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Kimberly D. Bose,
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9971–91–OCSPP]
Production of Confidential Business
Information in Pending Litigation;
Transfer of Information Claimed or
Determined to Potentially Contain
Confidential Business Information to
the United States Department of
Justice and Parties to Certain
Litigation
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (‘‘EPA’’) is providing notice, of
disclosure of potential confidential
business information in litigation.
DATES: Access by U.S. Department of
Justice (‘‘DOJ’’) and the parties to
litigation to material, including CBI,
discussed in this Notice, is ongoing and
expected to continue during the
litigation discussed in this Notice.
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: This
notice is being provided, pursuant to 40
CFR 2.209(d), to inform affected
businesses that the EPA, via the DOJ,
has recently disclosed documents to the
parties and the Court in the matter of
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National Family Farm Coalition, et al. v.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
and Scott Pruitt, Case No. 17–70196 (9th
Cir.) (the ‘‘Dicamba Litigation’’), and in
the consolidated matters of National
Family Farm Coalition, et al. v. U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency and
Scott Pruitt, Case No. 17–70810 (9th
Cir.) and Natural Resources Defense
Council v. Scott Pruitt and U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Case
No. 17–70817 (9th Cir.) (the ‘‘Enlist Duo
Litigation’’), that have been submitted to
EPA by pesticide registrants or other
data-submitters and that have been
claimed to be, or have been determined
to potentially contain, confidential
business information (collectively
‘‘CBI’’).
In the ‘‘Dicamba Litigation,’’
Petitioners seek judicial review of EPA’s
order granting a conditional pesticide
registration under the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (‘‘FIFRA’’) for the new uses of the
herbicide dicamba on genetically
engineered cotton and soybean. In the
‘‘Enlist Duo Litigation,’’ Petitioners seek
judicial review of EPA’s order granting
a conditional pesticide registration
under FIFRA of the herbicide ‘‘Enlist
Duo,’’ containing the active ingredients
2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid choline
salt (‘‘2,4-D’’) and glyphosate
dimethylammonium salt (‘‘glyphosate’’).
The documents are being produced as
part of the Administrative Records of
the decisions at issue and include
documents that registrants or other datasubmitters may have submitted to EPA
regarding the pesticides dicamba, 2,4-D,
and/or glyphosate, and that may be
subject to various release restrictions
under federal law. The information
includes documents submitted with
pesticide registration applications and
may include CBI as well as scientific
studies subject to the disclosure
restrictions of section 10(g) of FIFRA, 7
U.S.C. 136h(d).
All documents that may be subject to
release restrictions under federal law are
designated as ‘‘Confidential or
Restricted Information’’ under
Protective Orders that the Court entered
on November 8, 2017 in both cases (Dkt.
61–2 in the Dicamba Litigation; Dkt.
55–2 in the Enlist Duo Litigation). The
Protective Orders preclude public
disclosure of any such documents by
the parties in this action who have
received the information from EPA,
unless a party successfully obtains a dedesignation as Confidential or Restricted
Information of any portion of the
Administrative Record via the
procedure described in paragraph 6 of
the Protective Orders, and limits the use
of such documents to litigation
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purposes only. Further, paragraph 6(h)
of the Protective Orders states: ‘‘At any
time, the court may de-designate any
portion of the administrative record
without advanced notice to the parties.’’
If filed with the Court, such documents
would be filed under seal and would
not be available for public review,
unless the information contained in the
document has been determined to not
be subject to section 10(g) of FIFRA and
all CBI has been redacted. At the
conclusion of the litigation, the
Protective Orders require that record
material EPA designates as
‘‘Confidential or Restricted Information’’
be destroyed or returned to EPA.
Dated: December 7, 2017.
Michael L. Goodis,
Director, Registration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2017–27814 Filed 12–22–17; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9970–72–OEI]
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting:
Authorized Program Revision
Approval, State of New Mexico
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces EPA’s
approval of the State of New Mexico’s
request to revise/modify certain of its
EPA-authorized programs to allow
electronic reporting.
DATES: EPA approves of State of New
Mexico’s authorized program revisions/
modifications as of December 26, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Seeh, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of
Environmental Information, Mail Stop
2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–1175,
seeh.karen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media
Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR)
was published in the Federal Register
(70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of
title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR
establishes electronic reporting as an
acceptable regulatory alternative to
paper reporting and establishes
requirements to assure that electronic
documents are as legally dependable as
their paper counterparts. Subpart D of
CROMERR requires that state, tribal or
local government agencies that receive,
or wish to begin receiving, electronic
reports under their EPA-authorized
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programs must apply to EPA for a
revision or modification of those
programs and obtain EPA approval.
Subpart D provides standards for such
approvals based on consideration of the
electronic document receiving systems
that the state, tribe, or local government
will use to implement the electronic
reporting. Additionally, § 3.1000(b)
through (e) of 40 CFR part 3, subpart D
provides special procedures for program
revisions and modifications to allow
electronic reporting, to be used at the
option of the state, tribe or local
government in place of procedures
available under existing programspecific authorization regulations. An
application submitted under the subpart
D procedures must show that the state,
tribe or local government has sufficient
legal authority to implement the
electronic reporting components of the
programs covered by the application
and will use electronic document
receiving systems that meet the
applicable subpart D requirements.
On November 3, 2017, the New
Mexico Environment Department
(NMED) submitted an application titled
‘‘Secure Extranet Portal’’ for revisions/
modifications to its EPA-approved
programs under title 40 CFR to allow
new electronic reporting. EPA reviewed
NMED’s request to revise/modify its
EPA-authorized programs and, based on
this review, EPA determined that the
application met the standards for
approval of authorized program
revisions/modifications set out in 40
CFR part 3, subpart D. In accordance
with 40 CFR 3.1000(d), this notice of
EPA’s decision to approve New
Mexico’s request to revise/modify its
following EPA-authorized programs to
allow electronic reporting under 40 CFR
parts 50–52, 60, 61, 63–65, and 70 is
being published in the Federal Register:
Part 52—Approval and Promulgation
of Implementation Plans;
Part 60—Standards of Performance for
New Stationary Sources;
Part 63—National Emission Standards
for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source
Categories; and
Part 70—State Operating Permit
Programs.
NMED was notified of EPA’s
determination to approve its application
with respect to the authorized programs
listed above.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0466; FRL–9971–10]
Product Cancellation Order for Certain
Pesticide Registrations and
Amendments To Terminate Uses
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
This notice announces EPA’s
order for the cancellations and
amendments to terminate uses,
voluntarily requested by the registrants
and accepted by the Agency, of the
products listed in Table 1A, Table 1B
and Table 2 of Unit II, pursuant to the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This
cancellation order follows an October 3,
2017 Federal Register Notice of Receipt
of Requests from the registrants listed in
Table 3 of Unit II to voluntarily cancel
and amend to terminate uses of these
product registrations. The cancellations
of products listed in Table 1B would
terminate the last Spirodiclofen
products registered for use in the United
States. In the October 3, 2017 notice,
EPA indicated that it would issue an
order implementing the cancellations
and amendments to terminate uses,
unless the Agency received substantive
comments within the 30-day comment
period that would merit its further
review of these requests, or unless the
registrants withdrew their requests. The
Agency received 5 comments on the
notice but none merited its further
review of the requests. Further, the
registrants did not withdraw their
requests. Accordingly, EPA hereby
issues in this notice a cancellation order
granting the requested cancellations and
amendments to terminate uses. Any
distribution, sale, or use of the products
subject to this cancellation order is
permitted only in accordance with the
terms of this order, including any
existing stocks provisions.
SUMMARY:
The cancellations and
amendments are applicable December
26, 2017.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
[FR Doc. 2017–27770 Filed 12–22–17; 8:45 am]
Christopher Green, Information
Technology and Resources Management
Division (7502P), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone
number: (703) 347–0367; email address:
green.christopher@epa.gov.
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Matthew Leopard,
Director, Office of Information Management.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9971-91-OCSPP]
Production of Confidential Business Information in Pending
Litigation; Transfer of Information Claimed or Determined to
Potentially Contain Confidential Business Information to the United
States Department of Justice and Parties to Certain Litigation
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') is providing
notice, of disclosure of potential confidential business information in
litigation.
DATES: Access by U.S. Department of Justice (``DOJ'') and the parties
to litigation to material, including CBI, discussed in this Notice, is
ongoing and expected to continue during the litigation discussed in
this Notice.
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:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is being provided, pursuant to
40 CFR 2.209(d), to inform affected businesses that the EPA, via the
DOJ, has recently disclosed documents to the parties and the Court in
the matter of National Family Farm Coalition, et al. v. U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency and Scott Pruitt, Case No. 17-70196
(9th Cir.) (the ``Dicamba Litigation''), and in the consolidated
matters of National Family Farm Coalition, et al. v. U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency and Scott Pruitt, Case No. 17-70810 (9th Cir.) and
Natural Resources Defense Council v. Scott Pruitt and U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Case No. 17-70817 (9th Cir.) (the
``Enlist Duo Litigation''), that have been submitted to EPA by
pesticide registrants or other data-submitters and that have been
claimed to be, or have been determined to potentially contain,
confidential business information (collectively ``CBI'').
In the ``Dicamba Litigation,'' Petitioners seek judicial review of
EPA's order granting a conditional pesticide registration under the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (``FIFRA'') for the
new uses of the herbicide dicamba on genetically engineered cotton and
soybean. In the ``Enlist Duo Litigation,'' Petitioners seek judicial
review of EPA's order granting a conditional pesticide registration
under FIFRA of the herbicide ``Enlist Duo,'' containing the active
ingredients 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid choline salt (``2,4-D'') and
glyphosate dimethylammonium salt (``glyphosate'').
The documents are being produced as part of the Administrative
Records of the decisions at issue and include documents that
registrants or other data-submitters may have submitted to EPA
regarding the pesticides dicamba, 2,4-D, and/or glyphosate, and that
may be subject to various release restrictions under federal law. The
information includes documents submitted with pesticide registration
applications and may include CBI as well as scientific studies subject
to the disclosure restrictions of section 10(g) of FIFRA, 7 U.S.C.
136h(d).
All documents that may be subject to release restrictions under
federal law are designated as ``Confidential or Restricted
Information'' under Protective Orders that the Court entered on
November 8, 2017 in both cases (Dkt. 61-2 in the Dicamba Litigation;
Dkt. 55-2 in the Enlist Duo Litigation). The Protective Orders preclude
public disclosure of any such documents by the parties in this action
who have received the information from EPA, unless a party successfully
obtains a de-designation as Confidential or Restricted Information of
any portion of the Administrative Record via the procedure described in
paragraph 6 of the Protective Orders, and limits the use of such
documents to litigation
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purposes only. Further, paragraph 6(h) of the Protective Orders states:
``At any time, the court may de-designate any portion of the
administrative record without advanced notice to the parties.'' If
filed with the Court, such documents would be filed under seal and
would not be available for public review, unless the information
contained in the document has been determined to not be subject to
section 10(g) of FIFRA and all CBI has been redacted. At the conclusion
of the litigation, the Protective Orders require that record material
EPA designates as ``Confidential or Restricted Information'' be
destroyed or returned to EPA.
Dated: December 7, 2017.
Michael L. Goodis,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2017-27814 Filed 12-22-17; 8:45 am]
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