[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 53 (Wednesday, March 18, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15445-15446]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05565]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings #1

    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
rate filings:

    Docket Numbers: ER19-367-002; ER20-1241-001; ER20-1242-001.
    Applicants: Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC, Pixelle Androscoggin
LLC, Pixelle Energy Services LLC.
    Description: Notice of Change in Status of the Pixelle MBR Sellers.
    Filed Date: 3/11/20.
    Accession Number: 20200311-5269.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/1/20.

    Docket Numbers: ER20-811-001.
    Applicants: Wisconsin Public Service Corporation.
    Description: Tariff Amendment: Amendment to Filing of Assigned
Agreements to be effective 3/17/2020.
    Filed Date: 3/12/20.
    Accession Number: 20200312-5038.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/2/20.

    Docket Numbers: ER20-1085-000.
    Applicants: Virginia Electric and Power Company, PJM
Interconnection, L.L.C.
    Description: Supplement to February 24, 2010 Virginia Electric and
Power Company tariff filing.
    Filed Date: 3/11/20.
    Accession Number: 20200311-5271.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/1/20.

    Docket Numbers: ER20-1241-000.
    Applicants: Pixelle Androscoggin LLC.
    Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: Notice of Succession to be
effective 3/11/2020.
    Filed Date: 3/11/20.
    Accession Number: 20200311-5131.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/1/20.

    Docket Numbers: ER20-1242-000.
    Applicants: Pixelle Energy Services LLC.
    Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: Notice of Succession to be
effective 3/11/2020.
    Filed Date: 3/11/20.
    Accession Number: 20200311-5134.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/1/20.

    Docket Numbers: ER20-1243-000.
    Applicants: Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: 2020-03-12_SA 3432 MEC-
Shenandoah Hillas Wind Project GIA (J476) to be effective 2/26/2020.
    Filed Date: 3/12/20.
    Accession Number: 20200312-5003.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/2/20.

    Docket Numbers: ER20-1244-000.
    Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: Substitute Original 3618
Little Blue Wind, LLC GIA to be effective 12/19/2019.
    Filed Date: 3/12/20.
    Accession Number: 20200312-5039.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/2/20.

    Docket Numbers: ER20-1245-000.
    Applicants: Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Duke Energy Florida, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: DEF Storm Recovery to be
effective 6/1/2020.
    Filed Date: 3/12/20.
    Accession Number: 20200312-5060.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/2/20.

    Docket Numbers: ER20-1246-000.
    Applicants: NorthWestern Corporation.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: RS 42-SD--EP&C Agreement
with East River Electric Power Cooperative to be effective 3/14/2020.
    Filed Date: 3/12/20.
    Accession Number: 20200312-5070.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/2/20.

    Docket Numbers: ER20-1247-000.
    Applicants: GenOn Wholesale Generation, LP.
    Description: Tariff Cancellation: Notice of Cancellation to be
effective 3/13/2020.
    Filed Date: 3/12/20.
    Accession Number: 20200312-5075.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/2/20.

    Docket Numbers: ER20-1248-000.
    Applicants: GenOn Energy Management, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: Market-Based Rate Tariff
Revisions to be effective 3/13/2020.
    Filed Date: 3/12/20.
    Accession Number: 20200312-5096.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/2/20.

    Docket Numbers: ER20-1249-000.
    Applicants: Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation,
Northern States Power Company, a Wisconsin corporation.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: 2020 Interchange Agreement
Annual Filing to be effective 1/1/2020.
    Filed Date: 3/12/20.
    Accession Number: 20200312-5111.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/2/20.

    Docket Numbers: ER20-1250-000.
    Applicants: Brunot Island Power, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: Market-Based Rate Tariff
Revisions to be effective 3/13/2020.
    Filed Date: 3/12/20.
    Accession Number: 20200312-5127.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/2/20.

    Docket Numbers: ER20-1251-000.
    Applicants: Gilbert Power, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: Market-Based Rate Tariff
Revisions to be effective 3/13/2020.
    Filed Date: 3/12/20.
    Accession Number: 20200312-5130.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/2/20.

    Docket Numbers: ER20-1252-000.
    Applicants: Mountain Power, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: Market-Based Rate Tariff
Revisions to be effective 3/13/2020.
    Filed Date: 3/12/20.
    Accession Number: 20200312-5131.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/2/20.

    Docket Numbers: ER20-1253-000.
    Applicants: New Castle Power, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: Market-Based Rate Tariff
Revisions to be effective 3/13/2020.
    Filed Date: 3/12/20.
    Accession Number: 20200312-5134.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/2/20.

    Docket Numbers: ER20-1254-000.
    Applicants: Portland Power, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: Market-Based Rate Tariff
Revisions to be effective 3/13/2020.
    Filed Date: 3/12/20.
    Accession Number: 20200312-5138.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/2/20.

    Docket Numbers: ER20-1255-000.
    Applicants: Sayreville Power, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: Market-Based Rate Tariff
Revisions to be effective 3/13/2020.
    Filed Date: 3/12/20.
    Accession Number: 20200312-5139.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/2/20.

    Docket Numbers: ER20-1256-000.
    Applicants: Shawville Power, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: Market-Based Rate Tariff
Revisions to be effective 3/13/2020.
    Filed Date: 3/12/20.
    Accession Number: 20200312-5142.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/2/20.

    Docket Numbers: ER20-1257-000.
    Applicants: Warren Generation, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: Market-Based Rate Tariff
Revisions to be effective 3/13/2020.
    Filed Date: 3/12/20.
    Accession Number: 20200312-5144.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/2/20.

    The filings are accessible in the Commission's eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or 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<PHONE_NUMBER>
(toll free). For TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    Dated: March 12, 2020.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-05565 Filed 3-17-20; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6717-01-P


[Federal Register: October 11, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 196)]
[Notices]
[Page 57935-57936]
[DOCID:fr11oc07-56]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0044; FRL-8480-8]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for VOC Emissions From
Petroleum Refinery Wastewater System (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1136.09,
OMB Control Number 2060-0172

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before November 13,
2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2007-0044, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or by e-mail to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or by mail to:

EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency,
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code
2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB
at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management
and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2223A,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; fax number:
(202) 564-0050; e-mail address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On March 9, 2007 (72 FR 10735), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0044, which is available for public viewing
online at http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the

Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is<PHONE_NUMBER>,
and the telephone number for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket and
Information Center is<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov
 to submit or view public comments, access the index

listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in
the docket that are available electronically. Once in the system,
select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified
above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public
viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, as EPA receives them and without

change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, confidential
business information (CBI), or other information whose public
disclosure is restricted by statute. For further information about the
electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.

    Title: NSPS for VOC Emissions from Petroleum Refinery Wastewater
System (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1136.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0172.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2007.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Petroleum
Refinery Wastewater Systems were proposed on May 4, 1987, and
promulgated on November 23, 1988. These standards apply to the
following facilities in petroleum refinery wastewater systems:
Individual drain systems, oil-water separators, and aggregate
facilities commencing construction, modification or reconstruction
after the date of proposal. An individual drain system consists of all
process drains connected to the first downstream junction box. An oil-
water separator is the wastewater treatment equipment used to separate
oil from water. An aggregate facility is an individual drain system
together with ancillary downstream sewer lines and oil-water
separators, down to and including the secondary oil-water separator, as
applicable. Aggregate facilities are intended to capture any potential
volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions within the petroleum refinery
wastewater system during expansions of and additions to the system.
There are no additional recordkeeping or reporting requirements for
aggregate facilities. This information is being collected to determine
compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart QQQ.
    In general, all NSPS standards require initial notifications,
performance tests, and periodic reports. Owners or operators are also
required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any
startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected
facility, or any period during which the monitoring system is
inoperative. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in
determining compliance and are required of all sources subject to NSPS.
    Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall
maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least
two years following the date of such measurements,

maintenance reports and records. All reports are sent to the delegated
state or local authority. In the event that there is no such delegated
authority, the reports are sent directly to the EPA regional office.
This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR
part 60, subpart QQQ, as authorized in section 112 and 114(a) of the
Clean Air Act. The required information consists of emissions data and
other information that have been determined to be private.
    An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB Control Number. The OMB Control Number for EPA's
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 34
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; train
personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search
data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and
transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Petroleum refinery wastewater
systems.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 135.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, on occasion, quarterly, and
semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 9,237.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $840,360, which includes $0 annualized
capital Start Up costs, $17,550 annualized Operating and Maintenance
costs (O&M), and $822,810 annualized Labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the labor hours in
this ICR compared to the previous ICR. This is due to two
considerations. First, the regulations have not changed over the past
three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three
years. Secondly, the growth rate for the industry is very low, negative
or non-existent, so there is no significant change in the overall labor
hours.
    There is however, a change in the cost estimate. The previous ICR
used a cost figure that was rounded-up ($18,000). This ICR uses the
exact cost figure ($17,550) resulting in a small cost decrease.
    Since there are no changes in the regulatory requirements and there
is not significant industry growth, the labor hours in the previous ICR
are used in this ICR and there is no change in the labor hours to
industry.

    Dated: October 2, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
 [FR Doc. E7-20057 Filed 10-10-07; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560-50-P


[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 207 (Tuesday, October 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65787-65788]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27247]

=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2015-0001]

Final Flood Hazard Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Final Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: Flood hazard determinations, which may include additions or
modifications of Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths,
Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or
regulatory floodways on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and where
applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports have
been made final for the communities listed in the table below.
    The FIRM and FIS report are the basis of the floodplain management
measures that a community is required either to adopt or to show
evidence of having in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified
for participation in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's)
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). In addition, the FIRM and FIS
report are used by insurance agents and others to calculate appropriate
flood insurance premium rates for buildings and the contents of those
buildings.

DATES: The effective date of November 18, 2015 which has been
established for the FIRM and, where applicable, the supporting FIS
report showing the new or modified flood hazard information for each
community.

ADDRESSES: The FIRM, and if applicable, the FIS report containing the
final flood hazard information for each community is available for
inspection at the respective Community Map Repository address listed in
the tables below and will be available online through the FEMA Map
Service Center at www.msc.fema.gov by the effective date indicated
above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering
Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration,
FEMA, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472,<PHONE_NUMBER>, or
(email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or visit the FEMA Map Information
eXchange (FMIX) online at www.floodmaps.fema.gov/fhm/fmx_main.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) makes the final determinations listed below for the new or
modified flood hazard information for each community listed.
Notification of these changes has been published in newspapers of local
circulation and 90 days have elapsed since that publication. The Deputy
Associate Administrator for Mitigation has resolved any appeals
resulting from this notification.
    This final notice is issued in accordance with section 110 of the
Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104, and 44 CFR part
67. FEMA has developed criteria for floodplain management in floodprone
areas in accordance with 44 CFR part 60.
    Interested lessees and owners of real property are encouraged to
review the new or revised FIRM and FIS report available at the address
cited below for each community or online through the FEMA Map Service
Center at www.msc.fema.gov.
    The flood hazard determinations are made final in the watersheds
and/or communities listed in the table below.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood
Insurance.'')

    Dated: October 8, 2015.
Roy E. Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation, Department
of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Community map repository
               Community                             address
------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Highlands County, Florida, and Incorporated Areas
                         Docket No.: FEMA-B-1282
------------------------------------------------------------------------
City of Avon Park......................  City Hall, 110 East Main
                                          Street, Avon Park, FL 33825.
City of Sebring........................  City Hall, 368 South Commerce
                                          Avenue, Sebring, FL 33870.
Town of Lake Placid....................  Town Hall, 311 West Interlake
                                          Boulevard, Lake Placid, FL
                                          33852.
Unincorporated Areas of Highlands        Highlands County Planning
 County.                                  Department, 501 South Commerce
                                          Avenue, Sebring, FL 33870.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Washington County, Kansas, and Incorporated Areas
                         Docket No.: FEMA-B-1404
------------------------------------------------------------------------
City of Barnes.........................  City Hall, 202 Railroad Avenue,
                                          Barnes, KS 66933.
City of Haddam.........................  City Office, 412 Main Street,
                                          Haddam, KS 66944.
City of Hanover........................  City Hall, 200 North Railroad
                                          Avenue, Hanover, KS 66945.
City of Morrowville....................  City Hall, 111 South Main
                                          Street, Morrowville, KS 66958.
City of Palmer.........................  City Hall, 217 North Illinois
                                          Street, Palmer, KS 66962.
City of Vining.........................  City Hall, 109 South Scribner
                                          Street, Vining, KS 66937.
City of Washington.....................  City Hall, 301 C Street,
                                          Washington, KS 66968.

Unincorporated Areas of Washington.....  Emergency Management Office,
                                          214 C Street, Washington, KS
                                          66968.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and Incorporated Areas
                         Docket No.: FEMA-B-1440
------------------------------------------------------------------------
City of Philadelphia...................  Planning Commission Office, One
                                          Parkway, 13th Floor, 1515 Arch
                                          Street, Philadelphia, PA
                                          19102.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

[FR Doc. 2015-27247 Filed 10-26-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110-12-P


[Federal Register: June 20, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 118)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 33907-33913]
[DOCID:fr20jn07-24]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0968; FRL-8135-5]

Imidacloprid; Pesticide Tolerance

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: This regulation establishes tolerances for combined residues
of imidacloprid and its metabolites containing the 6-chloropyridinyl
moiety, all expressed as the parent, in or on peanut, peanut hay and
peanut meal; pearl millet grain, forage, hay and straw; proso millet
grain, forage, hay and straw; kava roots and leaves; raspberry, wild;
soybean forage and hay; and aspirated grain fractions. It also amends
existing tolerances for combined residues of imidacloprid and its
metabolites containing the 6-chloropyridinyl moiety in or on caneberry
subgroup 13-A and soybean seed. Bayer CropScience LLC and Interregional
Research Project No. 4 (IR-4) requested these tolerances under the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). This regulation also
corrects a typographical error in the commodity term for the existing
tolerance on the herbs subgroup, fresh herbs.

DATES: This regulation is effective June 20, 2007. Objections and
requests for hearings must be received on or before August 20, 2007,
and must be filed in accordance with the instructions provided in 40
CFR part 178 (see also Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0968. To access the
electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov, select ``Advanced

Search,'' then ``Docket Search.'' Insert the docket ID number where
indicated and select the ``Submit'' button. Follow the instructions on
the regulations.gov web site to view the docket index or access
available documents. All documents in the docket are listed in the
docket index available in regulations.gov. Although listed in the
index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted
material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available
only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are
available in the electronic docket at http://www.regulations.gov,or, if

only available in hard copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm.
S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington,
VA. The Docket Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket Facility telephone
number is<PHONE_NUMBER>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Madden, Registration Division
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; e-mail 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.
Potentially affected entities may include, but are not limited to those
engaged in the following activities:
     Crop production (NAICS code 111), e.g., agricultural
workers; greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture workers; farmers.
     Animal production (NAICS code 112), e.g., cattle ranchers
and farmers, dairy cattle farmers, livestock farmers.
     Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311), e.g., agricultural
workers; farmers; greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture workers;
ranchers; pesticide applicators.
     Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532), e.g.,
agricultural workers; commercial applicators; farmers; greenhouse,
nursery, and floriculture workers; residential users.
    This listing is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather to
provide a guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by
this action. Other types of entities not listed in this unit could also
be affected. The North American Industrial Classification System
(NAICS) codes have been provided to assist you and others in
determining whether this action might apply to certain entities. 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. How Can I Access Electronic Copies of this Document?

    In addition to accessing an electronic copy of this Federal
Register document through the electronic docket at http://www.regulations.gov
, you may access this Federal Register document

electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register''
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr. You may also access a

frequently updated electronic version of EPA's tolerance regulations at
40 CFR part 180 through the Government Printing Office's pilot e-CFR
site at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ecfr.

C. Can I File an Objection or Hearing Request?

    Under section 408(g) of the FFDCA, any person may file an objection
to any aspect of this regulation and may also request a hearing on
those objections. You must file your objection or request a hearing on
this regulation in accordance with the instructions provided in 40 CFR
part 178. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, you must identify docket ID
number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0968 in the subject line on the first page of
your submission. All requests must be in writing, and must be mailed or
delivered to the Hearing Clerk as required by 40 CFR part 178 on or
before August 20, 2007.
    In addition to filing an objection or hearing request with the
Hearing Clerk as described in 40 CFR part 178, please submit a copy of
the filing that does not contain any CBI for inclusion in the public
docket that is described in ADDRESSES. Information not marked
confidential pursuant to 40 CFR part 2 may be disclosed publicly by EPA
without prior notice. Submit this copy, identified by docket ID number
EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0968, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.

Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
     Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The
Docket Facility telephone number is<PHONE_NUMBER>.

II. Petition for Tolerance

    In the Federal Register of December 20, 2006 (71 FR 76321) (FRL-
8104-4), EPA issued a notice pursuant to section 408(d)(3) of FFDCA, 21
U.S.C. 346a(d)(3), announcing the filing of pesticide petitions (PP
6E7108 and PP 6E7116) by Interregional Research Project No. 4 (IR-4),
681 U.S. Highway No. 1 South, North Brunswick, NJ 08902-3390. The
petitions requested that 40 CFR 180.472 be amended by establishing
tolerances for combined residues of the insecticide imidacloprid, 1-
[(6-chloro-3-pyridinyl)methyl]-N-nitro-2-imidazolidinimine, and its
metabolites containing the 6-chloropyridinyl moiety, all expressed as
imidacloprid, in or on peanut at 0.45 parts per million (ppm); peanut,
hay at 70 ppm; peanut, meal at 0.9 ppm; kava, roots at 0.4 ppm; kava,
leaves at 4.0 ppm; millet, pearl, grain at 0.05 ppm; millet, proso,
grain at 0.05 ppm; and oat, grain at 0.05 (all requested in PP 6E7116);
and on caneberry subgroup 13A and raspberry, wild at 2.5 ppm (requested
in PP 6E7108). That notice included summaries of the petitions prepared
by IR-4, which are available to the public in the docket, http://www.regulations.gov.
 There were no comments received in response to the

notice of filing.
    In the Federal Register of July 14, 2006 (71 FR 40099) (FRL-8060-
4), EPA issued a notice pursuant to section 408(d)(3) of FFDCA, 21
U.S.C. 346a(d)(3), announcing the filing of a pesticide petition (PP
6F7049) by Bayer CropScience LLC, 2 T. W. Alexander Drive, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27709. The petition requested that 40 CFR 180.472 be
amended by establishing tolerances for combined residues of the
insecticide imidacloprid, 1-[(6-chloro-3-pyridinyl)methyl]-N-nitro-2-
imidazolidinimine, and its metabolites containing the 6-chloropyridinyl
moiety, all expressed as imidacloprid, in or on soybean, aspirated
grain fractions at 240.0 parts per million (ppm); soybean, forage at
8.0 ppm; soybean, hay at 30.0 ppm; and soybean, seed at 1.6 ppm. That
notice referenced a summary of the petition prepared by Bayer
CropScience LLC, the registrant, which is available to the public in
the docket, http://www.regulations.gov. There were no comments received

in response to the notice of filing.
    Based upon review of the data supporting the petitions, EPA has
modified the proposed tolerances. The modifications and reasons for
these changes are explained in Unit V.

III. Aggregate Risk Assessment and Determination of Safety

    Section 408(b)(2)(A)(i) of the FFDCA allows EPA to establish a
tolerance (the legal limit for a pesticide chemical residue in or on a
food) only if EPA determines that the tolerance is ``safe.'' Section
408(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the FFDCA defines ``safe'' to mean that ``there is
a reasonable certainty that no harm will result from aggregate exposure
to the pesticide chemical residue, including all anticipated dietary
exposures and all other exposures for which there is reliable
information.'' This includes exposure through drinking water and in
residential settings, but does not include occupational exposure.
Section 408(b)(2)(C) of the FFDCA requires EPA to give special
consideration to exposure of infants and children to the pesticide
chemical residue in establishing a tolerance and to ``ensure that there
is a reasonable certainty that no harm will result to infants and
children from aggregate exposure to the pesticide chemical residue. . .
.'' These provisions were added to the FFDCA by the Food Quality
Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996.
    Consistent with FFDCA section 408(b)(2)(D), and the factors
specified in section 408(b)(2)(D), EPA has reviewed the available
scientific data and other relevant information in support of this
action. EPA has sufficient data to assess the hazards of and to make a
determination on aggregate exposure for the petitioned-for tolerances
for combined residues of imidacloprid, 1-[(6-chloro-3-
pyridinyl)methyl]-N-nitro-2- imidazolidinimine, and its metabolites
containing the 6-chloropyridinyl moiety, all expressed as the parent,
in or on peanut at 0.45 ppm; peanut, hay at 35 ppm; peanut, meal at
0.75 ppm; millet, proso, grain at 0.05 ppm; millet, proso, forage at
2.0 ppm; millet, proso, hay at 6.0 ppm; millet, proso, straw at 3.0
ppm; millet, pearl, grain at 0.05 ppm; millet, pearl, forage at 2.0
ppm; millet, pearl, hay at 6.0 ppm; millet, pearl, straw at 3.0 ppm;
kava, roots at 0.40 ppm; kava, leaves at 4.0 ppm; caneberry, subgroup
13-A at 2.5 ppm; raspberry, wild at 2.5 ppm; soybean, seed at 3.5 ppm;
soybean, forage at 8.0 ppm; soybean hay at 35 ppm and aspirated grain
fractions at 240 ppm. EPA's assessment of exposures and risks
associated with establishing the tolerance follows.

A. Toxicological Profile

    EPA has evaluated the available toxicity data and considered its
validity, completeness, and reliability as well as the relationship of
the results of the studies to human risk. EPA has also considered
available information concerning the variability of the sensitivities
of major identifiable subgroups of consumers, including infants and
children. Specific information on the studies received and the nature
of the adverse effects caused by imidacloprid as well as the no-
observed-adverse-effect-level (NOAEL) and the lowest-observed-adverse-
effect-level (LOAEL) from the toxicity studies are discussed in the
final rule published in the Federal Register of June 13, 2003 (68 FR
35303), (FRL-7310-8); available at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/June/Day-13/p14880.htm
.

B. Toxicological Endpoints

    For hazards that have a threshold below which there is no
appreciable risk, the toxicological level of concern (LOC) is derived
from the highest dose at which the NOAEL in the toxicology study
identified as appropriate for use in risk assessment. However, if a
NOAEL cannot be determined, the LOAEL of concern are identified is
sometimes used for risk assessment. Uncertainty/safety factors (UF) are
used in conjunction with the LOC to take into account uncertainties
inherent in the extrapolation from laboratory animal data to humans and
in the variations in sensitivity among members of the human population
as well as other unknowns. Safety is assessed for acute and chronic
risks by comparing aggregate exposure to the pesticide to the acute
population adjusted dose (aPAD) and chronic population adjusted dose
(cPAD). The aPAD and cPAD are calculated by dividing the LOC by all
applicable uncertainty/safety factors. Short-term, intermediate-term,
and long-term risks are evaluated by comparing aggregate exposure to
the LOC to ensure that the margin of exposure (MOE) called for by the
product of all applicable uncertainty/safety factors is not exceeded.
    For non-threshold risks, the Agency assumes that any amount of
exposure will lead to some degree of risk and estimates risk in terms
of the probability of occurrence of additional adverse cases.
Generally, cancer risks are considered non-threshold. For more
information on the general principles EPA uses in risk characterization
and a complete description of the risk assessment process, see http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/1997/November/Day-26/p30948.htm
.

    A summary of the toxicological endpoints for imidacloprid used for
human risk assessment is discussed in Unit III.B. of the final rule
published in the Federal Register of June 13, 2003

(68 FR 35303), (FRL-7310-8); available at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/June/Day-13/p14880.htm
.

C. Exposure Assessment

    1. Dietary exposure from food and feed uses. In evaluating dietary
exposure to imidacloprid, EPA considered exposure under the petitioned-
for tolerances as well as all existing imidacloprid tolerances in 40
CFR 180.472. EPA assessed dietary exposures from imidacloprid in food
as follows:
    i. Acute exposure. Quantitative acute dietary exposure and risk
assessments are performed for a food-use pesticide, if a toxicological
study has indicated the possibility of an effect of concern occurring
as a result of a 1-day or single exposure. In estimating acute dietary
exposure, EPA used food consumption information from the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA) 1994-1996, and 1998 Nationwide
Continuing Surveys of Food Intake by Individuals (CSFII). As to residue
levels in food, EPA assumed all foods for which there are tolerances
were treated and contain tolerance-level residues.
    ii. Chronic exposure. In conducting the chronic dietary exposure
assessment EPA used the food consumption data from the USDA 1994-1996,
and 1998 Nationwide CSFII. As to residues in food, EPA assumed
tolerance-level residues for all registered and proposed commodities.
EPA relied on percent crop treated (PCT) information for some
registered commodities but assumed 100 PCT for all proposed new uses.
    iii. Cancer. An exposure assessment related to cancer risk is
unnecessary. The Agency has classified imidacloprid as a ``Group E''
chemical, no evidence of carcinogenicity for humans, by all routes of
exposure, based upon lack of evidence of carcinogenicity in rats and
mice.
    iv. Anticipated residue and PCT information. Section 408(b)(2)(F)
of FFDCA states that the Agency may use data on the actual percent of
food treated for assessing chronic dietary risk only if:
    a. The data used are reliable and provide a valid basis to show
what percentage of the food derived from such crop is likely to contain
such pesticide residue;
    b. The exposure estimate does not underestimate exposure for any
significant subpopulation group; and
    c. Data are available on pesticide use and food consumption in a
particular area, the exposure estimate does not understate exposure for
the population in such area. In addition, the Agency must provide for
periodic evaluation of any estimates used. To provide for the periodic
evaluation of the estimate of PCT as required by section 408(b)(2)(F)
of FFDCA, EPA may require registrants to submit data on PCT.
    The Agency used PCT information as follows:
    For the acute dietary assessment, 100 PCT was assumed for all
registered and proposed commodities. For the chronic assessment,
average weighted PCT information was used for the following
commodities: Apples (30%), artichokes (5%), garden beets (15%),
blueberry (10%), broccoli (35%), brussels sprouts (55%), cabbage (20%),
cantaloupe (30%), carrots (< 1%), cauliflower (40%), celery (5%),
cherries (5%), collards (10%), corn, field and sweet (< 1%), cotton
(5%), cucumbers (5%), eggplant (45%), grapefruit (5%), grapes (30%),
honeydew (10%), hops (90%), kale (30%), lemons (< 1%), lettuce (60%),
oranges (5%), peaches (5%), pears (10%), peppers (25%), potatoes (35%),
pumpkin (5%), spinach (20%), squash (10%), sugar beets (< 1%),
tangerines (10%), tomatoes (15%), and watermelon (10%). A default value
of 1% was used for all commodities which were reported as having < 1
PCT.
    EPA uses an average PCT for chronic dietary risk analysis. The
average PCT figure for each existing use is derived by combining
available federal, state, and private market survey data for that use,
averaging by year, averaging across all years, and rounding up to the
nearest multiple of five percent except for those situations in which
the average PCT is less than one. In those cases < 1% is used as the
average and < 2.5% is used as the maximum. EPA uses a maximum PCT for
acute dietary risk analysis. The maximum PCT figure is the single
maximum value reported overall from available federal, state, and
private market survey data on the existing use, across all years, and
rounded up to the nearest multiple of five percent. In most cases, EPA
uses available data from United States Department of Agriculture/
National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA/NASS), Proprietary
Market Surveys, and the National Center for Food and Agriculture Policy
(NCFAP) for the most recent six years.
    The Agency believes that the three conditions listed above have
been met. With respect to Condition 1, PCT estimates are derived from
Federal and private market survey data, which are reliable and have a
valid basis. The Agency is reasonably certain that the percentage of
the food treated is not likely to be an underestimation. As to
Conditions 2 and 3, regional consumption information and consumption
information for significant subpopulations is taken into account
through EPA's computer-based model for evaluating the exposure of
significant subpopulations including several regional groups. Use of
this consumption information in EPA's risk assessment process ensures
that EPA's exposure estimate does not understate exposure for any
significant subpopulation group and allows the Agency to be reasonably
certain that no regional population is exposed to residue levels higher
than those estimated by the Agency. Other than the data available
through national food consumption surveys, EPA does not have available
information on the regional consumption of food to which imidacloprid
may be applied in a particular area.
    2. Dietary exposure from drinking water. The Agency lacks
sufficient monitoring data to complete a comprehensive dietary exposure
analysis and risk assessment for imidacloprid in drinking water.
Because the Agency does not have comprehensive monitoring data,
drinking water concentration estimates are made by reliance on
simulation or modeling taking into account data on the environmental
fate characteristics of imidacloprid. Further information regarding EPA
drinking water models used in pesticide exposure assessment can be
found at http://www.epa.gov/oppefed1/models/water/index.htm.

    Based on the First Index Screening Tool Reservoir (FIRST) and
Screening Concentration in groundwater (SCI-GROW) models, the estimated
environmental concentrations (EECs) of imidacloprid for acute exposures
are estimated to be 36.0 parts per billion (ppb) for surface water and
2.09 ppb for ground water. The EECs for chronic exposures are estimated
to be 17.2 ppb for surface water and 2.09 ppb for ground water.
     Modeled estimates of drinking water concentrations were directly
entered into the dietary exposure model. For acute dietary risk
assessment, the water concentration value of 36.0 ppb was used to
assess the contribution to drinking water. For chronic dietary risk
assessment, the water concentration of value 17.2 ppb was used to
assess the contribution to drinking water.
    3. From non-dietary exposure. The term ``residential exposure'' is
used in this document to refer to non-occupational, non-dietary
exposure (e.g., for lawn and garden pest control, indoor pest control,
termiticides, and flea and tick control on pets).
     Imidacloprid is currently registered for the following residential
non-dietary

sites: Granular products for application to lawns and ornamental
plants; ready-to-use spray for application to flowers, shrubs and house
plants; plant spikes for application to indoor and outdoor residential
potted plants; ready-to-use (RTU) potting medium for indoor and outdoor
plant containers; liquid concentrate for application to lawns, trees,
shrubs and flowers; and ready-to-use liquid for directed spot
application to cats and dogs. In addition, there are numerous
registered products intended for use by commercial applicators to
residential sites. These include gel baits for cockroach control;
products intended for commercial ornamental, lawn and turf pest
control; products for ant control; and products used as preservatives
for wood products, building materials, textiles and plastics. As these
products are intended for use by commercial applicators only, they are
not to be addressed in terms of residential pesticide handler.
     The risk assessment was conducted using the following residential
exposure assumptions:
    EPA has determined that residential handlers are likely to be
exposed to imidacloprid residues via dermal and inhalation routes
during handling, mixing, loading, and applying activities. Based on the
current use patterns, EPA expects duration of exposure to be short-term
(1-30 days). EPA does not expect imidacloprid use to result in
intermediate-term or long-term exposure. The scenarios likely to result
in adult dermal and/or inhalation residential handler exposures are as
follows:
     Dermal and inhalation exposure from using a granular push-type
spreader.
     Dermal exposure from using potted plant spikes.
     Dermal exposure from using a plant potting medium.
     Dermal and inhalation exposure from using a garden hose-end
sprayer (Dermal and inhalation exposure from using a RTU trigger pump
spray is expected to be negligible compared to exposures using a garden
hose-end sprayer and is, therefore, not assessed separately).
     Dermal and inhalation exposure from using a water can/bucket for
soil drench applications.
     Dermal exposure from using pet spot-on.
    EPA has also determined that there is potential for short-term (1
to 30 days), post-application exposure of adults and children/toddlers
from the many residential uses of imidacloprid. Due to residential
application practices and the half-lives observed in the turf
transferable residue study, intermediate-term and long-term post-
application exposures are not expected. The scenarios likely to result
in dermal (adult and child/toddler) and incidental oral non-dietary
(child/toddler) short-term post-application exposures are as follows:
      Toddler oral hand-to-mouth exposure from contacting
treated turf.
      Toddler incidental oral ingestion of granules.
      Toddler incidental oral ingestion of pesticide-treated
pet.
      Toddler incidental oral exposure from contacting treated
pet.
      Toddler dermal exposure from hugging treated pet/
contacting treated pet.
      Toddler dermal exposure from contacting treated turf.
      Adult dermal exposure from contacting treated turf.
      Adult golfer dermal exposure from contacting treated
turf.
      Adolescent golfer dermal exposure from contacting treated
turf.
      Adult dermal exposure from contacting treated pet.
    4. Cumulative effects from substances with a common mechanism of
toxicity. Section 408(b)(2)(D)(v) of the FFDCA requires that, when
considering whether to establish, modify, or revoke a tolerance, the
Agency consider ``available information'' concerning the cumulative
effects of a particular pesticide's residues and ``other substances
that have a common mechanism of toxicity.''
    Unlike other pesticides for which EPA has followed a cumulative
risk approach based on a common mechanism of toxicity, EPA has not made
a common mechanism of toxicity finding as to imidacloprid and any other
substances and imidacloprid does not appear to produce a toxic
metabolite produced by other substances. For the purposes of this
tolerance action, therefore, EPA has not assumed that imidacloprid has
a common mechanism of toxicity with other substances. For information
regarding EPA's efforts to determine which chemicals have a common
mechanism of toxicity and to evaluate the cumulative effects of such
chemicals, see EPA's website at http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/cumulative
.

D. Safety Factor for Infants and Children

    1. In general. Section 408 of FFDCA provides that EPA shall apply
an additional (10X) tenfold margin of safety for infants and children
in the case of threshold effects to account for prenatal and postnatal
toxicity and the completeness of the data base on toxicity and exposure
unless EPA determines based on reliable data that a different margin of
safety will be safe for infants and children. This additional margin of
safety is commonly referred to as the FQPA safety factor. In applying
this provision, EPA either retains the default value of 10X when
reliable data do not support the choice of a different factor, or, if
reliable data are available, EPA uses a different additional FQPA
safety factor value based on the use of traditional uncertainty/safety
factors and/or special FQPA safety factors, as appropriate.
    2. Prenatal and postnatal sensitivity. There is no quantitative or
qualitative evidence of increased susceptibility of rat and rabbit
fetuses to in utero exposure in developmental studies. There is no
quantitative or qualitative evidence of increased susceptibility of rat
offspring in the 2-generation reproduction study. There is evidence of
increased qualitative susceptibility in the rat developmental
neurotoxicity study, but the concern is low since:
     i. The effects in pups are well-characterized with a clear NOAEL;
     ii. The pup effects occur in the presence of maternal toxicity
with the same NOAEL for effects in pups and dams; and,
     iii. The doses and endpoints selected for regulatory purposes are
protective of the pup effects noted at higher doses in the
developmental neurotoxicity study. Therefore, there are no residual
uncertainties for pre-natal/post-natal toxicity in this study
    3. Conclusion. EPA has determined that reliable data show that it
would be safe for infants and children to reduce the FQPA safety factor
to 1X. That decision is based on the following findings:
    i. The toxicity database for imidacloprid is complete.
    ii. Although there is evidence of qualitative susceptibility in the
developmental neurotoxicity study in the rat, the concern is low and
there are no residual uncertainties for pre-natal/post-natal toxicity,
as discussed in Unit III.
    iii. There is no evidence that imidacloprid results in increased
susceptibility in in utero rats or rabbits in the prenatal
developmental studies or in young rats in the two-generation
reproduction study.
    iv. There are no residual uncertainties identified in the exposure
databases. The acute dietary food exposure assessment utilizes existing
and proposed tolerance level residues and 100 PCT information for all
commodities. By using these screening-level assumptions, actual
exposures/

risks will not be underestimated. The chronic dietary food exposure
assessment utilizes existing and proposed tolerance level residues and
PCT data verified by the Agency for several existing uses. For all
proposed uses, 100 PCT is assumed. The chronic assessment is somewhat
refined and based on reliable data and will not underestimate exposure/
risk. Conservative ground and surface water modeling estimates were
used to estimate both acute and chronic exposures to residues of
imidacloprid in drinking water. The residential handler assessment is
based upon the residential standard operating procedures (SOPs) in
conjunction with chemical-specific study data in some cases and the
Pesticide Handlers Exposure Database (PHED) unit exposures in other
cases. The majority of the residential post-application assessment is
based upon chemical-specific turf transferable residue data or other
chemical-specific post-application exposure study data. The chemical-
specific study data and surrogate study data used are reliable and are
not expected to underestimate risk to adults or to children. In a few
cases where chemical-specific data were not available, the SOPs were
used alone. The residential SOPs are based upon reasonable worst-case
assumptions and are not expected to underestimate risk. These
assessments will not underestimate the exposure and risks posed by
imidacloprid.

E. Aggregate Risks and Determination of Safety

    Safety is assessed for acute and chronic risks by comparing
aggregate exposure to the pesticide to the aPAD and cPAD. The aPAD and
cPAD are calculated by dividing the LOC by all applicable uncertainty/
safety factors. For linear cancer risks, EPA calculates the probability
of additional cancer cases given aggregate exposure. Short-term,
intermediate-term, and long-term risks are evaluated by comparing
aggregate exposure to the LOC to ensure that the MOE called for by the
product of all applicable uncertainty/safety factors is not exceeded.
    1. Acute risk. Using the exposure assumptions discussed in this
unit for acute exposure, the acute dietary exposure from food and water
to imidacloprid will occupy 70% of the aPAD for the population group
(children, 1 to 2 years old) receiving the greatest exposure.
Therefore, EPA does not expect the aggregate exposure to exceed 100% of
the aPAD.
    2. Chronic risk. Using the exposure assumptions described in this
unit for chronic exposure, EPA has concluded that exposure to
imidacloprid from food and water will utilize 38% of the cPAD for the
population group (children, 1 to 2 years old) receiving the greatest
exposure. Based on the residential use patterns, chronic residential
exposure to residues of imidacloprid is not expected. Therefore, EPA
does not expect the aggregate exposure to exceed 100% of the cPAD.
    3. Short-term risk. Short-term aggregate exposure takes into
account residential exposure plus chronic exposure to food and water
(considered to be a background exposure level).
    Imidacloprid is currently registered for use that could result in
short-term residential exposure and the Agency has determined that it
is appropriate to aggregate chronic food and water and short-term
exposures for imidacloprid.
    Using the exposure assumptions described in this unit for short-
term exposures, EPA has concluded that food, water, and residential
exposures aggregated result in aggregate MOEs of 310 for the general
U.S. population and 170 for children, 1 to 2 years old, the population
with the highest estimated aggregate short-term exposure to
imidacloprid. These aggregate MOEs are based on the pet-treatment
scenario, the use scenario resulting in the highest estimated
residential exposures for adults and children. Post-application
exposures from pet treatment and turf treatment were not combined in
the short-term aggregate assessment, because of the low probability of
these exposures co-occurring.
    4. Intermediate-term risk. Intermediate-term aggregate exposure
takes into account residential exposure plus chronic exposure to food
and water (considered to be a background exposure level).
    Intermediate-term and long-term aggregate risk assessments were not
performed because, based on the current use patterns for imidacloprid,
the Agency does not expect exposures of intermediate- or long-term
durations to occur.
    5. Aggregate cancer risk for U.S. population. The Agency has
classified imidacloprid as a ``Group E'' chemical, no evidence of
carcinogenicity for humans, by all routes of exposure, based upon lack
of evidence of carcinogenicity in rats and mice. Imidacloprid is not
expected to pose a cancer risk.
    6. Determination of safety. Based on these risk assessments, EPA
concludes that there is a reasonable certainty that no harm will result
to the general population, or to infants and children from aggregate
exposure to imidacloprid residues.

IV. Other Considerations

A. Analytical Enforcement Methodology

    Adequate enforcement methods are available for determination of
imidacloprid residues of concern in plant (Bayer Gas Chromatography/
Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) Method 00200) and livestock commodities
(Bayer GC/MS Method 00191). These methods have undergone successful EPA
petition method validations (PMVs) and may be requested from: Chief,
Analytical Chemistry Branch, Environmental Science Center, 701 Mapes
Rd., Ft. Meade, MD 20755-5350; telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; e-mail
address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
B. International Residue Limits

    There are no established Canadian or Mexican Maxium Residue Levels
(MRLs) for the proposed uses. There is an established Codex MRL for the
sum of imidacloprid and its metabolites containing the 6-
chloropyridinyl moiety, expressed as imidacloprid, in/on cereal grain
at 0.05 ppm, which is consistent with U.S. tolerances on cereal grains.

V. Conclusion

    Based upon review of the data supporting the petitions, EPA has
modified the proposed tolerances as follows: 1. Added tolerances for
millet, proso, forage at 2.0 ppm; millet, proso, hay at 6.0 ppm;
millet, proso, straw at 3.0 ppm; millet, pearl, forage at 2.0 ppm;
millet, pearl, hay at 6.0 ppm; and millet, pearl, straw at 3.0 ppm (all
in PP 6E7116); 2. Revised tolerances for peanut, hay at 35 ppm and
peanut, meal at 0.75 ppm (PP 6E7116); soybean, hay at 35 ppm and
soybean, seed at 3.5 ppm (PP 6F7049); and 3. Changed the commodity term
``soybean, aspirated grain fractions'' (PP 6F7049) to ``aspirated grain
fractions'', the recommended commodity term in the Office of Pesticide
Program's Food and Feed Commodity Vocabulary. The proposed tolerance on
oat grain (PP 6E7116) is not needed, since a tolerance of 0.05 ppm for
oat, grain already exists. EPA determined that tolerances for millet
forage, hay and straw are needed based on residue data for similar
grain crops showing residues in these commodities. EPA determined that
the proposed tolerances for peanut hay/meal and soybean hay/seed were
inappropriate and should be revised based on analyses of the residue
field trial data using the Agency's Tolerance Spreadsheet in accordance
with the Agency's Guidance for Setting Pesticide Tolerances Based on
Field Trial Data Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).

    Therefore, tolerances are established for combined residues of
imidacloprid, 1-[(6-chloro-3-pyridinyl)methyl]-N-nitro-2-
imidazolidinimine, and its metabolites containing the 6-chloropyridinyl
moiety, all expressed as imidacloprid, in or on peanut at 0.45 ppm;
peanut, hay at 35 ppm; peanut, meal at 0.75 ppm; millet, proso, grain
at 0.05 ppm; millet, proso, forage at 2.0 ppm; millet, proso, hay at
6.0 ppm; millet, proso, straw at 3.0 ppm; millet, pearl, grain at 0.05
ppm; millet, pearl, forage at 2.0 ppm; millet, pearl, hay at 6.0 ppm;
millet, pearl, straw at 3.0 ppm; kava, roots at 0.40 ppm; kava, leaves
at 4.0 ppm; caneberry, subgroup 13-A at 2.5 ppm; raspberry, wild at 2.5
ppm; soybean, seed at 3.5 ppm; soybean, forage at 8.0 ppm; soybean hay
at 35 ppm and aspirated grain fractions at 240 ppm.
    In the Federal Register of August 11, 2006 (71 FR 46110) (FRL-8081-
8), EPA established a tolerance for residues of imidacloprid and its
metabolites containing the 6-chloropyridinyl moiety, all expressed as
the parent, in or on the commodity ``Herbs subgroup 19B, fresh herbs''.
The correct commodity term is ``Herbs subgroup 19-A, fresh herbs''.
Therefore, the tolerance for this commodity is revised to read ``Herbs
subgroup 19-A, fresh herbs'' at 8.0 ppm.

VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    This final rule establishes a tolerance under section 408(d) of
FFDCA in response to a petition submitted to the Agency. The Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) has exempted these types of actions from
review under Executive Order 12866, entitled Regulatory Planning and
Review (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993). Because this rule has been
exempted from review under Executive Order 12866, this rule is not
subject to Executive Order 13211, Actions Concerning Regulations That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use (66 FR 28355,
May 22, 2001) or Executive Order 13045, entitled Protection of Children
from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks (62 FR 19885, April
23, 1997). This final rule does not contain any information collections
subject to OMB approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq., nor does it require any special considerations
under Executive Order 12898, entitled Federal Actions to Address
Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income
Populations (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
    Since tolerances and exemptions that are established on the basis
of a petition under section 408(d) of FFDCA, such as the tolerance in
this final rule, do not require the issuance of a proposed rule, the
requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 U.S.C. 601 et
seq.) do not apply.
    This final rule directly regulates growers, food processors, food
handlers and food retailers, not States or tribes, nor does this action
alter the relationships or distribution of power and responsibilities
established by Congress in the preemption provisions of section
408(n)(4) of FFDCA. As such, the Agency has determined that this action
will not have a substantial direct effect on States or tribal
governments, on the relationship between the national government and
the States or tribal governments, or on the distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various levels of government or between the
Federal Government and Indian tribes. Thus, the Agency has determined
that Executive Order 13132, entitled Federalism (64 FR 43255, August
10, 1999) and Executive Order 13175, entitled Consultation and
Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments (65 FR 67249, November 6,
2000) do not apply to this rule. In addition, This rule does not impose
any enforceable duty or contain any unfunded mandate as described under
Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) (Public Law
104-4).
    This action does not involve any technical standards that would
require Agency consideration of voluntary consensus standards pursuant
to section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act of 1995 (NTTAA), Public Law 104-113, section 12(d) (15 U.S.C. 272
note).

VII. Congressional Review Act

    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report to each House of the Congress and to
the Comptroller General of the United States. EPA will submit a report
containing this rule and other required information to the U.S. Senate,
the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the
United States prior to publication of this final rule in the Federal
Register. This final rule is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5
U.S.C. 804(2).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: June 11, 2007.
Donald R. Stubbs,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

0
Therefore, 40 CFR chapter I is amended as follows:

PART 180--[AMENDED]

0
1. The authority citation for part 180 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371.

0
2. Section 180.472, the table in paragraph (a) is amended by
alphabetically adding commodities; by revising the entries for
``Caneberry, subgroup 13A'' and ``Soybean'' seed, and revising the
entry ``Herbs, subgroup 19B, fresh herbs'', to read ``Herbs, subgroup
19-A, fresh herbs''.
    The amendments read as follows:

Sec.  180.472  Imidacloprid; tolerances for residues.

    (a) * * *

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Commodity                        Parts per million
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                * * * * *
Aspirated grain fractions                                            240
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                * * * * *
Caneberry, subgroup 13-A                                             2.5
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                * * * * *
Herbs subgroup 19-A, fresh herbs                                     8.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                * * * * *
Kava, leaves                                                         4.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Kava, roots                                                         0.40
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                * * * * *
Millet, pearl, forage                                                2.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Millet, pearl, grain                                                0.05
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Millet, pearl, hay                                                   6.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Millet, pearl, straw                                                 3.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Millet, proso, forage                                                2.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Millet, proso, grain                                                0.05
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Millet, proso, hay                                                   6.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Millet, proso, straw                                                 3.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                * * * * *
Peanut                                                              0.45
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Peanut, hay                                                           35
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Peanut, meal                                                        0.75
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                * * * * *
Raspberry, wild                                                      2.5
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                * * * * *
Soybean, forage                                                      8.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Soybean, hay                                                          35
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                * * * * *
Soybean, seed                                                        3.5
                                * * * * *
------------------------------------------------------------------------

* * * * *
[FR Doc. E7-11792 Filed 6-19-07; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560-50-S


[Federal Register: June 21, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 118)]
[Notices]
[Page 35104]
[DOCID:fr21jn10-146]

=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

Federal Register Citation of Previous Announcement: 75 FR 34183, June
16, 2010.

STATUS: Open Meeting.

PLACE: 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC.

DATE AND TIME OF PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED MEETING: Friday, June 18, 2010 at
10 a.m.

CHANGE IN THE MEETING: Cancellation of Meeting.
    The Open Meeting scheduled for Friday, June 18, 2010 at 10 a.m. has
been cancelled.
    For further information please contact the Office of the Secretary
at<PHONE_NUMBER>.

     Dated: June 16, 2010.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-15011 Filed 6-17-10; 11:15 am]
BILLING CODE P


[Federal Register: August 22, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 162)]
[Notices]
[Page 46979-46980]
[DOCID:fr22au07-70]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RP07-560-000]

Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP; Notice of Tariff Filing

August 15, 2007.
    Take notice that on August 3, 2007, Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP
(Gulf South) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Sixth
Revised Volume No. 1 Second Revised Sheet No. 2709 and Original Sheet
No. 2709A, to become effective October 1, 2007.
    Gulf South is proposing changes to section 20.2 of its tariff to
render it

consistent with other aspects of the tariff.
    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 and 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. Such notices,
motions, or protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of
Section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210).
Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that
document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on
or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to
intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at http://www.ferc.gov.
 Persons unable to file electronically should submit an

original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20426.
    This filing is accessible online at http://www.ferc.gov, using the

``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription''
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For
assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free). For

TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-16513 Filed 8-21-07; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717-01-P


[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15782-15783]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06737]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP15-105-000]

Texas Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Application for
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

    Take notice that on March 4, 2015 Texas Gas Transmission, LLC
(Texas Gas), 9 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2800, Houston, Texas 77046, filed
in the above referenced docket an application pursuant to section 7(c)
of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the Commission's
regulations, requesting a certificate of public convenience and
necessity authorizing Western Kentucky Lateral Project (Project) in
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Texas Gas proposes to construct, own,
operate, and maintain a new natural gas lateral consisting of
approximately 22.5 mile of 24-inch diameter pipe, a meter and regulator
station, and appurtenant auxiliary facilities that will provide a
design capacity of up to 230,000 dekatherms

per day of firm natural gas transportation capacity, all as more fully
set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and
open to public inspection. The filing may also be viewed on the Web at
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. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support
at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or toll free at<PHONE_NUMBER>, or TTY,
contact<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Any questions concerning this application may be directed to J.
Kyle Stephens, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Texas Gas
Transmission, LLC, 9 Greenway Plaza, Houston, Texas 77046; by fax to
(713) 479-1846; or by email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or to Nell
Gutierrez, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Texas Gas Transmission, LLC,
9 Greenway Plaza, Houston, Texas 77046; by fax to<PHONE_NUMBER>; or by
email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    Specifically, Texas Gas states that new lateral will extend from
its Midland 3 Compressor Station to a proposed interconnection with the
Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) new combined cycle natural gas-fired
electric generation unit at the Paradise Plant. The Project is
supported by the binding Precedent Agreement with TVA that provided for
the full design capacity of firm transportation service at negotiated
rates for a primary term of 20 years. Texas Gas states the total
estimated cost of constructing the project is $81,000,000 and that it
will have no impact on rates currently charged to Texas Gas' existing
customers.
    Pursuant to section 157.9 of the Commission's rules, 18 CFR 157.9,
within 90 days of this Notice the Commission staff will either:
complete its environmental assessment (EA) and place it into the
Commission's public record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or issue a
Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review. If a Notice of Schedule
for Environmental Review is issued, it will indicate, among other
milestones, the anticipated date for the Commission staff's issuance of
the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) or EA for this
proposal. The filing of the EA in the Commission's public record for
this proceeding or the issuance of a Notice of Schedule for
Environmental Review will serve to notify federal and state agencies of
the timing for the completion of all necessary reviews, and the
subsequent need to complete all federal authorizations within 90 days
of the date of issuance of the Commission staff's FEIS or EA.
    There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of
this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by
becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or
before the comment date stated below, file with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, a
motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or
385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person
obtaining party status will be placed on the service list maintained by
the Secretary of the Commission and will receive copies of all
documents filed by the applicant and by all other parties. A party must
submit five copies of filings made with the Commission and must mail a
copy to the applicant and to every other party in the proceeding. Only
parties to the proceeding can ask for court review of Commission orders
in the proceeding.
    However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have
comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with
the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and
two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this project.
The Commission will consider these comments in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but the filing of a comment alone will
not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The Commission's
rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project
provide copies of their protests only to the party or parties directly
involved in the protest.
    Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of
this project should submit an original and two copies of their comments
to the Secretary of the Commission. Environmental commentors will be
placed on the Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive
copies of the environmental documents, and will be notified of meetings
associated with the Commission's environmental review process.
Environmental commentors will not be required to serve copies of filed
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commentors will
not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by
the Commission (except for the mailing of environmental documents
issued by the Commission) and will not have the right to seek court
review of the Commission's final order.
    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 should
submit original and five copies of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington,
DC 20426.
    Comment Date: April 8, 2015.

    Dated: March 18, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-06737 Filed 3-24-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6717-01-P


[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14359-14360]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04674]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. DI23-1-000]

City of False Pass; Notice of Declaration of Intention and
Soliciting Comments, Protests, and Motions To Intervene

    Take notice that the following application has been filed with the
Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Application Type: Declaration of Intention.
    b. Docket No: DI23-1-000.
    c. Date Filed: January 6, 2023.
    d. Applicant: City of False Pass.
    e. Name of Project: Unga Man Creek Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The proposed Unga Man Creek Hydroelectric Project
would be located near the town of False Pass, in Aleutians East
Borough, Alaska.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Section 23(b)(1) of the Federal Power Act, 16
U.S.C. 817(b).
    h. Applicant Contact: Nikki Hoblet, Mayor, City of False Pass; P.O.
Box 50, 180 Unimak Drive, False Pass, AK 99583; telephone: (907) 548-
2319; email: [email protected]; Agent Contact: Joel Groves, Project
Manager, Polarconsult Alaska, Inc.; 1503 W 33rd Ave., #310, Anchorage,
AK 99503.
    i. FERC Contact: Jennifer Polardino,<PHONE_NUMBER>, or
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments, protests, and motions to intervene
is: March 31, 2023.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
comments, protests, and motions to intervene 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 [email protected],<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll
free), or<PHONE_NUMBER> (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 docket number DI23-1-000. Comments emailed to Commission staff
are not considered part of the Commission record.
    k. Description of Project: The proposed Unga Man Creek
Hydroelectric Project would consist of: (1) a diversion structure
consisting of an approximately 10-foot-high 80-foot-long combination
sheet pile, reinforced concrete and rip-rap uncontrolled spillway weird
and approximately 16-foot-tall rock-faced earthen dike/wingwall
structures extending 50 feet

south and 200 feet north of the spillway to intersect with natural
terrain; (2) an intake structure sized to screen and admit water into
the project works, integral to the spillway portion of the diversion
structure; (3) a penstock approximately 32-inch in diameter by 4,400-
foot-long to convey water from the diversion to the powerhouse; (4) a
powerhouse measuring approximately 20 by 30 feet housing a cross-flow
turbine coupled to a three-phase synchronous generator, switchgear,
controls, and appurtenances housing a 180-kilowatt generator unit; (5)
an approximately 100-foot-long rubble[hyphen]lined ditch tailrace
returning project water to Unga Man Creek; (6) an approximately 3,100-
foot-long buried three[hyphen]phase 7,200/12,470 volt electric cable to
interconnect the False Pass existing electric distribution system; (7)
an approximately 9,700-foot-long dedicated telecommunication cable to
interconnect the hydro and diesel powerhouse controls, and (8)
approximately 4,400 feet of new access roads and trails necessary to
build, maintain, and operate the project.
    When a Declaration of Intention is filed with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, the Federal Power Act requires the Commission to
investigate and determine if the project would affect the interests of
interstate or foreign commerce. The Commission also determines whether
or not the project: (1) would be located on a navigable waterway; (2)
would occupy public lands or reservations of the United States; (3)
would utilize surplus water or water power from a government dam; or
(4) would be located on a non-navigable stream over which Congress has
Commerce Clause jurisdiction and would be constructed or enlarged after
1935.
    l. Locations of the Application: This filing may be viewed on the
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket
number field to access the document. You may also register online at
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via
email of new filings and issuances related to this or other pending
projects. For assistance, call 1-866-208-3676 or email
[email protected], for TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    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,
and .214. 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 Responsive Documents: All filings must
bear in all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS'', ``PROTESTS'', and
``MOTIONS TO INTERVENE'', as applicable, and the Docket Number of the
particular application to which the filing refers. A copy of any Motion
to Intervene must also be served upon each representative of the
Applicant specified in the particular application.
    p. Agency Comments: Federal, state, and local agencies are invited
to file comments on the described application. A copy of the
application may be obtained by agencies directly from the Applicant. If
an agency does not file comments within the time specified for filing
comments, it will be presumed to have no comments. One copy of an
agency's comments must also be sent to the Applicant's representatives.

    Dated: March 1, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-04674 Filed 3-7-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P


[Federal Register: December 23, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 247)]
[Notices]
[Page 78784-78786]
[DOCID:fr23de08-77]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0312; FRL-8756-3]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Servicing of Motor Vehicle Air
Conditioners (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1617.06, OMB Control Number
2060-0247

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the
nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 22, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2008-0312, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by e-mail to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air Docket,
Mailcode 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and
(2) OMB by mail to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA,
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Thundiyil, Stratospheric
Protection Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, (MC 6205J),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; fax number:
(202) 343-2163; e-mail address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On June 9, 2008 (73 FR 32570), EPA sought comments on this ICR
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any additional
comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days
of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0312, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air Docket in
the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open from
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is<PHONE_NUMBER>,
and the telephone number for the Air Docket is<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, confidential business information (CBI), or other
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://
www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Servicing of Motor Vehicle Air Conditioners (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1617.06, OMB Control No. 2060-0247.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2008.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
An

Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information, unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: Section 609 of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (Act)
provides general guidelines for motor vehicle air conditioning (MVAC)
refrigerant handling and MVAC servicing. It states that ``no person
repairing or servicing motor vehicles for consideration may perform any
service on a motor vehicle air conditioner involving the refrigerant
for such air conditioner without properly using approved refrigerant
recovery and/or recovery and recycling equipment (hereafter referred to
as ``refrigerant handling equipment'') and no such person may perform
such service unless such person has been properly trained and
certified.''
    In 1992, EPA developed regulations under section 609 that were
published in 57 FR 31242, and codified at 40 CFR part 82, Subpart B
(Sec.  82.30 et seq.). The information required to be collected under
the Section 609 regulations is currently approved for use through
December 31, 2008. This supporting statement is submitted to justify an
extension of the approval of use of this information. Descriptions of
the recordkeeping and reporting requirements mandated by section 609
and delineated in 40 CFR part 82, subpart B are summarized below in
this section. Approved Refrigerant Handling Equipment: In accordance
with Section 609(b)(2)(A), 40 CFR 82.36 requires that refrigerant
handling equipment be certified by EPA or independent standards testing
organization. Certification standards are particular to the type of
equipment and the refrigerant to be recovered, and must be consistent
with the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) standards for MVAC
equipment.
    Approved independent standards testing organizations: Section
609(b)(2)(A) of the Act requires independent laboratory testing of
refrigerant handling equipment to be certified by EPA. The
Stratospheric Protection Division (SPD) requires independent
laboratories to submit an application that documents: the
organization's capacity to accurately test equipment compliance with
applicable standards consistent with the SAE standards for handling
refrigerant, an absence of conflict of interest or financial benefit
based on test outcomes, and an agreement to allow EPA access to verify
application information. Once an independent laboratory has been
approved by EPA, the application is kept on file in the SPD. Two
laboratories--Underwriters Laboratories Inc. and ETL Testing
Laboratories--are currently approved to test refrigerant handling
equipment. EPA does not anticipate that any organizations will apply to
EPA in the future to become approved independent standards testing
organizations. Therefore, annual hours and costs related to information
submitted by these organizations have been eliminated.
    Technician training and certification: According to Section
609(b)(4) of the Act, automotive technicians are required to be trained
and certified in the proper use of approved refrigerant handling
equipment. Programs that perform technician training and certification
activities must apply to the SPD for approval by submitting
verification that its program meets EPA standards. The information
requested is used by the SPD to guarantee a degree of uniformity in the
testing programs for motor vehicle service technicians.
    Due to rapid developments in technology, the Agency requires that
each approved technician certification program conducts periodic
reviews and updates of test material, submitting a written summary of
the review and program changes to EPA every two years. After the test
has been approved by EPA, a hard copy remains on file with SPD.
Currently, 24 testing programs are approved by EPA to train technicians
in the proper use of refrigerant handling equipment. Six of these
programs are designed specifically for individual company's own
employees.
    Certification, reporting and recordkeeping: To facilitate
enforcement under Section 609, EPA has developed several recordkeeping
requirements. All required records must be retained on-site for a
minimum of three years, unless otherwise indicated.
    Section 609(c) of the Act states that by January 1, 1992, no person
may service any motor vehicle air conditioner without being properly
trained and certified, nor without using properly approved refrigerant
handling equipment. To this end, 40 CFR 82.42(a) states that by January
1, 1993, each service provider must have submitted to EPA on a one-time
basis a statement signed by the owner of the equipment or another
responsible officer that provides the name of the equipment purchaser,
the address of the service establishment where the equipment will be
located, the manufacturer name, equipment model number, date of
manufacture, and equipment serial number. The statement must also
indicate that the equipment will be properly used in servicing motor
vehicle air conditioners and that each individual authorized by the
purchaser to perform service is properly trained and certified. The
information is used by the SPD to verify compliance with Section 609 of
the Act.
    Any person who owns approved refrigerant handling equipment must
maintain records of the name and address of any facility to which
refrigerant is sent. Additionally, any person who owns approved
refrigerant handling equipment must retain records demonstrating that
all persons authorized to operate the equipment are currently certified
technicians.
    Finally, any person who sells or distributes a class I or class II
refrigerant that is in a container of less than 20 pounds must verify
that the purchaser is a properly trained and certified technician,
unless the purchase of small containers is for resale only. In that
case, the seller must obtain a written statement from the purchaser
that the containers are for resale only, and must indicate the
purchaser's name and business address. When a certified technician
purchases small containers of refrigerant for servicing motor vehicles,
the seller must have a reasonable basis for believing the accuracy of
the information presented by the purchaser. In all cases, the seller
must display a sign where sales occur that states the certification
requirements for purchasers.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average less
than one hour per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; train
personnel to be able to respond to a collection of

information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of
information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    The ICR provides a detailed explanation of the Agency's estimate,
which is only briefly summarized here:
    Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
new and used motor vehicle dealers, gasoline service stations, general
automotive repair shops, and automotive repair shops not elsewhere
classified.
    Estimated Number of Potential Respondents: 64,382.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,700 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $262,980.47. This includes an
estimated labor cost of $262,980.47 and an estimated cost of $0 for
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 3,835 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. The primary reason for this increase is the
increase in the number of technicians certified annually. EPA has
revised its estimate based on data collected in June 2007 from 11 out
of 24 technician certification centers. It is estimated that 55,000 new
MVAC technicians are certified each year, rather than 14,000 as assumed
in the last ICR. A major part of this ICR burden is based on how many
technicians are certified annually.

    Dated: December 17, 2008.
John Moses,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
 [FR Doc. E8-30547 Filed 12-22-08; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560-50-P