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7 In compliance with the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 

4321–4347; the Council on Environmental Quality 

Regulations for implementing NEPA (40 CFR parts 

1500–1508); and DOE NEPA Implementing 

Procedures and Guidelines (10 CFR part 1021). 

or disapprove such rates, to FERC. By 

Delegation Order No. S1–DEL–S3–2024, 

effective August 30, 2024, the Secretary 

of Energy also delegated the authority to 

confirm, approve, and place such rates 

into effect on an interim basis to the 

Under Secretary for Infrastructure. By 

Redelegation Order No. S3–DEL– 

WAPA1–2023, effective April 10, 2023, 

the Under Secretary for Infrastructure 

further redelegated the authority to 

confirm, approve, and place such rates 

into effect on an interim basis to 

WAPA’s Administrator. 

Availability of Information 

All brochures, studies, comments, 

letters, memorandums, or other 

documents that RM initiates or uses to 

develop the proposed formula rates are 

available for inspection and copying at 

the Rocky Mountain Regional office 

located at 5555 East Crossroads 

Boulevard, Loveland, Colorado. Many of 

these documents and supporting 

information are also available on RM’s 

Rates website at: www.wapa.gov/aboutwapa/regions/rm/rm-rates/2026-rateadjustment-rto-trans-and-anc-svcs. 

Ratemaking Procedure Requirements 

Environmental Compliance 

WAPA is in the process of 

determining whether an environmental 

assessment or an environmental impact 

statement should be prepared or if this 

action can be categorically excluded 

from those requirements.7

Determination Under Executive Order 

12866 

WAPA has an exemption from 

centralized regulatory review under 

Executive Order 12866; accordingly, no 

clearance of this notice by the Office of 

Management and Budget is required. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on December 19, 

2024, by Tracey A. LeBeau, 

Administrator, Western Area Power 

Administration, pursuant to delegated 

authority from the Secretary of Energy. 

That document, with the original 

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and in compliance with requirements of 

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undersigned DOE Federal Register 

Liaison Officer has been authorized to 

sign and submit the document in 

electronic format for publication, as an 

official document of the Department of 

Energy. This administrative process in 

no way alters the legal effect of this 

document upon publication in the 

Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on December 

19, 2024. 

Jennifer Hartzell, 

Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

U.S. Department of Energy. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2023–0107; FRL 10680–01– 

OW] 

Comparison of Aquatic Life Protective 

Values Developed for Pesticides Under 

the FIFRA and the CWA 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing 

the availability of draft analyses 

comparing aquatic life benchmarks 

developed by the EPA’s Office of 

Pesticides Programs (OPP) in support of 

registration decisions for pesticides 

under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide 

and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to existing 

national recommended aquatic life 

Ambient Water Quality Criteria and 

criteria-related values developed under 

the Clean Water Act (CWA) for the 

protection of aquatic life from 

pesticides. The EPA’s draft analyses 

show that the values developed under 

these statutes are similarly protective of 

aquatic life and that the most sensitive 

OPP aquatic life benchmarks, which are 

updated regularly to include the latest 

science, could also serve as CWA 

section 304(a)(1) recommended aquatic 

life criteria or 304(a)(2) informational 

benchmarks for pesticides. The EPA 

will accept public comments on the 

draft analyses and potential application 

of OPP aquatic life benchmarks for CWA 

304(a) purposes for 30 days upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 27, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2023–0107, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov/ (our 

preferred method). Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Agency website: https://

www.epa.gov/wqc/common-effectsmethodology-pesticides. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center, 

Office of Water Docket, Mail Code 

28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: EPA 

Docket Center, WJC West Building, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20004. The Docket 

Center’s hours of operations are 8:30 

a.m.—4:30 p.m., Monday—Friday 

(except Federal Holidays). 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the Docket ID No. for this 

Notice of Availability. 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 public comment, see 

the ‘‘Public Participation’’ heading of 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

of this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christine Bergeron, Health and 

Ecological Criteria Division, Office of 

Water (Mail Code 4304T), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 

566–0629; email: Bergeron.christine@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2023– 

0107, at https://www.regulations.gov 

(our preferred method)), or the other 

methods identified in the ADDRESSES

section. Once submitted, comments 

cannot be edited or removed from the 

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). Please visit 

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

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about CBI or multimedia submissions; 

and general guidance on making 

effective comments. 

II. Purpose and Background 

A. What is the purpose of this action? 

The purpose of this action is to 

request comment on: (1) the EPA’s draft 

analyses comparing aquatic life 

benchmarks developed by the EPA’s 

Office of Pesticides Programs (OPP) in 

support of registration decisions for 

pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 

to existing national recommended 

aquatic life Ambient Water Quality 

Criteria (AWQC) and criteria-related 

values (e.g., values developed using 

assessment or safety factors) developed 

under the Clean Water Act (CWA) for 

the protection of aquatic life from 

pesticides, and (2) the potential 

application of OPP aquatic life 

benchmarks for CWA 304(a) purposes, 

either as 304(a)(1) recommended criteria 

or 304(a)(2) informational benchmarks, 

and 3) whether the eight current 

pesticide criteria values that also have 

OPP benchmarks should be updated 

with the most sensitive OPP benchmark 

value and retained as CWA section 

304(a)(1) aquatic life AWQC. The EPA 

prepared these draft analyses to support 

the agency’s effort to harmonize aquatic 

life effects assessment methods for 

pesticides across statutes and to provide 

a common basis for achieving water 

quality protection under the FIFRA and 

the CWA by leveraging work across the 

agency. This collaborative effort 

promotes consistency and efficiency in 

the EPA’s effects assessments for 

pesticides to protect aquatic life. 

B. Background 

1. CWA section 304(a)(1) National 

Recommended Ambient Water Quality 

Criteria for Aquatic Life 

National recommended AWQC for the 

protection of aquatic life are numeric 

concentrations of pollutants in surface 

waters that are expected to protect 

against unacceptable adverse ecological 

effects to aquatic life resulting from 

exposure to pollutants found in water 

with specific recommendations on the 

duration and frequency of those 

concentrations (https://www.epa.gov/ 

wqc/national-recommended-waterquality-criteria-aquatic-life-criteriatable). CWA section 304(a)(1) directs the 

EPA to develop and publish AWQC 

recommendations that reflect the latest 

scientific knowledge. Generally, the 

EPA develops 304(a)(1) aquatic life 

AWQC recommendations following the 

‘‘Guidelines for Deriving Numerical 

Water Quality Criteria for the Protection 

of Aquatic Organisms and Their Uses’’ 

(U.S. EPA 1985) (‘‘Guidelines’’), an 

approach that encourages collecting 

toxicity data for a broad range of aquatic 

organisms, specified by the 

recommended eight Minimum Data 

Requirements (MDRs), to ensure, with 

high confidence, that the AWQC will be 

protective of aquatic communities. 

AWQC are based solely on data and 

scientific judgments about the 

relationship between pollutant 

concentrations and the potential effects 

on aquatic organisms. The EPA’s 

recommended AWQC are not 

regulatory, nor do they automatically 

become part of a State’s water quality 

standards. States and authorized Tribes 

may adopt these criteria into their water 

quality standards (WQS) to protect the 

designated uses of water bodies. States 

and authorized Tribes may also modify 

these criteria to reflect site-specific 

conditions before adopting these into 

standards or use other scientifically 

defensible methods to develop criteria. 

2. CWA Section 304(a)(2) Aquatic Life 

Benchmarks 

Aquatic life benchmarks, developed 

under CWA section 304(a)(2), are 

informational values that the EPA 

generates when there are limited highquality data available to develop 

304(a)(1) AWQC, because data gaps 

exist for several aquatic organism 

families. These data gaps can be 

addressed using new approach methods, 

such as mathematical extrapolation 

tools, read-across from other chemicals 

with similar structures, or other 

information. The EPA develops aquatic 

life benchmarks to provide information 

that States and Tribes may consider in 

their water quality protection programs 

including development of water quality 

criteria. Like AWQC, the EPA’s CWA 

section 304(a)(2) aquatic life benchmark 

values are not regulatory, nor do they 

automatically become part of a State’s or 

Tribe’s water quality standards. 

3. OPP Aquatic Life Benchmarks 

Aquatic life benchmarks developed by 

OPP are based on the EPA’s analysis of 

available high-quality data on the 

potential effects of pesticides on the 

aquatic community and support 

registration decisions for pesticides 

under the FIFRA. These benchmarks are 

estimates of the concentrations below 

which pesticides are not expected to 

present a risk of concern for aquatic 

organisms (https://www.epa.gov/ 

pesticide-science-and-assessingpesticide-risks/aquatic-life-benchmarksand-ecological-risk). EPA regularly 

updates the benchmarks to reflect the 

latest scientific information submitted 

under FIFRA. Federal, State, Tribal and 

local governments use these 

benchmarks in their interpretation of 

water monitoring data. 

III. Overview of Harmonized Approach 

and Draft Comparative Analysis 

The EPA has been working since 2009 

to harmonize OPP’s benchmarks and 

CWA section 304(a) aquatic life effects 

assessments in response to States and 

other stakeholders questioning the 

differences between these two 

approaches. In 2010, the EPA notified 

the public of multiple stakeholder 

meetings held when the agency first 

considered harmonizing aquatic effects 

assessments for pesticides under the 

FIFRA and the CWA. See https://

www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA-HQOPP-2009-0773. In 2011, the agency 

solicited public comments as part of the 

2012 FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel 

(SAP) review of the EPA analyses 

regarding potential approaches. See 

https://www.regulations.gov/docket/ 

EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0898. The SAP 

made recommendations to develop an 

approach to harmonize OPP’s 

benchmarks and CWA section 304(a) 

aquatic life criteria recommendations. 

The EPA focused on comparing the 

relative magnitude of the values derived 

using the respective FIFRA and CWA 

methods to examine whether the 

different effects assessment approaches 

yield similar results. This approach 

facilitates an efficient harmonization 

outcome of adopting the OPP 

benchmark values for the protection of 

aquatic life. For the draft comparative 

analyses, the EPA evaluated aquatic 

toxicity data for select insecticides and 

herbicides from different chemical 

classes and with different modes of 

action to compare the protective aquatic 

effect values developed by OPP and 

OW. These draft analyses are described 

in the ‘‘Comparison of Aquatic Life 

Protective Values Developed for 

Pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 

and the Clean Water Act (CWA)’’ (US 

EPA 2024, EPA–820–D–24–002), which 

is being made available for public 

comment in this notice of availability. 

The draft analyses demonstrate that the 

OPP benchmarks are similarly 

protective of aquatic life as the EPA’s 

existing national recommended AWQC 

for pesticides, as well as criteria-related 

values developed for CWA purposes. 

For example, the most sensitive OPP 

benchmark for a given pesticide is 

generally lower than the corresponding 

current nationally recommended CWA 

304(a)(1) criterion for that pesticide, 

with the OPP benchmarks being within 

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criteria. The differences between the 

most sensitive OPP benchmarks and 

criteria-related values developed when 

toxicity data are limited are generally 

within the variability reported in the 

literature for toxicity tests repeated 

within a laboratory and tests conducted 

in different laboratories (5–10X). 

The OPP benchmarks reflect the latest 

scientific knowledge regarding the 

effects of a given pesticide on the 

aquatic environment, consistent with 

the requirement under CWA section 

304(a) for establishing recommended 

AWQC. Most of the pesticides with OPP 

benchmarks do not have sufficient data 

available to meet the Guidelines’ 

recommended eight MDRs for aquatic 

life AWQC development. Accordingly, 

strict adherence to the MDR 

recommendations in the Guidelines 

would result in far fewer AWQC for 

pesticides for which OPP has developed 

robust benchmarks. Thus, in this action, 

the EPA is proposing to rely on these 

available, science-based OPP values for 

pesticides to develop 304(a) values for 

pesticides for future consideration and 

potential use by States and Tribes in 

establishing water quality standards for 

their waters. 

IV. Development of CWA 304(a) Values 

for Pesticides 

In light of these comparative analyses 

showing that OPP benchmarks are 

similarly protective of aquatic life as the 

EPA’s existing CWA section 304(a) 

national recommended AWQC and 

criteria-related values, the EPA is 

considering recommending these OPP 

benchmarks as CWA section 304(a) 

aquatic life values. A list of the 757 

anticipated CWA 304(a) aquatic life 

protective values based on the OPP 

pesticide benchmarks is presented in 

Table 1. Specifically, the EPA is 

requesting comment on whether to 

utilize the most sensitive OPP aquatic 

life benchmarks across all tested species 

for each pesticide as CWA 304(a)(1) 

recommended AWQC or 304(a)(2) 

informational aquatic life benchmarks, 

with the following exceptions: 

• When plants are the most sensitive 

taxonomic group overall for a given 

pesticide, the EPA would include 

protective values for both the plant and 

most sensitive animal (vertebrate or 

invertebrate). If the lowest OPP 

benchmark is a freshwater or estuarine/ 

marine nonvascular plant, the CWA 

value will be identified accordingly. 

• CWA values for pesticide mixtures 

are not included. 

Consistent with the EPA’s current 

approach for AWQC for the protection 

of aquatic life, the agency intends to 

recommend use of standard parameters 

for duration (one hour for acute effects, 

4-day for chronic effects) and frequency 

(not to be exceeded more than once in 

three years) for the CWA 304(a) aquatic 

life value. 

V. The EPA’s Request for Comments 

and Next Steps 

The EPA will consider and evaluate 

all public comments and is most 

interested in receiving comments 

regarding the following three topics: 1) 

the comparison of approaches outlined 

in ‘‘Comparison of Aquatic Life 

Protective Values Developed for 

Pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 

and the Clean Water Act (CWA),’’ 2) 

whether the CWA values should be 

accepted as CWA section 304(a)(1) 

aquatic life AWQC or as CWA section 

304(a)(2) informational aquatic life 

benchmarks for pesticides if the agency 

concludes it will use OPP benchmarks 

as CWA 304(a) values, and 3) whether 

the eight current pesticide criteria 

values that also have OPP benchmarks 

should be updated with the most 

sensitive OPP benchmark value and 

retained as CWA section 304(a)(1) 

aquatic life AWQC. Updating these eight 

data-rich pesticides with the OPP 

benchmark information would reflect 

the latest scientific knowledge. 

If the EPA pursues this approach, the 

agency would undertake subsequent 

efforts to publish CWA 304(a) aquatic 

life values for over 750 pesticides that 

States and Tribes may consider in their 

water quality protection programs. The 

CWA 304(a) values would be regularly 

updated to reflect the latest scientific 

information submitted under FIFRA and 

would represent the best available 

science regarding the aquatic life effects 

of pesticides. 

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Bruno Pigott, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2024–31086 Filed 12–26–24; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL OP–OFA–158] 

Environmental Impact Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information 202– 

564–5632 or https://www.epa.gov/nepa. 

Weekly Receipt of Environmental 

Impact Statements (EIS) 

Filed December 16, 2024 10 a.m. EST 

Through December 20, 2024 10 a.m. 

EST 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

Notice: Section 309(a) of the Clean Air 

Act requires that EPA make public its 

comments on EISs issued by other 

Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters 

on EISs are available at: https://

cdxapps.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-II/public/ 

action/eis/search. 

EIS No. 20240241, Final, FHWA, WI, 

Interstate 39/90/94 Corridor, Contact: 

Lisa Hemesath 608–829–7503. 

Under 23 U.S.C. 139(n)(2), FHWA has 

issued a single document that consists 

of a final environmental impact 

statement and record of decision. 

Therefore, the 30-day wait/review 

period under NEPA does not apply to 

this action. 

EIS No. 20240242, Final, USAF, FL, 

Expansion of Childcare Services 

North of Eglin Test and Training 

Complex, Review Period Ends: 01/27/ 

2025, Contact: Nick Post 210–925– 

3516. 

EIS No. 20240243, Final, FERC, TN, 

Ridgeline Expansion Project, Review 

Period Ends: 01/27/2025, Contact: 

Office of External Affairs 866–208– 

3372. 

Amended Notice: 

EIS No. 20240214, Draft Supplement, 

USFWS, AK, Potential Land Exchange 

Involving Izembek National Wildlife 

Refuge Lands, Comment Period Ends: 

02/13/2025, Contact: Bobbie Jo Skibo 

907–441–1539. 

Revision to FR Notice Published 11/ 

15/2024; Extending the Comment Period 

from 12/30/2024 to 02/13/2025. 

Dated: December 20, 2024. 

Mark Austin, 

Acting Director, NEPA Compliance Division, 

Office of Federal Activities. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[FR ID 270034] 

Disability Advisory Committee; ReEstablishment 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of re-establishment of the 

Disability Advisory Committee. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission (Commission) hereby 

announces that the Disability Advisory 

Committee (hereinafter Committee) will 

be reestablished for a two-year period 

pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), following 

consultation with the Committee 

Management Secretariat, General 

Services Administration. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, 45 L St. NE, Washington, 

DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joshua Mendelsohn, Designated Federal 

Officer, Federal Communications 

Commission, Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau, (202) 

559–7304, or email: dac@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: After 

consultation with the General Services 

Administration, the Commission 

intends to re-establish the charter, 

providing the Committee with 

authorization to operate for two years. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

make recommendations to the 

Commission on the full range of 

disability access topics specified by the 

Commission and to facilitate the 

participation of consumers with 

disabilities in proceedings before the 

Commission. In addition, this 

Committee is intended to provide an 

effective means for stakeholders with 

interests in this area, including 

consumers with disabilities, to exchange 

ideas, which will in turn enhance the 

Commission’s ability to effectively 

address disability access issues. 

Advisory Committee 

The Committee will be organized 

under, and will operate in accordance 

with, the provisions of the FACA (5 

U.S.C. ch. 10). The Committee will be 

solely advisory in nature. Consistent 

with FACA and its requirements, each 

meeting of the Committee will be open 

to the public unless otherwise noticed. 

A notice of each meeting will be 

published in the Federal Register at 

least fifteen (15) days in advance of the 

meeting. Records will be maintained of 

each meeting and made available for 

public inspection. All activities of the 

Committee will be conducted in an 

open, transparent, and accessible 

manner. The Committee shall terminate 

two (2) years from the filing date of its 

charter, or earlier upon the completion 

of its work as determined by the Chair 

of the FCC, unless its charter is renewed 

prior to the termination date. 

During the Committee’s next term, it 

is anticipated that the Committee will 

meet in Washington, DC, or virtually, at 

the discretion of the Commission, 

approximately three (3) times a year. 

The first meeting date and agenda topics 

will be described in a Public Notice 

issued and published in the Federal 

Register at least fifteen (15) days prior 

to the first meeting date. 

In addition, as needed, subcommittees 

will be established to facilitate the 

Committee’s work between meetings of 

the full Committee. All meetings of the 

Committee, including those of 

subcommittees, will be fully accessible 

to individuals with disabilities. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Michael Scott, 

Deputy Chief, Disability Rights Office, 

Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30792 Filed 12–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Change in Bank Control Notices; 

Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or 

Bank Holding Company 

The notificants listed below have 

applied under the Change in Bank 

Control Act (Act) (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and 

§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 

CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank 

or bank holding company. The factors 

that are considered in acting on the 

applications are set forth in paragraph 7 

of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). 

The public portions of the 

applications listed below, as well as 

other related filings required by the 

Board, if any, are available for 

immediate inspection at the Federal 

Reserve Bank(s) indicated below and at 

the offices of the Board of Governors. 

This information may also be obtained 

on an expedited basis, upon request, by 

contacting the appropriate Federal 

Reserve Bank and from the Board’s 

Freedom of Information Office at 

https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/ 

request.htm. Interested persons may 

express their views in writing on the 

standards enumerated in paragraph 7 of 

the Act. 

Comments received are subject to 

public disclosure. In general, comments 

received will be made available without 


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