Pesticide Experimental Use Permit; Receipt of Application; Comment Request, 18283-18284 [2019-08678]

Download as PDF amozie on DSK9F9SC42PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 83 / Tuesday, April 30, 2019 / Notices information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Taconite Iron Ore Processing (EPA ICR Number 2050.07, OMB Control Number 2060–0538) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through June 30, 2019. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on May 30, 2018 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 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: Additional comments may be submitted on or before May 30, 2019. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA– HQ–OECA–2012–0693, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by email to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564– 2970; fax number: (202) 564–0050; email address: yellin.patrick@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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:08 Apr 29, 2019 Jkt 247001 public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/ dockets. Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for the regulations published at 40 CFR part 63, subpart RRRRR were proposed on December 18, 2002, promulgated on October 30, 2003, and amended on April 20, 2006. These regulations apply to existing facilities and new taconite iron ore processing facilities that emit or have the potential to emit a single hazardous air pollutant (HAP) at a rate of 10 tons or more per year or any combination of HAPs at a rate of 25 tons or more per year. The affected sources are ore crushing and handling operations, ore dryers, indurating furnaces, finished pellet handling emission units, and fugitive dust emissions. New facilities include those that commenced construction or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart RRRRR. In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the affected facilities. They are also required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected facility, or any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of all affected facilities subject to NESHAP. Form Numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: Taconite iron ore processing facilities. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63 subpart RRRRR). Estimated number of respondents: 7 (total). Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually. Total estimated burden: 483 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b). Total estimated cost: $576,000 (per year), includes $521,000 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase in the total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. This increase is not due to any program changes. The adjustment increase in burden from the most recently approved ICR is due to an increase in the number of sources. Three sources that have been idle have restarted operations. There is no change in capital/startup costs compared with PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 18283 the costs in the previous ICR, as there are no new sources subject to initial startup requirements. The change in the operation and maintenance (O&M) costs compared with the costs in the previous ICR are due to the three existing plants that were idle becoming operational. Courtney Kerwin, Director, Regulatory Support Division. [FR Doc. 2019–08715 Filed 4–29–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0374; FRL–9991–73] Pesticide Experimental Use Permit; Receipt of Application; Comment Request Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: This notice announces EPA’s receipt of application 89668–EUP–3 from MosquitoMate, Inc., requesting an experimental use permit (EUP) for the bacterium Wolbachia pipientis, strain wAlbB in live male Aedes aegypti (strain WB1) mosquitoes. EPA has determined that the permit may be of regional or national significance. Therefore, because of the potential significance, EPA is seeking comments on this application. DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 30, 2019. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket Identification (ID) Number EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0374, 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. SUMMARY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert McNally, Biopesticides and E:\FR\FM\30APN1.SGM 30APN1 18284 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 83 / Tuesday, April 30, 2019 / Notices Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001; main telephone number: (703) 305–7090; email address: BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. Does this action apply to me? This action is directed to the public in general. Although this action may be of particular interest to those persons who conduct or sponsor research on pesticides, EPA has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be affected by this action. amozie on DSK9F9SC42PROD with NOTICES B. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA? 1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through 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 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, EPA 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. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:08 Apr 29, 2019 Jkt 247001 II. What action is the agency taking? Under section 5 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. 136c, EPA can allow manufacturers to field test pesticides under development. Manufacturers are required to obtain an EUP before testing new pesticides or new uses of pesticides if they conduct experimental field tests on more than 10 acres of land or more than one surface acre of water. Pursuant to 40 CFR 172.11(a), EPA has determined that the following EUP application may be of regional or national significance, and therefore is seeking public comment on the EUP application: Submitter: MosquitoMate, Inc. Pesticide chemical: Wolbachia pipientis, strain wAlbB. Summary of request: MosquitoMate, Inc. (MosquitoMate) has proposed to continue to field test a new strain of Wolbachia pipientis (wAlbB) to determine its efficacy to affect local populations of the Aedes aegypti mosquito. Under the previously approved EUP that expired on December 31, 2018, MosquitoMate was authorized to release and monitor up to 681,600,000 male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, that carry the pesticidal active ingredient Wolbachia pipientis, strain wAlbB (0.168 ounces/year), at specific sites in California, Florida, and Texas over a 2-year period. The combined acreage for that EUP was 8,830 for 2017 and 2018, respectively. MosquitoMate has requested to amend and extend the preceding EUP for this pesticidal active ingredient for testing in California and Texas, and to add test sites in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Specifically, the applicant is requesting a total of 65,100 acres for the 2 year testing period in the following states and territories: California 36,000 acres (for 2019, no releases in 2020), Texas (300 acres in 2019 and 800 acres in 2020), Puerto Rico (1,000 acres in 2019 and 6,000 acres in 2020), U.S. Virgin Islands (1,000 acres in 2019 and 20,000 acres in 2020). A combined total of 0.221 oz (0.061 oz in 2019 and 0.16 oz in 2020) of the pesticide active ingredient Wolbachia pipientis, strain wAlbB, contained in 447,300,000 male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, strain WB1, are proposed to be released over the course of the EUP. This end-use product is not proposed for food use and the EPA has not been petitioned to establish a tolerance under Section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. 301 et. seq. PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Following the review of the application and any comments and data received in response to this solicitation, EPA will decide whether to issue or deny the EUP request, and if issued, the conditions under which it is to be conducted. Any issuance of an EUP will be announced in the Federal Register. Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. Dated: April 17, 2019. Robert McNally, Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. 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Ownership or control by a government is deemed to exist for a carrier if (1) a majority of the interest in the carrier is owned or controlled in any manner by that government, an agency of that government, or a public or private person controlled by that government, or (2) that government has the right to appoint or disapprove the appointment of a majority of the directors, the chief operating officer, or the chief executive officer of the carrier. As required by the Shipping Act, controlled carriers are subject to special oversight by the Commission. Section 9(a) of the Shipping Act (46 U.S.C. 40701(b)), provides that the Commission may, after providing notice and opportunity for a hearing, prohibit the publication or use of a rate, charge, SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\30APN1.SGM 30APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 30, 2019)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0374; FRL-9991-73]


Pesticide Experimental Use Permit; Receipt of Application; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's receipt of application 89668-EUP-3 
from MosquitoMate, Inc., requesting an experimental use permit (EUP) 
for the bacterium Wolbachia pipientis, strain wAlbB in live male Aedes 
aegypti (strain WB1) mosquitoes. EPA has determined that the permit may 
be of regional or national significance. Therefore, because of the 
potential significance, EPA is seeking comments on this application.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 30, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket Identification 
(ID) Number EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0374, 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: Robert McNally, Biopesticides and

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Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), 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: 

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. Although this 
action may be of particular interest to those persons who conduct or 
sponsor research on pesticides, EPA has not attempted to describe all 
the specific entities that may be affected by this action.

B. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through 
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 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, EPA 
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 5 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. 136c, EPA can allow manufacturers to 
field test pesticides under development. Manufacturers are required to 
obtain an EUP before testing new pesticides or new uses of pesticides 
if they conduct experimental field tests on more than 10 acres of land 
or more than one surface acre of water.
    Pursuant to 40 CFR 172.11(a), EPA has determined that the following 
EUP application may be of regional or national significance, and 
therefore is seeking public comment on the EUP application:
    Submitter: MosquitoMate, Inc.
    Pesticide chemical: Wolbachia pipientis, strain wAlbB.
    Summary of request: MosquitoMate, Inc. (MosquitoMate) has proposed 
to continue to field test a new strain of Wolbachia pipientis (wAlbB) 
to determine its efficacy to affect local populations of the Aedes 
aegypti mosquito. Under the previously approved EUP that expired on 
December 31, 2018, MosquitoMate was authorized to release and monitor 
up to 681,600,000 male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, that carry the 
pesticidal active ingredient Wolbachia pipientis, strain wAlbB (0.168 
ounces/year), at specific sites in California, Florida, and Texas over 
a 2-year period. The combined acreage for that EUP was 8,830 for 2017 
and 2018, respectively.
    MosquitoMate has requested to amend and extend the preceding EUP 
for this pesticidal active ingredient for testing in California and 
Texas, and to add test sites in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin 
Islands. Specifically, the applicant is requesting a total of 65,100 
acres for the 2 year testing period in the following states and 
territories: California 36,000 acres (for 2019, no releases in 2020), 
Texas (300 acres in 2019 and 800 acres in 2020), Puerto Rico (1,000 
acres in 2019 and 6,000 acres in 2020), U.S. Virgin Islands (1,000 
acres in 2019 and 20,000 acres in 2020). A combined total of 0.221 oz 
(0.061 oz in 2019 and 0.16 oz in 2020) of the pesticide active 
ingredient Wolbachia pipientis, strain wAlbB, contained in 447,300,000 
male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, strain WB1, are proposed to be released 
over the course of the EUP. This end-use product is not proposed for 
food use and the EPA has not been petitioned to establish a tolerance 
under Section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 
21 U.S.C. 301 et. seq.
    Following the review of the application and any comments and data 
received in response to this solicitation, EPA will decide whether to 
issue or deny the EUP request, and if issued, the conditions under 
which it is to be conducted. Any issuance of an EUP will be announced 
in the Federal Register.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: April 17, 2019.
Robert McNally,
Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2019-08678 Filed 4-29-19; 8:45 am]
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