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TABLE 3—REGISTRANTS REQUESTING VOLUNTARY CANCELLATION AND/OR AMENDMENTS—Continued
EPA Company
No.
59639
65331
66222
66330
70506
71512
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Company name and address
Valent U.S.A. LLC, 1600 Riviera Avenue, Suite 200, Walnut Creek, CA 94596–8025.
Merial, Inc., 3239 Satellite Blvd., Duluth, GA 30096.
Makhteshim Agan of North America, Inc., D/B/A Adama, 3120 Highwoods Blvd., Suite 100, Raleigh, NC 27604.
Arysta LifeScience North America, LLC, 15401 Weston Parkway, Suite 150, Cary, NC 27513.
United Phosphorus, Inc., 630 Freedom Business Center, Suite 402, King of Prussia, PA 19406.
ISK Biosciences Corporation, 7470 Auburn Road, Suite A, Concord, OH 44077.
III. What is the agency’s authority for
taking this action?
Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA (7 U.S.C.
136d(f)(1)) provides that a registrant of
a pesticide product may at any time
request that any of its pesticide
registrations be canceled or amended to
terminate one or more uses. FIFRA
further provides that, before acting on
the request, EPA must publish a notice
of receipt of any such request in the
Federal Register.
Section 6(f)(1)(B) of FIFRA (7 U.S.C.
136d(f)(1)(B)) requires that before acting
on a request for voluntary cancellation,
EPA must provide a 30-day public
comment period on the request for
voluntary cancellation or use
termination. In addition, FIFRA section
6(f)(1)(C) (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)(C))
requires that EPA provide a 180-day
comment period on a request for
voluntary cancellation or termination of
any minor agricultural use before
granting the request, unless:
1. The registrants request a waiver of
the comment period, or
2. The EPA Administrator determines
that continued use of the pesticide
would pose an unreasonable adverse
effect on the environment.
The registrants listed in Table 3 of
Unit II have requested that EPA waive
the 180-day comment period.
Accordingly, EPA will provide a 30-day
comment period on the proposed
requests.
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IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of
Request
Registrants who choose to withdraw a
request for product cancellation or use
termination should submit the
withdrawal in writing to the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. If the products have been
subject to a previous cancellation or
termination action, the effective date of
cancellation or termination and all other
provisions of any earlier cancellation or
termination action are controlling.
V. Provisions for Disposition of Existing
Stocks
Existing stocks are those stocks of
registered pesticide products that are
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currently in the United States and that
were packaged, labeled, and released for
shipment prior to the effective date of
the cancellation action.
In any order issued in response to
these requests for cancellation of
product registrations and for
amendments to terminate uses, EPA
proposes to include the following
provisions for the treatment of any
existing stocks of the products listed in
Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II.
A. For Product 432–1578
The registrant has requested to the
Agency via letter dated November 14,
2017 to sell existing stocks for an 18month period, until June 2019, for
product 432–1578.
B. For Products 2217–759, 2217–766,
2217–767, 2217–768 & 2217–802
The registrant has requested to the
Agency via letter, to sell existing stocks
for a 2-year period for products 2217–
759, 2217–766, 2217–767, 2217–768 &
2217–802.
C. For Products 66330–24, 66330–26,
66330–27, 66330–209, 66330–235,
66330–238, & 66330–239
The registrant has requested to the
Agency via letter, to sell existing stocks
for an 18-month period for products
66330–24, 66330–26, 66330–27, 66330–
209, 66330–235, 66330–238, & 66330–
239.
For all other voluntary product
cancellations, identified in Table 1 of
Unit II, registrants will be permitted to
sell and distribute existing stocks of
voluntarily canceled products for 1 year
after the effective date of the
cancellation, which will be the date of
publication of the cancellation order in
the Federal Register. Thereafter,
registrants will be prohibited from
selling or distributing the products
identified in Table 1 of Unit II, except
for export consistent with FIFRA section
17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) or for proper
disposal.
Once EPA has approved product
labels reflecting the requested
amendments to terminate uses,
identified in Table 2 of Unit II,
registrants will be permitted to sell or
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distribute products under the previously
approved labeling for a period of 18
months after the date of Federal
Register publication of the cancellation
order, unless other restrictions have
been imposed. Thereafter, registrants
will be prohibited from selling or
distributing the products whose labels
include the terminated uses identified
in Table 2 of Unit II, except for export
consistent with FIFRA section 17 or for
proper disposal.
Persons other than the registrant may
sell, distribute, or use existing stocks of
canceled products and products whose
labels include the terminated uses until
supplies are exhausted, provided that
such sale, distribution, or use is
consistent with the terms of the
previously approved labeling on, or that
accompanied, the canceled products
and terminated uses.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: September 19, 2018.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and
Resources Management Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL_9985–54–OLEM]
The Hazardous Waste Electronic
Manifest System Advisory Board:
Request for Nominations
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Request for nominations.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) invites
nominations of qualified candidates for
possible consideration for a three-year
appointment on the Hazardous Waste
Electronic Manifest System Advisory
Board (the ‘‘Board’’).
Pursuant to the Hazardous Waste
Electronic Manifest Establishment Act
(the ‘‘e-Manifest Act’’ or the ‘‘Act’’),
EPA has established the Board to
provide practical and independent
SUMMARY:
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advice, consultation, and
recommendations to the EPA
Administrator on the activities,
functions, policies and regulations
associated with the Hazardous Waste
Electronic Manifest (e-Manifest) System.
In accordance, with the e-Manifest Act,
the EPA Administrator or designee will
serve as Chair of the Board. This notice
solicits nominations for possible
consideration for candidates to
potentially serve in the following
positions on the Board: An expert in
information technology (IT); An
industry representative member with
experience in using or representing
users of the manifest system; and a state
representative member responsible for
processing manifests.
DATES: Nominations should be received
on or before November 16, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be
submitted via email to Fred Jenkins, the
Designated Federal Officer (DFO) of the
e-Manifest Advisory at jenkins.fred@
epa.gov, and identified with ‘‘BOARD
NOMINATION’’ in the subject line of
the email.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred
Jenkins, Designated Federal Officer
(DFO), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Resource
Conservation and Recovery, (MC:
5303P), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20460, Phone: 703–
308–7049; or by email: jenkins.fred@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June
30, 2018, EPA established a national
system for tracking hazardous waste
shipments electronically. This system,
known as ‘‘e-Manifest,’’ is modernizing
the nation’s cradle-to-grave hazardous
waste tracking process while saving
valuable time, resources, and dollars for
industry and states.
EPA established the e-Manifest
system according to the Hazardous
Waste Electronic Manifest
Establishment Act, enacted into law on
October 5, 2012. The ‘‘e-Manifest Act’’
authorizes the EPA to implement a
national electronic manifest system and
requires that the costs of developing and
operating the new e-Manifest system be
recovered from user fees charged to
those who use hazardous waste
manifests to track off-site shipments of
their wastes.
This system enables users of the
uniform hazardous waste manifest
forms (EPA Form 8700–22 and
Continuation Sheet 8700–22A) to have
the option to more efficiently track their
hazardous waste shipments
electronically, in lieu of the paper
manifest, from the point of generation,
during transportation, and to the point
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of receipt by an off-site facility that is
permitted to treat, store, or dispose of
the hazardous waste. Electronic
manifests obtained from the national
system will augment or replace the
paper forms that are currently used for
this purpose, and that result in
substantial paperwork costs and other
inefficiencies. Congress intended that
EPA develop a system that, among other
things, meets the needs of the user
community and decreases the
administrative burden associated with
the traditional paper-based manifest
system on the user community. The
EPA estimates e-Manifest will
ultimately reduce the burden associated
with preparing shipping manifests
between 300,000 and 700,000 hours,
saving state and industry users, on
average, an annualized $65 million per
year over the first six years of system
operation, and more than $90 million
once electronic manifests have been
widely adopted. The system also serves
as a national reporting hub and database
for all manifests and shipment data. To
ensure that these goals are met, the Act
directs EPA to establish a Board to
assess the effectiveness of the electronic
manifest system and make
recommendations to the Administrator
for improving the system.
In addition, the e-Manifest Act directs
EPA to develop a system that attracts
sufficient user participation and service
revenues to ensure the viability of the
system. As a result, the Act provides
EPA broad discretion to establish
reasonable user fees, as the
Administrator determines are necessary,
to pay costs incurred in developing,
operating, maintaining, and upgrading
the system, including any costs incurred
in collecting and processing data from
any paper manifest submitted to the
system. In January 2018, EPA published
its final methodology for setting user
fees based on the costs of processing
manifests and, in June 2018, the Agency
released its user fees effective for the
period between June 30, 2018, and
September 30, 2019.
e-Manifest aligns with the Agency’s EEnterprise business strategy. EEnterprise for the Environment is a
transformative 21st century strategy—
jointly governed by states and EPA—for
modernizing government agencies’
delivery of environmental protection.
Under this strategy, the Agency will
streamline its business processes and
systems to reduce reporting burden on
states and regulated facilities, and
improve the effectiveness and efficiency
of regulatory programs for EPA, states,
and tribes.
EPA has established the Board in
accordance with the provisions of the e-
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Manifest Act and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App.2.
The Board is in the public interest and
supports EPA in performing its duties
and responsibilities. Pursuant to the eManifest Act the Board is comprised of
nine members, of which one member is
the Administrator (or a designee), who
serves as Chairperson of the Board, and
eight members are individuals
appointed by the EPA Administrator:
• At least two of whom have
expertise in information technology (IT);
• At least three of whom have
experience in using, or represent users
of, the manifest system to track the
transportation of hazardous waste under
federal and state manifest programs;
and;
• At least three state representatives
responsible for processing those
manifests.
The Board will meet publicly at least
annually to provide recommendations
on matters related to the operational
activities, functions, policies, and/or
regulations of the EPA under the eManifest Act.
Member Nominations: Pursuant to the
e-Manifest Act, the Board assists the
Agency in evaluating the effectiveness
of the e-Manifest IT system and
associated user fees; identifying key
issues associated with the system,
including the need (and timing) for user
fee adjustments; recommending system
enhancements; and providing
independent advice on matters and
policies related to the e-Manifest
program. The e-Manifest Board provides
recommendations on matters related to
the operational activities, functions,
policies, and regulations of the EPA
under the e-Manifest Act, including
proposing actions to encourage the use
of the electronic (paperless) system, and
actions related to the E-Enterprise
strategy that intersect with e-Manifest.
These intersections may include issues
such as business-to-business
communications, performance
standards for mobile devices, and Cross
Media Electronic Reporting Rule
(CROMERR) compliant e-signatures.
Any interested person and/or
organization may nominate qualified
individuals for membership. EPA values
and welcomes diversity. To obtain
nominations of diverse candidates, the
Agency encourages nominations of
women and men of all racial and ethnic
groups. All nominations will be
considered; however, applicants need to
be aware of the representation from
specific sectors required by the eManifest Act. Further, state and
industry nominees should have a
comprehensive knowledge of hazardous
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waste generation, transportation,
treatment, storage, and disposal under
RCRA Subtitle C at the federal, state,
and local levels.
Nominees who represent states
should have comprehensive knowledge
of state programs that used manifest
data prior to the initiation of the federal
electronic manifest, such as in-state
programs and/or in-state tracking
systems/databases. Nominees who
represent industry should have strong
knowledge of existing industry systems/
devices/approaches and business
operations to provide valuable input on
e-Manifest integration into current
industry data systems. IT nominees
should have core competencies and
experience in large-scale systems and
application development and
integration, deployment and
maintenance, user help desk and
support, and expertise relevant to
support the complexity of an electronic
manifest system. Examples of this
expertise may include but are not
limited to: Expertise with web-based
and mobile technologies, particularly
that support large-scale operations for
geographically diverse users; expertise
in IT security, including perspective on
federal IT security requirements;
expertise in electronic signature and
user management approaches; expertise
with scalable hosting solutions such as
cloud-based hosting; and expertise in
user experience. Existing knowledge of,
or willingness to gain an understanding
of, EPA shared services and enterprise
architecture is a plus. Another plus for
any nominee is experience in setting
and/or managing fee-based systems in
general.
Additional criteria used to evaluate
nominees will include:
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and
written communication skills;
• Demonstrated experience
developing group recommendations;
• Willingness to commit time to the
Board and demonstrated ability to work
constructively on committees;
• Absence of financial conflicts of
interest;
• Impartiality (including the
appearance of a lack of impartiality);
and
• Background and experiences that
would help contribute to the diversity of
perspectives on the Board, e.g.,
geographic, economic, social, cultural,
educational backgrounds, professional
affiliations and other considerations.
Nominations must include a resume,
which provides the nominee’s
background, experience and educational
qualifications, as well as a brief
statement (one page or less) describing
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Board and addressing the other criteria
previously described. Nominees are
encouraged to provide any additional
information that they believe would be
useful for consideration, such as:
availability to participate as a member
of the Board; how the nominee’s
background, skills and experience
would contribute to the diversity of the
Board; and any concerns the nominee
has regarding membership. Nominees
should provide their name, occupation,
position, current business address,
email, and telephone number in the
application.
Moreover, in accordance with the
EPA Administrator’s Directive issued on
October 31, 2017, please describe any
involvement you have with the Agency
through EPA grant funded projects
which you (nominee/applicant) are
currently serving as the principal
investigator (PI) or co-investigator (COI).
The Agency recognizes that different
variables may factor into this criterion
and as a result will evaluate each
situation on a case by case basis.
In addition to a statement regarding
grant funded projects, the nominee/
applicant should include previous
employment and/or current contracting
sources with the Agency. To help the
Agency in evaluating the effectiveness
of its outreach efforts, also tell us how
you learned of this opportunity in your
statement of interest (cover letter).
Interested candidates may selfnominate. The Agency will
acknowledge receipt of nominations.
Persons selected for membership will
receive compensation for travel and a
nominal daily compensation (if
appropriate) while attending meetings.
Additionally, candidates selected to
serve as Information Technology (IT)
‘‘Expert’’ Members will be designated as
Special Government Employees (SGEs)
or consultants. Candidates designated as
SGEs will be required to fill out the
‘‘Confidential Financial Disclosure
Form for Environmental Protection
Agency Special Government
Employees’’ (EPA Form 3310–48). This
confidential form provides information
to EPA ethics officials to determine
whether there is a conflict between the
SGE’s public duties and their private
interests, including an appearance of a
loss of impartiality as defined by federal
laws and regulations. One example of a
potential conflict of interest may be for
IT professional(s) serving in an
organization that is awarded any related
e-Manifest system development
contract(s).
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Dated: October 4, 2018.
Barnes Johnson,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and
Recovery, Office of Land and Emergency
Management.
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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2018–0651; FRL–9983–90]
Receipt of Requests To Voluntarily
Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is issuing
a notice of receipt of requests by
registrants to voluntarily cancel certain
pesticide registrations. EPA intends to
grant these requests at the close of the
comment period for this announcement
unless the Agency receives substantive
comments within the comment period
that would merit its further review of
the requests, or unless the registrants
withdraw its requests. If these requests
are granted, any sale, distribution, or
use of products listed in this notice will
be permitted after the registrations have
been cancelled only if such sale,
distribution, or use is consistent with
the terms as described in the final order.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before April 15, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2018–0651, 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.
Submit written withdrawal request by
mail to: Information Technology and
Resources Management Division
(7502P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460–0001. ATTN: Christopher Green.
• 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.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL_9985-54-OLEM]
The Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Advisory Board:
Request for Nominations
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Request for nominations.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites
nominations of qualified candidates for possible consideration for a
three-year appointment on the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest
System Advisory Board (the ``Board'').
Pursuant to the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment
Act (the ``e-Manifest Act'' or the ``Act''), EPA has established the
Board to provide practical and independent
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advice, consultation, and recommendations to the EPA Administrator on
the activities, functions, policies and regulations associated with the
Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest (e-Manifest) System. In accordance,
with the e-Manifest Act, the EPA Administrator or designee will serve
as Chair of the Board. This notice solicits nominations for possible
consideration for candidates to potentially serve in the following
positions on the Board: An expert in information technology (IT); An
industry representative member with experience in using or representing
users of the manifest system; and a state representative member
responsible for processing manifests.
DATES: Nominations should be received on or before November 16, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be submitted via email to Fred Jenkins,
the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) of the e-Manifest Advisory at
[email protected], and identified with ``BOARD NOMINATION'' in the
subject line of the email.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Jenkins, Designated Federal
Officer (DFO), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Resource
Conservation and Recovery, (MC: 5303P), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20460, Phone: 703-308-7049; or by email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 30, 2018, EPA established a national
system for tracking hazardous waste shipments electronically. This
system, known as ``e-Manifest,'' is modernizing the nation's cradle-to-
grave hazardous waste tracking process while saving valuable time,
resources, and dollars for industry and states.
EPA established the e-Manifest system according to the Hazardous
Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act, enacted into law on
October 5, 2012. The ``e-Manifest Act'' authorizes the EPA to implement
a national electronic manifest system and requires that the costs of
developing and operating the new e-Manifest system be recovered from
user fees charged to those who use hazardous waste manifests to track
off-site shipments of their wastes.
This system enables users of the uniform hazardous waste manifest
forms (EPA Form 8700-22 and Continuation Sheet 8700-22A) to have the
option to more efficiently track their hazardous waste shipments
electronically, in lieu of the paper manifest, from the point of
generation, during transportation, and to the point of receipt by an
off-site facility that is permitted to treat, store, or dispose of the
hazardous waste. Electronic manifests obtained from the national system
will augment or replace the paper forms that are currently used for
this purpose, and that result in substantial paperwork costs and other
inefficiencies. Congress intended that EPA develop a system that, among
other things, meets the needs of the user community and decreases the
administrative burden associated with the traditional paper-based
manifest system on the user community. The EPA estimates e-Manifest
will ultimately reduce the burden associated with preparing shipping
manifests between 300,000 and 700,000 hours, saving state and industry
users, on average, an annualized $65 million per year over the first
six years of system operation, and more than $90 million once
electronic manifests have been widely adopted. The system also serves
as a national reporting hub and database for all manifests and shipment
data. To ensure that these goals are met, the Act directs EPA to
establish a Board to assess the effectiveness of the electronic
manifest system and make recommendations to the Administrator for
improving the system.
In addition, the e-Manifest Act directs EPA to develop a system
that attracts sufficient user participation and service revenues to
ensure the viability of the system. As a result, the Act provides EPA
broad discretion to establish reasonable user fees, as the
Administrator determines are necessary, to pay costs incurred in
developing, operating, maintaining, and upgrading the system, including
any costs incurred in collecting and processing data from any paper
manifest submitted to the system. In January 2018, EPA published its
final methodology for setting user fees based on the costs of
processing manifests and, in June 2018, the Agency released its user
fees effective for the period between June 30, 2018, and September 30,
2019.
e-Manifest aligns with the Agency's E-Enterprise business strategy.
E-Enterprise for the Environment is a transformative 21st century
strategy--jointly governed by states and EPA--for modernizing
government agencies' delivery of environmental protection. Under this
strategy, the Agency will streamline its business processes and systems
to reduce reporting burden on states and regulated facilities, and
improve the effectiveness and efficiency of regulatory programs for
EPA, states, and tribes.
EPA has established the Board in accordance with the provisions of
the e-Manifest Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5
U.S.C. App.2. The Board is in the public interest and supports EPA in
performing its duties and responsibilities. Pursuant to the e-Manifest
Act the Board is comprised of nine members, of which one member is the
Administrator (or a designee), who serves as Chairperson of the Board,
and eight members are individuals appointed by the EPA Administrator:
At least two of whom have expertise in information
technology (IT);
At least three of whom have experience in using, or
represent users of, the manifest system to track the transportation of
hazardous waste under federal and state manifest programs; and;
At least three state representatives responsible for
processing those manifests.
The Board will meet publicly at least annually to provide
recommendations on matters related to the operational activities,
functions, policies, and/or regulations of the EPA under the e-Manifest
Act.
Member Nominations: Pursuant to the e-Manifest Act, the Board
assists the Agency in evaluating the effectiveness of the e-Manifest IT
system and associated user fees; identifying key issues associated with
the system, including the need (and timing) for user fee adjustments;
recommending system enhancements; and providing independent advice on
matters and policies related to the e-Manifest program. The e-Manifest
Board provides recommendations on matters related to the operational
activities, functions, policies, and regulations of the EPA under the
e-Manifest Act, including proposing actions to encourage the use of the
electronic (paperless) system, and actions related to the E-Enterprise
strategy that intersect with e-Manifest. These intersections may
include issues such as business-to-business communications, performance
standards for mobile devices, and Cross Media Electronic Reporting Rule
(CROMERR) compliant e-signatures. Any interested person and/or
organization may nominate qualified individuals for membership. EPA
values and welcomes diversity. To obtain nominations of diverse
candidates, the Agency encourages nominations of women and men of all
racial and ethnic groups. All nominations will be considered; however,
applicants need to be aware of the representation from specific sectors
required by the e-Manifest Act. Further, state and industry nominees
should have a comprehensive knowledge of hazardous
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waste generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal
under RCRA Subtitle C at the federal, state, and local levels.
Nominees who represent states should have comprehensive knowledge
of state programs that used manifest data prior to the initiation of
the federal electronic manifest, such as in-state programs and/or in-
state tracking systems/databases. Nominees who represent industry
should have strong knowledge of existing industry systems/devices/
approaches and business operations to provide valuable input on e-
Manifest integration into current industry data systems. IT nominees
should have core competencies and experience in large-scale systems and
application development and integration, deployment and maintenance,
user help desk and support, and expertise relevant to support the
complexity of an electronic manifest system. Examples of this expertise
may include but are not limited to: Expertise with web-based and mobile
technologies, particularly that support large-scale operations for
geographically diverse users; expertise in IT security, including
perspective on federal IT security requirements; expertise in
electronic signature and user management approaches; expertise with
scalable hosting solutions such as cloud-based hosting; and expertise
in user experience. Existing knowledge of, or willingness to gain an
understanding of, EPA shared services and enterprise architecture is a
plus. Another plus for any nominee is experience in setting and/or
managing fee-based systems in general.
Additional criteria used to evaluate nominees will include:
Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication
skills;
Demonstrated experience developing group recommendations;
Willingness to commit time to the Board and demonstrated
ability to work constructively on committees;
Absence of financial conflicts of interest;
Impartiality (including the appearance of a lack of
impartiality); and
Background and experiences that would help contribute to
the diversity of perspectives on the Board, e.g., geographic, economic,
social, cultural, educational backgrounds, professional affiliations
and other considerations.
Nominations must include a resume, which provides the nominee's
background, experience and educational qualifications, as well as a
brief statement (one page or less) describing the nominee's interest in
serving on the Board and addressing the other criteria previously
described. Nominees are encouraged to provide any additional
information that they believe would be useful for consideration, such
as: availability to participate as a member of the Board; how the
nominee's background, skills and experience would contribute to the
diversity of the Board; and any concerns the nominee has regarding
membership. Nominees should provide their name, occupation, position,
current business address, email, and telephone number in the
application.
Moreover, in accordance with the EPA Administrator's Directive
issued on October 31, 2017, please describe any involvement you have
with the Agency through EPA grant funded projects which you (nominee/
applicant) are currently serving as the principal investigator (PI) or
co-investigator (COI). The Agency recognizes that different variables
may factor into this criterion and as a result will evaluate each
situation on a case by case basis.
In addition to a statement regarding grant funded projects, the
nominee/applicant should include previous employment and/or current
contracting sources with the Agency. To help the Agency in evaluating
the effectiveness of its outreach efforts, also tell us how you learned
of this opportunity in your statement of interest (cover letter).
Interested candidates may self-nominate. The Agency will
acknowledge receipt of nominations. Persons selected for membership
will receive compensation for travel and a nominal daily compensation
(if appropriate) while attending meetings. Additionally, candidates
selected to serve as Information Technology (IT) ``Expert'' Members
will be designated as Special Government Employees (SGEs) or
consultants. Candidates designated as SGEs will be required to fill out
the ``Confidential Financial Disclosure Form for Environmental
Protection Agency Special Government Employees'' (EPA Form 3310-48).
This confidential form provides information to EPA ethics officials to
determine whether there is a conflict between the SGE's public duties
and their private interests, including an appearance of a loss of
impartiality as defined by federal laws and regulations. One example of
a potential conflict of interest may be for IT professional(s) serving
in an organization that is awarded any related e-Manifest system
development contract(s).
Dated: October 4, 2018.
Barnes Johnson,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, Office of Land
and Emergency Management.
[FR Doc. 2018-22651 Filed 10-16-18; 8:45 am]
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