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Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 8, Mail Code 8 ORC–LEC,1595 

Wynkoop, Denver, Colorado 80202, 

telephone number: (303) 312–6410, 

email address: piggott.amelia@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For thirty 

(30) days following the date of 

publication of this document, the 

Agency will receive written comments 

relating to the agreement. The Agency 

will consider all comments received and 

may modify or withdraw its consent to 

the agreement if comments received 

disclose facts or considerations that 

indicate that the agreement is 

inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. 

Aaron Urdiales, 

Division Director, Superfund and Emergency 

Management Division, Region 8. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27653 Filed 11–25–24; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2023–0109; FRL–12423–01– 

OMS] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP 

for Beryllium (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

NESHAP for Beryllium (EPA ICR 

Number 0193.14, OMB Control Number 

2060–0092) to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB), for review and 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through November 

30, 2024. Public comments were 

previously requested, via the Federal 

Register on May 18, 2023, during a 60- 

day comment period. This notice allows 

for an additional 30 days for public 

comments. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before December 26, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2023–0109, to EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov/ (our 

preferred method), or by email to a-andr-docket@epa.gov, 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. 

Submit written comments and 

recommendations to OMB for the 

proposed information collection within 

30 days of publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and 

Program Division (D243–05), Office of 

Air Quality Planning and Standards, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

27711; telephone number: (919) 541– 

0833; email address: ali.muntasir@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through November 

30, 2023. An Agency may neither 

conduct nor sponsor, and a person is 

not required to respond to, a collection 

of information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

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 

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

Abstract: The Emission Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for 

Beryllium (40 CFR part 61, subpart C) 

were proposed on December 7, 1971; 

promulgated on April 6, 1973; and 

amended on February 27, 2014. These 

regulations apply to all extraction 

plants, ceramic plants, foundries, 

incinerators, and propellant plants 

which process beryllium ore, beryllium, 

beryllium oxides, beryllium alloys, or 

beryllium-containing waste. All sources 

known to have either caused, or to have 

the potential to cause, dangerous levels 

of beryllium in the ambient air are 

covered by this standard. New facilities 

include those that commenced 

construction, modification, or 

reconstruction after the date of proposal. 

This information is being collected to 

assure compliance with 40 CFR part 61, 

subpart C. 

In general, all NESHAP standards 

require initial notifications, 

performance tests, and periodic reports 

by the owners/operators of the affected 

facilities. They are also required to 

maintain records of the occurrence and 

duration of any startup, shutdown, or 

malfunction in the operation of an 

affected facility or any period during 

which the monitoring system is 

inoperative. These notifications, reports, 

and records are essential in determining 

compliance, and are required of all 

affected facilities subject to NESHAP. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Sources that process beryllium and its 

derivatives. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 61, subpart C). 

Estimated number of respondents: 33 

(total). 

Frequency of response: Initially, 

occasionally, and monthly. 

Total estimated burden: 2,670 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $408,000 (per 

year), which includes $72,400 in 

annualized capital/startup and/or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change in burden from the mostrecently approved ICR as currently 

identified in the OMB Inventory of 

Approved Burdens. This is due to two 

considerations: (1) the regulations have 

not changed over the past three years 

and are not anticipated to change over 

the next three years; and (2) the growth 

rate for this industry is very low or nonexistent, so there is no significant 

change in the overall burden. There is 

an increase in operation & maintenance 

costs due to an adjustment to increase 

from 2001 to 2022 $ using the CEPCI 

Equipment Cost Index. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OGC–2024–0531; FRL–12402–01– 

OGC] 

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean 

Water Act Claim 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed consent 

decree; request for public comment. 


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SUMMARY: In accordance with the EPA 

Administrator’s March 18, 2022, 

memorandum regarding ‘‘Consent 

Decrees and Settlement Agreements to 

resolve Environmental Claims Against 

the Agency,’’ notice is hereby given of 

a proposed consent decree in Ecological 

Rights Foundation v. EPA, et.al., Docket 

No. 3:24–cv–03665 (N.D. Cal.). 

Environmental Advocates, on behalf of 

the Ecological Rights Foundation, filed 

a complaint on June 18, 2024 and an 

amended complaint on September 18, 

2024, in the United States District Court 

for the Northern District of California 

alleging the EPA failed to perform a 

non-discretionary duty under Clean 

Water Act (CWA) to either approve or 

disapprove revised water quality 

standards in California’s amendments to 

the Water Quality Control Plan for the 

San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San 

Joaquin Delta Estuary (‘‘Bay-Delta Plan 

amendments’’) within the statutory 

timeframes. The EPA seeks public input 

on a proposed consent decree prior to 

its final decision-making with regard to 

potential settlement of the litigation. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed consent decree must be 

received by December 26, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OGC–2024–0531 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, see the ‘‘Additional 

Information About Commenting on the 

Proposed Consent Decree’’ heading 

under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Eleanor Garretson, Water Law Office, 

Office of General Counsel, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency; 

telephone: (202) 495–8997; email 

address: Garretson.Eleanor@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Consent Decree 

On August 26, 2019, California 

submitted the Bay-Delta Plan 

amendments to the EPA for review and 

approval of those portions of the 

submission that constitute new or 

revised water quality standards. On 

September 1, 2023, the EPA initiated 

consultation with the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service and National Marine 

Fisheries Service and is presently 

engaged in consultation on the EPA’s 

potential action on new and revised 

water quality standards that EPA 

identifies in the Bay-Delta Plan 

amendments. 

On April 16, 2024, Plaintiffs sent the 

EPA a notice of intent to sue (NOI) 

alleging that the EPA had failed to 

satisfy its mandatory duty under CWA 

section 303(c)(3) to either approve or 

disapprove revised water quality 

standards in California’s amendments to 

the Bay-Delta Plan within the statutory 

timeframes. The Plaintiffs filed a 

complaint on June 18, 2024 and an 

amended complaint on September 18, 

2024, seeking a declaratory judgment 

that the EPA violated the statutory 

deadlines and an order from the court 

requiring the Agency to take action to 

either approve or disapprove the new or 

revised water quality standards 

proposed as part of the Bay-Delta Plan 

amendments by a date certain. 

The parties initiated settlement 

discussions, which produced the 

proposed consent decree. Under the 

consent decree, if the EPA approves all 

of the new or revised water quality 

standards that the EPA identifies in the 

Bay-Delta Plan amendments, the EPA’s 

action must be completed no later than 

182 days from the date ESA 

consultation concludes. If the EPA 

disapproves in whole or any part of the 

new or revised water quality standards 

the EPA identifies in the Bay-Delta Plan 

amendments, the EPA’s action shall be 

completed no later than 365 days from 

the date ESA consultation concludes. 

For a period of thirty (30) days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, the EPA will accept written 

comments relating to the proposed 

consent decree from persons who are 

not parties to the litigation. The EPA or 

the U.S. Department of Justice may 

withdraw or withhold consent to the 

proposed consent decree if the 

comments received disclose facts or 

considerations that indicate that such 

consent is inappropriate, improper, 

inadequate, or inconsistent with the 

requirements of the CWA. 

II. Additional Information About 

Commenting on the Proposed Consent 

Decree 

A. How can I get a copy of the proposed 

consent decree? 

The official public docket for this 

action (identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OGC–2024–0531) 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.’’ 

B. How and to whom do I submit 

comments? 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OGC–2024– 

0531 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. 

If you submit an electronic comment, 

the 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 


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comment and allows the EPA to contact 

you in case the 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 the EPA cannot read 

your comment due to technical 

difficulties and cannot contact you for 

clarification, the EPA may not be able to 

consider your comment. 

Use of the https://

www.regulations.gov website to submit 

comments to the EPA electronically is 

EPA’s preferred method for receiving 

comments. The electronic public docket 

system is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system, which means the 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 does not plan 

to consider these late comments. 

Dawn Messier, 

Acting Associate General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27604 Filed 11–25–24; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[CERCLA 01–2024–0050; EPA–R01– 

SFUND–2024–0543; FRL–12407–01–R1] 

Proposed Cost Recovery Settlement 

Agreement Between the United States 

of America and Raytheon Company 

Pursuant to the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act of 

1980, as Amended; In Re: Wells G&H 

Superfund Site, Operable Unit 4, in 

Woburn, Massachusetts 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement 

agreement; request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (‘‘EPA’’), Region 1, 

hereby provides notice of a proposed 

settlement agreement (‘‘Agreement’’), 

under section 122(h)(1) of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), between 

EPA and Raytheon Company (‘‘Settling 

Party’’), regarding Operable Unit 4 

(‘‘OU4’’) of the Wells G&H Superfund 

Site, in Woburn, Massachusetts. The 

proposed Agreement resolves the matter 

at EPA Region 1 CERCLA Docket No. 

01–2024–0050, pursuant to CERCLA 

section 122(h)(1) and the authority of 

the Attorney General of the United 

States to compromise and settle claims 

of the United States. The proposed 

Agreement requires Settling Party to 

make a $400,000 payment to EPA in 

partial reimbursement of response costs 

incurred in connection with an ongoing 

remedial action at OU4, in accordance 

with the Record of Decision issued by 

EPA on September 29, 2017. In return 

for this payment, the Agreement 

provides Settling Party with a covenant 

by EPA not to sue or take administrative 

action, pursuant to Sections 106 or 

107(a) of CERCLA, for performance of 

remedial work or recovery of response 

costs relating to OU4, subject to 

standard reservations of rights. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

within 30 days following the date of 

publication of this notice. 

ADDRESSES: The proposed Settlement 

Agreement and related Site documents 

are available at EPA’s website 

www.epa.gov/superfund/wellsgh. The 

proposed Settlement Agreement is also 

available for public inspection at 

https://www.regulations.gov by 

searching for Docket ID No. EPA–R01– 

SFUND–2024–0543. The proposed 

Settlement Agreement and related Site 

documents are also available for public 

inspection at the U.S. EPA, Region 1, 

SEMD Records and Information Center, 

5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, 

MA 02109 by appointment only, by 

calling 617–918–1440 or by emailing 

r1.records-sems@epa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Scott, Senior Enforcement 

Counsel, U.S. EPA, Region 1, Office of 

Regional Counsel, 5 Post Office Square, 

Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109, 

scott.susan@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Submit 

any comments online via https://

www.regulations.gov (Docket ID No. 

EPA–R01–SFUND–2024–0543). Follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. Once submitted, comments 

cannot be edited or removed from 

Regulations.gov. Do not submit 

electronically 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. EPA will generally not consider 

comments or supporting materials 

located outside of the primary 

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

other file-sharing system). For the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, see https:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epadockets. Any personally identifiable 

information (e.g., name, address, phone 

number) included in the comment form 

or in an attachment may be publicly 

disclosed in a docket or on the internet 

(via Regulations.gov, a Federal agency 

website, or a third-party, nongovernment website with access to 

publicly-disclosed data on 

Regulations.gov). By submitting a 

comment, you agree to the terms of 

participation, available at https://

www.regulations.gov/user-notice, and 

privacy notice available at https://

www.regulations.gov/privacy-notice. 

For 30 days following the date of 

publication of this notice, EPA will 

receive written comments relating to the 

proposed Agreement. EPA will consider 

all comments received and may modify 

or withdraw its consent to this proposed 

Agreement if comments received 

disclose facts or considerations which 

indicate that the settlement is 

inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. 

EPA’s response to any comments 

received will be available for public 

inspection at the EPA, Region 1, SEMD 

Records and Information Center, 5 Post 

Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 

02109, by appointment only, by calling 

617–918–1440 or by emailing 

r1.records-sems@epa.gov. EPA’s 

response to any comments will also be 

made available at www.epa.gov/ 

superfund/wellsgh. 

Dated: November 20, 2024. 

Bryan Olson, 

Director, Superfund and Emergency 

Management Division, United States 

Environmental Protection Agency. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0500; FR ID 263016] 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 


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