82_FR_18365 82 FR 18292 - Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee; Notice of Public Meeting

82 FR 18292 - Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee; Notice of Public Meeting

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 73 (April 18, 2017)

Page Range18292-18293
FR Document2017-07817

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Office of Pesticide Programs is announcing a public meeting of the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC) on May 3-4, 2017. This meeting provides advice and recommendations to the EPA Administrator on issues associated with pesticide regulatory development and reform initiatives, evolving public policy and program implementation issues, and science issues associated with evaluating and reducing risks from use of pesticides.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0042; FRL-9960-66]


Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 
Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Office of Pesticide Programs 
is announcing a public meeting of the Pesticide Program Dialogue 
Committee (PPDC) on May 3-4, 2017. This meeting provides advice and 
recommendations to the EPA Administrator on issues associated with 
pesticide regulatory development and reform initiatives, evolving 
public policy and program implementation issues, and science issues 
associated with evaluating and reducing risks from use of pesticides.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 3, 2017, from 9:00 
a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Thursday, May 4, 2017, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 
p.m.
    Agenda: A draft agenda will be posted on or before April 19, 2017.
    Accommodations Requests: To request accommodation of a disability, 
please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT, 
preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much 
time as possible to process your request.

ADDRESSES: The PPDC Meeting will be held at 1 Potomac Yard South, 2777 
S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA, in the lobby-level Conference Center.
    EPA's Potomac Yard South Bldg. is approximately 1 mile from the 
Crystal City Metro Station.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dea Zimmerman, Office of Pesticide 
Programs (LC-17J), Environmental Protection Agency, 77 W. Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604; telephone number: (312) 353-6344; 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 work in an 
agricultural settings or if you are concerned about implementation of 
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA); and the amendments to 
both of these major pesticide laws by the Food Quality Protection Act 
(FQPA) of 1996; the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act, and the 
Endangered Species Act. Potentially affected entities may include, but 
are not limited to: Agricultural workers and farmers; pesticide 
industry and trade associations; environmental, consumer, and farm 
worker groups; pesticide users and growers; animal rights groups; pest 
consultants; State, local, and tribal governments; academia; public 
health organizations; and the public. If you have questions regarding 
the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the 
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

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-2017-0042, 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

    The PPDC is a federal advisory committee chartered under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92-463. EPA 
established the PPDC in September 1995 to provide advice and 
recommendations to the EPA Administrator on issues associated with 
pesticide regulatory development and reform initiatives, evolving 
public policy and program implementation issues, and science issues 
associated with evaluating and reducing risks from use of pesticides. 
The following sectors are represented on the current PPDC: 
Environmental/public interest and animal rights groups; farm worker 
organizations; pesticide industry and trade associations; pesticide 
user, grower, and commodity groups; Federal and State/local/tribal 
governments; the

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general public; academia; and public health organizations.

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

    PPDC meetings are free, open to the public, and no advance 
registration is required. Public comments may be made during the public 
comment session of each meeting or in writing to the person listed 
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

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

    Dated: March 28, 2017.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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                                                email or by calling (202) 564–2432 no                    Dated: April 3, 2017.                                implementation of the Federal
                                                later than May 3, 2017.                                 Mark Joyce,                                           Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
                                                   Meeting Access: Information regarding                Acting Designated Federal Officer.                    Act (FIFRA); the Federal Food, Drug,
                                                accessibility and/or accommodations for                 [FR Doc. 2017–07813 Filed 4–17–17; 8:45 am]           and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA); and the
                                                individuals with disabilities should be                 BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
                                                                                                                                                              amendments to both of these major
                                                directed to Eugene Green at the email                                                                         pesticide laws by the Food Quality
                                                address or phone number listed above.                                                                         Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996; the
                                                To ensure adequate time for processing,                 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                              Pesticide Registration Improvement Act,
                                                please make requests for                                AGENCY                                                and the Endangered Species Act.
                                                accommodations at least 10 days prior                                                                         Potentially affected entities may
                                                to the meeting.                                         [EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0042; FRL–9960–66]                   include, but are not limited to:
                                                  Dated: March 31, 2017.                                                                                      Agricultural workers and farmers;
                                                                                                        Pesticide Program Dialogue                            pesticide industry and trade
                                                Eugene Green,                                           Committee; Notice of Public Meeting                   associations; environmental, consumer,
                                                Designated Federal Officer.
                                                                                                        AGENCY: Environmental Protection                      and farm worker groups; pesticide users
                                                [FR Doc. 2017–07812 Filed 4–17–17; 8:45 am]                                                                   and growers; animal rights groups; pest
                                                                                                        Agency (EPA).
                                                BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
                                                                                                        ACTION: Notice.
                                                                                                                                                              consultants; State, local, and tribal
                                                                                                                                                              governments; academia; public health
                                                                                                        SUMMARY:   Pursuant to the Federal                    organizations; and the public. If you
                                                ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                                                                                      have questions regarding the
                                                                                                        Advisory Committee Act, the
                                                AGENCY                                                                                                        applicability of this action to a
                                                                                                        Environmental Protection Agency’s
                                                [FRL 9961–47–OARM]                                      (EPA’s) Office of Pesticide Programs is               particular entity, consult the person
                                                                                                        announcing a public meeting of the                    listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
                                                Good Neighbor Environmental Board                       Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee                  CONTACT.

                                                AGENCY: Environmental Protection                        (PPDC) on May 3–4, 2017. This meeting                 B. How can I get copies of this document
                                                Agency (EPA).                                           provides advice and recommendations                   and other related information?
                                                                                                        to the EPA Administrator on issues
                                                ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory                                                                               The docket for this action, identified
                                                                                                        associated with pesticide regulatory
                                                Committee Teleconference Meeting.                                                                             by docket identification (ID) number
                                                                                                        development and reform initiatives,
                                                                                                                                                              EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0042, is available
                                                SUMMARY:   Pursuant to the Federal                      evolving public policy and program
                                                                                                                                                              at http://www.regulations.gov or at the
                                                Advisory Committee Act, Public Law                      implementation issues, and science
                                                                                                                                                              Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory
                                                92–463, notice is hereby given that the                 issues associated with evaluating and
                                                                                                                                                              Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the
                                                Good Neighbor Environmental Board                       reducing risks from use of pesticides.
                                                                                                                                                              Environmental Protection Agency
                                                will hold a public teleconference                       DATES: The meeting will be held on                    Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William
                                                meeting on Thursday, May 11, 2017.                      Wednesday, May 3, 2017, from 9:00 a.m.                Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301
                                                The meeting is open to the public.                      to 5:00 p.m., and Thursday, May 4,                    Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC
                                                DATES: The Good Neighbor                                2017, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.                    20460–0001. The Public Reading Room
                                                Environmental Board will hold an open                      Agenda: A draft agenda will be posted              is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
                                                teleconference meeting on Thursday,                     on or before April 19, 2017.                          Monday through Friday, excluding legal
                                                May 11, 2017 from 12 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.                     Accommodations Requests: To                        holidays. The telephone number for the
                                                EDT.                                                    request accommodation of a disability,                Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744,
                                                   Purpose of Meeting: The purpose of                   please contact the person listed under                and the telephone number for the OPP
                                                this meeting is to discuss the Board’s                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT,                       Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review
                                                next report, which is examining                         preferably at least 10 days prior to the              the visitor instructions and additional
                                                environmental protection and security                   meeting, to give EPA as much time as                  information about the docket available
                                                issues in the U.S.—Mexico border                        possible to process your request.                     at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
                                                region.                                                 ADDRESSES: The PPDC Meeting will be
                                                   General Information: The agenda for                                                                        II. Background
                                                                                                        held at 1 Potomac Yard South, 2777 S.
                                                the teleconference will be available at                 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA, in the                     The PPDC is a federal advisory
                                                http://www2.epa.gov/faca/gneb. General                  lobby-level Conference Center.                        committee chartered under the Federal
                                                information about the Board can be                         EPA’s Potomac Yard South Bldg. is                  Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public
                                                found on its Web site at http://                        approximately 1 mile from the Crystal                 Law 92–463. EPA established the PPDC
                                                www2.epa.gov/faca/gneb. If you wish to                  City Metro Station.                                   in September 1995 to provide advice
                                                make oral comments or submit written                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dea
                                                                                                                                                              and recommendations to the EPA
                                                comments to the Board, please contact                   Zimmerman, Office of Pesticide                        Administrator on issues associated with
                                                Mark Joyce at least five days prior to the              Programs (LC–17J), Environmental                      pesticide regulatory development and
                                                meeting. Written comments should be                     Protection Agency, 77 W. Jackson                      reform initiatives, evolving public
                                                submitted to Mark Joyce at joyce.mark@                  Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604; telephone               policy and program implementation
                                                epa.gov.                                                number: (312) 353–6344; email address:                issues, and science issues associated
                                                   Meeting Access: For information on                   zimmerman.dea@epa.gov.                                with evaluating and reducing risks from
                                                access or services for individuals with                                                                       use of pesticides. The following sectors
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                                                                                                        SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                disabilities, please contact Mark Joyce at                                                                    are represented on the current PPDC:
                                                (202) 564–2130 or email at joyce.mark@                  I. General Information                                Environmental/public interest and
                                                epa.gov. To request accommodation of a                                                                        animal rights groups; farm worker
                                                disability, please contact Mark Joyce at                A. Does this action apply to me?                      organizations; pesticide industry and
                                                least 10 days prior to the meeting to give                You may be potentially affected by                  trade associations; pesticide user,
                                                EPA as much time as possible to process                 this action if you work in an agricultural            grower, and commodity groups; Federal
                                                your request.                                           settings or if you are concerned about                and State/local/tribal governments; the


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                                                general public; academia; and public                    B. Josephson Revocable Trust, Omaha,                  Administration, Three White Flint
                                                health organizations.                                   Nebraska; the Lawrence B. Josephson                   North, 10A63, 11601 Landsdown St.,
                                                                                                        Revocable Trust; Melissa Josephson,                   North Bethesda, MD 20852, 301–796–
                                                III. How can I request to participate in
                                                                                                        Omaha, Nebraska; Eric Leibsohn,                       3794.
                                                this meeting?
                                                                                                        Paradise Valley, Arizona; Steven                      SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:    In
                                                  PPDC meetings are free, open to the                   Leibsohn, Scottsdale, Arizona; Matthew                compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA
                                                public, and no advance registration is                  Rose, Phoenix, Arizona; Thomas J. Rose,               has submitted the following proposed
                                                required. Public comments may be                        as trustee of The Rose Family Trust                   collection of information to OMB for
                                                made during the public comment                          under the Anne D. Rose Revocable                      review and clearance.
                                                session of each meeting or in writing to                Trust, Phoenix, Arizona; and The Rose
                                                the person listed under FOR FURTHER                     Family Trust under the Anne D. Rose                   Tracking Network for PETNet,
                                                INFORMATION CONTACT.                                    Revocable Trust, to retain voting shares              LivestockNet, and SampleNet OMB
                                                   Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.                      of Guaranty Bankshares, Ltd and                       Control Number 0910–0680—Revision
                                                                                                        thereby indirectly retain voting shares of               The Center for Veterinary Medicine
                                                  Dated: March 28, 2017.
                                                                                                        Guaranty Bank and Trust Company,                      and the Partnership for Food Protection
                                                Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
                                                                                                        both of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.                           developed a Web-based tracking
                                                Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
                                                                                                          Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve           network (the tracking network) to allow
                                                [FR Doc. 2017–07817 Filed 4–17–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                        System, April 12, 2017.                               Federal, State, and Territorial regulatory
                                                BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
                                                                                                        Ann E. Misback,                                       and public health Agencies to share
                                                                                                        Secretary of the Board.                               safety information about animal food.
                                                                                                        [FR Doc. 2017–07737 Filed 4–17–17; 8:45 am]           Information is submitted to the tracking
                                                FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM                                                                                        network by regulatory and public health
                                                                                                        BILLING CODE 6210–01–P
                                                                                                                                                              Agency employees with membership
                                                Change in Bank Control Notices;
                                                                                                                                                              rights. The efficient exchange of safety
                                                Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or
                                                                                                                                                              information is necessary because it
                                                Bank Holding Company                                    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                                                                                                                                                              improves early identification and
                                                                                                        HUMAN SERVICES
                                                  The notificants listed below have                                                                           evaluation of a risk associated with an
                                                applied under the Change in Bank                        Food and Drug Administration                          animal food product. We use the
                                                Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and                                                                           information to assist regulatory
                                                225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12                  [Docket No. FDA–2016–N–0736]                          Agencies to quickly identify and
                                                CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank                                                                       evaluate a risk and take whatever action
                                                                                                        Agency Information Collection
                                                or bank holding company. The factors                                                                          is necessary to mitigate or eliminate
                                                                                                        Activities; Submission for Office of
                                                that are considered in acting on the                                                                          exposure to the risk. Earlier
                                                                                                        Management and Budget Review;
                                                notices are set forth in paragraph 7 of                                                                       identification and communication with
                                                                                                        Comment Request; Tracking Network
                                                the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).                                                                               respect to emerging safety information
                                                                                                        for PETNet, LivestockNet, and
                                                  The notices are available for                                                                               may also mitigate the potential adverse
                                                                                                        SampleNet
                                                immediate inspection at the Federal                                                                           economic impact for the impacted
                                                Reserve Bank indicated. The notices                     AGENCY:    Food and Drug Administration,              parties associated with such safety
                                                also will be available for inspection at                HHS.                                                  issues. The tracking network was
                                                the offices of the Board of Governors.                  ACTION:   Notice.                                     developed under the requirements set
                                                Interested persons may express their                                                                          forth under section 1002(b) of the Food
                                                views in writing to the Reserve Bank                    SUMMARY:   The Food and Drug                          and Drug Administration Amendments
                                                indicated for that notice or to the offices             Administration (FDA) is announcing                    Act of 2007 (FDAAA) (Pub. L. 110–085).
                                                of the Board of Governors. Comments                     that a proposed collection of                         Section 1002(b) of FDAAA required
                                                must be received not later than May 3,                  information has been submitted to the                 FDA, in relevant part, to establish a pet
                                                2017.                                                   Office of Management and Budget                       food early warning alert system.
                                                  A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago                    (OMB) for review and clearance under                     Currently we receive two types of
                                                (Colette A. Fried, Assistant Vice                       the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.                  reports via the tracking network: (1)
                                                President) 230 South LaSalle Street,                    DATES: Fax written comments on the                    Reports of pet food-related illness and
                                                Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414:                           collection of information by May 18,                  product defects associated with dog
                                                  1. Robert David Becker, Cedar Rapids,                 2017.                                                 food, cat food, and food for other pets,
                                                Iowa, individually and as a member of                                                                         which are submitted via the Pet Event
                                                a group acting in concert consisting of:                ADDRESSES:   To ensure that comments on               Tracking Network (PETNet); and (2)
                                                Dianne Becker, Cedar Rapids, Iowa;                      the information collection are received,              reports of animal food-related illness
                                                Maya Becker, Cedar Rapids, Iowa;                        OMB recommends that written                           and product defects associated with
                                                Robert David Becker, in his individual                  comments be faxed to the Office of                    animal food for livestock animals,
                                                capacity and as trustee for The Harold                  Information and Regulatory Affairs,                   aquaculture species, and horses, which
                                                M. Becker Irrevocable Children’s Trust,                 OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer, FAX:                     are submitted via LivestockNet. We are
                                                Cedar Rapids, Iowa; The Harold M.                       202–395–7285, or emailed to oira_                     revising the collection to include a third
                                                Becker Irrevocable Children’s Trust;                    submission@omb.eop.gov. All                           type of report that would be submitted
                                                Sherri A. Becker, Kansas City, Missouri;                comments should be identified with the                via ‘‘SampleNet.’’ SampleNet will
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                                                Linda Deaktor, Chatsworth, California;                  OMB control number 0910–0680. Also                    collect reports about animal food
                                                Alan Josephson, Omaha, Nebraska;                        include the FDA docket number found                   laboratory samples considered
                                                Deborah B. Josephson, as trustee for the                in brackets in the heading of this                    adulterated by State or FDA regulators.
                                                Deborah B. Josephson Revocable Trust,                   document.                                             SampleNet will allow Federal, State,
                                                Omaha, Nebraska; the Deborah B.                         FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      and Territorial regulatory and public
                                                Josephson Revocable Trust; Lawrence B.                  JonnaLynn Cappezzuto, Office of                       health Agencies to share laboratory data
                                                Josephson, as trustee for the Lawrence                  Operations, Food and Drug                             related to adulterated samples for


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Document Created: 2017-04-18 00:00:08
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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesThe meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 3, 2017, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Thursday, May 4, 2017, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
ContactDea Zimmerman, Office of Pesticide Programs (LC-17J), Environmental Protection Agency, 77 W. Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604; telephone number: (312) 353-6344; email
FR Citation82 FR 18292 

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