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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background.—These investigations 

are being instituted, pursuant to 

sections 703(a) and 733(a) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671b(a) and 

1673b(a)), in response to a petition filed 

on October 24, 2024, by Lonza 

Greenwood LLC, Greenwood, South 

Carolina. 

For further information concerning 

the conduct of these investigations and 

rules of general application, consult the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, part 201, subparts A and B 

(19 CFR part 201), and part 207, 

subparts A and B (19 CFR part 207). 

Participation in the investigations and 

public service list.—Persons (other than 

petitioners) wishing to participate in the 

investigations as parties must file an 

entry of appearance with the Secretary 

to the Commission, as provided in 

§§ 201.11 and 207.10 of the 

Commission’s rules, not later than seven 

days after publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register. Industrial users 

and (if the merchandise under 

investigation is sold at the retail level) 

representative consumer organizations 

have the right to appear as parties in 

Commission antidumping duty and 

countervailing duty investigations. The 

Secretary will prepare a public service 

list containing the names and addresses 

of all persons, or their representatives, 

who are parties to these investigations 

upon the expiration of the period for 

filing entries of appearance. 

Limited disclosure of business 

proprietary information (BPI) under an 

administrative protective order (APO) 

and BPI service list.—Pursuant to 

§ 207.7(a) of the Commission’s rules, the 

Secretary will make BPI gathered in 

these investigations available to 

authorized applicants representing 

interested parties (as defined in 19 

U.S.C. 1677(9)) who are parties to the 

investigations under the APO issued in 

the investigations, provided that the 

application is made not later than seven 

days after the publication of this notice 

in the Federal Register. A separate 

service list will be maintained by the 

Secretary for those parties authorized to 

receive BPI under the APO. 

Conference.—The Office of 

Investigations will hold a staff 

conference in connection with the 

preliminary phase of these 

investigations beginning at 9:30 a.m. on 

Thursday, November 14, 2024. Requests 

to appear at the conference should be 

emailed to preliminaryconferences@

usitc.gov (DO NOT FILE ON EDIS) on or 

before Tuesday, November 12, 2024. 

Please provide an email address for each 

conference participant in the email. 

Information on conference procedures, 

format, and participation, including 

guidance for requests to appear as a 

witness via videoconference, will be 

available on the Commission’s Public 

Calendar (Calendar (USITC) | United 

States International Trade Commission). 

A nonparty who has testimony that may 

aid the Commission’s deliberations may 

request permission to participate by 

submitting a short statement. 

Please note the Secretary’s Office will 

accept only electronic filings during this 

time. Filings must be made through the 

Commission’s Electronic Document 

Information System (EDIS, https://

edis.usitc.gov). No in-person paperbased filings or paper copies of any 

electronic filings will be accepted until 

further notice. 

Written submissions.—As provided in 

§§ 201.8 and 207.15 of the 

Commission’s rules, any person may 

submit to the Commission on or before 

5:15 p.m. on November 19, 2024, a 

written brief containing information and 

arguments pertinent to the subject 

matter of the investigations. Parties shall 

file written testimony and 

supplementary material in connection 

with their presentation at the conference 

no later than 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, 

November 13. All written submissions 

must conform with the provisions of 

§ 201.8 of the Commission’s rules; any 

submissions that contain BPI must also 

conform with the requirements of 

§§ 201.6, 207.3, and 207.7 of the 

Commission’s rules. The Commission’s 

Handbook on Filing Procedures, 

available on the Commission’s website 

at https://www.usitc.gov/documents/ 

handbook_on_filing_procedures.pdf, 

elaborates upon the Commission’s 

procedures with respect to filings. 

In accordance with §§ 201.16(c) and 

207.3 of the rules, each document filed 

by a party to the investigations must be 

served on all other parties to the 

investigations (as identified by either 

the public or BPI service list), and a 

certificate of service must be timely 

filed. The Secretary will not accept a 

document for filing without a certificate 

of service. 

Certification.—Pursuant to § 207.3 of 

the Commission’s rules, any person 

submitting information to the 

Commission in connection with these 

investigations must certify that the 

information is accurate and complete to 

the best of the submitter’s knowledge. In 

making the certification, the submitter 

will acknowledge that any information 

that it submits to the Commission 

during these investigations may be 

disclosed to and used: (i) by the 

Commission, its employees and Offices, 

and contract personnel (a) for 

developing or maintaining the records 

of these or related investigations or 

reviews, or (b) in internal investigations, 

audits, reviews, and evaluations relating 

to the programs, personnel, and 

operations of the Commission including 

under 5 U.S.C. appendix 3; or (ii) by 

U.S. government employees and 

contract personnel, solely for 

cybersecurity purposes. All contract 

personnel will sign appropriate 

nondisclosure agreements. 

Authority: These investigations are 

being conducted under authority of title 

VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice 

is published pursuant to § 207.12 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: October 24, 2024. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25161 Filed 10–29–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Proposed 

Consent Decree Under the Clean Air 

Act 

On October 24, 2024, the Department 

of Justice lodged a proposed Consent 

Decree with the United States District 

Court for the Western District of 

Pennsylvania in the lawsuit entitled 

United States and Commonwealth of 

Pennsylvania v. XTO Energy Inc., Civil 

Action No. 2:24–cv–01467–RJC. 

The lawsuit seeks injunctive relief 

and civil penalties for violations of the 

Clean Air Act and the Standards of 

Performance for Crude Oil and Natural 

Gas Facilities at well pads owned and 

operated by XTO Energy Inc. (‘‘XTO’’) 

in Butler County, Pennsylvania. The 

violations relate to alleged failures to 

adequately design, operate, and 

maintain storage tank vapor control 

systems, resulting in emissions of 

volatile organic compounds (‘‘VOC’’) 

and other pollutants to the atmosphere. 

The proposed consent decree covers 

30 XTO well pads in Butler County, 

Pennsylvania. The proposed decree 

requires XTO to perform injunctive 

relief, including conducting engineering 

evaluations of the vapor control systems 

at each of the controlled well pads to 

ensure that they are adequately sized 

and designed. XTO must also complete 

one environmental mitigation project, at 

a cost of at least $1,400,000, and pay a 

$4,000,000 civil penalty. Entering into 

and fully complying with the proposed 

consent decree would release XTO from 

past civil liability for violations of Title 

V and the New Source Performance 

Standards applicable to new and 


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modified storage vessels and related 

state law at the 30 well pads subject to 

the proposed consent decree. 

The publication of this notice opens 

a period for public comment on the 

proposed Consent Decree. Comments 

should be addressed to the Assistant 

Attorney General, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division, and should 

refer to United States and 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. XTO 

Energy Inc., D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–2–1– 

12373. All comments must be submitted 

no later than thirty (30) days after the 

publication date of this notice. 

Comments may be submitted either by 

email or by mail: 

To submit 

comments: Send them to: 

By email ....... pubcomment-ees.enrd@

usdoj.gov. 

By mail ......... Assistant Attorney General, 

U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. 

Box 7611, Washington, DC 

20044–7611. 

During the public comment period, 

the proposed Consent Decree may be 

examined and downloaded at this 

Justice Department website: https://

www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. 

If you require assistance accessing the 

proposed Consent Decree, you may 

request assistance by email or by mail 

to the addresses provided above for 

submitting comments. 

Jason A. Dunn, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25225 Filed 10–29–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; 

Occupational Noise Exposure 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting this Mine Safety 

and Health Administration (MSHA)- 

sponsored information collection 

request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are 

invited. 

DATES: The OMB will consider all 

written comments that the agency 

receives on or before November 29, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

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: 

Michael Howell by telephone at 202– 

693–6782, or by email at DOL_PRA_

PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Noise is a 

harmful physical agent and one of the 

most pervasive health hazards in 

mining. Repeated exposure to high 

levels of sound over time causes 

occupational noise-induced hearing loss 

(NIHL). NIHL is a serious, often 

profound physical impairment for 

miners, with far-reaching psychological 

and social effects. NIHL can be 

distinguished from aging and other 

factors that can contribute to hearing 

loss and it can be prevented. According 

to the National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), NIHL is among the ‘‘top ten’’ 

leading occupational illnesses and 

injuries. 

For many years, NIHL was regarded as 

an inevitable consequence of working in 

a mine. Mining, an intensely 

mechanized industry, relies on drills, 

crushers, compressors, conveyors, 

trucks, loaders, and other heavy-duty 

equipment for the excavation, haulage, 

and processing of material. This 

equipment creates high sound levels, 

exposing machine operators as well as 

miners working nearby to occupational 

noise that can contribute to hearing loss. 

MSHA, the Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration, the military, and 

other organizations around the world 

have established and enforced standards 

to reduce the loss of hearing. Quieter 

equipment, isolation of workers from 

noise sources, and limiting the time 

workers are exposed to noise are among 

the many well-accepted methods that 

will prevent NIHL. 

Records of miners’ exposures to noise 

are necessary so that mine operators and 

MSHA can evaluate the need for and 

effectiveness of engineering controls, 

administrative controls, and personal 

protective equipment to protect miners 

from harmful levels of noise that can 

result in hearing loss. However, the 

Agency believes that extensive records 

for this purpose are not needed. Instead, 

the requirements are a performanceoriented approach to monitoring. 

Records of miners’ hearing 

examinations enable mine operators and 

MSHA to ensure that the controls are 

effective in preventing NIHL for 

individual miners. Records of training 

are needed to confirm that miners 

receive the information they need to 

become active participants in hearing 

conservation efforts. For additional 

substantive information about this ICR, 

see the related notice published in the 

Federal Register on April 9, 2024 (89 FR 

24866). 

Comments are invited on: (1) whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

the agency’s estimates of the burden and 

cost of the collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information collection; and 

(4) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless the OMB 

approves it and displays a currently 

valid OMB Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information that does not 

display a valid OMB Control Number. 

See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. 

Agency: DOL–MSHA. 

Title of Collection: Occupational 

Noise Exposure. 

OMB Control Number: 1219–0120. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profits. 

Number of Respondents: 12,530. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Number of Responses: 186,252. 

Annual Burden Hours: 14,273 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $127,648. 

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D)) 

Michael Howell, 

Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25175 Filed 10–29–24; 8:45 am] 

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