83_FR_3724 83 FR 3706 - Reopening of Comment Period on the Notice of Availability of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #2: Provide and Enhance Recreational Opportunities

83 FR 3706 - Reopening of Comment Period on the Notice of Availability of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #2: Provide and Enhance Recreational Opportunities

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 18 (January 26, 2018)

Page Range3706-3707
FR Document2018-01517

On December 20, 2017, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a Notice of Availability of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group (Louisiana TIG) Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #2: Provide and Enhance Recreational Opportunities (Draft RP/EA) and requested comments from the public. The EPA is reopening the comment period on the Notice of Availability of the Draft RP/EA that was scheduled to close on January 19, 2018, until February 2, 2018. The Louisiana TIG will consider public comments received from December 20, 2017, through February 2, 2018. The EPA is making this change to provide the public with additional time to provide comments.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9973-38-OW]


Reopening of Comment Period on the Notice of Availability of the 
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group 
Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #2: Provide and 
Enhance Recreational Opportunities

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On December 20, 2017, the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) published a Notice of Availability of the Deepwater Horizon Oil 
Spill Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group (Louisiana TIG) Draft 
Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #2: Provide and Enhance 
Recreational Opportunities (Draft RP/EA) and requested comments from 
the public. The EPA is reopening the comment period on the Notice of 
Availability of the Draft RP/EA that was scheduled to close on January 
19, 2018, until February 2, 2018. The Louisiana TIG will consider 
public comments received from December 20, 2017, through February 2, 
2018. The EPA is making this change to provide the public with 
additional time to provide comments.

DATES: The public comment period for the Notice of Availability 
published in the Federal Register on December 20, 2017 (82 FR 60397), 
is being reopened. Written comments must be received on or before 
February 2, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: You may download the Draft RP/EA at any 
of the following sites:

 http://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov
 http://www.la-dwh.com
 https://www.doi.gov/deepwaterhorizon/adminrecord.

    Alternatively, you may request a CD of the Draft RP/EA (see FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). You may also view the document at any of 
the public facilities listed at http://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov.
    Submitting Comments: You may submit comments on the Draft RP/EA by 
one of following methods:

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     Via the Web: http://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/restoration-areas/louisiana.
     Via U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 
49567, Atlanta, GA 30345; or Louisiana Coastal Protection & Restoration 
Authority, ATTN: Joann Hicks, P.O. Box 44027, Baton Rouge, LA 70804.
    Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. The 
Louisiana TIG may publish any comment received on the document. Do not 
submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must 
be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered 
the official comment and should include discussion of all points you 
wish to make. The Louisiana TIG will generally not consider comments or 
comment contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e. on the 
web, cloud, or other file sharing system). Please be aware that your 
entire comment, including your personal identifying information, will 
become part of the public record. Please note that mailed comments must 
be postmarked on or before the comment deadline of 7 days following 
publication of this notice to be considered.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
     Louisiana--Joann Hicks at [email protected] or 
225-342-5477.
     EPA--Tim Landers at [email protected] or 202-566-
2231.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Next Steps

    To allow additional time for the public to provide comments, the 
EPA is reopening the public comment period until February 2, 2018. The 
public is encouraged to review and comment on the Draft RP/EA. After 
the public comment period ends, the Louisiana TIG will consider the 
comments received before issuing a Final RP/EA. A summary of comments 
received and the Louisiana TIG's responses and any revisions to the 
document, as appropriate, will be included in the final document.

Authority

    The authority for this action is the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 
U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), its implementing NRDA regulations found at 15 CFR 
part 990, and NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).

    Dated: January 19, 2018.
John Goodin,
Acting Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, Office of 
Water.
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                                               to review and to help finalize the                      methodologies for a wide range of                        Dated: January 9, 2018.
                                               meeting minutes and the final meeting                   products intended to kill, control, flush,             Stanley Barone, Jr.,
                                               report. The list of FIFRA SAP members                   and/or knockdown invertebrate                          Acting Director, Office of Science
                                               participating at this meeting will be                   premises pests, such as cockroaches,                   Coordination and Policy.
                                               posted on the FIFRA SAP website at                      ticks, mosquitoes, flies, and wasps. The               [FR Doc. 2018–01495 Filed 1–25–18; 8:45 am]
                                               http://www.epa.gov/scipoly/sap or may                   guideline does not cover treatment of                  BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
                                               be obtained from the OPP Docket at                      livestock or pets, wide area-mosquito
                                               http://www.regulations.gov.                             control, or bed bug products. In addition
                                                                                                       to guidance for testing efficacy of direct             ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                                               II. Background
                                                                                                       pesticide application to pests, residual               AGENCY
                                               A. Purpose of FIFRA SAP                                 treatments, and cockroach and fly baits                [FRL–9973–38–OW]
                                                  FIFRA SAP serves as a primary                        in the laboratory, the proposed
                                               scientific peer review mechanism of                     guideline also includes field testing                  Reopening of Comment Period on the
                                               EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and                     methods for outdoor misting systems,                   Notice of Availability of the Deepwater
                                               Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) and is                     Hymenoptera nest treatments, and                       Horizon Oil Spill Louisiana Trustee
                                               structured to provide scientific advice,                outdoor foggers. Finally, methods for                  Implementation Group Draft
                                               information and recommendations to                      resistance ratio determination and                     Restoration Plan and Environmental
                                               the EPA Administrator on pesticides                     characterization of pest population                    Assessment #2: Provide and Enhance
                                               and pesticide-related issues as to the                                                                         Recreational Opportunities
                                                                                                       strain susceptibility are described.
                                               impact of regulatory actions on health
                                                                                                          The proposed red imported fire ant                  AGENCY: Environmental Protection
                                               and the environment. FIFRA SAP is a
                                                                                                       treatment guideline contains                           Agency (EPA).
                                               Federal advisory committee established
                                               in 1975 under FIFRA that operates in                    recommended test methodologies for                     ACTION: Notice of availability; reopening
                                               accordance with requirements of the                     evaluating the performance of pesticide                of comment period.
                                               Federal Advisory Committee Act (5                       products for the treatment and control
                                                                                                                                                              SUMMARY:     On December 20, 2017, the
                                               U.S.C. Appendix). FIFRA SAP is                          of red imported fire ant colonies/
                                                                                                                                                              Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
                                               composed of a permanent panel                           mounds. The guideline does not cover                   published a Notice of Availability of the
                                               consisting of seven members who are                     premises treatments for red imported                   Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Louisiana
                                               appointed by the EPA Administrator                      fire ant workers/foragers, such as direct              Trustee Implementation Group
                                               from nominees provided by the National                  application to pests. Field tests for both             (Louisiana TIG) Draft Restoration Plan
                                               Institutes of Health and the National                   mound- and area-applied pesticide                      and Environmental Assessment #2:
                                               Science Foundation. The FIFRA SAP is                    products are proposed, along with                      Provide and Enhance Recreational
                                               assisted in their reviews by ad hoc                     accompanying laboratory studies for                    Opportunities (Draft RP/EA) and
                                               participation from members of the                       baits, barrier treatments, and insect                  requested comments from the public.
                                               Science Review Board (SRB). As a                        growth regulators.                                     The EPA is reopening the comment
                                               scientific peer review mechanism,                                                                              period on the Notice of Availability of
                                               FIFRA SAP provides comments,                            C. FIFRA SAP Documents and Meeting
                                                                                                       Minutes                                                the Draft RP/EA that was scheduled to
                                               evaluations, and recommendations to                                                                            close on January 19, 2018, until
                                               improve the effectiveness and quality of                   EPA’s background paper, draft charge                February 2, 2018. The Louisiana TIG
                                               analyses made by Agency scientists. The                                                                        will consider public comments received
                                                                                                       questions to FIFRA SAP, and related
                                               FIFRA SAP is not required to reach                                                                             from December 20, 2017, through
                                                                                                       supporting materials will be available
                                               consensus in its recommendations to                                                                            February 2, 2018. The EPA is making
                                                                                                       on or before January 22, 2018. In
                                               the Agency but consensus is a preferred                                                                        this change to provide the public with
                                               outcome and possible under FACA.                        addition, a list of candidates under
                                                                                                       consideration as prospective ad hoc                    additional time to provide comments.
                                               B. Public Meeting                                       panelists for this meeting will be                     DATES: The public comment period for
                                                 EPA-registered pesticide products are                 available for a 15-day public comment                  the Notice of Availability published in
                                               an important part of pest management                    period in early to mid-March. You may                  the Federal Register on December 20,
                                               programs to accomplish control of                       obtain electronic copies of most meeting               2017 (82 FR 60397), is being reopened.
                                               invertebrate pests. The Agency has a                    documents, including FIFRA SAP                         Written comments must be received on
                                               number of guidelines intended to assist                 composition (i.e., members and ad hoc                  or before February 2, 2018.
                                               in the development of appropriate                       members for this meeting) and the                      ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: You
                                               protocols to test product efficacy. EPA                 meeting agenda, at http://                             may download the Draft RP/EA at any
                                               Product Performance Test Guidelines                     www.regulations.gov and the FIFRA                      of the following sites:
                                               OPPTS 810.3100 Soil Treatment for                       SAP website at http://www.epa.gov/                     • http://www.gulfspill
                                               Imported Fire Ants and OPPTS                            scipoly/sap.                                           restoration.noaa.gov
                                               810.3500 Premises Treatments were                                                                              • http://www.la-dwh.com
                                                                                                          FIFRA SAP will prepare the meeting
                                               published in March 1998. To increase                                                                           • https://www.doi.gov/
                                                                                                       minutes and final report summarizing
                                               clarity and consistency in efficacy                                                                            deepwaterhorizon/adminrecord.
                                                                                                       its recommendations to the Agency
                                               testing and to include current scientific                                                                        Alternatively, you may request a CD
                                                                                                       approximately 90 days after the
                                               standards, the Agency is revising these                                                                        of the Draft RP/EA (see FOR FURTHER
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                                                                                                       meeting. The meeting minutes and final
                                               product performance guidelines. The                                                                            INFORMATION CONTACT). You may also
                                                                                                       report will be posted on the FIFRA SAP
                                               Agency will be seeking advice and                                                                              view the document at any of the public
                                                                                                       website or may be obtained from the
                                               recommendations from the SAP on                                                                                facilities listed at http://www.gulfspill
                                               scientific issues associated with the two               OPP Docket at http://                                  restoration.noaa.gov.
                                               proposed revised EPA guidelines.                        www.regulations.gov.                                     Submitting Comments: You may
                                                 The proposed premises treatment                         Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et. seq.; 21 U.S.C.          submit comments on the Draft RP/EA by
                                               guideline contains recommended test                     301 et seq.                                            one of following methods:


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                                                 • Via the Web: http://www.gulfspill                     Dated: January 19, 2018.                                   Notice and request for
                                                                                                                                                              ACTION:
                                               restoration.noaa.gov/restoration-areas/                 John Goodin,                                           comments.
                                               louisiana.                                              Acting Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans
                                                                                                                                                              SUMMARY:    As part of its continuing effort
                                                 • Via U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and                        and Watersheds, Office of Water.
                                                                                                                                                              to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
                                               Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 49567,                       [FR Doc. 2018–01517 Filed 1–25–18; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                              required by the Paperwork Reduction
                                               Atlanta, GA 30345; or Louisiana Coastal                 BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
                                                                                                                                                              Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal
                                               Protection & Restoration Authority,                                                                            Communications Commission (FCC or
                                               ATTN: Joann Hicks, P.O. Box 44027,                                                                             Commission) invites the general public
                                               Baton Rouge, LA 70804.                                  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                                                                                                                                                              and other Federal agencies to take this
                                                 Once submitted, comments cannot be                    AGENCY
                                                                                                                                                              opportunity to comment on the
                                               edited or withdrawn. The Louisiana TIG                  [ER–FRL–9037–3]                                        following information collections.
                                               may publish any comment received on                                                                            Comments are requested concerning:
                                               the document. Do not submit                             Environmental Impact Statements;                       Whether the proposed collection of
                                               electronically any information you                      Notice of Availability                                 information is necessary for the proper
                                               consider to be Confidential Business                      Responsible Agency: Office of Federal                performance of the functions of the
                                               Information (CBI) or other information                  Activities, General Information (202)                  Commission, including whether the
                                               whose disclosure is restricted by statute.              564–7146 or http://www2.epa.gov/                       information shall have practical utility;
                                               Multimedia submissions (audio, video,                   nepa/.                                                 the accuracy of the Commission’s
                                               etc.) must be accompanied by a written                                                                         burden estimate; ways to enhance the
                                                                                                       Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact
                                               comment. The written comment is                                                                                quality, utility, and clarity of the
                                                                                                         Statements
                                               considered the official comment and                     Filed 01/15/2018 Through 01/19/2018                    information collected; ways to minimize
                                               should include discussion of all points                 Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9                              the burden of the collection of
                                               you wish to make. The Louisiana TIG                                                                            information on the respondents,
                                               will generally not consider comments or                 Notice                                                 including the use of automated
                                               comment contents located outside of the                   Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act                  collection techniques or other forms of
                                               primary submission (i.e. on the web,                    requires that EPA make public its                      information technology; and ways to
                                               cloud, or other file sharing system).                   comments on EISs issued by other                       further reduce the information
                                               Please be aware that your entire                        Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters                collection burden on small business
                                               comment, including your personal                        on EISs are available at: https://                     concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
                                               identifying information, will become                    cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-nepa-public/                      The FCC may not conduct or sponsor
                                               part of the public record. Please note                  action/eis/search.                                     a collection of information unless it
                                               that mailed comments must be                                                                                   displays a currently valid Office of
                                                                                                       EIS No. 20180006, Draft, BLM, WY,
                                               postmarked on or before the comment                                                                            Management and Budget (OMB) control
                                                                                                         Converse County Oil and Gas Project
                                               deadline of 7 days following publication                                                                       number. No person shall be subject to
                                                                                                         Draft EIS, Comment Period Ends: 03/
                                               of this notice to be considered.                                                                               any penalty for failing to comply with
                                                                                                         12/2018, Contact: Mike Robinson
                                                                                                                                                              a collection of information subject to the
                                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                          (307) 261–7520
                                                                                                                                                              PRA that does not display a valid OMB
                                                 • Louisiana—Joann Hicks at                            EIS No. 20180007, Draft, USFS, CO,
                                                                                                                                                              control number.
                                               LATIGPublicComments@la.gov or 225–                        Berlaimont Estates Road Improvement
                                                                                                         Project, Comment Period Ends: 03/12/                 DATES: Written PRA comments should
                                               342–5477.                                                                                                      be submitted on or before March 27,
                                                                                                         2018, Contact: Matthew Klein 941–
                                                 • EPA—Tim Landers at                                    400–4452                                             2018. If you anticipate that you will be
                                               landers.timothy@epa.gov or 202–566–                     EIS No. 20180008, Final, BLM, CA,                      submitting comments, but find it
                                               2231.                                                     Abbreviated Final Environmental                      difficult to do so within the period of
                                                                                                         Impact Statement Proposed Land                       time allowed by this notice, you should
                                               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                         Exchange between Bureau of Land                      advise the contact listed below as soon
                                               Next Steps                                                Management and Agua Caliente Band                    as possible.
                                                                                                         of Cahuilla Indians, Review Period                   ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
                                                  To allow additional time for the                                                                            Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@
                                               public to provide comments, the EPA is                    Ends: 03/12/2018, Contact: Ashley
                                                                                                         Adams 760–833–7100                                   fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
                                               reopening the public comment period
                                                                                                                                                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
                                               until February 2, 2018. The public is                      Dated: January 22, 2018.
                                               encouraged to review and comment on                                                                            additional information about the
                                                                                                       Kelly Knight,
                                               the Draft RP/EA. After the public                                                                              information collection, contact Cathy
                                                                                                       Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office
                                               comment period ends, the Louisiana                                                                             Williams at (202) 418–2918.
                                                                                                       of Federal Activities.
                                               TIG will consider the comments                                                                                 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                       [FR Doc. 2018–01391 Filed 1–25–18; 8:45 am]
                                               received before issuing a Final RP/EA.                                                                           OMB Control Number: 3060–0647.
                                                                                                       BILLING CODE 6560–50–P                                   Title: Annual Survey of Cable
                                               A summary of comments received and
                                                                                                                                                              Industry Prices, FCC Form 333.
                                               the Louisiana TIG’s responses and any                                                                            Form Number: FCC Form 333.
                                               revisions to the document, as                           FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS                                   Type of Review: Revision of a
                                               appropriate, will be included in the                    COMMISSION                                             currently approved collection.
                                               final document.                                                                                                  Respondents: Business or other for-
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                                                                                                       [OMB 3060–0647]
                                               Authority                                                                                                      profit entities; State, local or Tribal
                                                                                                       Information Collection Being Reviewed                  Government.
                                                 The authority for this action is the Oil                                                                       Number of Respondents and
                                                                                                       by the Federal Communications
                                               Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et                                                                       Responses: 728 respondents and 728
                                                                                                       Commission
                                               seq.), its implementing NRDA                                                                                   responses.
                                               regulations found at 15 CFR part 990,                   AGENCY:Federal Communications                            Estimated Time per Response: 7
                                               and NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).                      Commission.                                            hours.


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of availability; reopening of comment period.
DatesThe public comment period for the Notice of Availability published in the Federal Register on December 20, 2017 (82 FR 60397), is being reopened. Written comments must be received on or before February 2, 2018.
Contact<bullet> Louisiana--Joann Hicks at [email protected] or 225-342-5477.
FR Citation83 FR 3706 

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