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required to be permitted under EPA’s 

stormwater regulations. 

C. How can I get copies of this 

document and other related 

information? 

Details of EPA’s Final Designation, 

Response to Public Comments and 

ancillary materials may be viewed on 

EPA Region 9’s website at: https://

www.epa.gov/npdes-permits/residualdesignation-authority-addressstormwater-quality-problems-epaspacific. 

Dated: November 13, 2024. 

Martha Guzman Aceves, 

Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27128 Filed 11–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2024–0414; FRL–12308–01– 

OCSPP] 

Pesticides; Draft Guidance; Evaluating 

the Efficacy of Pre-Saturated/ 

Impregnated Antimicrobial Towelettes 

for Disinfection Claims; Notice of 

Availability and Request for Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or Agency) is announcing 

the availability of and soliciting 

comment on its draft guidance for 

adding disinfectant efficacy claims 

against bacteria to antimicrobial 

towelettes for use on hard non-porous 

surfaces. Specifically, the guidance 

document describes a pathway for 

efficacy testing using a new 

standardized method designed 

specifically for antimicrobial towelettes, 

how to prepare an application for 

registration, and regulatory guidance for 

pesticidal claims for those products. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 21, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2024–0414, at 

https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. Do not submit electronically 

any information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Additional 

instructions on commenting or visiting 

the docket, along with more information 

about dockets generally, is available at 

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ryan Karcher, Microbiology Laboratory 

Branch (7503M), Biological and 

Economic Analysis Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Environmental 

Science Center, 701 Mapes Road Ft. 

Meade, MD 20755–5350; telephone 

number: (410) 305–2860; email address: 

karcher.ryan.s@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Executive Summary 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general; although this action may be 

of particular interest to those persons 

who are or may be required to conduct 

testing of chemical substances under the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Since other 

entities may also be interested, the 

Agency has not attempted to describe all 

the specific entities that may be affected 

by this action. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. What is the Agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

This guidance is issued under the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. 

C. What action is the Agency taking? 

EPA is announcing the availability of 

and soliciting comment on a draft 

guidance document that describes a 

pathway for efficacy testing using a new 

standardized method designed 

specifically for antimicrobial towelettes, 

how to prepare an application for 

registration, and regulatory guidance for 

pesticidal claims for those products. 

Specifically, the guidance describes the 

use of a standard test method, ASTM 

E3363, for adding for adding efficacy 

claims to pre-saturated antimicrobial 

towelettes for use on hard, non-porous 

surfaces against bacteria. 

D. What are the incremental economic 

impacts of this action? 

This action has no substantive 

economic impacts because the draft 

guidance will not affect the regulatory 

status of any registration or application 

for registration of any pesticide product. 

Applicants are already required to 

conduct testing, and the adoption of this 

new testing method does not alter those 

requirements. The agency believes, 

however, that the draft guidance has the 

potential to reduce the regulatory 

burden by providing a more streamlined 

process for antimicrobial products 

intended to treat bacterial public health 

pathogens with pre-saturated/ 

impregnated towelettes on hard, nonporous surfaces. 

E. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. 

Do not submit CBI to EPA through 

email or https://www.regulations.gov. If 

you wish to include CBI in your 

comment, please follow the applicable 

instructions at https://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets/commenting-epa-dockets#rules 

and clearly mark the information that 

you claim to be CBI. Information so 

marked will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR parts 2. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When preparing and submitting your 

comments, see the commenting tips at 

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

commenting-epa-dockets. 

II. Background 

Towelettes are a unique combination 

of antimicrobial chemical and towelette 

substrate pre-packaged as a unit in fixed 

proportions for application. Previous 

test methods used to evaluate the 

efficacy of antimicrobial towelettes were 

originally designed to test liquid 

formulations and had to be modified to 

accommodate towelettes. EPA received 

requests from registrants and 

stakeholders to implement use of the 

recently standardized efficacy method 

for assessing antimicrobial towelettes 

identified as ASTM E3363. Test method 

ASTM E3363 provides a specific and 

consistent means to assess the efficacy 

of towelettes through the combination of 

chemical inactivation of the test 

microbe and mechanical removal of 

inoculum from a surface. 

EPA received requests from 

registrants and stakeholders to 

implement use of the recently 

standardized efficacy method for 

assessing antimicrobial towelettes 

(ASTM E3363). EPA worked closely 

with stakeholders during the 

development of this test method. There 

is significant interest from stakeholders 

and the public in the availability of 

antimicrobial towelettes with these 

public health claims, particularly in 

institutional, clinical, and health-care 

settings. 

III. Do guidance documents contain 

binding requirements? 

As guidance, these documents are not 

binding on the Agency or any outside 

parties, and the Agency may depart 

from it where circumstances warrant 

and without prior notice. While EPA 

has made every effort to ensure the 


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accuracy of the discussion in the 

guidance, the obligations of EPA and the 

regulated community are determined by 

statutes, regulations, or other legally 

binding documents. In the event of a 

conflict between the discussion in the 

guidance documents and any statute, 

regulation, or other legally binding 

document, the guidance documents will 

not be controlling. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. 

Dated: November 14, 2024. 

Michal Freedhoff, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27058 Filed 11–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–12375–01–OMS] 

National and Governmental Advisory 

Committees to the U.S. Representative 

to the Commission for Environmental 

Cooperation 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, the EPA gives notice of 

a public meeting of the National 

Advisory Committee (NAC) and the 

Governmental Advisory Committee 

(GAC). The NAC and GAC provide 

advice to the EPA Administrator on a 

broad range of environmental policy, 

technology, and management issues. 

NAC and GAC members represent 

academia, business/industry, nongovernmental organizations, and state, 

local, and Tribal governments. The 

purpose of this meeting is to provide 

advice to the EPA Administrator on the 

2026–2030 Commission for 

Environmental Cooperation (CEC) 

Strategic Plan, and other matters related 

to the Commission for Environmental 

Cooperation. Due to unforeseen 

administrative circumstances, it is 

possible that EPA may announce this 

meeting with less than 15 calendar days’ 

notice. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

December 5, 2024, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

(MST). The registration deadline is 

November 29, 2024. Requests to make 

oral comments or submit written public 

comments must be received by 

November 29, 2024. Requests for 

accessibility and/or accommodations for 

individuals with disabilities must be 

received by December 3, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

virtually and in-person at San Xavier 

District Community Center, 2018 West 

San Xavier Road, Tucson, Arizona 

85746. A copy of the agenda will be 

posted at http://www.epa.gov/faca/nacgac. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Oscar Carrillo at (202) 564–0347 or via 

email at carrillo.oscar@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NAC 

and GAC are Presidential Federal 

advisory committees that advise the 

U.S. Government via the EPA 

Administrator on trade and 

environmental matters related to the 

Environmental Cooperation Agreement 

(ECA), which entered into force at the 

same time as the United States-Mexico 

Canada Agreement (USMCA). The NAC 

and GAC were created in 1994 and 

operate in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. Establishment 

of the committees is authorized under 

Article 11 of the ECA. The meeting will 

be held virtually and in-person in 

Tucson, Arizona at 2018 West San 

Xavier Road, Tucson, Arizona 85746. 

The meeting is open to the public with 

limited seating available for in-person 

attendance and on a first come, first 

served basis. Members of the public 

wishing to participate or attend inperson must contact Oscar Carrillo at 

carrillo.oscar@epa.gov or 202–564–0347 

by November 29, 2024, to register. 

Members of the public wishing to attend 

or participate virtually must contact 

Oscar Carrillo using the information 

above by November 29, 2024, to receive 

a link to the meeting. 

Requests to make oral comments or 

submit written public comments to the 

committees, also should be directed to 

Oscar Carrillo at least four business days 

prior to the meeting (November 29, 

2024). Requests for accessibility and/or 

accommodations for individuals with 

disabilities should be directed to Oscar 

Carrillo at the phone number or email 

address listed above. To ensure 

adequate time for processing, please 

make requests for accommodations by 

December 3, 2024. 

Robersena Young-Mackall, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26997 Filed 11–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS 

ADVISORY BOARD 

Notice of Request for Comment on the 

Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2024 and 

Three-Year Plan 

AGENCY: Federal Accounting Standards 

Advisory Board. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Federal Accounting Standards 

Advisory Board (FASAB) has issued its 

‘‘Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2024 

and Three-Year Plan’’. Respondents are 

encouraged to comment on the content 

of the annual report and FASAB’s 

project priorities for the next three 

years. 

DATES: Written comments are requested 

by January 17, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: The ‘‘Annual Report for 

Fiscal Year 2024 and Three-Year Plan’’ 

is available on the FASAB website at 

https://www.fasab.gov/documents-forcomment/. Copies can be obtained by 

contacting FASAB at (202) 512–7350. 

Comments should be sent to fasab@

fasab.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Monica R. Valentine, Executive 

Director, 441 G Street NW, Suite 1155, 

Washington, DC 20548, or call (202) 

512–7350. 

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3511(d); Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. 

1001–1014. 

Dated: November 15, 2024. 

Monica R. Valentine, 

Executive Director. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27081 Filed 11–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1610–02–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0010; FR ID 262374] 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

Commission) invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collections. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 


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