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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0923; FRL-8719-3]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Pesticide Data Call-In Program;
EPA ICR No. 2288.01, OMB Control No. 2070--New

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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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 and
consolidate three existing approved Information Collection Requests
(ICRs). The consolidation ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the
nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.
These ICRs are scheduled to expire on Under OMB regulations, the Agency
may continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of information while
this submission is pending at OMB. This ICR describes the nature of the
information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 24,
2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OPP-2007-0923, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by mail Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP)
Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 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: Cameo Gianne Smoot, Field and External
Affairs Division, 7506P, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; fax number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; 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 January 16, 2008 (73 FR 2907), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one comment and has
addressed the comment received in the supporting statement. A copy of
the public comment is part of the docket for this action. 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-OPP-2007-0923, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the OPP Regulatory
Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S.
Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this Docket
Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The Docket telephone number is<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    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: Pesticide Data Call-In Program.
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 2288.01, OMB Control No. 2070-new.
    ICR Status: This ICR consolidates and renews the information
collection activities described in the following currently approved
ICRs, which are each scheduled to expire on September 30, 2008: ``Data
Call-Ins for the Special Review and Registration Review Programs'' (EPA
ICR No. 0922.07, OMB Control No. 2070-0057); ``Data Generation for
Pesticide Reregistration'' (EPA ICR No. 1504.05, OMB Control No. 2070-
0107); and ``Data Acquisition for Anticipated Residue and Percent of
Crop Treated'' (EPA ICR No. 1911.02, OMB Control No. 2070-0164). 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: Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA), every pesticide product must be registered with EPA. An
applicant for registration must supply data to demonstrate that the
pesticide product will not cause ``unreasonable adverse effects'' on
humans or to the environment. Under the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), EPA must determine, from data supplied by the
applicant or registrant, that the level of pesticide residues in food
and feed will be safe for human consumption, defined as ``a reasonable
certainty that no harm'' will result from exposures to pesticide
residues. Although data is provided with the initial applications, the
Agency issues Data Call-Ins (DCIs) when it has determined that more
information is necessary to make the necessary decision pursuant to the
mandates in FIFRA and FFDCA.
    The programs represented in this proposed ICR renewal and
consolidation share a common statutory authority, section 3(c)(2)(B) of
FIFRA, which authorizes EPA to require pesticide registrants to
generate and submit data to the Agency, when such data are needed to
maintain an existing registration of a pesticide. EPA's determination
that additional data are needed can occur for various reasons, with the
following four reasons being the most common:
    (1) Reregistration program. Section 4 of FIFRA requires EPA to re-
assess the health and safety data for all pesticide active ingredients
registered before November 1, 1984, to ``reregister'' them, i.e.,
determine whether these ``older'' pesticides meet the criteria for
registration that would be expected of a pesticide being registered
today for the

first time. FIFRA section 4 directs EPA to use FIFRA section 3(c)(2)(B)
authority to obtain the required data. While most Reregistration
Eligibility Decisions are expected to be completed by 2008, the Agency
may still need to issue DCIs after FY 2008 to close out the program.
    (2) Registration review program. Section 3(g) of FIFRA contains
provisions to help achieve the goal of reviewing each pesticide every
15 years to assure that the pesticide continues to pose no risk of
unreasonable adverse effects on human health or the environment. FIFRA
section 3(g) instructs EPA to use the FIFRA section 3(c)(2)(B)
authority to obtain the required data.
    (3) Special review program. Though rare, EPA may conduct a Special
Review if EPA believes that a pesticide poses risks of unreasonable
adverse effects on human health or the environment. Section 3(c)(2)(B)
of FIFRA provides a means of obtaining any needed data.
    (4) Anticipated residue/percent crop treated information. Under
section 408 of FFDCA, before a pesticide may be used on food or feed
crops, the Agency must establish a tolerance for the pesticide residues
on that crop or established an exemption from the requirement to have a
tolerance. Section 408(b)(2)(E) and (F) of FFDCA authorize the use of
anticipated or actual residue (ARs) data and percent crop treated (PCT)
data to establish, modify, maintain, or revoke a tolerance for a
pesticide. The FFDCA requires that if AR data are used, data must be
reviewed five years after a tolerance is initially established. If PCT
data are used, the FFDCA affords EPA the discretion to obtain
additional data if any or all of several conditions are met.
    The Agency issues DCIs when it has determined that more information
is necessary to make decision about pesticides pursuant to the mandates
in FIFRA and FFDCA. Agency decisions requiring additional data are
based on the data requirements set forth in 40 CFR parts 150 through
180, with the majority of the data requirements captured in 40 CFR part
158.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to range form 59
to 13,636 hours per response, depending on the review program and type
of DCI issued. 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; 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: Entities potentially affected by
this ICR include pesticide registrants, which may be identified by the
North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code 32532,
pesticide and other agricultural chemical manufacturing.
    Frequency of Collection: On Occasion.
    Estimated No. of Potential Respondents: 1,643.
    Estimated No. of Total Annual Responses: 184.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 262,301 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $12,506,726.
    Changes in the Estimates: The total estimated burden for this
consolidated renewal ICR is 262,301 hours, which reflects a net
decrease of 106,030 hours per year for this consolidated renewal ICR
over the combined burden estimates for the currently approved ICRs. The
primary cause of this reduction is the fact that EPA's Reregistration
program is ending and that the Agency thus expects to issue fewer
reregistration DCIs. The decreased burden associated with the reduction
in the number of reregistration DCIs that will be issued is somewhat
offset by an expected burden increase related to increase in the number
of registration review DCIs that will be issued. These changes are
adjustments. The Agency is also including a new category of DCIs for
enforcement and unanticipated incidents. Although EPA expects that the
issuance of this type of DCI will be rare, the related burdens
represent a program change. The Supporting Statement includes detailed
analyses of these revised estimates.

    Dated: September 15, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
 Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E8-22493 Filed 9-23-08; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

[Docket: DOT-OST-2012-0078]

Notice of Request for Renewal of Previously Approved Collection;
Short Term Lending Program--Application for Loan Guarantee

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public
Law 104-13, (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) this notice announces that the
Information Collection Request, abstracted below, will be forwarded to
the Office of Management and Budget for the renewal of the Short Term
Lending Program--Application for Loan Guarantee. A 60 day Federal
Register Notice (77 FR 14459) was published March 9, 2012 (DOT-OST
2008-0244). The agency did not receive any comments.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by July 2, 2012 and sent to
OMB.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Strine, Manager Financial
Assistance Division, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business
Utilization, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W56-448, Washington,
DC 20590. Phone number<PHONE_NUMBER>. Fax number<PHONE_NUMBER>. Office
hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
    Comments: Comments should be sent to OMB: Attention DOT/OST Desk
Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, Docket Library, 725 17th Street NW., Washington,
DC 20503 or fax to:<PHONE_NUMBER>. Please make reference to OMB Control
No. 2104-0555 Docket DOT-OST-2012-0078.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Short Term Lending Program--Application for Loan Guarantee.
    OMB Control No: 2105-0555.
    Number of Respondents: 100.
    Number of Responses: 100.
    Total Annual Burden: 1400.
    Abstract: OSDBU's Short Term Lending Program (STLP) offers
certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs) and other certified
Small Businesses (8a, women-owned, small disadvantaged, HUBZone,
veteran owned, and service disabled veteran

owned) the opportunity to obtain short term working capital at variable
interest rates for transportation-related projects. The STLP provides
Participating Lenders (PLs) a guarantee, up to 75%, on a revolving line
of credit up to a $750,000 maximum. These loans are provided through
lenders that serve as STLP Participating Lenders (PLs). The term on the
line of credit is up to one (1) year, which may be renewed for five (5)
years. A potential or renewal STLP participant must submit a guaranteed
loan application package.
    This collection renewal combines two applications, the former
``Short-term Lending Program Application for a New Loan Guarantee'' and
the ``Application for Loan Guarantee Renewal'' into one Short Term
Lending Program Application for a Loan Guarantee. There should no
longer be any confusion since a set of explicit instructions has been
added to the application. All attempts have been made to make it easier
to read, understand, and use. The application form is now a PDF
fillable form. The information collected is used to determine the
applicant's eligibility and is necessary to approve or deny a loan. We
are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
    Respondents: Certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs)
and other certified Small Businesses (8a, women-owned, small
disadvantaged, HUBZone, veteran owned, and service disabled veteran
owned) interested in financing their transportation-related contracts.
    DOT Form 2301-1(REV.1). Short Term Lending Program Application for
Loan Guarantee: A potential or renewal STLP participant must submit a
guaranteed loan application package. The guaranteed loan application
includes the STLP application and supporting documentation to be
collected from the checklist in the application. The application may be
obtained directly from OSDBU, the Regional Small Business
Transportation Resource Centers, from a PL, or online from the agency's
Web site, currently at http://www.osdbu.dot.gov/financial/stlp.cfm.
    Respondents: 100.
    Frequency: Once.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 2 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 200 hours.
    Supporting documentation. Required documentation shall include, but
is not limited to, the following items:

    a. Business, trade, or job performance reference letters;
    b. DBE or other eligible certification letters;
    c. Aging report of receivables and payables;
    d. Business tax returns;
    e. Business financial statements;
    f. Personal income tax returns;
    g. Personal financial statements;
    h. Schedule of work in progress (WIP);
    i. Signed and dated copy of transportation-related contracts;
    j. Business debt schedule;
    k. Cash flow projections;
    l. Owner(s) and a key management resumes.

    Respondents: 100.
    Frequency: Once.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 12 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1200 hours.
    Title: STLP--Participating Lender (PL) forms.
    Number of Respondents: 100.
    Number of Responses: 100.
    Total Annual Burden: 2925 hours.
    Respondents: Participating Lenders that are in the process or have
entered into cooperative agreements with DOT's OSDBU under 49 CFR part
22 DOT-OST-2008-0236 entitled, ``Short Term Lending Program''.
    Abstract: The Office of the Secretary, Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), invites public comments on
our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB)
approval to renew a collection of the STLP Participating Lender (PL)
forms. The information collected administers the loans guaranteed under
the STLP. The information collected keeps the Participating Lender's
(PLs) in compliance with the terms established in the Cooperative
Agreement between DOT and the PLs. Every attempt was made to make these
forms easier to read, understand, and use.
    This renewal collection involves the use of the ``Short Term
Lending Program Bank Verification Loan Activation Form''; ``Short Term
Lending Program Bank Acknowledgement Extension Request Form''; ``Short
Term Lending Program Bank Acknowledgement Loan Close-Out Form'';
``Guaranty Loan Status Report''; ``Pending Loan Status Report'';
``Drug-Free Workplace Act Certification for a Grantee Other than an
Individual''; ``Certification Regarding Lobbying for Contracts, Grants,
Loans, and Cooperative Agreements''; ``Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization U.S. Department of Transportation
Short Term Lending Program Certification Regarding Debarment,
Suspension''; ``Cooperative Agreement between the U.S. Department of
Transportation and the Participating Lender''; and ``U.S. Department of
Transportation Office of Small and Disadvantaged Utilization Short Term
Lending Program Guarantee Agreement''.
    DOT Form 2303-1. Short-Term Lending Program Bank Verification Loan
Activation Form. The PL Respondent must submit to OSDBU a Loan
Activation Form that indicates the date in which the loan has been
activated.
    Respondents: 100.
    Frequency: Annually, up to five years.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: \1/2\ hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 50 hours.
    DOT Form 2310-1. Short-Term Lending Program Bank Acknowledgement
Extension Request Form. An extension of the original loan guarantee for
a maximum period of ninety (90) days may be requested, in writing, by
the PL Respondent using the STLP Extension Request Form.
    Respondents: 100.
    Frequency: Annually, up to five years.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: \1/2\ hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 50 hours.
    DOT Form 2304-1. Short-Term Lending Program Bank Acknowledge Loan
Close-Out. The PL Respondent must submit to OSDBU a Loan Close-Out Form
upon full repayment of the STLP loan or when the loan guarantee
expires.
    Respondents: 100.
    Frequency: Annually, up to five years.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: \1/2\ hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 50 hours.
    DOT Form 2305-1. Guaranty Loan Status Report. PL Respondent submits
a monthly status of active guaranteed loans to OSDBU.
    Respondents: 100.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 1 hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1200 hours.
    DOT Form 2306-1. Pending Loan Status Report. PL Respondent submits
monthly loan(s) in process report to OSDBU.
    Respondents: 100.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 1 hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1200 hours.
    DOT Form 2307-1. Drug-Free Workplace Act Certification for a
Grantee Other than an Individual Form. The PL certifies it is a drug-
free workplace by executing this certification.
    Respondents: 100.

    Frequency: Once.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 25 hours.
    DOT Form 2308-1. Certification Regarding Lobbying for Contracts,
Grants, Loans, and Cooperative Agreement. PL Respondent must certify
that no Federal funds will be utilized for lobbying by executing this
form.
    Respondents: 100.
    Frequency: Once.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 25 hours.
    DOT Form 2309-1. Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension
Form. The PL Respondent must not currently be debarred or suspended
from participation in a government contract or delinquent on a
government debt by submitting a current SBA Form 1624 or its
equivalent.
    Respondents: 100.
    Frequency: Once.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 25 hours.
    DOT Form 2313-1. Cooperative Agreement between the United States
Department of Transportation and the Bank (Participating Lender). This
is the official agreement between the U.S. DOT and the Participating
Lender (Bank) which spells out the terms; deliverables; audit,
investigation, and review; record retention; duration of agreement;
expiration of agreement; suspension of agreement; termination; DOT's
representative; and miscellaneous conditions.
    Respondents: 100.
    Frequency: Every two years.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 1 hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 100 hours.
    DOT Form 2313-2. Cooperative Agreement between the United States
Department of Transportation and the Community Development Financial
Institution (CDFI). This is the official agreement between the U.S. DOT
and the Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), an eligible
Participating Lender or which spells out the terms; Deliverables;
Audit, Investigation, and Review; Record Retention; Duration of
Agreement; Expiration of Agreement; Suspension of Agreement;
Termination; DOT's Representative; and Miscellaneous Conditions.
    Respondents: 100.
    Frequency: Every two years.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 1 hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 100 hours.
    DOT Form 2314-1. Department of Transportation Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) Short Term Lending Program
Guarantee Agreement Form. This document is the seventy-five (75%) loan
guarantee from the U.S. Department of Transportation to the specific
Participating Lender Respondent. It also contains Annex A which is the
Participating Lender's default mechanism.
    Respondents: 100.
    Frequency: Every year.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 1 hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 100 hours.
    Comments are invited on: whether the proposed collection renewal of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Department, including whether the information will have practical
utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including
the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. A comment to OMB is most effective if OMB
receives it within 30 days of publication.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 25, 2012.
Patricia Lawton,
PRA Program Manager, Office of the Secretary, Department of
Transportation.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0577; FRL-9922-11]

Diclofop-methyl; Notice of Receipt of Request To Voluntarily
Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of a
request by the registrants to voluntarily cancel all pesticide product
registrations containing the pesticide diclofop-methyl. The request
would cancel diclofop-methyl use in or on wheat, barley, and golf
course turf and would terminate the last diclofop-methyl products
registered for use in the United States. EPA intends to grant this
request at the close of the comment period for this announcement unless
the Agency receives substantive comments within the comment period that
would merit its further review of the request, or unless the
registrants withdraw their request. The cancellation for diclofop-
methyl products will be effective on January 1, 2018 as described in
Unit II below. If this request is granted, any sale, distribution, or
use of products listed in this notice will be permitted after the
registrations have been cancelled only if such sale, distribution, or
use is consistent with the terms as described in the final order.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 13, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0577, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit
electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted
by statute.
     Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket
Center (EPA/DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC
20460-0001.
     Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand
delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the
instructions at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
    Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along
with more information about dockets generally, is available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rich Dumas, Pesticide Re-Evaluation
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email address:
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    This action is directed to the public in general, and may be of
interest to a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human
health, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry; pesticide
users; and members of the public interested in the sale, distribution,
or use of pesticides. Since others also may be interested, the Agency
has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be
affected by this action.

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

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

II. Background on the Receipt of Requests To Cancel Registrations

    This notice announces receipt by EPA of a request from registrants,
Bayer CropScience and Bayer Environmental Science, to cancel all
diclofop-methyl product registrations. Diclofop-methyl is a restricted
use herbicide registered for use on wheat, barley, and golf course turf
to control wild oats and annual grassy weeds. In a letter dated October
23, 2014, Bayer CropScience and Bayer Environmental Science requested
EPA to cancel certain pesticide product registrations identified in
Table 1 of Unit III. Specifically, Bayer requests that all diclofop-
methyl registrations be cancelled effective January 1, 2018. This
action will terminate the last diclofop-methyl products registered in
the United States.

III. What action is the agency taking?

    This notice announces receipt by EPA of a request from registrants
to cancel all diclofop-methyl product registrations. The affected
products and the registrants making the requests are identified in
Tables 1 and 2 of this unit.
    On September 24, 2014, the public phase of registration review for
diclofop-methyl began with the opening of the initial docket (EPA-HQ-
OPP-2014-0577) and publication of the Preliminary Work Plan (PWP) and
supporting science documents. The comment period for the diclofop-
methyl registration review docket was open for 60 days, from September
24, 2014 to November 24, 2014. The Agency's projected registration
review timeline described in the PWP established that preliminary risk
assessments would be completed by December 2018, and the final
registration decision would be

completed in 2020. The technical registrants subsequently requested
cancellation of all diclofop-methyl products effective January 1, 2018.
    Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant or if the Agency
determines that there are substantive comments that warrant further
review of this request, EPA intends to issue an order canceling the
affected registrations.

              Table 1--Diclofop-Methyl Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation
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          Registration No.                  Product name                            Company
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264-641.............................  Hoelon 3EC Herbicide...  Bayer CropScience.
264-642.............................  Hoelon Technical.......  Bayer CropScience.
432-1231............................  Illoxan 3EC Herbicide..  Bayer Environmental Science.
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    Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for
the registrants of the products listed in Table 1 of this unit, in
sequence by EPA company number. This number corresponds to the first
part of the EPA registration numbers of the products listed in Table 1
of this unit.

Table 2--Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation and/or Amendments
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              EPA company No.                 Company name  and address
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264.......................................  Bayer CropScience.
432.......................................  Bayer Environmental Science.
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IV. What is the agency's authority for taking this action?

    Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)) provides that a
registrant of a pesticide product may at any time request that any of
its pesticide registrations be canceled or amended to terminate one or
more uses. FIFRA further provides that, before acting on the request,
EPA must publish a notice of receipt of any such request in the Federal
Register.
    Section 6(f)(1)(B) of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)(B)) requires that
before acting on a request for voluntary cancellation, EPA must provide
a 30-day public comment period on the request for voluntary
cancellation or use termination. In addition, FIFRA section 6(f)(1)(C)
(7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)(C)) requires that EPA provide a 180-day comment
period on a request for voluntary cancellation or termination of any
minor agricultural use before granting the request, unless:
    1. The registrants request a waiver of the comment period, or
    2. The EPA Administrator determines that continued use of the
pesticide would pose an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment.
    Because diclofop-methyl is not registered for any minor
agricultural uses, this 180-day comment provision does not apply, and
EPA is providing a 30-day comment period on the proposed voluntary
cancellation of diclofop-methyl registrations.

V. Procedures for Withdrawal of Requests

    Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for product
cancellation or use deletion should submit the withdrawal in writing to
the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. If the
products(s) have been subject to a previous cancellation action, the
effective date of cancellation and all other provisions of any earlier
cancellation action are controlling.

VI. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks

    Existing stocks are those stocks of registered pesticide products
that are currently in the United States and that were packaged,
labeled, and released for shipment prior to the effective date of the
action. If the request for voluntary cancellation is granted, the
Agency intends to publish the cancellation order in the Federal
Register. Because these diclofop-methyl products are reregistered
pesticides, there are no known risks of concern, and the effective
cancellation date for the products will occur two years prior to the
time of the planned registration review decision for diclofop-methyl,
the Agency expects to grant this request unless the Agency receives
substantive comments that warrant further review of the request or the
registrants withdraw their request. In 2015, the Agency intends to
issue an order in the Federal Register canceling all registrations
effective January 1, 2018. On issuance of the cancellation order, EPA
anticipates allowing registrants to sell and distribute existing stocks
of these products until January 1, 2018. Thereafter, registrants will
be prohibited from selling or distributing the pesticides identified in
Table 1 of Unit III., except for export consistent with FIFRA section
17 or for proper disposal. Persons other than registrants will
generally be allowed to sell, distribute, or use existing stocks until
such stocks are exhausted, provided that such sale, distribution, or
use is consistent with the terms of the previously approved labeling
on, or that accompanied, the canceled products.

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

    Dated: January 30, 2015.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Drone Advisory Committee (DAC); Renewal

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of renewal.

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SUMMARY: The FAA announces the charter renewal of the Drone Advisory
Committee (DAC), a Federal Advisory Committee that works with industry,
community stakeholders, and the public to improve the development of
the FAA's regulations. This charter renewal will take effect on June
12, 2020, and will expire after 2 years if not renewed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Kolb, UAS Integration Office,
Federal Aviation Administration, 490 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Suite 7225,
Washington, DC, telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>; email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 14(a)(2)(A) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the FAA is giving
notice of the charter renewal for the DAC. The DAC is a broad-based,
long-term Federal advisory committee that provides the FAA with advice
on key UAS integration issues by helping to identify challenges and
prioritize improvements. The committee helps to create broad support
for an overall integration strategy and vision. Membership is comprised
of chief executive officer/chief operating officer-level executives
from a cross-section of stakeholders representing the wide variety of
UAS interests, including industry, research and academia, retail, and
technology. See the DAC website for more information details on pending
tasks at https://www.faa.gov/uas/programs_partnerships/drone_advisory_committee/.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
Erik W. Amend,
Manager, Executive Office, AUS-10, UAS Integration Office, Federal
Aviation Administration.
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