[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 245 (Friday, December 21, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 65546-65551]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27605]

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

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0587; FRL-9987-34]

Tolfenpyrad; Pesticide Tolerances

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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

SUMMARY: This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of
tolfenpyrad in or on multiple commodities which are identified and
discussed later in this document. Interregional Research Project No. 4
(IR-4) requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).

DATES: This regulation is effective December 21, 2018. Objections and
requests for hearings must be received on or before February 19, 2019
and must be filed in accordance with the instructions provided in 40
CFR part 178 (see also Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).

ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, identified by docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0587, is available at http://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory
Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the Environmental Protection Agency
Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334,
1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001. The Public
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public
Reading Room is<PHONE_NUMBER>, and the telephone number for the OPP
Docket is<PHONE_NUMBER>. Please review the visitor instructions and
additional information about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Goodis, Registration Division
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; main telephone
number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    You may be potentially affected by this action if you are an
agricultural producer, food manufacturer, or pesticide manufacturer.
The following list of North American Industrial Classification System
(NAICS) codes is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a
guide to help readers determine whether this document applies to them.
Potentially affected entities may include:
     Crop production (NAICS code 111).
     Animal production (NAICS code 112).
     Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).
     Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532).

B. How can I get electronic access to other related information?

    You may access a frequently updated electronic version of EPA's
tolerance regulations at 40 CFR part 180 through the Government
Printing Office's e-CFR site at http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?&c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title40/40tab_02.tpl. To access the OCSPP
test guidelines referenced in this document electronically, please go
to https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/about-office-chemical-safety-and-pollution-prevention-ocspp.

C. How can I file an objection or hearing request?

    Under FFDCA section 408(g), 21 U.S.C. 346a, any person may file an
objection to any aspect of this regulation and may also request a
hearing on those objections. You must file your objection or request a
hearing on this regulation in accordance with the instructions provided
in 40 CFR part 178. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, you must identify
docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0587 in the subject line on the first
page of your submission. All objections and requests for a hearing must
be in writing and must be received by the Hearing Clerk on or before
February 19, 2019. Addresses for mail and hand delivery of objections
and hearing requests are provided in 40 CFR 178.25(b).
    In addition to filing an objection or hearing request with the
Hearing Clerk as described in 40 CFR part 178, please submit a copy of
the filing (excluding any Confidential Business Information (CBI)) for
inclusion in the public docket. Information not marked confidential
pursuant to 40 CFR part 2 may be disclosed publicly by EPA without
prior notice. Submit the non-CBI copy of your objection or hearing
request, identified by docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0587, by one of
the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit
electronically any information you consider to be CBI or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
     Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket
Center (EPA/DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460-0001.
     Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand
delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the
instructions at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/where-send-comments-epa-dockets.
    Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along
with more information about dockets generally, is available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

II. Summary of Petitioned-For Tolerance

    In the Federal Register of January 26, 2018 (83 FR 3658) (FRL-9971-
46), EPA issued a document pursuant to FFDCA section 408(d)(3), 21
U.S.C. 346a(d)(3), announcing the filing of a pesticide petition (PP
7E8613) by IR-4, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 500
College Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540. The petition
requested that 40 CFR 180.675 be amended by establishing tolerances for
residues of the insecticide tolfenpyrad, 4-chloro-3-ethyl-1-methyl-N-
[4-(p-tolyloxy)benzyl]pyrazole-5-carboxamide), in or on Arugula at 30.0
parts per million (ppm); Avocado at 1.5 ppm; Berry, low growing,
subgroup 13-07G, except Cranberry and Blueberry, lowbush at 3.0 ppm;
Bushberry, subgroup 13-07B at 7.0 ppm; Caneberry, subgroup 13-07A at
7.0 ppm; Celtuce at 30.0 ppm; Cottonseed, subgroup 20C at 0.70 ppm;
Florence fennel at 30.0 ppm; Fruit, small, vine climbing, except fuzzy
kiwifruit, subgroup 13-07F at 2.0 ppm; Garden cress at 30.0 ppm; Leaf
petiole vegetable, subgroup 22B at 30.0 ppm; Leafy greens, subgroup 4-
16A at 30.0 ppm; Onion, bulb, subgroup 3-07A at 0.09 ppm; Onion, green,
subgroup 3-07B at 10.0 ppm; Upland cress at 30.0 ppm; Vegetable,
fruiting, group 8-10 at 1.0 ppm; and Vegetable, tuberous and corm,
subgroup 1C at 0.01 ppm.
    The petitioner also requested that the following established
tolerances be removed upon establishment of the petitioned-for
tolerances: Cotton, undelinted seed at 0.70 ppm; Grape at 2.0 ppm;
Potato at 0.01 ppm; and Vegetable, leafy, except Brassica, group 4 at
30.0 ppm. That document referenced a summary of the petition prepared
by Nichino America, Inc., the registrant, which is available in the
docket, http://www.regulations.gov. Although a comment was submitted to
the docket for the notice of filing, the issue raised is outside the
scope of this rulemaking.
    Based upon review of the data supporting the petition, EPA is
establishing the petitioned-for tolerances with some variations
consistent with its authority in FFDCA section 408(d)(4)(A). The
reasons for these variations are explained in Unit IV.C.

III. Aggregate Risk Assessment and Determination of Safety

    Section 408(b)(2)(A)(i) of FFDCA allows EPA to establish a
tolerance (the legal limit for a pesticide chemical residue in or on a
food) only if EPA determines that the tolerance is ``safe.'' Section
408(b)(2)(A)(ii) of FFDCA defines ``safe'' to mean that ``there is a
reasonable certainty that no harm will result from aggregate exposure
to the pesticide chemical residue, including all anticipated dietary
exposures and all other exposures for which there is reliable
information.'' This includes exposure through drinking water and in
residential settings but does not include occupational exposure.
Section 408(b)(2)(C) of FFDCA requires EPA to give special
consideration to exposure of infants and children to the pesticide
chemical residue in establishing a tolerance and to ``ensure that there
is a reasonable certainty that no harm will result to infants and
children from aggregate exposure to the pesticide chemical residue . .
. .''
    Consistent with FFDCA section 408(b)(2)(D), and the factors
specified in FFDCA section 408(b)(2)(D), EPA has reviewed the available
scientific data and other relevant information in support of this
action. EPA has sufficient data to assess the hazards of and to make a
determination on aggregate exposure for tolfenpyrad including exposure
resulting from the tolerances established by this action. EPA's
assessment of exposures and risks associated with tolfenpyrad follows.

A. Toxicological Profile

    EPA has evaluated the available toxicity data and considered its
validity, completeness, and reliability as well as the relationship of
the results of the studies to human risk. EPA has also considered
available information concerning the variability of the sensitivities
of major identifiable subgroups of consumers, including infants and
children.
    A variety of toxic effects were noted in the toxicology database
for tolfenpyrad. However, the most consistent findings across species
and studies were effects on bodyweight and bodyweight gain which were
observed in adults of all species (rat, mice, rabbit, and dog) in the
majority of the subchronic oral and dermal toxicity studies, and all
chronic toxicity studies.
    Further detail of the toxicological profile for tolfenpyrad is
discussed in Unit III.A. of the final rule published in the Federal
Register of June 22, 2018 (83 FR 29017) (FRL-9976-21).
    Specific information on the studies received and the nature of the
adverse effects caused by tolfenpyrad as well as the no-observed-
adverse-effect-level (NOAEL) and the lowest-observed-adverse-effect-
level (LOAEL) from the toxicity studies can be found at http://www.regulations.gov in document ``Tolfenpyrad-Aggregate Human Health
Risk Assessment for Section 3 New Use Requests and Crop Group Tolerance
Conversions'' on page 31 in docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0587.

B. Toxicological Points of Departure/Levels of Concern

    Once a pesticide's toxicological profile is determined, EPA
identifies toxicological points of departure (POD) and levels of
concern to use in evaluating the risk posed by human exposure to the
pesticide. For hazards that have a threshold below which there is no
appreciable risk, the toxicological POD is used as the basis for
derivation of reference values for risk assessment. PODs are developed
based on a careful analysis of the doses in each toxicological study to
determine the dose at which no adverse effects are observed (the NOAEL)
and the lowest dose at which adverse effects of concern are identified
(the LOAEL). Uncertainty/safety factors are used in conjunction with
the POD to calculate a safe exposure level--generally referred to as a
population-adjusted dose (PAD) or a reference dose (RfD)--and a safe
margin of exposure (MOE). For non-threshold risks, the Agency assumes
that any amount of exposure will lead to some degree of risk. Thus, the
Agency estimates risk in terms of the probability of an occurrence of
the adverse effect expected in a lifetime. For more information on the
general principles EPA uses in risk characterization and a complete
description of the risk assessment process, see https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-science-and-assessing-pesticide-risks.
    A summary of the toxicological endpoints for tolfenpyrad used for
human risk assessment is discussed in Unit III B. of the final rule
published in the Federal Register of June 22, 2018 (83 FR 29020) (FRL-
9976-21).

C. Exposure Assessment

    1. Dietary exposure from food and feed uses. In evaluating dietary
exposure to tolfenpyrad, EPA considered exposure under the petitioned-
for tolerances as well as all existing tolfenpyrad tolerances in 40 CFR
180.675. EPA assessed dietary exposures from tolfenpyrad in food as
follows:
    i. Acute exposure. Quantitative acute dietary exposure and risk
assessments are performed for a food-use pesticide, if a toxicological
study has indicated the possibility of an effect of concern occurring
as a result of a 1-day or single exposure.
    Such effects were identified for tolfenpyrad. In estimating acute
dietary exposure, EPA used the Dietary

Exposure Evaluation Model DEEM-FCIDTM (Ver. 3.16). This
model uses food consumption data from the 2003-2008 United States
Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey, What We Eat in America (NHANES/WWEIA). As to
residue levels in food, EPA used tolerance-level residues for all foods
and assumed 100% crop treated (PCT) for all current and proposed crops.
The assessment was refined with the application of empirical processing
factors where available. Where empirical processing factors were not
available or were not translated, default processing factors were used.
Additional refinements include a factor to account for the reduction in
residues when wrapper leaves are removed (head lettuce, radicchio,
cabbage, Chinese Napa cabbage, and Brussels sprouts). Empirical
processing factors were available for processed commodities of apple,
orange, cottonseed, grape, plum, potato and tomato, and were translated
to other processed commodities where appropriate. Where empirical
processing factors were not available or were not translated, default
processing factors were used.
    ii. Chronic exposure. In conducting the chronic dietary exposure
assessment, EPA used the DEEM-FCIDTM (Ver. 3.16). This model
uses food consumption data from the 2003-2008 USDA's NHANES/WWEIA. As
to residue levels in food, EPA assumed 100% PCT and average residue
levels from crop field trials as well as the refinements described
above for the acute assessment.
    iii. Cancer. Based on the data summarized in Unit III.A., EPA has
concluded that tolfenpyrad does not pose a cancer risk to humans.
Therefore, a dietary exposure assessment for the purpose of assessing
cancer risk is unnecessary.
    iv. Anticipated residue and percent crop treated (PCT) information.
Although EPA did not use any percent crop treated estimates for this
action, the Agency relied on average residue information. Section
408(b)(2)(E) of FFDCA authorizes EPA to use available data and
information on the anticipated residue levels of pesticide residues in
food and the actual levels of pesticide residues that have been
measured in food. If EPA relies on such information, EPA must require
pursuant to FFDCA section 408(f)(1) that data be provided 5 years after
the tolerance is established, modified, or left in effect,
demonstrating that the levels in food are not above the levels
anticipated. For the present action, EPA will issue such Data Call-Ins
as are required by FFDCA section 408(b)(2)(E) and authorized under
FFDCA section 408(f)(1). Data will be required to be submitted no later
than 5 years from the date of issuance of these tolerances.
    2. Dietary exposure from drinking water. The Agency used screening
level water exposure models in the dietary exposure analysis and risk
assessment for tolfenpyrad in drinking water. These simulation models
take into account data on the physical, chemical, and fate/transport
characteristics of tolfenpyrad. Further information regarding EPA
drinking water models used in pesticide exposure assessment can be
found at https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-science-and-assessing-pesticide-risks/about-water-exposure-models-used-pesticide.
    Based on the Pesticide Root Zone Model/Exposure Analysis Modeling
System (PRZM/EXAMS) and Screening Concentration in Ground Water (SCI-
GROW) models, the estimated drinking water concentrations (EDWCs) of
tolfenpyrad for acute exposures are estimated to be 26.9 parts per
billion (ppb) for surface water and 11.0 ppb for ground water. Chronic
exposures for non-cancer assessments are estimated to be 12.2 ppb for
surface water and 11.0 ppb for ground water.
    Modeled estimates of drinking water concentrations were directly
entered into the dietary exposure model. For acute dietary risk
assessment, the water concentration value of 26.9 ppb was used to
assess the contribution to drinking water. For chronic dietary risk
assessment, the water concentration value of 12.2 ppb was used to
assess the contribution to drinking water.
    3. From non-dietary exposure. The term ``residential exposure'' is
used in this document to refer to non-occupational, non-dietary
exposure (e.g., for lawn and garden pest control, indoor pest control,
termiticides, and flea and tick control on pets).
    Tolfenpyrad is not registered for any specific use patterns that
would result in residential exposure. Further information regarding EPA
standard assumptions and generic inputs for residential exposures may
be found at https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-science-and-assessing-pesticide-risks/standard-operating-procedures-residential-pesticide.
    4. Cumulative effects from substances with a common mechanism of
toxicity. Section 408(b)(2)(D)(v) of FFDCA requires that, when
considering whether to establish, modify, or revoke a tolerance, the
Agency consider ``available information'' concerning the cumulative
effects of a particular pesticide's residues and ``other substances
that have a common mechanism of toxicity.''
    EPA has not found tolfenpyrad to share a common mechanism of
toxicity with any other substances, and tolfenpyrad does not appear to
produce a toxic metabolite produced by other substances. For the
purposes of this tolerance action, therefore, EPA has assumed that
tolfenpyrad does not have a common mechanism of toxicity with other
substances. For information regarding EPA's efforts to determine which
chemicals have a common mechanism of toxicity and to evaluate the
cumulative effects of such chemicals, see EPA's website at https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-science-and-assessing-pesticide-risks/cumulative-assessment-risk-pesticides.

D. Safety Factor for Infants and Children

    1. In general. Section 408(b)(2)(C) of FFDCA provides that EPA
shall apply an additional tenfold (10X) margin of safety for infants
and children in the case of threshold effects to account for prenatal
and postnatal toxicity and the completeness of the database on toxicity
and exposure unless EPA determines based on reliable data that a
different margin of safety will be safe for infants and children. This
additional margin of safety is commonly referred to as the FQPA Safety
Factor (SF). In applying this provision, EPA either retains the default
value of 10X, or uses a different additional safety factor when
reliable data available to EPA support the choice of a different
factor.
    2. Prenatal and postnatal sensitivity. Although there is evidence
of increased qualitative susceptibility in the young in the
developmental immunotoxicity study (DIT) in rats, there is low concern,
and there are no residual uncertainties regarding increased
quantitative or qualitative pre- and/or postnatal susceptibility for
tolfenpyrad. When the DIT study is considered along with the
reproduction study, the offspring toxicity in the DIT study was
observed at the same dose as comparable maternal toxicity (moribundity/
mortality) was observed in the reproduction study. Therefore, EPA does
not consider the isolated incident in the DIT a true indicator of
qualitative susceptibility. Additionally, the effects observed in the
DIT study are well characterized, a clear NOAEL was identified, and the
endpoints chosen for risk assessment are protective of potential
offspring effects.
    3. Conclusion. EPA has determined that reliable data show the
safety of infants and children would be adequately protected if the
FQPA SF

were reduced to 1X. That decision is based on the following findings:
    i. The toxicity database for tolfenpyrad is complete.
    ii. There is no indication that tolfenpyrad is a neurotoxic
chemical and there is no need for a developmental neurotoxicity study
or additional UFs to account for neurotoxicity.
    iii. While there was evidence of qualitative susceptibility in one
study, the Agency's concern for the susceptibility is low because it
was not observed in other studies with tolfenpyrad; offspring effects
consistently occurred at or above the dose associated with significant
maternal toxicity; there was a clear NOAEL/LOAEL; and endpoints and
doses selected for risk assessment are protective of the
susceptibility.
    iv. There are no residual uncertainties with regard to the exposure
assessment. The acute dietary exposure assessment is based on high-end
health protective residue levels (that account for parent and
metabolites of concern), processing factors, and percent crop treated
assumptions (100%). The chronic dietary assessment incorporates some
refinement in that average residue values were used. For both the acute
and chronic dietary exposure, actual exposures to tolfenpyrad will
likely be lower than the estimated exposures. Furthermore,
conservative, upper-bound assumptions were used to estimate exposure
through drinking water, such that these exposures have not been
underestimated. No residential exposures are expected. These
assessments will not underestimate the exposure and risks posed by
tolfenpyrad.

E. Aggregate Risks and Determination of Safety

    EPA determines whether acute and chronic dietary pesticide
exposures are safe by comparing aggregate exposure estimates to the
acute PAD (aPAD) and chronic PAD (cPAD). For linear cancer risks, EPA
calculates the lifetime probability of acquiring cancer given the
estimated aggregate exposure. Short-, intermediate-, and chronic-term
risks are evaluated by comparing the estimated aggregate food, water,
and residential exposure to the appropriate PODs to ensure that an
adequate MOE exists.
    1. Acute risk. Using the exposure assumptions discussed in this
unit for acute exposure, the acute dietary exposure from food and water
to tolfenpyrad will occupy 63% of the aPAD for children 1-2 years of
age, the population group receiving the greatest exposure.
    2. Chronic risk. Using the exposure assumptions described in this
unit for chronic exposure, EPA has concluded that chronic exposure to
tolfenpyrad from food and water will utilize 97% of the cPAD for
children 1-2 years of age, the population group receiving the greatest
exposure. There are no residential uses for tolfenpyrad.
    3. Short-and Intermediate-term risk. Short- and intermediate-term
aggregate exposures take into account short- and intermediate-term
residential exposures plus chronic exposures to food and water
(considered to be background exposure levels). Short- and intermediate-
term adverse effects were identified; however, tolfenpyrad is not
registered for any use patterns that would result in short- or
intermediate-term residential exposures. Short- and intermediate-term
risks are assessed based on short- and intermediate-term residential
exposure plus chronic dietary exposure. Because there are no short- or
intermediate-term residential exposures and chronic dietary exposure
has already been assessed under the appropriately protective cPAD
(which is at least as protective as the POD used to assess short- and
intermediate-term risk), no further assessment of short- and
intermediate-term risk is necessary, and EPA relies on the chronic
dietary risk assessment for evaluating short- and intermediate-term
risk for tolfenpyrad.
    4. Aggregate cancer risk for U.S. population. Based on the lack of
evidence of carcinogenicity in two adequate rodent carcinogenicity
studies, tolfenpyrad is not expected to pose a cancer risk to humans.
    5. Determination of safety. Based on these risk assessments, EPA
concludes that there is a reasonable certainty that no harm will result
to the general population, or to infants and children from aggregate
exposure to tolfenpyrad residues.

IV. Other Considerations

A. Analytical Enforcement Methodology

    Adequate enforcement methodologies utilizing high-performance
liquid chromatography method with tandem mass spectrometry detection
(LC/MS/MS) is available for enforcement of tolfenpyrad residue
tolerances in/on plant commodities (Morse Laboratories Analytical
Method #Meth-183, Revision #2). For livestock, a method described in
PTRL West Study No. 1841W is available. The livestock method adequately
determines residues of tolfenpyrad and its metabolites, PT-CA, OH-PT-
CA, and PCA in milk, bovine meat, kidney, liver and fat. Residues are
determined by LC/MS/MS analysis. These methods are adequate to enforce
the tolerance expression.
    The method may be requested from: Chief, Analytical Chemistry
Branch, Environmental Science Center, 701 Mapes Rd., Ft. Meade, MD
20755-5350; telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email address:
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
B. International Residue Limits

    In making its tolerance decisions, EPA seeks to harmonize U.S.
tolerances with international standards whenever possible, consistent
with U.S. food safety standards and agricultural practices. EPA
considers the international maximum residue limits (MRLs) established
by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex), as required by FFDCA
section 408(b)(4). The Codex Alimentarius is a joint United Nations
Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization food
standards program, and it is recognized as an international food safety
standards-setting organization in trade agreements to which the United
States is a party. EPA may establish a tolerance that is different from
a Codex MRL; however, FFDCA section 408(b)(4) requires that EPA explain
the reasons for departing from the Codex level.
    The Codex has established an MRL for tolfenpyrad on potato at 0.01
ppm. Due to crop group conversions, the established potato tolerance
will be covered by Vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C.
Therefore, the Codex MRL for potato is harmonized with the U.S.
tolerance for Vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C at 0.01 ppm.

C. Revisions to Petitioned-For Tolerances

    The petitioner requested tolerances for residues of tolfenpyrad and
cited the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
name for the chemical. The residue definition for tolfenpyrad
tolerances currently established under 40 CFR 180.675 complies with the
Agency's Guidance on Tolerance Expressions, except that the IUPAC
chemical name is listed rather than the Chemical Abstracts Service
(CAS) chemical name. The Agency's practice is to use the CAS name;
therefore, the tolerance expression is being revised. This change also
results in harmonization of the chemical name expression with that used
by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).

    EPA reviewed the current residue data and tolerance conversion
proposals and is establishing some the proposed tolerance levels for
residues of tolfenpyrad in accordance with the Agency's rounding
practice. In addition, using the highest overall average residue level
from the greenhouse tomato decline trial (at a post-harvest interval
(PHI) of 5 days instead of a PHI of 1 day), the Agency is establishing
a tolerance for Vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10 at 1.5 ppm instead of
1.0 ppm.
    While the petitioner requested individual tolerances for arugula,
garden cress, and upland cress, individual tolerances are not necessary
since these commodities are included in Brassica, leafy greens,
subgroup 4-16B.
    Finally, the Agency is establishing a tolerance for the requested
commodity Florence fennel as a tolerance for Fennel, Florence, fresh
leaves and stalk to conform to the Agency's preferred vocabulary for
this commodity.

V. Conclusion

    Therefore, tolerances are established for residues of tolfenpyrad,
(4-chloro-3-ethyl-1-methyl-N-[[4-(4-methylphenoxy)phenyl]methyl]-1H-
pyrazole-5-carboxamide), including its metabolites and degradates, in
or on Avocado at 1.5 ppm; Berry, low growing, subgroup 13-07G, except
cranberry and lowbush blueberry at 3.0 ppm; Bushberry subgroup 13-07B
at 7.0 ppm; Caneberry subgroup 13-07A at 7.0 ppm; Celtuce at 30 ppm;
Cottonseed subgroup 20C at 0.70 ppm; Fennel, Florence, fresh leaves and
stalk at 30 ppm; Fruit, small, vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit,
subgroup 13-07F at 2.0 ppm; Leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B at 30
ppm; Leafy greens subgroup 4-16A at 30 ppm; Onion, bulb, subgroup 3-07A
at 0.09 ppm; Onion, green, subgroup 3-07B at 10 ppm; Vegetable,
fruiting, group 8-10 at 1.5 ppm; and Vegetable, tuberous and corm,
subgroup 1C at 0.01 ppm. In addition, EPA is removing the following
tolerances from paragraph (a) as they are superseded by the new
tolerances being established in this rulemaking Cotton, undelinted seed
at 0.70 ppm; Grape at 2.0 ppm; Potato at 0.01 ppm; and Vegetable, leafy
except Brassica, group 4 at 30.0 ppm. EPA is also removing the time-
limited tolerance for onion, dry bulb at 0.09 ppm in Sec.  180.675(b)
as it is no longer needed with the establishment of a new permanent
tolerance for onion, bulb subgroup 3-07A in paragraph (a)(1).

VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    This action establishes tolerances under FFDCA section 408(d) in
response to a petition submitted to the Agency. The Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) has exempted these types of actions from
review under Executive Order 12866, entitled ``Regulatory Planning and
Review'' (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993). Because this action has been
exempted from review under Executive Order 12866, this action is not
subject to Executive Order 13211, entitled ``Actions Concerning
Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or
Use'' (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001) or Executive Order 13045, entitled
``Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety
Risks'' (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997), nor is it considered a
regulatory action under Executive Order 13771, entitled ``Reducing
Regulations and Controlling Regulatory Costs'' (82 FR 9339, February 3,
2017). This action does not contain any information collections subject
to OMB approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), nor does it require any special considerations under
Executive Order 12898, entitled ``Federal Actions to Address
Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income
Populations'' (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
    Since tolerances and exemptions that are established on the basis
of a petition under FFDCA section 408(d), such as the tolerances in
this final rule, do not require the issuance of a proposed rule, the
requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 U.S.C. 601 et
seq.), do not apply.
    This action directly regulates growers, food processors, food
handlers, and food retailers, not States or tribes, nor does this
action alter the relationships or distribution of power and
responsibilities established by Congress in the preemption provisions
of FFDCA section 408(n)(4). As such, the Agency has determined that
this action will not have a substantial direct effect on States or
tribal governments, on the relationship between the national government
and the States or tribal governments, or on the distribution of power
and responsibilities among the various levels of government or between
the Federal Government and Indian tribes. Thus, the Agency has
determined that Executive Order 13132, entitled ``Federalism'' (64 FR
43255, August 10, 1999) and Executive Order 13175, entitled
``Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments'' (65 FR
67249, November 9, 2000) do not apply to this action. In addition, this
action does not impose any enforceable duty or contain any unfunded
mandate as described under Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
(UMRA) (2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).
    This action does not involve any technical standards that would
require Agency consideration of voluntary consensus standards pursuant
to section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act (NTTAA) (15 U.S.C. 272 note).

VII. Congressional Review Act

    Pursuant to the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.),
EPA will submit a report containing this rule and other required
information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, and
the Comptroller General of the United States prior to publication of
the rule in the Federal Register. This action is not a ``major rule''
as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180

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

    Dated: December 10, 2018.
Michael Goodis,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

    Therefore, 40 CFR chapter I is amended as follows:

PART 180--[AMENDED]

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

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

0
2. In Sec.  180.675:
0
 a. Revise the introductory text of paragraph (a)(1);
0
 b. In the table to paragraph (a)(1):
0
i. Add alphabetically the entries ``Avocado''; ``Berry, low growing,
subgroup 13-07G, except cranberry and lowbush blueberry''; ``Bushberry,
subgroup 13-07B''; ``Caneberry, subgroup 13-07A''; ``Celtuce'';
``Cottonseed, subgroup 20C''; ``Fennel, Florence, fresh leaves and
stalk''; ``Fruit, small, vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit,
subgroup 13-07F''; ``Leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B''; ``Leafy
greens, subgroup 4-16A''; ``Onion, bulb, subgroup 3-07A''; ``Onion,
green, subgroup 3-07B''; and ``Vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup
1C'';
0
ii. Revise the entry for ``Vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10'';
0
iii. Remove the entries ``Cotton, undelinted seed''; ``Grape'';
``Potato'';

and ``Vegetable, leafy except Brassica, group 4'';
0
c. Revise the introductory text of paragraph (a)(2);
0
d. Revise paragraph (b).
    The additions and revisions read as follows:

Sec.  180.675   Tolfenpyrad; tolerances for residues.

    (a) General. (1) Tolerances are established for residues of the
insecticide tolfenpyrad, including its metabolites and degradates, in
or on the commodities in the table below. Compliance with the tolerance
levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only
tolfenpyrad (4-chloro-3-ethyl-1-methyl-N-[[4-(4-
methylphenoxy)phenyl]methyl]-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide) in or on the
commodity.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Parts per
                        Commodity                             million
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                              * * * * * * *
Avocado.................................................             1.5
Berry, low growing, subgroup 13-07G, except cranberry                3.0
 and lowbush blueberry..................................

                              * * * * * * *
Bushberry, subgroup 13-07B..............................             7.0
Caneberry, subgroup 13-07A..............................             7.0
Celtuce.................................................              30

                              * * * * * * *
Cottonseed, subgroup 20C................................            0.70
Fennel, Florence, fresh leaves and stalk................              30

                              * * * * * * *
Fruit, small, vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit,                 2.0
 subgroup 13-07F........................................

                              * * * * * * *
Leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B.....................              30
Leafy greens, subgroup 4-16A............................              30

                              * * * * * * *
Onion, bulb, subgroup 3-07A.............................            0.09
Onion, green, subgroup 3-07B............................              10

                              * * * * * * *
Vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10.........................             1.5
Vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C...............            0.01
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (2) Tolerances are established for residues of the insecticide
tolfenpyrad, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the
commodities in the following table. Compliance with the tolerance
levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only the sum of
tolfenpyrad, 4-chloro-3-ethyl-1-methyl-N-[[4-(4-
methylphenoxy)phenyl]methyl]-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, and its
metabolite 4-[4-[(4-chloro-3-ethyl-1-methylpyrazol-5-yl)carbonylamino-
methyl]phenoxy]-benzoic acid, calculated as the stoichiometric
equivalent of tolfenpyrad.
* * * * *
    (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
* * * * *
[FR Doc. 2018-27605 Filed 12-20-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6560-50-P


[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 169 (Wednesday, August 31, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60031-60032]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20891]

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

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-78678; File Nos. SR-NYSE-2011-55; SR-NYSEAmex-2011-84]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange LLC; NYSE
MKT LLC; Order Granting an Extension to Limited Exemptions From Rule
612(c) of Regulation NMS in Connection With the Exchanges' Retail
Liquidity Programs Until December 31, 2016

August 25, 2016.
    On July 3, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``Commission'') issued an order pursuant to its authority under Rule
612(c) of Regulation NMS (``Sub-Penny Rule'') \1\ that granted the New
York Stock Exchange LLC (``NYSE'') and NYSE MKT LLC \2\ (``NYSE MKT''
and, together with NYSE, the ``Exchanges'') limited exemptions from the
Sub-Penny Rule in connection with the operation of the Exchanges'
respective Retail Liquidity Programs (``Programs'').\3\ The limited
exemptions were granted concurrently with the Commission's approval of
the Exchanges' proposals to adopt their respective Programs for one-
year pilot terms.\4\ The exemptions were granted coterminous with the
effectiveness of the pilot Programs; both the pilot Programs and
exemptions are scheduled to expire on August 31, 2016.\5\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ 17 CFR 242.612(c).
    \2\ At the time it filed the original proposal to adopt the
Retail Liquidity Program, NYSE MKT went by the name NYSE Amex LLC.
On May 14, 2012, the Exchange filed a proposed rule change,
immediately effective upon filing, to change its name from NYSE Amex
LLC to NYSE MKT LLC. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 67037
(May 21, 2012), 77 FR 31415 (May 25, 2012) (SR-NYSEAmex-2012-32).
    \3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 67347 (July 3,
2012), 77 FR 40673 (July 10, 2012) (SR-NYSE-2011-55; SR-NYSEAmex-
2011-84) (``Order'').
    \4\ See id.
    \5\ The pilot terms of the Programs were originally scheduled to
end on July 31, 2013, but the Exchanges initially extended the terms
for an additional year, through July 31, 2014, see Securities
Exchange Act Release Nos. 70096 (August 2, 2013), 78 FR 48520
(August 8, 2013) (SR-NYSE-2013-48), and 70100 (August 2, 2013), 78
FR 48535 (August 8, 2013) (SR-NYSEMKT-2013-60), and then
subsequently extended the terms again through March 31, 2015, see
Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 72629 (July 16, 2014), 79 FR
42564 (July 22, 2014) (SR-NYSE-2014-35), and 72625 (July 16, 2014),
79 FR 42566 (July 22, 2014) (SR-NYSEMKT-2014-60), September 30,
2015, see Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 74454 (March 6,
2015), 80 FR 13054 (March 12, 2015) (SR-NYSE-2015-10), and 74455
(March 6, 2015), 80 FR 13047 (March 12, 2015) (SR-NYSEMKT-2015-14),
March 31, 2016, see Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 75993
(September 28, 2015), 80 FR 59844 (October 2, 2015) (SR-NYSE-2015-
41), and 75995 (September 28, 2015), 80 FR 59836 (October 2, 2015)
(SR-NYSEMKT-2015-69), and August 31, 2016, see Securities Exchange
Act Release Nos. 77426 (March 23, 2016), 81 FR 17533 (March 29,
2016) (SR-NYSE-2016-25), and 77424 (March 23, 2016), 81 FR 17522
(March 29, 2016) (SR-NYSEMKT-2016-39). Each time the pilot terms of
the Programs were extended, the Commission granted the Exchanges'
requests to also extend the Sub-Penny exemptions through July 31,
2014, see Securities Exchange Act Release No. 70085 (July 31, 2013),
78 FR 47807 (August 6, 2013), March 31, 2015, see Securities
Exchange Act Release No. 72732 (July 31, 2014), 79 FR 45851 (August
6, 2014), September 30, 2015, see Securities Exchange Act Release
No. 74507 (March 13, 2015), 80 FR 14421 (March 19, 2015), March 31,
2016, see Securities Exchange Act Release No. 76020 (September 29,
2015), 80 FR 60201 (October 5, 2015), and August 31, 2016, see
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 77438 (March 24, 2016), 81 FR
17752 (March 30, 2016).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Exchanges now seek to extend the exemptions until December 31,
2016.\6\ The Exchanges' request was made in conjunction with
immediately effective filings that extend the operation of the Programs
through the same date.\7\ In their request to extend the exemptions,
the Exchanges note that the participation in the Programs has increased
more recently. Accordingly, the Exchanges have asked for additional
time to allow themselves and the Commission to analyze more robust data
concerning the Programs, which the Exchanges committed to provide to
the

Commission.\8\ For this reason and the reasons stated in the Order
originally granting the limited exemptions, the Commission finds that
extending the exemptions, pursuant to its authority under Rule 612(c)
of Regulation NMS, is appropriate in the public interest and consistent
with the protection of investors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \6\ See Letter from Martha Redding, Assistant Secretary, NYSE,
to Brent J. Fields, Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission,
dated August 8, 2016.
    \7\ See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 78600 (August 17,
2016), 81 FR 57642 (August 23, 2016) (SR-NYSE-2016-54), and 78602
(August 17, 2016), 81 FR 57639 (August 23, 2016) (SR-NYSEMKT-2016-
76).
    \8\ See Order, supra note 3, 77 FR at 40681.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 612(c) of
Regulation NMS, each Exchange is granted a limited exemption from Rule
612 of Regulation NMS that allows it to accept and rank orders priced
equal to or greater than $1.00 per share in increments of $0.001, in
connection with the operation of its Retail Liquidity Program, until
December 31, 2016.
    The limited and temporary exemptions extended by this Order are
subject to modification or revocation if at any time the Commission
determines that such action is necessary or appropriate in furtherance
of the purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Responsibility
for compliance with any applicable provisions of the Federal securities
laws must rest with the persons relying on the exemptions that are the
subject of this Order.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\9\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \9\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(83).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-20891 Filed 8-30-16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8011-01-P


[Federal Register: January 3, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 2)]
[Notices]
[Page 513-514]
[DOCID:fr03ja08-56]

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

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. IC-28084]

Notice of Applications for Deregistration Under Section 8(f) of
the Investment Company Act of 1940

December 27, 2007.
    The following is a notice of applications for deregistration under
section 8(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 for the month of
December, 2007. A copy of each application may be obtained for a fee at
the SEC's Public Reference Branch (tel.<PHONE_NUMBER>). An order
granting each application will be issued unless the SEC orders a
hearing. Interested persons may request a hearing on any application by
writing to the SEC's Secretary at the address below and serving the
relevant applicant with a copy of the request, personally or by mail.
Hearing requests should be received by the SEC by 5:30 p.m. on January
22, 2008, and should be accompanied by proof of service on the
applicant, in the form of an affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate
of service. Hearing requests should state the nature of the writer's
interest, the reason for the request, and the issues contested. Persons
who wish to be notified of a hearing may request notification by
writing to the Secretary, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 100
F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090.
    For Further Information Contact: Diane L. Titus at<PHONE_NUMBER>,
SEC, Division of Investment Management, Office of Investment Company
Regulation, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549-4041.

Franklin Federal Money Fund [File No. 811-3052]

    Summary: Applicant, a feeder fund in a master/feeder structure,
seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment
company. On August 31, 2006, applicant transferred its assets to
Franklin Money Fund, based on net asset value. Expenses of $175,850
incurred in connection with the reorganization were paid by applicant,
the acquiring fund and Franklin Advisers, Inc., the investment adviser
of the acquiring fund.
    Filing Dates: The application was filed on November 9, 2007, and
amended on December 18, 2007.
    Applicant's Address: One Franklin Parkway, San Mateo, CA 94403-
1906.

Columbus Funds, Inc. [File No. 811-21463]

    Summary: Applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to
be an investment company. On August 3, 2007, applicant transferred its
assets to Frontegra Funds, Inc., based on net asset value. Expenses of
$110,500 incurred in connection with the reorganization were paid by
Reams Asset Management Company, LLC, applicant's investment adviser,
and Frontegra Asset Management, Inc., the acquiring fund's investment
adviser.
    Filing Dates: The application was filed on October 10, 2007, and
amended on December 14, 2007.
    Applicant's Address: 227 Washington St., Columbus, IN 47202.

Granum Series Trust [File No. 811-8029]

    Summary: Applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to
be an investment company. On November 1, 2007, applicant made a
liquidating distribution to its shareholders, based on net asset value.
Expenses of $292,343 incurred in connection with the liquidation will
be paid by applicant from assets placed in an escrow account.
    Filing Date: The application was filed on November 13, 2007.
    Applicant's Address: c/o Granum Capital Management, L.L.C., 126
East 56th St., 25th Floor, New York, NY 10022.

CAMCO Investors Fund [File No. 811-8465]

    Summary: Applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to
be an investment company. On February 8, 2007, applicant transferred
its assets to CAMCO Investors Trust, based on net asset value. Expenses
of $30,050 incurred in connection with the reorganization were paid by
applicant and Cornerstone Asset Management Inc., applicant's investment
adviser. A capital stock tax in the amount of $69 payable to the
Pennsylvania Department of Revenue will be paid by the acquiring fund.
    Filing Date: The application was filed on November 13, 2007.
    Applicant's Address: 30 East Main St., Berryville, VA 22611.

FTI Funds [File No. 811-7369]

    Summary: Applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to
be an investment company. On July 24, 2003, applicant transferred its
assets to corresponding series of Franklin Global Trust, based on net
asset value. Expenses of $43,619 incurred in connection with the
reorganization were paid by Fiduciary International, Inc., applicant's
investment adviser.
    Filing Date: The application was filed on December 4, 2007.
    Applicant's Address: One Franklin Parkway, San Mateo, CA 94403-
1906.

Prairie Fund [File No. 811-9931]

    Summary: Applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to
be an investment company. On September 19, 2007, applicant made a
liquidating distribution to its shareholders, based on net asset value.
Expenses of $16,059 incurred in connection with the liquidation will be
paid by applicant and Zuckerman Management Associates, Inc.,
applicant's investment adviser and sole remaining shareholder.

    Filing Dates: The application was filed on October 26, 2007, and
amended on November 30, 2007.
    Applicant's Address: 801 41st St., Suite 210, Miami, FL 33140.

MetLife Investment Funds, Inc. [File No. 811-7450]

    Summary: Applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to
be an investment company. On August 16, 2007 the Board of Directors
voted to liquidate the Applicant, and on November 9, 2007, the
Applicant distributed all of its shares at net asset value to its
shareholders. Expenses of $35,900 incurred in connection with the
liquidation were paid for by the Applicant.
    Filing Date: The application was filed on December 11, 2007.
    Applicant's Address: 400 Atrium Drive, Somerset, NJ 08873-4172.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management,
pursuant to delegated authority.
Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-25524 Filed 1-2-08; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8011-01-P


~J 4 ~ ~1$ A~) UNITED STA nis ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WENCY WA~ UNGTON, D. C 20460 OFFICE OF PREVENTION, PESTIODES AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES TO: CBIC Docket OPPT 2002 0056 October 4, 2002 FROM: John Schaeffer CCD/ CITB /

SUBJECT: Addendum Modification dated September 15, 2002, to ECA for 1,1,2 Trichioroethane (CAS No. 79 00 5)

Attached is the signed addendum modification to the above referenced project RecycedlRecychble P1 ted w~~ i Vegetab e0 Baaed Inks on 100% Recycled FaDer (40~/ Poatconsumer) L çcE~ DS14~~

PROWS Addendum Modification to ENFORCEABLE CONSENT AGREEMENT FOR 1,1,2 Trichioroethane (TCE) CAS No. 79 00 5 Docket No. OPPTS  42198C September 15, 2002 )

This modification changes the reporting requirements described in Table 1 of the TCE ECA as follows:

Enforceable Consent Agreement for 1,1,2 Trichioroethane Modification ] Tier II HAP Testing Test Standard Final Report Deadline From ~10 Acute Neurotoxicitv (Oral) 799.9620 (as annotated in Appendix D. 3) 36 months from the date of the ECA Order Acute Neurotoxicit\ (Oral) 799.9620 (as annotated in Appendix 0.3) months from notification of EPA Program Review completion From To Route to route extrapolation reporting of acute neurotoxicity Appendix C 39 months from the date of the ECA Order Route to route extrapolation reporting of acute neurotoxicity Appendix C 12 months from notification of EPA Program Review completion From To Subchronic Neurotoxicity (oral) § 799.9620 (as annotated in Appendix D. 3) 42 months from the date of the ECA Order SLlbchronic Neurotoxicit~ (oral) § 799.9620 (as annotated in Appendix D. 3) 15 months from notification of EPA Program Review c omp let ion From To Route to roUte extrapolation reporting of subchronic neurotoxicity Appendix C 45 months from the date of the ECA Order Route to route extrapolation repotting of subchronic neurotoxicity Appendix C 1 8 months from notification of EPA Program Review completion From To Developmental Toxicity (oral) § 799.9370 (as annotated in Appendix D. 4) 48 months from the date of the ECA Order Developmental Toxicity (oral) § 799.9370 (as annotated iii Appendix D. 4) 21 months from notification of EPA Program Review completion From To Route to route extrapolation reporting of developmental toxic it~ Appendix C SI months from tile date of the ECA Order Route to route extrapolation reporting of developmental toxicity Appendix C 24 months from notification of EPA Program Review completion 6 Enforceable Consent Agreement for 1,1,2 Trichioroethane continued Modification Tier II HAP Testing Test Standard Final Report Deadline From To Reproductive toxicity (oral) § 799.9380 (as annotated itl Appendix D. 5) 54 months from the date of tile ECA Order Reproductive toxicity (oral) § 799.9380 (as annotated in Appendix D. 5) 27 months from notification of EPA Program Review completion From To Route to route extrapolation reporting of reproductive toxicitv Appendix C 57 months from the date of the ECA Order Route to route extrapolation reporting of reproductive toxicity Appendix C 30 months from notification of EPA Program Review completion From To Route to route extrapolation reporting of extant immunotoxicit\ data Appendix C 33 months from the date of the ECA Order Route to route extrapolation reporting of extant immunotox ic ity data Appendix C 6 months from notification of EPA Program Review completion From To Route to route extrapolation reporting of extant carcinogenicity data Appendix C 30 months from the date of the ECA Order Route to route extrapolation reporting of extant carcinogenicity data Appendix C 3 months from notification of EPA Program Review completion We the undersigned agree these changes to the Enforceable Consent Agreement for I , 1 .2 Trichoroethane as described in the table above:

(I~~ V6~ Charles M. Auer. Acting Director Date Chemical Control Division HAP Task Force Sponsor Representative


[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 17, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70256-70258]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28823]

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

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0116; FRL-8850-1]

Tralomethrin; Notice of Receipt of Request To Voluntarily Cancel
Pesticide Registrations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a
notice of receipt of a request by the registrant to voluntarily cancel
their registrations of products containing the pesticide tralomethrin.
The request would not terminate the last tralomethrin products
registered for use in the United States, but this action will cancel
the sole technical product registration for tralomethrin. EPA intends
to grant this request at the close of the comment period for this
announcement unless the Agency receives substantive comments within the
comment period that would merit its further review of the request, or
unless the registrant withdraws its request. If this request is
granted, any sale, distribution, or use of products listed in this
notice will be permitted after the registration has been cancelled only
if such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the terms as
described in the final order.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 17, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0116, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
     Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket Facility's normal hours of operation (8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays).
Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed
information. The Docket Facility telephone number is<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2010-0116. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the docket without change and may be made available on-line at
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or e-
mail. The regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system,
which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information
unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-
mail comment directly to EPA without going through regulations.gov,
your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part
of the comment that is placed in the docket and made available on the
Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you
include your name and other contact information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index
available at http://www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the index,
some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet
and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly
available docket materials are available either in the electronic
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard
copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac
Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of
operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket Facility telephone
number is<PHONE_NUMBER>.

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

I. General Information

A. Does This Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general, and may be of
interest to a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human
health, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry; pesticide
users; and members of the public interested in the sale, distribution,
or use of pesticides. Since others also may be interested, the Agency
has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be
affected by this action. If you have any questions regarding the
applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or all of the
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or
CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the
specific information that

is claimed as CBI. In addition to one complete version of the comment
that includes information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that
does not contain the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for
inclusion in the public docket. Information so marked will not be
disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part
2.
    2. Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments,
remember to:
    i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying
information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number).
    ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
    iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and
substitute language for your requested changes.
    iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information
and/or data that you used.
    v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you
arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be
reproduced.
    vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and
suggest alternatives.
    vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of
profanity or personal threats.
    viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period
deadline identified.

II. Background on the Receipt of Request To Cancel Registrations

    This notice announces receipt by EPA of a request from registrant
Bayer (Bayer CropScience LP and Bayer Environmental Science) to cancel
certain tralomethrin product registrations. Tralomethrin is a broad-
spectrum Type II systemic pyrethroid ester insecticide registered for
use in a variety of residential and commercial settings, and on a small
number of agricultural crops including broccoli, cauliflower, cotton,
lettuce, peanuts and sunflowers. In a letter dated August 11, 2010,
Bayer requested EPA to cancel certain pesticide product registrations
identified in Table 1 of Unit III. Specifically, the technical
registrant voluntarily requested these cancellations because Bayer has
not sold products containing tralomethrin for several years. This
action on the registrant's request will not terminate the last
tralomethrin products registered in the United States, but this action
will cancel the sole technical product registration for tralomethrin.

III. What Action Is the Agency Taking?

    This notice announces receipt by EPA of a request from a registrant
to cancel certain tralomethrin product registrations. The affected
products and the registrant making the request are identified in Tables
1 and 2 of this unit.
    Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant or if the Agency
determines that there are substantive comments that warrant further
review of this request, EPA intends to issue an order canceling the
affected registrations.

               Table 1--Tralomethrin Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Registration number                    Product name                         Company
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
264-1001...................................  Scout Manufacturing Use  Bayer CropScience LP.
                                              Product.
264-1003...................................  Scout Insecticide......  Bayer CropScience LP.
264-1004...................................  Scout X-Tra Insecticide  Bayer CropScience LP.
264-1005...................................  Scout 0.3 EC             Bayer CropScience LP.
                                              Insecticide.
264-1009...................................  HR 20900 Insecticide...  Bayer CropScience LP.
264-1010...................................  Scout X-Tra Gel          Bayer CropScience LP.
                                              Insecticide.
432-755....................................  Saga WP Insecticide....  Bayer Environmental Science.
432-760....................................  Saga WSB...............  Bayer Environmental Science.
432-784....................................  Saga RTU-FA Insecticide  Bayer Environmental Science.
432-1278...................................  Tralex Manufacturing     Bayer Environmental Science.
                                              Use Product II.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Table 2 of this unit includes the name and address of record for
the registrant of the products listed in Table 1 of this unit, in
sequence by EPA company number. This number corresponds to the first
part of the EPA registration numbers of the products listed in Table 1
of this unit.

          Table 2--Registrant Requesting Voluntary Cancellation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
          EPA company No.                 Company name and address
------------------------------------------------------------------------
264, 432..........................  Bayer CropScience LP & Bayer
                                     Environmental Science.
                                    2 T.W. Alexander Drive, PO Box
                                     12014.
                                    Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

IV. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking This Action?

    Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that a registrant of a pesticide
product may at any time request that any of its pesticide registrations
be canceled or amended to terminate one or more uses. FIFRA further
provides that, before acting on the request, EPA must publish a notice
of receipt of any such request in the Federal Register.
    Section 6(f)(1)(B) of FIFRA requires that before acting on a
request for voluntary cancellation, EPA must provide a 30-day public
comment period on the request for voluntary cancellation or use
termination. In addition, FIFRA section 6(f)(1)(C) requires that EPA
provide a 180-day comment period on a request for voluntary
cancellation or termination of any minor agricultural use before
granting the request, unless:
    1. The registrants request a waiver of the comment period, or
    2. The EPA Administrator determines that continued use of the
pesticide would pose an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment.
    The tralomethrin registrant has requested that EPA waive the 180-
day comment period. Accordingly, EPA will provide a 30-day comment
period on the proposed request.

V. Procedures for Withdrawal of Requests

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

VI. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks

    Existing stocks are those stocks of registered pesticide products
that are currently in the United States and that were packaged,
labeled, and released for shipment prior to the effective date of the
action. If the request for voluntary cancellation is granted, the
Agency intends to publish the cancellation order in the Federal
Register.
    In any order issued in response to this request for cancellation of
product registrations, EPA proposes to include the following provisions
for the treatment of any existing stocks of the products listed in
Table 1 of Unit III.
    For voluntary product cancellations, registrants will be permitted
to sell and distribute existing stocks of voluntarily canceled products
for 1 year after the effective date of the cancellation, which will be
the date of publication of the cancellation order in the Federal
Register. Thereafter, registrants will be prohibited from selling or
distributing the products identified in Table 1 of Unit III., except
for export consistent with FIFRA section 17 or for proper disposal.
    Once EPA has approved product labels reflecting the requested
amendments to delete uses, registrants will be permitted to sell or
distribute products under the previously approved labeling for a period
of 18 months after the date of Federal Register publication of the
cancellation order, unless other restrictions have been imposed.
Thereafter, registrants will be prohibited from selling or distributing
the products whose labels include the deleted uses identified in Table
1 of Unit III., except for export consistent with FIFRA section 17 or
for proper disposal.
    Persons other than the registrant may sell, distribute, or use
existing stocks of canceled products until supplies are exhausted,
provided that such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the
terms of the previously approved labeling on, or that accompanied, the
canceled products.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Tralomethrin.

    Dated: November 9, 2010.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010-28823 Filed 11-16-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P


[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 178 (Tuesday, September 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 55358]
[FR Doc No: 2015-23114]

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

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0046; FRL--9933-87-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Benzene Waste Operations
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), ``NESHAP for Benzene Waste
Operations (40 CFR part 61, subpart FF) (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No.
1541.11, OMB Control No. 2060-0183), 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 September 30, 2015. Public
comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (79 FR
30117) on May 27, 2014, 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 October 15,
2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0046, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>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: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring,
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; 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
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC 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 affected entities are subject to the General
Provisions of the NESHAP (40 CFR part 61, subpart A), and any changes,
or additions, to the Provisions are specified at 40 CFR part 61,
subpart FF. Owners or operators of the affected facilities must submit
an initial notification report, performance tests, and periodic reports
and results. Owners or operators are also required to maintain records
of the occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction
in the operation of an affected facility, or any period during which
the monitoring system is inoperative.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of facilities
that generate or receive benzene waste.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 61,
subpart FF).
    Estimated number of respondents: 270 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, quarterly and
annually.
    Total estimated burden: 19,200 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,930,000 (per year), including $0 in
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase in the
respondent burden from the most recently approved ICR. The increase is
primarily attributed to correcting an entry error in the number of
respondents that record monthly benzene waste concentration data under
Table 1, labor item 4(c)(ii). In addition, we have rounded all total
values to 3 significant figures.
    There is also an adjustment increase in the number of responses due
to a correction. The previous ICR did not account for quarterly
emission reports and notifications of offsite facilities in calculating
the number of responses.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-23114 Filed 9-14-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6560-50-P


[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 8 (Friday, January 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2394-2395]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00430]

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

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0108; FRL-9769-6]

Release of Draft Document Related to the Review of the National
Ambient Air Quality Standards for Lead

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Availability of draft documents for public comment.

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

SUMMARY: On or about January 8, 2013, the Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards (OAQPS) will make available for public review
the draft document titled, Policy Assessment for the Review of the Lead
National Ambient Air Quality Standards, External Review Draft (PA).
This document was prepared as part of the current review of the
national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for lead (Pb).

DATES: Comments should be received on or before February 4.

ADDRESSES: This document is available primarily via the Internet at the
following Web site: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/pb/s_pb_index.html.
    Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-
0108, by one of the following methods:
     www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
     Email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>     Fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>.
     Mail: EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0108, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC
20460. Please include a total of two copies.
     Hand Delivery: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA West,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. Such deliveries
are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and
special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed
information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2010-0108. The EPA's policy is that all comments received will be
included in the public docket without change and may be made available
online at www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov
(or email). The www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access''
system, which means the EPA will not know your identity or contact
information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you
send an email comment directly to the EPA without going through
www.regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically captured
and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket
and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic
comment, the EPA recommends that you include your name and other
contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or
CD-ROM you submit. If the EPA cannot read your comment due to technical
difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, the EPA may not
be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use
of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any
defects or viruses. For additional information about the EPA's public
docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Air and Radiation Docket
and Information Center, EPA/DC, EPA West,

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The Public
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public
Reading Room is<PHONE_NUMBER>, and the telephone number for the Air
and Radiation Docket and Information Center is<PHONE_NUMBER>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Deirdre Murphy, Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards (Mail code C504-06), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number:
919-541-0729; fax number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email address:
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

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

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to the EPA
through www.regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of
the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk
or CD-ROM that you mail to the EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-
ROM as CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM
the specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket.
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
    2. Tips for Preparing Your Comments. When submitting comments,
remember to:
     Identify the rulemaking by docket number and other
identifying information (subject heading, Federal Register date and
page number).
     Follow directions--The agency may ask you to respond to
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
     Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives
and substitute language for your requested changes.
     Describe any assumptions and provide any technical
information and/or data that you used.
     If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how
you arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be
reproduced.
     Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns, and
suggest alternatives.
     Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the
use of profanity or personal threats.
     Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period
deadline identified.

II. Information Specific to This Document

    Two sections of the Clean Air Act govern the establishment and
revision of the NAAQS. Section 108 (42 U.S.C. 7408) directs the
Administrator to identify and list certain air pollutants and then to
issue air quality criteria for those pollutants. The Administrator is
to list those air pollutants that in her ``judgment, cause or
contribute to air pollution which may reasonably be anticipated to
endanger public health or welfare;'' ``the presence of which in the
ambient air results from numerous or diverse mobile or stationary
sources;'' and ``for which * * * [the Administrator] plans to issue air
quality criteria * * *''. Air quality criteria are intended to
``accurately reflect the latest scientific knowledge useful in
indicating the kind and extent of all identifiable effects on public
health or welfare which may be expected from the presence of [a]
pollutant in the ambient air * * *'' 42 U.S.C. 7408(b). Under section
109 (42 U.S.C. 7409), the EPA establishes primary (health-based) and
secondary (welfare-based) NAAQS for pollutants for which air quality
criteria are issued. Section 109(d) requires periodic review and, if
appropriate, revision of existing air quality criteria. The revised air
quality criteria reflect advances in scientific knowledge on the
effects of the pollutant on public health or welfare. The EPA is also
required to periodically review and, if appropriate, revise the NAAQS,
based on the revised air quality criteria. Section 109(d)(2) requires
that an independent scientific review committee ``shall complete a
review of the criteria * * * and the national primary and secondary
ambient air quality standards * * * and shall recommend to the
Administrator any new * * * standards and revisions of existing
criteria and standards as may be appropriate * * *.'' Since the early
1980's, this independent review function has been performed by the
Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC).
    Presently, EPA is reviewing the air quality criteria and NAAQS for
Pb. The EPA's overall plan and schedule for this review is presented in
the Integrated Review Plan for the Lead National Ambient Air Quality
Standards.\1\ The draft PA document announced today, when final, will
serve to ``bridge the gap'' between the scientific information and the
judgments required of the Administrator in determining whether to
retain or revise the existing NAAQS for Pb, and, if revision is
considered, what revisions may be appropriate. The draft PA builds upon
information presented in the third draft Integrated Science Assessment
for Lead \2\ and health and ecological risk assessments developed in
the last review.\3\ The draft PA will be available on or about January
8, 2013, through the agency's Technology Transfer Network (TTN) Web
site at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/pb/s_pb_index.html.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ EPA EPA-452/R-11-008; November 2011; Available: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/pb/data/20111117PbIRPfinal.pdf.
    \2\ EPA/600/R-10/075C; November 2012; http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/isa/recordisplay.cfm?deid=242655.
    \3\ Upon consideration of the evidence newly available in this
review with regard to risk and exposure assessment in the REA
Planning Document for the review (available at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/pb/data/20110628pbplanningdoc.pdf), staff
concluded, and CASAC Pb Panel generally concurred, that new health
and ecological REAs were not warranted by the newly available
evidence.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The EPA is soliciting advice and recommendations from the CASAC by
means of a review of this draft document at an upcoming public meeting
of the CASAC. Information about this public meeting, including the
dates and location, will be published as a separate notice in the
Federal Register. Following the CASAC meeting, the EPA will consider
comments received from the CASAC and the public in preparing revisions
to this document. The EPA will consider public comments submitted in
response to this notice when revising the documents. Comments should be
submitted to the docket, as described above. The document that is the
subject of today's notice does not represent and should not be
construed to represent any final EPA policy, viewpoint, or
determination.

    Dated: January 7, 2013.
Mary E. Henigin,
Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2013-00430 Filed 1-10-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P


[Federal Register: December 3, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 231)]
[Notices]
[Page 67927-67928]
[DOCID:fr03de07-58]

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

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings  1

November 23, 2007.
    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
corporate filings:

    Docket Numbers: EC08-15-000.
    Applicants: Calpine Corporation and Its Public Utili; Harbinger
Capital Partners Master Fund I; Harbinger Capital Partners Special
Situa; SPO Partners II, L.P.; San Francisco Partners II, L.P.
    Description: Calpine Corp and Harbinger Capital Partners Master
Fund I, Ltd. et al. submits a joint application for approval of the
proposed distribution of common stock of a reorganized Calpine to
Acquirors.
    Filed Date: 11/16/2007.
    Accession Number: 20071120-0121.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, December 7, 2007.
    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
rate filings:

    Docket Numbers: ER00-3240-010; ER01-1633-007; ER03-1383-010; ER06-
1191-002; ER96-780-019.
    Applicants: Oleander Power Project, L.P.; Southern Company--Florida
LLC; Desoto County Generating Co., LLC; DeSoto County Generating
Company, LLC; Southern Company Services, Inc.
    Description: Change in Status Filing and Order No. 697 Compliance
Filing of Alabama Power Company, et al.
    Filed Date: 11/21/2007.
    Accession Number: 20071121-5105.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, December 12, 2007.

    Docket Numbers: ER04-268-006; ER06-398-003; ER06-399-003; ER98-
4159-009.
    Applicants: Duquesne Power, LLC; Duquesne Power, L.P.; Duquesne
Keystone, LLC; Duquesne Conemaugh, LLC; Duquesne Power and Light
Company.
    Description: Notice of Change in Status and Compliance Filings of
Duquesne Light Company, Duquesne Power, L.P., Duquesne Keystone LLC,
and Duquesne Conemaugh LLC.
    Filed Date: 11/21/2007.
    Accession Number: 20071121-5131.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, December 12, 2007.

    Docket Numbers: ER05-231-007.
    Applicants: PSEG Power Connecticut, LLC.
    Description: Compliance filing of Connecticut Department of Public
Utility Control et al.
    Filed Date: 11/19/2007.
    Accession Number: 20071121-0057.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, December 10, 2007.

    Docket Numbers: ER06-1218-006.
    Applicants: PJM Interconnection, LLC.
    Description: PJM Interconnection LLC submits revisions to the
Amended & Restated Operating Agreement of PJM Interconnection LLC & its
OATT to prevent the allocation of transmission rights uplift charges
etc.
    Filed Date: 11/16/2007.

    Accession Number: 20071120-0116.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, December 7, 2007.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-478-006.
    Applicants: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
    Description: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
submits proposed revisions to their Open Access Transmission & Energy
Markets Tariff.
    Filed Date: 11/19/2007.
    Accession Number: 20071121-0044.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, December 10, 2007.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-1203-002.
    Applicants: Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC.
    Description: Duke Energy Carolinas LLC submits the corrections to
its 11/8/07 supplemental information to Attachment B affect Attachment
3.
    Filed Date: 11/21/2007.
    Accession Number: 20071123-0013.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, November 29, 2007.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-1337-001; ER07-1329-001.
    Applicants: New York State Electric & Gas Corp.; New York
Independent System Operator, Inc.
    Description: New York Independent System Operator, Inc and New York
State Electric & Gas Corp submit their joint response together with
supporting materials to the deficiency letter issued on 10/18/07.
    Filed Date: 11/19/2007.
    Accession Number: 20071121-0042.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, December 10, 2007.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-229-000.
    Applicants: PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
    Description: PJM Interconnection LLC submits amendments to Schedule
12-Appendix of the its tariff to include cost responsibility
assignments for three baseline upgrades that will operate at or above
500 kV etc.
    Filed Date: 11/16/2007.
    Accession Number: 20071120-0114.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, December 7, 2007.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-230-000.
    Applicants: New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
    Description: New York Independent System Operator Corp et al.
submit an executed Engineering, Procurement and Construction Agreement.
    Filed Date: 11/16/2007.
    Accession Number: 20071120-0113.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, December 7, 2007.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-232-000.
    Applicants: PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
    Description: PJM Interconnection LLC submits revisions to the
Reliability Pricing Model.
    Filed Date: 11/19/2007.
    Accession Number: 20071121-0053.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, December 10, 2007.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-233-000.
    Applicants: CAM Energy Products, LP.
    Description: CAM Energy Products, LP submits a Notice of
Cancellation of its market-base rate authority.
    Filed Date: 11/19/2007.
    Accession Number: 20071121-0052.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, December 10, 2007.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-234-000.
    Applicants: EWO Marketing, LP.
    Description: EWO Marketing, LP submits three executed Service
Agreements providing for cost-based, short-term power sales to Entergy
Power, Inc.
    Filed Date: 11/19/2007.
    Accession Number: 20071121-0054.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, December 10, 2007.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-248-000.
    Applicants: Westar Energy, Inc.
    Description: Westar Energy, Inc submits a Notice of Cancellation of
an Electric Power Supply Agreement the City of Elsmore, Kansas.
    Filed Date: 11/21/2007.
    Accession Number: 20071123-0012.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, December 12, 2007.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-249-000.
    Applicants: Westar Energy, Inc.
    Description: Westar Energy, Inc submits a Notice of Cancellation of
an Electric Power Supply Agreement the City of Burlingame, Kansas.
    Filed Date: 11/21/2007.
    Accession Number: 20071123-0011.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, December 12, 2007.

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

    Docket Numbers: ES07-58-001.
    Applicants: Old Dominion Electric Cooperative, Inc.
    Description: Exhibit B to Request for Permission to Issue
Securities of Old Dominion Electric Cooperative.
    Filed Date: 11/16/2007.
    Accession Number: 20071115-5082.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, November 28, 2007.

    Take notice that the Commission received the following open access
transmission tariff filings:

    Docket Numbers: OA07-47-001.
    Applicants: Tampa Electric Company.
    Description: Tampa Electric Company submits Substitute Original
Sheet 5 et al. to amend its 7/13/07 compliance filing.
    Filed Date: 11/19/2007.
    Accession Number: 20071121-0043.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, December 10, 2007.

    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above
proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment
date. It is not necessary to separately intervene again in a subdocket
related to a compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the
same docket. Protests will be considered by the Commission in
determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to
make protestants parties to the proceeding. Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the
Applicant. In reference to filings initiating a new proceeding,
interventions or protests submitted on or before the comment deadline
need not be served on persons other than the Applicant.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at http://www.ferc.gov.
 To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet

access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an
intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
    Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and
14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the
Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link
on the web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification
when a document is added to a subscribed dockets(s). For assistance
with any FERC Online service, please e-mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
or call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free). For TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-23328 Filed 11-30-07; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717-01-P