Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Science Advisory Board Computable General Equilibrium Model Review Panel, 38252-38253 [2019-16792]

Download as PDF 38252 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 151 / Tuesday, August 6, 2019 / Notices TABLE—REGISTRATION REVIEW INTERIM DECISIONS BEING ISSUED—Continued Docket ID No. Quinoa Saponins [Saponins of Chenopodium], Case Number 6200. Sodium cyanide, Case number 8002 ............... Sodium fluoroacetate, Case number 3073 ....... Tebuthiuron, Case number 0054 ..................... Verticillium dahlia Isolate WCS 850, Case Number 6508. Yeast extract hydrolysate, Case Number 6081 Zinc Borate, Case Number 5025 ...................... EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0274 Daniel Schoeff, Schoeff.daniel@epa.gov, 703–347–0143. EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0752 EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0753 EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0327 EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0306 Nicole Zinn, Zinn.nicole@epa.gov, 703–308–7076. Nicole Zinn, Zinn.nicole@epa.gov, 703–308–7076. Michelle Nolan, Nolan.michelle@epa.gov, (703) 347–0258. Susanne Cerrelli, Cerrelli.susanne@epa.gov, 703–308–8077. EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0282 EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0675 Daniel Schoeff, Schoeff.daniel@epa.gov, 703–347–0143. Stephen Savage, Savage.stephen@epa.gov, 703–347–0345. The proposed interim registration review decisions for the chemicals in the table above were posted to the docket and the public was invited to submit any comments or new information. EPA addressed the comments or information received during the 60-day comment period for the proposed interim decisions in the discussion for each pesticide listed in the table. Comments from the 60-day comment period that were received may or may not have affected the Agency’s interim decision. Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58(c), the registration review case docket for the chemicals listed in the Table will remain open until all actions required in the interim decision have been completed. This document also announces the closure of the registration review case for Diallyl sulfides (DADs) (Case Number 6069, Docket ID Number EPA– HQ–OPP–2017–0325) because the last U.S. registrations for these pesticides have been canceled. Background on the registration review program is provided at: https://www.epa.gov/pesticidereevaluation. Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. Dated: July 23, 2019. Mary Reaves, Acting Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. [FR Doc. 2019–16705 Filed 8–5–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9997–75–OA] jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with NOTICES Chemical review manager and contact information Registration review case name and No. Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Science Advisory Board Computable General Equilibrium Model Review Panel Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:21 Aug 05, 2019 Jkt 247001 (SAB) Staff Office announces a public teleconference of the SAB Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Model Review Panel to discuss its review of a CGE model from the EPA’s National Center for Environmental Economics. DATES: The public teleconference will be held on August 22, 2019, from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). ADDRESSES: The public teleconference will be held by telephone only. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing further information regarding the public teleconference may contact Dr. Holly Stallworth, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), SAB Staff Office, by telephone at (202) 564–2073 or email at stallworth.holly@epa.gov. The SAB mailing address is U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board (1400R), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460. General information about the SAB, including information concerning the SAB teleconference announced in this notice, can be found at the SAB web page at https://epa.gov/ sab. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: The SAB was established pursuant to the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act (ERDAA) codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, to provide independent scientific and technical peer review, advice, consultation, and recommendations to the EPA Administrator on the technical basis for Agency positions and regulations. The SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. The SAB will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies. Pursuant to FACA and EPA policy, notice is hereby given that the SAB CGE Model Review Panel will hold a public teleconference to discuss its review of a CGE model from EPA’s National Center for Environmental Economics. The PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Panel will provide advice to the Administrator through the chartered SAB. Background information on the SAB CGE Model Review Panel can be found at https://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/ sabproduct.nsf/02ad90b136fc21ef85256 eba00436459/18a2abac2e4b5ec9852583 bc004ce70a!OpenDocument. The public teleconference on August 22, 2019, will be an orientation teleconference during which the National Center for Environmental Economics will brief the Panel on the context for the review, the CGE model itself and the charge questions. A faceto-face meeting date and location will be announced at a later time. All draft reports developed by SAB panels, committees or workgroups are reviewed and approved by the Chartered SAB through a quality review process before being finalized and transmitted to the EPA Administrator. Availability of the teleconference materials: An agenda will be posted on the SAB website prior to the August 22, 2019, orientation teleconference. Other materials to be posted prior to the public teleconference include PowerPoint slides for all EPA presentations and the charge questions. The CGE model source code and documentation as well as memos on model versioning and potential nearterm model improvements will be posted shortly after the August 22, 2019, teleconference. While the source code and documentation will be available to the public, some of the data to run the model is proprietary and would have to be purchased from The IMPLAN Group LLC (implan.com). Instructions and source code to build the model’s dataset from the IMPLAN data will be posted. To locate teleconference materials, go to epa.gov/sab and click on ‘‘Upcoming and Recent Meetings’’ to get to the SAB calendar. From the calendar, click on August 22, 2019. For questions concerning EPA’s review materials on its CGE model, please contact Dr. Ann Wolverton, EPA National Center for Environmental Economics at E:\FR\FM\06AUN1.SGM 06AUN1 jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 151 / Tuesday, August 6, 2019 / Notices wolverton.ann@epa.gov or 202–566– 2278. Procedures for Providing Public Input: Public comment for consideration by EPA’s federal advisory committees and panels has a different purpose from public comment provided to the EPA program offices. Therefore, the process for submitting comments to a federal advisory committee is different from the process used to submit comments to an EPA program office. Federal advisory committees and panels, including scientific advisory committees, provide independent advice to the EPA. Members of the public can submit relevant comments on the topic of this advisory activity, including the charge to the panel and the EPA review documents, and/or the group conducting the activity, for the SAB to consider during the advisory process. Input from the public to the SAB will have the most impact if it consists of comments that provide specific scientific or technical information or analysis for the SAB panel to consider or if it relates to the clarity or accuracy of the technical information. Oral Statements: In general, individuals or groups requesting an oral presentation at the will be limited to five minutes per speaker. Interested parties should contact Dr. Holly Stallworth, DFO, in writing (preferably via email), at the contact information noted above by August 15, 2019, to be placed on the list of public speakers for the orientation teleconference. Written Statements: Written statements will be accepted throughout the advisory process; however, for timely consideration by Committee/ Panel members, statements should be supplied to the DFO (preferably via email) at the contact information noted above by August 15, 2019, for consideration at the teleconference on August 22, 2019. It is the SAB Staff Office general policy to post written comments on the web page for the advisory meeting or teleconference. Submitters are requested to provide an unsigned version of each document because the SAB Staff Office does not publish documents with signatures on its website. Members of the public should be aware that their personal contact information, if included in any written comments, may be posted to the SAB website. Copyrighted material will not be posted without explicit permission of the copyright holder. Accessibility: To request accommodation of a disability, please contact Dr. Stallworth at 202–564–2073 or stallworth.holly@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a disability please VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:21 Aug 05, 2019 Jkt 247001 contact Dr. Stallworth, preferably at least ten days prior to the teleconference, to give the EPA as much time as possible to process your request. Dated: July 30, 2019. Khanna Johnston, Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office. [FR Doc. 2019–16792 Filed 8–5–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPP–2019–0039; FRL–9996–75] Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Application for New Active Ingredient in June 2019 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: EPA has received an application to register a pesticide product containing an active ingredient not included in any currently registered pesticide products. Pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is hereby providing notice of receipt and opportunity to comment on this application. SUMMARY: Comments must be received on or before September 5, 2019. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–OPP–2019–0368, 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/where-sendcomments-epa-dockets. Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along with more information about dockets generally, is available at https:// www.epa.gov/dockets/about-epadockets. DATES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert McNally, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 38253 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? You may be potentially affected by this action if you are an agricultural producer, food manufacturer, or pesticide manufacturer. The following list of North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a guide to help readers determine whether this document applies to them. Potentially affected entities may include: • Crop production (NAICS code 111). • Animal production (NAICS code 112). • Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311). • Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532). B. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA? 1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through 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/ commenting-epa-dockets. II. Registration Application EPA has received an application to register a pesticide product containing an active ingredient not included in any currently registered pesticide products. Pursuant to the provisions of FIFRA section 3(c)(4) (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(4)), EPA is hereby providing notice of receipt and opportunity to comment on this application. Notice of receipt of this application does not imply a decision by the Agency on this application. E:\FR\FM\06AUN1.SGM 06AUN1

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9997-75-OA]


Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Science Advisory 
Board Computable General Equilibrium Model Review Panel

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory 
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public teleconference of the SAB 
Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Model Review Panel to discuss its 
review of a CGE model from the EPA's National Center for Environmental 
Economics.

DATES: The public teleconference will be held on August 22, 2019, from 
12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).

ADDRESSES: The public teleconference will be held by telephone only.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Any member of the public wishing 
further information regarding the public teleconference may contact Dr. 
Holly Stallworth, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), SAB Staff Office, 
by telephone at (202) 564-2073 or email at [email protected]. 
The SAB mailing address is U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board (1400R), 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20460. General information about the SAB, including 
information concerning the SAB teleconference announced in this notice, 
can be found at the SAB web page at https://epa.gov/sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background: The SAB was established pursuant to the Environmental 
Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act (ERDAA) 
codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, to provide independent scientific and 
technical peer review, advice, consultation, and recommendations to the 
EPA Administrator on the technical basis for Agency positions and 
regulations. The SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee chartered under 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. The SAB 
will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff 
Office procedural policies.
    Pursuant to FACA and EPA policy, notice is hereby given that the 
SAB CGE Model Review Panel will hold a public teleconference to discuss 
its review of a CGE model from EPA's National Center for Environmental 
Economics. The Panel will provide advice to the Administrator through 
the chartered SAB. Background information on the SAB CGE Model Review 
Panel can be found at https://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/02ad90b136fc21ef85256eba00436459/18a2abac2e4b5ec9852583bc004ce70a!OpenDocument.
    The public teleconference on August 22, 2019, will be an 
orientation teleconference during which the National Center for 
Environmental Economics will brief the Panel on the context for the 
review, the CGE model itself and the charge questions. A face-to-face 
meeting date and location will be announced at a later time.
    All draft reports developed by SAB panels, committees or workgroups 
are reviewed and approved by the Chartered SAB through a quality review 
process before being finalized and transmitted to the EPA 
Administrator.
    Availability of the teleconference materials: An agenda will be 
posted on the SAB website prior to the August 22, 2019, orientation 
teleconference. Other materials to be posted prior to the public 
teleconference include PowerPoint slides for all EPA presentations and 
the charge questions. The CGE model source code and documentation as 
well as memos on model versioning and potential near-term model 
improvements will be posted shortly after the August 22, 2019, 
teleconference. While the source code and documentation will be 
available to the public, some of the data to run the model is 
proprietary and would have to be purchased from The IMPLAN Group LLC 
(implan.com). Instructions and source code to build the model's dataset 
from the IMPLAN data will be posted. To locate teleconference 
materials, go to https://epa.gov/sab">epa.gov/sab and click on ``Upcoming and Recent 
Meetings'' to get to the SAB calendar. From the calendar, click on 
August 22, 2019. For questions concerning EPA's review materials on its 
CGE model, please contact Dr. Ann Wolverton, EPA National Center for 
Environmental Economics at

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[email protected] or 202-566-2278.
    Procedures for Providing Public Input: Public comment for 
consideration by EPA's federal advisory committees and panels has a 
different purpose from public comment provided to the EPA program 
offices. Therefore, the process for submitting comments to a federal 
advisory committee is different from the process used to submit 
comments to an EPA program office. Federal advisory committees and 
panels, including scientific advisory committees, provide independent 
advice to the EPA. Members of the public can submit relevant comments 
on the topic of this advisory activity, including the charge to the 
panel and the EPA review documents, and/or the group conducting the 
activity, for the SAB to consider during the advisory process. Input 
from the public to the SAB will have the most impact if it consists of 
comments that provide specific scientific or technical information or 
analysis for the SAB panel to consider or if it relates to the clarity 
or accuracy of the technical information.
    Oral Statements: In general, individuals or groups requesting an 
oral presentation at the will be limited to five minutes per speaker. 
Interested parties should contact Dr. Holly Stallworth, DFO, in writing 
(preferably via email), at the contact information noted above by 
August 15, 2019, to be placed on the list of public speakers for the 
orientation teleconference.
    Written Statements: Written statements will be accepted throughout 
the advisory process; however, for timely consideration by Committee/
Panel members, statements should be supplied to the DFO (preferably via 
email) at the contact information noted above by August 15, 2019, for 
consideration at the teleconference on August 22, 2019.
    It is the SAB Staff Office general policy to post written comments 
on the web page for the advisory meeting or teleconference. Submitters 
are requested to provide an unsigned version of each document because 
the SAB Staff Office does not publish documents with signatures on its 
website. Members of the public should be aware that their personal 
contact information, if included in any written comments, may be posted 
to the SAB website. Copyrighted material will not be posted without 
explicit permission of the copyright holder.
    Accessibility: To request accommodation of a disability, please 
contact Dr. Stallworth at 202-564-2073 or [email protected]. To 
request accommodation of a disability please contact Dr. Stallworth, 
preferably at least ten days prior to the teleconference, to give the 
EPA as much time as possible to process your request.

    Dated: July 30, 2019.
Khanna Johnston,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2019-16792 Filed 8-5-19; 8:45 am]
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