United States Department of Justice and Parties to Certain Litigation; Transfer of Data, 70124-70125 [2021-26629]

Download as PDF 70124 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 234 / Thursday, December 9, 2021 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2550–029] khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Wiscons8, LLC; Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of PreApplication Document, Approving Use of the Traditional Licensing Process a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application and Request to Use the Traditional Licensing Process. b. Project No.: 2550–029. c. Date Filed: August 26, 2021. d. Submitted By: Wiscon8, LLC. e. Name of Project: Weyauwega Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: On the Waupaca River in Waupaca County, Wisconsin. No federal lands are occupied by the project works or located within the project boundary. g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the Commission’s regulations. h. Potential Applicant Contact: Dwight Shanak, Wiscons8, LLC, N3311 Sunrise Lane, Waupaca, Wisconsin 54981; (715) 412–3150; email— modernhydro@sbcglobal.net. i. FERC Contact: Shana Wiseman at (202) 502–8736; or email at shana.wiseman@ferc.gov. j. Wiscons8, LLC filed its request to use the Traditional Licensing Process on August 26, 2021. Wiscons8, LLC provided public notice of its request on October 28, 2021. In a letter dated December 3, 2021, the Director of the Division of Hydropower Licensing approved Wiscons8, LLC’s request to use the Traditional Licensing Process. k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA Fisheries under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency regulations thereunder at 50 CFR, Part 402; and NOAA Fisheries under section 305(b) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and implementing regulations at 50 CFR 600.920. We are also initiating consultation with the Wisconsin State Historic Preservation Officer, as required by section 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the implementing regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. l. Wiscons8, LLC filed a PreApplication Document (PAD; including a proposed process plan and schedule) with the Commission, pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission’s regulations. m. A copy of the PAD may be viewed and/or printed on the Commission’s website (https://www.ferc.gov), using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket number, excluding the last three digits VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:44 Dec 08, 2021 Jkt 256001 in the docket number field to access the document. At this time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commission’s Public Reference Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 (TTY). n. The licensee states its unequivocal intent to submit an application for a subsequent license for Project No. 2550– 029. Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.8, 20 each application for a subsequent license and any competing license applications must be filed with the Commission at least 24 months prior to the expiration of the existing license. All applications for license for this project must be filed by November 30, 2024. o. Register online at https:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filing and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Dated: December 3, 2021. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OLEM–2021–0762; FRL–9153– 02–OLEM] Draft EPA Strategy To Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities; Comment Request; Correction Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Public notification; correction. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), published a document in the Federal Register of October 28, 2021, notifying the public about the opportunity to provide comment on its draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities. Corrections have been made since the publishing for comment. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stiven Foster, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 566–1911; email address: foster.stiven@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 In the Federal Register of October 28, 2021, in FR Doc 2021–23421, on page 59711, correct the SUMMARY and DATES sections to read as follows: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), published a document in the Federal Register of October 28, 2021, notifying the public about the opportunity to provide comment on its draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities. Corrections have been made since the publishing for comment. The corrected draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities (Lead Strategy) now includes actions due to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The legislation provides opportunity to strengthen and rebuild America’s water infrastructure, including replace lead service lines to further reduce lead exposures in communities. The EPA will conduct public listening sessions on the draft Lead Strategy. Details about the listening sessions will be posted at https://www.epa.gov/lead/draftstrategy-reduce-lead-exposures-anddisparities-us-communities, as they become available. SUMMARY: Comments must be submitted on or before March 16, 2022. DATES: [FR Doc. 2021–26664 Filed 12–8–21; 8:45 am] SUMMARY: Correction Dated: December 3, 2021. Carlton Waterhouse, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Land and Emergency Management. [FR Doc. 2021–26644 Filed 12–8–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPP–2020–0492; FRL–9613–01– OCSPP] United States Department of Justice and Parties to Certain Litigation; Transfer of Data Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: This notice announces that pesticide related information submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), including information that may have been claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI) by the submitter, will be transferred to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and parties to certain litigation. This transfer of data is in SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\09DEN1.SGM 09DEN1 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 234 / Thursday, December 9, 2021 / Notices accordance with the CBI regulations governing the disclosure of potential CBI in litigation. DATES: Access to this information by DOJ and the parties to certain litigation is ongoing and expected to continue during the litigation as discussed in this Notice. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marietta Echeverria, Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone number: (703) 305–7090; email address: RDFRNotices@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is being provided pursuant to 40 CFR 2.209(d) to inform affected businesses that EPA, via DOJ, will provide certain information to the parties and the Court in the consolidated matters of American Soybean Association v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency et al., Case No. 20–1441 (D.C. Cir.) (‘‘Dicamba Litigation’’). The information is contained in documents that have been submitted to EPA pursuant to FIFRA and FFDCA by pesticide registrants or other data-submitters, including information that has been claimed to be, or determined to potentially contain, CBI. In the Dicamba Litigation, the Petitioner seeks judicial review of three EPA registration decisions for products that contain dicamba for use on dicamba-tolerant cotton and soybeans, issued under FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. The documents are being produced as part of the Administrative Record of the decision at issue and include documents that registrants or other datasubmitters may have submitted to EPA regarding the pesticide dicamba, and that may be subject to various release restrictions under federal law. The information includes documents submitted with pesticide registration applications and may include CBI as well as scientific studies subject to the disclosure restrictions of FIFRA section 10(g), 7 U.S.C. 136h(g). All documents that may be subject to release restrictions under federal law are designated as ‘‘Protected Information’’ under a Protective Order that was entered by the court in the Dicamba Litigation on November 4, 2021 (Doc. No. 1920892). The Protective Order precludes public disclosure of any such documents by the parties in this action who have received the information from EPA and limits the use of such documents to litigation purposes only. If filed with the Court, the Protective Order requires that such documents be VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:41 Dec 08, 2021 Jkt 256001 filed under seal and not be available for public review. (Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.; 21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) Dated: November 22, 2021. Marietta Echeverria, Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. [FR Doc. 2021–26629 Filed 12–8–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [MD Docket No. 20–270; FR ID 61142] Schedule of Application Fees of the Commission’s Rules Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Commission announces the effective date of new application fee rates for the Enforcement Bureau, Wireline Competition Bureau, and the International Bureau. DATES: New application fee rates will be updated on December 15, 2021. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roland Helvajian, Office of Managing Director at (202) 418–0444. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission adopted new application fee rates in a Report and Order, FCC 20– 184, MD Docket No. 20–270, adopted on December 23, 2020, released on December 29, 2020, and published in the Federal Register on March 19, 2021 (86 FR 15026, March 19, 2021). This document provides notice that new application fee rates will become effective on December 15, 2021 for the Enforcement Bureau, Wireline Competition Bureau, and the International Bureau. DA 21–1496 Released: December 15, 2021 SUMMARY: Effective Date of New Application Fees for the Enforcement Bureau, Wireline Competition Bureau, and the International Bureau MD Docket No. 20–270 On December 23, 2020, the Commission adopted a Report and Order implementing a new application fee schedule which significantly updated the Commission’s previous fee schedule.1 As indicated in the 2020 1 See Amendment of the Schedule of Application Fees Set Forth in Sections 1.1102 through 1.1109 of the Commission’s Rules, MD Docket No, 20–270, Report and Order, 35 FCC Rcd 15089 (2020) (2020 Application Fee Report and Order). Pursuant to section 8(b)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 70125 Application Fee Report and Order, the new application fee rates will become effective when the Commission’s ‘‘information technology systems and internal procedures have been updated, and the Commission publishes notice(s) in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of such rules.’’ 2 On July 6, 2021, the Commission announced that the systems and internal procedures had been updated for the Office of Engineering and Technology and for the Media Bureau, and as a result new application fees became effective for those Bureaus as of July 15, 2021.3 This Public Notice announces that new application fee rates for the Wireline Competition Bureau (47 CFR 1.1105), the Enforcement Bureau (47 CFR 1.1106), International Bureau (47 CFR 1.1107), and CALEA Petitions (47 CFR 1.1109) will become effective on December 15, 2021.4 Application fees for Enforcement Bureau applications and CALEA Petitions can be paid through the Commission’s Registration System (CORES) (the Commission’s FRN Management and Financial system),5 International Bureau applications can be paid through IBFS (or through the CORES system as a backup), and Wireline Competition applications can be paid through ETFS as amended, the Commission is required to review application fees in every even-numbered year, adjust the fees to reflect increases or decreases in the Consumer Price Index, and round to the nearest $5 increment. See 47 U.S.C. 158(b)(1). 2 2020 Application Fee Report and Order at 15155, para. 201. 3 Effective Date of New Application Fees for the Office of Engineering and Technology and the Media Bureau, MD Docket No. 20–270, Public Notice, DA 21–747 (OMD 2021). 4 See 47 CFR 1.1105 (Schedule of charges for applications and other filings for wireline competition services), 47 CFR 1.1106 (Schedule of charges for applications and other filings for Enforcement Bureau services), 47 CFR 1.1107 (Schedule of charges for applications and other filings for International Bureau services), and 47 CFR 1.1109 (Schedule of charges and filings for the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau). Applicants must continue to pay the current fees for their applications under the existing procedures until the new procedures and fees are in effect for their applications. The Commission will announce the effective date of the new application fee rates in 47 CFR 1.1102 of the Commission’s rules once the applicable information technology systems and internal procedures have been updated for those fees. See 47 CFR 1.1102. 5 Applicants can login at https://apps.fcc.gov/ cores/userLogin.do using an existing FCC Username account, or through CORES’ FRN access page at https://apps.fcc.gov/cores/paymentFrnLogin.do. On December 15, 2021, the URL that directly logs into Fee Filer will be discontinued, but will re-direct users to the new payment system (see FCC Announces Decommissioning of Fee Filer as Method of Payment and Replacement with New Payment Module within CORES and Decommissioning of the Commission’s Red Light Display System and Replacement with a New Module within CORES, Public Notice, December 1, 2021). E:\FR\FM\09DEN1.SGM 09DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 234 (Thursday, December 9, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70124-70125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26629]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0492; FRL-9613-01-OCSPP]


United States Department of Justice and Parties to Certain 
Litigation; Transfer of Data

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that pesticide related information 
submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pursuant to the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), including information 
that may have been claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI) 
by the submitter, will be transferred to the U.S. Department of Justice 
(DOJ) and parties to certain litigation. This transfer of data is in

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accordance with the CBI regulations governing the disclosure of 
potential CBI in litigation.

DATES: Access to this information by DOJ and the parties to certain 
litigation is ongoing and expected to continue during the litigation as 
discussed in this Notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marietta Echeverria, Registration 
Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 305-7090; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is being provided pursuant to 40 
CFR 2.209(d) to inform affected businesses that EPA, via DOJ, will 
provide certain information to the parties and the Court in the 
consolidated matters of American Soybean Association v. U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency et al., Case No. 20-1441 (D.C. Cir.) 
(``Dicamba Litigation''). The information is contained in documents 
that have been submitted to EPA pursuant to FIFRA and FFDCA by 
pesticide registrants or other data-submitters, including information 
that has been claimed to be, or determined to potentially contain, CBI. 
In the Dicamba Litigation, the Petitioner seeks judicial review of 
three EPA registration decisions for products that contain dicamba for 
use on dicamba-tolerant cotton and soybeans, issued under FIFRA, 7 
U.S.C. 136 et seq.
    The documents are being produced as part of the Administrative 
Record of the decision at issue and include documents that registrants 
or other data-submitters may have submitted to EPA regarding the 
pesticide dicamba, and that may be subject to various release 
restrictions under federal law. The information includes documents 
submitted with pesticide registration applications and may include CBI 
as well as scientific studies subject to the disclosure restrictions of 
FIFRA section 10(g), 7 U.S.C. 136h(g).
    All documents that may be subject to release restrictions under 
federal law are designated as ``Protected Information'' under a 
Protective Order that was entered by the court in the Dicamba 
Litigation on November 4, 2021 (Doc. No. 1920892). The Protective Order 
precludes public disclosure of any such documents by the parties in 
this action who have received the information from EPA and limits the 
use of such documents to litigation purposes only. If filed with the 
Court, the Protective Order requires that such documents be filed under 
seal and not be available for public review.

(Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.; 21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.)

    Dated: November 22, 2021.
Marietta Echeverria,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2021-26629 Filed 12-8-21; 8:45 am]
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