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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0433; FRL-10012-79]

Cuprous Iodide; Draft Ecological Risk Assessment for Federally
Listed Species; Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is
announcing the availability of and soliciting public comment on EPA's
draft Ecological Risk Assessment for Federally Listed Species for the
antimicrobial pesticide, cuprous iodide.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 14, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0433, through the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. Please follow the online
instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit electronically any
information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
    Due to the public health concerns related to COVID-19, the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is closed to visitors with
limited exceptions. The staff continues to provide remote customer
service via email, phone, and webform. For the latest status
information on EPA/DC services and docket access, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline Hardy, Antimicrobials
Division (7510P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email address:
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    This action is directed to the public in general, and may be of
interest to a wide range of stakeholders including those with
environmental and human health interests; the chemical industry,
pesticide users; and members of the public interested in the sale,
distribution, or use of articles that may be fabricated with this
pesticide and/or potential impacts of this pesticide's use on
threatened or endangered (listed) species and designated critical
habitats. Since others may be interested, the Agency has not attempted
to describe all the specific entities that may be affected by this
action. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this
action to a particular entity, consult the person listed under FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of the
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or
CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the
specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket.
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
    2. Tips for preparing your comments. When preparing and submitting
your comments, see the commenting tips at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets#tips.

II. What action is the Agency taking?

A. Authority

    The Endangered Species Act (ESA) requires federal agencies, such as
EPA, to ensure that their actions are not likely to jeopardize the
continued existence of species listed as threatened or endangered under
the ESA or destroy or adversely modify the designated critical habitat
of such species. The registration of a pesticide containing a new
active ingredient under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Action (FIFRA) constitutes an EPA ``action'' under the ESA.
If EPA

determines a pesticide may affect a listed species or its designated
critical habitat, EPA must initiate consultation with the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service and/or the National Marine Fisheries Service
(collectively referred to as the Service), as appropriate.

B. Background

    Cupron Cuprous Iodide Masterbatch (EPA Reg. No. 84542-9) containing
the new active ingredient, cuprous iodide, was registered October 6,
2015. Cuprous Iodide Masterbatch is a material preservative that is
incorporated into manufactured products to suppress the growth of
algae, mold, mildew, fungi, and bacteria which may cause unpleasant
odors, discoloration, staining, deterioration, or corrosion. This
product is mixed with a compatible polymer used to create fibers,
plastics, and films. Cuprous iodide is incorporated at a rate not
exceed 5.0% by weight and is evenly distributed throughout the final
article. The Cupron Cuprous Iodide Masterbatch label allows a myriad of
uses including but not limited to bedding, apparel, outerwear,
undergarments, hosiery, carpets, plastic composites, floor coverings,
carpet, draperies, upholstery, plumbing supplies, tiles, wallboard,
shoes, sails, and awnings. As the cuprous iodide is expected to be
tightly bound within the polymer matrices, environmental exposure to
cuprous iodide from these uses is extremely limited and is not
reasonably expected to reach concentrations high enough to cause any
discernible effects.
    On March 4, 2019, the Center of Biological Diversity (CBD) filed a
lawsuit against the Agency alleging that EPA violated the ESA by
failing to ensure that the registration of Cupron Cuprous Iodide
Masterbatch would not jeopardize any listed species or destroy or
modify their critical habitat, and by failing to consult with the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service as
required under the ESA.
    The primary pathway by which cuprous iodide would be expected to be
released to the aquatic environment is from down-the-drain discharges
by leaching during in-service use of manufactured products via fabric
washing at institutional facilities, commercial establishments, and
residences. In order to facilitate settlement of the lawsuit, Cupron
submitted a label amendment removing from its label approved uses in
articles that could be frequently washed such as bedding, mattress
covers, apparel, outerwear, undergarments, and hosiery.
    The Agency conducted an ecological risk assessment for federally
listed species for cuprous iodide for the subset of uses that would
remain on the revised label. The proposed label includes uses for
fibers (fiberfill for quilts and pillows, vacuum cleaner bags, sleeping
bags, brush bristles, air and dust filters, book covers, carpets, rugs,
mats, carpet underlay, carpet backing, broadloom and tile carpeting,
conveyor belts that do not come in contact with any type of food,
automotive and truck upholstery, automotive and truck carpeting and
interior liners, shoes, gloves and helmets, sails, ropes, canvas,
ducking, awnings, umbrellas) and for plastics and films (automotive and
vehicular parts, brush handles, building materials and components
(excluding shingles), wood composites, non-food contact plastic
composites, conveyor belts that do not come in contact with any type of
food, floor covering, flooring, footwear including boots, furniture,
gaskets, glazing for cement tile and for toilets, indoor furniture,
insulation for wire and cable, insulators, kitchen and bathroom
hardware, plumbing supplies and fixtures including sinks, indoor sports
equipment, tape, tiles, tubing, vacuum cleaner bags, wallboard, walls,
waste containers, personal hygiene devices such as combs, brushes, and
hairclips). The Cupron Cuprous Iodide Masterbatch label would specify
that it may not be used as a coating, film, or laminate on any other
product than those listed on the label.
    The draft ecological risk assessment for federally listed species
for cuprous iodide shows that the potential exposures to terrestrial
and aquatic organisms (including listed species) from cuprous iodide
are not reasonably expected to occur at levels that would result in a
discernible effect from the uses that would be allowed on the revised
Cupron Cuprous Iodide Masterbatch label. The Agency proposes to make a
No Effects (NE) determination for all Federally-listed-threatened/
endangered species and critical habitats for the narrowed set of uses
of cuprous iodide that would be allowed under the proposed label
amendments.

C. Public Comments Sought

    After reviewing public comments on the draft ecological risk
assessment for federally listed species for cuprous iodide, EPA will
issue, if necessary, a revised ecological risk assessment and a
response to comments document before amending the registration. If EPA
determines that this set of pesticide uses may affect listed species
and/or their designated critical habitat, EPA will initiate
consultation with the Services, as appropriate.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: August 7, 2020.
Alexandra Dapolito Dunn,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution
Prevention.
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[Page 49526]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RP21-1058-000]

EQT Energy, LLC v. Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of
Complaint

    Take notice that on August 27, 2021, pursuant to Section 5 of the
Natural Gas Act \1\ and Rule 206 of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission's (Commission) Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR
385.206 (2020), EQT Energy, LLC (Complainant or EQT Energy) filed a
formal complaint against Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (Respondent or
Texas Eastern), alleging that recent service cuts on Respondent's 30
Inch System caused by a 20 percent operating pressure reduction
required by order of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration did not constitute an event of force majeure, and
therefore Texas Eastern's refusal to provide EQT Energy with the
appropriate reservation charge credits, as required by the pipeline's
tariff, is unjust and unreasonable and contrary to Commission policy
and precedent, all as more fully explained in its complaint.
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    The Complainant certifies that copies of the complaint were served
on the contacts listed for Respondent in the Commission's list of
Corporate Officials.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must
file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests will be
considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to
be taken but will not serve to make protestants parties to the
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. The Respondent's
answer and all interventions, or protests must be filed on or before
the comment date. The Respondent's answer, motions to intervene, and
protests must be served on the Complainant.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments,
protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link
at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically may mail
similar pleadings to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Hand delivered submissions in
docketed proceedings should be delivered to Health and Human Services,
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    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 the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or call toll-free,
(886) 208-3676 or TYY,<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on September 16, 2021.

    Dated: August 30, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
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[Pages 51560-51561]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0021; FRL-9932-68]

Pesticide Product Registrations; Receipt of Applications for New
Active Ingredients

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has received applications to register pesticide products
containing active ingredients not included in any currently registered
pesticide products. Pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is hereby providing notice of receipt and
opportunity to comment on these applications.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 24, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by the Docket
Identification (ID) Number and the File Symbol of interest as shown in
the body of this document, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit
electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted
by statute.
     Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket
Center (EPA/DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC
20460-0001.
     Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand
delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the
instructions at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. Additional
instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along with more
information about dockets generally, is available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert McNally, Director,
Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) (7511P), Office
of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; main telephone
number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    You may be potentially affected by this action if you are an
agricultural producer, food manufacturer, or pesticide manufacturer.
The following list of North American Industrial Classification System
(NAICS) codes is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a
guide to help readers determine whether this document applies to them.
Potentially affected entities may include:
     Crop production (NAICS code 111).
     Animal production (NAICS code 112).
     Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).
     Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532).
    If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this
action to a particular entity, consult the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of the
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or
CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the
specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket.
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
    2. Tips for preparing your comments. When preparing and submitting
your comments, see the commenting tips at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html.
    3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to achieve environmental
justice, the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of any group,
including minority and/or low-income populations, in the development,
implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and
policies. To help address potential environmental justice issues, EPA
seeks information on any groups or segments of the population who, as a
result of their location, cultural practices, or other factors, may
have atypical or disproportionately high and adverse human health
impacts or environmental effects from exposure to the pesticides
discussed in this document, compared to the general population.

II. Registration Applications

    EPA has received applications to register pesticide products
containing active ingredients not included in any currently registered
pesticide products. Pursuant to the provisions of FIFRA section 3(c)(4)
(7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(4)), EPA is hereby providing notice of receipt and
opportunity to comment on these applications. Notice of receipt of
these applications does not imply a decision by EPA on these
applications. For actions being evaluated under EPA's public
participation process for registration actions, there will be an
additional opportunity for public comment on the proposed decisions.
Please see EPA's public participation Web site for additional
information on this process http://www2.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/public-participation-process-registration-actions. EPA received the
following applications to register pesticide products containing active
ingredients not included in any currently registered pesticide
products:
    1. File Symbol: 87472-R. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0547.
Applicant: Technology Sciences Group, Inc., 712 Fifth St., Ste. A,
Davis, CA 95616 (on behalf of Biogents AG, Weissenburgstrasse 22, D-
93055 Regensburg, Germany). Product name: BG-Sweetscent. Active
ingredient: Insecticide--Hexanoic acid at 0.900%. Proposed use:
Mosquito lure. Contact: BPPD.
    2. File Symbol: 87978-G. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0494.
Applicant: MacIntosh and Associates, Inc., 1203 Hartford Ave., St.
Paul, MN 55116-1622 (on behalf of AgBiTech Pty Ltd, 8 Rocla Ct.,
Glenvale, Queensland 4350, Australia). Product name: Spodoptera
frugiperda Multiple

Nucleopolyhedrovirus--3AP2. Active ingredient: Insecticide--Polyhedral
occlusion bodies of Spodoptera frugiperda Multiple Nucleopolyhedrovirus
(MNPV)--3AP2 at 74.5%. Proposed use: Manufacturing/formulating use.
Contact: BPPD.
    3. File Symbol: 87978-U. Docket ID number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0494.
Applicant: MacIntosh and Associates, Inc., 1203 Hartford Ave., St.
Paul, MN 55116-1622 (on behalf of AgBiTech Pty Ltd, 8 Rocla Ct.,
Glenvale, Queensland 4350, Australia). Product name: Fawligen. Active
ingredient: Insecticide--Polyhedral occlusion bodies of Spodoptera
frugiperda Multiple Nucleopolyhedrovirus (MNPV)--3AP2 at 32%. Proposed
use: Control of listed moth larvae on food and nonfood crops. Contact:
BPPD.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: August 18, 2015.
John E. Leahy, Jr.,
Acting Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
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