[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 20, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28633-28635]
[FR Doc No: 2018-13194]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. EL17-32-000; EL17-36-000]

Notice Inviting Post-Technical Conference Comments; Old Dominion
Electric Cooperative v. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., Advanced Energy
Management Alliance v. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C

    On April 24, 2018, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission) staff convened a technical conference to obtain further
information concerning the above referenced proceedings pursuant to a
February 23, 2018 Commission order.\1\
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    \1\ Old Dominion Elec. Coop. v. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 162
FERC 61,160 (2018).
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    All interested persons are invited to file post-technical
conference comments on issues raised during the conference that they
believe would benefit from further discussion. In addition, parties are
invited to provide comments on the questions listed below, as well as
the questions featured on the Supplement Notice of Technical Conference
and Technical Conference Agenda issued on April 18, 2018.\2\ Commenters
need not respond to all topics or questions asked.
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    \2\ Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference, Docket No.
EL17-32-000 and EL17-36-000 (Apr. 18, 2018).
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    Commenters may reference material previously filed in this docket,
including the technical conference transcript, but are encouraged to
avoid repetition or replication of previous material. In addition,
commenters are encouraged, when possible, to provide examples in
support of their answers.

Comments must be submitted on or before 30 days from the date of this
notice and should not exceed 30 pages.
    For more information about this technical conference, please
contact: John Riehl (Technical Issues), Office of Energy Market
Regulation,<PHONE_NUMBER>, [email protected], Noah Monick (Legal
Issues), Office of General Counsel,<PHONE_NUMBER>, [email protected].

    Dated: June 13, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.

Post-Technical Conference Questions for Comment

Seasonal Load Variation & Alternate Market Designs

    In these proceedings, parties argue that the move to a single,
annual capacity product has pushed valuable summer-only resources out
of the capacity market and thereby increased capacity costs with little
to no reliability benefit, given that PJM is a summer-peaking system.
These parties assert that procuring a portion of capacity as summer-
only allows PJM to procure significantly less capacity during non-
summer periods and provides equivalent reliability at lower total
capacity costs. In addition, intervenors have proposed alternate market
designs in PJM to better facilitate seasonal resource participation and
account for seasonal load variation. These proposed alternative market
designs include, but are not limited to: A re-introduction of a
seasonal product,\3\ a two-season market construct,\4\ a three-season
market construct,\5\ and a supplemental seasonal ticket scheme approach
for summer-period resources.\6\ Based on these proposed alternate
market designs, please answer the following questions.
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    \3\ Preliminary Technical Conference Comments of Complainants
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative, Direct Energy Business, LLC, and
American Municipal Power, Inc. at 11-14.
    \4\ Pre-Technical Conference Comments of NRDC & Sustainable FERC
Project at 10.
    \5\ Pre-Technical Conference Comments of Advanced Energy
Management Alliance at 5-6.
    \6\ Pre-Technical Conference Comments of James F. Wilson at 11.
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    1. Some panelists indicated that the current annual construct and
existing aggregation rules result in a barrier to entry. Please comment
on whether or not there are barriers to entry and provide any
supporting information, such as unmatched MWs of capacity. Could this
be fully addressed by improving or modifying aggregation rules? If not,
what other changes would be required? What would be the downside of
modifying such rules?
    2. According to the 2021/2022 Reliability Pricing Model (RPM) Base
Residual Auction (BRA) report,\7\ cleared megawatt quantities of wind,
solar, demand response, and energy efficiency resources all increased
compared to the 2020/2021 RPM BRA and at higher clearing prices
throughout the PJM footprint. Please comment on how these results
reflect on the efficacy of PJM's seasonal aggregation mechanism and the
ability of these resource types to participate in RPM as either annual
resources or aggregated resources under existing RPM rules. To the
extent you view one or more of the alternative market designs mentioned
above as better than the existing RPM rules, please explain how those
alternative designs would yield preferable auction outcomes relative to
those seen in the 2021/2022 BRA. Please provide evidence and
quantitative support where possible.
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    \7\ PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 2021/2022 RPM Base Residual
Auction Results (May 2018), available at: http://www.pjm.com/-/media/markets-ops/rpm/rpm-auction-info/2021-2022/2021-2022-base-residual-auction-report.ashx.
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    3. Under either a two-season or three-season market construct, how
would PJM optimize capacity procurement within and across seasons?
Would each season have a distinct demand curve and auction that clears
independently of other seasons, or would all seasonal auctions be
cleared simultaneously to optimize procurement for a delivery year?
    4. During the technical conference, Mr. Falin of PJM noted that PJM
performs a winter-period peak load test known as a Capacity Emergency
Transfer Objective and Capacity Emergency Transfer Limit (CETO CETL
analysis). Mr. Falin explained that during the winter-period CETO CETL
analysis, PJM divides its region into sub-regions and tests how many
MWs of emergency imports are needed to satisfy reliability criteria
given that specific sub-region's quantity of installed reserves.\8\
Please describe the assumptions that PJM makes when it performs a CETO/
CETL analysis for winter-period peak loads. What assumptions are
markedly different from summer-period peak load CETO/CETL analyses?
Does PJM perform winter- and summer-period CETO/CETL analyses for all
sub-areas or LDAs?
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    \8\ Tr. 83:5-13 (Falin).
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    5. What other implementation challenges would be involved in
transitioning to a two-season or three-season market construct (aside
from a lengthy stakeholder process)?

Peak Shaving

    In these proceedings, intervenors argue that the practice of peak
shaving produces far fewer benefits than previously understood and,
thus, peak shaving practices are not a viable pathway for demand
response resources in lieu of participation on the supply side of PJM's
capacity market. Based on this characterization of peak shaving's
limited impacts, please address the following questions.
    1. During the technical conference, Mr. Falin of PJM indicated that
PJM has put on hold possible changes to the PRD program to align the
program with PJM's annual capacity construct. Is PRD a feasible path
forward for incorporating seasonal DR resources in the capacity market?
Please explain why or why not.
    2. During the technical conference, Mr. Falin stated that, in order
for peak shaving activity to be reflected in load forecasts, peak
shaving actions will need to be based on specific triggers, and commit
to be interrupted a certain number of times per summer with a certain
hourly duration. Direct load control programs operated by electric
distribution companies that cycle air conditioners or other appliances
typically have these attributes specified in their tariffs. What is the
status of the recognition of these programs in PJM's load forecasts?
Please describe the mechanisms, calculations, and adjustments that PJM
uses to account for load serving entity (LSE) or electric distribution
company (EDC) direct load control and load management programs in PJM
load forecasting. Are these load forecast adjustments performed at the
request of the EDC, or are there clear and specific procedures or rules
that are applied non-discriminatorily to all LSE and electric
distribution company direct load control and load management programs?
    3. During the technical conference, Mr. Falin stated that PJM
conducts its load forecast modeling, and calculates model forecast
accuracy, at the PJM system level. Mr. Falin also stated that PJM
compared forecasted zonal load to average historical contribution of
each zone to the PJM's overall peak and that number is within a tenth
or two-tenths of a percent of PJM's zonal forecast. Did PJM observe any
differences in the model errors by zone, especially for the zones that
have operated summer-focused load management programs for years? How
does the frequency of summer-focused load management programs'
deployment, especially their infrequent deployment during system peaks,
impact PJM load forecasts and

the calculated model errors at the zonal level?
    4. According to information provided in the AEMA complaint in
Docket No. EL17-36-000, Baltimore Gas & Electric (BG&E) worked with PJM
in Maryland Public Service Commission Rate Case No. 9406 to reflect its
air-conditioner direct control program into an alternate load forecast
for its zone, but not at the full load reduction that the program can
produce. Please describe the processes involved in creating that
alternative load forecast and the assumptions underlying BG&E's partial
adjustment.
    5. In PJM's June 2017 white paper ``Demand Response Strategy'', PJM
stated ``Ideally, PJM would have a truly unrestricted peak-load
forecast with a complete understanding of explicit (dispatch and/or
managed by PJM) versus implicit (managed by LSE, EDC or end-use
customer) DR, allowing more visibility to quantify forecast risk.'' \9\
Please describe the steps PJM is taking to accomplish this goal. Are
these steps sufficient to accomplish this goal? Why or why not? How is
PJM working to change its load forecasting methodology to achieve this
goal?
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    \9\ PJM Interconnection, Demand Response Strategy at 30-31,
(Jun. 2017), available at http://www.pjm.com/~/media/library/
reports-notices/demand-response/20170628-pjm-demand-response-
strategy.ashx.
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81432-81433]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32393]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Hazardous Materials: Actions on Special Permit Applications

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
DOT.

ACTION: Notice of actions on special permit applications.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the procedures governing the application
for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of
Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations (49 CFR part 107,
subpart B), notice is hereby given of the actions on special permits
applications in (October to October 2014). The mode of transportation
involved are identified by a number in the ``Nature of Application''
portion of the table below as follows: 1--Motor vehicle, 2--Rail
freight, 3--Cargo vessel, 4--Cargo aircraft only, 5--Passenger-carrying
aircraft. Application numbers prefixed by the letters EE represent
applications for Emergency Special Permits. It should be noted that
some of the sections cited were those in effect at the time certain
special permits were issued.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on December 7, 2015.
Don Burger,
Chief, Special Permits and Approvals Branch.

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                                                      Nature of special
    S.P. No.         Applicant      Regulation(s)      permit thereof
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                   MODIFICATION SPECIAL PERMIT GRANTED
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12549-M.........  TRISTAR          49 CFR 178.245-  To modify the
                   Engineering      1(a).            special permit to
                   Consulting                        an offer special
                   Logistic SA                       permit and add ``no
                   78311                             new construction to
                   Bucharest.                        this package is
                                                     authorized'' and
                                                     company name
                                                     change.
15146-M.........  ITW Tech Spray   49 CFR           To modify the
                   LLC Kennesaw,    173.304(d).      special permit to
                   GA.                               authorize two
                                                     additional non-
                                                     specification
                                                     inside metal
                                                     containers similar
                                                     to a DOT
                                                     specification 2Q.
16394-M.........  Cellco           49 CFR Subparts  To modify the
                   Partnership,     C through H of   special permit to
                   Basking Ridge,   Part 172,        authorize cargo
                   NJ.              173.185(f).      vessel.
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                       NEW SPECIAL PERMIT GRANTED
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1652I-N.........  Sentry           49 CFR 173.201,  To authorize the
                   Equipment        173.301(f),      manufacture, mark,
                   Corp.,           173.302a,        sale and use of
                   Oconomowoc, WI.  173.304a.        stainless steel nin-
                                                     DOT specification
                                                     cylinders designed
                                                     and manufactured in
                                                     accordance with
                                                     ASME Section VIII,
                                                     Division I, and
                                                     which conform in
                                                     part to the
                                                     specification DOT
                                                     3A. (modes 1, 2, 3,
                                                     4)
16485-N.........  Entegris, Inc.,  49 CFR           To authorize the
                   Billerica, MA.   173.302c(a),     transportation in
                                    173.302c(i)(5)   commerce of
                                    , 180.205(f),    adsorbed gases in
                                    180.205(g),      cylinders
                                    IMDG Code        conforming to
                                    <IP_ADDRESS>.2.       Specifications DOT
                                                     3AA and DOT 3E,
                                                     (modes 1,2,3)
16478-N.........  Sentry           49 CFR 173.201,  To authorize the
                   Equipment        173.301(f),      manufacture, mark,
                   Corp.,           173.302a,        sale and use of
                   Oconomowoc, WI.  173.404a.        stainless steel non-
                                                     DOT specification
                                                     cylinders designed
                                                     and manufactured in
                                                     accordance with
                                                     ASME Section VIII,
                                                     Division 1, and
                                                     which conform in
                                                     part to
                                                     specification DOT
                                                     3A. (modes 1, 2, 3,
                                                     4)
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                    EMERGENCY SPECIAL PERMIT GRANTED
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16572-N.........  Samsung Austin   49 CFR           To authorize the
                   Semiconductor,   173.158(b),      transportation in
                   LLC, Austin,     173.158(e),      commerce of nitric
                   TX.              173.158(f).      acid not exceeding
                                                     70% concentration
                                                     in UN 1H1 drums.
                                                     (mode 1)
16609-N.........  Hollywood        49 CFR 173.56..  To authorize the
                   Pyrotechnics,                     transportation in
                   Inc., Eagan,                      commerce of
                   MN.                               fireworks without
                                                     approved EX
                                                     numbers. (mode 1)
16610-N.........  Kalitta Air,     49 CFR 172.101   To authorize the one-
                   LLC,             Table Column     time transportation
                   Ypsilanti, MI.   (9B),            in commerce of
                                    172.204(c)(3),   certain explosives
                                    172.27(b)(2),    and that are
                                    (3),             forbidden for
                                    175.30(a)(1).    transportation by
                                                     cargo only
                                                     aircraft. (mode 4)
16581-N.........  Int'l Repo-      49 CFR 172.101   To authorize the
                   Depo, Inc.,      Column (9B),     transportation in
                   Waller, TX.      172.204(c)(3),   commerce of an
                                    175.78,          explosive, which is
                                    176.144.         otherwise forbidden
                                                     by the regulations.
                                                     (modes 3, 4)
16580-N.........  Int'l Repo-      49 CFR 172.101   To authorize the
                   Depo, Inc.,      Column (9B),     transportation in
                   Waller, TX.      172.204(c)(3).   commerce of an
                                                     explosive, which is
                                                     otherwise forbidden
                                                     by the regulations.
                                                     (modes 3, 4)
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                                 DENIED
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15610-M.........  Request by WavesinSolids LLC, State College, PA,
                   November 3, 2015.
16320-N.........  Request by Digital Wave Corporation, Centennial, CO,
                   November 23, 2015. To authorize the extension of the
                   service life of certain DOT-CFFC cylinders which are
                   subjected to certain requalification and operational
                   controls.
16462-N.........     Request by Helimax Aviation, Inc., McClellan, CA,
                   November 20, 2015. To authorize the transportation in
                     commerce of certain hazardous materials by 14 CFR
                        Part 133 Rotorcraft External Load Operations
                      transporting hazardous materials attached to or
                    suspended from an aircraft without being subject to
                    certain hazard communication requirements, quantity
                        limitations and certain loading and stowage
                                       requirements.
16484-N.........  Request by Rotarex North America, Mount Pleasant, PA,
                   November 18, 2015. To authorize the manufacture,
                   mark, sale and use of certain piston accumulators.
16526-N.........  Request by Helimax Aviation, Inc., McClellan Park, CA,
                   November 20, 2015. To authorize the transportation in
                       commerce in the U.S. only of certain hazardous
                   materials by 14 CFR part 133 Rotorcraft External Load
                    Operations transporting hazardous materials attached
                    to or suspended from an aircraft and 14 CFR part 135
                    operations transporting hazardous materials on board
                     an aircraft. Such transportation is in support of
                     construction operations when the use of cranes or
                   other lifting devices is impracticable or unavailable
                   or when aircraft is the only means of transportation,
                   without being subject to certain hazard communication
                     requirements, quantity limitations, packaging and
                             loading and storage requirements.
16564-N.........  Request by Carrier Corporation, Farmington, CT,
                   November 20, 2015. To authorize the transportation in
                   commerce of new (unused) refrigerating machines
                   containing up to 6,500 pounds of a Group A1
                   refrigerant in each pressure vessel.
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[Federal Register: November 24, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 226)]
[Notices]
[Page 71693-71694]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0966; FRL-8854-9]

Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee; Announcement of New
Membership and Notice of Public Meetings

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, EPA gives
notice that a public meeting of the new membership to the Pesticide
Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC) is scheduled for December 14 and 15,
2010. A draft agenda is under development that will include reports
from and discussions about current issues from the following PPDC work
groups: 21st Century Toxicology/New Integrated Testing Strategies;
Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA) Process Improvements;
Comparative Safety Statements for Pesticide Product Labeling; and
Public Health Work Group. Discussion topics will also cover spray
drift, current Endangered Species Act issues, and brief program updates
on current regulatory topics. PPDC work group meetings are also being
scheduled and are open to the public. The 21st Century Toxicology/New
Integrated Testing Strategies Work Group is holding a workshop on 21st
Century Science and Integrated Testing and Assessment Strategies:
Transitioning Research to Regulatory Practice on December 13, 2010,
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The meeting will also be available via webinar. A
brochure and agenda regarding this Workshop and information and
instructions for participating in the webinar is found at: http://
www.epa.gov/oppfead1/cb/ppdc/testing/index.html. The PPDC PRIA Process
Improvements Work Group will meet on December 13, 2010, from 1 p.m. to
4 p.m. Information about this work group meeting can be found on EPA's
Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/ppdc.

DATES: The PPDC meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 14, 2010,
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Wednesday, December 15, 2010, from 9 a.m. to
noon.
    To request accommodation of a disability, please contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT, preferably at least 10
days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to
process your request.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Conference Center on the
lobby level at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's location at 1
Potomac Yard South, 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. This location
is approximately one mile from the Crystal City Metro Station.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margie Fehrenbach, Office of Pesticide
Programs (7501P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>;
fax number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; e-mail 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
particular interest to persons who work in agricultural settings or
persons who are concerned about implementation of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA); and the amendments to both of these
major pesticide laws by the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996;
and the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act. Potentially affected
entities may include, but are not limited to: Agricultural workers and
farmers; pesticide industry and trade associations; environmental,
consumer, and farmworker groups; animal welfare organizations;
pesticide users and growers; pest consultants; State, local and Tribal
governments; academia; public health organizations; food processors;
and the public. If you have questions regarding the applicability of
this action to a particular entity, consult the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?

    1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under
docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0966. Although a part
of the official docket, the public docket does not include Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Publicly available docket materials are
available either in the electronic docket at http://
www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the Office
of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One
Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA.
The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket
telephone number is<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document
electronically through the EPA Internet under the Federal Register
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.
    A draft agenda is being developed and will be posted by December 3,
2010, on EPA's Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/ppdc/.

II. Background

    EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) is entrusted with the
responsibility to help ensure the safety of the American food supply,
the education and protection from unreasonable risk of those who apply
or are exposed to pesticides occupationally or through use of products,
and general protection of the environment and special ecosystems from
potential risks posed by pesticides.
    The Charter for the Environmental Protection Agency's Pesticide
Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC) was established under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92-463, in September 1995,
and has been renewed every 2 years since that time. PPDC's Charter was
renewed October 30, 2009, for another 2-year period. The purpose of
PPDC is to provide advice and recommendations to the EPA Administrator
on issues associated with pesticide regulatory development and reform
initiatives, evolving public policy and program implementation issues,
and science issues associated with evaluating and reducing risks from
use of pesticides. It is determined that PPDC is in the public interest
in connection with the performance of duties imposed on the Agency by
law. The following sectors are represented on the PPDC: Pesticide
industry and trade associations; environmental/public interest,
consumer, and animal rights groups; farm worker organizations;
pesticide user, grower, and commodity groups; Federal and State/local/
Tribal governments; the general public; academia; and public health
organizations.
    Copies of the PPDC Charter are filed with appropriate committees of
Congress and the Library of Congress and are available upon request.

III. How can I request to participate in this meeting?

    PPDC meetings are open to the public and seating is available on a
first-come basis. Persons interested in attending do not need to
register in advance of the meeting. Comments may be made during the
public comment session of each meeting or in writing to the address
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Agricultural workers, Agriculture,
Chemicals, Foods, Endangered species, Pesticide labels, Pesticides and
pests, Public health.

    Dated: November 18, 2010.
Marty Monell,
Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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