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III. Summary of Public Comments
Received and Agency Response to
Comments
During the public comment period
provided, EPA received no comments in
response to the March 5, 2019 Federal
Register notice announcing the
Agency’s receipt of the requests for
voluntary cancellations of the products
listed in Table 1 and Table 1A of Unit
II.
IV. Cancellation Order
Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f) (7
U.S.C. 136d(f)), EPA hereby approves
the requested cancellations of the
registrations identified in Table 1 and
Table 1A of Unit II.
Accordingly, the Agency hereby
orders that the product registrations
identified in Table 1 and Table 1A of
Unit II. are canceled. The effective date
of these cancellations is specified in the
DATES section. Any distribution, sale, or
use of existing stocks of the products
identified in Table 1 and Table 1A of
Unit II. in a manner inconsistent with
any of the provisions for disposition of
existing stocks set forth in Unit VI. will
be a violation of FIFRA.
V. 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. Thereafter, following
the public comment period, the EPA
Administrator may approve such a
request. The notice of receipt for this
action was published for comment in
the Federal Register of March 5, 2019
(84 FR 7899) (FRL–9988–75). The
comment period closed on September 3,
2019.
VI. Provisions for Disposition of
Existing Stocks
Existing stocks are those stocks of
registered pesticide products which are
currently in the United States and
which were packaged, labeled, and
released for shipment prior to the
effective date of the cancellation action.
The existing stocks provisions for the
products subject to this order are as
follows:
The registrant of 432–1477, listed in
Table 1, requested the cancellation to be
effective on December 31, 2018,
therefore, the registrant may continue to
sell and distribute existing stocks of
these products until December 31, 2019,
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which is 1 year after the effective date
of the cancellation. Thereafter, the
registrant is prohibited from selling or
distributing the product listed in Table
1, except for export in accordance with
FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o), or
proper disposal.
For all other voluntary cancellations
listed in Table 1A, the registrants may
continue to sell and distribute existing
stocks of products listed in Table 1A of
Unit II. until 1 year after the publication
of the Cancellation Order in the Federal
Register, the date is specified in the
DATES section. Thereafter, the registrants
are prohibited from selling or
distributing products listed in Table 1A,
except for export in accordance with
FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o), or
proper disposal.
Persons other than the registrants may
sell, distribute, or use existing stocks of
the products listed in Table 1 and Table
1A of Unit II. until existing stocks 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.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: September 16, 2019.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and
Resources Management Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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Announcement of the Board of
Directors for the National
Environmental Education Foundation
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Appointment.
AGENCY:
The National Environmental
Education and Training Foundation
(doing business as The National
Environmental Education Foundation or
‘‘NEEF’’) was created by Section 10 of
Public Law 101–619, the National
Environmental Education Act of 1990
(NEEA) as a private 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization. It was established by
Congress as a common ground upon
which leaders from business and
industry, all levels of government,
public interest groups, and others can
work cooperatively to raise a greater
national awareness of environmental
issues beyond traditional classrooms.
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Per NEEA, the EPA Administrator
appoints and reappoints eligible
individuals to serve on NEEF’s Board of
Directors. The Administrator announces
the following four-year appointments to
NEEF’s Board of Directors, effective 90
days after publication of this notice:
• Jeniffer Harper-Taylor—Siemens
Foundation (Re-appointment)
• Jennifer Love—Royal Caribbean
International
• Lori A. McFarling—Discovery
Education
• Steve Sikra—Proctor & Gamble
Additional considerations: As an
independent foundation, NEEF is
different from the Agency’s several
federal advisory committees and
scientific boards, which have their own
appointment processes. Because NEEA
gives complete discretion to the
Administrator in appointing members to
NEEF’s Board of Directors, EPA is taking
additional steps to ensure all
prospective members are qualified to
serve on the Board and represent
diverse points of view. In early 2019,
EPA’s Office of the Administrator
formed an internal review panel
comprised of senior EPA career officials
tasked with verifying the qualifications
of all future members of the NEEF Board
of Directors selected by the
Administrator. All new Board
appointees underwent review by the
panel prior to publication of this notice.
These appointees will join the current
Board members. Information on the
Board members is available on NEEF’s
public website: https://
www.neefusa.org/about-neef/board.
In December 2018, NEEF signed a
first-time Memorandum of
Understanding with the (EPA) Acting
Administrator Andrew R. Wheeler to
establish increased coordination
between EPA and NEEF on key EPA
initiatives including but not limited to
EPA’s Recycling Initiative, Trash Free
Waters Program, Winning on Reducing
Food Waste initiative, and the Healthy
Schools Initiative.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information regarding this Notice of
Appointment, please contact Lee
Tanner, (202)–564–4988) Acting
Supervisor for Office of Environmental
Education, U.S. EPA 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460.
General information concerning NEEF
may be found here: https://
www.neefusa.org/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
10(a) of the National Environmental
Education Act of 1990 (NEEA)
establishes the National Environmental
Education Foundation and its
underlying terms. The statute in its
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entirety is available on EPA’s website
and may be accessed here: https://
www.epa.gov/education/nationalenvironmental-education-act#s10.
Section 10 of the NEEA provides the
following, in pertinent part:
(a) Establishment and Purposes—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT—(A) There is
hereby established the National
Environmental Education Foundation.
The Foundation is established in order
to extend the contribution of
environmental education and training to
meeting critical environmental
protection needs, both in this country
and internationally; to facilitate the
cooperation, coordination, and
contribution of public and private
resources to create an environmentally
advanced educational system; and to
foster an open and effective partnership
among Federal, State, and local
government, business, industry,
academic institutions, community based
environmental groups, and international
organizations.
(B) The Foundation is a charitable and
nonprofit corporation whose income is
exempt from tax, and donations to
which are tax deductible to the same
extent as those organizations listed
pursuant to section 501(c) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The
Foundation is not an agency or
establishment of the United States.
(2) PURPOSES—The purposes of the
Foundation are—
(A) subject to the limitation contained
in the final sentence of subsection (d)
herein, to encourage, accept, leverage,
and administer private gifts for the
benefit of, or in connection with, the
environmental education and training
activities and services of the United
States Environmental Protection
Agency;
(B) to conduct such other
environmental education activities as
will further the development of an
environmentally conscious and
responsible public, a well-trained and
environmentally literate workforce, and
an environmentally advanced
educational system; and
(C) to participate with foreign entities
and individuals in the conduct and
coordination of activities that will
further opportunities for environmental
education and training to address
environmental issues and problems
involving the United States and Canada
or Mexico.
(3) PROGRAMS—The Foundation
will develop, support, and/or operate
programs and projects to educate and
train educational and environmental
professionals, and to assist them in the
development of environmental
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education and training programs and
studies.
(b) Board of Directors(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND
MEMBERSHIP—(A) The Foundation
shall have a governing Board of
Directors (hereafter referred to in this
section as ‘the Board’), which shall
consist of 13 directors, each of whom
shall be knowledgeable or experienced
in the environment, education and/or
training. The Board shall oversee the
activities of the Foundation and shall
assure that the activities of the
Foundation are consistent with the
environmental and education goals and
policies of the EPA and with the intents
and purposes of this Act. The
membership of the Board, to the extent
practicable, shall represent diverse
points of view relating to environmental
education and training.
(2) APPOINTMENT AND TERMS—
(A) Members of the Board shall be
appointed by the EPA Administrator.
(B) Within 90 days of the date of the
enactment of this Act, and as
appropriate thereafter, the
Administrator shall publish in the
Federal Register an announcement of
appointments of Directors of the Board.
Such appointments become final and
effective 90 days after publication of the
notice of appointment.
(C) The directors shall be appointed
for terms of 4 years. The Administrator
shall appoint an individual to serve as
a director in the event of a vacancy on
the Board within 60 days of said
vacancy in the manner in which the
original appointment was made. No
individual may serve more than 2
consecutive terms as a director.
Dated: September 17, 2019.
Elizabeth (Tate) Bennett, Associate
Administrator,
Office of Public Engagement and
Environmental Education.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; RCRA Subtitle C
Reporting Instructions and Forms
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is planning to submit the
information collection request (ICR),
SUMMARY:
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‘‘RCRA Subtitle C Reporting
Instructions and Forms’’ (EPA ICR No.
0976.19, OMB Control No. 2050–0024)
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA). Before doing so,
the EPA is soliciting public comments
on specific aspects of the proposed
information collection as described
below. This is a proposed extension of
the ICR, which is currently approved
through May 30, 2020. 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 December 6, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OLEM–2019–0558, online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to rcra-docket@
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:
Peggy Vyas, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 703–308–5477; fax number:
703–308–8433; email address:
vyas.peggy@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,
WJC 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 PRA, the 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
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-10000-74-OA]
Announcement of the Board of Directors for the National
Environmental Education Foundation
AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Appointment.
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SUMMARY: The National Environmental Education and Training Foundation
(doing business as The National Environmental Education Foundation or
``NEEF'') was created by Section 10 of Public Law 101-619, the National
Environmental Education Act of 1990 (NEEA) as a private 501(c)(3) non-
profit organization. It was established by Congress as a common ground
upon which leaders from business and industry, all levels of
government, public interest groups, and others can work cooperatively
to raise a greater national awareness of environmental issues beyond
traditional classrooms.
Per NEEA, the EPA Administrator appoints and reappoints eligible
individuals to serve on NEEF's Board of Directors. The Administrator
announces the following four-year appointments to NEEF's Board of
Directors, effective 90 days after publication of this notice:
Jeniffer Harper-Taylor--Siemens Foundation (Re-
appointment)
Jennifer Love--Royal Caribbean International
Lori A. McFarling--Discovery Education
Steve Sikra--Proctor & Gamble
Additional considerations: As an independent foundation, NEEF is
different from the Agency's several federal advisory committees and
scientific boards, which have their own appointment processes. Because
NEEA gives complete discretion to the Administrator in appointing
members to NEEF's Board of Directors, EPA is taking additional steps to
ensure all prospective members are qualified to serve on the Board and
represent diverse points of view. In early 2019, EPA's Office of the
Administrator formed an internal review panel comprised of senior EPA
career officials tasked with verifying the qualifications of all future
members of the NEEF Board of Directors selected by the Administrator.
All new Board appointees underwent review by the panel prior to
publication of this notice. These appointees will join the current
Board members. Information on the Board members is available on NEEF's
public website: https://www.neefusa.org/about-neef/board.
In December 2018, NEEF signed a first-time Memorandum of
Understanding with the (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew R. Wheeler to
establish increased coordination between EPA and NEEF on key EPA
initiatives including but not limited to EPA's Recycling Initiative,
Trash Free Waters Program, Winning on Reducing Food Waste initiative,
and the Healthy Schools Initiative.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information regarding this Notice
of Appointment, please contact Lee Tanner, (202)-564-4988) Acting
Supervisor for Office of Environmental Education, U.S. EPA 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460. General information
concerning NEEF may be found here: https://www.neefusa.org/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 10(a) of the National Environmental
Education Act of 1990 (NEEA) establishes the National Environmental
Education Foundation and its underlying terms. The statute in its
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entirety is available on EPA's website and may be accessed here:
https://www.epa.gov/education/national-environmental-education-act#s10.
Section 10 of the NEEA provides the following, in pertinent part:
(a) Establishment and Purposes--
(1) ESTABLISHMENT--(A) There is hereby established the National
Environmental Education Foundation. The Foundation is established in
order to extend the contribution of environmental education and
training to meeting critical environmental protection needs, both in
this country and internationally; to facilitate the cooperation,
coordination, and contribution of public and private resources to
create an environmentally advanced educational system; and to foster an
open and effective partnership among Federal, State, and local
government, business, industry, academic institutions, community based
environmental groups, and international organizations.
(B) The Foundation is a charitable and nonprofit corporation whose
income is exempt from tax, and donations to which are tax deductible to
the same extent as those organizations listed pursuant to section
501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The Foundation is not an
agency or establishment of the United States.
(2) PURPOSES--The purposes of the Foundation are--
(A) subject to the limitation contained in the final sentence of
subsection (d) herein, to encourage, accept, leverage, and administer
private gifts for the benefit of, or in connection with, the
environmental education and training activities and services of the
United States Environmental Protection Agency;
(B) to conduct such other environmental education activities as
will further the development of an environmentally conscious and
responsible public, a well-trained and environmentally literate
workforce, and an environmentally advanced educational system; and
(C) to participate with foreign entities and individuals in the
conduct and coordination of activities that will further opportunities
for environmental education and training to address environmental
issues and problems involving the United States and Canada or Mexico.
(3) PROGRAMS--The Foundation will develop, support, and/or operate
programs and projects to educate and train educational and
environmental professionals, and to assist them in the development of
environmental education and training programs and studies.
(b) Board of Directors-
(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND MEMBERSHIP--(A) The Foundation shall have a
governing Board of Directors (hereafter referred to in this section as
`the Board'), which shall consist of 13 directors, each of whom shall
be knowledgeable or experienced in the environment, education and/or
training. The Board shall oversee the activities of the Foundation and
shall assure that the activities of the Foundation are consistent with
the environmental and education goals and policies of the EPA and with
the intents and purposes of this Act. The membership of the Board, to
the extent practicable, shall represent diverse points of view relating
to environmental education and training.
(2) APPOINTMENT AND TERMS--(A) Members of the Board shall be
appointed by the EPA Administrator.
(B) Within 90 days of the date of the enactment of this Act, and as
appropriate thereafter, the Administrator shall publish in the Federal
Register an announcement of appointments of Directors of the Board.
Such appointments become final and effective 90 days after publication
of the notice of appointment.
(C) The directors shall be appointed for terms of 4 years. The
Administrator shall appoint an individual to serve as a director in the
event of a vacancy on the Board within 60 days of said vacancy in the
manner in which the original appointment was made. No individual may
serve more than 2 consecutive terms as a director.
Dated: September 17, 2019.
Elizabeth (Tate) Bennett, Associate Administrator,
Office of Public Engagement and Environmental Education.
[FR Doc. 2019-21832 Filed 10-4-19; 8:45 am]
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