83 FR 50921 - Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee; Notice of Public Meeting

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 196 (October 10, 2018)

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FR Document		2018-22015

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 October 31, 2018. This meeting is intended 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.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0057; FRL-9983-04]


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 October 31, 2018. This

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meeting is intended 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.

DATES: The PPDC meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 31, 2018, 
from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, November 1, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. 
to 12 p.m. there will be an informational seminar on biotechnology-
pesticide issues held for stakeholders.
    Agenda: A draft agenda will be posted on or before October 19, 
2018.
    Accommodations requests: To request accommodation of a disability, 
please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 
preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much 
time as possible to process your request.

ADDRESSES: The PPDC Meeting and informational seminar will be held at 1 
Potomac Yard South, 2777 S. Crystal Dr., 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: Shannon Jewell, Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 2777 Crystal Drive, 
Arlington, VA 22206; telephone number: (703) 347-0109; email address: 
jewell.shannon@epa.gov.

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 setting 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-2018-0057, 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 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 on October 31st or in writing to the person listed 
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

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

    Dated: September 5, 2018.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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electronic review in the Commission’s Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222, having made a prohibited off-the-record
Public Reference Room in Washington, September 22, 1999) requires communication shall serve the
DC. There is an eSubscription link on Commission decisional employees, who document on all parties listed on the
the website that enables subscribers to make or receive a prohibited or exempt official service list for the applicable
receive email notification when a off-the-record communication relevant proceeding in accordance with Rule
document is added to a subscribed to the merits of a contested proceeding, 2010, 18 CFR 385.2010.
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC to deliver to the Secretary of the Exempt off-the-record
Online service, please email Commission, a copy of the communications are included in the
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call communication, if written, or a decisional record of the proceeding,
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call summary of the substance of any oral unless the communication was with a
(202) 502–8659. communication. cooperating agency as described by 40
Prohibited communications are
Dated: October 2, 2018. CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR
included in a public, non-decisional file
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 385.2201(e)(1)(v).
associated with, but not a part of, the
Deputy Secretary. decisional record of the proceeding. The following is a list of off-the-
[FR Doc. 2018–21936 Filed 10–9–18; 8:45 am] Unless the Commission determines that record communications recently
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P the prohibited communication and any received by the Secretary of the
responses thereto should become a part Commission. The communications
of the decisional record, the prohibited listed are grouped by docket numbers in
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY off-the-record communication will not ascending order. These filings are
be considered by the Commission in available for electronic review at the
Federal Energy Regulatory reaching its decision. Parties to a Commission in the Public Reference
Commission proceeding may seek the opportunity to Room or may be viewed on the
respond to any facts or contentions Commission’s website at http://
[Docket No. RM98–1–000] www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary link.
made in a prohibited off-the-record
Records Governing Off-the-Record communication, and may request that Enter the docket number, excluding the
Communications; Public Notice the Commission place the prohibited last three digits, in the docket number
communication and responses thereto field to access the document. For
This constitutes notice, in accordance in the decisional record. The assistance, please contact FERC Online
with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt Commission will grant such a request Support at FERCOnlineSupport@
of prohibited and exempt off-the-record only when it determines that fairness so ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or
communications. requires. Any person identified below as for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659.

Docket No. File date Presenter or requester

Prohibited

1. EL16–49–000, ER18–1314–000, ER18–1314–001, EL18–178– 9–21–2018 Natural Gas Supply Association.
000.
2. CP15–554–002 ............................................................................... 9–27–2018 Pipeliners Union 798.
3. CP15–88–000 ................................................................................. 9–28–2018 Brea College, President Lyle D. Roelofs.

Exempt

1. ER18–2208–000 ............................................................................. 9–18–2018 U.S. Congress.1
2. EL15–95–000 .................................................................................. 9–19–2018 State of New Jersey Assemblyman Ron
Dancer.
3. CP15–115–000, CP15–115–001 .................................................... 9–21–2018 Duffield Camp & Retreat Center Inc.
4. CP15–88–000 ................................................................................. 9–21–2018 Lexington-Fayette Urban County Govern-
ment Office of the Mayor.
5. P–10808–000 .................................................................................. 9–25–2018 U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow.
6. CP14–96–000 ................................................................................. 9–25–2018 U.S. Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey.
7. ER18–2208–000 ............................................................................. 9–26–2018 U.S. Senate.2
8. P–2413–000 .................................................................................... 9–26–2018 U.S. Congressman Jody Hice.
9. CP17–495–000 ............................................................................... 9–27–2018 FERC Staff.3
10. CP16–9–000 ................................................................................. 9–27–2018 U.S. Congressman Stephen F. Lynch.
1 Congressmen Joseph P. Kennedy III, Frank Pallone, Jr., Bobby L. Rush, Fred Upton, Richard E. Neal, Peter Welch, Niki Tsongas, James P.
McGovern, Katherine Clark, Seth Moulton, Michael E. Capuano, and David N. Cicilline.
2 Senators Richard Blumenthal, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jack Reed, Edward J. Markey, Elizabeth Warren, and Jeanne Shaheen.
3 Memorandum dated September 27, 2018 forwarding letter from the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office.

Dated: October 2, 2018. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTION: Notice.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., AGENCY
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Deputy Secretary. SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal
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meeting is intended to provide advice applicability of this action to a FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
and recommendations to the EPA particular entity, consult the person COMMISSION
Administrator on issues associated with listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
[OMB 3060–0748]
pesticide regulatory development and CONTACT.
reform initiatives, evolving public
B. How can I get copies of this document Information Collection Being Reviewed
policy and program implementation by the Federal Communications
and other related information?
issues, and science issues associated Commission
with evaluating and reducing risks from The docket for this action, identified
use of pesticides. by docket identification (ID) number AGENCY: Federal Communications
DATES: The PPDC meeting will be held EPA–HQ–OPP–2018–0057, is available Commission.
on Wednesday, October 31, 2018, from at http://www.regulations.gov or at the ACTION: Notice and request for
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory comments.
November 1, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the
Environmental Protection Agency SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort
p.m. there will be an informational
Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
seminar on biotechnology-pesticide
Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 required by the Paperwork Reduction
issues held for stakeholders.
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
Agenda: A draft agenda will be posted
20460–0001. The Public Reading Room Communications Commission (FCC or
on or before October 19, 2018.
is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Commission) invites the general public
Accommodations requests: To request
accommodation of a disability, please Monday through Friday, excluding legal and other Federal agencies to take this
contact the person listed under FOR holidays. The telephone number for the opportunity to comment on the
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, following information collections.
and the telephone number for the OPP Comments are requested concerning:
preferably at least 10 days prior to the
meeting, to give EPA as much time as Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review Whether the proposed collection of
the visitor instructions and additional information is necessary for the proper
possible to process your request.
information about the docket available performance of the functions of the
ADDRESSES: The PPDC Meeting and Commission, including whether the
informational seminar will be held at 1 at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
information shall have practical utility;
Potomac Yard South, 2777 S. Crystal II. Background the accuracy of the Commission’s
Dr., Arlington, VA, in the lobby-level burden estimate; ways to enhance the
Conference Center. The PPDC is a federal advisory
committee chartered under the Federal quality, utility, and clarity of the
EPA’s Potomac Yard South Bldg. is
approximately 1 mile from the Crystal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public information collected; ways to minimize
Law 92–463. EPA established the PPDC the burden of the collection of
City Metro Station. information on the respondents,
in September 1995 to provide advice
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: including the use of automated
and recommendations to the EPA
Shannon Jewell, Office of Pesticide
Administrator on issues associated with collection techniques or other forms of
Programs, Environmental Protection information technology; and ways to
pesticide regulatory development and
Agency, 2777 Crystal Drive, Arlington, further reduce the information
reform initiatives, evolving public
VA 22206; telephone number: (703) collection burden on small business
policy and program implementation
347–0109; email address: concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
issues, and science issues associated
jewell.shannon@epa.gov. The FCC may not conduct or sponsor
with evaluating and reducing risks from
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: a collection of information unless it
use of pesticides. The following sectors
displays a currently valid OMB control
I. General Information are represented on the current PPDC:
number. No person shall be subject to
Environmental/public interest and
A. Does this action apply to me? any penalty for failing to comply with
animal rights groups; farm worker
a collection of information subject to the
You may be potentially affected by organizations; pesticide industry and
PRA that does not display a valid OMB
this action if you work in an agricultural trade associations; pesticide user,
control number.
setting or if you are concerned about grower, and commodity groups; Federal
implementation of the Federal and State/local/tribal governments; the DATES : Written PRA comments should
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide general public; academia; and public be submitted on or before December 10,
Act (FIFRA); the Federal Food, Drug, health organizations. 2018. If you anticipate that you will be
and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA); and the submitting comments but find it
III. How can I request to participate in difficult to do so within the period of
amendments to both of these major this meeting?
pesticide laws by the Food Quality time allowed by this notice, you should
Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996; the PPDC meetings are free, open to the advise the contact listed below as soon
Pesticide Registration Improvement Act, public, and no advance registration is as possible.
and the Endangered Species Act. required. Public comments may be ADDRESSES : Direct all PRA comments to
Potentially affected entities may made during the public comment Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to PRA@
include, but are not limited to: session on October 31st or in writing to fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
Agricultural workers and farmers; the person listed under FOR FURTHER FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
pesticide industry and trade INFORMATION CONTACT. additional information about the
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associations; environmental, consumer, Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. information collection, contact Cathy
and farm worker groups; pesticide users Williams at (202) 418–2918.
and growers; animal rights groups; pest Dated: September 5, 2018.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
consultants; State, local, and tribal Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., OMB Control Number: 3060–0748.
governments; academia; public health Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. Title: Section 64.1504, 64.1509,
organizations; and the public. If you [FR Doc. 2018–22015 Filed 10–9–18; 8:45 am] 64.1510 Pay-Per-Call and Other
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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice.
Dates		The PPDC meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 31, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, November 1, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. there will be an informational seminar on biotechnology- pesticide issues held for stakeholders.
Contact		Shannon Jewell, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 2777 Crystal Drive,
FR Citation		83 FR 50921