include entities who 

are eligible to receive subawards, 

including community based nonprofit 

organizations, Puerto Rico, U.S. 

Territories and Freely Associated States, 

Native American organizations, local 

governments, and institutions of higher 

education. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

7,496 (total). 

Frequency of response: Once. 

Total estimated burden: 13,622 hours 

(total). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $897,264.38 

(total), which includes $178,057.92 

annualized capital or operation & 

maintenance costs. 


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Requested approval date: October 31, 

2024. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Information Engagement Division. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24985 Filed 10–25–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2021–0643; FRL–12136–01– 

OAR] 

Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: 

Notice of Information Availability for 

Regulations Implementing the 

American Innovation and 

Manufacturing Act 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is 

to alert stakeholders that the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

has published frequently asked 

questions related to the regulations 

implementing the American Innovation 

and Manufacturing Act. While the 

questions broadly cover topics on 

hydrofluorocarbons, the Act itself, and 

the three new programs established 

under the Act, the majority of these new 

and updated frequently asked question 

are related to the Technology 

Transitions program restrictions on the 

use of certain hydrofluorocarbons. The 

Agency has published and continues to 

update these frequently asked questions 

in the Frequent Questions on the 

Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons web 

area and in the existing rulemaking 

docket. 

DATES: October 28, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Allison Cain, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Stratospheric 

Protection Division, telephone number: 

202–564–1566; or email address: 

Cain.Allison@epa.gov. You may also 

visit EPA’s website at https://

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

further information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The American Innovation and 

Manufacturing (AIM) Act of 2020 was 

enacted on December 27, 2020, and 

codified at 42 U.S.C. 7675. The AIM Act 

authorizes EPA to address climatedamaging hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) by 

providing new authorities in three main 

areas: to phase down the production 

and consumption of listed HFCs, 

manage these HFCs and their 

substitutes, and facilitate the transition 

to next-generation technologies through 

sector-based restrictions. Since the AIM 

Act was enacted, EPA has finalized a 

number of rulemakings that implement 

the AIM Act through three regulatory 

programs: the HFC Allowance 

Allocation Program, the Technology 

Transitions Program, and the Emissions 

Reduction and Reclamation Program. 

EPA has provided information to 

stakeholders about these three programs 

through our frequently asked questions 

web page. 

The majority of the questions and 

responses relate to the Technology 

Transitions final rule published on 

October 24, 2023 (88 FR 73098). This 

rule facilitates sector-based transitions 

to next-generation technologies, as 

specified in the AIM Act. The rule 

limits the use of HFCs in specific 

technology sectors and subsectors, such 

as foams, aerosols, and refrigeration, air 

conditioning, and heat pumps. In most 

subsectors, EPA set a maximum global 

warming potential (GWP) limit on HFCs 

or HFC blends that can be used in new 

products and equipment. In a few 

subsectors, EPA listed the specific HFCs 

or HFC blends that are restricted. 

Compliance dates and GWP limits vary 

based on sector and subsector. The rule 

requires that new products and 

components using HFCs be labeled and 

that companies that manufacture or 

import such products or components 

using HFCs report information to EPA. 

Since the publication of the various 

AIM Act rulemakings, EPA has posted 

information for stakeholders in 

question-and-answer form to help 

stakeholders understand key aspects of 

these the rules across regulatory 

programs. To maintain transparency and 

ensure consistency, EPA has been 

providing answers to common 

stakeholder inquiries in the form of 

frequently asked questions. 

II. What information is available and 

where is it located? 

EPA has published these frequently 

asked questions in the Frequent 

Questions on the Phasedown of 

Hydrofluorocarbons web page, available 

at: https://www.epa.gov/climate-hfcsreduction/frequent-questionsphasedown-hydrofluorocarbons. EPA 

has also entered a document with the 

same title and content as the web page 

noted above in the rulemaking docket 

titled ‘‘Restrictions on Certain Uses of 

Hydrofluorocarbons under Subsection 

(i) of the American Innovation and 

Manufacturing Act.’’ This docket can be 

accessed on Regulations.gov using 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2021– 

0643. EPA intends to update the list of 

questions and answers on the website 

and in the docket periodically and may 

not issue a notice in the Federal 

Register each time that it does so. 

Cynthia A. Newberg, 

Director, Stratospheric Protection Division. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24929 Filed 10–25–24; 8:45 am] 

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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE 

PRESIDENT 

Office of National Drug Control Policy 

Designation of Five Areas as High 

Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 

AGENCY: Office of National Drug Control 

Policy (ONDCP), Executive Office of the 

President. 

ACTION: Notice of five High Intensity 

Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) 

designations. 

SUMMARY: The Director of the Office of 

National Drug Control Policy designated 

five additional areas as HIDTAs. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions regarding this notice should 

be directed to Shannon Kelly, National 

HIDTA Director, ONDCP, Executive 

Office of the President, Washington, DC 

20503; (202) 841–5240. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The new 

areas are (1) Yavapai County in Arizona 

as part of the Arizona HIDTA; (2) 

Kankakee County in Illinois as part of 

the Chicago HIDTA; (3) Rensselaer 

County in New York as part of the New 

York/New Jersey HIDTA; (4) Beltrami 

County in Minnesota as part of the 

North Central HIDTA; and (5) Stearns 

County in Minnesota as part of the 

North Central HIDTA. 

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 1706(b)(1). 

Dated: October 22, 2024. 

Brian Skinner, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24949 Filed 10–25–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3280–F5–P 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

FDIC Advisory Committee on 

Economic Inclusion; Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation (FDIC). 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice 

is hereby given of a meeting of the FDIC 

Advisory Committee on Economic 

Inclusion. The Advisory Committee will 

provide advice and recommendations 


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