83_FR_22574 83 FR 22480 - Chlorpyrifos, Diazinon, and Malathion; National Marine Fisheries Service Biological Opinion Issued Under the Endangered Species Act; Extension of Comment Period

83 FR 22480 - Chlorpyrifos, Diazinon, and Malathion; National Marine Fisheries Service Biological Opinion Issued Under the Endangered Species Act; Extension of Comment Period

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 94 (May 15, 2018)

Page Range22480-22481
FR Document2018-10346

EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of March 23, 2018, opening a 60-day comment period for the National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS) Biological Opinion on chlorpyrifos, diazinon, and malathion. This document extends the comment period for 60 days, from May 22, 2018 to July 23, 2018. EPA is extending the comment period after receipt and consideration of several extension requests citing the length and complexity of the Biological Opinion, and the additional time needed to compile the necessary information requested by EPA.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 94 (Tuesday, May 15, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 15, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22480-22481]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10346]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0141; FRL-9977-67]


Chlorpyrifos, Diazinon, and Malathion; National Marine Fisheries 
Service Biological Opinion Issued Under the Endangered Species Act; 
Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of March 23, 2018, 
opening a 60-day comment period for the National Marine Fisheries 
Service's (NMFS) Biological Opinion on chlorpyrifos, diazinon, and 
malathion. This document extends the comment period for 60 days, from 
May 22, 2018 to July 23, 2018. EPA is extending the comment period 
after receipt and consideration of several extension requests citing 
the length and complexity of the Biological Opinion, and the additional 
time needed to compile the necessary information requested by EPA.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-
HQ-OPP-2018-0141, must be received on or before July 23, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions provided under ADDRESSES in 
the Federal Register document of March 23, 2018 (83 FR 12754) (FRL-
9975-59).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tracy Perry, Pesticide Re-Evaluation 
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-0128; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document extends the public comment 
period established in the Federal Register document of March 23, 2018. 
In that document, EPA opened a 60-day comment period for the NMFS 
Biological Opinion on chlorpyrifos, diazinon, and malathion. EPA is 
hereby extending the comment period, which

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was set to end on May 22, 2018, to July 23, 2018.
    To submit comments, or access the docket, please follow the 
detailed instructions provided under ADDRESSES in the Federal Register 
document of March 23, 2018. If you have questions, consult the person 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

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

    Dated: May 2, 2018.
Yu-Ting Guilaran,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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                                               displays a currently valid OMB control                  comments received and amend the ICR                   respondent burden compared with the
                                               number.                                                 as appropriate. The final ICR package                 ICR currently approved by OMB.
                                               DATES: Comments must be submitted on                    will then be submitted to OMB for                       Dated: May 7, 2018.
                                               or before July 16, 2018.                                review and approval. At that time, EPA                Pat Childers,
                                               ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,                        will issue another Federal Register
                                                                                                                                                             Tribal Program Coordinator, Office of Air and
                                               referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–                       notice to announce the submission of                  Radiation.
                                               OAR–2004–0093, online using                             the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to
                                                                                                                                                             [FR Doc. 2018–10343 Filed 5–14–18; 8:45 am]
                                               www.regulations.gov (our preferred                      submit additional comments to OMB.
                                                                                                                                                             BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
                                               method), by email to a-and-r-docket@                       Abstract: This Information Collection
                                               epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket                      Request (ICR) seeks authorization for
                                               Center, Environmental Protection                        tribes to demonstrate their eligibility to            ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                                               Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200                          be treated in the same manner as states               AGENCY
                                               Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC                    under the Clean Air Act (CAA) and to
                                               20460.                                                  submit applications to implement a                    [EPA–HQ–OPP–2018–0141; FRL–9977–67]
                                                  EPA’s policy is that all comments                    CAA program. This ICR extends the
                                               received will be included in the public                 collection period of information for                  Chlorpyrifos, Diazinon, and Malathion;
                                               docket without change including any                     determining eligibility, which expires                National Marine Fisheries Service
                                               personal information provided, unless                   December 31, 2018. The ICR maintains                  Biological Opinion Issued Under the
                                               the comment includes profanity, threats,                the estimates of burden costs for tribes              Endangered Species Act; Extension of
                                               information claimed to be Confidential                  in completing a CAA application.                      Comment Period
                                               Business Information (CBI) or other                        The program regulation provides for                AGENCY: Environmental Protection
                                               information whose disclosure is                         Indian tribes, if they choose, to assume              Agency (EPA).
                                               restricted by statute.                                  responsibility for the development and
                                                                                                       implementation of CAA programs. The                   ACTION: Notice; extension of comment
                                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pat
                                                                                                       regulation Indian Tribes: Air Quality                 period.
                                               Childers, Office of Air and Radiation,
                                               Immediate Office, (6101A),                              Planning and Management (Tribal                       SUMMARY:   EPA issued a notice in the
                                               Environmental Protection Agency, 1200                   Authority Rule [TAR] 40 CFR parts 9,                  Federal Register of March 23, 2018,
                                               Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC                    35, 49, 50, and 81) sets forth how tribes             opening a 60-day comment period for
                                               20460; telephone number: 202–564–                       may seek authority to implement their                 the National Marine Fisheries Service’s
                                               1082; fax number: 202–564–0394; email                   own air quality planning and                          (NMFS) Biological Opinion on
                                               address: childers.pat@epa.gov.                          management programs. This rule                        chlorpyrifos, diazinon, and malathion.
                                               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              establishes: (1) Which CAA provisions                 This document extends the comment
                                               Supporting documents which explain in                   Indian tribes may seek authority to                   period for 60 days, from May 22, 2018
                                               detail the information that the EPA will                implement; (2) What requirements the                  to July 23, 2018. EPA is extending the
                                               be collecting are available in the public               tribes must meet when seeking such                    comment period after receipt and
                                               docket for this ICR. The docket can be                  authorization; and (3) What federal                   consideration of several extension
                                               viewed online at www.regulations.gov                    financial assistance may be available to              requests citing the length and
                                               or in person at the EPA Docket Center,                  help tribes establish and manage their                complexity of the Biological Opinion,
                                               WJC West, Room 3334, 1301                               air quality programs. The TAR provides                and the additional time needed to
                                               Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC.                   tribes the authority to administer air                compile the necessary information
                                               The telephone number for the Docket                     quality programs over all air resources,              requested by EPA.
                                               Center is 202–566–1744. For additional                  including non-Indian owned fee lands,
                                                                                                                                                             DATES: Comments, identified by docket
                                               information about EPA’s public docket,                  whining the exterior boundaries of a
                                                                                                       reservation and other areas over which                identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–
                                               visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.                                                                             OPP–2018–0141, must be received on or
                                                  Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of                 the tribe can demonstrate jurisdiction.
                                                                                                       An Indian tribe that takes responsibility             before July 23, 2018.
                                               the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments
                                                                                                       for a CAA program would essentially be                ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed
                                               and information to enable it to: (i)
                                               Evaluate whether the proposed                           treated in the same way as a state would              instructions provided under ADDRESSES
                                               collection of information is necessary                  be treated for that program.                          in the Federal Register document of
                                               for the proper performance of the                          Form numbers: None.                                March 23, 2018 (83 FR 12754) (FRL–
                                               functions of the Agency, including                         Respondents/affected entities: States,             9975–59).
                                               whether the information will have                       locals, Indian tribes.                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                               practical utility; (ii) evaluate the                       Respondent’s obligation to respond:                Tracy Perry, Pesticide Re-Evaluation
                                               accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the                Voluntary, required to obtain or retain a             Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide
                                               burden of the proposed collection of                    benefit (Tribal Authority Rule [TAR] 40               Programs, Environmental Protection
                                               information, including the validity of                  CFR parts 9, 35, 49, 50 and 81).                      Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
                                               the methodology and assumptions used;                      Estimated number of respondents: 8                 Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone
                                               (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and                 (total).                                              number: (703) 308–0128; email address:
                                               clarity of the information to be                           Frequency of response: One time                    perry.tracy@epa.gov.
                                               collected; and (iv) minimize the burden                 applications.                                         SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
                                               of the collection of information on those                  Total estimated burden: 320 hours                  document extends the public comment
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                                               who are to respond, including through                   (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR                period established in the Federal
                                               the use of appropriate automated                        1320.03(b).                                           Register document of March 23, 2018.
                                               electronic, mechanical, or other                           Total estimated cost: $18,896.00 (per              In that document, EPA opened a 60-day
                                               technological collection techniques or                  year), includes $0 annualized capital or              comment period for the NMFS
                                               other forms of information technology,                  operation & maintenance costs.                        Biological Opinion on chlorpyrifos,
                                               e.g., permitting electronic submission of                  Changes in estimates: There is no                  diazinon, and malathion. EPA is hereby
                                               responses. EPA will consider the                        change of hours in the total estimated                extending the comment period, which


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                                               was set to end on May 22, 2018, to July                 DATES:   Written PRA comments should                     Total Annual Burden: 1,543,284
                                               23, 2018.                                               be submitted on or before July 16, 2018.              hours.
                                                 To submit comments, or access the                     If you anticipate that you will be                       Total Annual Cost: $253,280,000.
                                               docket, please follow the detailed                      submitting comments, but find it                         Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
                                               instructions provided under ADDRESSES                   difficult to do so within the period of               impact(s).
                                               in the Federal Register document of                     time allowed by this notice, you should                  Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
                                               March 23, 2018. If you have questions,                  advise the contact listed below as soon               There is no need for confidentiality with
                                               consult the person listed under FOR                     as possible.                                          this collection of information.
                                               FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.                                                                                     Needs and Uses: The Commission is
                                                                                                       ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
                                                                                                                                                             obligated by statute to promote ‘‘safety
                                                  Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.                      Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@
                                                                                                                                                             of life and property’’ and to ‘‘encourage
                                                 Dated: May 2, 2018.
                                                                                                       fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov.
                                                                                                                                                             and facilitate the prompt deployment
                                                                                                       FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For                  throughout the United States of a
                                               Yu-Ting Guilaran,
                                                                                                       additional information about the                      seamless, ubiquitous, and reliable end-
                                               Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation, Office of
                                               Pesticide Programs.                                     information collection, contact Nicole                to-end infrastructure’’ for public safety.
                                                                                                       Ongele at (202) 418–2991.                             Congress has established 911 as the
                                               [FR Doc. 2018–10346 Filed 5–14–18; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of                 national emergency number to enable
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                                                                                                       its continuing effort to reduce                       all citizens to reach emergency services
                                                                                                       paperwork burdens, and as required by                 directly and efficiently, irrespective of
                                                                                                       the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of                  whether a citizen uses wireline or
                                               FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS                                  1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the Federal               wireless technology when calling for
                                               COMMISSION                                              Communications Commission (FCC or                     help by dialing 911. Efforts by federal,
                                               [OMB 3060–1085]                                         Commission) invites the general public                state and local government, along with
                                                                                                       and other Federal agencies to take this               the significant efforts of wireline and
                                               Information Collection Being Reviewed                   opportunity to comment on the                         wireless service providers, have resulted
                                               by the Federal Communications                           following information collections.                    in the nearly ubiquitous deployment of
                                               Commission                                              Comments are requested concerning:                    this life-saving service.
                                                                                                       Whether the proposed collection of                       The Order the Commission adopted
                                               AGENCY: Federal Communications                          information is necessary for the proper               on May 19, 2005, sets forth rules
                                               Commission.                                             performance of the functions of the                   requiring providers of VoIP services that
                                               ACTION: Notice and request for                          Commission, including whether the                     interconnect with the nation’s existing
                                               comments.                                               information shall have practical utility;             public switched telephone network
                                                                                                       the accuracy of the Commission’s                      (interconnected VoIP services) to supply
                                               SUMMARY:   As part of its continuing effort             burden estimate; ways to enhance the                  E911 capabilities to their customers.
                                               to reduce paperwork burdens, and as                     quality, utility, and clarity of the                     To ensure E911 functionality for
                                               required by the Paperwork Reduction                     information collected; ways to minimize               customers of VoIP service providers the
                                               Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal                          the burden of the collection of                       Commission requires the following
                                               Communications Commission (FCC or                       information on the respondents,                       information collections:
                                               the Commission) invites the general                     including the use of automated                           A. Location Registration. Requires
                                               public and other Federal agencies to                    collection techniques or other forms of               providers to interconnected VoIP
                                               take this opportunity to comment on the                 information technology; and ways to                   services to obtain location information
                                               following information collection.                       further reduce the information                        from their customers for use in the
                                               Comments are requested concerning:                      collection burden on small business                   routing of 911 calls and the provision of
                                               Whether the proposed collection of                      concerns with fewer than 25 employees.                location information to emergency
                                               information is necessary for the proper                    OMB Control Number: 3060–1085.                     answering points.
                                               performance of the functions of the                        Title: Section 9.5, Interconnected                    B. Provision of Automatic Location
                                               Commission, including whether the                       Voice Over internet Protocol (VoIP)                   Information (ALI). Interconnected VoIP
                                               information shall have practical utility;               E911 Compliance.                                      service providers will place the location
                                               the accuracy of the Commission’s                           Form Number: N/A.                                  information for their customers into, or
                                               burden estimate; ways to enhance the                       Type of Review: Extension of a                     make that information available
                                               quality, utility, and clarity of the                    currently approved collection.                        through, specialized databases
                                               information collected; ways to minimize                    Respondents: Individuals or                        maintained by local exchange carriers
                                               the burden of the collection of                         Households; Business or other for-profit              (and, in at least one case, a state
                                               information on the respondents,                         entities; Not-for-profit institutions;                government) across the country.
                                               including the use of automated                          State, Local or Tribal government.                       C. Customer Notification. Requires
                                               collection techniques or other forms of                    Number of Respondents and                          that all providers of interconnected
                                               information technology; and ways to                     Responses: 12 respondents; 16,927,624                 VoIP are aware of their interconnected
                                               further reduce the information                          responses.                                            VoIP service’s actual E911 capabilities.
                                               collection burden on small business                        Estimated Time per Response: 0.09                  That all providers of interconnected
                                               concerns with fewer than 25 employees.                  hours.                                                VoIP service specifically advise every
                                               The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a                       Frequency of Response:                             subscriber, both new and existing,
                                               collection of information unless it                     Recordkeeping requirement and third                   prominently and in plain language, the
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                                               displays a currently valid control                      party disclosure requirements.                        circumstances under which E911
                                               number. No person shall be subject to                      Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.                  service may not be available through the
                                               any penalty for failing to comply with                  Statutory authority for this information              interconnected VoIP service or may be
                                               a collection of information subject to the              collection is contained in 47. U.S.C.                 in some way limited by comparison to
                                               PRA that does not display a valid Office                Sections 1, 4(i), and 251(e)(3) of the                traditional E911 service.
                                               of Management and Budget (OMB)                          Communications Act of 1934, as                           D. Record of Customer Notification.
                                               control number.                                         amended.                                              Requires VoIP providers to obtain and


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Document Created: 2018-05-15 00:34:23
Document Modified: 2018-05-15 00:34:23
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice; extension of comment period.
DatesComments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA- HQ-OPP-2018-0141, must be received on or before July 23, 2018.
ContactTracy Perry, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-
FR Citation83 FR 22480 

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