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CERCLA, as amended, authorizes EPA 

to award grants or cooperative 

agreements to states, Tribal Nations, 

local governments, and other eligible 

entities to support the assessment and 

cleanup of brownfields properties, and 

subtitle C authorizes a noncompetitive 

$50 million program to establish and 

enhance state and Tribal response 

programs. The authority for these 

financial assistance programs is codified 

at CERCLA 104(k) and CERCLA 128(a) 

respectively. Congress appropriates 

specific amounts of funding for both 

programs in EPA’s State and Tribal 

Assistance Grant account. 

With this ICR, EPA’s Office of 

Brownfields and Land Revitalization 

(OBLR) seeks authorization to collect 

information from grant applicants and 

noncompetitive funding requesters 

using several standard instruments 

(templates) that will streamline the data 

collection effort and improve the 

quality, efficiency, and fairness of the 

competitions and allocations. EPA 

estimates that all respondents who 

voluntarily respond to this information 

collection by electing to participate in 

the Brownfields Program have 

determined that the expected benefits of 

participation outweigh any burden 

associated with preparing the response. 

This new ICR provides the burden 

estimate for activities associated with 

optional applicant use instruments, and 

EPA review of the submissions; and 

seeks approval for seven standard 

application/request templates. EPA’s 

goal in providing these templates is to 

provide an example for applicants and 

requesters of how the information in an 

application or funding request can be 

presented. Applicants and requesters 

who choose not to use the sample 

formats for providing information will 

not be punished. However, when the 

information in an application or funding 

request is presented using a standard 

format, EPA staff can review 

applications and funding requests more 

efficiently. 

Form Numbers: OMB Control 

Number: 2050–NEW; EPA ICR Number: 

7789.01. 

Respondents/affected entities: State/ 

local/tribal governments; Non-Profits. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

required to obtain or retain a benefit (2 

CFR part 1500). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

1,215 (total). 

Frequency of response: Annually. 

Total estimated burden: 7,865 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $1,060,540.53 

(per year), which includes $0 

annualized capital or operation & 

maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

increase or decrease of hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden because 

this is a new ICR being submitted to 

OMB. 

Dated: October 28, 2024. 

Brian Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Brownfields 

and Land Revitalization. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OGC–2024–0490; FRL–12343–01– 

OGC] 

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air 

Act Citizen Suit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed consent 

decree; request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended 

(CAA or the Act), the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) 

is providing notice of a proposed 

consent decree in Center for Biological 

Diversity and Sierra Club v. Regan, No. 

4:24-cv-01900–HSG (N.D. Cal.). On May 

11, 2024, Plaintiffs Center for Biological 

Diversity and Sierra Club (collectively 

Plaintiffs) filed an amended complaint 

in the United States District Court for 

the Northern District of California. 

Plaintiffs alleged that EPA failed to 

perform certain non-discretionary duties 

in accordance with the Act: to 

determine that certain nonattainment 

areas under the 2010 primary National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS) for sulfur dioxide (SO2) had 

failed to submit required state 

implementation plans (SIPs); to 

promulgate federal implementation 

plans (FIPs) for certain SO2

nonattainment areas; and to determine 

whether certain nonattainment areas 

had timely attained the NAAQS. The 

proposed consent decree would 

establish deadlines for EPA to take 

actions. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed consent decree must be 

received by December 2, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OGC–2024–0490, online at https://

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method). Follow the online instructions 

for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the Docket ID number for 

this action. Comments received may be 

posted without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. For 

detailed instructions on sending 

comments and additional information 

on the rulemaking process, see the 

‘‘Additional Information about 

Commenting on the Proposed Consent 

Decree’’ heading under the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Thrift, Air and Radiation Law 

Office, Office of General Counsel, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency; 

telephone: (202) 564–8852; email 

address: thrift.mike@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining a Copy of the Proposed 

Consent Decree 

The official public docket for this 

action (identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OGC–2024–0490 contains a 

copy of the proposed consent decree. 

The official public docket is available 

for public viewing at the Office of 

Environmental Information (OEI) Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the OEI 

Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

The electronic version of the public 

docket for this action contains a copy of 

the proposed consent decree, and is 

available through https://

www.regulations.gov. You may use 

https://www.regulations.gov to submit 

or view public comments, access the 

index listing of the contents of the 

official public docket, and access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, key in the appropriate docket 

identification number then select 

‘‘search.’’ 

II. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Consent Decree 

Plaintiffs filed a complaint in the 

United States District Court for the 

Northern District of California alleging 

that EPA failed to perform certain nondiscretionary duties in accordance with 

the Clean Air Act under sections 110 

and 179 to (i) determine that certain 

nonattainment areas under the 2010 

primary SO2 NAAQS had failed to 

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FIPs for certain SO2 nonattainment 

areas; and (iii) determine whether 

certain nonattainment areas had timely 

attained the NAAQS. Subsequently, 

EPA issued a notice determining that 

the areas alleged to have failed to 

submit SIPs in fact had so failed, thus 

mooting Plaintiffs’ claim on those 

grounds. 

The EPA solicits public comments on 

a proposed consent decree that would 

establish deadlines for EPA to take 

proposed and final actions pursuant to 

CAA sections 110(c) and 179(c) related 

to the 2010 primary SO2 NAAQS. The 

consent decree would require that EPA 

no later than December 19, 2024, sign a 

final notice (or notices) determining 

under CAA section 179(c) whether the 

Anne-Arundel/Baltimore County, MD; 

Alton Township, IL; St. Clair, MI; 

Freestone-Anderson, TX; Rusk-Panola. 

TX; Titus, TX; Evangeline Parish, LA; 

and Piti-Cabras, Guam, nonattainment 

areas timely attained the 2010 primary 

SO2 NAAQS; and by August 29, 2025, 

sign a final notice under CAA section 

179(c) determining whether the 

Huntington, IN nonattainment area 

timely attained the NAAQS and sign a 

final notice promulgating a FIP for that 

area under the NAAQS. The consent 

decree would also require that EPA no 

later than September 30, 2025, sign a 

proposed notice (or notices) to 

promulgate FIPs under the NAAQS for 

the Piti-Cabras, Guam and Evangeline 

Parish, LA nonattainment areas and by 

March 31, 2026, sign a final notice (or 

notices) promulgating FIPs under the 

NAAQS for the Piti-Cabras, Guam and 

Evangeline Parish, LA nonattainment 

areas; and by August 28, 2026, sign a 

final notice promulgating a FIP under 

the NAAQS for the Hayden, AZ 

nonattainment area. In addition, the 

consent decree would require that EPA 

no later than January 14, 2027, sign a 

proposed notice (or notices) to 

promulgate FIPs under the NAAQS for 

the Guayama-Salinas and San Juan, 

Puerto Rico nonattainment areas and by 

June 1, 2027, sign a final notice (or 

notices) promulgating FIPs under the 

NAAQS for the Guayama-Salinas and 

San Juan, Puerto Rico nonattainment 

areas; and by November 1, 2027, sign a 

final notice (or notices) determining 

whether the Guayama-Salinas and San 

Juan, Puerto Rico nonattainment areas 

timely attained the NAAQS. 

For a period of thirty (30) days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, the Agency will accept written 

comments relating to the proposed 

consent decree. The EPA or the 

Department of Justice may withdraw or 

withhold consent to the proposed 

consent decree if the comments disclose 

facts or considerations that indicate that 

such consent is inappropriate, 

improper, inadequate, or inconsistent 

with the requirements of the Act. 

III. Additional Information About 

Commenting on the Proposed Consent 

Decree 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OGC–2024– 

0490, via https://www.regulations.gov. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from this docket. The 

EPA may publish any comment received 

to its public docket. Do not submit to 

EPA’s docket at https://

www.regulations.gov any information 

you consider to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. The EPA will generally not 

consider comments or comment 

contents located outside of the primary 

submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or 

other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

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

commenting-epa-dockets. For additional 

information about submitting 

information identified as CBI, please 

contact the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 

this document. Note that written 

comments containing CBI and 

submitted by mail may be delayed and 

deliveries or couriers will be received 

by scheduled appointment only. 

If you submit an electronic comment, 

EPA recommends that you include your 

name, mailing address, and an email 

address or other contact information in 

the body of your comment. This ensures 

that you can be identified as the 

submitter of the comment and allows 

EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot 

read your comment due to technical 

difficulties or needs further information 

on the substance of your comment. Any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. 

Use of the https://

www.regulations.gov website to submit 

comments to EPA electronically is 

EPA’s preferred method for receiving 

comments. The electronic public docket 

system is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system, which means EPA will not 

know your identity, email address, or 

other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

Please ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ The EPA is not required 

to consider these late comments. 

Gautam Srinivasan, 

Associate General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25483 Filed 10–31–24; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[GN Docket No. 19–329; FR ID 257926] 

Federal Advisory Committee Act; Task 

Force for Reviewing the Connectivity 

and Technology Needs of Precision 

Agriculture in the United States 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, this 

notice advises interested persons that 

the Federal Communications 

Commission’s (FCC or Commission) 

Task Force for Reviewing the 

Connectivity and Technology Needs of 

Precision Agriculture in the United 

States (Task Force) will hold its next 

meeting via live internet link. 

DATES: December 5, 2024. The meeting 

will come to order at 10 a.m. EST. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via conference call and open viewing to 

the public via live feed from the FCC’s 

web page at www.fcc.gov/live. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Emily Caditz, Designated Federal 

Officer, at (202) 418–2268, or 

Emily.Caditz@fcc.gov; or Grant B. Lukas, 

Deputy Designated Federal Officer, at 

(202) 418–1057, or Grant.Lukas@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting will be held on December 5, 

2024 at 10 a.m. EST and may be viewed 

live, by the public, at http://

www.fcc.gov/live. Any questions that 

arise during the meeting should be sent 

to PrecisionAgTF@fcc.gov and will be 

answered at a later date. Members of the 

public may submit comments to the 

Task Force in the FCC’s Electronic 


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