Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 249 / Monday, December 30, 2024 / Notices 106447 

1Consumer Fin. Prot. Bureau, Examining the 

factors driving high credit card interest rates (Aug. 

12, 2022), https://www.consumerfinance.gov/aboutus/blog/examining-the-factors-driving-high-creditcard-interest-rates/. 

2Consumer Fin. Prot. Bureau, Terms of Credit 

Card Plans (TCCP) survey, https://www.consumer

finance.gov/data-research/credit-card-data/termscredit-card-plans-survey/. 

that they may voluntarily submit credit 

card price and availability data through 

the CFPB’s Terms of Credit Card Plans 

(TCCP) Survey. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sarah Schwartzberg, Office of Markets, 

at 202–435–7000 or CFPB_collect_

support@cfpb.gov. If you require this 

document in an alternative electronic 

format, please contact CFPB_

Accessibility@cfpb.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When 

shopping online or in a brick-andmortar store, people like to weigh the 

costs and benefits of different products 

before they make a purchase, but this 

can be a challenge for consumers 

seeking to compare interest rates across 

credit cards.1 The lack of transparency 

in credit card terms and conditions is 

not new. In 1988, Congress passed the 

Fair Credit and Charge Card Disclosure 

Act to provide for a more detailed and 

uniform disclosure of credit card rates 

and fees by issuers. 

Twice per year, at least 150 credit 

card issuers submit information to the 

CFPB on their largest credit card plans, 

including interest rates and fees, 

through our TCCP Survey.2 This notice 

is part of our efforts to invite a broader 

range of credit card issuers to contribute 

information on their credit card 

offerings to this data set. Our goal is to 

spur competition and give Americans 

the power to shop around and choose 

the best credit card for their needs. This 

open call is just one step in our plan to 

update the TCCP Survey to make it a 

more useful resource on credit card 

price and availability for consumers. 

Credit card issuers are invited to 

voluntarily contribute credit card price 

and availability data. Get started now: 

https://www.consumerfinance.gov/dataresearch/credit-card-data/terms-creditcard-plans-survey/. 

Rohit Chopra, 

Director, Consumer Financial Protection 

Bureau. 

[FR Doc. 2024–31229 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AM–P 

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 

AmeriCorps Member Application, 

Enrollment, and Exit Forms 

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Corporation for National and 

Community Service, operating as 

AmeriCorps (AmeriCorps) is proposing 

to revise the information collection for 

its application, enrollment, and exit 

forms. The revisions add an option for 

members to share their information with 

other entities for additional service 

opportunities. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the individual and office 

listed in the ADDRESSES section by 

February 28, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the title of the information 

collection activity, by any of the 

following methods: 

(1) Electronically through 

www.regulations.gov (preferred 

method). 

(2) By mail sent to: AmeriCorps, 

Attention: Sharron Tendai, 250 E Street 

SW, Washington, DC 20525. 

(3) By hand delivery or by courier to 

the AmeriCorps mailroom at the mail 

address given in paragraph (1) above, 

between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Eastern Time, 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice may be made available to the 

public through regulations.gov. For this 

reason, please do not include in your 

comments information of a confidential 

nature, such as sensitive personal 

information or proprietary information. 

If you send an email comment, your 

email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

internet. Please note that responses to 

this public comment request containing 

any routine notice about the 

confidentiality of the communication 

will be treated as public comment that 

may be made available to the public, 

notwithstanding the inclusion of the 

routine notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Borgstrom 202–422–2781or by 

email at aborgstrom@americorps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: Enrollment, Exit, 

and Member Application Form. 

OMB Control Number: 3054–0054. 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 225,000. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 168,750. 

Abstract: This collection of 

information includes AmeriCorps’ 

member application, enrollment, and 

exit forms. The application form is used 

by applicants interested in serving as 

AmeriCorps members. The enrollment 

form is used by AmeriCorps members to 

enroll in the National Service Trust to 

earn Eli Segal Education Awards. The 

exit form is used to document the 

completion of a member’s term of 

service with AmeriCorps. AmeriCorps 

seeks to revise the exit form to add 

options for granting AmeriCorps 

permission to share the outgoing 

member’s name and email address with 

other Federal partners to help the 

outgoing member stay engaged in 

service. AmeriCorps also seeks to 

continue using the currently approved 

information collection until the revised 

information collection is approved by 

OMB. The currently approved 

information collection is due to expire 

on April 30, 2025. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval. Comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

and (e) estimates of capital or start-up 

costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 


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106448 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 249 / Monday, December 30, 2024 / Notices 

1 The contents of this guidance do not have the 

force and effect of law and are not meant to bind 

the public in any way. This guidance does not 

establish new requirements. This memorandum is 

intended only to provide clarity to the public 

regarding existing requirements under the law or 

agency policies. 

2 This guidance replaces guidance issued by CEQ 

on September 14, 2020 (85 FR 60137 (Sept. 29, 

2020)), September 29, 2016, May 12, 2010, and 

September 8, 2005. CEQ rescinds the prior 

guidance. 3 See https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/ 

chapter-V/subchapter-A. 

4 43 FR 55977 (Nov. 29, 1978). 

5 85 FR 43304 (July 16, 2020); 89 FR 35442 (May 

1, 2024). 

6 A synopsis of previous alternative arrangements 

is available at www.NEPA.gov. 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. All written comments will 

be available for public inspection on 

regulations.gov. 

Carly Bruder, 

Acting Chief Program Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–31193 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6050–28–P 

COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL 

QUALITY 

Emergencies and the National 

Environmental Policy Act Guidance 

AGENCY: Council on Environmental 

Quality. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On December 18, 2024, the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

(CEQ) issued guidance in a 

memorandum to the heads of Federal 

departments and agencies (agencies) to 

assist agencies with compliance with 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) during emergencies. The CEQ 

regulations implementing NEPA 

provide for alternative arrangements 

during emergencies when an agency’s 

action is likely to have significant 

effects and would require preparation of 

an environmental impact statement. 

This guidance also addresses 

compliance with NEPA when the action 

is unlikely to have significant effects 

and might require preparation of an 

environmental assessment or 

application of a categorical exclusion. 

DATES: This guidance was issued on 

December 18, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jomar Maldonado, Director for NEPA, 

202–395–5750, 

Jomar.MaldonadoVazquez@ceq.eop.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Memorandum for Heads of Federal 

Departments and Agencies 

FROM: Brenda Mallory, Chair 

SUBJECT: Emergencies and the National 

Environmental Policy Act Guidance 

This guidance 1 updates and replaces 

previous guidance from the Council on 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) on the 

environmental review of proposed 

emergency response actions under the 

National Environmental Policy Act, 42 

U.S.C. 4321–4347 (NEPA).2 Federal 

departments and agencies (agencies) 

should distribute this guidance as part 

of their general guidance on emergency 

actions to agency offices that are or may 

become involved in developing and 

taking actions in response to 

emergencies. 

As agencies respond to situations 

involving immediate threats to human 

health or safety, or immediate threats to 

valuable natural resources, they must 

consider whether there is sufficient time 

to follow the procedures for 

environmental review established in 

CEQ’s National Environmental Policy 

Act Implementing Regulations, 40 CFR 

parts 1500 through1508 (CEQ NEPA 

regulations),3 and their agency NEPA 

procedures. 

CEQ established the regulation 

addressing alternative arrangements in 

emergency circumstances in 1978 4 and 

amended it in 2020 and 2024 5 to clarify 

that it provides for alternative 

arrangements for agencies to comply 

with section 102(2)(C) of NEPA (42 

U.S.C. 4332(C)). See 40 CFR1506.11. 

Alternative arrangements do not waive 

the requirement to comply with NEPA. 

Rather, they establish an alternative 

means for NEPA compliance. CEQ has 

approved, and agencies have applied 

successfully, numerous alternative 

arrangements to allow a wide range of 

proposed actions in emergency 

circumstances including natural 

disasters, catastrophic wildfires, threats 

to species and their habitat, economic 

crises, infectious disease outbreaks, 

potential dam failures, and insect 

infestations.6

This guidance includes two 

attachments with step-by-step guides to 

help agencies when planning for and 

responding to emergencies. Attachment 

1 provides agencies with a process for 

determining the appropriate path 

forward for the NEPA environmental 

review of all actions proposed in 

response to an emergency situation and 

what steps to take depending on the 

appropriate level of NEPA review. 

Attachment 2 provides guidance for 

preparing a concise and focused EA for 

emergency actions. 

Environmental Impact Statements 

The CEQ regulations, at 40 CFR 

1506.11, provide for alternative 

arrangements for NEPA compliance in 

emergency situations when the agency 

proposal has the potential for significant 

environmental effects and would 

require an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) if the situation were not 

an emergency: 

Where emergency circumstances 

make it necessary to take an action with 

significant effects without observing the 

provisions of the regulations in [40 CFR 

parts 1500 through 1508], the Federal 

agency taking the action shall consult 

with the Council about alternative 

arrangements for compliance with 

section 102(2)(C) of NEPA. Agencies 

and the Council shall limit such 

arrangements to actions necessary to 

control the immediate impacts of the 

emergency; other actions remain subject 

to NEPA review consistent with [40 CFR 

parts 1500 through 1508]. Alternative 

arrangements do not waive the 

requirement to comply with the statute, 

but establish an alternative means for 

NEPA compliance. 

Agencies develop these alternative 

arrangements, based on emergencyspecific facts and circumstances, during 

consultation with CEQ. The alternative 

arrangements developed by an agency 

address the actions necessary to control 

the immediate impacts of an emergency. 

The long-term response to the 

emergency, including recovery actions, 

remains subject to the regular NEPA 

process set forth in the statute and the 

CEQ NEPA regulations. 

Here again, alternative arrangements 

do not waive the requirement to comply 

with the statute, but establish an 

alternative means for NEPA compliance 

from the process set forth in the CEQ 

NEPA regulations. Alternative 

arrangements for NEPA compliance do 

not satisfy or alter other legal 

requirements, including other 

environmental legal requirements 

(except as provided by other applicable 

statutes or regulations); however, 

engaging other resource and regulatory 

agencies about other environmental 

requirements during development and 

implementation of alternative 

arrangements for NEPA compliance can 

potentially facilitate meeting other 

environmental compliance 

requirements. Final agency action taken 

pursuant to alternative arrangements for 

compliance with NEPA under 40 CFR 

1506.11 may be subject to judicial 

review if a statute, such as the 

Administrative Procedure Act, provides 

for such review. 


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