81 FR 95988 - Notice of Open Meeting of the Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 250 (December 29, 2016)

Page Range		95988-95989
FR Document		2016-31448

The EPA's Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) will hold a public meeting on February 21-22, 2017. EFAB is an EPA advisory committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act to provide advice and recommendations to EPA on creative approaches to funding environmental programs, projects, and activities. The purpose of this meeting is to hear from informed speakers on environmental finance issues, proposed legislation, and EPA priorities. Additional discussion will focus on activities, progress, and preliminary recommendations with regard to current EFAB work projects and to consider request for assistance from EPA offices. Environmental finance discussions and presentations are expected on, but not limited to, the following topics: Public-private partnerships for water infrastructure projects, decentralized wastewater systems, materials conservation and recycling, and lead risk reduction. The meeting is open to the public; however, seating is limited. All members of the public who wish to attend the meeting must register in advance, no later than Monday, February 6, 2017. Registration is required for all members of the public to ensure an expeditious security process.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 250 (Thursday, December 29, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 250 (Thursday, December 29, 2016)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Notice of Open Meeting of the Environmental Financial Advisory 
Board (EFAB)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: The EPA's Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) will 
hold a public meeting on February 21-22, 2017. EFAB is an EPA advisory 
committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act to provide 
advice and recommendations to EPA on creative approaches to funding 
environmental programs, projects, and activities.
    The purpose of this meeting is to hear from informed speakers on 
environmental finance issues, proposed legislation, and EPA priorities. 
Additional discussion will focus on activities, progress, and 
preliminary recommendations with regard to current EFAB work projects 
and to consider request for assistance from EPA offices. Environmental 
finance discussions and presentations are expected on, but not limited 
to, the following topics: Public-private partnerships for water 
infrastructure projects, decentralized wastewater systems, materials 
conservation and recycling, and lead risk reduction. The meeting is 
open to

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the public; however, seating is limited. All members of the public who 
wish to attend the meeting must register in advance, no later than 
Monday, February 6, 2017. Registration is required for all members of 
the public to ensure an expeditious security process.

DATES: The full board meeting will be held Tuesday, February 21, 2017 
from 1:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m., and Wednesday, February 22, 2017 from 9:00 
a.m.-5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: District Architecture Center, 421 7th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on access or services 
for individuals with disabilities, or to request accommodations for a 
disability, please contact Sandra Williams at (202) 564-4999 or 
[email protected], at least 10 days prior to the meeting to allow 
as much time as possible to process your request.

Andrew D. Sawyers,
Director, Office of Wastewater Management, Office of Water.
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3. Enhance the quality, utility, and humans, wildlife, and crops and other from the previous ICR. These changes
clarity of the information to be vegetation from pesticide spray drift are are an adjustment.
collected. well recognized. Published research
4. Minimize the burden of the IV. What is the next step in the process
suggests 1–10% or more of applied
collection of information on those who for this ICR?
agricultural pesticide sprays drift from
are to respond, including through the the target field. EPA has seen data EPA will consider the comments
use of appropriate automated electronic, supporting application technologies that received and amend the ICR as
mechanical, or other technological will have the potential to significantly appropriate. The final ICR package will
collection techniques or other forms of reduce the amount of spray drift. then be submitted to OMB for review
information technology, e.g., permitting Studies conducted to measure spray and approval pursuant to 5 CFR
electronic submission of responses. In drift reduction would verify the percent 1320.12. EPA will issue another Federal
particular, EPA is requesting comments reduction achieved, and thus identify Register document pursuant to 5 CFR
from very small businesses (those that these technologies. EPA, with input 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the
employ less than 25) on examples of from a variety of stakeholders, has submission of the ICR to OMB and the
specific additional efforts that EPA developed a testing protocol appropriate opportunity to submit additional
could make to reduce the paperwork to the needs of this voluntary program. comments to OMB. If you have any
burden for very small businesses Burden statement: The annual public questions about this ICR or the approval
affected by this collection. reporting and recordkeeping burden for process, please contact the person listed
II. What information collection activity this collection of information is under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
or ICR does this action apply to? estimated to average 124 hours per CONTACT.
response for a wind tunnel study and Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Title: Pesticide Spray Drift Reduction 495 hours per response for a field study.
Technologies. Dated: December 22, 2016.
Burden is defined in 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
ICR number: EPA ICR No. 2472.02. The ICR, which is available in the James Jones,
OMB control number: OMB Control Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical
docket along with other related
No. 2070–0191. Safety and Pollution Prevention.
ICR status: This ICR is currently materials, provides a detailed
explanation of the collection activities [FR Doc. 2016–31633 Filed 12–28–16; 8:45 am]
scheduled to expire on August 31, 2017.
An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and the burden estimate that is only BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

and a person is not required to respond briefly summarized here:
Respondents/Affected Entities:
to, a collection of information, unless it ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Entities potentially affected by the
displays a currently valid OMB control AGENCY
voluntary collections activities under
number. The OMB control numbers for
this ICR include pesticide application [FRL–9957–59–OW]
EPA’s regulations in title 40 of the Code
equipment manufacturers, chemical
of Federal Regulations (CFR), after
manufacturers, pesticide registrants Notice of Open Meeting of the
appearing in the Federal Register when
(NAICS code 32532), research and Environmental Financial Advisory
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9,
development in the physical, Board (EFAB)
are displayed either by publication in
engineering, life sciences (NAICS
the Federal Register or by other AGENCY: Environmental Protection
541710), and college, universities, and
appropriate means, such as on the Agency (EPA).
professional schools (NAICS 611310).
related collection instrument or form, if Estimated total number of potential ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
applicable. The display of OMB control respondents: 12 companies.
numbers for certain EPA regulations is Frequency of response: On occasion. SUMMARY: The EPA’s Environmental
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. Estimated total average number of Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) will
Abstract: The Environmental responses for each respondent: 1. hold a public meeting on February 21–
Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) Estimated total annual burden hours: 22, 2017. EFAB is an EPA advisory
is seeking approval for an ICR. EPA has 1,361 hours. committee chartered under the Federal
initiated a voluntary information Estimated total annual costs: $96,250. Advisory Committee Act to provide
collection for studies to verify the There is no cost for capital investment advice and recommendations to EPA on
effectiveness of application technologies or maintenance and operational costs. creative approaches to funding
for agricultural pesticide sprays that environmental programs, projects, and
have the potential to significantly III. Are there changes in the estimates activities.
reduce pesticide spray drift. The focus from the last approval? The purpose of this meeting is to hear
of these studies is on technologies, such This represents an increase of 822 from informed speakers on
as spray nozzles, shrouds and shields, hours and $23,250 from the previous environmental finance issues, proposed
and nozzle/drift reducing adjuvant/ Pesticide Spray Drift Reduction legislation, and EPA priorities.
pesticide formulation specific Technologies ICR. The change in the Additional discussion will focus on
combinations, which are used for aerial burden and costs from the previous ICR activities, progress, and preliminary
or groundboom applications to row and are due to an additional field study recommendations with regard to current
field crops. Collectively these expected to be submitted; updating cost EFAB work projects and to consider
technologies are referred to as drift information for wind tunnel studies; request for assistance from EPA offices.
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reduction technologies (DRTs). This and changing the methodology to Environmental finance discussions and
voluntary program encourages the calculate the respondent’s burden and presentations are expected on, but not
identification and use of DRTs that can costs, by using 35% of the total test cost limited to, the following topics: Public-
substantially reduce drift of pesticide as an estimate of total paperwork costs, private partnerships for water
spray droplets from the target then using the cost estimate to back- infrastructure projects, decentralized
application site (e.g., a corn field) calculate the burden hour distribution wastewater systems, materials
downwind to non-target areas. for each labor category using fully conservation and recycling, and lead
Exposures and adverse effects to loaded wage rates which were updated risk reduction. The meeting is open to

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the public; however, seating is limited. Staff Office of Chemical Safety and testing of pesticides and chemical
All members of the public who wish to Pollution Prevention, (7101M), substances for submission to EPA under
attend the meeting must register in Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 TSCA, FIFRA, and/or FFDCA, the
advance, no later than Monday, Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, Agency has not attempted to describe all
February 6, 2017. Registration is DC 20460–0001; telephone number: the specific entities that may be affected
required for all members of the public (202) 564–1605; email address: by this action.
to ensure an expeditious security chun.melissa@epa.gov.
B. How can I get copies of this document
process. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: and other related information?
DATES: The full board meeting will be I. Introduction 1. Docket for this document. The
held Tuesday, February 21, 2017 from
EPA is announcing the availability of docket for this action, identified by
1:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m., and Wednesday,
final test guidelines, OCSPP Series 850 docket identification (ID) number EPA–
February 22, 2017 from 9:00 a.m.–5:00
Group A—Ecological Effects, OCSPP HQ–OPPT–2009–0154, is available at
p.m.
Test Guideline 850.1000, 850.1010, http://www.regulations.gov or at the
ADDRESSES: District Architecture Center, Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory
850.1020, 850.1025, 850.1035, 850.1045,
421 7th Street NW., Washington, DC Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the
850.1055, 850.1075, 850.1300, 850.1400,
20004. Environmental Protection Agency
850.1710, 850.1730, 850.1735, and
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 850.1740. Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William
information on access or services for These test guidelines are part of a Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301
individuals with disabilities, or to series of test guidelines established by Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC
request accommodations for a disability, OCSPP for use in testing pesticides and 20460–0001. The Public Reading Room
please contact Sandra Williams at (202) chemical substances to develop data for is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
564–4999 or williams.sandra@epa.gov, submission to the Agency under the Monday through Friday, excluding legal
at least 10 days prior to the meeting to Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act holidays. The telephone number for the
allow as much time as possible to (FFDCA) section 408 (21 U.S.C. 346a), Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744,
process your request. the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and and the telephone number for the OPP
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136 Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review
Andrew D. Sawyers,
et seq.), and the Toxic Substances the visitor instructions and additional
Director, Office of Wastewater Management, information about the docket available
Office of Water.
Control Act (TSCA) (15 U.S.C. 2601 et
seq.). The test guidelines serve as a at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
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compendium of accepted scientific 2. Electronic access to the OCSPP test
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methodologies and protocols that are
intended to provide data to inform guidelines electronically, please go to
regulatory decisions under TSCA, http://www.epa.gov/test-guidelines-
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION pesticides-and-toxics-substances. You
FIFRA, and/or FFDCA.
AGENCY may also access the test guidelines in
The test guidelines provide guidance
[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2009–0154; FRL–9955–08] for conducting the test, and are also http://www.regulations.gov, grouped by
used by EPA, the public, and companies series under docket ID numbers: EPA–
Final Test Guidelines; OCSPP Series that are subject to data submission HQ–OPPT–2009–0150 through EPA–
850 Group A—Ecological Effects Test requirements under TSCA, FIFRA, and/ HQ–OPPT–2009–0159 and EPA–HQ–
Guidelines; Notice of Availability or FFDCA. As guidance documents, the OPPT–2009–0576.
AGENCY: Environmental Protection test guidelines are not binding on either
III. Overview
Agency (EPA). EPA or any outside parties, and EPA
may depart from the test guidelines A. What action is EPA taking?
ACTION: Notice.
where circumstances warrant and EPA is announcing the availability of
SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the without prior notice. At places in this final test guidelines under Series 850,
availability of final test guidelines, guidance, the Agency uses the word Group A—Ecological Effects, entitled
OCSPP Series 850 Group A—Ecological ‘‘should.’’ In this guidance, use of ‘‘Group A (850.1000 Series)—Aquatic
Effects, OCSPP Test Guidelines ‘‘should’’ with regard to an action and Sediment-Dwelling Fauna, Aquatic
850.1000, 850.1010, 850.1020, 850.1025, means that the action is recommended Microcosm and Field Testing’’ and
850.1035, 850.1045, 850.1055, 850.1075, rather than mandatory. The procedures identified as OCSPP Test Guidelines
850.1300, 850.1400, 850.1710, 850.1730, contained in the test guidelines are 850.1000, 850.1010, 850.1020, 850.1025,
850.1735, and 850.1740. These test recommended for generating the data 850.1035, 850.1045, 850.1055, 850.1075,
guidelines are part of a series of test that are the subject of the test guideline, 850.1300, 850.1400, 850.1710, 850.1730,
guidelines established by the Office of but EPA recognizes that departures may 850.1735, and 850.1740. EPA’s OCSPP
Chemical Safety and Pollution be appropriate in specific situations. has established a unified library of test
Prevention (OCSPP) for use in testing You may propose alternatives to the guidelines for use in developing data for
pesticides and chemical substances. The recommendations described in the test submission to EPA under the TSCA,
test guidelines serve as a compendium guidelines, and the Agency will assess FFDCA, and FIFRA. Beginning in 1991,
of accepted scientific methodologies them for appropriateness on a case-by- EPA initiated an effort to harmonize the
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and protocols that are intended to case basis. test guidelines within OCSPP, as well as
provide data to inform regulatory II. General Information to harmonize the OCSPP test guidelines
decisions. The test guidelines provide with those of the Organization for
guidance for conducting the test, and A. Does this action apply to me? Economic Cooperation and
are also used by EPA, the public, and This action is directed to the public Development (OECD). The process for
companies that submit data to EPA. in general. Although this action may be developing and amending these test
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: of particular interest to those persons guidelines has included public
Melissa Chun, Regulatory Coordination who are or may be required to conduct participation and the extensive

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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of open meeting.
Dates		The full board meeting will be held Tuesday, February 21, 2017 from 1:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m., and Wednesday, February 22, 2017 from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Contact		For information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, or to request accommodations for a disability, please contact Sandra Williams at (202) 564-4999 or [email protected], at least 10 days prior to the meeting to allow as much time as possible to process your request.
FR Citation		81 FR 95988