49530 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 169 / Friday, September 3, 2021 / Notices 

1While the proposed settlement agreement cites 

to state law violations, current or prior versions of 

the cited provisions were also approved into New 

Jersey’s federally enforceable State Implementation 

Plan under the relevant provisions of the Clean Air 

Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Filed Date: 8/30/21. 

Accession Number: 20210830–5134. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 9/20/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–2789–000. 

Applicants: Duke Energy Carolinas, 

LLC. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

DEC–NCEMC Revisions to Rate 

Schedule No. 273 to be effective 1/1/ 

2021. 

Filed Date: 8/30/21. 

Accession Number: 20210830–5141. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 9/20/21. 

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 or 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s 

Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214) 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: http://www.ferc.gov/ 

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

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

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

Dated: August 30, 2021. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19074 Filed 9–2–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OGC–2021–0583; FRL–8937–01– 

OGC] 

Proposed Settlement Agreement, 

Enforcement Action Alleging Air 

Pollution Violations 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement 

agreement; request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Clean 

Air Act, as amended (CAA or the Act), 

notice is given of a proposed settlement 

agreement in the administrative 

enforcement action brought by the State 

of New Jersey, Department of 

Environmental Protection, Division of 

Air Enforcement (New Jersey), against 

the Edison facility owned and operated 

by the Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) Region 2. In November 2019, New 

Jersey conducted an inspection of EPA’s 

Edison facility and found several state 

law violations related to its boilers and 

emergency generators. EPA worked with 

New Jersey to bring the boilers and 

generators back into full compliance by 

the end of 2020. A draft administrative 

settlement agreement between EPA and 

New Jersey that would fully resolve the 

matter through EPA paying a $8,600 

penalty is here proposed and is ready 

for public notice and comment. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed settlement agreement must be 

received by October 4, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OGC–2021–0583, 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 and additional information 

on the rulemaking process, see the 

‘‘Additional Information about 

Commenting on the Proposed 

Settlement Agreement’’ heading under 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

of this document. Out of an abundance 

of caution for members of the public 

and our staff, the EPA Docket Center 

and Reading Room are closed to the 

public, with limited exceptions, to 

reduce the risk of transmitting COVID– 

19. Our Docket Center staff will 

continue to provide remote customer 

service via email, phone, and webform. 

We encourage the public to submit 

comments via https://

www.regulations.gov, as there may be a 

delay in processing mail and faxes. 

Hand-deliveries and couriers may be 

received by scheduled appointment 

only. For further information on EPA 

Docket Center services and the current 

status, please visit us online at https:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

EPA continues to carefully and 

continuously monitor information from 

the CDC, local area health departments, 

and our federal partners so that we can 

respond rapidly as conditions change 

regarding COVID–19. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Stahle, Air and Radiation Law 

Office MC–2344A, Office of General 

Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone (202) 

564–1272; email address stahle.susan@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining a Copy of the Proposed 

Settlement Agreement 

The official public docket for this 

action (identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OGC–2021–0583) contains a 

copy of the proposed settlement 

agreement. 

The electronic version of the public 

docket for this action contains a copy of 

the proposed settlement agreement 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.’’ 

II. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Settlement Agreement 

In November 2019, New Jersey 

conducted an inspection of EPA’s 

Edison facility and found several state 

law violations regarding EPA’s boilers 

and emergency generators.1 Based on 

this inspection, and further information 

provided by EPA, New Jersey alleged 

the following types of violations: 

• Failure to seek new general permits 

when the boilers and emergency 

generators were replaced; 

• Operating the boilers and 

emergency generators with expired 

general permits; 

• Operating one emergency generator 

on five bad air days; 

• Operating one boiler on one bad air 

day; and 

• Improper tune-ups and/or tune-up 

report submission for two boilers. 

EPA worked with New Jersey to bring 

the boilers and generators back into full 

compliance by the end of 2020. These 

steps included: (1) Obtaining new 

general permits, and setting up an 

internal calendar to better track when to 

seek permit renewals; (2) changing a 

generator setting to require that 

generator testing be started manually, to 

avoid automatic startup on bad air days; 

(3) creating and revising a log sheet to 

ensure that staff check on ‘‘bad air day’’ 

status prior to testing the emergency 

generators; (4) conducting the 2020 

tune-up using an outside contractor, 

with EPA staff attending for training 

purposes; and (5) submitting the 2020 

tune-up reports via a New Jersey online 

reporting system. 


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EPA and New Jersey have now 

tentatively agreed on a proposed 

settlement agreement that would fully 

resolve the identified state law 

violations through payment of a $8,600 

penalty, a penalty which would rise to 

a full penalty of $17,200 if EPA failed 

to pay that penalty on time. To the 

extent the alleged violations may have 

constituted violations of the CAA, EPA 

and New Jersey agree this proposed 

agreement would also constitute 

settlement of any claims New Jersey 

could have made under the CAA. 

In accordance with section 113(g) of 

the CAA, for a period of 30 days 

following the date of publication of this 

document, the Agency will accept 

written comments relating to the 

proposed settlement agreement. EPA 

may withdraw or withhold consent to 

the proposed settlement agreement if 

the comments disclose facts or 

considerations that indicate that such 

consent is inappropriate, improper, 

inadequate, or inconsistent with the 

requirements of the Act. 

III. Additional Information About 

Commenting on the Proposed 

Settlement Agreement 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OGC–2021– 

0583, via https://www.regulations.gov. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from this docket. 

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. 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-epadockets. For additional information 

about submitting information identified 

as CBI, please contact the person listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this document. Note 

that written comments containing CBI 

and submitted by mail may be delayed 

and deliveries or couriers will be 

received by scheduled appointment 

only. 

If you submit an electronic comment, 

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 

EPA to contact you in case 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 EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. 

Use of the https://

www.regulations.gov website to submit 

comments to EPA electronically is 

EPA’s preferred method for receiving 

comments. The electronic public docket 

system is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system, which means 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.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. 

Gautam Srinivasan, 

Associate General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19047 Filed 9–2–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–9058–2] 

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 August 23, 2021 10 a.m. EST 

Through August 30, 2021 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://

cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-public/ 

action/eis/search. 

EIS No. 20210128, Draft, NOAA, CT, 

Connecticut National Estuarine 

Research Reserve, Comment Period 

Ends: 10/18/2021, Contact: Erica 

Seiden 240–533–0781. 

EIS No. 20210129, Draft, USPS, DC, 

Next Generation Delivery Vehicle 

Acquisitions, Comment Period Ends: 

10/18/2021, Contact: Davon M. 

Collins 202–268–4570. 

EIS No. 20210130, Draft, USACE, NY, 

Nassau County Back Bays Coastal 

Storm Risk Management Integrated 

Feasibility Report and Environmental 

Impact Statement, Comment Period 

Ends: 10/18/2021, Contact: Scott 

Sanderson 215–656–6571. 

EIS No. 20210131, Final, USACE, LA, 

South Central Coast Louisiana Final 

Integrated Feasibility Study with 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Review Period Ends: 10/04/2021, 

Contact: Joe Jordan 309–794–5791. 

Amended Notice: 

EIS No. 20210095, Draft, FHWA, NY, 

Interstate 81 Viaduct Project, 

Comment Period Ends: 10/14/2021, 

Contact: Richard J. Marquis 518–431– 

4127. Revision to FR Notice Published 

07/16/2021; Extending the Comment 

Period from 09/14/2021 to 10/14/ 

2021. 

EIS No. 20210103, Draft, FTA, CA, West 

Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor 

Project Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement/Environmental Impact 

Report, Comment Period Ends: 09/28/ 

2021, Contact: Rusty Whisman 213– 

202–3956. Revision to FR Notice 

Published 07/30/2021; Extending the 

Comment Period from 09/13/2021 to 

09/28/2021. 

Dated: August 30, 2021. 

Cindy S. Barger, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19063 Filed 9–2–21; 8:45 a.m.] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2018–0038; FRL–8901–01– 

OCSPP] 

United States Department of Justice 

and Parties to Certain Litigation; 

Transfer of Data 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

pesticide related information submitted 

to the Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) pursuant to the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 


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