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resulting in a corresponding decrease in
the estimated annual burden per
respondent from the previous ICR.
These changes are adjustments.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Notice of
Supplemental Distribution of a
Registered Pesticide Product
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency has submitted an information
collection request (ICR), ‘‘Notice of
Supplemental Distribution of a
Registered Pesticide Product’’ (EPA ICR
No. 0278.11, OMB Control No. 2070–
0044) to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval
in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
This is a renewal of the ICR that is
currently approved through July 31,
2013. The ICR, which is abstracted
below, describes the nature of the
information collection activity and its
expected burden and costs. Copies of
the ICR and related documents are
available in the docket.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before August 21, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–OPP–2012–0544, to (1) EPA online
using https://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by email to
opp.ncic@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via
email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Address comments to OMB Desk Officer
for EPA.
EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes profanity, threats,
information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lily
G. Negash, Field & External Affairs
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Division, (Mail Code 7506P),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: 703–347–
8515; fax number: (703) 305–5884;
email address: negash.lily@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents which explain in
detail the information that the EPA will
be collecting are available in the public
docket for this ICR. The docket can be
viewed online at https://
www.regulations.gov or in person at the
EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC. The telephone number
for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744.
For additional information about EPA’s
public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/
dockets.
Abstract: This information collection
activity notifies the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) of
supplemental distribution of registered
pesticide products. As mandated by the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended,
EPA is responsible for the regulation of
pesticides. Section 3 (e) of FIFRA (7
U.S.C. 136a (e)) allows pesticide
products with the same formulation,
label claims, and manufacturer as a
registered product to be distributed
under the same registration as the basic
product. Pesticide registrants may
distribute or sell registered pesticides
under a different product name in
addition to the registered name, or
under a different entity’s name and
address. Such distribution and sale is
termed ‘‘supplemental distribution’’ and
the product is termed a ‘‘distributor
product.’’ EPA requires pesticide
registrants who enter into supplemental
distribution agreements with other
companies to submit EPA Form 8570–
5, Notice of Supplemental Distribution
of a Registered Pesticide Product.
Supplemental registrations are only an
extension of a currently federally
registered pesticide product.
Distributor products must reflect any
changes in formulation or labeling made
to the basic registered product within
the same timeframe imposed on that
product. A distributor is considered an
agent of the registrant; both the
registrant and the distributor may be
held liable for violations pertaining to
the distributed product. In addition to
notifying the Agency, an individual or
entity may become a distributor upon
meeting the regulatory conditions.
Distributor products must be the same
as the registered product, and may not
be repackaged (must remain in the
producer’s unopened container);
distributor product labels must bear
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qualifications such as ‘‘distributed by,’’
or ‘‘sold by;’’ the labeling must bear the
same claims as the basic registered
product—with the exception of deletion
of specific claims. In addition, although
the distributed product’s name may be
different from that of the registered
product, it may not be misleading.
Product distributorship data submitted
by basic product registrants under
FIFRA Section 3(e) are considered by
the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP)
to contain no confidential business
information (CBI).
Form Numbers: EPA Form 8570–5.
Respondents/affected entities:
Pesticide and other Agricultural
Chemical Manufacturing; individuals or
firms engaged in activities related to the
registration and supplemental
distribution of a pesticide product.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Estimated number of responses: 1,451
per year (total).
Frequency of response: Once per
event.
Total estimated burden: 387 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $34,505 (per
year), includes $0 annualized capital or
operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a
decrease of 68 hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by
OMB. This decrease is an adjustment to
account for a previously unaccountedfor additional activity involved in some
of the responses.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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Request for Nominations of Experts for
the Clean Air Scientific Advisory
Committee (CASAC) Sulfur Oxides
Primary National Ambient Air Quality
Standards (NAAQS) Review Panel
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The EPA Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office is requesting
public nominations for technical experts
to form a CASAC ad hoc panel to
provide advice through the chartered
CASAC on primary (human healthbased) air quality standards for sulfur
oxides (SOX).
SUMMARY:
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Nominations should be
submitted by August 12, 2013 per
instructions below.
DATES:
Any
member of the public wishing further
information regarding this Notice and
Request for Nominations may contact
Dr. Diana Wong, Designated Federal
Officer (DFO), SAB Staff Office, by
telephone/voice mail at (202) 564–2049
or via email at wong.diana-M@epa.gov.
General information concerning the EPA
CASAC can be found at the EPA CASAC
Web site at https://www.epa.gov/casac.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The Clean Air Scientific
Advisory Committee (CASAC) was
established under section 109(d)(2) of
the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) (42
U.S.C. 7409) as an independent
scientific advisory committee. CASAC
provides advice, information and
recommendations on the scientific and
technical aspects of air quality criteria
and National Ambient Air Quality
Standards (NAAQS) under sections 108
and 109 of the Act. The CASAC is a
Federal advisory committee chartered
under the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (FACA). As amended, 5 U.S.C.,
App. Section 109(d)(1) of the Clean Air
Act (CAA) requires that EPA carry out
a periodic review and revision, as
appropriate, of the air quality criteria
and the NAAQS for the six ‘‘criteria’’ air
pollutants, including sulfur oxides. As a
Federal Advisory Committee, the
CASAC conducts business in
accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App.
2) and related regulations. The CASAC
will comply with the provisions of
FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff
Office procedural policies.
Request for Nominations: The SAB
Staff Office is seeking nominations of
nationally and internationally
recognized scientists in the science of
air pollution related to sulfur oxides.
Experts are sought in atmospheric
science, human exposure, dosimetry,
toxicology, epidemiology, medicine,
public health, biostatistics and risk
assessment.
Process and Deadline for Submitting
Nominations: Any interested person or
organization may nominate qualified
individuals in the areas of expertise
described above. Nominations should be
submitted in electronic format
(preferred over hard copy) following the
instructions for ‘‘Nominating Experts to
Advisory Panels and Ad Hoc
Committees Being Formed,’’ provided
on the CASAC Web site. If you wish to
nominate yourself or another expert,
please follow the instructions that can
be accessed through the ‘‘Nomination of
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Experts’’ link on the blue navigational
bar at the CASAC Web site https://
www.epa.gov/casac. To receive full
consideration, nominations should
include all of the information requested
below.
EPA’s SAB Staff Office requests
contact information about the person
making the nomination; contact
information about the nominee; the
disciplinary and specific areas of
expertise of the nominee; the nominee’s
resume or curriculum vita; sources of
recent grant and/or contract support;
and a biographical sketch of the
nominee indicating current position,
educational background, research
activities, and recent service on other
national advisory committees or
national professional organizations. The
bio-sketches and resume or curriculum
vita of nominees identified by
respondents to this Federal Register
notice, and additional experts identified
by the SAB Staff, will be made available
to the public upon request. Please be
advised that information provided in
response to the request described in this
paragraph is subject to release under the
Freedom of Information Act.
Persons having questions about the
nomination procedures, or who are
unable to submit nominations through
the CASAC Web site, should contact Dr.
Diana Wong, DFO, as indicated above in
this notice. Nominations should be
submitted in time to arrive no later than
August 12, 2013. EPA values and
welcomes diversity. In an effort to
obtain nominations of diverse
candidates, EPA encourages
nominations of women and men of all
racial and ethnic groups.
The EPA SAB Staff Office will
acknowledge receipt of nominations.
The names and bio-sketches of qualified
nominees identified by respondents to
this Federal Register notice, and
additional experts identified by the SAB
Staff, will be posted in a List of
Candidates on the CASAC Web site at
https://www.epa.gov/casac. Public
comments on this List of Candidates
will be accepted for 21 days. The public
will be requested to provide relevant
information or other documentation on
nominees that the SAB Staff Office
should consider in evaluating
candidates.
For the EPA SAB Staff Office a review
panel includes candidates who possess
the necessary domains of knowledge,
the relevant scientific perspectives
(which, among other factors, can be
influenced by work history and
affiliation), and the collective breadth of
experience to adequately address the
charge. In forming this expert panel, the
SAB Staff Office will consider public
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comments on the List of Candidates,
information provided by the candidates
themselves, and background
information independently gathered by
the SAB Staff Office. Selection criteria
to be used for panel membership
include: (a) Scientific and/or technical
expertise, knowledge, and experience
(primary factors); (b) availability and
willingness to serve; (c) absence of
financial conflicts of interest; (d)
absence of an appearance of a lack of
impartiality; (e) skills working in
committees, subcommittees and
advisory panels; and, (f) for the panel as
a whole, diversity of expertise and
viewpoints.
The SAB Staff Office’s evaluation of
an absence of financial conflicts of
interest will include a review of the
‘‘Confidential Financial Disclosure
Form for Special Government
Employees Serving on Federal Advisory
Committees at the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’’ (EPA Form 3110–
48). This confidential form allows
government officials to determine
whether there is a statutory conflict
between a person’s public
responsibilities (which includes
membership on an EPA federal advisory
committee) and private interests and
activities, or the appearance of a lack of
impartiality, as defined by federal
regulation. The form may be viewed and
downloaded from the following URL
address https://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/
epaform3110-48.pdf.
The approved policy under which the
EPA SAB Office selects subcommittees
and review panels is described in the
following document: Overview of the
Panel Formation Process at the
Environmental Protection Agency
Science Advisory Board (EPA–SAB–EC–
02–010), which is posted on the SAB
Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/
ec02010.pdf.
Dated: July 11, 2013.
Thomas Brennan,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board
Staff Office.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Request for Nominations of Experts for the Clean Air Scientific
Advisory Committee (CASAC) Sulfur Oxides Primary National Ambient Air
Quality Standards (NAAQS) Review Panel
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office is
requesting public nominations for technical experts to form a CASAC ad
hoc panel to provide advice through the chartered CASAC on primary
(human health-based) air quality standards for sulfur oxides
(SOX).
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DATES: Nominations should be submitted by August 12, 2013 per
instructions below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing
further information regarding this Notice and Request for Nominations
may contact Dr. Diana Wong, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), SAB Staff
Office, by telephone/voice mail at (202) 564-2049 or via email at
wong.diana-M@epa.gov. General information concerning the EPA CASAC can
be found at the EPA CASAC Web site at https://www.epa.gov/casac.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) was
established under section 109(d)(2) of the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act)
(42 U.S.C. 7409) as an independent scientific advisory committee. CASAC
provides advice, information and recommendations on the scientific and
technical aspects of air quality criteria and National Ambient Air
Quality Standards (NAAQS) under sections 108 and 109 of the Act. The
CASAC is a Federal advisory committee chartered under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA). As amended, 5 U.S.C., App. Section
109(d)(1) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) requires that EPA carry out a
periodic review and revision, as appropriate, of the air quality
criteria and the NAAQS for the six ``criteria'' air pollutants,
including sulfur oxides. As a Federal Advisory Committee, the CASAC
conducts business in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2) and related regulations. The CASAC will comply
with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office
procedural policies.
Request for Nominations: The SAB Staff Office is seeking
nominations of nationally and internationally recognized scientists in
the science of air pollution related to sulfur oxides. Experts are
sought in atmospheric science, human exposure, dosimetry, toxicology,
epidemiology, medicine, public health, biostatistics and risk
assessment.
Process and Deadline for Submitting Nominations: Any interested
person or organization may nominate qualified individuals in the areas
of expertise described above. Nominations should be submitted in
electronic format (preferred over hard copy) following the instructions
for ``Nominating Experts to Advisory Panels and Ad Hoc Committees Being
Formed,'' provided on the CASAC Web site. If you wish to nominate
yourself or another expert, please follow the instructions that can be
accessed through the ``Nomination of Experts'' link on the blue
navigational bar at the CASAC Web site https://www.epa.gov/casac. To
receive full consideration, nominations should include all of the
information requested below.
EPA's SAB Staff Office requests contact information about the
person making the nomination; contact information about the nominee;
the disciplinary and specific areas of expertise of the nominee; the
nominee's resume or curriculum vita; sources of recent grant and/or
contract support; and a biographical sketch of the nominee indicating
current position, educational background, research activities, and
recent service on other national advisory committees or national
professional organizations. The bio-sketches and resume or curriculum
vita of nominees identified by respondents to this Federal Register
notice, and additional experts identified by the SAB Staff, will be
made available to the public upon request. Please be advised that
information provided in response to the request described in this
paragraph is subject to release under the Freedom of Information Act.
Persons having questions about the nomination procedures, or who
are unable to submit nominations through the CASAC Web site, should
contact Dr. Diana Wong, DFO, as indicated above in this notice.
Nominations should be submitted in time to arrive no later than August
12, 2013. EPA values and welcomes diversity. In an effort to obtain
nominations of diverse candidates, EPA encourages nominations of women
and men of all racial and ethnic groups.
The EPA SAB Staff Office will acknowledge receipt of nominations.
The names and bio-sketches of qualified nominees identified by
respondents to this Federal Register notice, and additional experts
identified by the SAB Staff, will be posted in a List of Candidates on
the CASAC Web site at https://www.epa.gov/casac. Public comments on this
List of Candidates will be accepted for 21 days. The public will be
requested to provide relevant information or other documentation on
nominees that the SAB Staff Office should consider in evaluating
candidates.
For the EPA SAB Staff Office a review panel includes candidates who
possess the necessary domains of knowledge, the relevant scientific
perspectives (which, among other factors, can be influenced by work
history and affiliation), and the collective breadth of experience to
adequately address the charge. In forming this expert panel, the SAB
Staff Office will consider public comments on the List of Candidates,
information provided by the candidates themselves, and background
information independently gathered by the SAB Staff Office. Selection
criteria to be used for panel membership include: (a) Scientific and/or
technical expertise, knowledge, and experience (primary factors); (b)
availability and willingness to serve; (c) absence of financial
conflicts of interest; (d) absence of an appearance of a lack of
impartiality; (e) skills working in committees, subcommittees and
advisory panels; and, (f) for the panel as a whole, diversity of
expertise and viewpoints.
The SAB Staff Office's evaluation of an absence of financial
conflicts of interest will include a review of the ``Confidential
Financial Disclosure Form for Special Government Employees Serving on
Federal Advisory Committees at the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency'' (EPA Form 3110-48). This confidential form allows government
officials to determine whether there is a statutory conflict between a
person's public responsibilities (which includes membership on an EPA
federal advisory committee) and private interests and activities, or
the appearance of a lack of impartiality, as defined by federal
regulation. The form may be viewed and downloaded from the following
URL address https://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/epaform3110-48.pdf.
The approved policy under which the EPA SAB Office selects
subcommittees and review panels is described in the following document:
Overview of the Panel Formation Process at the Environmental Protection
Agency Science Advisory Board (EPA-SAB-EC-02-010), which is posted on
the SAB Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/ec02010.pdf.
Dated: July 11, 2013.
Thomas Brennan,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
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