UNITED STAES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20460

OFFICE OF

 PREVENTION, PESTICIDES

AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES

MEMORANDUM

DATE:  	07/MARCH/2007

SUBJECT:	Clethodim AMENDED Chronic Dietary (Food and Drinking Water) Exposure Assessment for the Interregional Research Project No. 4 (IR-4) Petition Proposing Tolerances for Residues of Clethodim on Herb Subgroup 19A (PP#4E6836), Leafy Greens Subgroup 4A (PP#5E6978), Sesame, Legume Vegetable Group 6 (except Soybean) and Safflower (PP#4F6895), Hops and Asparagus (PP#5E6977) and Flax (PP#3E6555).

PC Code:		121011

Decision Number:  	353916

DP Number:		333069

REVIEWER:	Breann Hanson, Biologist

Alternative Risk Integration and Assessment (ARIA) Team

Risk Integration Minor Use and Emergency Response Branch 			 (RIMUERB)/Registration Division (RD) (7505P)

THROUGH:	William Cutchin, Acting Branch Senior Scientist

		ARIA Team

Technical Review Branch/RD (7505P)

AND

		Mohsen Sahafeyen, Chemist

		Dietary Exposure Science Advisory Council (DESAC)

		Health Effects Division (HED) (7509P)

TO:	Barry O’Keefe, Senior Biologist

	Registration Action Branch 3/HED

	AND

	Sidney Jackson, Risk Manager Reviewer

RIMUERB/RD (7505P)

Executive Summary

™, Version 2.03) which uses food consumption data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Continuing Surveys of Food Intakes by Individuals (CSFII) from 1994-1996 and 1998.

IR-4 has submitted the following petitions for the combined residues of clethodim [(E)-(±)-2-[1-[[(3- chloro-2-propenyl)oxy]imino] propyl]-5-[2-(ethylthio)propyl]-3-hydroxy-2-cyclohexen-1-one] and its metabolites:

PP#4E6836 (Herb Subgroup 19A):  IR-4, on behalf of the states of California, Hawaii and Florida, has submitted a petition for the use of clethodim on herb subgroup 19A at a tolerance of 10 ppm.

PP#5E6978 (Leafy Greens Subgroup 4A):  IR-4, on behalf of the states of Florida, Georgia , Texas and California and also Puerto Rico, has submitted a petition for the use of clethodim on leafy greens, subgroup 4A, cilantro, leaves, lettuce, leaf and spinach at a tolerance of 2.0 ppm.

PP#4F6895 (Sesame, seed; Vegetable, legume(Crop Group 6); Safflower, meal and seed):  IR-4, on behalf of the Agricultural Experiment Stations of Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Puerto Rico, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Washington, has submitted a petition for the use of clethodim on sesame, seed at a tolerance of 0.40 ppm, vegetable, legume group 6 at 3.0 ppm, safflower, meal at 10.0 ppm and safflower, seed at 5.0 ppm.

PP#5E6977 (Hops, Asparagus):  IR-4, on behalf of the state of Washington, has submitted a petition for the use of clethodim on hops at a tolerance of 0.50 ppm and asparagus at 2.0 ppm.

PP#3E6555 (Flax):  IR-4, on behalf of the Agricultural Experiment Station of North Dakota, has submitted a petition for the use of clethodim on flax seed at a tolerance of 0.50 ppm.

Acute Dietary Exposure Results and Characterization

On October 16, 1997, HED’s Hazard Identification Assessment Review Committee (HIARC) met to evaluate the toxicology data base of clethodim.  There was no appropriate endpoint for assessing acute dietary exposure; therefore, no acute dietary risk assessment was performed.

Chronic Dietary (Food and Drinking Water) Exposure Results and Characterization

A chronic dietary assessment assuming tolerance level residues for most commodities and incorporating average percent crop treated data was conducted.  The highest annual mean estimate for Environmental Concentrations (EEC’s) water exposure (0.00763 ppm) was used in this analysis.  The chronic dietary risk assessment shows that for all included commodities, the chronic dietary risk estimates are below ARIA’s level of concern (i.e. <100% chronic population adjusted doses (cPAD).  For the U.S. population, the exposure for food and water utilized 29% of the cPAD.  The chronic dietary risk estimate for the highest reported exposed population subgroup, children 1-2 years old, utilized 84% of the cPAD.

Cancer

Clethodim is classified as a group E carcinogen, i.e. evidence of non-carcinogenicity in humans; therefore, quantification of human cancer risk is not required and a cancer dietary assessment was not performed.

I.	Introduction

Dietary risk assessment incorporates both exposure and toxicity of a given pesticide.  For acute and chronic assessments, the risk is expressed as a percentage of a maximum acceptable dose.  This is the population adjusted dose (PAD), which HED has concluded will result in no unreasonable adverse health effects.  This does is referred to as the population adjusted dose (PAD).  The PAD is equivalent to point of departure (POD, NOAEL, LOAEL, e.g.) divided by the required uncertainty factors.

For acute and non-cancer chronic exposures, HED is concerned when estimated dietary risk exceeds 100% of the PAD.  References which discuss the acute and chronic risk assessments in more detail are available on the EPA/pesticides web site:  “Available Information on Assessing Exposure from Pesticides, A User’s Guide”, 21/06/2000, web link:  http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2000/July/Day-12/6061.pdf ; or see SOP 99.6 (20/08/1999).

The most recent dietary risk assessment for clethodim was conducted by M. Xue (DP Number: 280507, 05/02/2002) for Section 3 registrations in or on leafy Brassica greens, turnip greens, dry bean, peanuts, peanut hay, peanut meal, and alfalfa hay and forage.

II.	Residue Information

Clethodim Use:

In this analysis the chronic dietary exposure and risk estimates resulting from food intake were determined for the general U.S. population and various population subgroups resulting from the addition of the proposed food uses to the existing food uses for clethodim.

Permanent tolerances have been established in 40 CFR §180.458 for the combined residues of clethodim and its metabolites containing the 2-cyclohexen-1-one moiety in/on various raw agricultural commodities and livestock commodities, ranging from 0.2 ppm in livestock commodities to 10 ppm in soybean.  In addition, permanent tolerances have also been established for the combined residues of clethodim and its metabolites containing the 5-(2-ethylthiopropyl)cyclohexene-3-one and 5-(2-ethylthiopropyl)-5-hydroxycyclohexene-3-one moieties and their sulphoxides and sulphones, expressed as clethodim, in/on other various raw agricultural commodities ranging from 0.20 ppm in beet, sugar roots and onion, dry bulb to 20 ppm in clover, hay.  Tolerances are also established in the feed items cotton, meal at 2.0 ppm and soybean, soapstock at 15 ppm.

Time limited tolerances which expired on 30/04/2003 are still noted in the current CFR for tomato, paste and tomato, puree at 3 and 2 ppm, respectively.

The residues of concern in plants are described as clethodim and metabolites containing the 5-(2-(ethylthiopropyl)cyclohexene-3-one and 5-(2-(ethylthiopropyl)-5-hydroxycyclohexene-3-one moieties and their sulphoxides and sulphones in order to harmonize with the Codex MRL (PP#4F4340, DP Number: 203378, J. Morales, 31/01/1995).  In livestock, the residues of concern are clethodim and its metabolites containing the 2-cyclohexen-1-one moiety.

Residue Data Used for the Chronic Assessment:

The chronic dietary exposure analysis was performed for the general U.S. population and all population subgroups using tolerance level residues and total residues of concern (plants; parent and metabolites).

The previous dietary exposure analysis used tolerance level residues for all crops and livestock commodities.  Projected and weighted average percent crop treated (%CT) data were used for some crops.  For all other commodities 100% CT was used.  Additionally, DEEM™ default processing factors were used for all commodities.

This partially refined chronic dietary exposure assessment was based on the assumption of tolerance-level residues for most commodities with existing and proposed tolerances and incorporated percent crop treated information.  A Screening-Level Usage Analysis (SLUA) was provided by the Biological and Economic Analysis Division (BEAD) for %CT information of current uses of clethodim, see Table 1 (A. Grube, 21/11/2006).  This information supersedes all previous %CT data except in the cases for asparagus; beans, succulent; and peas, succulent and dry.  Because these are proposed new uses, and no projected %CT information was requested, 100% CT was used for these and all new proposed commodities.  Recommended tolerances were provided by ARIA, see Table 2 (D. Rate, DP Number: 334913, 09/02/2007).  The higher soybean tolerance of 10 ppm was used instead of the proposed Crop Group 6 tolerance of 3.0 ppm.  The higher vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C tolerance of 1.0 ppm supersedes the potato tolerance of 0.5 ppm.  The expired tomato, paste and puree tolerances have been replaced with the crop group 8 tolerance of 1.0 ppm.  DEEM default processing factors are again being used to refine the residue estimates of appropriate commodities except for potato, dry (granules/flakes) and sesame, oil.  According to a processed food/feed study which was reviewed by HED (M. Xue, DP Numbers: 240302, 254018, 07/09/2000) and never incorporated into subsequent dietary risk assessments, the 2.0 ppm tolerance on potato granules/flakes is adequate and covers the HAFTA residues of 0.78 ppm from field trials and a residue concentration factor of 2.5x (0.78 x 2.5 = 1.95).  A sesame, oil processing factor of 1.4 was recommended by ARIA (D. Rate, DP Number: 334913, 09/02/2007).

Table 1.  Percent Crop Treated Information Used in Chronic Dietary Exposure Analysis for Clethodim.

Commodity	Percent of Crop Treated

(Weighted Average)

Beets	< 1

Broccoli	10

Cabbage	< 1

Cantaloupes	< 1

Carrots	10

Celery	5

Cotton	< 1

Cucumbers	< 1

Dry Beans	5

Lettuce	< 1

Onions	10

Peanuts	5

Potatoes	5

Pumpkins	5

Soybeans	5

Squash	5

Strawberries	< 1

Sugar Beets	45

Sunflowers	20

Sweet Potatoes	< 1

Tomatoes	< 1

Watermelons	5

Table 2.  Proposed Clethodim Tolerances

Commodity	Recommended Tolerance (ppm)

Leafy Greens Subgroup 4A (PP#5E6978)	2.0

Flax Seed  (PP#3E6555)	0.60

Hop, dried cones (PP#5E6977)	0.50

Asparagus (PP#5E6977)	1.7

Herb subgroup 19A (PP#4E6836)	12

Sesame, seed (PP#4F6895)	0.35

Vegetable, legume, crop group 6; except soybean (PP#4F6895)	3.5

Safflower, meal (PP#4F6895)	10

Safflower, seed (PP#4F6895)	5.0

III.	Drinking Water Data

The drinking water residues used in the dietary risk assessment were provided by the Environmental Fate and Effects Division (EFED) and summarized in the following memoranda: “Drinking water assessment for Clethodim on flax, leafy greens, sesame, safflower, herbs, hops, asparagus, legumes,” (I. Abdel-Saheb,  DP Number 313467, 30/11/2006) and incorporated directly into this dietary assessment.  Water residues were incorporated in the DEEM-FCID into the food categories “water, direct, all sources” and “water, indirect, all sources.”

Based on the proposed application rates and the environmental fate properties of clethodim, surface and ground water contamination may occur from clethodim as well as its sulfoxide and sulfone degradates.  The risk of water contamination is primarily associated with clethodim sulfone and clethodim sulfoxide rather than parent clethodim based on greater persistence and mobility of these degradates. Thus, the assessment was based on the total toxic residue rather than parent only.

The Tier I screening models FIRST Version 1.1.0 (FQPA Index Reservoir Screening Tool) and Percent Crop Area adjustment was used to determine drinking water concentrations of clethodim and its sulfoxide and sulfone degradates derived from surface water.

SCI-GROW (Screening Concentration in Ground Water Program) model VERSION 2.2 was used to predict the maximum chronic and acute concentration of parent clethodim and its sulfoxide and sulfone degradates derived from shallow ground water.

Expected Environmental Concentrations (EEC’s) of clethodim and its sulfoxide and sulfone degradates in water due to the use on flax, leafy greens, sesame, safflower, herbs, hops, asparagus and legumes are shown in Table 3, below.

Table 3.  EEC's for Clethodim and its Sulfoxide and Sulfone Degradates for the Use on Fax, Leafy Greens, Sesame, Safflower, Herbs, Hops, Asparagus, Legumes Using FIRST and SCI-GROW Models.

Compound	Peak EEC (ug/L)	Annual Mean  EEC (ug/L)

FIRST EEC (ug/L)1

Total Toxic Clethodim (parent + sulfoxide + sulfone)

38.953

7.631

SCI-GROW EEC (ug/L)

Total Toxic Clethodim (parent + sulfoxide + sulfone)

1.39

1 Based on two apps of 0.25 lbs. ai/A at 14-day interval.

	DEEM-FCID™ Program and Consumption Information

A clethodim chronic dietary exposure assessments was conducted using the Dietary Exposure Evaluation Model software with the Food Commodity Intake Database (DEEM-FCID™, Version 2.03), which incorporates consumption data from USDA’s Continuing Surveys of Food Intakes by Individuals (CSFII), 1994-1996 and 1998.  The 1994-96, 98 data are based on the reported consumption of more than 20,000 individuals over two non-consecutive survey days.  Foods “as consumed” (e.g., apple pie) are linked to EPA-defined food commodities (e.g. apples, peeled fruit - cooked; fresh or N/S; baked; or wheat flour - cooked; fresh or N/S, baked) using publicly available recipe translation files developed jointly by USDA/ARS and EPA.  For chronic exposure assessment, consumption data are averaged for the entire U.S. population and within population subgroups, but for acute exposure assessment are retained as individual consumption events.  Based on analysis of the 1994-96, 98 CSFII consumption data, which took into account dietary patterns and survey respondents, HED concluded that it is most appropriate to report risk for the following population subgroups: the general U.S. population, all infants (<1 year old), children 1-2, children 3-5, children 6-12, youth 13-19, adults 20-49, females 13-49, and adults 50+ years old.

For chronic dietary exposure assessment, an estimate of the residue level in each food or food-form (e.g., orange or orange juice) on the food commodity residue list is multiplied by the average daily consumption estimate for that food/food form to produce a residue intake estimate.  The resulting residue intake estimate for each food/food form is summed with the residue intake estimates for all other food/food forms on the commodity residue list to arrive at the total average estimated exposure.  Exposure is expressed in mg/kg body weight/day and as a percent of the cPAD.  This procedure is performed for each population subgroup.

V.	Toxicological Information

Previously agreed upon toxicological endpoints for chronic dietary exposure risk were used in this assessment.  No endpoint could be determined for acute dietary risk; therefore no acute dietary assessment is required for clethodim.  The endpoint for chronic dietary risk assessment was based on alterations in hematology and clinical chemistry parameters and increased absolute and relative liver weights observed in a chronic toxicity study performed on dogs.  The FQPA SF was reduced to 1x based on toxicological considerations by the FQPA Safety Factor Committee (HED Doc. No. 014309, 31/08/2000).  Clethodim has been classified as a group E carcinogen; therefore, quantification of human cancer risk is not required and a cancer dietary assessment was not performed.

Table 4.  Summary of Toxicological Endpoints for Use in Human Health Risk Assessment

Exposure

Scenario	Dose Used in Risk Assessment,

UF	Hazard and Exposure Based on FQPA Safety Factor	Study and Toxicological Effects

Acute Dietary

All Populations 	There were no effects observed in oral toxicity studies including developmental toxicity studies in rats and rabbits that could be attributable to a single dose (exposure).  Therefore, a dose and endpoint were not selected for this risk assessment.

Chronic Dietary

All populations	NOAEL = 1.0

UF=100	FQPA SF = 1X

cPAD = 0.01 mg/kg/day	Chronic Toxicity-Dog (1 year): LOAEL = 75 mg/kg/day based on alterations in hematology and clinical chemistry parameters and increased absolute and relative liver weights observed.

Cancer

(oral, dermal, inhalation)	The HIARC classified clethodim as a group E carcinogen; therefore, quantification of human cancer risk is not required and a cancer dietary assessment was not performed.

1 UF = uncertainty factor; NOAEL = no observed adverse effect level; LOAEL = lowest observed adverse effect level; PAD = population adjusted dose (a = acute, c = chronic).

VI.	Results/Discussion

For chronic assessments, ARIA is concerned when dietary risk exceeds 100% of the cPAD.  The DEEM-FCID™ analyses estimate the dietary exposure of the U.S. population and various population subgroups.  The results reported in the Summary Table (Table 5) are for the general U.S. population, all infants (<1 year old), children 1-2, children 3-5, children 6-12, youth 13-19, females 13-49, adults 20-49, and adults 50+ years.

Results of the Chronic Dietary Exposure Analysis

The chronic dietary exposure for food and surface water utilized 29% of the cPAD for the U.S. population.  The chronic dietary exposure for the highest reported exposed population subgroup, children 1-2 years old, utilized 84% of the cPAD.

The results of the chronic dietary exposure analysis are reported in the Summary Table (Table 5, below).

Table 5.  Summary of Dietary (Food and Drinking Water) Exposure Risk for Clethodim

Population Subgroup	Chronic Dietary

	Dietary Exposure

(mg/kg/day)	% cPAD*

General U.S. Population	0.002938	29

All Infants (< 1 year old)	0.008072	81

Children 1-2 years old	0.008370	84

Children 3-5 years old	0.005994	60

Children 6-12 years old	0.003688	37

Youth 13-19 years old	0.002174	22

Adults 20-49 years old	0.002274	23

Adults 50+ years old	0.002575	26

Females 13-49 years old	0.002173	22

* % PADs are reported to 2 significant figures.

* *The values for the highest exposed population for each type of risk assessment are bolded.

These analyses are conservative dietary exposure assessments.  Further refinement to the analyses could be made through the use of anticipated residues, incorporation of additional percentages of crops treated with clethodim, and/or monitoring data that better reflect residues at the time of consumption.  Since risk estimates are below ARIA’s level of concern, a more highly refined analysis is not needed at this time.

VII.	Conclusions

A chronic dietary exposure assessment was conducted for the proposed and existing food uses and drinking water for clethodim.

The chronic dietary (food + drinking water) exposure to clethodim is below ARIA’s level of concern for the general U.S. population and all population subgroups.  The chronic dietary exposure utilized 29% cPAD for the general U.S. population and 84% cPAD for children 1-2 years old, the most highly exposed population subgroup.

VIII.	List of Attachments

Attachment 1:  Chronic Food plus Water Residue Input File

Attachment 2:  Chronic Results File

Attachment 3:  SLUA

cc:  B. Hanson

Attachment 1:  Chronic Food plus Water Residue Input File

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency                                 Ver. 2.00

DEEM-FCID Chronic analysis for CLETHODIM                          1994-98 data

Residue file: C:\Documents and Settings\bhanson\My Documents\Breann's Work\ARIA\Clethodim\FINALS\FINAL FINALS\c121011.R98

                                                               Adjust. #2 used

Analysis Date 03-07-2007             Residue file dated: 03-07-2007/09:13:36/8

Reference dose (RfD) = 0.01 mg/kg bw/day

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Food Crop                                       Residue       Adj.Factors      Comment

EPA Code  Grp  Food Name                          (ppm)

                                                             #1         #2

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

04010050 4A   Amaranth, leafy                    2.000000   1.000      1.000   5E6978

01030150 1CD  Arrowroot, flour                   1.000000   1.000      1.000

01030151 1CD  Arrowroot, flour-babyfood          1.000000   1.000      1.000

01030170 1CD  Artichoke, Jerusalem               1.000000   1.000      1.000

04010180 4A   Arugula                            2.000000   1.000      1.000   5E6978

95000190 O    Asparagus                          1.700000   1.000      1.000   5E6977

09020210 9B   Balsam pear                        0.500000   1.000      1.000

19010280 19A  Basil, fresh leaves               12.000000   1.000      1.000   4E6836

19010281 19A  Basil, fresh leaves-babyfood      12.000000   1.000      1.000   4E6836

19010290 19A  Basil, dried leaves               12.000000   1.000      1.000   4E6836

19010291 19A  Basil, dried leaves-babyfood      12.000000   1.000      1.000   4E6836

06030300 6C   Bean, black, seed                  3.500000   1.000      0.050   4F6895

06020310 6B   Bean, broad, succulent             3.500000   1.000      1.000   4F6895

06030320 6C   Bean, broad, seed                  3.500000   1.000      0.050   4F6895

06020330 6B   Bean, cowpea, succulent            3.500000   1.000      1.000   4F6895

06030340 6C   Bean, cowpea, seed                 3.500000   1.000      0.050   4F6895

06030350 6C   Bean,  great northern, seed        3.500000   1.000      0.050   4F6895

06030360 6C   Bean, kidney, seed                 3.500000   1.000      0.050   4F6895

06020370 6B   Bean, lima, succulent              3.500000   1.000      1.000   4F6895

06030380 6C   Bean, lima, seed                   3.500000   1.000      0.050   4F6895

06030390 6C   Bean, mung, seed                   3.500000   1.000      0.050   4F6895

06030400 6C   Bean, navy, seed                   3.500000   1.000      0.050   4F6895

06030410 6C   Bean, pink, seed                   3.500000   1.000      0.050   4F6895

06030420 6C   Bean, pinto, seed                  3.500000   1.000      0.050   4F6895

06010430 6A   Bean, snap, succulent              3.500000   1.000      1.000   4F6895

06010431 6A   Bean, snap, succulent-babyfood     3.500000   1.000      1.000   4F6895

21000440 M    Beef, meat                         0.200000   1.000      1.000

21000441 M    Beef, meat-babyfood                0.200000   1.000      1.000

21000450 M    Beef, meat, dried                  0.200000   1.920      1.000

21000460 M    Beef, meat byproducts              0.200000   1.000      1.000

21000461 M    Beef, meat byproducts-babyfood     0.200000   1.000      1.000

21000470 M    Beef, fat                          0.200000   1.000      1.000

21000471 M    Beef,fat-babyfood                  0.200000   1.000      1.000

21000480 M    Beef, kidney                       0.200000   1.000      1.000

21000490 M    Beef, liver                        0.200000   1.000      1.000

21000491 M    Beef, liver-babyfood               0.200000   1.000      1.000

01010500 1AB  Beet, garden, roots                1.000000   1.000      0.010

01010501 1AB  Beet, garden, roots-babyfood       1.000000   1.000      0.010

02000510 2    Beet, garden, tops                 1.000000   1.000      0.010

01010520 1A   Beet, sugar                        0.200000   1.000      0.450

01010521 1A   Beet, sugar-babyfood               0.200000   1.000      0.450

01010530 1A   Beet, sugar, molasses              1.000000   1.000      0.450

01010531 1A   Beet, sugar, molasses-babyfood     1.000000   1.000      0.450

05010610 5A   Broccoli                           3.000000   1.000      0.100

05010611 5A   Broccoli-babyfood                  3.000000   1.000      0.100

05010620 5A   Broccoli, Chinese                  3.000000   1.000      0.100

05020630 5B   Broccoli raab                      3.000000   1.000      1.000

05010640 5A   Brussels sprouts                   3.000000   1.000      1.000

01010670 1AB  Burdock                            1.000000   1.000      1.000

05010690 5A   Cabbage                            3.000000   1.000      0.010

05020700 5B   Cabbage, Chinese, bok choy         3.000000   1.000      0.010

05010710 5A   Cabbage, Chinese, napa             3.000000   1.000      0.010

05010720 5A   Cabbage, Chinese, mustard          3.000000   1.000      0.010

09010750 9A   Cantaloupe                         2.000000   1.000      0.010

04020760 4B   Cardoon                            0.600000   1.000      1.000

01010780 1AB  Carrot                             1.000000   1.000      0.100

01010781 1AB  Carrot-babyfood                    1.000000   1.000      0.100

01010790 1AB  Carrot, juice                      1.000000   1.000      0.100

09010800 9A   Casaba                             2.000000   1.000      1.000

01030820 1CD  Cassava                            1.000000   1.000      1.000

01030821 1CD  Cassava-babyfood                   1.000000   1.000      1.000

05010830 5A   Cauliflower                        3.000000   1.000      1.000

01010840 1AB  Celeriac                           1.000000   1.000      1.000

04020850 4B   Celery                             0.600000   1.000      0.050

04020851 4B   Celery-babyfood                    0.600000   1.000      0.050

04020860 4B   Celery, juice                      0.600000   1.000      0.050

04020870 4B   Celtuce                            0.600000   1.000      1.000

09020880 9B   Chayote, fruit                     0.500000   1.000      1.000

40000930 P    Chicken, meat                      0.200000   1.000      1.000

40000931 P    Chicken, meat-babyfood             0.200000   1.000      1.000

40000940 P    Chicken, liver                     0.200000   1.000      1.000

40000950 P    Chicken, meat byproducts           0.200000   1.000      1.000

40000951 P    Chicken, meat byproducts-babyfoo   0.200000   1.000      1.000

40000960 P    Chicken, fat                       0.200000   1.000      1.000

40000961 P    Chicken, fat-babyfood              0.200000   1.000      1.000

40000970 P    Chicken, skin                      0.200000   1.000      1.000

40000971 P    Chicken, skin-babyfood             0.200000   1.000      1.000

06030980 6C   Chickpea, seed                     3.500000   1.000      0.050   4F6895

06030981 6C   Chickpea, seed-babyfood            3.500000   1.000      0.050   4F6895

06030990 6C   Chickpea, flour                    3.500000   1.000      0.050   4F6895

01011000 1AB  Chicory, roots                     1.000000   1.000      1.000

09021020 9B   Chinese waxgourd                   0.500000   1.000      1.000

19011030 19A  Chive                             12.000000   1.000      1.000   4E6836

04011040 4A   Chrysanthemum, garland             2.000000   1.000      1.000   5E6978

05021170 5B   Collards                           3.000000   1.000      1.000

19011180 19A  Coriander, leaves                 12.000000   1.000      1.000   4E6936

19011181 19A  Coriander, leaves-babyfood        12.000000   1.000      1.000   4E6936

95001280 O    Cottonseed, oil                    1.000000   1.000      0.010

95001281 O    Cottonseed, oil-babyfood           1.000000   1.000      0.010

95001300 O    Cranberry                          0.500000   1.000      1.000

95001301 O    Cranberry-babyfood                 0.500000   1.000      1.000

95001310 O    Cranberry, dried                   0.500000   1.000      1.000

95001320 O    Cranberry, juice                   0.500000   1.100      1.000

95001321 O    Cranberry, juice-babyfood          0.500000   1.100      1.000

04011330 4A   Cress, garden                      2.000000   1.000      1.000   5E6978

04011340 4A   Cress, upland                      2.000000   1.000      1.000   5E6978

09021350 9B   Cucumber                           0.500000   1.000      0.010

04011380 4A   Dandelion, leaves                  2.000000   1.000      1.000   5E6978

01031390 1CD  Dasheen, corm                      1.000000   1.000      1.000

19011440 19A  Dillweed                          12.000000   1.000      1.000   4E6836

70001450 P    Egg, whole                         0.200000   1.000      1.000

70001451 P    Egg, whole-babyfood                0.200000   1.000      1.000

70001460 P    Egg, white                         0.200000   1.000      1.000

70001461 P    Egg, white (solids)-babyfood       0.200000   1.000      1.000

70001470 P    Egg, yolk                          0.200000   1.000      1.000

70001471 P    Egg, yolk-babyfood                 0.200000   1.000      1.000

08001480 8    Eggplant                           1.000000   1.000      1.000

04011500 4A   Endive                             2.000000   1.000      1.000   5E6978

04021520 4B   Fennel, Florence                   0.600000   1.000      1.000

20001630 20   Flaxseed, oil                      0.600000   1.000      1.000   3E6555

01031660 1CD  Ginger                             1.000000   1.000      1.000

01031661 1CD  Ginger-babyfood                    1.000000   1.000      1.000

01031670 1CD  Ginger, dried                      1.000000   1.000      1.000

01011680 1AB  Ginseng, dried                     1.000000   1.000      1.000

23001690 M    Goat, meat                         0.200000   1.000      1.000

23001700 M    Goat, meat byproducts              0.200000   1.000      1.000

23001710 M    Goat, fat                          0.200000   1.000      1.000

23001720 M    Goat, kidney                       0.200000   1.000      1.000

23001730 M    Goat, liver                        0.200000   1.000      1.000

06031820 6C   Guar, seed                         3.500000   1.000      0.050   4F6895

06031821 6C   Guar, seed-babyfood                3.500000   1.000      0.050   4F6895

19011840 19A  Herbs, other                      12.000000   1.000      1.000   4E6836

19011841 19A  Herbs, other-babyfood             12.000000   1.000      1.000   4E6836

09011870 9A   Honeydew melon                     2.000000   1.000      1.000

95001880 O    Hop                                0.500000   1.000      1.000   5E6977

24001890 M    Horse, meat                        0.200000   1.000      1.000

01011900 1AB  Horseradish                        1.000000   1.000      1.000

05021940 5B   Kale                               3.000000   1.000      1.000

05011960 5A   Kohlrabi                           3.000000   1.000      1.000

19012020 19A  Lemongrass                        12.000000   1.000      1.000   4E6836

06032030 6C   Lentil, seed                       3.500000   1.000      0.050   4F6895

04012040 4A   Lettuce, head                      2.000000   1.000      0.010   5E6978

04012050 4A   Lettuce, leaf                      2.000000   1.000      0.010   5E6978

19012200 19A  Marjoram                          12.000000   1.000      1.000   4E6836

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27002220 D    Milk, fat                          0.050000   1.000      1.000

27002221 D    Milk, fat - baby food/infant for   0.050000   1.000      1.000

27012230 D    Milk, nonfat solids                0.050000   1.000      1.000

27012231 D    Milk, nonfat solids-baby food/in   0.050000   1.000      1.000

27022240 D    Milk, water                        0.050000   1.000      1.000

27022241 D    Milk, water-babyfood/infant form   0.050000   1.000      1.000

27032251 D    Milk, sugar (lactose)-baby food/   0.050000   1.000      1.000

05022290 5B   Mustard greens                     3.000000   1.000      1.000

08002340 8    Okra                               1.000000   1.000      1.000

03002370 3    Onion, dry bulb                    0.200000   1.000      0.100

03002371 3    Onion, dry bulb-babyfood           0.200000   1.000      0.100

03002380 3    Onion, dry bulb, dried             0.200000   9.000      0.100

03002381 3    Onion, dry bulb, dried-babyfood    0.200000   9.000      0.100

03002390 3    Onion, green                       2.000000   1.000      0.100

04012480 4A   Parsley, leaves                    2.000000   1.000      1.000   5E6978

19012490 19A  Parsley, dried leaves             12.000000   1.000      1.000   4E6836

19012491 19A  Parsley, dried leaves-babyfood    12.000000   1.000      1.000   4E6836

01012500 1AB  Parsley, turnip rooted             1.000000   1.000      1.000

01012510 1AB  Parsnip                            1.000000   1.000      1.000

01012511 1AB  Parsnip-babyfood                   1.000000   1.000      1.000

06022550 6B   Pea, succulent                     3.500000   1.000      1.000   4F6895

06022551 6B   Pea, succulent-babyfood            3.500000   1.000      1.000   4F6895

06032560 6C   Pea, dry                           3.500000   1.000      1.000   4F6895

06032561 6C   Pea, dry-babyfood                  3.500000   1.000      1.000   4F6895

06012570 6A   Pea, edible podded, succulent      3.500000   1.000      1.000   4F6895

06032580 6C   Pea, pigeon, seed                  3.500000   1.000      1.000   4F6895

06022590 6B   Pea, pigeon, succulent             3.500000   1.000      1.000   4F6895

95002630 O    Peanut                             3.000000   1.000      0.050

95002640 O    Peanut, butter                     3.000000   1.890      0.050

95002650 O    Peanut, oil                        3.000000   1.000      0.050

08002700 8    Pepper, bell                       1.000000   1.000      1.000

08002701 8    Pepper, bell-babyfood              1.000000   1.000      1.000

08002710 8    Pepper, bell, dried                1.000000   1.000      1.000

08002711 8    Pepper, bell, dried-babyfood       1.000000   1.000      1.000

08002720 8    Pepper, nonbell                    1.000000   1.000      1.000

08002721 8    Pepper, nonbell-babyfood           1.000000   1.000      1.000

08002730 8    Pepper, nonbell, dried             1.000000   1.000      1.000

95002750 O    Peppermint                         5.000000   1.000      1.000

95002760 O    Peppermint, oil                    5.000000   1.000      1.000

25002900 M    Pork, meat                         0.200000   1.000      1.000

25002901 M    Pork, meat-babyfood                0.200000   1.000      1.000

25002910 M    Pork, skin                         0.200000   1.000      1.000

25002920 M    Pork, meat byproducts              0.200000   1.000      1.000

25002921 M    Pork, meat byproducts-babyfood     0.200000   1.000      1.000

25002930 M    Pork, fat                          0.200000   1.000      1.000

25002931 M    Pork, fat-babyfood                 0.200000   1.000      1.000

25002940 M    Pork, kidney                       0.200000   1.000      1.000

25002950 M    Pork, liver                        0.200000   1.000      1.000

01032960 1C   Potato, chips                      1.000000   1.000      0.050

01032970 1C   Potato, dry (granules/ flakes)     2.000000   1.000      0.050

01032971 1C   Potato, dry (granules/ flakes)-b   2.000000   1.000      0.050

01032980 1C   Potato, flour                      1.000000   1.000      0.050

01032981 1C   Potato, flour-babyfood             1.000000   1.000      0.050

01032990 1C   Potato, tuber, w/peel              1.000000   1.000      0.050

01032991 1C   Potato, tuber, w/peel-babyfood     1.000000   1.000      0.050

01033000 1C   Potato, tuber, w/o peel            1.000000   1.000      0.050

01033001 1C   Potato, tuber, w/o peel-babyfood   1.000000   1.000      0.050

60003010 P    Poultry, other, meat               0.200000   1.000      1.000

60003020 P    Poultry, other, liver              0.200000   1.000      1.000

60003030 P    Poultry, other, meat byproducts    0.200000   1.000      1.000

60003040 P    Poultry, other, fat                0.200000   1.000      1.000

60003050 P    Poultry, other, skin               0.200000   1.000      1.000

09023080 9B   Pumpkin                            0.500000   1.000      0.050

09023090 9B   Pumpkin, seed                      0.500000   1.000      0.050

04013130 4A   Radicchio                          2.000000   1.000      1.000   5E6978

01013140 1AB  Radish, roots                      1.000000   1.000      1.000

02003150 2    Radish, tops                       0.700000   1.000      1.000

01013160 1AB  Radish, Oriental, roots            1.000000   1.000      1.000

02003170 2    Radish, Oriental, tops             0.700000   1.000      1.000

05023180 5B   Rape greens                        3.000000   1.000      1.000

20003190 20   Rapeseed, oil                      0.500000   1.000      1.000

20003191 20   Rapeseed, oil-babyfood             0.500000   1.000      1.000

04023220 4B   Rhubarb                            0.600000   1.000      1.000

01013270 1AB  Rutabaga                           1.000000   1.000      1.000

20003300 20   Safflower, oil                     5.000000   1.000      1.000

20003301 20   Safflower, oil-babyfood            5.000000   1.000      1.000

01013310 1AB  Salsify, roots                     1.000000   1.000      1.000

02003320 2    Salsify, tops                      0.700000   1.000      1.000

19013340 19A  Savory                            12.000000   1.000      1.000   4E6836

95003360 O    Sesame, seed                       0.350000   1.000      1.000

95003361 O    Sesame, seed-babyfood              0.350000   1.000      1.000

95003370 O    Sesame, oil                        0.350000   1.400      1.000

95003371 O    Sesame, oil-babyfood               0.350000   1.400      1.000

26003390 M    Sheep, meat                        0.200000   1.000      1.000

26003391 M    Sheep, meat-babyfood               0.200000   1.000      1.000

26003400 M    Sheep, meat byproducts             0.200000   1.000      1.000

26003410 M    Sheep, fat                         0.200000   1.000      1.000

26003411 M    Sheep, fat-babyfood                0.200000   1.000      1.000

26003420 M    Sheep, kidney                      0.200000   1.000      1.000

26003430 M    Sheep, liver                       0.200000   1.000      1.000

06003470 6    Soybean, seed                     10.000000   1.000      0.050

06003480 6    Soybean, flour                    10.000000   1.000      0.050

06003481 6    Soybean, flour-babyfood           10.000000   1.000      0.050

06003490 6    Soybean, soy milk                 10.000000   1.000      0.050

06003491 6    Soybean, soy milk-babyfood or in  10.000000   1.000      0.050

06003500 6    Soybean, oil                      10.000000   1.000      0.050

06003501 6    Soybean, oil-babyfood             10.000000   1.000      0.050

95003520 O    Spearmint                          5.000000   1.000      1.000

95003530 O    Spearmint, oil                     5.000000   1.000      1.000

04013550 4A   Spinach                            2.000000   1.000      1.000   5E6978

04013551 4A   Spinach-babyfood                   2.000000   1.000      1.000   5E6978

09023560 9B   Squash, summer                     0.500000   1.000      0.050

09023561 9B   Squash, summer-babyfood            0.500000   1.000      0.050

09023570 9B   Squash, winter                     0.500000   1.000      0.050

09023571 9B   Squash, winter-babyfood            0.500000   1.000      0.050

95003590 O    Strawberry                         3.000000   1.000      0.010

95003591 O    Strawberry-babyfood                3.000000   1.000      0.010

95003600 O    Strawberry, juice                  3.000000   1.000      0.010

95003601 O    Strawberry, juice-babyfood         3.000000   1.000      0.010

20003640 20   Sunflower, seed                    5.000000   1.000      0.200

20003650 20   Sunflower, oil                     5.000000   1.000      0.200

20003651 20   Sunflower, oil-babyfood            5.000000   1.000      0.200

01033660 1CD  Sweet potato                       1.000000   1.000      0.010

01033661 1CD  Sweet potato-babyfood              1.000000   1.000      0.010

04023670 4B   Swiss chard                        0.600000   1.000      1.000

01033710 1CD  Tanier, corm                       1.000000   1.000      1.000

08003740 8    Tomatillo                          1.000000   1.000      1.000

08003750 8    Tomato                             1.000000   1.000      0.010

08003751 8    Tomato-babyfood                    1.000000   1.000      0.010

08003760 8    Tomato, paste                      1.000000   5.400      0.010

  Full comment: previous tolerance expired 4/30/03

08003761 8    Tomato, paste-babyfood             1.000000   5.400      0.010

  Full comment: previous tolerance expired 4/30/03

08003770 8    Tomato, puree                      1.000000   3.300      0.010

  Full comment: previous tolerance expired 4/30/03

08003771 8    Tomato, puree-babyfood             1.000000   3.300      0.010

  Full comment: previous tolerance expired 4/30/03

08003780 8    Tomato, dried                      1.000000  14.300      0.010

08003781 8    Tomato, dried-babyfood             1.000000  14.300      0.010

08003790 8    Tomato, juice                      1.000000   1.500      0.010

50003820 P    Turkey, meat                       0.200000   1.000      1.000

50003821 P    Turkey, meat-babyfood              0.200000   1.000      1.000

50003830 P    Turkey, liver                      0.200000   1.000      1.000

50003831 P    Turkey, liver-babyfood             0.200000   1.000      1.000

50003840 P    Turkey, meat byproducts            0.200000   1.000      1.000

50003841 P    Turkey, meat byproducts-babyfood   0.200000   1.000      1.000

50003850 P    Turkey, fat                        0.200000   1.000      1.000

50003851 P    Turkey, fat-babyfood               0.200000   1.000      1.000

50003860 P    Turkey, skin                       0.200000   1.000      1.000

50003861 P    Turkey, skin-babyfood              0.200000   1.000      1.000

01033870 1CD  Turmeric                           1.000000   1.000      1.000

01013880 1AB  Turnip, roots                      1.000000   1.000      1.000

05023890 5B   Turnip, greens                     3.000000   1.000      1.000

86010000 O    Water, direct, all sources         0.007630   1.000      1.000

86020000 O    Water, indirect, all sources       0.007630   1.000      1.000

09013990 9A   Watermelon                         2.000000   1.000      0.050

09014000 9A   Watermelon, juice                  2.000000   1.000      0.050

01034060 1CD  Yam, true                          1.000000   1.000      1.000

01034070 1CD  Yam bean                           1.000000   1.000      1.000

Attachment 2:  Chronic Results File

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency                                 Ver. 2.00

DEEM-FCID Chronic analysis for CLETHODIM                        (1994-98 data)

Residue file name: C:\Documents and Settings\bhanson\My Documents\Breann's Work\ARIA\Clethodim\FINALS\FINAL FINALS\c121011.R98

                                                     Adjustment factor #2 used.

Analysis Date 03-07-2007/09:21:00     Residue file dated: 03-07-2007/09:13:36/8

Reference dose (RfD, Chronic) = .01 mg/kg bw/day

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          Population                         mg/kg             Percent of

           Subgroup                       body wt/day             Rfd

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U.S. Population (total)                     0.002938                29.4%

U.S. Population (spring season)             0.002895                29.0%

U.S. Population (summer season)             0.002969                29.7%

U.S. Population (autumn season)             0.002962                29.6%

U.S. Population (winter season)             0.002921                29.2%

Northeast region                            0.002890                28.9%

Midwest region                              0.002969                29.7%

Southern region                             0.003003                30.0%

Western region                              0.002845                28.4%

Hispanics                                   0.002752                27.5%

Non-hispanic whites                         0.002814                28.1%

Non-hispanic blacks                         0.003523                35.2%

Non-hisp/non-white/non-black                0.003751                37.5%

All infants (< 1 year)                      0.008072                80.7%

Nursing infants                             0.003896                39.0%

Non-nursing infants                         0.009657                96.6%

Children 1-6  yrs                           0.006650                66.5%

Children 7-12 yrs                           0.003420                34.2%

Females 13-19 (not preg or nursing)         0.001907                19.1%

Females 20+ (not preg or nursing)           0.002350                23.5%

Females 13-50 yrs                           0.002282                22.8%

Females 13+ (preg/not nursing)              0.002092                20.9%

Females 13+ (nursing)                       0.002866                28.7%

Males 13-19 yrs                             0.002432                24.3%

Males 20+ yrs                               0.002416                24.2%

Seniors 55+                                 0.002596                26.0%

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Females 13-49 yrs                           0.002173                21.7%

Attachment 3:   SLUA

Clethodim	                                       Dietary Exposure and Risk Assessment                   DP Number:  333069

PC Code: 121011

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Clethodim	                                       Dietary Exposure and Risk Assessment                   DP Number:  333069

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 18 (Thursday, January 28, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 4884-4886]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01577]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R05-OAR-2015-0366; FRL-9941-53-Region 5]

Air Plan Approval; Minnesota; Inver Hills SO2

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a
revision to the Minnesota sulfur dioxide (SO2) State
Implementation Plan (SIP) for Northern States Power Company's Xcel
Energy-Inver Hills Generating Plant (Inver Hills), located in Inver
Grove Heights, Minnesota. The revision, submitted by the Minnesota
Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) on May 1, 2015, incorporates a more
stringent limit for the sulfur content of the fuel used at the
facility, and modifies the fuel analysis requirements to meet the more
stringent limit. These revisions will not result in an increase in
SO2 emissions at the facility.

DATES: This rule is effective on March 28, 2016, unless EPA receives
adverse written comments by February 29, 2016. If EPA receives adverse
comments, EPA will publish a timely withdrawal of the rule in the
Federal Register and inform the public that the rule will not take
effect.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R05-
OAR-2015-0366 at http://www.regulations.gov or via email to
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>For comments submitted at Regulations.gov,
follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted,
comments cannot be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. For either
manner of submission, EPA may publish any comment received to its
public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you
consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia
submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written
comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and
should include discussion of all points you wish to make. EPA will
generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of
the primary submission (i.e. on the Web, cloud, or other file sharing
system). For additional submission methods, please contact the person
identified in the For Further Information Contact section. For the full
EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia
submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please
visit http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Hatten, Environmental
Engineer, Control Strategies Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J),
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,
Chicago, Illinois 60604,<PHONE_NUMBER><EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document whenever ``we,''
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA. This supplementary information
section is arranged as follows:

I. What is the background for this action?
II. What changes are being made to the SO2 SIP for Inver
Hills?
III. What is EPA's analysis of the state's submission?
IV. What action is EPA taking?
V. Incorporation by Reference
VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

I. What is the background for this action?

    The Inver Hills facility is a 440 Megawatt peak demand electrical
generation plant. The plant has six generation units, turbines EU 001-
EU 006, which can burn both natural gas and distillate fuel oil. In
1980, Inver Hills was identified by the state of Minnesota as a
culpable source in the Pine Bend portion of the Minneapolis-St. Paul
SO2 nonattainment area in Dakota County. On July 28, 1992,
MPCA issued an administrative order for Inver Hills to address the
source's contribution to the nonattainment

problem. The SIP revision containing the administrative order was
approved by EPA on September 9, 1994 (59 FR 46553). The area was
subsequently redesignated to attainment of the SO2 National
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) on May 13, 1997 (62 FR 26230),
and is now a maintenance area for SO2.
    On June 8, 2004 (69 FR 31891), EPA approved a Minnesota
SO2 SIP revision, replacing the administrative order with
Title I conditions for the Inver Hills facility. In addition, on
December 5, 2007 (72 FR 68508), EPA approved a Minnesota SO2
SIP revision, updating the Title I conditions for the Inver Hills
facility.

II. What changes are being made to the SO2 SIP for Inver
Hills?

    On May 1, 2015, MPCA submitted a request to EPA to revise the Title
I SIP conditions in the SO2 SIP for the six electric
generating turbines at the Inver Hills facility. The SIP revision
reduces the allowable sulfur content limit for all fuels delivered to
the facility from 0.48 percent by weight to 0.005 percent by weight. In
addition, the SIP revision updates the requirements necessary to
demonstrate compliance with this more stringent fuel limit.
    The Inver Hills SIP revision contains two methods for determining
compliance with the sulfur limit for fuel oil. Method A requires Inver
Hills to sample the fuel upon delivery to demonstrate compliance with
the new lower fuel sulfur limit of 0.005 percent by weight. Method B
requires the fuel supplier to provide a guarantee that the fuel oil has
a sulfur content below a specific limit. If the fuel oil supplier
provides that guarantee, Inver Hills is not required to conduct any
additional sampling or analysis of the fuel oil. Since no sampling is
required, the SIP revision reduces the sulfur content limit under
Method B from 0.10 percent by weight to 0.0015 percent by weight.

III. What is EPA's analysis of the state's submission?

    The SIP revision submitted by Minnesota imposes more stringent
limits on the sulfur content of the fuel used at the Inver Hills
facility. In addition, the provisions for demonstrating compliance have
been revised to reflect the more stringent fuel limits. A modeling
analysis was not conducted for the Inver Hills because the SIP revision
imposes more stringent SO2 emission limits at the facility,
resulting in a decrease in SO2 emissions. Because the
revision strengthens the existing SO2 SIP for Inver Hills,
EPA deems the submittal approvable.

IV. What action is EPA taking?

    EPA is approving the request by Minnesota to revise the Title I SIP
conditions in Minnesota's SO2 SIP that apply to the Inver
Hills facility. Specifically, EPA is approving into the SIP only those
portions of Inver Hills' Title V permit, No. 03700015-004, cited as
``Title I Condition: State Implementation Plan for SO2.''
These Title I SIP conditions replace the current SO2 SIP for
Inver Hills.
    We are publishing this action without prior proposal because we
view this as a noncontroversial amendment and anticipate no adverse
comments. However, in the proposed rules section of this Federal
Register publication, we are publishing a separate document that will
serve as the proposal to approve the state plan if relevant adverse
written comments are filed. This rule will be effective March 28, 2016
without further notice unless we receive relevant adverse written
comments by February 29, 2016. If we receive such comments, we will
withdraw this action before the effective date by publishing a
subsequent document that will withdraw the final action. All public
comments received will then be addressed in a subsequent final rule
based on the proposed action. EPA will not institute a second comment
period. Any parties interested in commenting on this action should do
so at this time. If we do not receive any comments, this action will be
effective March 28, 2016.

V. Incorporation by Reference

    In this rule, EPA is finalizing regulatory text that includes
incorporation by reference. In accordance with requirements of 1 CFR
51.5, EPA is finalizing the incorporation by reference of the Minnesota
regulations described in the amendments to 40 CFR part 52 set forth
below. The EPA has made, and will continue to make, these documents
generally available electronically through www.regulations.gov and/or
in hard copy at the appropriate EPA office (see the ADDRESSES section
of this preamble for more information).

VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    Under the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Administrator is required to
approve a SIP submission that complies with the provisions of the CAA
and applicable Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state
choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the CAA. Accordingly,
this action merely approves state law as meeting Federal requirements
and does not impose additional requirements beyond those imposed by
state law. For that reason, this action:
     Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' subject to
review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Orders
12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21,
2011);
     Does not impose an information collection burden under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
     Is certified as not having a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
     Does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or
uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4);
     Does not have Federalism implications as specified in
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999);
     Is not an economically significant regulatory action based
on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR
19885, April 23, 1997);
     Is not a significant regulatory action subject to
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001);
     Is not subject to requirements of Section 12(d) of the
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272
note) because application of those requirements would be inconsistent
with the CAA; and
     Does not provide EPA with the discretionary authority to
address, as appropriate, disproportionate human health or environmental
effects, using practicable and legally permissible methods, under
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
    In addition, the SIP is not approved to apply on any Indian
reservation land or in any other area where EPA or an Indian tribe has
demonstrated that a tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian
country, the rule does not have tribal implications and will not impose
substantial direct costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law as
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000).
    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule,
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the
United States. EPA will submit a

report containing this action 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 the rule in the
Federal Register. A major rule cannot take effect until 60 days after
it is published in the Federal Register. This action is not a ``major
rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
    Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, petitions for judicial review
of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for
the appropriate circuit by March 28, 2016. Filing a petition for
reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule does not affect
the finality of this action for the purposes of judicial review nor
does it extend the time within which a petition for judicial review may
be filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness of such rule or
action. Parties with objections to this direct final rule are
encouraged to file a comment in response to the parallel notice of
proposed rulemaking for this action published in the proposed rules
section of today's Federal Register, rather than file an immediate
petition for judicial review of this direct final rule, so that EPA can
withdraw this direct final rule and address the comment in the proposed
rulemaking. This action may not be challenged later in proceedings to
enforce its requirements. (See section 307(b)(2).)

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur dioxide.

    Dated: January 13, 2016.
Susan Hedman,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.

    40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:

PART 52--APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS

0
1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

0
2. In Sec.  52.1220, the table in paragraph (d) is amended by revising
the entry for ``Xcel Energy-Inver Hills Generating Plant'' to read as
follows:

Sec.  52.1220  Identification of plan.

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    (d) * * *

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                                                        State
          Name of Source             Permit No.    effective date   EPA Approval date           Comments
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Xcel Energy-Inver Hills              03700015-004        07/16/14  01/28/16, [Insert    Only conditions cited as
 Generating Plant.                                                  Federal Register     ``Title I condition:
                                                                    citation].           SIP for SO2 NAAQS.''

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2023-0228, FRL-10820-01-OLEM]

Draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution: Request for
Public Comment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed the
Draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution to reduce plastic
waste and other post-consumer materials in waterways and oceans, as
directed by Congress in section 301 of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act. This
Notice provides the public with an opportunity to share information and
provide feedback on the draft strategy, which identifies actions where
EPA can work collaboratively with stakeholders to prevent plastic
pollution and reduce, reuse, collect, and capture plastic and other
waste from land-based sources. EPA is seeking public comment from a
broad array of stakeholders engaged in post-consumer materials
management and infrastructure, including, but not limited to: state,
tribal, territorial, and local governments; industry; researchers;
academia; non-profit organizations; community groups; and international
organizations. Public comments received will inform the Agency's
efforts to finalize and implement the strategy and further work with
stakeholders to implement the actions.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 16, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-
2023-0228. Comments submitted in response to this notice may be
submitted through the following:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
    Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from
Regulations.gov. EPA may publish any comment received to its public
docket. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio,
video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. For additional
submission methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information
about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making
effective comments, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID
No. OLEM-2023-0228 for this notice. Comments received may be posted
without change to https://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal
information provided. For detailed instructions on sending comments and
additional information on the Request for Information process, see the
``Public Participation'' heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions concerning this
document, contact Tameka Taylor, telephone number<PHONE_NUMBER>,
Resource Conservation and Sustainability

Division, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, Office of Land
and Emergency Management, Mail Code 5306T, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004; Email:
[email protected]. For more information on this strategy and
others developed as part of EPA's Series on Building a Circular Economy
for All, please visit https://www.epa.gov/circular-economy.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Public Participation

    Response to this request for public comment is voluntary. Submit
your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2023-0228, at
https://www.regulations.gov/ (our preferred method), or the other
methods identified in the ADDRESSES section. Once submitted, comments
cannot be edited or removed from the docket. The EPA may publish any
comment received to its public docket. Responses to this request for
public comment may be submitted by a single party or a team. Responses
will only be accepted using Microsoft Word (.docx) or Adobe PDF (.pdf)
file formats. The response document should contain the following:
     Two clearly delineated sections: (1) Cover page with
company name and contact information; and (2) responses by topic and/or
that address specific EPA questions.
     1-inch margins (top, bottom, and sides).
     Times New Roman and 12-point font.
    Comments containing references, studies, research, and other
empirical data that are not widely published should include copies or
electronic links to the referenced materials. Do not submit to EPA's
docket at https://www.regulations.gov/ any information you consider to
be Confidential Business Information (CBI), Proprietary Business
Information (PBI), or other information whose disclosure is restricted
by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be
accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered the
official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish
to make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment
contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web,
cloud, or other file sharing system). Please visit: https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets for additional submission
methods; the full EPA public comment policy; information about CBI,
PBI, or multimedia submissions; and general guidance on making
effective comments. No confidential and/or business proprietary
information, copyrighted information, or personally identifiable
information should be submitted in response to this notice.
    Privacy Note: All comments received from members of the public will
be available for public viewing on Regulations.gov. In accordance with
FAR 15.202(3), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be
accepted by the Federal Government to form a binding contract.
Additionally, those submitting responses are solely responsible for all
expenses associated with response preparation.

II. General Information

A. What is the purpose of this request for public comment?

    Section 301 of the Save our Seas 2.0 Act charges EPA, in
consultation with stakeholders, with developing a strategy to improve
post-consumer materials management and infrastructure to reduce plastic
waste and other post-consumer materials in waterways and oceans. The
Draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution, satisfies
Congress' direction to EPA in section 301 of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act
to develop a strategy to improve post-consumer materials management and
infrastructure for the purpose of reducing plastic waste and other
post-consumer materials in waterways and oceans. EPA's National
Recycling Strategy was published in November 2021 and primarily focuses
on enhancing and advancing the national municipal solid waste recycling
system, including plastic products in municipal solid waste. This
strategy, the Draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution,
builds upon the National Recycling Strategy by focusing on actions to
reduce, reuse, collect, and capture plastic waste.
    The Draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution, provides
voluntary actions that can be implemented in the United States aimed at
eliminating the release of plastic waste from land-based sources into
the environment by 2040. This is a domestic strategy that identifies
strategic objectives and voluntary actions where EPA can work
collaboratively with U.S. stakeholders to prevent plastic pollution and
reduce, reuse, collect, and capture plastic and other waste from land-
based sources. The proposed actions under each objective create
opportunities to shift from a linear approach in plastic materials
management to a more circular system that is restorative or
regenerative by design, enables resources to maintain their highest
value for as long as possible, and aims for the elimination of waste.
Sea-based sources are not in the scope of this strategy.
    With input from stakeholders, EPA has identified three draft
objectives for the strategy: (A) Reduce Pollution During Plastic
Production; (B) Improve post-use materials management; and (C) Prevent
trash and microplastics from entering waterways and remove escaped
trash from the environment. The proposed actions under each objective
support the United States' shift to a circular approach that is
restorative or regenerative by design, enables resources to maintain
their highest value for as long as possible, and aims to eliminate
waste in the management of plastic products. EPA is seeking information
about the objectives and voluntary actions identified in this draft
strategy. Public comments will inform the Agency's efforts to finalize
the strategy and further work with stakeholders to implement actions to
reduce plastic waste and other post-consumer materials in waterways and
oceans. This Notice follows in sequence, a previous public comment
period for the EPA's National Recycling Strategy, which collectively
satisfies the charge given to EPA by Congress under the SOS 2.0 Act.

III. Request for Information

    In November 2021, EPA held multiple stakeholder feedback sessions
with federal agencies, states, territories, tribes, industry, and non-
profit organizations to inform the development of this strategy.
Between November 2021 and July 2022, EPA hosted virtual meetings across
the country with interested stakeholders to inform the development of
new grant programs established by the Infrastructure Investment and
Jobs Act, which further informed the development of this strategy. This
Notice and any future notices aim to supplement stakeholder engagement
sessions and, provide all interested individuals and organizations with
the opportunity to offer valuable input on the voluntary actions
identified in this strategy. In addition to receiving general feedback
on the draft strategy, EPA is interested in receiving feedback on the
following:
     Which actions are the most important and would have the
greatest positive impact at the local, regional, national, and global
level?
    [cir] Which actions can best protect human health and environmental
quality?

    [cir] Which actions are most important to address environmental
justice and climate change?
    [cir] What are the key steps and milestones necessary to
successfully implement the actions in the draft strategy?
     What are the most important roles and/or actions for
federal agencies to lead?
     Is your organization willing to lead an action or
collaborate with others to implement actions?
    [cir] What factors would your organization consider when
determining whether to lead an action?
     What are potential unintended consequences of the proposed
actions that could impact communities considered overburdened or
vulnerable, such as shifts in production or management methods?
     What are the key metrics and indicators that EPA should
use to measure progress in reducing plastic and other waste in
waterways and oceans?
     What criteria should processes other than mechanical
recycling meet to be considered ``recycling activities'' (e.g.,
``plastics-to-plastics outputs are `recycling' if the output is a
product that could again be recycled into another product or to extent
that it can achieve viable feedstock for new plastic materials'')? How
should health and environmental impacts be considered in these
criteria?
     Are there other actions that should be included in this
strategy?
    [cir] Should EPA expand the scope of the strategy to include sea-
based sources?
    [cir] Should specific types of plastic products be targeted for
reduction or reuse in this strategy?
     Do you have any additional information or recommendations
for EPA regarding these or other proposed actions in this draft
strategy?

IV. Disclaimer and Important Note

    This request for public comment is issued solely for information,
research and planning purposes and does not constitute a Request for
Proposals (RFP) or a Request for Applications (RFA). Responding to this
notice will not give any advantage to or preclude any organization or
individual in any subsequently issued solicitation, RFP, or RFA. Any
future development activities related to this activity will be
announced separately. This notice does not represent any award
commitment on the part of the U.S. Government, nor does it obligate the
Government to pay for costs incurred in the preparation and submission
of any responses.

    Dated: April 24, 2023.
Carolyn Hoskinson,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery.
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P-18-0165-0166 Sanitized Support Documents Index:
 P-18-0165-0166 Sanitized Determination Document (linked)
 P-18-0165 Sanitized CHEM Report (attached)
 P-18-0166 Sanitized CHEM Report (attached)
 P-18-0165 Sanitized ECO Report (attached)
 P-18-0166 Sanitized ECO Report (attached)
 P-18-0165 Sanitized ENG Report (attached)
 P-18-0166 Sanitized ENG Report (attached)
 P-18-0165 Sanitized EXP Report (attached)
 P-18-0166 Sanitized EXP Report (attached)
 P-18-0165 Sanitized Fate Report (attached)
 P-18-0166 Sanitized Fate Report (attached)
 P-18-0165-0166 Sanitized HLTH Report_POST-FOCUS FINAL (attached)


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[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-9004-2]

Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability

    Responsible Agency: Office of Federal Activities, General
Information<PHONE_NUMBER> or http://www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/.

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact Statements
Filed 07/16/2012 through 07/20/2012
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.

Notice

    Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act requires that EPA make public
its comments on EISs issued by other Federal agencies. EPA's comment
letters on EISs are available at: http://www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/eisdata.html.
    Supplementary Information: EPA is seeking agencies to participate
in its e-NEPA electronic EIS submission pilot. Participating agencies
can fulfill all requirements for EIS filing, eliminating the need to
submit paper copies to EPA Headquarters, by filing documents online and
providing feedback on the process. To participate in the pilot,
register at: https://cdx.epa.gov.

EIS No. 20120240, Final EIS, BLM, 00, Programmatic--Solar Energy
Development in Six Southern States, To Identify and Prioritize Specific
Locations Best Suited for Utility Scale Solar Energy Development on
Public Lands, AZ, CA, CO, NV, NM, and UT, Review Period Ends: 08/27/
2012, Contact: Shannon Stewart, BLM<PHONE_NUMBER>; Jane Summerson, DOE
202-287-6188. The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land
Management and the U.S. Department of Energy are Joint Lead Agencies
for this project.
EIS No. 20120241, Final EIS, USFS, WA, South George Vegetation and
Fuels Management Project, To Improve Forest Health and Resilience to
Fire, Insects and Disease in Upland Forests, Pomerory Ranger District,
Umatilla National Forest, Asotin and Garfield Counties, WA, Review
Period Ends: 08/27/2012, Contact: Dan Castillo<PHONE_NUMBER>.
EIS No. 20120242, Final EIS, BLM, WY, Lost Creek In Situ Recovery
Project, To Analyze the Site-Specific Impacts Associated with the Plan
of Operations, Sweetwater County, WY, Review Period Ends: 08/27/2012,
Contact: John Russell<PHONE_NUMBER>.
EIS No. 20120243, Final EIS, DHS, 00, Programmatic--Northern Border
Activities Program, Propose to Enhance its Program of Security along
the United States' Northern Border with Canada, from Maine to
Washington, Review Period Ends: 08/27/2012, Contact: Jennifer Hass 202-
344-1929.
EIS No. 20120244, Draft Supplement, NNSA, 00, Surplus Plutonium
Disposition (DOE/EIS-0283-S2), To Consider Options for Pit Disassembly
and Conversion of Plutonium Metal to Oxide, SC, NM, AL, and TN, Comment
Period Ends: 09/25/2012, Contact: Sachiko McAlhany<PHONE_NUMBER>.
EIS No. 20120245, Final EIS, USA, AK, Point Thomson Project,
Authorization for the Placement of Fill Material into U.S. Waters,
Permit Application, AK, Review Period Ends: 08/27/2012, Contact: Harry
A. Baij<PHONE_NUMBER>.
EIS No. 20120246, Final EIS, USN, CA, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat
Center Project, Land Acquisition and Airspace Establishment to Support
Large-Scale MAGTF Live-Fire and Maneuver Training Facility, Twentynine
Palms, San Bernardino County, CA, Review Period Ends: 08/27/2012,
Contact: Chris Proudfoot<PHONE_NUMBER>.
EIS No. 20120247, Final EIS, USACE, 00, Mississippi River Gulf Outlet
Ecosystem Restoration, To Develop a Comprehensive Ecosystem Restoration
Plan to Restore the Lake Borgne Ecosystems, LA and MS, Review Period
Ends: 08/27/2012, Contact: Tammy Gilmore<PHONE_NUMBER>.
EIS No. 20120248, Final EIS, USACE, TX, City of Denison Land
Conveyance, Lake Texoma, To Convey a Parcel of Federally-owned Land at
Lake Texoma, OK and TX to the City of Denison, TX, Grayson and Cooke
Counties, TX and Portion of

Bryan, Marshall, Johnston, and Love Counties, OK, Review Period Ends:
08/28/2012, Contact: Stephan L. Nolan<PHONE_NUMBER>.
EIS No. 20120249, Second Draft EIS (Tiering), USCG, 00, Tier 1 DEIS--
Rulemaking for Dry Cargo Residue (DCR) Discharges in the Great Lakes,
To Regulate Nonhazardous and Nontoxic DCR Sweeping from Vessels in the
Great Lakes that fall under the Jurisdiction of the United States and
Address Gaps Identified in Phase I Final EIS, Comment Period Ends: 10/
25/2012, Contact: Timothy O'Brien<PHONE_NUMBER>.

Amended Notices

EIS No. 20120164, Draft EIS, BLM, CA, McCoy Solar Energy Project,
Development of up to 750-megawatt(mw) Solar Energy Plant, Right-of-Way
Grant, Riverside County, CA, Comment Period Ends: 08/23/2012, Contact:
Jeff Childers<PHONE_NUMBER> Revision to FR Notice Published 05/25/2012;
Extending Comment Period from 08/22/2012 to 08/23/2012.
EIS No. 20120209, Draft EIS, USN, FL, Naval Air Station Key West
Airfield Operations, To Support and Conduct Aircraft Training
Operations, Florida Keys, Monroe County, FL, Comment Period Ends: 08/
13/2012, Contact: John Conway<PHONE_NUMBER>. Revision to FR Notice
Published 06/29/2012; Extending Comment Period from 08/13/2012 to 08/
28/2012.
EIS No. 20120233, Draft EIS, BLM, NM, Prehistoric Trackways National
Monument Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Dona Ana County, NM,
Comment Period Ends: 10/22/2012, Contact: Lori Allen<PHONE_NUMBER>.
Revision to FR Notice Published 07/20/2012; Change Filing Agency from
AFS to BLM.
EIS No. 20120237, Final Supplement, FHWA, CO, US 550 South Connection
to US 160, Updated Information, To US 160 from Durango to Bayfield, US
Army COE Section 404 Permit, La Plata County, CO, Review Period Ends:
08/27/2012, Contact: Stephanie Gibson<PHONE_NUMBER>. Revision to FR
Notice Published 07/20/2012; Filed Corrected Version and Extending
Review Period from 8/20/2012 to 8/27/2012.

    Dated: July 24, 2012.
Cliff Rader,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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[ER-FRL-9019-9]

Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability

    Responsible Agency: Office of Federal Activities, General
Information<PHONE_NUMBER> or http://www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/.

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact Statements
Filed 03/02/2015 through 03/06/2015
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.

    Notice: Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act requires that EPA make
public its comments on EISs issued by other Federal agencies. EPA's
comment letters on EISs are available at: http://www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/eisdata.html.

EIS No. 20150057, Draft EIS, APHIS, 00, PROGRAMMATIC--Asian Longhorned
Beetle Eradication Program, Comment Period Ends: 04/27/2015, Contact:
Jim E. Warren<PHONE_NUMBER>.
EIS No. 20150058, Final EIS, USA, CO, Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site (PCMS)
Training and Operations, Review Period Ends: 04/13/2015, Contact:
Pamela M. Klinger<PHONE_NUMBER>.
EIS No. 20150059, Draft EIS, NMFS, WA, The Makah Tribe Request to Hunt
Gray Whales, Comment Period Ends: 06/11/2015, Contact: Steve Stone 503-
231-2317.
EIS No. 20150060, Draft Supplement, TVA, TN, Integrated Resource Plan,
Comment Period Ends: 04/27/2015, Contact: Charles P. Nicholson 865-632-
3582.
EIS No. 20150061, Draft EIS, CALTRANS, CA, SR 710 North Improvements,
Comment Period Ends: 07/06/2015, Contact: Garrett Damrath<PHONE_NUMBER>.
EIS No. 20150062, Draft EIS, USFS, CA,Westside Fire Recovery Project,
Comment Period Ends: 04/13/2015, Contact: Wendy Coats<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service requested and
was granted approval to shorten the public comment period for this
Draft EIS from 45 to 30 days, reflecting the President's Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ) alternative arrangements granted in
accordance with 40 CFR 1506.11.

    Dated: March 10, 2015.
Cliff Rader,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2011-N-0012]

Proyecto Informar: Food and Drug Administration Hispanic Outreach
Initiative (U01)

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the
availability of grant funds for the support of a cooperative agreement
for the National Alliance for Hispanic Health. The goal of the Food and
Drug Administration, Office of the Commissioner, is to support
initiatives that will communicate risk and emergency public health
information to millions of Spanish-speaking consumers within the
targeted populations (socially disadvantaged, underserved populations,
ethnic and racial populations, health professionals, patients and
caregivers, pediatrics, adolescents, and disabled and older Americans).

DATES: Important dates are as follows:
    1. The application due date is July 15, 2011.
    2. The anticipated start date is in September 2011.
    3. The opening date is June 28, 2011.
    4. The expiration date is July 16, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS CONTACT:
    For programmatic questions and concerns: Mary Hitch, Office of
External Relations, Office of the Commissioner, Food and Drug
Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 32, rm. 5320, Silver
Spring, MD 20993-0002,<PHONE_NUMBER>, e-mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    For financial and administrative questions or concerns: Gladys M.
Melendez, Office of Acquisition and Grant Services, Food and Drug
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane (HFA-500), Rockville, MD 20857, 301-
827-7175, e-mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    For more information on this funding opportunity announcement (FOA)
and to obtain detailed requirements, and a copy of the full FOA, please
contact the programmatic or grants contact noted in this section.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Funding Opportunity Description

A. Background

    FDA announces its intent to accept a single source application for
awarding of a Cooperative Agreement to the National Alliance for
Hispanic Health (The Alliance). The purpose of this agreement is to
support initiatives that will communicate risk and emergency public
health information to millions of Spanish-speaking consumers within the
targeted populations (socially disadvantaged, underserved populations,
ethnic and racial populations, health professionals, patients and
caregivers, pediatrics, adolescents, and disabled and older Americans).
FDA authority to enter grants and cooperative agreements is set out in
section 1704 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300u-3).
    FDA relies on community partnerships to enhance its efforts in risk
and emergency communications about the appropriate use of FDA-regulated
products and to assure targeted communities understand their roles in
managing the risks of using FDA-regulated products. Through this
initiative, FDA also seeks to share risk and benefit information to
enable people to decide how to use FDA-regulated products, to provide
access to critical risk and benefit information that is adapted to
their specific needs--when, where, and in the form they need to best
understand and apply this information, regarding literacy, language,
culture, race and ethnicity, and disability.
    This program may support a wide range of appropriate innovative
education and outreach activities and tools in risk communications. FDA
must work with partners to continuously develop and disseminate
communications rapidly and to develop and test messages on the
appropriate use of FDA-regulated products.

B. Research Objectives

    The goal of the program is to assure effective and efficient
communications to meet the need for adapted risk communications based
on literacy, Spanish language, culture, race/ethnicity, disability, and
other factors during emergency events, such as recalls of FDA-regulated
products such as food, drugs, cosmetics, and medical devices. The
applicant must identify specific ways in which FDA could have
substantial involvement in the proposed program. The applicant must
suggest activities that would contribute directly to the purpose of the
program. For any additional initiatives suggested, the applicant should
identify the objective of the activity, the specific tasks required to
meet the objective, specific timelines for performing the tasks, and
specific initiatives to achieve the purpose and goal of this program.
The recipient will be required to perform the following initiatives:
    Develop and finalize a risk communication and public heath alert
delivery plan that will contain the tasks needed to accomplish the
purpose of this program, including a description of the various tasks
for the project that will be completed, the dates by which each task be
completed, and who will have responsibility for each task. Task
milestones must be listed to assure that progress can be measured at
various dates through the life of the project and document all risk
communications and public health alert activities to be conducted under
the agreement and the results of such activities, including criteria
and indicators used to evaluate the success of the program.
    The plan must delineate the substantial involvement of FDA.

C. Eligibility Information

     National Alliance for Hispanic Health.
    Before entering cooperative agreements, FDA carefully considers the
benefits such agreements will provide to the public. The Alliance, a
nonprofit entity as described in section 501(c) 3 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1968, is the oldest and largest network of Hispanic
health and human service providers for the target population. The
Alliance is an umbrella organization that serves more than 400 national
and community-based organizations and other health professionals who
provide access and delivery of quality health and human services to
some 46.9 million Hispanic health consumers.
    The Alliance is a recognized leader within Hispanic communities and
works with foundations, corporations, Government Agencies,
universities, and private industry in carrying out its mission, with
the objective of improving the health status of Hispanic and minority
populations.

II. Award Information/Funds Available

A. Award Amount

    Only one grant will be awarded. FDA will award $35,000. Partnering
Federal Agencies may commit up to an estimated total of $500,000 in
cofunding or supplemental funds for program expansion, pending the
availability of funds.

B. Length of Support

    The project will be funded for up to 3 years from the starting date
for

activities described in this announcement. Continuation of support
beyond the first year will be based on satisfactory performance during
the preceding year, receipt of a noncompeting continuation application,
and available Federal fiscal year funds.

III. Paper Application, Registration, and Submission Information

    To submit a paper application in response to this FOA, applicants
should first review the full announcement available through the
programmatic or grants contact noted earlier in this document. (See For
Further Information and Additional Requirements Contact). Persons
interested in applying for a grant may obtain an application at http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html. For all paper
application submissions, the following steps are required:
     Step 1: Obtain a Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal
Numbering System (DUNS) Number.
     Step 2: Register With Central Contractor Registration.
     Step 3: Register With Electronic Research Administration
(eRA) Commons.
    Steps 1 and 2, in detail, can be found at http://www07.grants.gov/applicants/organization_registration.jsp. Step 3, in detail, can be
found at https://commons.era.nih.gov/commons/registration/registrationInstructions.jsp. After you have followed these steps,
submit paper applications to: Gladys M. Melendez, Grants Management
Officer/Specialist at the address noted earlier in this document (See
For Further Information and Additional Requirements Contact).

    Dated: June 22, 2011.
Leslie Kux,
Acting Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
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