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Filed Date: 1/14/25. 

Accession Number: 20250114–5119. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/4/25. 

Docket Numbers: ER25–919–000. 

Applicants: PJM Interconnection, 

L.L.C. 

Description: Tariff Amendment: 

Notice of Cancellation of ISA, SA No. 

6447; AE2–046 re: withdrawal to be 

effective 3/15/2025. 

Filed Date: 1/13/25. 

Accession Number: 20250113–5205. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/3/25. 

Docket Numbers: ER25–920–000. 

Applicants: PJM Interconnection, 

L.L.C. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Amendment to GIA SA No. 7346; 

Project Identifier No. AE2–339 to be 

effective 3/15/2025. 

Filed Date: 1/13/25. 

Accession Number: 20250113–5213. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/3/25. 

Docket Numbers: ER25–921–000. 

Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

1977R21 Nemaha-Marshall Electric 

Cooperative NITSA and NOA to be 

effective 1/1/2025. 

Filed Date: 1/14/25. 

Accession Number: 20250114–5027. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/4/25. 

Docket Numbers: ER25–922–000. 

Applicants: PJM Interconnection, 

L.L.C. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Original GIA, SA No. 7471; Project 

Identifier No. AG1–259/AG1–260 to be 

effective 1/2/2025. 

Filed Date: 1/14/25. 

Accession Number: 20250114–5052. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/4/25. 

Docket Numbers: ER25–923–000. 

Applicants: Midcontinent 

Independent System Operator, Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

2025–01–14_SA 3480 ATC–WEPCo 2nd 

Rev GIA (J850) to be effective 1/6/2025. 

Filed Date: 1/14/25. 

Accession Number: 20250114–5082. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/4/25. 

Docket Numbers: ER25–924–000. 

Applicants: Santa Paula Energy 

Storage, LLC. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Santa Paula Amended Co-Tenancy and 

SFA to be effective 1/15/2025. 

Filed Date: 1/14/25. 

Accession Number: 20250114–5086. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/4/25. 

Docket Numbers: ER25–925–000. 

Applicants: California Independent 

System Operator Corporation. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

2025–01–14 Certificate of 

Concurrence—CAISO, PG&E & Metcalf 

to be effective 11/29/2024. 

Filed Date: 1/14/25. 

Accession Number: 20250114–5102. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/4/25. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following public utility 

holding company filings: 

Docket Numbers: PH25–4–000. 

Applicants: ECP ControlCo, LLC. 

Description: ECP ControlCo, LLC 

submits FERC 65–B Notice of Change in 

Fact to Waiver Notification. 

Filed Date: 1/13/25. 

Accession Number: 20250113–5223. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/3/25. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system (https://

elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/ 

fercgensearch.asp) by querying the 

docket number. 

Any person desiring to intervene, to 

protest, or to answer a complaint in any 

of the above proceedings must file in 

accordance with Rules 211, 214, or 206 

of the Commission’s Regulations (18 

CFR 385.211, 385.214, or 385.206) on or 

before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the 

specified comment date. Protests may be 

considered, but intervention is 

necessary to become a party to the 

proceeding. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

The Commission’s Office of Public 

Participation (OPP) supports meaningful 

public engagement and participation in 

Commission proceedings. OPP can help 

members of the public, including 

landowners, environmental justice 

communities, Tribal members and 

others, access publicly available 

information and navigate Commission 

processes. For public inquiries and 

assistance with making filings such as 

interventions, comments, or requests for 

rehearing, the public is encouraged to 

contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@

ferc.gov. 

Dated: January 14, 2025. 

Carlos D. Clay, 

Acting Deputy Secretary. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OGC–2025–0019; FRL–12555–01– 

OGC] 

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean 

Water Act Claim 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed consent 

decree; request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Environmental Protection Agency (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 Delaware 

Riverkeeper Network et al. v. U.S. EPA 

et al., Docket No. 2:24-cv-05308 (E.D. 

Pa.). On October 2, 2024, Delaware 

Riverkeeper Network and Maya K. van 

Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper, filed 

a complaint in the United States District 

Court for the Eastern District of 

Pennsylvania. The complaint alleges 

that: the EPA failed to comply with its 

mandatory duty under the Clean Water 

Act (CWA) to promulgate revised water 

quality standards to protect aquatic life 

in the Delaware River within 90 days of 

proposal; and the EPA’s failure to 

promulgate revised water quality 

standards is an unreasonable delay 

under the Administrative Procedure 

Act. 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 February 20, 2025 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OGC–2025–0019 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: 

Katie Spidalieri, Water Law Office, 

Office of General Counsel, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency; 

telephone: (202) 564–4138; email 

address: Spidalieri.Katie@epa.gov. 


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1The Delaware River is co-managed by multiple 

states, including Delaware, New Jersey, and 

Pennsylvania, as well as the Delaware River Basin 

Commission. 

2 In the litigation, the EPA filed an answer to the 

Plaintiffs’ complaint on December 9, 2024. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Consent Decree 

While states have the primary 

responsibility for reviewing, 

establishing, and revising water quality 

standards for their waters, CWA section 

303(c) directs the EPA to promulgate 

water quality standards where the EPA 

Administrator determines that a new or 

revised standard is necessary to meet 

the requirements of the CWA. CWA 

section 303(c)(4)(B). Such a 

determination is referred to as an 

‘‘Administrator’s Determination.’’ 

On December 1, 2022, the EPA issued 

an Administrator’s Determination for 

part of the Delaware River in Delaware, 

New Jersey, and Pennsylvania pursuant 

to CWA section 303(c)(4)(B).1 The EPA 

determined that two types of revised 

water quality standards are necessary to 

meet the requirements of the CWA in 

the Delaware River: (1) revised aquatic 

life designated uses that provide for 

propagation of fish; and (2) 

corresponding dissolved oxygen criteria 

that protect the propagation use. 

On December 21, 2023, the EPA 

proposed revised water quality 

standards for an approximately 38-mile 

stretch of the Delaware River from river 

miles 108.4 to 70.0. 88 FR 88315 

(December 21, 2023). Specifically, the 

EPA proposed a designated use of 

protection and propagation of resident 

and migratory aquatic life along with 

dissolved oxygen criteria to protect that 

use. 

On August 2, 2024, the Delaware 

Riverkeeper Network and the Delaware 

Riverkeeper (collectively, Plaintiffs) sent 

the EPA a 60-day Notice of Intent to Sue 

pursuant to CWA section 505(b)(2) 

alleging the agency failed to promulgate 

revised water quality standards for a 

stretch of the Delaware River within 90 

days of proposing them as required 

under CWA section 303(c)(4). On 

October 2, 2024, the Plaintiffs filed a 

complaint against the EPA in the U.S. 

District Court for the Eastern District of 

Pennsylvania. The Plaintiffs are seeking 

a declaratory judgement that the EPA 

violated the CWA and the 

Administrative Procedure Act by not 

promulgating revised water quality 

standards for the Delaware River within 

the statutory timeframe at CWA section 

303(c)(4) and an injunction requiring 

the agency to promulgate such 

standards by a date certain. 

The parties initiated settlement 

discussions, which produced the 

proposed consent decree.2 Under the 

proposed consent decree, the EPA 

Administrator would be required to sign 

a final rule promulgating revised water 

quality standards for miles 108.4 to 70.0 

of the Delaware River on or before June 

30, 2025. In addition, the EPA would be 

required to file status reports with the 

court every thirty days after a consent 

decree is entered until the final rule is 

signed. 

For a period of thirty 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 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–2025–0019) 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–2025– 

0019 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 

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 


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marked ‘‘late.’’ The EPA does not plan 

to consider these late comments. 

Dawn Messier, 

Acting Associate General Counsel. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2020–0682; 

FRL 12506–01–ORD] 

Notice of the Final Biofuels and the 

Environment: Third Triennial Report to 

Congress 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is announcing the 

availability of a final document titled, 

‘‘Biofuels and the Environment: Third 

Triennial Report to Congress’’ (EPA/ 

600/R–24/343F). The document was 

prepared by EPA’s Offices of Research 

and Development (ORD) and Air and 

Radiation (OAR), in consultation with 

the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and 

Energy. 

DATES: The document will be available 

on or about January 17, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: The final report will be 

available primarily via the internet on 

https://www.epa.gov/risk/biofuels-andenvironment or the public docket at 

http://www.regulations.gov, Docket ID: 

EPA–HQ–ORD–2020–0682. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information, contact 

Christopher Clark; phone: 202–564– 

4183; or email: Clark.Christopher@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Information About the Document 

In 2007, Congress enacted the Energy 

Independence and Security Act (EISA) 

with the stated goals of ‘‘mov[ing] the 

United States toward greater energy 

independence and security [and] to 

increase the production of clean 

renewable fuels.’’ In accordance with 

these goals, EISA revised the Renewable 

Fuel Standard (RFS) Program, which 

was created under the 2005 Energy 

Policy Act and is administered by EPA, 

to increase the volume of renewable fuel 

required to be blended into 

transportation fuel to 36 billion gallons 

per year by 2022. Section 204 of EISA 

directs EPA, in consultation with the 

U.S. Departments of Agriculture and 

Energy, to assess and report triennially 

to Congress on the environmental and 

resource conservation impacts of the 

RFS Program. 

The first report to Congress was 

completed in 2011 and provided an 

assessment of the environmental and 

resource conservation impacts 

associated with increased biofuel 

production and use (EPA/600/R–10/ 

183F). The overarching conclusions of 

this first report were: (1) the 

environmental impacts of increased 

biofuel production and use were likely 

negative but limited in impact; (2) there 

was a potential for both positive and 

negative impacts in the future; and (3) 

EISA goals for biofuels production 

could be achieved with minimal 

environmental impacts if best practices 

were used and if technologies advanced 

to facilitate the use of second-generation 

biofuel feedstocks (corn stover, 

perennial grasses, woody biomass, 

algae, and waste). 

The second report to Congress was 

completed in 2018 and reaffirmed the 

overarching conclusions of the 2011 

Report (EPA/600/R–18/195). The 2018 

Report noted that the biofuel production 

and use conditions that led to the 

conclusions of the 2011 Report had not 

materially changed, and that the 

production of biofuels from cellulosic 

feedstocks anticipated by both the EISA 

and the 2011 Report had not 

materialized. Noting observed increases 

in acreage for corn and soybean 

production in the period prior to and 

following implementation of the RFS2 

Program, the 2018 Report concluded 

that the environmental and resource 

conservation impacts associated with 

land use change were likely due, at least 

in part, to the RFS and associated 

production of biofuel feedstocks. 

This third report to Congress builds 

on the previous two reports and 

provides an update on the impacts to 

date and likely future impacts of the 

RFS Program on the environment. This 

report assesses air, water, and soil 

quality; ecosystem health and 

biodiversity; and other effects. This 

third report also includes new additions 

and approaches not previously included 

in the first and second reports. In 

particular, this third report includes a 

new attribution analysis designed to 

separate the effects of the RFS Program 

from other factors that also affect biofuel 

production and consumption in the 

United States. 

II. Information About Peer Review of 

the Document 

Peer review of ‘‘Biofuels and the 

Environment: Third Triennial Report to 

Congress’’ (External Review Draft, EPA/ 

600/R–22/273) was managed by EPA’s 

contractor, Eastern Research Group, Inc. 

(ERG). On May 9, 2022, EPA announced 

through an FRN (87 FR 27634) that it 

was seeking public comment on a pool 

of twenty (20) candidates identified 

through a previous FRN seeking 

nomination of experts (87 FR 5479, 

February 1, 2022). After considering 

public comment, and the balance and 

collective expertise of the reviewers, 

ERG identified two (2) additional 

candidates to strengthen expertise gaps 

in ecology, water quality, and 

economics, and allow a more balanced 

panel. On August 1, 2022, EPA 

announced through an FRN (87 FR 

46958) that it was seeking public 

comment on the two (2) additional peer 

review candidates. 

After review and consideration of 

public comments on the candidates 

submitted in response to the previous 

FRNs (87 FR 27634, May 9, 2022, and 

87 FR 46958, August 1, 2022), EPA’s 

contractor, ERG, selected nine (9) peer 

reviewers from the pool in a manner 

consistent with EPA’s Peer Review 

Handbook 4th Edition, 2015 (EPA/100/ 

B–15/001) and independently 

conducted a conflict of interest (COI) 

screening of candidates to ensure that 

the selected experts have no COI in 

conducting this review. Candidates’ 

combined expertise spanned the 

following disciplines: economics, 

engineering, agronomics, land use 

change, remote sensing, air quality, 

biogeochemistry, water quality, 

hydrology, conservation biology, 

limnology, and ecology. 

A peer review meeting to discuss the 

‘‘Biofuels and the Environment: Third 

Triennial Report to Congress (External 

Review Draft)’’ (EPA/600/R–22/273) was 

held February 24–28, 2023, via webinar. 

EPA also announced a 60-day public 

comment period on January 3, 2023, via 

Federal Register notice (88 FR 72). The 

public comment period on the ‘‘Biofuels 

and the Environment: Third Triennial 

Report to Congress (External Review 

Draft)’’ (EPA/600/R–22/273) closed on 

March 6, 2023; EPA received fifteen 

public comments. The public were also 

invited to provide oral public comments 

at the February peer review meeting. 

The report was shared with the Office 

of Management and Budget for 

interagency review on November 13, 

2023. After considering peer review, 

public comments, and interagency 

comments, EPA has prepared the final 

‘‘Biofuels and the Environment: Third 

Triennial Report to Congress’’. 

Wayne Cascio, 

Director, Center for Public Health and 

Environmental Assessment. 

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