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activities do not contribute significantly 

to the unreasonable risk. 

In addition, as part of its evaluation, 

EPA has determined that 1,4-dioxane in 

drinking water sourced from surface 

water contaminated with industrial 

discharges of 1,4-dioxane (including 

when it is generated as a byproduct) and 

down-the-drain disposals of commercial 

and consumer products that are 

contaminated with 1,4-dioxane 

significantly contribute to the 

unreasonable risk from 1,4-dioxane. 

TSCA section 9(b) requires EPA to 

coordinate TSCA actions with actions 

taken under other Agency authorities. In 

coordinating regulatory action under 

TSCA with other offices at EPA, the 

Agency considered the authorities of the 

Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) and 

has determined that certain regulatory 

actions under the SDWA may also be 

appropriate. Therefore, as described in 

more detail in a memorandum included 

in this docket, and consistent with 

TSCA section 9(b)(1), OCSPP has 

memorialized this agreement for 

coordinated action on risks from 1,4- 

dioxane contamination in drinking 

water through actions under both TSCA 

section 6(a) and, for Office of Water 

consideration of remaining risks and 

appropriate action, under SDWA. 

For more information about the TSCA 

risk evaluation process for existing 

chemicals, go to https://www.epa.gov/ 

assessing-and-managing-chemicalsunder-tsca. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. 

Dated: November 7, 2024. 

Michal Freedhoff, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26342 Filed 11–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2024–0482; FRL–12390–01– 

OW] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Information 

Collection Request; Comment 

Request; 2022 National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System 

(NPDES) Construction General Permit 

(CGP) for Stormwater Discharges From 

Construction Activities (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

2022 National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) 

Construction General Permit (CGP) for 

Stormwater Discharges from 

Construction Activities (Renewal) (EPA 

ICR Number 2686.03, OMB Control 

Number 2040–0305) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). 

Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public 

comments on specific aspects of the 

proposed information collection as 

described below. This is a proposed 

renewal of the current ICR, which is 

currently approved through February 

28, 2025. This notice allows for 60 days 

for public comments. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before January 13, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OW–2024–0482 to EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method) 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: Greg 

Schaner, Water Permits Division, Office 

of Wastewater Management, Office of 

Water at telephone number: (202) 564– 

0721 or email address: schaner.greg@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

proposed renewal of the current ICR, 

which is currently approved through 

February 28, 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 http://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: EPA issued the 2022 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) general 

permit for stormwater discharges from 

construction activities, also referred to 

as the ‘‘2022 Construction General 

Permit,’’ or the ‘‘2022 CGP,’’ on 

February 17, 2022. The 2022 CGP is 

issued for five (5) years to provide 

permit coverage to eligible construction 

operators in all areas of the country 

where EPA is the NPDES permitting 

authority. 

The current ICR for the 2022 CGP 

expires on February 28, 2025. This 

proposed ICR will renew the existing 

ICR prior to expiration. The proposed 

ICR renewal will further EPA’s specific 

needs to collect data related to the 2022 

CGP, which include the following: 

• To provide information supporting 

operator eligibility to be covered by the 

permit; 

• To provide information to EPA and 

states to prioritize permit activities; 

• To provide information on the 

quality of dewatering discharges to 

sensitive waters; 

• To determine whether operators are 

in compliance with permit conditions; 

and 

• To provide information to EPA to 

determine the need for and develop 

permit conditions. 

The burden and costs associated with 

the entire NPDES program, including 

the administration of the 2017 CGP, are 

accounted for in the 2017 NPDES 

Program ICR (EPA ICR number 0229.23 

OMB control no. 2040–0004). Certain 

changes in the 2022 CGP required 

revisions to the NPDES Program ICR to 


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reflect changes to the information 

collection requirements. Consistent with 

the past approach of changes to the 

NPDES Program, EPA reflected the 

paperwork burden and costs associated 

with the difference between the 2022 

CGP and the 2017 CGP instead of 

revising the NPDES Program ICR. EPA 

will consolidate the burden and costs 

into the NPDES Program ICR (and 

discontinue this ICR) in a future 

reissuance of the NPDES Program ICR. 

The information collection changes 

between the 2017 CGP and the 2022 

CGP that is captured in the current ICR 

are associated with the following: 

• New notice of intent (NOI) 

questions; 

• New notice of termination (NOT) 

documentation requirements; 

• New dewatering inspection 

requirements; 

• New turbidity benchmark 

monitoring requirements for sites 

discharging dewatering water to 

sensitive waters; and 

• Changes to Stormwater Pollution 

Prevention Plan (SWPPP) requirements, 

related to new and modified permit 

requirements. 

Form Numbers: Notice of Intent 

(NPDES Form 3510–9), Notice of 

Termination (NPDES Form 3510–13), 

Turbidity Monitoring Reporting Form 

(NPDES Form 6100–065), Suggested 

Cationic Treatment Chemicals Form 

(NPDES Form 6100–066). 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Coverage under the 2022 CGP is 

available to ‘‘operators’’ of construction 

activities in areas where EPA is the 

permitting authority and where the 

general permit is available for use. A list 

of eligible areas is included in appendix 

B of the 2022 CGP. The majority of 

construction activities will be carried 

out by builders, local developers, and 

contractors. Relevant Standard 

Industrial Classification (SIC) codes 

include the following: 1531, 1541, 1542, 

1611, 1622, 1623, and 1629. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory under NPDES permits issued 

pursuant to Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 

1342(p) et seq. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

EPA estimates that for the duration of 

the three-year ICR period approximately 

10,893 operators will obtain coverage 

under the 2022 CGP, or 3,631 operators 

per year. 

Frequency of response: Response 

frequencies in the 2022 CGP vary from 

once per permit term to quarterly. 

Total estimated burden: EPA 

estimates that the information collection 

burden of the 2022 CGP is 200,383 

hours per year. Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: EPA estimates 

that the final information collection cost 

of the 2022 CGP is $15,610,581 per year. 

Changes in the Estimates: The change 

in estimated burden between the current 

and renewal ICRs are attributable to the 

change in the number of respondents 

from 2,600 to 3,631 operators per year, 

which is based on the more accurate 

information EPA now has on the 

number of permitted operators from the 

first two years of the 2022 CGP. The 

change in the number of estimated 

respondents led to an increase in 

burden hours of 57,872 hours per year. 

Additionally, the labor rates used to 

calculate the estimated costs increased 

from $62.77 per hour from the current 

ICR to $73.47 per hour for the renewal 

ICR, which, combined with the increase 

in number of respondents, is the reason 

for the increase in total estimated cost 

of $5,973,563 per year (i.e., the 

difference between the estimated total 

cost of the renewal ICR of $15,610,581 

and the current ICR of $9,637,018). 

Andrew D. Sawyers, 

Director, Office of Wastewater Management, 

U.S. EPA. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26404 Filed 11–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: 10:03 a.m. on Tuesday, 

November 12, 2024. 

PLACE: The meeting was held in the 

Board Room located on the sixth floor 

of the FDIC Building located at 550 17th 

Street, NW, Washington, DC. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Board 

of Directors of the Federal Deposit 

Insurance Corporation met to consider 

matters related to the Corporation’s 

resolution, supervision, and corporate 

activities. In calling the meeting, the 

Board determined, on motion of 

Director Michael J. Hsu (Acting 

Comptroller of the Currency), seconded 

by Director Rohit Chopra (Director, 

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau), 

by the unanimous vote of Chairman 

Martin J. Gruenberg, Vice Chairman 

Travis Hill, Director Jonathan 

McKernan, Director Michael J. Hsu 

(Acting Comptroller of the Currency), 

and Director Rohit Chopra (Director, 

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau), 

that Corporation business required its 

consideration of the matters which were 

to be the subject of this meeting on less 

than seven days’ notice to the public; 

that no earlier notice of the meeting was 

practicable; that the public interest did 

not require consideration of the matters 

in a meeting open to public observation; 

and that the matters could be 

considered in a closed meeting by 

authority of subsections (c)(2), (c)(4), 

(c)(6), (c)(8), (c)(9)(A), (c)(9)(B), and 

(c)(10) of the ‘‘Government in the 

Sunshine Act’’ (5 U.S.C. 552b (c)(2), 

(c)(4), (c)(6), (c)(8), (c)(9)(A), (c)(9)(B), 

and (c)(10)). 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Requests for further information 

concerning the meeting may be directed 

to Debra A. Decker, Executive Secretary 

of the Corporation, at 202–898–8748. 

Dated this the 12th day of November, 2024. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

James P. Sheesley, 

Assistant Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26689 Filed 11–12–24; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6714–01–P 

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 

Notice of Agreements Filed 

The Commission hereby gives notice 

of filing of the following agreements 

under the Shipping Act of 1984. 

Interested parties may submit 

comments, relevant information, or 

documents regarding the agreements to 

the Secretary by email at Secretary@

fmc.gov, or by mail, Federal Maritime 

Commission, 800 North Capitol Street, 

Washington, DC 20573. Comments will 

be most helpful to the Commission if 

received within 12 days of the date this 

notice appears in the Federal Register, 

and the Commission requests that 

comments be submitted within 7 days 

on agreements that request expedited 

review. Copies of the agreements are 

available through the Commission’s 

website (www.fmc.gov) or by contacting 

the Office of Agreements at (202)–523– 

5793 or tradeanalysis@fmc.gov. 

Agreement No.: 201349–004. 

Agreement Name: World Shipping 

Council Agreement. 

Parties: COSCO Shipping Lines Co., 

Ltd., Orient Overseas Container Line 

Ltd., and OOCL (Europe) Limited 

(acting as a single party); CMA CGM 

S.A., APL Co. Pte. Ltd., American 

President Lines, LLC and ANL 

Singapore Pte Ltd. (acting as a single 

party); Crowley Caribbean Services, LLC 

and Crowley Latin America Services, 

LLC (acting as a single party); Evergreen 

Marine Corporation (Taiwan) Ltd.; 

Hapag-Lloyd AG; HMM Company 

Limited; Independent Container Line, 

Ltd.; Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd., 

Maersk A/S and Hamburg Sud (acting as 

a single party); Matson Navigation 


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