Pyridate; Receipt of Application for Emergency Exemption, Solicitation of Public Comment, 23804-23805 [2017-10748]
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Any person or the Commission’s staff
may, within 60 days after issuance of
the instant notice by the Commission,
file pursuant to Rule 214 of the
Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR
385.214) a motion to intervene or notice
of intervention and pursuant to section
157.205 of the regulations under the
NGA (18 CFR 157.205), a protest to the
request. If no protest is filed within the
time allowed therefore, the proposed
activity shall be deemed to be
authorized effective the day after the
time allowed for filing a protest. If a
protest is filed and not withdrawn
within 30 days after the allowed time
for filing a protest, the instant request
shall be treated as an application for
authorization pursuant to section 7 of
the NGA.
Pursuant to section 157.9 of the
Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9,
within 90 days of this Notice the
Commission staff will either: Complete
its environmental assessment (EA) and
place it into the Commission’s public
record (eLibrary) for this proceeding, or
issue a Notice of Schedule for
Environmental Review. If a Notice of
Schedule for Environmental Review is
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milestones, the anticipated date for the
Commission staff’s issuance of the final
environmental impact statement (FEIS)
or EA for this proposal. The filing of the
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state agencies of the timing for the
completion of all necessary reviews, and
the subsequent need to complete all
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the date of issuance of the Commission
staff’s FEIS or EA.
Persons who wish to comment only
on the environmental review of this
project should submit an original and
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copies of the environmental documents,
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environmental review process.
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The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings of comments, protests
and interventions in lieu of paper using
the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://
www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file
electronically should submit an original
and seven copies of the protest or
intervention to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Dated: May 18, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0137; FRL–9961–70]
Pyridate; Receipt of Application for
Emergency Exemption, Solicitation of
Public Comment
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA has received a specific
exemption request from the Washington
State Department of Agriculture to use
the herbicide pyridate (CAS No. 55512–
33–9) to treat up to 13,850 acres of
double-cut mint to control terbacilresistant redroot pigweed biotypes,
common lambquarters, Powell
amaranth, cinquefoil, Russian thistle,
marestail and field violet in
Washington. The applicant proposes a
use of a pesticide that was voluntarily
canceled in 2004, and which is now
considered to be unregistered under the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). EPA is
soliciting public comment before
making the decision whether or not to
grant the exemption.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before June 8, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0137, by
one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Do not submit electronically any
information you consider to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental
Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/
DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001.
• Hand Delivery: To make special
arrangements for hand delivery or
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delivery of boxed information, please
follow the instructions at https://
www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
Additional instructions on
commenting or visiting the docket,
along with more information about
dockets generally, is available at https://
www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael L. Goodis, Registration Division
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001; main telephone
number: (703) 305–7090; email address:
RDFRNotices@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
You may be potentially affected by
this action if you are an agricultural
producer, food manufacturer, or
pesticide manufacturer. The following
list of North American Industrial
Classification System (NAICS) codes is
not intended to be exhaustive, but rather
provides a guide to help readers
determine whether this document
applies to them. Potentially affected
entities may include:
• Crop production (NAICS code 111).
• Animal production (NAICS code
112).
• Food manufacturing (NAICS code
311).
• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS
code 32532).
B. What should I consider as I prepare
my comments for EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this
information to EPA through
www.regulations.gov or email. Clearly
mark the part or all of the information
that you claim to be CBI. For CBI
information in a disk or CD–ROM that
you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the
disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then
identify electronically within the disk or
CD–ROM the specific information that
is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that
includes information claimed as CBI, a
copy of the comment that does not
contain the information claimed as CBI
must be submitted for inclusion in the
public docket. Information so marked
will not be disclosed except in
accordance with procedures set forth in
40 CFR part 2.
2. Tips for preparing your comments.
When preparing and submitting your
comments, see the commenting tips at
https://www.epa.gov/dockets/
comments.html.
3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to
achieve environmental justice, the fair
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treatment and meaningful involvement
of any group, including minority and/or
low income populations, in the
development, implementation, and
enforcement of environmental laws,
regulations, and policies. To help
address potential environmental justice
issues, the Agency seeks information on
any groups or segments of the
population who, as a result of their
location, cultural practices, or other
factors, may have atypical or
disproportionately high and adverse
human health impacts or environmental
effects from exposure to the pesticide
discussed in this document, compared
to the general population.
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II. What action is the Agency taking?
Under section 18 of the FIFRA (7
U.S.C. 136p), at the discretion of the
EPA Administrator, a Federal or State
agency may be exempted from any
provision of FIFRA if the EPA
Administrator determines that
emergency conditions exist which
require the exemption. The Washington
State Department of Agriculture has
requested the EPA Administrator to
issue a specific exemption for the use of
pyridate on double-cut mint
(peppermint and spearmint) to control
terbacil-resistant redroot pigweed
biotypes, common lambquarters, Powell
amaranth, cinquefoil, Russian thistle,
marestail and field violet. Information
in accordance with 40 CFR part 166 was
submitted as part of this request.
In this specific exemption, the
Applicant asserts that there are
currently no available registered
herbicides that can be applied at the
proper timing to provide effective
control of various broadleaf weeds
without causing unacceptable injury in
double-cut mint. In addition, there are
no economically or environmentally
feasible alternative practices, and that
mint producers expect to experience
yield loss greater than 20% in doublecut spearmint and peppermint.
The Applicant proposes to apply no
more than a total of 2,597 gallons of the
unregistered product, Tough EC,
(approximately 12,985 pounds active
ingredient of pyridate) per acre per year.
Up to 13,850 acres of double-cut mint
(8,800 acres spearmint; 5,050 acres
peppermint) in Washington may be
treated. Additional information from the
Applicant’s submission that details the
need for the exemption and the
proposed use pattern can be found at
https://www.regulations.gov in the
specific exemption application request
from the Washington Department of
Agriculture for emergency use of
pyridate in double-cut peppermint and
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spearmint to control terbacil-resistant
redroot pigweed species.
This notice does not constitute a
decision by EPA on the application
itself. The regulations governing FIFRA
section 18 require publication of a
notice of receipt of an application for a
specific exemption proposing use of a
pesticide that was voluntarily canceled
in 2004, and which is now considered
to be unregistered under the FIFRA Act.
Accordingly, this notice provides an
opportunity for public comment on the
application. The Agency will review
and consider all comments received
during the comment period in
determining whether to issue the
specific exemption requested by the
Washington State Department of
Agriculture. Further, numerous states
that have previously requested a
specific exemption for use of pyridate
on mint to control various broadleaf
weeds species may submit similar
specific exemption requests.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: April 28, 2017.
Michael Goodis,
Director, Registration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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[MB Docket No. 16–306, GN Docket No. 12–
268; DA 17–442]
Incentive Auction Task Force and
Media Bureau Announce Procedures
for the Post-Incentive Auction
Broadcast Transition
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal
Communications Commission
(Commission) provides guidance for low
power television (LPTV), television
translator (TV translator) and analog-todigital replacement translator (DRT)
stations (referred to collectively as
‘‘LPTV/translator stations’’) regarding
the post-auction transition period with
the completion of the broadcast
television spectrum incentive auction
(Auction 1000). The purpose of this
notice is to summarize and clarify the
rules and procedures governing the
post-auction transition for LPTV/
translator stations.
DATES: May 24, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shaun Maher, Video Division, Media
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Bureau, Federal Communications
Commission, barbara.kreisman@fcc.gov,
(202) 418–2324.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
summary of the Commission’s
document, DA 17–442; MB Docket No.
16–306, GN Docket No. 12–268, released
May 12, 2017. The complete text of this
document is available for public
inspection during regular business
hours in the FCC Reference Center,
Room CY–A257, 445 12th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20554, or online at
https://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/
Daily_Business/2017/db0515/DA–17–
442A1.pdf.
Displacement Public Notice
The Media Bureau will announce a
limited window (Special Displacement
Window) for LPTV/translator stations
subject to displacement as a result of the
incentive auction and repacking process
to submit displacement applications.
The Special Displacement Window will
be announced after full power and Class
A television stations reassigned to new
channels in the repacking process have
had an opportunity to apply for their
preferred facilities. The exact dates for
the Special Displacement Window will
be announced by public notice
(Displacement Public Notice)
approximately seven to eight months
after release of the Closing and Channel
Reassignment Public Notice on April 13,
2017. The Displacement Public Notice
will be released not less than 60 days
prior to the opening of the Special
Displacement Window. The Special
Displacement Window will remain open
for 30 days.
Channel Study. The Displacement
Public Notice will provide channel
availability data to assist eligible LPTV/
TV translator stations in identifying
potential new channels in the repacked
TV bands, consistent with the
Commission’s direction in the LPTV
DTV Third R&O. Specifically, the data
will identify locations and channels
where LPTV/translator stations cannot
propose displacement facilities because
of the presence of other non-displaced
LPTV/translator stations, full power and
Class A television stations or land
mobile operations. The data will be
based on use of the incentive auction
software nationwide and the full power
and Class A television station technical
parameters in the Closing and Channel
Reassignment Public Notice, as well as
any full power and Class A television
modifications proposed in the two
alternate channel/expanded facilities
filing windows. The data will be
provided on the same 2x2 kilometer
basis as utilized in ‘‘TVStudy,’’ the
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0137; FRL-9961-70]
Pyridate; Receipt of Application for Emergency Exemption,
Solicitation of Public Comment
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA has received a specific exemption request from the
Washington State Department of Agriculture to use the herbicide
pyridate (CAS No. 55512-33-9) to treat up to 13,850 acres of double-cut
mint to control terbacil-resistant redroot pigweed biotypes, common
lambquarters, Powell amaranth, cinquefoil, Russian thistle, marestail
and field violet in Washington. The applicant proposes a use of a
pesticide that was voluntarily canceled in 2004, and which is now
considered to be unregistered under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). EPA is soliciting public comment before
making the decision whether or not to grant the exemption.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 8, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0137, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit
electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted
by statute.
Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket
Center (EPA/DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC
20460-0001.
Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand
delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the
instructions at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along
with more information about dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael L. Goodis, Registration
Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; main telephone number: (703) 305-7090; email address:
RDFRNotices@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
You may be potentially affected by this action if you are an
agricultural producer, food manufacturer, or pesticide manufacturer.
The following list of North American Industrial Classification System
(NAICS) codes is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a
guide to help readers determine whether this document applies to them.
Potentially affected entities may include:
Crop production (NAICS code 111).
Animal production (NAICS code 112).
Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).
Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532).
B. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
www.regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of the
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or
CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the
specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket.
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
2. Tips for preparing your comments. When preparing and submitting
your comments, see the commenting tips at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html.
3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to achieve environmental
justice, the fair
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treatment and meaningful involvement of any group, including minority
and/or low income populations, in the development, implementation, and
enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. To help
address potential environmental justice issues, the Agency seeks
information on any groups or segments of the population who, as a
result of their location, cultural practices, or other factors, may
have atypical or disproportionately high and adverse human health
impacts or environmental effects from exposure to the pesticide
discussed in this document, compared to the general population.
II. What action is the Agency taking?
Under section 18 of the FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136p), at the discretion of
the EPA Administrator, a Federal or State agency may be exempted from
any provision of FIFRA if the EPA Administrator determines that
emergency conditions exist which require the exemption. The Washington
State Department of Agriculture has requested the EPA Administrator to
issue a specific exemption for the use of pyridate on double-cut mint
(peppermint and spearmint) to control terbacil-resistant redroot
pigweed biotypes, common lambquarters, Powell amaranth, cinquefoil,
Russian thistle, marestail and field violet. Information in accordance
with 40 CFR part 166 was submitted as part of this request.
In this specific exemption, the Applicant asserts that there are
currently no available registered herbicides that can be applied at the
proper timing to provide effective control of various broadleaf weeds
without causing unacceptable injury in double-cut mint. In addition,
there are no economically or environmentally feasible alternative
practices, and that mint producers expect to experience yield loss
greater than 20% in double-cut spearmint and peppermint.
The Applicant proposes to apply no more than a total of 2,597
gallons of the unregistered product, Tough EC, (approximately 12,985
pounds active ingredient of pyridate) per acre per year. Up to 13,850
acres of double-cut mint (8,800 acres spearmint; 5,050 acres
peppermint) in Washington may be treated. Additional information from
the Applicant's submission that details the need for the exemption and
the proposed use pattern can be found at https://www.regulations.gov in
the specific exemption application request from the Washington
Department of Agriculture for emergency use of pyridate in double-cut
peppermint and spearmint to control terbacil-resistant redroot pigweed
species.
This notice does not constitute a decision by EPA on the
application itself. The regulations governing FIFRA section 18 require
publication of a notice of receipt of an application for a specific
exemption proposing use of a pesticide that was voluntarily canceled in
2004, and which is now considered to be unregistered under the FIFRA
Act. Accordingly, this notice provides an opportunity for public
comment on the application. The Agency will review and consider all
comments received during the comment period in determining whether to
issue the specific exemption requested by the Washington State
Department of Agriculture. Further, numerous states that have
previously requested a specific exemption for use of pyridate on mint
to control various broadleaf weeds species may submit similar specific
exemption requests.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: April 28, 2017.
Michael Goodis,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2017-10748 Filed 5-22-17; 4:15 pm]
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