Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; The National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan Regulation, Subpart J (Renewal), 53363-53364 [2020-19001]
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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 Applications
EPA has received applications to
register pesticide products containing
active ingredients 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 these
applications. Notice of receipt of these
applications does not imply a decision
by the Agency on these applications.
For actions being evaluated under EPA’s
public participation process for
registration actions, there will be an
additional opportunity for public
comment on the proposed decisions.
See EPA’s public participation website
for additional information on this
process (https://www2.epa.gov/pesticideregistration/public-participationprocess-registration-actions).
New Active Ingredient
1. File Symbol: 71711–AA. Docket ID
number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2020–0226.
Applicant: Nichino America, Inc., 4550
Linden Hill Rd., Suite 501, Wilmington,
DE 19808. Active ingredient:
Pyraziflumid. Product type: Fungicide.
Proposed uses: Bushberries (crop
subgroup 13–07B), caneberries (crop
subgroup 13–07A), pome fruits (crop
group 11–10), small fruits vine
climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit (crop
subgroup 13–07F), stone fruits (crop
group 12–12), tree nuts (crop group 14–
12), and turf (golf courses; residential,
institutional, commercial and municipal
lawns; parks; recreational areas sports
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and athletic fields; cemeteries; and sod
farms). Contact: RD.
2. File Symbol: 71711–AL. Docket ID
number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2020–0226.
Applicant: Nichino America, Inc., 4550
Linden Hill Rd., Suite 501, Wilmington,
DE 19808. Active ingredient:
Pyraziflumid. Product type: Fungicide.
Proposed uses: Bushberries (crop
subgroup 13–07B), caneberries (crop
subgroup 13–07A), pome fruits (crop
group 11–10), small fruits vine
climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit (crop
subgroup 13–07F), stone fruits (crop
group 12–12), tree nuts (crop group 14–
12), and turf (golf courses; residential,
institutional, commercial and municipal
lawns; parks; recreational areas sports
and athletic fields; cemeteries; and sod
farms). Contact: RD.
3. File Symbol: 71711–AT. Docket ID
number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2020–0226.
Applicant: Nichino America, Inc., 4550
Linden Hill Rd., Suite 501, Wilmington,
DE 19808. Active ingredient:
Pyraziflumid. Product type: Fungicide.
Proposed uses: Bushberries (crop
subgroup 13–07B), caneberries (crop
subgroup 13–07A), pome fruits (crop
group 11–10), small fruits vine
climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit (crop
subgroup 13–07F), stone fruits (crop
group 12–12), tree nuts (crop group 14–
12), and turf (golf courses; residential,
institutional, commercial and municipal
lawns; parks; recreational areas sports
and athletic fields; cemeteries; and sod
farms). Contact: RD
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: August 24, 2020.
Hamaad Syed,
Director, Information Technology and
Resources Management Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPA–2006–0090; FRL–10014–30–
OMS]
Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; The
National Oil and Hazardous
Substances Pollution Contingency
Plan Regulation, Subpart J (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR),
The National Oil and Hazardous
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Substances Pollution Contingency Plan
Regulation (EPA ICR Number 1664.12,
OMB Control Number 2050–0141) 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 October 31, 2020.
Public comments were previously
requested via the Federal Register on
November 27, 2019 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: Comments must be submitted on
or before September 28, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA–
HQ–OPA–2006–0090, online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), 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.
Submit written comments and
recommendations to OMB for the
proposed information collection within
30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
30-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the search
function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Wendy Hoffman, Regulations
Implementation Division, Office of
Emergency Management, Mail Code
5104A, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 202–564–8794; fax number:
202–564–2620; email address:
hoffman.wendy@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
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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.
Abstract: This Information Collection
Request (ICR) renewal supports
activities to implement the National Oil
and Hazardous Substances Pollution
Contingency Plan (NCP), Subpart J (40
CFR 300.900), ‘‘Use of Dispersants and
Other Chemicals.’’
The use of bioremediation agents,
dispersants, surface washing agents,
surface collecting agents and
miscellaneous oil spill control agents in
response to oil spills in U.S. waters or
adjoining shorelines is governed by
Subpart J of the NCP regulation (40 CFR
300.900). Subpart J requirements
include criteria for listing oil spill
mitigating agents on the NCP Product
Schedule, hereafter referred to as the
Schedule. EPA’s regulation, which is
codified at 40 CFR 300.00, requires that
EPA prepare a schedule of ‘‘dispersants,
other chemicals, and other spill
mitigating devices and substances, if
any, that may be used in carrying out
the NCP.’’ The Schedule is required by
section 311(d)(2)(G) of the Clean Water
Act (CWA), as amended by the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990. The Schedule is
used by Federal On-Scene Coordinators
(FOSCs), Regional Response Teams
(RRTs), and Area Planners to identify
spill mitigating agents in preparation for
and response to oil spills.
Under Subpart J, manufacturers who
want to add a product to the Schedule
must submit technical product data to
the EPA as stipulated in 40 CFR
300.915. Subpart J requires the
manufacturer to conduct specific
toxicity and effectiveness tests and
submit the corresponding technical
product data along with other detailed
information to the EPA Office of
Emergency Management, Office of Land
and Emergency Management. The
Schedule is available to Federal OnScene Coordinators (FOSCs), Regional
Response Teams (RRTs), and Area
Committees for helping them select the
most appropriate products to use in
various spill scenarios.
As of November 2019, the Product
Schedule included 105 manufacturers
and 122 products (27 bioremediation
agents, 19 dispersants, 17 miscellaneous
oil spill control agents, two surface
collecting agents, and 57 surface
washing agents). EPA estimates that
each year of this ICR renewal period,
nine manufacturers will apply to list a
total of nine products on the Schedule.
Therefore, over the three-year period
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covered by this ICR renewal, EPA
estimates an additional 27 products may
be listed. Additionally, EPA estimates
that eight manufacturers will submit
product information to EPA to obtain a
sorbent certification letter annually.
At 40 CFR 300.920(c), respondents
may claim certain information in the
technical product data submissions as
confidential business information. EPA
will handle such claims pursuant to the
provisions in 40 CFR part 2, subpart B.
Such information must be submitted
separately from non-confidential
information, clearly identified, and
clearly marked ‘‘Confidential Business
Information.’’ If the applicant fails to
make such a claim at the time of
submittal, EPA may make the
information available to the public
without further notice.
Forms: None.
Respondents/affected entities:
Respondents include, but are not
limited to, manufacturers of
bioremediation agents, dispersants,
surface collecting agents, surface
washing agents, miscellaneous oil spill
control agents, sorbents and other
chemical agents and biological additives
used as countermeasures against oil
spills.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Required to obtain or retain a benefit (40
CFR 300.900).
Estimated number of respondents: 9
(total).
Frequency of response: Each
manufacturer responds once per
product submittal.
Total estimated burden: 310 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $95,400 (per
year), includes $22,400 in operation &
maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: EPA anticipates
a slight decrease of five hours in the
annual burden hours under this ICR
renewal. EPA increased the respondent
burden hours by 20 percent in response
to manufacturer feedback obtained
during the consultation process.
However, because EPA estimates that
fewer respondents will submit
information to EPA to have a product
listed on the Schedule, in addition to
fewer sorbent manufacturers submitting
products for certification, the overall
annual burden estimate has decreased
slightly for this ICR renewal period.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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AGENCY
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Administration of Cross-State Air
Pollution Rule Trading Program
Assurance Provisions for 2019 Control
Periods
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of data availability.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is providing notice of the
availability of data on the
administration of the assurance
provisions of the Cross-State Air
Pollution Rule (CSAPR) trading
programs for the control periods in
2019. Total emissions of nitrogen oxides
(NOX) reported by Mississippi units
participating in the CSAPR NOX Ozone
Season Group 2 Trading Program during
the 2019 control period exceeded the
state’s assurance level under the
program. Data demonstrating the
exceedance and EPA’s final calculations
of the amounts of additional allowances
that the owners and operators of certain
Mississippi units must surrender have
been posted in a spreadsheet on EPA’s
website.
DATES: August 28, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions concerning this notice should
be addressed to Garrett Powers at (202)
564–2300 or powers.jamesg@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
regulations for each CSAPR trading
program contain ‘‘assurance provisions’’
designed to ensure that the emissions
reductions required from each state
covered by the program occur within
the state. If the total emissions from a
given state’s affected units exceed the
state’s assurance level under the
program, then two allowances must be
surrendered for each ton of emissions
exceeding the assurance level (in
addition to the ordinary obligation to
surrender one allowance for each ton of
emissions). In the quarterly emissions
reports covering the 2019 control
period, Mississippi units participating
in the CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group
2 Trading Program collectively reported
emissions that exceed the state’s
assurance level under the program by
473 tons, resulting in a requirement for
the surrender of 946 additional
allowances.
When a state’s assurance level is
exceeded, responsibility for
surrendering the required additional
allowances is apportioned among
groups of units in the state represented
by ‘‘common designated
SUMMARY:
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPA-2006-0090; FRL-10014-30-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; The National Oil and Hazardous Substances
Pollution Contingency Plan Regulation, Subpart J (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), The National Oil and Hazardous
Substances Pollution Contingency Plan Regulation (EPA ICR Number
1664.12, OMB Control Number 2050-0141) 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 October 31, 2020. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal Register on November 27, 2019
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: Comments must be submitted on or before September 28, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OPA-2006-0090, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), 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.
Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wendy Hoffman, Regulations
Implementation Division, Office of Emergency Management, Mail Code
5104A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-8794; fax number: 202-
564-2620; email address: [email protected].
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
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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.
Abstract: This Information Collection Request (ICR) renewal
supports activities to implement the National Oil and Hazardous
Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP), Subpart J (40 CFR
300.900), ``Use of Dispersants and Other Chemicals.''
The use of bioremediation agents, dispersants, surface washing
agents, surface collecting agents and miscellaneous oil spill control
agents in response to oil spills in U.S. waters or adjoining shorelines
is governed by Subpart J of the NCP regulation (40 CFR 300.900).
Subpart J requirements include criteria for listing oil spill
mitigating agents on the NCP Product Schedule, hereafter referred to as
the Schedule. EPA's regulation, which is codified at 40 CFR 300.00,
requires that EPA prepare a schedule of ``dispersants, other chemicals,
and other spill mitigating devices and substances, if any, that may be
used in carrying out the NCP.'' The Schedule is required by section
311(d)(2)(G) of the Clean Water Act (CWA), as amended by the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990. The Schedule is used by Federal On-Scene
Coordinators (FOSCs), Regional Response Teams (RRTs), and Area Planners
to identify spill mitigating agents in preparation for and response to
oil spills.
Under Subpart J, manufacturers who want to add a product to the
Schedule must submit technical product data to the EPA as stipulated in
40 CFR 300.915. Subpart J requires the manufacturer to conduct specific
toxicity and effectiveness tests and submit the corresponding technical
product data along with other detailed information to the EPA Office of
Emergency Management, Office of Land and Emergency Management. The
Schedule is available to Federal On-Scene Coordinators (FOSCs),
Regional Response Teams (RRTs), and Area Committees for helping them
select the most appropriate products to use in various spill scenarios.
As of November 2019, the Product Schedule included 105
manufacturers and 122 products (27 bioremediation agents, 19
dispersants, 17 miscellaneous oil spill control agents, two surface
collecting agents, and 57 surface washing agents). EPA estimates that
each year of this ICR renewal period, nine manufacturers will apply to
list a total of nine products on the Schedule. Therefore, over the
three-year period covered by this ICR renewal, EPA estimates an
additional 27 products may be listed. Additionally, EPA estimates that
eight manufacturers will submit product information to EPA to obtain a
sorbent certification letter annually.
At 40 CFR 300.920(c), respondents may claim certain information in
the technical product data submissions as confidential business
information. EPA will handle such claims pursuant to the provisions in
40 CFR part 2, subpart B. Such information must be submitted separately
from non-confidential information, clearly identified, and clearly
marked ``Confidential Business Information.'' If the applicant fails to
make such a claim at the time of submittal, EPA may make the
information available to the public without further notice.
Forms: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Respondents include, but are not
limited to, manufacturers of bioremediation agents, dispersants,
surface collecting agents, surface washing agents, miscellaneous oil
spill control agents, sorbents and other chemical agents and biological
additives used as countermeasures against oil spills.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to obtain or retain a
benefit (40 CFR 300.900).
Estimated number of respondents: 9 (total).
Frequency of response: Each manufacturer responds once per product
submittal.
Total estimated burden: 310 hours (per year). Burden is defined at
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $95,400 (per year), includes $22,400 in
operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: EPA anticipates a slight decrease of five
hours in the annual burden hours under this ICR renewal. EPA increased
the respondent burden hours by 20 percent in response to manufacturer
feedback obtained during the consultation process. However, because EPA
estimates that fewer respondents will submit information to EPA to have
a product listed on the Schedule, in addition to fewer sorbent
manufacturers submitting products for certification, the overall annual
burden estimate has decreased slightly for this ICR renewal period.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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