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Tolerances in connection with a
previous action have been established in
40 CFR 180.668(a). Effective March 1,
2018 to October 31, 2018.
EPA authorized the use of sulfoxaflor
on a maximum of 3,000,000 acres of
sorghum (grain and forage) to control
sugarcane aphid. A time-limited
tolerance in connection with this action
has been established in 40 CFR
180.668(b); Effective April 1, 2018 to
November 30, 2018.
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the use of pyridate on a maximum of
16,000 acres of mint for postemergence
control of herbicide-resistant annual
weeds such as redroot pigweed,
Amaranthus retroflexus and other
broadleaf weeds. Tolerances in
connection with an earlier registration
action are established in 40 CFR
180.462(a). Effective May 21, 2018 to
August 31, 2018.
Wyoming
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the use of the herbicide indaziflam on
a maximum of 300,000 acres of
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Reserve Program to control medusahead
and ventenata. Time-limited tolerances
in connection with this action will be
established in 40 CFR 180.653(b).
Effective September 14, 2017 to
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EPA did not authorize any emergency
exemptions to any Federal agencies
during the time period of October 1,
2017 to March 31, 2018.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: May 21, 2018.
Michael L. Goodis,
Director, Registration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9978–52—Region 9]
Public Water System Supervision
Program; Supplemental Primary
Enforcement Responsibility Approval
for the Navajo Nation
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notification of tentative
approval.
AGENCY:
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Notice is hereby given that
the Environmental Protection Agency
(‘‘EPA’’) has determined that the Navajo
Nation meets the requirements under
Section 1451 of the Safe Drinking Water
Act (‘‘SDWA’’) and the corresponding
regulations for the purpose of the
Navajo Nation being eligible to
administer its previously approved
Public Water System Supervision
(‘‘PWSS’’) Program under the SDWA in
an additional area of the Navajo
Reservation and for additional public
water systems on tribal trust land in the
Eastern Navajo Agency. Notice is also
hereby given that the EPA has
determined that the Navajo Nation has
met the requirements under the SDWA
regulations for primary enforcement
responsibility (‘‘primacy’’) and therefore
intends to approve the Navajo Nation’s
revision to its PWSS Program to include
the new area and water systems.
DATES: Requests for a public hearing
must be received on or before June 25,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Information relating to
EPA’s tribal eligibility and primacy
determinations are available for
inspection between the hours of 8:30
a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except official Federal and
Navajo holidays, at the following
offices: Navajo Nation Environmental
Protection Agency, PWSS Program, Old
Museum Building (Building W008–042
on the Fair Grounds), P.O. Box 339,
Window Rock, Arizona 86515; and EPA,
Region 9, Water Division, Drinking
Water Management Section (WTR–3–1),
75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco,
California 94105.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bessie Lee, EPA Region 9, Water
Division, Drinking Water Management
Section, at the address given above;
telephone number (415) 972–3776;
email address: lee.bessie@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background. On October 23, 2000, EPA
first determined that the Navajo Nation
had satisfied the requirements of
Section 1451 of the SDWA, 42 U.S.C.
300j–11, and EPA’s regulations, 40 CFR
142.72 through 142.78, and was
therefore eligible to obtain primacy for
its PWSS Program under Section 1413
of the SDWA, 42 U.S.C. 300g–2, and
EPA’s regulations, 40 CFR 142.10 and
142.11, for (a) all public water systems
within the boundaries of the formal
Navajo Reservation (except for the
systems located in the former Bennett
Freeze area and a small number of other
public water systems expressly
excluded from the eligibility
determination), (b) all public water
systems within the three formal Satellite
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Navajo Reservations of Alamo,
Canoncito, and Ramah, and (c) specific
identified public water systems on tribal
trust land in the Eastern Navajo Agency.
The Navajo Nation had omitted the
former Bennett Freeze area from its
initial PWSS Program application due to
ongoing litigation with the Hopi Tribe
regarding jurisdictional control of the
area. That litigation was resolved in
Honyoama v. Shirley, No. 2:74–CIV–842
(D. Ariz.) (Order and final judgment,
December 4, 2006, approving and
incorporating the terms of the Navajo
Nation-Hopi Tribe Intergovernmental
Compact and establishing that the
former Bennett Freeze lands are within
the exterior boundaries of the Navajo
Nation Reservation).
On December 4, 2014, the Navajo
Nation applied to supplement its
approved PWSS Program to cover the
additional area within the Western
Navajo Agency of the Navajo
Reservation (which covers the former
Bennett Freeze lands) and two water
systems located on tribal trust land
within the Eastern Navajo Agency that
had been excluded from the original
primacy eligibility determination
(namely, the Standing Rock Community
School-BIA and the Thoreau High
School water systems). The Navajo
Nation later requested that EPA not
make any determination in regard to the
Cameron Trading Post water system,
which is located on nonmember fee
land within the Western Navajo Agency,
and therefore EPA’s determinations do
not include this system.
On March 22, 2018, as outlined in its
decision document, EPA determined
that the Navajo Nation meets the
following requirements of Section 1451
of SDWA and 40 CFR 142.72 and 142.76
for purposes of eligibility to administer
supplemental primacy for the additional
area and water systems:
(a) The Indian Tribe is recognized by
the Secretary of the Interior.
(b) The Indian Tribe has a tribal
governing body which is currently
‘‘carrying out substantial governmental
duties and powers’’ over a defined area
(i.e., is currently performing
governmental functions to promote the
health, safety, and welfare of the
affected population within a defined
geographic area).
(c) The Indian Tribe demonstrates that
the functions to be performed in
regulating the public water systems that
the applicant intends to regulate are
within the area of the Indian Tribal
government’s jurisdiction.
(d) The Indian Tribe is reasonably
expected to be capable, in the
Administrator’s judgment, of
administering (in a manner consistent
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with the terms and purposes of the Act
and all applicable regulations) an
effective Public Water System program.
On May 31, 2018, EPA also
determined that the Tribe meets the
requirements for primacy under the
Section 1413 of SDWA and 40 CFR part
142, subpart B, for the additional area
and systems. In its original approval of
the Navajo Nation’s primacy program,
EPA had determined that the PWSS
Program met all of the requirements of
40 CFR 142.10 and 142.11 for primacy
for public water systems within the
Navajo Nation Reservation. Therefore,
EPA has determined that the Navajo
Nation’s previously approved PWSS
Program meets the requirements for
primacy under 40 CFR 142.10 and
142.11 with respect to the new area and
water systems. Upon the effective date
of the primacy approval, the Navajo
Nation will have 12 additional public
water systems subject to its jurisdiction.
In sum, EPA has concluded that:
1. The Navajo Nation meets the
requirements of Section 1451 of SDWA
and 40 CFR 142.72 through 142.78 and
is therefore eligible for primacy for the
additional area and water systems
included in EPA’s determinations, and
2. The Navajo Nation meets all of the
primacy requirements of 40 CFR 142.10
and 142.11 with respect to the
additional areas and water systems
included in EPA’s determinations.
Public Process. Under 40 CFR 142.13,
any interested person, other than a
federal agency, may request a public
hearing on these determinations. A
request for a public hearing must be
submitted by June 25, 2018, to the
Regional Administrator at the EPA
Region 9 address shown above. The
Regional Administrator may deny
frivolous or insubstantial requests for a
hearing. If a valid request for a public
hearing is made by June 25, 2018, EPA
Region 9 will hold a public hearing.
Any request for a public hearing shall
include the following information: 1.
The name, address, and telephone
number of the individual, organization,
or other entity requesting a hearing;
2. A brief statement of the requesting
person’s interest in the Regional
Administrator’s determinations and a
brief statement of the information that
the requesting person intends to submit
at such hearing; and 3. The signature of
the individual making the request, or, if
the request is made on behalf of an
organization or other entity, the
signature of a responsible official of the
organization or other entity.
Under 40 CFR 142.13(g), if EPA
Region 9 does not receive a timely and
appropriate request for a hearing and
the Regional Administrator does not
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elect to hold a hearing on his or her own
motion, these determinations shall
become final and effective on June 25,
2018, and no further public notice will
be issued. EPA Region 9 will provide
public notice of any public hearing held
pursuant to a request submitted by an
interested person or on EPA’s own
motion. If a public hearing is held, EPA
Region 9 will issue an order either
affirming or rescinding the
determination. If EPA Region 9 affirms
the determination, it will become
effective as of the date of the order. 40
CFR 142.13(f).
Authority: Sections 1413 and 1451 of the
Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, 42
U.S.C. 300g–2 and 311j–11; and 40 CFR
142.10, 142.11, 142.13, and 142.72 through
142.78
Dated: May 16, 2018.
Deborah Jordan,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA, Region
9.
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AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–1182 and EPA–HQ–
OAR–2007–1184; FRL9978–86–OAR]
Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request on Two
Proposed Information Collection
Requests
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is planning to submit the
two information collection requests
(ICRs) listed in this notice to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before
doing so, EPA is soliciting public
comments on specific aspects of the
proposed information collections as
described below. This is a proposed
extension of the two ICRs, which are
SUMMARY:
currently approved through July 31,
2018 and August 31, 2018, as specified
for each item in the text below. An
Agency may not conduct or sponsor and
a person is not required to respond to
a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before July 30, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing the Docket ID Numbers
specified under each item below, online
using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by email to a-and-rDocket@epa.gov or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460.
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: Ms.
Nydia Y. Reyes-Morales, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code
6405A, Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202–343–9264;
email address: reyes-morales.nydia@
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 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.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act, EPA is
soliciting comments and information to
enable it to: (i) Evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (ii) evaluate the
accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (iv) minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses. EPA will consider the
comments received and amend the ICR
as appropriate. The final ICR package
will then be submitted to OMB for
review and approval. At that time, EPA
will issue another Federal Register
notice to announce the submission of
the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to
submit additional comments to OMB.
ICR #1: ‘‘Emissions Certification and
Compliance Requirements for Nonroad
Compression-ignition Engines and Onhighway Heavy Duty Engines (Revision
to an existing package),’’ (EPA ICR No.
1684.20, OMB Control No. 2060–0287)
Docket ID Number: EPA–HQ–OAR–
2007–1182
Abstract: For this ICR, EPA is seeking
a revision to an existing package with a
three-year extension. The previous ICR
1684.18 covers certification and
compliance requirements for the
following industries: Nonroad (NR)
compression-ignition (CI) engines and
equipment, marine CI engines in
Categories 1 and 2; and heavy-duty (HD)
engines. In this revision, we are
incorporating the following ICRs into
ICR 1684.20, either in whole or in part
as shown in Table 1, to eliminate
redundancy and avoid duplication.
TABLE 1—LIST OF ICRS CONSOLIDATED INTO ICR 1684.20
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ICR information
Industries covered
Reason for consolidation
Control of Emissions from New Marine Compression-Ignition
Engines at or Above 30 Liters per Cylinder, EPA No.
2345.03; OMB No. 2060–0641; expiring March 31, 2020.
Engine Emission Defect Information Reports and Voluntary
Emission Recall Reports, EPA No. 0282.17; OMB No. 2060–
0048; expiring on November 30, 2020.
Emissions Certification and Compliance Requirements for Locomotives and Locomotive Engines, EPA No. 1800.07; OMB
No. 2060–0392; expiring July 31, 2018 (in process).
Category 3 Marine Engines .....
Categories 1 & 2 are already
included in 1684.
Incorporated in its entirety.
All heavy-duty, spark ignition
and compression ignition engines.
Locomotives, locomotive engines and remanufacturing
kits.
Defect reporting stems from
certification; same respondents as 1684.
Same programs as those already included in 1684.
Some of the same respondents.
Portion related to HD and NR
compression ignition industries only.
Incorporated in its entirety.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9978-52--Region 9]
Public Water System Supervision Program; Supplemental Primary
Enforcement Responsibility Approval for the Navajo Nation
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notification of tentative approval.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection
Agency (``EPA'') has determined that the Navajo Nation meets the
requirements under Section 1451 of the Safe Drinking Water Act
(``SDWA'') and the corresponding regulations for the purpose of the
Navajo Nation being eligible to administer its previously approved
Public Water System Supervision (``PWSS'') Program under the SDWA in an
additional area of the Navajo Reservation and for additional public
water systems on tribal trust land in the Eastern Navajo Agency. Notice
is also hereby given that the EPA has determined that the Navajo Nation
has met the requirements under the SDWA regulations for primary
enforcement responsibility (``primacy'') and therefore intends to
approve the Navajo Nation's revision to its PWSS Program to include the
new area and water systems.
DATES: Requests for a public hearing must be received on or before June
25, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Information relating to EPA's tribal eligibility and primacy
determinations are available for inspection between the hours of 8:30
a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except official Federal and
Navajo holidays, at the following offices: Navajo Nation Environmental
Protection Agency, PWSS Program, Old Museum Building (Building W008-042
on the Fair Grounds), P.O. Box 339, Window Rock, Arizona 86515; and
EPA, Region 9, Water Division, Drinking Water Management Section (WTR-
3-1), 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bessie Lee, EPA Region 9, Water
Division, Drinking Water Management Section, at the address given
above; telephone number (415) 972-3776; email address:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background. On October 23, 2000, EPA first
determined that the Navajo Nation had satisfied the requirements of
Section 1451 of the SDWA, 42 U.S.C. 300j-11, and EPA's regulations, 40
CFR 142.72 through 142.78, and was therefore eligible to obtain primacy
for its PWSS Program under Section 1413 of the SDWA, 42 U.S.C. 300g-2,
and EPA's regulations, 40 CFR 142.10 and 142.11, for (a) all public
water systems within the boundaries of the formal Navajo Reservation
(except for the systems located in the former Bennett Freeze area and a
small number of other public water systems expressly excluded from the
eligibility determination), (b) all public water systems within the
three formal Satellite Navajo Reservations of Alamo, Canoncito, and
Ramah, and (c) specific identified public water systems on tribal trust
land in the Eastern Navajo Agency. The Navajo Nation had omitted the
former Bennett Freeze area from its initial PWSS Program application
due to ongoing litigation with the Hopi Tribe regarding jurisdictional
control of the area. That litigation was resolved in Honyoama v.
Shirley, No. 2:74-CIV-842 (D. Ariz.) (Order and final judgment,
December 4, 2006, approving and incorporating the terms of the Navajo
Nation-Hopi Tribe Intergovernmental Compact and establishing that the
former Bennett Freeze lands are within the exterior boundaries of the
Navajo Nation Reservation).
On December 4, 2014, the Navajo Nation applied to supplement its
approved PWSS Program to cover the additional area within the Western
Navajo Agency of the Navajo Reservation (which covers the former
Bennett Freeze lands) and two water systems located on tribal trust
land within the Eastern Navajo Agency that had been excluded from the
original primacy eligibility determination (namely, the Standing Rock
Community School-BIA and the Thoreau High School water systems). The
Navajo Nation later requested that EPA not make any determination in
regard to the Cameron Trading Post water system, which is located on
nonmember fee land within the Western Navajo Agency, and therefore
EPA's determinations do not include this system.
On March 22, 2018, as outlined in its decision document, EPA
determined that the Navajo Nation meets the following requirements of
Section 1451 of SDWA and 40 CFR 142.72 and 142.76 for purposes of
eligibility to administer supplemental primacy for the additional area
and water systems:
(a) The Indian Tribe is recognized by the Secretary of the
Interior.
(b) The Indian Tribe has a tribal governing body which is currently
``carrying out substantial governmental duties and powers'' over a
defined area (i.e., is currently performing governmental functions to
promote the health, safety, and welfare of the affected population
within a defined geographic area).
(c) The Indian Tribe demonstrates that the functions to be
performed in regulating the public water systems that the applicant
intends to regulate are within the area of the Indian Tribal
government's jurisdiction.
(d) The Indian Tribe is reasonably expected to be capable, in the
Administrator's judgment, of administering (in a manner consistent with
the terms and purposes of the Act and all applicable regulations) an
effective Public Water System program.
On May 31, 2018, EPA also determined that the Tribe meets the
requirements for primacy under the Section 1413 of SDWA and 40 CFR part
142, subpart B, for the additional area and systems. In its original
approval of the Navajo Nation's primacy program, EPA had determined
that the PWSS Program met all of the requirements of 40 CFR 142.10 and
142.11 for primacy for public water systems within the Navajo Nation
Reservation. Therefore, EPA has determined that the Navajo Nation's
previously approved PWSS Program meets the requirements for primacy
under 40 CFR 142.10 and 142.11 with respect to the new area and water
systems. Upon the effective date of the primacy approval, the Navajo
Nation will have 12 additional public water systems subject to its
jurisdiction.
In sum, EPA has concluded that:
1. The Navajo Nation meets the requirements of Section 1451 of SDWA
and 40 CFR 142.72 through 142.78 and is therefore eligible for primacy
for the additional area and water systems included in EPA's
determinations, and
2. The Navajo Nation meets all of the primacy requirements of 40
CFR 142.10 and 142.11 with respect to the additional areas and water
systems included in EPA's determinations.
Public Process. Under 40 CFR 142.13, any interested person, other
than a federal agency, may request a public hearing on these
determinations. A request for a public hearing must be submitted by
June 25, 2018, to the Regional Administrator at the EPA Region 9
address shown above. The Regional Administrator may deny frivolous or
insubstantial requests for a hearing. If a valid request for a public
hearing is made by June 25, 2018, EPA Region 9 will hold a public
hearing. Any request for a public hearing shall include the following
information: 1. The name, address, and telephone number of the
individual, organization, or other entity requesting a hearing;
2. A brief statement of the requesting person's interest in the
Regional Administrator's determinations and a brief statement of the
information that the requesting person intends to submit at such
hearing; and 3. The signature of the individual making the request, or,
if the request is made on behalf of an organization or other entity,
the signature of a responsible official of the organization or other
entity.
Under 40 CFR 142.13(g), if EPA Region 9 does not receive a timely
and appropriate request for a hearing and the Regional Administrator
does not
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elect to hold a hearing on his or her own motion, these determinations
shall become final and effective on June 25, 2018, and no further
public notice will be issued. EPA Region 9 will provide public notice
of any public hearing held pursuant to a request submitted by an
interested person or on EPA's own motion. If a public hearing is held,
EPA Region 9 will issue an order either affirming or rescinding the
determination. If EPA Region 9 affirms the determination, it will
become effective as of the date of the order. 40 CFR 142.13(f).
Authority: Sections 1413 and 1451 of the Safe Drinking Water
Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 300g-2 and 311j-11; and 40 CFR 142.10,
142.11, 142.13, and 142.72 through 142.78
Dated: May 16, 2018.
Deborah Jordan,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA, Region 9.
[FR Doc. 2018-11320 Filed 5-30-18; 8:45 am]
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