92682 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 226 / Friday, November 22, 2024 / Notices 

(202) 564–0595. To ensure adequate 

time for processing, please make 

requests for accommodations at least 10 

business days prior to the meeting. The 

deadline to make these request is 

Tuesday, November 26, 2024, at 11:59 

p.m. (EST). 

Dated: November 18, 2024. 

Venus Welch-White, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Agriculture 

and Rural Affairs, Office of the Administrator, 

U.S. EPA. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2024–0039; FRL–12432–01– 

OMS] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Servicing of Motor Vehicle Air 

Conditioners (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

Servicing of Motor Vehicle Air 

Conditioners (EPA ICR Number 1617.10, 

OMB Control Number 2060–0247) 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 December 31, 2024. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register on 

May 22, 2024, during a 60-day comment 

period. This notice allows for an 

additional 30 days for public comments. 

DATES: Comments may be submitted on 

or before December 23, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2024–0039, to EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to a-and-rdocket@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 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Allison Horwitch, Stratospheric 

Protection Division, Office of 

Atmospheric Programs (Mail Code 

6205A), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 202–564–2468; email address: 

horwitch.allison@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through December 

31, 2024. 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. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register on 

May 22, 2024, during a 60-day comment 

period (89 FR 44977). This notice allows 

for an additional 30 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. 

Abstract: Section 609 of the Clean Air 

Act Amendments of 1990 (Act) provides 

general guidelines for the servicing of 

motor vehicle air conditioners (MVACs). 

It states that ‘‘no person repairing or 

servicing motor vehicles for 

consideration may perform any service 

on a motor vehicle air conditioner 

involving the refrigerant for such air 

conditioner without properly using 

approved refrigerant recycling 

equipment and no such person may 

perform such service unless such person 

has been properly trained and 

certified.’’ In 1992, EPA developed 

regulations under section 609 that were 

published in 57 FR 31240 and codified 

at 40 CFR part 82 subpart B (section 

82.30 et seq.). The information required 

to be collected under the section 609 

regulations is: approved refrigerant 

handling equipment; approved 

independent standards testing 

organizations; technician training and 

certification; and certification, reporting 

and recordkeeping. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: The 

following is a list of NAICS codes for 

organizations potentially affected by the 

information requirements covered under 

this ICR. It is meant to include any 

establishment that may service or 

maintain motor vehicle air conditioners. 

4411 Automobile Dealers 

4413 Automotive Parts, Accessories, and 

Tire Stores 

44711 Gasoline Stations with Convenience 

Stores 

8111 Automotive Repair and Maintenance 

811198 All Other Automotive Repair and 

Maintenance 

Other affected groups include 

independent standards testing 

organizations and organizations with 

technician certification programs. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR 82.36, 82.38, 82.40, 

82.42). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

53,147. 

Frequency of response: On occasion, 

biennially, only once. 

Total estimated burden: 4,666.5 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b) hours (per year). 

Total estimated cost: $250,163.29 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of about 502 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB (EPA–HQ–OAR–2021–0040). This 

increase is due to a revision in the 

estimate of the total annual number of 

technicians certified under 40 CFR part 

82 (40,000/year in 2021 to 47,000/year 

in 2024), and an increase in the number 

of motor vehicle repair establishments 

in the United States (165,800 in 2021 to 

about 170,000 in 2024). 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Information Engagement Division. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–12392–01–R5] 

Clean Air Act Operating Permit 

Program; Order on Petition for 

Objection to State Operating Permit for 

Warrick Newco LLC 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 


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ACTION: Notice of final order on petition. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an 

Order dated October 9, 2024, denying a 

petition dated July 9, 2024, from Sierra 

Club. The petition requested that the 

EPA object to a Clean Air Act (CAA) 

title V operating permit issued by the 

Indiana Department of Environmental 

Management (IDEM) to Warrick Newco 

LLC for its aluminum production plant 

located in Newburgh, Warrick County, 

Indiana. 

ADDRESSES: The final order, the petition, 

and other supporting information are 

available for public inspection during 

normal business hours at the following 

address: Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region 5, Air and Radiation 

Division, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604. This facility is 

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

Monday through Friday, excluding 

Federal holidays. We recommend that 

you contact the individual listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section before visiting the Region 5 

office. Additionally, the final order and 

petitions are available electronically at: 

https://www.epa.gov/title-v-operatingpermits/title-v-petition-database. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Priyanka Painuly, Air and Radiation 

Division (AR 18J), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West 

Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 

60604, (312) 886–7569, 

painuly.priyanka@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA 

received a petition from the Sierra Club 

dated July 9, 2024, requesting that EPA 

object to the issuance of operating 

permit no. T173–46378–00007, issued 

by IDEM to Warrick Newco LLC for its 

aluminum production plant located in 

Newburgh, Warrick County, Indiana. On 

October 9, 2024, the EPA Administrator 

issued an Order denying the petition. 

The order explains the basis for EPA’s 

decision. 

Sections 307(b) and 505(b)(2) of the 

CAA provide that a petitioner may 

request judicial review of those portions 

of an order that deny issues in a 

petition. Any petition for review shall 

be filed in the United States Court of 

Appeals for the appropriate circuit no 

later than January 21, 2025. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: November 18, 2024. 

Debra Shore, 

Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27366 Filed 11–21–24; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R01–OW–2024–0493; FRL–12409–01– 

R1] 

Notice of Availability of Draft National 

Pollutant Discharge Elimination 

System (NPDES) Massachusetts Small 

Municipal Separate Storm Sewer 

Systems General Permit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability of Draft 

NPDES General Permit. 

SUMMARY: The Regional Administrator, 

U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency—Region 1 (EPA), is providing a 

Notice of Availability for the Draft 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) 

Massachusetts Small Municipal 

Separate Storm Sewer System General 

Permit (MA MS4 GP) for discharges to 

certain waters of the Commonwealth of 

Massachusetts. This Draft NPDES MA 

MS4 GP (‘‘Draft GP’’) establishes Notice 

of Intent (NOI) requirements, permit 

eligibility requirements, and conditions 

and practices for the management of 

stormwater discharges from small MS4s. 

The Draft GP is available on EPA Region 

1’s website at https://www.epa.gov/ 

npdes-permits/massachusetts-smallms4-general-permit and at 

www.regulations.gov, Docket No. EPA– 

R01–OW–2024–0493. The Fact Sheet for 

the Draft GP sets forth principal facts 

and the significant technical and legal 

issues considered in the development of 

the Draft General Permit and is also 

available at this website. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 20, 2025. 

The public comment process and the 

public hearing will be conducted in 

accordance with 40 CFR part 124, EPA’s 

Procedures for Decision making. All 

persons, including applicants, must 

raise all reasonably ascertainable issues 

and submit all reasonably available 

arguments supporting their positions on 

the Draft GP by the close of the public 

comment period, either by submitting 

written comments as listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this Federal 

Register, or by submitting written or 

oral comments at the public hearing. 

EPA will hold a virtual public hearing 

in accordance with 40 CFR 124.12 and 

will provide interested parties with the 

opportunity to provide written and/or 

oral comments for the official draft 

permit record. The virtual public 

hearing will be held Tuesday, January 

28, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. EPA will begin 

pre-registering speakers for the hearing 

upon publication of this document in 

the Federal Register. To register to 

speak at the virtual hearing, please use 

the online registration form available at: 

https://www.epa.gov/npdes-permits/ 

massachusetts-small-ms4-generalpermit. On January 27, 2025, EPA will 

post a general agenda for the hearing 

that will list pre-registered speakers in 

approximate order at: https://

www.epa.gov/npdes-permits/ 

massachusetts-small-ms4-generalpermit. 

In reaching a final decision on this 

Draft GP, EPA will respond to all 

significant comments and make 

responses available to the public on 

EPA Region 1’s website. All comments 

must be postmarked or delivered 

electronically by the close of the public 

comment period. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

Draft GP, identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–R01–OW–2024–0493, may be 

submitted via the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal at https://www.regulations.gov/ 

(enter Docket ID No. into search bar). 

In the event that interested parties 

cannot access the Portal, comments may 

be emailed to Danielle Gaito at 

gaito.danielle@epa.gov or provided via 

mail to: U.S. EPA Region 1, Water 

Division, Attn: Danielle Gaito, 5 Post 

Office Square, Suite 100, Mail Code 06– 

4, Boston, Massachusetts 02109–3912. If 

comments are submitted in hard copy 

form, please also email a copy to the 

EPA contact above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Additional information may be obtained 

from: Danielle Gaito, U.S. EPA Region 1, 

Water Division, Stormwater Permit 

Section at gaito.danielle@epa.gov or 

(617) 918–1297. The Administrative 

Record, including the Draft GP and Fact 

Sheet, are on file and may be inspected 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays, at 5 Post Office Square, 

Boston, MA. Requests to view the 

Administrative Record can made to the 

EPA contact above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is 

proposing to reissue three draft NPDES 

general permits for the discharge of 

stormwater from small MS4s to certain 

waters within the commonwealth of 

Massachusetts. The three permits are: 

MAR041000—Traditional cities and 

towns 

MAR042000—Non-traditional state, 

federal, county and other publicly 

owned systems 

MAR043000—Non-traditional 

transportation systems 

For convenience, EPA grouped these 

three distinct permits together in a 

single document (referred to as the draft 

‘‘permit’’ in singular) and have provided 


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