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g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. 

h. Applicant Contact: Joyce Foster, PE 

Hydro Generation, LLC, Two Bethesda 

Metro Center, Suite 1330, Bethesda, MD 

20814; telephone (804) 338–5110; or 

email joyce.foster@eaglecreekre.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Mark Ivy, (202) 502– 

6156, or mark.ivy@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

motions to intervene, and protests: 

October 15, 2021. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file comments, 

motions to intervene, and protests using 

the Commission’s eFiling system at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 

brief comments up to 6,000 characters, 

without prior registration, using the 

eComment system at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ecomment.asp. You must include your 

name and contact information at the end 

of your comments. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 

208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 

(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, you 

may submit a paper copy. Submissions 

sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be 

addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 

1A, Washington, DC 20426. 

Submissions sent via any other carrier 

must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first 

page of any filing should include the 

docket number P–2343–087. Comments 

emailed to Commission staff are not 

considered part of the Commission 

record. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure require all intervenors 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person whose name appears on the 

official service list for the project. 

Further, if an intervenor files comments 

or documents with the Commission 

relating to the merits of an issue that 

may affect the responsibilities of a 

particular resource agency, they must 

also serve a copy of the document on 

that resource agency. 

k. Description of Request: The 

licensee filed a Recreation Plan updated 

to reflect recently completed recreation 

enhancements and modifications to 

operations and maintenance of 

recreation facilities. The Recreation Plan 

includes a description of the recreation 

facilities available at each project 

recreation site and indicates that 

existing facilities are adequate to meet 

current and future recreation demand at 

the project. 

l. In addition to publishing the full 

text of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (http://

ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. At this 

time, the Commission has suspended 

access to the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, due to the 

proclamation declaring a National 

Emergency concerning the Novel 

Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued 

by the President on March 13, 2020. For 

assistance, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. Agencies may obtain copies 

of the application directly from the 

applicant. 

m. Individuals desiring to be included 

on the Commission’s mailing list should 

so indicate by writing to the Secretary 

of the Commission. 

n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to 

Intervene: Anyone may submit 

comments, a protest, or a motion to 

intervene in accordance with the 

requirements of Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214, 

respectively. In determining the 

appropriate action to take, the 

Commission will consider all protests or 

other comments filed, but only those 

who file a motion to intervene in 

accordance with the Commission’s 

Rules may become a party to the 

proceeding. Any comments, protests, or 

motions to intervene must be received 

on or before the specified comment date 

for the particular application. 

o. Filing and Service of Documents: 

Any filing must (1) bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’, 

‘‘PROTEST’’, or ‘‘MOTION TO 

INTERVENE’’ as applicable; (2) set forth 

in the heading the name of the applicant 

and the project number of the 

application to which the filing 

responds; (3) furnish the name, address, 

and telephone number of the person 

commenting, protesting or intervening; 

and (4) otherwise comply with the 

requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 

through 385.2005. All comments, 

motions to intervene, or protests must 

set forth their evidentiary basis. Any 

filing made by an intervenor must be 

accompanied by proof of service on all 

persons listed in the service list 

prepared by the Commission in this 

proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 

385.2010. 

Dated: September 15, 2021. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OLEM–2019–0540; FRL–8998– 

01–OLEM] 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (CERCLA) or Superfund, Section 

128(a); Notice of Grant Funding 

Guidance for State and Tribal 

Response Programs for Fiscal Year 

2022 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

(CERCLA), as amended, authorizes a 

noncompetitive $50 million grant 

program to establish or enhance state 

and tribal response programs. These 

response programs generally address the 

assessment, cleanup, and 

redevelopment of brown fields sites and 

other sites with actual or perceived 

contamination. For Fiscal Year (FY) 

2022, the Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) will consider grant 

requests up to a maximum of $1.0 

million per state or tribe. This document 

announces the availability of guidance 

that will assist states and tribes in the 

development and submission of 

CERCLA section 128(a) noncompetitive 

funding requests and utilization of these 

funds. 

DATES: The FY 2022 CERCLA section 

128(a) grant funding guidance is 

applicable as of October 1, 2021, and 

EPA Regional offices will accept 

requests for section 128(a) 

noncompetitive grant awards through 

December 17, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melissa Papasavvas, Office of 

Brownfields and Land Revitalization, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460–0001; telephone number (202) 

566–0435. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be affected by this action if 

you administer a State or Tribal 

response program that oversees 

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assessment and cleanup activities at 

brownfield sites across the country. 

Note: the CERCLA definition of ‘‘State’’ 

includes US Territories and the District 

of Columbia (CERCLA section 101(27)). 

B. How can I get copies of the grant 

funding guidance and other related 

information? 

1. Docket. The docket for this action, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OLEM–2019–0540, is 

available online at https://

www.regulations.gov. 

2. EPA Website. To access the FY22 

section 128(a) grant funding guidance 

on EPA’s website, please go to https:// 

www.epa.gov/brownfields/typesbrownfields-grant-funding. 

II. Authority 

CERCLA section 128(a) (42 U.S.C. 

9628(a)) authorizes a noncompetitive 

$50 million grant program to ‘‘establish 

or enhance’’ state and tribal response 

programs. CERCLA section 

128(a)(1)(B)(ii)(III) authorizes a 

noncompetitive $1.5 million technical 

assistance grant program to assist small 

communities, Indian tribes, rural areas, 

or disadvantaged areas to carry out 

activities outlined in CERCLA section 

104(k)(7) (42 U.S.C. 9604(k)(7)) (i.e., 

providing training, research, and 

technical assistance to individuals and 

organizations, as appropriate, to 

facilitate the inventory of brownfields 

sites, site assessments, remediation of 

brownfield sites, community 

involvement, or site preparation). 

III. Background 

1. General. State and tribal response 

programs oversee assessment and 

cleanup activities at brownfield sites 

across the country. The depth and 

breadth of these programs vary. Some 

focus on CERCLA-related activities, 

while others are multi-faceted, 

addressing sites regulated by both 

CERCLA and the Resource Conservation 

and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et 

seq.). Many states also offer 

accompanying financial incentive 

programs to spur cleanup and 

redevelopment. In enacting the Small 

Business Liability Relief and 

Brownfields Revitalization Act (Pub. L. 

107–118, 115 Stat. 2356), which added 

section 128 to CERCLA, Congress 

recognized the value of state and tribal 

response programs in cleaning up and 

redeveloping brownfield sites. Section 

128(a) strengthens EPA’s partnerships 

with states and tribes and recognizes 

their response programs’ critical role in 

overseeing cleanups. 

Section 128(a) response program 

grants are funded with categorical State 

and Tribal Assistance Grant (STAG) 

appropriations. Categorical grants are 

issued by Congress to fund state and 

local governments for narrowly-defined 

purposes. This funding is intended for 

those states and tribes that have the 

required management and 

administrative capacity within their 

government to administer a federal 

grant. The primary goal of this funding 

is to ensure that state and tribal 

response programs include, or are taking 

reasonable steps to include, certain 

elements of an environmental response 

program and that the program 

establishes and maintains a public 

record of sites addressed. 

Section 128(a) cooperative agreements 

are awarded and administered by the 

EPA regional offices. Generally, these 

response programs address the 

assessment, cleanup, and 

redevelopment of brownfields sites and 

other sites with actual or perceived 

contamination. Subject to the 

availability of funds, EPA regional 

personnel will provide technical 

assistance to states and tribes as they 

apply for and carry out section 128(a) 

cooperative agreements. 

2. Catalogue of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) and EPA Funding 

Opportunity Number (FON). The CFDA 

entry for the section 128(a) State and 

Tribal Response Program cooperative 

agreements is 66.817. The FON for FY 

2022 section 128(a) funds is EPA–CEP– 

02. This grant program is eligible to be 

included in state and tribal Performance 

Partnership Grants under 40 CFR part 

35 Subparts A and B, with the following 

exceptions: funds used to capitalize a 

revolving loan fund for brownfield 

remediation under CERCLA section 

104(k)(3); funds received for technical 

assistance under CERCLA section 

128(a)(I)(B)(ii)(III); and funds used to 

purchase environmental insurance or 

developing a risk sharing pool, an 

indemnity pool, or insurance 

mechanism to provide financing for 

response actions under a State or Tribal 

response program. 

3. Application period. Requests for 

funding should be sent to the 

appropriate Regional EPA contact and 

will be accepted from October 1, 2021 

through December 17, 2021. Requests 

EPA Regional offices receive after 

December 17, 2021 will not be 

considered for FY 2022 funding. States 

or tribes that do not submit the request 

in the appropriate manner may forfeit 

their ability to receive funds. First time 

requestors are strongly encouraged to 

contact their respective Regional EPA 

Brownfields contacts, identified in 

Table 1, prior to submitting their 

funding request. EPA will consider 

funding requests up to a maximum of 

$1.0 million per state or tribe for FY 

2022. 

Requests submitted by the December 

17, 2021 request deadline are 

preliminary; final cooperative 

agreement work plans and budgets will 

be negotiated with the EPA regional 

offices once final funding allocation 

determinations are made. As in previous 

years, EPA will place special emphasis 

on reviewing a cooperative agreement 

recipient’s use of prior section 128(a) 

funding in making allocation decisions, 

and unexpended balances are subject to 

40 CFR 35.118 and 35.518 to the extent 

consistent with this guidance. EPA will 

also prioritize funding for recipients 

establishing their response programs. 

TABLE 1—EPA REGIONAL BROWNFIELDS CONTACTS FOR STATE AND TRIBAL RESPONSE PROGRAMS

Region State Tribal 

1—CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT ..................... AmyJean McKeown, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 

100 (OSRR07–2), Boston, MA 02109–3912, 

Phone (617) 918–1248, Fax (617) 918–1294.

AmyJean McKeown, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 

100 (OSRR07–2), Boston, MA 02109–3912, 

Phone (617) 918–1248, Fax (617) 918–1294. 

2—NJ, NY, PR, VI ..................................... John Struble, 290 Broadway, 25th Floor, New 

York, NY 10007–1866, Phone (212) 637– 

4291, Fax (212) 637–3083.

John Struble, 290 Broadway, 25th Floor, New 

York, NY 10007–1866, Phone (212) 637– 

4291, Fax (212) 637–3083. 

3—DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, WV ................... Mike Taurino, 1650 Arch Street (3HS51), Philadelphia, PA 19103, Phone (215) 814–3371, 

Fax (215) 814–3274.

Mike Taurino, 1650 Arch Street (3HS51), Philadelphia, PA 19103, Phone (215) 814–3371, 

Fax (215) 814–3274. 

4—AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN ....... Cindy Nolan, 61 Forsyth Street, SW, 10TH FL 

(9T25), Atlanta, GA 30303–8960, Phone (404) 

562–8425, Fax (404) 562–8788.

Cindy Nolan, 61 Forsyth Street, SW, 10TH FL 

(9T25), Atlanta, GA 30303–8909, Phone (404) 

562–8425, Fax (404) 562–8788. 

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TABLE 1—EPA REGIONAL BROWNFIELDS CONTACTS FOR STATE AND TRIBAL RESPONSE PROGRAMS—Continued 

Region State Tribal 

5—IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI ........................ Keary Cragan, 77 West Jackson Boulevard (SB– 

5J), Chicago, IL 60604–3507, Phone (312) 

353–5669, Fax (312) 692–2161.

Rosita Clarke, 77 West Jackson Boulevard (SB– 

5J), Chicago, IL 60604–3507, Phone (312) 

886–7251, Fax (312) 697–2075. 

6—AR, LA, NM, OK, TX ............................ Ana Esquivel, 1201 Elm Street, Suite 500, Dallas, Texas 75270–2102, Phone (214) 665– 

3163, Fax (214) 665–6660.

Elizabeth Reyes, 1201 Elm Street, Suite 500, 

Dallas, Texas 75270–2102, Phone (214) 665– 

2194, Fax (214) 665–6660. 

7—IA, KS, MO, NE .................................... Susan Klein, 11201 Renner Boulevard (LCRD/ 

BSPR), Lenexa, KS 66219, Phone (913) 551– 

7786.

Jennifer Morris, 11201 Renner Boulevard 

((LCRD/BSPR), Lenexa, KS 66219, Phone 

(913) 551–7341. 

8—CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY ................... Christina Wilson, 1595 Wynkoop Street (8LCR– 

BR), Denver, CO 80202–1129, Phone (303) 

312–6706, Fax (303) 312–6065.

Melisa Devincenzi, 1595 Wynkoop Street 

(8LCR–BR), Denver, CO 80202–1129, Phone 

(303) 312–6377, Fax (303) 312–6962. 

9—AZ, CA, HI, NV, AS, GU, MP .............. Jose Garcia, Jr., 600 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1460, 

Los Angeles, CA 90017, Phone (213) 244– 

1811, Fax (213) 244–1850.

Jose Garcia, Jr., 600 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1460, 

Los Angeles, CA 90017, Phone (213) 244– 

1811, Fax (213) 244–1850. 

10—AK, ID, OR, WA ................................. Madison Sanders-Curry, 1200 Sixth Ave., Suite 

155 (mail code 15–H04), Seattle, WA 98101, 

Phone (206) 553–1889, Fax 206) 553–8581.

Madison Sanders-Curry, 1200 Sixth Ave., Suite 

155 (mail code 15–H04), Seattle, WA 98101, 

Phone (206) 553–1889, Fax (206) 553–8581. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9628(a). 

Dated: September 16, 2021. 

David R. Lloyd, 

Director, Office of Brownfields and Land 

Revitalization. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[R01–OW–2021; FRL–8930–01–R1] 

Program Requirement Revisions 

Related to the Public Water System 

Supervision Programs for the 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts and 

the State of Rhode Island 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the State of Rhode Island and the 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts are 

revising their respective approved 

Public Water System Supervision 

(PWSS) programs to meet the 

requirements of the Safe Drinking Water 

Act (SDWA). 

DATES: All interested parties may 

request a public hearing for any of the 

above EPA determinations. A request for 

a public hearing must be submitted by 

October 22, 2021 to the Regional 

Administrator at the address shown 

below. Frivolous or insubstantial 

requests for a hearing may be denied by 

the Regional Administrator. 

However, if a substantial request for a 

public hearing is made by this date, a 

public hearing will be held. If no timely 

and appropriate request for a hearing is 

received, and the Regional 

Administrator does not elect to hold a 

hearing on his/her own motion, this 

determination shall become final and 

effective October 22, 2021. 

Any request for a public hearing shall 

include the following information: (1) 

The name, address, and telephone 

number of the individual organization, 

or other entity requesting a hearing; (2) 

a brief statement of the requesting 

person’s interest in the Regional 

Administrator’s determination; (3) 

information that the requesting person 

intends to submit at such hearing; and 

(4) the signature of the individual 

making the request, or if the request is 

made on behalf of an organization or 

other entity, the signature of a 

responsible official of the organization 

or other entity. 

ADDRESSES: All documents relating to 

this determination are available for 

inspection between the hours of 8:30 

a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, at the following office(s) below. 

Please call to arrange a visit. 

U.S. Environmental Protection, Water 

Division, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 

100, Boston, MA 02109–3912 

For state-specific documents: 

Massachusetts Department of 

Environmental Protection, Drinking 

Water Program, One Winter Street, 

Boston, MA 02108, 

Rhode Island Department of Public 

Health, Division of Drinking Water 

Quality, 3 Capitol Hill, Providence, RI 

02908–5097 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeri 

Weiss, U.S. EPA—New England, Water 

Division, telephone (617) 918–1568. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts has 

adopted a drinking water regulation for 

the Revised Total Coliform Rule (78 FR 

10269) promulgated on February 13, 

2013. After review of documentation 

submitted by the Commonwealth, the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

has determined that the 

Commonwealth’s Revised Total 

Coliform Rule is no less stringent than 

the corresponding federal regulations. 

The State of Rhode Island has adopted 

a drinking water regulation for the 

Revised Total Coliform Rule (78 FR 

10269) promulgated on February 13, 

2013. After review of documentation 

submitted by the state, the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

has determined that the state’s Revised 

Total Coliform Rule is no less stringent 

than the corresponding federal 

regulations. 

Authority: Section 1401 (42 U.S.C 

300f) and Section 1413 (42 U.S.C. 300g– 

2) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as 

amended (1996), and (40 CFR 142.10) of 

the National Primary Drinking Water 

Regulations. 

Dated: September 14, 2021. 

Deborah A. Szaro, 

Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region 

1—New England. 

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AGENCY 

[FRL–8995–01–OW] 

Meeting of the National Drinking Water 

Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of 

Ground Water and Drinking Water is