80_FR_16063 80 FR 16005 - Environmental Protection Agency; Notice of Public Meeting

80 FR 16005 - Environmental Protection Agency; Notice of Public Meeting

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 58 (March 26, 2015)

Page Range16005-16006
FR Document2015-06931

EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively, the Services), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are holding a 1-day workshop to provide an update on the status of interagency efforts to further develop interim scientific methods that were issued in November 2013 by EPA, the Services, and USDA in response to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report entitled, ``Assessing Risks to Endangered and Threatened Species from Pesticides''. This workshop builds upon public meetings held in November and December 2013, and April and October 2014, and provides a forum for stakeholders to offer scientific and technical feedback on the ongoing efforts to develop draft Biological Evaluations (BEs) for three pilot chemicals (chlorpyrifos, diazinon, and malathion). This workshop provides an opportunity to continue the dialogue on the implementation of the enhanced stakeholder engagement process that was finalized in March 2013. The workshop is not designed, or intended, to be a decision-making forum; consensus will not be sought, or developed at the meeting. This meeting furthers the agencies' goal of developing a consultation process for assessing pesticide's impacts on listed species that is efficient, inclusive, and transparent.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 58 (Thursday, March 26, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 58 (Thursday, March 26, 2015)]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06931]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0233; FRL-9925-06]


Environmental Protection Agency; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service (FWS), and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) 
(collectively, the Services), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture 
(USDA) are holding a 1-day workshop to provide an update on the status 
of interagency efforts to further develop interim scientific methods 
that were issued in November 2013 by EPA, the Services, and USDA in 
response to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report entitled, 
``Assessing Risks to Endangered and Threatened Species from 
Pesticides''. This workshop builds upon public meetings held in 
November and December 2013, and April and October 2014, and provides a 
forum for stakeholders to offer scientific and technical feedback on 
the ongoing efforts to develop draft Biological Evaluations (BEs) for 
three pilot chemicals (chlorpyrifos, diazinon, and malathion). This 
workshop provides an opportunity to continue the dialogue on the 
implementation of the enhanced stakeholder engagement process that was 
finalized in March 2013. The workshop is not designed, or intended, to 
be a decision-making forum; consensus will not be sought, or developed 
at the meeting. This meeting furthers the agencies' goal of developing 
a consultation process for assessing pesticide's impacts on listed 
species that is efficient, inclusive, and transparent.

DATES: The meeting will be held on April 15, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to 
5:30 p.m. The workshop will be available via webinar for those 
interested in attending the workshop remotely. A teleconference line 
will also be available. Requests to attend the workshop in person, or 
via webinar and teleconference must be received on or before April 7, 
2015. Individuals wishing to make a presentation at the workshop should 
submit presentation materials by March 30, 2015.
    To request accommodation of a disability, please contact the person 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, preferably at least 10 
days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to 
process your request.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at FWS Skyline Bldg. 7, 5275 
Leesburg Pike, Bailey's Crossroads, VA 22041-3803, in the Rachel Carson 
Room. See Unit III for additional information.
    Requests to attend the meeting, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0233, must be submitted to the person 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    For general information contact: Catherine Eiden, Pesticide Re-
evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-7887; email 
address: [email protected].
    For meeting logistics and/or registration contact: Leona Laniawe, 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters, Ecological Services, 5275 
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803; telephone: (703) 358-2640; 
fax (703) 358-1800; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    You may be potentially affected by this action if you develop, 
manufacture, formulate, sell, and/or apply pesticide products, and if 
you are interested in the potential impacts of pesticide use on listed 
species. 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 code 311)
     Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532)

B. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?

    The docket for this action, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0233, 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 (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPP 
Docket is (703) 305-5805. Please review the visitor instructions and 
additional information about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

II. Background

    This workshop is an opportunity for stakeholders and agencies to 
continue their dialogue on the technical aspects of implementing the 
NAS recommendations in the context of ongoing interagency efforts to 
develop draft Biological Evaluations for the three pilot chemicals; 
this workshop builds upon public meetings held in November and December 
2013, and April and October 2014, and implementation of the enhanced 
stakeholder engagement process that was finalized in March 2013. The 
workshop is not designed, or intended to be a decision-making forum; 
consensus will not be sought, or developed at the meeting.
    Stakeholders are invited to hear presentations by the agencies on 
the

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status and development of Problem Formulations for each of the three 
pilot chemicals: Chlorpyrifos, malathion, and diazinon. The agencies 
will cover the following topics in their presentations: Description of 
the federal action and opportunities for refinement, USDA's geospatial 
data for mapping agricultural uses of pesticides, other sources of 
geospatial data for mapping non-agricultural uses of pesticides, 
species range data, risk hypotheses and approaches to weight-of-the-
evidence analysis, and application of the interim scientific methods 
using examples for aquatic and terrestrial listed species.
    The agencies' interim approach document entitled, ``Interagency 
Approach for Implementation of the National Academy of Sciences 
Report'', dated November 13, 2013, and the presentation materials from 
the November 2013 stakeholder workshop are available at the following 
Web site: http://www.epa.gov/oppfead1/endanger/2013/nas.html.
    Presentations by the agencies supporting this stakeholder workshop 
will be made available on the EPA Web site on April 1st (http://www.epa.gov/espp), and in the docket identified by EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0233 
prior to the workshop. Presentations supporting the previous 
stakeholder workshops held in April and October 2014 are also available 
in this docket.
    Representatives from Federal agencies will join the dialogue to 
answer clarifying questions regarding the pesticide registration 
process and Endangered Species Act consultation process. The agencies 
see this workshop as an integral component of the stakeholder 
engagement process developed for pesticide consultations that 
contributes to the agencies' commitment to adapt and refine the interim 
approaches as we progress through initial consultations.

III. How can I request to participate in this meeting?

    You may submit a request to participate in this meeting to the 
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Do not submit any 
information in your request that is considered CBI. Requests to attend 
the meeting in person, or via webinar and teleconference, identified by 
docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0233, must be received on or before 
April 7, 2015.
    Public parking is available for attendees; follow blue signs to the 
lot. There is a fee for all day parking.
    Attendees will need to present identification at the Security 
check-in.
    Webinar and teleconference information will be provided to 
participants requesting access via webinar and telephone.

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

    Dated: March 17, 2015.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2015-06931 Filed 3-25-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6560-50-P

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 58 / Thursday, March 26, 2015 / Notices 16005 monitoring plan. The required meetings held in November and (703) 358–1800; email address: leona_ semiannual reports are used to December 2013, and April and October laniawe@fws.gov. determine periods of excess emissions, 2014, and provides a forum for SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: identify problems at the facility, verify stakeholders to offer scientific and operation/maintenance procedures, and technical feedback on the ongoing I. General Information for compliance determinations. efforts to develop draft Biological A. Does this action apply to me? Form Numbers: None. Evaluations (BEs) for three pilot You may be potentially affected by Respondents/affected entities: chemicals (chlorpyrifos, diazinon, and this action if you develop, manufacture, Secondary lead smelters. malathion). This workshop provides an formulate, sell, and/or apply pesticide Respondent’s obligation to respond: opportunity to continue the dialogue on products, and if you are interested in Mandatory (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart X). the implementation of the enhanced the potential impacts of pesticide use on Estimated number of respondents: 14 stakeholder engagement process that listed species. The following list of (total). was finalized in March 2013. The North American Industrial Frequency of response: Initially, workshop is not designed, or intended, Classification System (NAICS) codes is occasionally, semiannually and to be a decision-making forum; not intended to be exhaustive, but rather annually. consensus will not be sought, or provides a guide to help readers Total estimated burden: 13,038 hours developed at the meeting. This meeting determine whether this document (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR furthers the agencies’ goal of developing applies to them. Potentially affected 1320.3(b). a consultation process for assessing entities may include: Total estimated cost: $1,651,633 (per pesticide’s impacts on listed species • Crop Production (NAICS code 111) year), includes $375,200 annualized that is efficient, inclusive, and • Animal Production (NAICS code capital or operation & maintenance transparent. 112) costs. DATES: The meeting will be held on • Food manufacturing code 311) Changes in the Estimates: There is a April 15, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 • Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS decrease of 7,499 hours in the total p.m. The workshop will be available via code 32532) estimated respondent burden compared webinar for those interested in attending B. How can I get copies of this document with the ICR currently approved by the workshop remotely. A and other related information? OMB. In this ICR renewal, we have teleconference line will also be made adjustments to reflect current rule available. Requests to attend the The docket for this action, identified requirements and remove duplicate workshop in person, or via webinar and by docket identification (ID) number items contained in previous ICRs. In teleconference must be received on or EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0233, is available addition, this ICR renewal reflects a before April 7, 2015. Individuals at http://www.regulations.gov or at the decrease in the number of respondents wishing to make a presentation at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory from 16 to 14 due to facility closures. workshop should submit presentation Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the materials by March 30, 2015. Environmental Protection Agency Courtney Kerwin, Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William To request accommodation of a Acting Director, Collection Strategies Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 Division. disability, please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC [FR Doc. 2015–06913 Filed 3–25–15; 8:45 am] CONTACT, preferably at least 10 days 20460–0001. The Public Reading Room BILLING CODE 6560–50–P prior to the meeting, to give EPA as is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., much time as possible to process your Monday through Friday, excluding legal request. holidays. The telephone number for the ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, AGENCY ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at and the telephone number for the OPP FWS Skyline Bldg. 7, 5275 Leesburg Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review [EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0233; FRL–9925–06] Pike, Bailey’s Crossroads, VA 22041– the visitor instructions and additional 3803, in the Rachel Carson Room. See information about the docket available Environmental Protection Agency; Unit III for additional information. Notice of Public Meeting at http://www.epa.gov/dockets. Requests to attend the meeting, AGENCY: Environmental Protection identified by docket identification (ID) II. Background Agency (EPA). number EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0233, This workshop is an opportunity for ACTION: Notice. must be submitted to the person listed stakeholders and agencies to continue under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION their dialogue on the technical aspects SUMMARY: EPA’s Office of Pesticide CONTACT. of implementing the NAS Programs, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: recommendations in the context of Service (FWS), and the National Marine For general information contact: ongoing interagency efforts to develop Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively, Catherine Eiden, Pesticide Re- draft Biological Evaluations for the three the Services), and the U.S. Department evaluation Division (7508P), Office of pilot chemicals; this workshop builds of Agriculture (USDA) are holding a 1- Pesticide Programs, Environmental upon public meetings held in November day workshop to provide an update on Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania and December 2013, and April and the status of interagency efforts to Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; October 2014, and implementation of mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES further develop interim scientific telephone number: (703) 305–7887; the enhanced stakeholder engagement methods that were issued in November email address: eiden.catherine@epa.gov. process that was finalized in March 2013 by EPA, the Services, and USDA For meeting logistics and/or 2013. The workshop is not designed, or in response to the National Academy of registration contact: Leona Laniawe, intended to be a decision-making forum; Sciences (NAS) report entitled, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service consensus will not be sought, or ‘‘Assessing Risks to Endangered and Headquarters, Ecological Services, 5275 developed at the meeting. Threatened Species from Pesticides’’. Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041– Stakeholders are invited to hear This workshop builds upon public 3803; telephone: (703) 358–2640; fax presentations by the agencies on the VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:55 Mar 25, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\26MRN1.SGM 26MRN1

16006 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 58 / Thursday, March 26, 2015 / Notices status and development of Problem Webinar and teleconference EPA’s policy is that all comments Formulations for each of the three pilot information will be provided to received will be included in the public chemicals: Chlorpyrifos, malathion, and participants requesting access via docket without change including any diazinon. The agencies will cover the webinar and telephone. personal information provided, unless following topics in their presentations: Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. the comment includes profanity, threats, Description of the federal action and information claimed to be Confidential Dated: March 17, 2015. opportunities for refinement, USDA’s Business Information (CBI) or other geospatial data for mapping agricultural Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., information whose disclosure is uses of pesticides, other sources of Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, restricted by statute. geospatial data for mapping non- Office of Pesticide Programs. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: agricultural uses of pesticides, species [FR Doc. 2015–06931 Filed 3–25–15; 8:45 am] Lynn Sohacki, Compliance Division, range data, risk hypotheses and BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Office of Transportation and Air approaches to weight-of-the-evidence Quality, U.S. Environmental Protection analysis, and application of the interim Agency, 2000 Traverwood, Ann Arbor, scientific methods using examples for ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Michigan 48105; telephone number: aquatic and terrestrial listed species. 734–214–4851; fax number: 734–214– The agencies’ interim approach [EPA–HQ–OAR–2010–0690; FRL–9922–35– 4869; email address: sohacki.lynn@ document entitled, ‘‘Interagency OEI] epa.gov. Approach for Implementation of the Information Collection Request SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: National Academy of Sciences Report’’, Submitted to OMB for Review and Supporting documents, which explain dated November 13, 2013, and the Approval; Comment Request; EPA’s in detail the information that the EPA presentation materials from the Light-Duty In-Use Vehicle Testing will be collecting, are available in the November 2013 stakeholder workshop Program (Renewal) public docket for this ICR. The docket are available at the following Web site: can be viewed online at http://www.epa.gov/oppfead1/ AGENCY: Environmental Protection www.regulations.gov or in person at the endanger/2013/nas.html. Agency (EPA). EPA Docket Center, WJC West, Room Presentations by the agencies ACTION: Notice. 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., supporting this stakeholder workshop Washington, DC. The telephone number will be made available on the EPA Web SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744. site on April 1st (http://www.epa.gov/ Agency (EPA) has submitted an For additional information about EPA’s espp), and in the docket identified by information collection request (ICR), public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0233 prior to the ‘‘EPA’s Light-Duty In-Use Vehicle dockets. workshop. Presentations supporting the Testing Program (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR Abstract: EPA has an ongoing previous stakeholder workshops held in No. 0222.10, OMB Control No. 2060– program to evaluate the emission April and October 2014 are also 0086) to the Office of Management and performance of in-use light-duty available in this docket. Budget (OMB) for review and approval (passenger car and light truck) motor Representatives from Federal agencies in accordance with the Paperwork vehicles through surveillance and will join the dialogue to answer Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et compliance testing, as well as special clarifying questions regarding the seq.). This is a proposed extension of investigations in compliance with the pesticide registration process and the ICR, which is currently approved Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7541). Endangered Species Act consultation through March 31, 2015. Public This ICR involves light-duty surveys process. The agencies see this workshop comments were previously requested and vehicle testing, which is strictly as an integral component of the via the Federal Register (79 FR 57928) voluntary. A group of 25 to 50 potential stakeholder engagement process on September 26, 2014 during a 60-day participants is identified from state developed for pesticide consultations comment period. This notice allows for vehicle registration records. Three of the that contributes to the agencies’ an additional 30 days for public respondent pool are asked survey commitment to adapt and refine the comments. A fuller description of the questions concerning vehicle condition, interim approaches as we progress ICR is given below, including its operation and maintenance. Additional through initial consultations. estimated burden and cost to the public. groups of potential participants may be An Agency may not conduct or sponsor contacted until a sufficient number of III. How can I request to participate in and a person is not required to respond this meeting? vehicles have been obtained. Owners to a collection of information unless it verify the survey information when they You may submit a request to displays a currently valid OMB control deliver their vehicles to EPA, release the participate in this meeting to the person number. vehicle to EPA, voluntarily provide listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION DATES: Additional comments may be maintenance records for copying, CONTACT. Do not submit any information submitted on or before April 27, 2015. receive a cash incentive and, if in your request that is considered CBI. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, requested, a loaner car, then receive the Requests to attend the meeting in referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– vehicle from EPA at the conclusion of person, or via webinar and OAR–2010–0690, to (1) EPA online the testing. teleconference, identified by docket ID using www.regulations.gov (our Form Numbers: 5900–304, 5900–305, number EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0233, mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES preferred method) or by mail to: EPA 5900–306, 5900–307, 5900–308, 5900– must be received on or before April 7, Docket Center, Environmental 309. 2015. Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, Respondents/affected entities: Vehicle Public parking is available for 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., owners. attendees; follow blue signs to the lot. Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via Respondent’s obligation to respond: There is a fee for all day parking. email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Voluntary. 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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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ActionNotice.
DatesThe meeting will be held on April 15, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The workshop will be available via webinar for those interested in attending the workshop remotely. A teleconference line will also be available. Requests to attend the workshop in person, or via webinar and teleconference must be received on or before April 7, 2015. Individuals wishing to make a presentation at the workshop should submit presentation materials by March 30, 2015.
ContactFor general information contact: Catherine Eiden, Pesticide Re- evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-7887; email
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