[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 44 (Thursday, March 5, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 12876-12877]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04431]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R07-OAR-2019-0666; FRL-10005-91-Region 7]

Air Plan Approval; Nebraska; Lincoln-Lancaster County Health
Department (LLCHD); Reopening of the Comment Period and Availability of
Supplemental Information

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of the comment period and availability
of supplemental information.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a
reopening of the comment period for the proposed rule ``Air Plan
Approval; Nebraska; Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department
(LLCHD)'' to provide an additional 30 days for public comment. This
additional opportunity to submit comments is provided due to two
comments the EPA received including one noting that the State
submission was not provided in the docket to allow the reviewer the
ability to fully evaluate EPA's proposed action. As a result, we are
providing the State's submission in the docket and reopening the public
comment period to afford stakeholders an opportunity to comment on the
proposed SIP revision.

DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule, published on January
3, 2020 (85 FR 274), is reopened. Written comments must be received on
or before April 6, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R07-
OAR-2019-0666, at https://www.regulations.gov. Once submitted, comments
cannot be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. The 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. 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). 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Stone, Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 7 Office, Air Quality Planning Branch, 11201
Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219; telephone number: (913) 551-
7714; email address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 3, 2020 (85 FR 274), the EPA
published a notice of proposed rulemaking to approve a revision to the
SIP submitted by the State of Nebraska that addresses the authority of
the LLCHD in the Federal Register. The EPA received two comments
including one noting that the State submission was not provided in the
docket to allow the reviewer the ability to fully evaluate EPA's
proposed action. As a result, we are providing the State's submission
in the docket and reopening the public comment period to afford
stakeholders an opportunity to comment on the proposed SIP revision.
The EPA will address all comments received on the original proposal and
on this supplemental action in our final action.

    Dated: February 27, 2020.
James Gulliford,
Regional Administrator, Region 7.
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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 119 (Thursday, June 20, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37221-37222]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14749]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0744; FRL-9531-7]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Tolerance Petitions for Pesticides on Food/
Feed Crops and New Inert Ingredients

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an
Information Collection Request (ICR), Tolerance Petitions for
Pesticides on Food/Feed Crops and New Inert Ingredients (EPA ICR No.
0597.11, OMB No. 2070-0024), to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed extension of
the ICR, which is currently approved through July 31, 2013. Public
comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (77 FR
69821) on November 21, 2012 during a 60-day comment period. This notice
allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller
description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden
and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 22, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPP-2012-0744, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the
public docket without change including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Drewes, Field and External
Affairs Division, 7506P, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703)
347-0107; fax number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email address:
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Supporting documents which explain in detail the information that
the EPA will be collecting are available in the public docket for this
ICR. The docket can be viewed online at http://www.regulations.gov or
in person at the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone number for the
Docket Center is<PHONE_NUMBER>. For additional information about EPA's
public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The use of pesticides to increase crop production often
results in pesticide residues in or on the crop. To protect the public
health from unsafe pesticide residues, EPA sets limits on the nature
and level of residues permitted pursuant to section 408 of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). A pesticide may not be used on
food or feed crops unless the Agency has established a tolerance
(maximum residue limit) for the pesticide residues on that crop or
established an exemption from the requirement to have a tolerance.
    Under the law, EPA is responsible for ensuring that the maximum
residue levels likely to be found in or on food/feed are safe for human
consumption through a careful review and evaluation of residue
chemistry and toxicology data. In addition, EPA must ensure that
adequate enforcement of the tolerance can be achieved through the
testing of submitted analytical methods. If the data are adequate for
EPA to determine that there is a reasonable certainty that no harm will
result from aggregate exposure, the Agency will establish the tolerance
or grant an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance.
    This ICR only applies to the information collection activities
associated with the submission of a petition for a tolerance action.
While EPA is authorized to set pesticide tolerances, the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is responsible for their enforcement. Food or feed
commodities found to contain pesticide residues in excess of
established tolerances are considered adulterated, and are subject to
seizure by FDA, and may result in civil penalties.
    Trade secret or CBI is frequently submitted to EPA in support of a
tolerance petition because submissions usually include the
manufacturing process, product formulation, and supporting data. When
such information is provided to the Agency, the information is
protected from disclosure under FIFRA section 10. CBI data submitted to
the EPA is handled strictly in accordance with the provisions of the
FIFRA Confidential Business Information Security Manual.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by
this ICR include anyone who files a petition asking EPA to take a
specific tolerance action. While any entity can file a petition with
EPA, petitions typically come from those businesses engaged in the
manufacturing of pesticides and the Interregional Research Project No.
4 (IR-4). The NAICS codes for the most frequent type of respondent are
325320 (pesticide and other agricultural chemical manufacturing) and
541600 (management, scientific, and technical consulting services).

    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory.
    Estimated number of respondents: 137.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 236,800 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $21,280,921 (per year). This is the estimated
burden cost; there is no cost for capital investment or maintenance and
operational costs in this information collection.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 58,515 hours in
the total estimated respondent burden hours compared with the ICR
currently approved by OMB. This increase reflects EPA's updating of the
burden estimate to account for an increase in the estimated average
number of tolerance petitions submitted annually from 103 to 137, which
resulted in a change to the annual burden hours for respondents from
178,285 in the previous renewal to 236,800 in the current renewal. This
change is an adjustment.

John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-14749 Filed 6-19-13; 8:45 am]
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