Public Comment on the Cumulative Risk Assessment Guidelines for Planning and Problem Formulation; Extension of the Comment Period, 55036-55037 [2023-17314]

Download as PDF ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 55036 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 155 / Monday, August 14, 2023 / Notices 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 burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (iv) minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate forms of information technology. EPA will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as appropriate. The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for review and approval. At that time, EPA will issue another Federal Register notice to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB. Abstract: This ICR covers the collection of information from those organizations that receive grants funding from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the authority of section 134 of the Clean Air Act (CAA). CAA 134 was enacted as part of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and authorizes EPA to make competitive grants to States, municipalities, Tribal governments, and eligible non-profit recipients to implement the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, a historic $27 billion investment to combat the climate crisis by mobilizing financing and private capital for greenhouse gas- and air pollution-reducing projects in communities across the country. Through the GGRF program, EPA is conducting three competitions. This ICR covers the collection of information under awards for all three competitions. EPA will use information from these reports as part of program-wide public reporting, except to the extent such information includes CBI or PII pursuant to 2 CFR 200.338. Information claimed as CBI in accordance with this Notice will be disclosed only to the extent, and by means of the procedures, set forth in 40 CFR part 2, subpart B. Form Numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: Grantees, or organizations that receive grants funding from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the authority of section 134 of the Clean Air Act (CAA). CAA 134 was enacted as part of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and authorizes EPA to make competitive grants to States, municipalities, Tribal governments, and eligible non-profit VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:38 Aug 11, 2023 Jkt 259001 recipients to implement the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. Respondent’s obligation to respond: required to obtain or retain a benefit under section 134 of the Clean Air Act (CAA). Estimated number of respondents: As of this writing burden estimates are not available. This data will be available for the next public review period. Frequency of response: As of this writing burden estimates are not available. This data will be available for the next public review period. Total estimated burden: As of this writing burden estimates are not available. This data will be available for the next public review period. Total estimated cost: As of this writing burden estimates are not available. This data will be available for the next public review period. Changes in the Estimates: This is a new collection therefore there is no change in burden. Jahi Wise, Senior Advisor to the Administrator and Acting Director of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. [FR Doc. 2023–17202 Filed 8–11–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–ORD–2013–0292; FRL–11270–01– ORD] Public Comment on the Cumulative Risk Assessment Guidelines for Planning and Problem Formulation; Extension of the Comment Period Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of public comment period; extension. AGENCY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing an extension of the public comment period by 15 days for the draft Cumulative Risk Assessment Guidelines for Planning and Problem Formulation. The original Federal Register document announcing the public comment period was published on June 16, 2023. DATES: The public comment period for the notice published on June 16, 2023 (88 FR 39424) is being extended by 15 days. The EPA must receive comments on or before August 30, 2023, to be considered. ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– ORD–2013–0292, by any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov/ (our SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. • Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center, Office of Research and Development Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460. • Hand Delivery or Courier: EPA Docket Center, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004. The Docket Center’s hours of operations are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday (except Federal Holidays). Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID No. for this notice. Comments received may be posted without change to https:// www.regulations.gov/, including any personal information provided. For detailed instructions on sending comments and additional information on the public comment process, see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the public comment period, contact the ORD Docket at the EPA Headquarters Docket Center; telephone: 202–566–1752; facsimile: 202–566–9744; or email: Docket_ORD@ epa.gov. For technical information on the draft guidelines or information on the public comment period, contact Dr. Lawrence Martin, via email at: martin.lawrence@epa.gov; or via phone/ voicemail at 202–308–5642. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA published the CRA Guidelines for Planning and Problem Formulation on June 16, 2023, in the Federal Register (88 FR 39424), which included a request for public comments on or before August 15, 2023, on the draft CRA guidelines document (available in the docket). The purpose of this notice is to extend the public comment period. The public can submit comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– ORD–2013–0292, at https:// www.regulations.gov/ or the other methods identified in the ADDRESSES section. I. How To Submit Technical Comments to the Docket at https:// www.regulations.gov The public can submit comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– ORD–2013–0292 for the CRA Guidelines for Planning and Problem Formulation, by one of the following methods: • www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • Email: Docket_ORD@epa.gov. • Fax: 202–566–9744. E:\FR\FM\14AUN1.SGM 14AUN1 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 155 / Monday, August 14, 2023 / Notices • Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA–HQ–ORD–2013–0292), Mail Code: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460. The phone number is 202–566–1752. For information on visiting the EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets. The EPA Docket Center 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. Deliveries are only accepted during the docket’s normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. If you provide comments by mail or hand delivery, please submit three copies of the comments. For attachments, provide an index, number pages consecutively with the comments, and submit an unbound original and three copies. Instructions: Direct your comments to docket number EPA–HQ–ORD–2013– 0292 for the CRA Guidelines for Planning and Problem Formulation. If you are commenting on specific text in the document, please use the page and line number to identify the text to which you refer. General recommendations or comments are best tied to a specific section in the text that comes closest to addressing the issue you are commenting upon. If no such section exists, then a recommendation for a new section heading is helpful. Please provide citations for any technical information and/or data used to support the information you provide. To ensure proper receipt by the EPA, be sure to identify the docket ID number assigned to this action in the subject line on the first page of your response. Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified comment period. Comments received after the closing date will be marked ‘‘late,’’ and may only be considered if time permits. It is EPA’s policy to include all comments it receives in the public docket without change and to make the comments available online at www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, unless a comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information for which disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information through www.regulations.gov or email that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected. The www.regulations.gov website is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:38 Aug 11, 2023 Jkt 259001 email comment directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. Docket: Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the ORD Docket in the EPA Headquarters Docket Center. III. How will comments be used? Public comment received on the draft CRA Guidelines for Planning and Problem Formulation will be reviewed and considered to be incorporated into or modify text in the final revised draft of the Guidelines. The final draft Guidelines will then undergo internal EPA review and revision, and then be finalized for publication. Mary Ross, Director, Office of Science Advisor, Policy, and Engagement. [FR Doc. 2023–17314 Filed 8–11–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPP–2022–0509; FRL–7661–03– OCSPP] Notice of Approval Status; Certifying Authorities’ Amended Plans for Certification of Commercial and Private Applicators of Restricted Use Pesticides; Batch Three Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing its approval of fifteen amended certification plans for certifying applicators of Restricted Use Pesticides (RUPs) from the following certifying authorities: Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (ADAI), SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 55037 American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (AS–EPA), Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA), Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Bureau of Environmental & Coastal Quality—Division of Environmental Quality, Pesticides Branch (CNMI–BECQ–DEQ), Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA), Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS), Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA), Maryland Department of Agriculture (MdDA), Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD), Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MnDA), North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDACS), North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA), Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM), West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA), and Wyoming Department of Agriculture (WDA). The amended plans are consistent with the existing regulatory requirements, including revisions made in 2017 to enhance and improve the competency of certified applicators of RUPs and persons working under their direct supervision. The 2017 regulatory revisions are intended to further reduce potential exposure of RUPs to certified applicators and those working under their direct supervision, other workers, the public, and the environment. Federal, state, territory, and tribal certifying authorities with existing certification plans were required to revise their existing plans to conform with the updated federal standards for RUP applicator certification and receive EPA approval by the established regulatory deadline. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical information contact: The designated EPA point of contact for the Certification Plan of interest as listed in Table 1 of Unit I.B. For general information contact: Carolyn Schroeder, Pesticide ReEvaluation Division (7508M), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001; elephone number: (202) 566–2376; email address: schroeder.carolyn@ 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 a federal, state, territory, or tribal agency who administers a certification program for pesticides applicators. You many also E:\FR\FM\14AUN1.SGM 14AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 155 (Monday, August 14, 2023)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2023-17314]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2013-0292; FRL-11270-01-ORD]


Public Comment on the Cumulative Risk Assessment Guidelines for 
Planning and Problem Formulation; Extension of the Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public comment period; extension.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing 
an extension of the public comment period by 15 days for the draft 
Cumulative Risk Assessment Guidelines for Planning and Problem 
Formulation. The original Federal Register document announcing the 
public comment period was published on June 16, 2023.

DATES: The public comment period for the notice published on June 16, 
2023 (88 FR 39424) is being extended by 15 days. The EPA must receive 
comments on or before August 30, 2023, to be considered.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
ORD-2013-0292, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov/ 
(our preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket 
Center, Office of Research and Development Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: EPA Docket Center, WJC West 
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004. 
The Docket Center's hours of operations are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 
Monday through Friday (except Federal Holidays).
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID 
No. for this notice. Comments received may be posted without change to 
https://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal information 
provided. For detailed instructions on sending comments and additional 
information on the public comment process, see the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the public comment 
period, contact the ORD Docket at the EPA Headquarters Docket Center; 
telephone: 202-566-1752; facsimile: 202-566-9744; or email: 
[email protected]. For technical information on the draft guidelines 
or information on the public comment period, contact Dr. Lawrence 
Martin, via email at: [email protected]; or via phone/voicemail 
at 202-308-5642.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA published the CRA Guidelines for 
Planning and Problem Formulation on June 16, 2023, in the Federal 
Register (88 FR 39424), which included a request for public comments on 
or before August 15, 2023, on the draft CRA guidelines document 
(available in the docket). The purpose of this notice is to extend the 
public comment period.
    The public can submit comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
ORD-2013-0292, at https://www.regulations.gov/ or the other methods 
identified in the ADDRESSES section.

I. How To Submit Technical Comments to the Docket at https://
www.regulations.gov

    The public can submit comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
ORD-2013-0292 for the CRA Guidelines for Planning and Problem 
Formulation, by one of the following methods:
     www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
     Email: [email protected].
     Fax: 202-566-9744.

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     Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket 
Center (EPA-HQ-ORD-2013-0292), Mail Code: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460. The phone number is 202-566-1752. For 
information on visiting the EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room, 
visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets. The EPA Docket Center 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. Deliveries are only accepted during the docket's 
normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for 
deliveries of boxed information. If you provide comments by mail or 
hand delivery, please submit three copies of the comments. For 
attachments, provide an index, number pages consecutively with the 
comments, and submit an unbound original and three copies.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to docket number EPA-HQ-ORD-
2013-0292 for the CRA Guidelines for Planning and Problem Formulation. 
If you are commenting on specific text in the document, please use the 
page and line number to identify the text to which you refer. General 
recommendations or comments are best tied to a specific section in the 
text that comes closest to addressing the issue you are commenting 
upon. If no such section exists, then a recommendation for a new 
section heading is helpful. Please provide citations for any technical 
information and/or data used to support the information you provide. To 
ensure proper receipt by the EPA, be sure to identify the docket ID 
number assigned to this action in the subject line on the first page of 
your response.
    Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified 
comment period. Comments received after the closing date will be marked 
``late,'' and may only be considered if time permits. It is EPA's 
policy to include all comments it receives in the public docket without 
change and to make the comments available online at 
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, 
unless a comment includes information claimed to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information for which disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Do not submit information through 
www.regulations.gov or email that you consider to be CBI or otherwise 
protected. The www.regulations.gov website is an ``anonymous access'' 
system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact 
information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you 
send an email comment directly to EPA without going through 
www.regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically captured 
and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket 
and made available on the internet. If you submit an electronic 
comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact 
information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you 
submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties 
and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to 
consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special 
characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or 
viruses. For additional information about EPA's public docket visit the 
EPA Docket Center homepage at www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: Publicly available docket materials are available either 
electronically in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the ORD Docket 
in the EPA Headquarters Docket Center.

III. How will comments be used?

    Public comment received on the draft CRA Guidelines for Planning 
and Problem Formulation will be reviewed and considered to be 
incorporated into or modify text in the final revised draft of the 
Guidelines. The final draft Guidelines will then undergo internal EPA 
review and revision, and then be finalized for publication.

Mary Ross,
Director, Office of Science Advisor, Policy, and Engagement.
[FR Doc. 2023-17314 Filed 8-11-23; 8:45 am]
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