Announcement of the Board of Directors for the National Environmental Education Foundation
| Published date | 15 October 2021 |
| Record Number | 2021-22494 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Environmental Protection Agency |
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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 on March 13, 2020. For
assistance, contact FERC Online
Support at FERCOnlineSupport@
ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or
(202) 502–8659 (TTY). Register online at
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FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via
email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
Dated: October 8, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021–22521 Filed 10–14–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 1388–081]
Southern California Edison; Notice of
Intent To File License Application,
Filing of Pre-Application Document,
and Approving Use of the Traditional
Licensing Process
a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to
File License Application and Request to
Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
b. Project No.: 1388–081.
c. Dated Filed: August 12, 2021.
d. Submitted By: Southern California
Edison.
e. Name of Project: Lee Vining
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: Approximately 9 miles
upstream of Mono Lake and the Town
of Lee Vining, in Mono County,
California. The project occupies land
within the Inyo National Forest
administered by the U.S. Forest Service.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.5 of the
Commission’s regulations.
h. Applicant Contact: Matthew
Woodhall, Relicensing Project Manager,
Southern California Edison, Southern
California Edison Company 1515
Walnut Grove Avenue, Rosemead, CA
91770, (626) 302–9596,
matthew.woodhall@sce.com.
i. FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott at
(202) 502–6480 or kelly.wolcott@
ferc.gov.
j. Southern California Edison (SCE)
filed its request to use the Traditional
Licensing Process on August 12, 2021.
YCWA provided public notice of its
request on September 7, 2021. In a letter
dated October 8, 2021, the Director of
the Division of Hydropower Licensing
approved YCWA’s request to use the
Traditional Licensing Process.
k. With this notice, we are initiating
informal consultation with the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA
Fisheries under section 7 of the
Endangered Species Act and the joint
agency regulations thereunder at 50
CFR, part 402; and NOAA Fisheries
under section 305(b) of the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act and implementing
regulations at 50 CFR 600.920. We are
also initiating consultation with the
California State Historic Preservation
Officer, as required by section 106,
National Historic Preservation Act, and
the implementing regulations of the
Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
l. With this notice, we are designating
SCE as the Commission’s non-federal
representative for carrying out informal
consultation, pursuant to section 7 of
the Endangered Species Act and section
305(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act; and
consultation pursuant to section 106 of
the National Historic Preservation Act.
m. SCE filed a Pre-Application
Document (PAD; including a proposed
process plan and schedule) with the
Commission, pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of
the Commission’s regulations.
n. A copy of the PAD may be viewed
on the Commission’s website (http://
www.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
Online Support at
FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
(TTY).
o. The applicant states its unequivocal
intent to submit an application for a
new license for Project No.1388–081.
Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.8, 16.9, and 16.10
each application for a new license and
any competing license applications
must be filed with the Commission at
least 24 months prior to the expiration
of the existing license. All applications
for license for this project must be filed
by January 31, 2024.
p. Register online at https://
ferconline.ferc.gov/eSubscription.aspx
to be notified via email of new filing
and issuances related to this or other
pending projects. For assistance, contact
FERC Online Support.
Dated: October 8, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021–22517 Filed 10–14–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9104–01–OA]
Announcement of the Board of
Directors for the National
Environmental Education Foundation
AGENCY
: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION
: Notice of appointment and re-
appointment.
The National Environmental
Education and Training Foundation
(doing business as The National
Environmental Education Foundation or
‘‘NEEF’’) was created as a private
501(c)(3) non-profit organization. It was
established by Congress as a common
ground upon which leaders from
business and industry, all levels of
government, public interest groups, and
others can work cooperatively to raise a
greater national awareness of
environmental issues beyond traditional
classrooms.
Per NEEA, the EPA Administrator
appoints and reappoints eligible
individuals to serve on NEEF’s Board of
Directors. The Administrator announces
the following four-year appointments to
NEEF’s Board of Directors, effective 90
days after publication of this notice:
•Dr. Robert D. Bullard, Texas Southern
University
•Sally Cole, Apple
•Omar Mitchell, National Hockey
League
•Arturo Garcia-Costas, New York
Community Trust
Mr. Kevin Coyle, Toyota will be re-
appointed for an additional four-year
term.
Additional considerations: As an
independent foundation, NEEF is
different from the Agency’s several
federal advisory committees and
scientific boards, which have their own
appointment processes. Because NEEA
gives complete discretion to the
Administrator in appointing members to
NEEF’s Board of Directors, EPA is taking
additional steps to ensure all
prospective members are qualified to
serve on the Board and represent
diverse points of view. In early 2021,
EPA’s Office of the Administrator
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formed an internal review panel
comprised of senior EPA career officials
tasked with verifying the qualifications
of all future members of the NEEF Board
of Directors selected by the
Administrator. All new Board
appointees underwent review by the
panel prior to publication of this notice.
These appointees will join the current
Board members. Information on the
Board members is available on NEEF’s
public website: https://
www.neefusa.org/about-neef/board.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
: For
information regarding this Notice of
Appointment, please contact Hiram Lee
Tanner III. (202) 564–4988, Director for
Office of Environmental Education, U.S.
EPA 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20460. General
information concerning NEEF may be
found here: https://www.neefusa.org/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: Section
10(a) of the National Environmental
Education Act of 1990 (NEEA)
establishes the National Environmental
Education Foundation and its
underlying terms. The statute in its
entirety is available on EPA’s website
and may be accessed here: https://
www.epa.gov/education/national-
environmental-education-act#s10.
Section 10 of the NEEA provides the
following, in pertinent part:
(a) Establishment and Purposes—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT—(A) There is
hereby established the National
Environmental Education Foundation.
The Foundation is established in order
to extend the contribution of
environmental education and training to
meeting critical environmental
protection needs, both in this country
and internationally; to facilitate the
cooperation, coordination, and
contribution of public and private
resources to create an environmentally
advanced educational system; and to
foster an open and effective partnership
among Federal, State, and local
government, business, industry,
academic institutions, community based
environmental groups, and international
organizations.
(B) The Foundation is a charitable and
nonprofit corporation whose income is
exempt from tax, and donations to
which are tax deductible to the same
extent as those organizations listed
pursuant to section 501(c) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The
Foundation is not an agency or
establishment of the United States.
(2) PURPOSES—The purposes of the
Foundation are—
(A) subject to the limitation contained
in the final sentence of subsection (d)
herein, to encourage, accept, leverage,
and administer private gifts for the
benefit of, or in connection with, the
environmental education and training
activities and services of the United
States Environmental Protection
Agency;
(B) to conduct such other
environmental education activities as
will further the development of an
environmentally conscious and
responsible public, a well-trained and
environmentally literate workforce, and
an environmentally advanced
educational system; and
(C) to participate with foreign entities
and individuals in the conduct and
coordination of activities that will
further opportunities for environmental
education and training to address
environmental issues and problems
involving the United States and Canada
or Mexico.
(3) PROGRAMS—The Foundation
will develop, support, and/or operate
programs and projects to educate and
train educational and environmental
professionals, and to assist them in the
development of environmental
education and training programs and
studies.
(b) Board of Directors—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND
MEMBERSHIP—(A) The Foundation
shall have a governing Board of
Directors (hereafter referred to in this
section as ‘the Board’), which shall
consist of 13 directors, each of whom
shall be knowledgeable or experienced
in the environment, education and/or
training. The Board shall oversee the
activities of the Foundation and shall
assure that the activities of the
Foundation are consistent with the
environmental and education goals and
policies of the EPA and with the intents
and purposes of this Act. The
membership of the Board, to the extent
practicable, shall represent diverse
points of view relating to environmental
education and training.
(2) APPOINTMENT AND TERMS—
(A) Members of the Board shall be
appointed by the EPA Administrator.
(B) Within 90 days of the date of the
enactment of this Act, and as
appropriate thereafter, the
Administrator shall publish in the
Federal Register an announcement of
appointments of Directors of the Board.
Such appointments become final and
effective 90 days after publication of the
notice of appointment.
(C) The directors shall be appointed
for terms of 4 years. The Administrator
shall appoint an individual to serve as
a director in the event of a vacancy on
the Board within 60 days of said
vacancy in the way the original
appointment was made. No individual
may serve more than 2 consecutive
terms as a director.
Hiram Tanner,
Director, Office of Environmental Education.
[FR Doc. 2021–22494 Filed 10–14–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OGC–2021–0692; FRL–9132–01–
OGC]
Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air
Act Citizen Suit
AGENCY
: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION
: Notice of proposed consent
decree; request for public comment.
SUMMARY
: In accordance with the Clean
Air Act, as amended (CAA or the Act),
notice is given of a proposed consent
decree in Downwinders at Risk et al. v.
Regan, No. 21–cv–03551 (N.D. Cal). On
May 12, 2021, Downwinders at Risk,
Sierra Club, Center for Biological
Diversity, Air Alliance Houston, Texas
Environmental Justice Advocacy
Services, Clean Wisconsin, Appalachian
Mountain Club, Earthworks, Natural
Resources Defense Council, and
Environmental Defense Fund (Plaintiffs)
filed a complaint in the United States
District Court for the Northern District
of California alleging that the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA
or the Agency) failed to perform certain
non-discretionary duties in accordance
with the Act to take final action to
approve or disapprove, in whole or in
part, 32 state implementation plan
submissions (SIPs) addressing interstate
pollution transport for the 2015 ozone
national ambient air quality standards
(NAAQS) by statutory deadlines. The
proposed consent decree would
establish deadlines for EPA to act on
these SIP submissions.
DATES
: Written comments on the
proposed consent decree must be
received by November 15, 2021.
ADDRESSES
: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OGC–2021–0692, 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
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