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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-62727; File No. SR-DTC-2010-09]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Depository Trust Company;
Order Approving Proposed Rule Change To Revise its Procedures Regarding
Securities Delivered to or From Participant Accounts Through the
Automated Customer Account Transfer Service of National Securities
Clearing Corporation

August 16, 2010.

I. Introduction

    On June 4, 2010, The Depository Trust Company (``DTC'') filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') proposed rule
change SR-DTC-2010-09 pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'').\1\ The proposed rule change was
published for comment in the Federal Register on July 2, 2010.\2\ No
comment letters were received on the proposal. This order approves the
proposal.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ Securities Exchange Act Release No. 62384 (June 25, 2010),
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II. Description

    DTC is modifying certain provisions of its Settlement Services
Guide (``Guide'') in connection with concurrent rule changes being made
by the National Securities Clearing Corporation (``NSCC'') concerning
Automated Customer Account Transfer Service (``ACATS'') transfers
processed through the Continuous Net Settlement (``CNS'') system.\3\
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    \3\ SR-NSCC-2010-05. Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 62385
(June 25, 2010), 75 FR 38579 (July 2, 2010) and 62384 (June 25,
2010), 75 FR 38581 (July 2, 2010).
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    NSCC's ACATS system enables members to effect automated transfers
of customer accounts among themselves.\4\ For ACATS transfers processed
through NSCC's CNS system,\5\ long and short positions are passed
against Members' positions at DTC. Available securities are delivered
from short Members' DTC accounts and allocated to long Members' DTC
accounts by book-entry transfer.
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    \4\ ACATS complements a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
(``FINRA'') rule requiring FINRA members to use automated clearing
agency customer account transfer services and to effect customer
account transfers within specified time frames.
    \5\ CNS is an ongoing accounting system which nets today's
Settling Trades with yesterday's Closing Positions to produce a net
short or long position for a particular security for a particular
Member. NSCC is the contra party for all positions. The positions
are then passed against the Member's Designated Depository positions
and available securities are allocated by book-entry transfer. This
allocation of securities is accomplished through an evening cycle
followed by a day cycle. Positions which remain open after the
evening cycle may be changed as a result of trades accepted for
settlement that day. CNS allocates deliveries in both the night and
day cycles using an algorithm based on priority groups in descending
order, age of position within a priority group, and random numbers
within age groups.
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    An NSCC Member to which a customer's securities account is to be
transferred through ACATS (``Receiving Member'') initiates the transfer
process by submitting a request to NSCC. For the transfer to be
processed, the request must be accepted by the NSCC Member from which
the customer's securities are being transferred (``Delivering
Member''). After a Delivering Member accepts a customer account
transfer request and all other preconditions of NSCC's rules for
processing ACATS transfer are met, all CNS-eligible securities in the
customer's account, except securities that the Receiving Member
notifies NSCC should not be transferred, are entered into NSCC's CNS
accounting

operation on the day before settlement date.\6\
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    \6\ NSCC Rule 50 (Automated Customer Account Transfer Service).
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    DTC is modifying its Guide in several ways to clarify that
securities moving through NSCC's ACATS system are not subject to a lien
by DTC when they are debited from a delivering Participant's DTC
account or when they are credited to a receiving Participant's DTC
account.\7\ DTC believes its clarifications will help NSCC Members and
DTC Participants meet their legal obligations to maintain possession or
control of certain customer securities and will concurrently protect
the interests of NSCC and DTC.\8\
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    \7\ As part of NSCC's companion rule filing, NSCC will amend its
Rules to provide that any deliveries and receives in a particular
security processed through CNS will be designated by NSCC to satisfy
a Member's ACATS receive or deliver obligation prior to satisfaction
of other CNS-related obligations in the same security for that
Member. This will allow NSCC to track the completion status of CNS
ACATS deliveries and facilitate NSCC's ability to notify DTC of
which CNS deliveries are ACATS transfers.
    \8\ Commission Rule 15c3-3 provides that a broker-dealer shall
promptly obtain and shall thereafter maintain the physical
possession or control of all fully-paid securities and excess margin
securities, in each case, carried by a broker-dealer for the account
of customers.
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    DTC is modifying the CNS section of the Guide to clarify that when
a Participant holds securities in its account in a no-lien location \9\
and those securities are part of an ACATS transfer through CNS, DTC
does not have any lien on such securities to satisfy the Participant's
CNS ACATS delivery obligation. DTC is also clarifying within the Guide
that ACATS deliveries from CNS are deemed to be designated by the
receiving Participant as ``Minimum Amount Securities'', and therefore
not subject to any lien by DTC, when they are credited to the receiving
Participant's account.\10\ Additional clarification will be made to
explain that an ACATS transfer is deemed null and void and the
underlying securities may be used to satisfy settlement obligations to
NSCC if NSCC determines that a Delivering Member and a Receiving Member
defaulted on their settlement obligations to NSCC and the Delivering
Member also failed to meet its ACATS delivery obligation.
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    \9\ For example, when the securities are designated as ``Minimum
Amount Securities'' and not as ``Net Additions''.
    \10\ DTC Rules 1 and Rule 4(A) respectively define ``Minimum
Amount Securities'' and explain the implications of this designation
in protecting such securities from any lien or other claim of DTC.
    Because Minimum Amount Securities are not subject to any lien or
other claim by DTC, such securities are not counted as part of the
Participant's Collateral Monitor. A receiving Participant can
designate such securities as ``Net Additions''.
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    DTC intends to implement these changes during the third quarter of
2010 and will advise Participants of the specific implementation date
through DTC Important Notices.

III. Discussion

    The Commission finds that the proposed rule change is consistent
with the requirements of the Act \11\ and the rules and regulations
thereunder applicable to DTC. In particular, the Commission believes
that the amendments DTC is making to its Guide regarding securities
delivered to or from Participant accounts through ACATS are consistent
with DTC's obligations under Section 17A(b)(3)(F),\12\ which requires,
among other things, that the rules of a clearing agency are designed to
remove impediments to and help perfect the mechanism of a national
system for the prompt and accurate clearance and settlement of
securities transactions.
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    \11\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1.
    \12\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(F).
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IV. Conclusion

    On the basis of the foregoing, the Commission finds that the
proposal is consistent with the requirements of the Act and in
particular with the requirements of Section 17A of the Act \13\ and the
rules and regulations thereunder.
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    \13\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1.
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    It is therefore ordered, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the
Act,\14\ that the proposed rule change (File No. SR-DTC-2010-09) be,
and hereby is, approved.\15\
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    \14\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
    \15\ In approving the proposed rule change, the Commission
considered the proposal's impact on efficiency, competition, and
capital formation. 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).

    For the Commission by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\16\
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    \16\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings 1

    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
corporate filings:
    Docket Numbers: EC14-77-000.
    Applicants: ESI Ebensburg, Inc., Ebensburg Power Company, Ebensburg
Energy, LLC.
    Description: Application of ESI Ebensburg, Inc., et al. for
Approval under Section 203 of the Federal Power Act and Request for a
Shortened Comment Period and Expedited Consideration.
    Filed Date: 4/17/14.
    Accession Number: 20140417-5270.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/8/14.

    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
rate filings:
    Docket Numbers: ER14-1737-000.
    Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
    Description: Notice of Cancellation of Generator Interconnection
Agreement of Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
    Filed Date: 4/17/14.
    Accession Number: 20140417-5234.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/8/14.

    Docket Numbers: ER14-1738-000.
    Applicants: Trademark Merchant Energy, LLC.
    Description: Trademark Merchant Energy, LLC submits tariff filing
per 35.15: Notice of Cancellation of MBR to be effective 4/19/2014.
    Filed Date: 4/18/14.
    Accession Number: 20140418-5052.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/9/14.

    Docket Numbers: ER14-1739-000.
    Applicants: PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
    Description: PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. submits tariff filing per
35.13(a)(2)(iii): Original Service Agreement No. 3785; Queue No. Y2-081
to be effective 3/18/2014.
    Filed Date: 4/18/14.
    Accession Number: 20140418-5116.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/9/14.

    Take notice that the Commission received the following open access
transmission tariff filings:
    Docket Numbers: OA08-100-007; OA07-53-010.
    Applicants: Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Duke Energy Progress, Inc.,
Duke Energy Florida, Inc.
    Description: Informational Filing of Operational Penalty
Assessments and Distributions of Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, et al., as
Required by Order Nos. 890 and 890-A in OA08-100, et al.
    Filed Date: 4/17/14.
    Accession Number: 20140417-5249.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/8/14.

    Docket Numbers: OA08-96-008.
    Applicants: Southern Company Services, Inc.
    Description: Southern Company Services, Inc. submits Report of
Penalty Assessments and Distribution in accordance with Orders Nos. 890
and 890-A and Compliance Report.
    Filed Date: 4/18/14.
    Accession Number: 20140418-5112.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/9/14.

    The filings are accessible in the Commission's eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the docket number.
    Any person desiring to intervene or protest in any of the above
proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the
Commission's Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5:00
p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests may be
considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the
proceeding.
    eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests, service, and qualifying
facilities filings can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For other information, call<PHONE_NUMBER>
(toll free). For TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    Dated: April 18, 2014.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-2007-0085]

Underground Construction Standard; Extension of the Office of
Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection
(Paperwork) Requirements

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public comment concerning its proposal to extend
OMB approval of the information collection requirements specified in
the Underground Construction Standard (29 CFR 1926.800).

DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
February 12, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Electronically: You may submit comments and attachments
electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal

eRulemaking Portal. Follow the instructions online for submitting
comments.
    Facsimile: If your comments, including attachments, are not longer
than 10 pages, you may fax them to the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-
1648.
    Mail, hand delivery, express mail, messenger, or courier service:
When using this method, you must submit three copies of your comments
and attachments to the OSHA Docket Office, OSHA Docket No. OSHA-2007-
0085, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, Room N-2625, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20210. Deliveries (hand, express mail, messenger, and courier
service) are accepted during the Department of Labor's and Docket
Office's normal business hours, 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., ET.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and OSHA
docket number for the ICR (OSHA-2007-0085). All comments, including any
personal information you provide, are placed in the public docket
without change, and may be made available online at http://www.regulations.gov.
 For further information on submitting comments see

the ``Public Participation'' heading in the section of this notice
titled SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
    Docket: To read or download comments or other material in the
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov or the OSHA Docket Office at

the address above. All documents in the docket (including this Federal
Register notice) are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index;

however, some information (e.g., copyrighted material) is not publicly
available to read or download through the Web site. All submissions,
including copyrighted material, are available for inspection and
copying at the OSHA Docket Office. You may also contact Stewart
Burkhammer at the address below to obtain a copy of the ICR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stewart Burkhammer, Directorate of
Construction, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3468, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-
2020.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent (i.e., employer) burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to provide the public with an
opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing information
collection requirements in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (PRA-95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
    This program ensures that information is in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and costs) is minimal, collection instruments
are clearly understood, and OSHA's estimate of the information
collection burden is accurate. The Occupational Safety and Health Act
of 1970 (the OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) authorizes information
collection by employers as necessary or appropriate for enforcement of
the Act or for developing information regarding the causes and
prevention of occupational injuries, illnesses, and accidents (29
U.S.C. 657). The OSH Act also requires that OSHA obtain such
information with minimum burden upon employers, especially those
operating small businesses, and to reduce to the maximum extent
feasible unnecessary duplication of efforts in obtaining information
(29 U.S.C. 657).
    Posting warning signs or notices. Seven paragraphs in the
Underground Construction Standard (``the Standard''), 29 CFR 1926.800,
require employers to post warning signs or notices during underground
construction; these paragraphs are (b)(3), (i)(3), (j)(1)(vi)(A),
(m)(2)(ii), (o)(2), (q)(11), and (t)(1)(iv)(B). The warning signs and
notices required by these paragraphs enable employers to effectively
alert employees to the presence of hazards or potential hazards at the
job site, thereby preventing employee exposure to hazards or potential
hazards associated with underground construction that could cause death
or serious harm.
    Certification of inspection records for hoists. Paragraph
(t)(3)(xxi) of the Standard requires employers to inspect and load test
hoists when they install them, and at least annually thereafter; they
must also inspect and load test a hoist after making any repairs or
alterations to it that affect its structural integrity, and after
tripping a safety device on the hoist. Employers must also prepare a
certification record of each inspection and load test that includes
specified information, and maintain the most recent certification
record until they complete the construction project.
    Establishing and maintaining a written record of the most recent
inspection and load test alerts equipment mechanics to problems
identified during the inspection. Prior to returning the equipment to
service, employers can review the records to ensure that the mechanics
performed the necessary repairs and maintenance. Accordingly, by using
only equipment that is in safe working order, employers will prevent
severe injury and death to the equipment operators and other employees
who work near the equipment. In addition, these records provide the
most efficient means for OSHA compliance officers to determine that an
employer performed the required inspections and load tests, thereby
assuring that the equipment is safe to operate.
    Developing and maintaining records for air quality tests. Paragraph
(j)(3) of the Standard mandates that employers develop records for air
quality tests performed under paragraph (j), including air quality
tests required by paragraphs (j)(1)(ii)(A) through (j)(1)(iii)(A),
(j)(1)(iii)(B), (j)(1)(iii)(C), (j)(1)(iii)(D), (j)(1)(iv),
(j)(1)(v)(A), (j)(1)(v)(B), and (j)(2)(i) through (j)(2)(v).

Paragraph (j) also requires that air quality records include specified
information, and that employers maintain the records until the
underground construction project is complete; they must also make the
records available to OSHA compliance officers on request.
    Maintaining records of air quality tests allows employers to
document atmospheric hazards, and to ascertain the effectiveness of
controls (especially ventilation) and implement additional controls if
necessary. Accordingly, these requirements prevent serious injury and
death to employees who work on underground construction projects. In
addition, these records provide an efficient means for employees to
evaluate the accuracy and effectiveness of an employer's exposure
reduction program, and for OSHA compliance officers to determine that
employers performed the required tests and implemented appropriate
controls.

II. Special Issues for Comment

    OSHA has a particular interest in comments on the following issues:
     Whether the proposed information collection requirements
are necessary for the proper performance of the Agency's functions,
including whether the information is useful;
     The accuracy of OSHA's estimate of the burden (time and
costs) of the information collection requirements, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
     The quality, utility, and clarity of the information
collected; and
     Ways to minimize the burden on employers who must comply;
for example, by using automated or other technological information
collection and transmission techniques.

III. Proposed Actions

    OSHA is requesting that OMB extend its approval of the information
collection requirements contained in the Underground Construction
Standard (29 CFR 1926.800). The Agency is requesting to retain its
current burden hour total of 57,949 hours associated with this
Standard. The Agency will summarize the comments submitted in response
to this notice and will include this summary in the request to OMB.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information
collection requirements.
    Title: Underground Construction Standard (29 CFR 1926.800).
    OMB Number: 1218-0067.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit
institutions; Federal government; State, local, or Tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents: 323.
    Frequency of Response: Varies from recording air quality tests
twice per shift to posting a warning sign or notice once every two
years.
    Average Time per Response: Varies from 30 seconds to read and
record air quality test results to one hour to inspect, load test, and
complete and maintain a certification record for a hoist.
    Average Time per Response: Varies from 2 minutes (.03 hour) to post
emergency numbers to 15 minutes (.25 hour) to develop and post load
limits for floors.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 57,949.
    Estimated Cost. (Operation and Maintenance): $0.

IV. Public Participation--Submission of Comments on This Notice and
Internet Access to Comments and Submissions

    You may submit comments in response to this document as follows:
(1) Electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal

eRulemaking Portal; (2) by facsimile (FAX); or (3) by hard copy. All
comments, attachments, and other material must identify the Agency name
and the OSHA docket number for the ICR (Docket No. OSHA-2007-0085). You
may supplement electronic submissions by uploading document files
electronically. If you wish to mail additional materials in reference
to an electronic or facsimile submission, you must submit them to the
OSHA Docket Office (see the section of this notice titled ADDRESSES).
The additional materials must clearly identify your electronic comments
by your name, date, and the docket number so the Agency can attach them
to your comments.
    Because of security procedures, the use of regular mail may cause a
significant delay in the receipt of comments. For information about
security procedures concerning the delivery of materials by hand,
express delivery, messenger, or courier service, please contact the
OSHA Docket Office at<PHONE_NUMBER> (TTY<PHONE_NUMBER>).
    Comments and submissions are posted without change at http://www.regulations.gov.
 Therefore, OSHA cautions commenters about

submitting personal information such as social security numbers and
date of birth. Although all submissions are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov
 index, some information (e.g., copyrighted

material) is not publicly available to read or download through this
website. All submissions, including copyrighted material, are available
for inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
    Information on using the http://www.regulations.gov website to

submit comments and access the docket is available at the website's
``User Tips'' link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office for information
about materials not available through the Web site, and for assistance
in using the Internet to locate docket submissions.

V. Authority and Signature

    Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health, directed the preparation of this notice. The
authority for this notice is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3506 et seq.) and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 5-2007 (72 FR
31159).

    Signed at Washington, DC, on December 10, 2007.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0898; FRL-9372-2]

Registration Review; Pesticide Dockets Opened for Review and
Comment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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SUMMARY: With this document, EPA is opening the public comment period
for several registration reviews. Registration review is EPA's periodic
review of pesticide registrations to ensure that each pesticide
continues to satisfy the statutory standard for registration, that is,
the pesticide can perform its intended function without unreasonable
adverse effects on human health or the environment. Registration review
dockets contain information that will assist the public in
understanding the types of information and issues that the Agency may
consider during the course of registration reviews. Through this
program, EPA is ensuring that each pesticide's registration is based on
current scientific and other knowledge, including its effects on human
health and the environment. EPA is also announcing the availability of
amended final work plans (FWPs) for the following active ingredients:
Sodium pyrithione (formerly known as sodium omadine), methylene
bis(thiocyanate), troysan KK-108A (IPBC), zinc salts, and tri-n butyl
tetradecyl phosphonium chloride (TTPC).

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 12, 2013.

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

dockets generally, is available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For pesticide specific information
contact: The Chemical Review Manager or Regulatory Action Leader
identified in the table in Unit III.A. for the pesticide of interest.
    For general information contact: Kevin Costello, 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>; email address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

 A. Does this action apply to me?

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

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

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of the
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or
CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the
specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket.
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
    2. Tips for preparing your comments. When 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.
    3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to achieve environmental
justice, the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of any group,
including minority and/or low income populations, in the development,
implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and
policies. To help address potential environmental justice issues, the
Agency seeks information on any groups or segments of the population
who, as a result of their location, cultural practices, or other
factors, may have atypical or disproportionately high and adverse human
health impacts or environmental effects from exposure to the pesticides
discussed in this document, compared to the general population.

II. Authority

    EPA is initiating its reviews of the pesticides identified in this
document pursuant to section 3(g) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Procedural Regulations
for Registration Review at 40 CFR part 155, subpart C. Section 3(g) of
FIFRA provides, among other things, that the registrations of
pesticides are to be reviewed every 15 years. Under FIFRA, a pesticide
product may be registered or remain registered only if it meets the
statutory standard for registration given in FIFRA section 3(c)(5).
When used in accordance with widespread and commonly recognized
practice, the pesticide product must perform its intended function
without unreasonable adverse effects on the environment; that is,
without any unreasonable risk to man or the environment, or a human
dietary risk from residues that result from the use of a pesticide in
or on food.

III. Registration Reviews

 A. What action is the agency taking?

    As directed by FIFRA section 3(g), EPA is reviewing the pesticide
registrations identified in the table in this unit to assure that they
continue to satisfy the FIFRA standard for registration--that is, they
can still be used without unreasonable adverse effects on human health
or the environment. A pesticide's registration review begins when the
Agency establishes a docket for the pesticide's registration review
case and opens the docket for public review and comment. At present,
EPA is opening registration review dockets for the cases identified in
this table.

                                   Table--Registration Review Dockets Opening
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                                                                          Chemical review manager or regulatory
   Registration review case name and             Docket ID No.           action leader, telephone number, email
                number                                                                   address
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2,4-D.................................  EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0330..........  Jill Bloom,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Bacillus pumilus......................  EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0857..........  Susanne Cerrelli,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Bifenazate............................  EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0633..........  Garland Waleko,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Chlorinated isocyanurates.............  EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0794..........  Wanda Henson,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Chlorsulfuron.........................  EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0878..........  Kaitlin Keller,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Clodinafop-propargyl..................  EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0424..........  Wilhelmena Livingston,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Folpet................................  EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0859..........  Christina Scheltema,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Foramsulfuron.........................  EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0387..........  Jose Gayoso,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>

Hydramethylnon........................  EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0869..........  Steven Snyderman,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Iprodione.............................  EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0392..........  James Parker,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Kresoxim-methyl.......................  EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0861..........  Katie Weyrauch,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Phenol, and salts.....................  EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0810..........  Elizabeth Hernandez,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Prohexadione calcium..................  EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0870..........  Katie Weyrauch,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Sodium carbonate......................  EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0809..........  Seiichi Murasaki,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Sulfometuron methyl...................  EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0433..........  Rusty Wasem,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Triphenyltin hydroxide (TPTH) (also     EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0413..........  Susan Bartow,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
 known as fentin hydroxide<EMAIL_ADDRESS>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    EPA is announcing the availability of amended FWPs for the
following active ingredients: Sodium pyrithione (also known as sodium
omadine), docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0611; methylene
bis(thiocyanate), docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0613; IPBC, docket
ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0420; zinc salts, docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OPP-2009-0011; and TTPC, docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0952. These
FWPs have been amended to incorporate changes to data requirements and/
or clarifications to planned risk assessments for registration review.

B. Docket Content

    1. Review dockets. The registration review dockets contain
information that the Agency may consider in the course of the
registration review. The Agency may include information from its files
including, but not limited to, the following information:
     An overview of the registration review case status.
     A list of current product registrations and registrants.
     Federal Register notices regarding any pending
registration actions.
     Federal Register notices regarding current or pending
tolerances.
     Risk assessments.
     Bibliographies concerning current registrations.
     Summaries of incident data.
     Any other pertinent data or information.
    Each docket contains a document summarizing what the Agency
currently knows about the pesticide case and a preliminary work plan
for anticipated data and assessment needs. Additional documents provide
more detailed information. During this public comment period, the
Agency is asking that interested persons identify any additional
information they believe the Agency should consider during the
registration reviews of these pesticides. The Agency identifies in each
docket the areas where public comment is specifically requested, though
comment in any area is welcome.
    2. Other related information. More information on these cases,
including the active ingredients for each case, may be located in the
registration review schedule on the Agency's Web site at http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_review/schedule.htm. Information on
the Agency's registration review program and its implementing
regulation may be seen at http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_review.
    3. Information submission requirements. Anyone may submit data or
information in response to this document. To be considered during a
pesticide's registration review, the submitted data or information must
meet the following requirements:
     To ensure that EPA will consider data or information
submitted, interested persons must submit the data or information
during the comment period. The Agency may, at its discretion, consider
data or information submitted at a later date.
     The data or information submitted must be presented in a
legible and useable form. For example, an English translation must
accompany any material that is not in English and a written transcript
must accompany any information submitted as an audiographic or
videographic record. Written material may be submitted in paper or
electronic form.
     Submitters must clearly identify the source of any
submitted data or information.
     Submitters may request the Agency to reconsider data or
information that the Agency rejected in a previous review. However,
submitters must explain why they believe the Agency should reconsider
the data or information in the pesticide's registration review.
    As provided in 40 CFR 155.58, the registration review docket for
each pesticide case will remain publicly accessible through the
duration of the registration review process; that is, until all actions
required in the final decision on the registration review case have
been completed.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: December 7, 2012.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2012-30242 Filed 12-13-12; 8:45 am]
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