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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[[EPA–HQ–ORD–2015–0467; FRL–10014–
48–ORD]
Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC)
Safe and Sustainable Water Resources
Subcommittee Meeting—October 2020;
Correction
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting;
correction.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), Office of Research and
Development (ORD), published a
document in the Federal Register of
August 24, 2020, giving notice of a
meeting of the Board of Scientific
Counselors (BOSC) Safe and Sustainable
Water Resources (SSWR) Subcommittee.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
Designated Federal Officer (DFO) via
phone/voice mail at: (202) 564–6518;
via fax at: (202) 565–2911; or via email
at: tracy.tom@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Correction
In the Federal Register of August 24,
2020, in FR Doc. 2020–18516, on page
52130, column 2 correct the ‘‘Dates’’
caption to read:
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DATES:
1. The initial meeting will be held
over two days via videoconference:
a. Wednesday, October 28, 2020, from
12 p.m. to 5 p.m. (EDT); and
b. Thursday, October 29, 2020, from
12 p.m. to 5 p.m. (EDT).
Attendees must register by October
27, 2020.
2. A BOSC deliberation will be held
on November 17, 2020 from 11 a.m. to
2 p.m. (EDT). Attendees must register by
November 16, 2020.
3. A final summary teleconference
will be held on December 2, 2020 from
2 p.m. to 5 p.m. (EDT). Attendees must
register by December 1, 2020.
Meeting times are subject to change.
These series of meetings are open to the
public. Comments must be received by
October 27, 2020, to be considered by
the subcommittee. Requests for the draft
agenda or making a presentation at the
meeting will be accepted until October
27, 2020.
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Pesticide Program Dialogue
Committee; Notice of Public Meeting
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, the
Environmental Protection Agency’s
(EPA’s) Office of Pesticide Programs is
announcing a virtual public meeting of
the Pesticide Program Dialogue
Committee (PPDC) on October 28–29,
2020, with participation by webcast
only. There will be no in-person
gathering for this meeting.
DATES: Virtual meeting: The virtual
meeting will be held on Wednesday,
October 28, 2020, from 11:00 a.m. to
approximately 5:00 p.m., and Thursday,
October 29, 2020, from 11 a.m. to
approximately 5:00 p.m. To make oral
comments during the virtual meeting,
please email Shannon Jewell by noon on
Tuesday, October 20, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Virtual meeting: Please visit
https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-advisorycommittees-and-regulatory-partners/
pesticide-program-dialogue-committeeppdc to find the link for joining the
meeting. The link will be on the meeting
agenda, which will be posted to the
website prior to the meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shannon Jewell, Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection
Agency (7501P), 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (571) 289–9911;
email address: jewell.shannon@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
SUMMARY:
Mary Ross,
Director, Office of Science Advisor, Policy
and Engagement.
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I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
You may be potentially affected by
this action if you work in agricultural
settings or if you are concerned about
implementation of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.); the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA) (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.); the
Pesticide Registration Improvement Act
(PRIA) (which amends FIFRA section
33); and the Endangered Species Act
(ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Potentially affected entities may
include, but are not limited to:
Agricultural workers and farmers;
pesticide industry and trade
associations; environmental, consumer,
and farm worker groups; pesticide users
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and growers; animal rights groups; pest
consultants; State, local, and tribal
governments; academia; public health
organizations; and the public. If you
have questions regarding the
applicability of this action to a
particular entity, consult the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
B. How can I get copies of this document
and other related information?
The docket for this action, identified
by docket identification (ID) number
EPA–HQ–OPP–2020–0201, is available
online at https://www.regulations.gov.
Please note that due to the public health
emergency the EPA Docket Center (EPA/
DC) and Reading Room was closed to
public visitors on March 31, 2020. Our
EPA/DC staff will continue to provide
customer service via email, phone, and
webform.
Once the EPA/DC is reopened to the
public, the docket will also be available
in-person at the Office of Pesticide
Programs Regulatory Public Docket
(OPP Docket) in the EPA/DC, West
William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm.
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460–0001. The
Public Reading Room is open from 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
telephone number for the Public
Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and
the telephone number for the OPP
Docket is (703) 305–5805. For further
information on EPA/DC services, docket
contact information and the current
status of the EPA/DC and Reading
Room, please visit https://www.epa.gov/
dockets.
II. Background
The PPDC is a federal advisory
committee chartered under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public
Law 92–463. EPA established the PPDC
in September 1995 to provide advice
and recommendations to the EPA
Administrator on issues associated with
pesticide regulatory development and
reform initiatives, evolving public
policy and program implementation
issues, and policy issues associated with
evaluating and reducing risks from use
of pesticides. The following sectors are
represented on the current PPDC:
Environmental/public interest and
animal rights groups; farm worker
organizations; pesticide industry and
trade associations; pesticide user,
grower, and commodity groups; Federal
and State/local/tribal governments; the
general public; academia; and public
health organizations.
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III. How do I participate in the virtual
public meeting?
A. Virtual Meeting
The virtual meeting will be conducted
via webcast. Please visit https://
www.epa.gov/pesticide-advisorycommittees-and-regulatory-partners/
pesticide-program-dialogue-committeeppdc to find the link for joining the
meeting. The link will be on the meeting
agenda, which will be posted to the
website prior to the meeting.
B. Oral Comments
Requests to make brief oral comments
to the PPDC during the virtual meeting
should be submitted when registering
online or with the DFO listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT on or
before noon on the date set in the DATES
section.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2 et seq. and
7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: October 6, 2020.
Edward Messina,
Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OGC–2020–0507; FRL–10015–55–
OGC]
Proposed Settlement Agreements,
Clean Water Act and Endangered
Species Act
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; request for public
comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Administrator’s October 16, 2017,
Directive Promoting Transparency and
Public Participation in Consent Decrees
and Settlement Agreements, notice is
hereby given of a proposed stipulated
order of dismissal to address several
claims in a lawsuit filed by Northwest
Environmental Advocates (‘‘Plaintiff’’)
in the U.S. District Court for the
Western District of Washington. On
December 7, 2016 the Plaintiff filed a
complaint alleging, among other things,
that the EPA’s failed to perform duties
mandated by the Endangered Species
Act (ESA) to consult with the Fish &
Wildlife Service and the National
Marine Fisheries Service (collectively
‘‘the Services’’) regarding its actions
under the Clean Water Act (CWA) with
respect to nonpoint source management
programs administered by the State of
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Washington Department of Ecology
(‘‘Ecology’’). EPA seeks public input on
the proposed stipulated order of
dismissal prior to its final decisionmaking to settle the litigation.
DATES: Written comments on the
proposed settlement agreements must be
received by November 12, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID number EPA–
HQ–OGC–2020–0507, online at
www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred
method). For comments submitted at
www.regulations.gov, follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Once submitted, comments cannot be
edited or removed from
www.regulations.gov. The EPA may
publish any comment received to its
public docket. Do not submit
electronically any information you
consider to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Multimedia submissions (audio, video,
etc.) must be accompanied by a written
comment. The written comment is
considered the official comment and
should include discussion of all points
you wish to make. The EPA generally
will not consider comments or comment
contents located outside of the primary
submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or
other file sharing system). The EPA
encourages the public to submit
comments via www.Regulations.gov, as
there will be a delay in processing mail
and no hand deliveries will be accepted.
For additional submission methods,
please contact the person identified in
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section. For the full EPA public
comment policy, information about CBI
or multimedia submissions, and general
guidance on making effective
comments, please visit https://
www2.epa.gov/dockets/commentingepa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephen Sweeney, Water Law Office
(2355A), Office of General Counsel, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460; telephone: (202) 564–5491; email
address: sweeney.stephen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Additional Information About the
Proposed Stipulated Dismissal
On December 7, 2016, Plaintiff filed
suit in the federal district court for the
Western District of Washington.
Plaintiff’s original Complaint brought
six claims alleging violations of various
statutes by EPA and the National
Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
(‘‘NOAA’’), including Administrative
Procedure Act (‘‘APA’’) claims alleging
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violations of the Coastal Zone
Management Act, the CWA, the Coastal
Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments,
and the ESA. The State of Washington
Department of Ecology (‘‘Ecology’’) also
intervened as a defendant in the
litigation, as did the Washington State
Farm Bureau Federation and
Washington Cattlemen’s Association.
Each party filed motions designed to
resolve some of the claims in the
dispute. The proposed stipulated order
of dismissal would resolve the
remaining claims, specifically the
remaining claims against EPA under the
CWA and ESA.
Plaintiff’s remaining claims are that
EPA: Violated CWA section 319 by
approving Ecology’s 2015 nonpoint
source program update; violated CWA
section 319(h)(8) in successive
determinations in 2015, 2016, and 2017
that Washington had made ‘‘satisfactory
progress’’ in implementing its nonpoint
source program over the preceding years
(2014, 2015, 2016); and violated ESA
section 7 by failing to consult on the
preceding actions, as well as on EPA’s
annual awards of CWA section 319
grant funds in each year between 2011–
2017.
Under the proposed stipulated order
of dismissal, EPA’s obligations would be
as follows: EPA’s approval of Ecology’s
2015 program update submittal would
be remanded to EPA, and EPA’s
reconsideration of the program update
(and associated ESA procedural
commitments) would be stayed pending
Ecology’s action (or inaction as of a date
certain) in submitting its next
anticipated program update under
section CWA section 319. Under the
proposed settlement, EPA would be
obligated to make an effects
determination under ESA regulations,
pursuant to 50 CFR 402.14(a), on EPA’s
approval, if any, of either Ecology’s
2015 Submittal or its next nonpoint
source management program update,
depending on whether Ecology timely
submits an update and, as appropriate,
request initiation of ESA section 7
consultation with the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service and/or the National
Marine Fisheries Service. Specifically, if
Ecology does not submit a program
update by December 31, 2021, or a
mutually negotiated extension, EPA
would proceed with an ESA effects
determination based on the State’s 2015
submittal (which EPA approved in
2015) and, as appropriate, request
initiation of ESA section 7 consultation.
EPA also would make an ‘‘effects
determination’’ under the ESA for the
first ‘‘satisfactory progress’’
determination (under CWA section
319(h)(8)) associated with issuance of
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0201; FRL-10015-84]
Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee; Notice of Public Meeting
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Office of Pesticide Programs
is announcing a virtual public meeting of the Pesticide Program
Dialogue Committee (PPDC) on October 28-29, 2020, with participation by
webcast only. There will be no in-person gathering for this meeting.
DATES: Virtual meeting: The virtual meeting will be held on Wednesday,
October 28, 2020, from 11:00 a.m. to approximately 5:00 p.m., and
Thursday, October 29, 2020, from 11 a.m. to approximately 5:00 p.m. To
make oral comments during the virtual meeting, please email Shannon
Jewell by noon on Tuesday, October 20, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Virtual meeting: Please visit https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-advisory-committees-and-regulatory-partners/pesticide-program-dialogue-committee-ppdc to find the link for joining the meeting. The link will
be on the meeting agenda, which will be posted to the website prior to
the meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shannon Jewell, Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency (7501P), 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (571) 289-9911; email
address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
You may be potentially affected by this action if you work in
agricultural settings or if you are concerned about implementation of
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7
U.S.C. 136 et seq.); the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)
(21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.); the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act
(PRIA) (which amends FIFRA section 33); and the Endangered Species Act
(ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). Potentially affected entities may
include, but are not limited to: Agricultural workers and farmers;
pesticide industry and trade associations; environmental, consumer, and
farm worker groups; pesticide users and growers; animal rights groups;
pest consultants; State, local, and tribal governments; academia;
public health organizations; and the public. If you have questions
regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity,
consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
B. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?
The docket for this action, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0201, is available online at https://www.regulations.gov. Please note that due to the public health
emergency the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room was closed to
public visitors on March 31, 2020. Our EPA/DC staff will continue to
provide customer service via email, phone, and webform.
Once the EPA/DC is reopened to the public, the docket will also be
available in-person at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory
Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the EPA/DC, West William Jefferson
Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460-0001. The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number
for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number
for the OPP Docket is (703) 305-5805. For further information on EPA/DC
services, docket contact information and the current status of the EPA/
DC and Reading Room, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
II. Background
The PPDC is a federal advisory committee chartered under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92-463. EPA
established the PPDC in September 1995 to provide advice and
recommendations to the EPA Administrator on issues associated with
pesticide regulatory development and reform initiatives, evolving
public policy and program implementation issues, and policy issues
associated with evaluating and reducing risks from use of pesticides.
The following sectors are represented on the current PPDC:
Environmental/public interest and animal rights groups; farm worker
organizations; pesticide industry and trade associations; pesticide
user, grower, and commodity groups; Federal and State/local/tribal
governments; the general public; academia; and public health
organizations.
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III. How do I participate in the virtual public meeting?
A. Virtual Meeting
The virtual meeting will be conducted via webcast. Please visit
https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-advisory-committees-and-regulatory-partners/pesticide-program-dialogue-committee-ppdc to find the link for
joining the meeting. The link will be on the meeting agenda, which will
be posted to the website prior to the meeting.
B. Oral Comments
Requests to make brief oral comments to the PPDC during the virtual
meeting should be submitted when registering online or with the DFO
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT on or before noon on the
date set in the DATES section.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2 et seq. and 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: October 6, 2020.
Edward Messina,
Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2020-22590 Filed 10-9-20; 8:45 am]
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