Request for Nominations for the Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB), 83119-83120 [2023-26096]
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applies to them. Potentially affected
entities may include:
• Crop production (NAICS code 111).
• Animal production (NAICS code
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• Food manufacturing (NAICS code
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II. Registration Applications
EPA has received applications to
register new uses for pesticide products
containing currently registered active
ingredients. 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.
Notice of Receipt—New Uses
1. EPA Registration Numbers: 241–
245 and 241–418. Docket ID number:
EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0308. Applicant:
BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
Active ingredient: Pendimethalin.
Product type: Herbicide. Proposed use:
Fresh and dried fig. Contact: RD.
2. File Symbols: 70506–AGN and
70506–AGR. Docket ID number: EPA–
HQ–OPP–2023–0459. Applicant: UPL
NA, Inc., 630 Freedom Business Center,
Suite 402, King of Prussia, PA 19406.
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Product names: UPL Glufosinate-Pammonium Technical and KFD–581–01
Herbicide Product. Active ingredient:
Herbicide—L-Glufosinate Ammonium at
92.46% (UPL Glufosinate-P-ammonium
Technical) and 23.86% (KFD–581–01
Herbicide Product) Proposed uses:
Almond, hulls; beet, sugar, molasses;
beet, sugar, roots; bushberry subgroup
13B; canola, meal; canola, seed; cattle,
fat; cattle, meat; cattle, meat byproducts;
corn, field forage; corn, field, grain;
corn, field, stover; corn, sweet, forage;
corn, sweet, kernels plus cob with husks
removed; corn, sweet, stover; cotton, gin
byproducts; cotton, undelinted seed;
egg; citrus fruit, crop group 10–10; pome
fruit, crop group 11–10; stone fruit, crop
group 12–12; goat, fat; goat, meat; goat,
meat byproducts; grain aspirated
fractions; grape; hog, fat; hog, meat; hog,
meat byproducts; horse, fat; horse, meat;
horse, meat byproducts; milk; tree nut,
crop group 14–12; olive; potato; potato,
chips; potato granules/flakes; poultry,
fat; poultry, meat; poultry, meat
byproducts; sheep, fat; sheep, meat;
sheep, meat byproducts; soybean;
soybean, hulls. Contact: RD.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: November 14, 2023.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and
Resources Management Division, Office of
Program Support.
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AGENCY
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Request for Nominations for the
Environmental Financial Advisory
Board (EFAB)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Request for nominations of
candidates to the Environmental
Financial Advisory Board.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) invites
nominations of qualified candidates to
be considered for appointment to the
Environmental Financial Advisory
Board (the Board or EFAB). The Board
provides advice to EPA on ways to
lower the costs of, and increase
investments in, environmental and
public health protection. Appointments
will be made by the Administrator and
will be announced in June 2024.
DATES: Nominations should be
submitted in time to arrive no later than
December 31, 2023.
SUMMARY:
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Nominations should be sent
via email to efab@epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any
member of the public who wants further
information concerning the nomination
process may contact Tara Johnson via
telephone/voicemail at (202) 809–7368
or email to efab@epa.gov. General
information concerning the EFAB is
available at www.epa.gov/
waterfinancecenter/efab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The EFAB is an EPA
advisory committee chartered under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), 5 U.S.C., app. 2, to provide
advice and recommendations to EPA on
innovative approaches to financing
environmental programs, projects, and
activities. The Board was established in
1989 to provide advice and
recommendations to EPA. Since
inception, the Board has advised the
EPA on a wide-ranging set of issues
including but not limited to the
following:
• Creating incentives to increase
private investment in the provision of
environmental services and removing or
reducing constraints on private
involvement wherever possible;
• Developing new and innovative
environmental financing approaches
and supporting and encouraging the use
of cost-effective existing approaches;
• Identifying approaches specifically
targeted to small community financing;
• Assessing government strategies for
implementing public-private
partnerships, including privatization,
operations and maintenance issues, and
other alternative financing mechanisms;
• Improving governmental principles
of accounting and disclosure standards
to help improve the sustainability of
environmental programs;
• Increasing the capacity of state and
local governments to carry out their
respective environmental programs
under current Federal laws;
• Increasing the total investment in
environmental protection and
stewardship of public and private
environmental resources to help ease
the environmental financing challenge
facing our nation; and
• Developing innovative investment
models and market-based approaches
that increase the long-term resiliency of
infrastructure.
The Board’s recent work has
included:
• Options for the development of the
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund
authorized under the Inflation
Reduction Act; and
• Recommendations for catalyzing
pollution prevention finance, enhancing
ADDRESSES:
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the agency’s approach to encourage
increased Opportunity Zone funds
investment alongside existing EPA
funding tools, and improving the
availability of public and private
sources of funding for stormwater
infrastructure.
The Board meets either in-person or
virtually two times each calendar year
(two days per meeting) at different
locations within the continental United
States. In addition to the bi-annual
meetings, additional virtual meetings
may be held during the year to ensure
timely completion of the Board’s work.
Board members typically contribute
approximately 3 to 8 hours per month
to the activities of the Board. This
includes participation on one or more of
the Board’s active workgroups. Members
serve on the Board without
compensation; however, Board members
may receive travel and per diem
allowances where appropriate and in
accordance with Federal travel
regulations.
Members are appointed to represent
the perspective of specific
organizations, associations, or groups of
persons (Representative members), or to
provide their individual expertise
(Special Government Employee, or SGE,
members). Candidates invited to serve
as SGE members will be asked to submit
the ‘‘Confidential Financial Disclosure
Form for Special Government
Employees Serving on Federal Advisory
Committees at the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’’ (EPA Form 3110–
48). This confidential form allows EPA
to determine whether there is a statutory
conflict between that person’s public
responsibilities as an SGE member and
private interests and activities, or the
appearance of a loss of impartiality as
defined by Federal regulation. The form
may be viewed at https://www.epa.gov/
waterfinancecenter/efab, but this form
should not be submitted as part of a
nomination.
Experience and Expertise Sought for
the EFAB: The Board seeks to maintain
diverse representation across all
workforce sectors (state/local/tribal
government, business (industry and
finance), and nonprofit organizations)
and geographic regions of the United
States. Nominees should demonstrate
experience in environmental finance
and/or reducing the cost of financing
environmental protection in various
environmental media (e.g., air, energy,
land, and water). Experience and
expertise sought include, but are not
limited to, the following areas:
commercial banking; environmental and
financial resiliency; environmental
financing including sector-specific
experience; environmental justice;
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environmental, social, and corporate
governance; environmental equity
financing; Federal investments in
environmental financing; green banking;
infrastructure financing; insurance
markets; local utility management and
finance; public-public and publicprivate partnerships; regulators;
resource conservation; sustainable
community partnerships; and
sustainable economies.
In accordance with Executive Order
14035 (June 25, 2021) and consistent
with law, EPA values and welcomes
opportunities to increase diversity,
equity, inclusion, and accessibility on
its Federal advisory committees. EPA’s
Federal advisory committees strive to
have a workforce that reflects the
diversity of the American people.
Nominee qualifications will be assessed
under the mandates of the FACA, which
requires that committees be balanced in
terms of the points of view represented
and the functions to be performed; for
the Board, this balance includes
diversity across a broad range of
constituencies, sectors, and groups. In
addition to this notice, other sources
may be utilized in the solicitation of
nominees.
How to Submit Nominations: Any
interested person or organization may
nominate qualified person(s) to be
considered for appointment to the
EFAB. Individuals may self-nominate.
Nominations should be submitted via
email to efab@epa.gov. Nominations
should include the following
information: Contact information for the
person making the nomination; contact
information for the nominee (if
different), including full name and title,
business mailing address, telephone,
and email address; the specific areas of
experience or expertise of the nominee;
the nominee’s curriculum vitae or
resume; and a biographical sketch of the
nominee indicating current position and
recent service on other Federal advisory
committees or national professional
organizations. A supporting letter of
endorsement is encouraged, but not
required.
Evaluation Criteria: The following
criteria will be used to evaluate
nominees: Residence in the United
States; professional knowledge of, and
experience with, environmental
financing activities; senior-level
experience that fills a gap in Board
representation or brings a new and
relevant dimension to its deliberations;
demonstrated ability to work in a
consensus-building process with a wide
range of representatives from diverse
constituencies; and willingness to serve
a two or three-year term as an active and
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contributing member, with possible
reappointment to a second term.
Andrew D. Sawyers,
Director, Office of Wastewater Management,
Office of Water.
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Draft National Pollutant Discharge
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General Permit for Point Source
Discharges From the Application of
Pesticides; Reissuance
Environmental Protection
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ACTION: Notice of draft permit and
request for public comment.
AGENCY:
All ten Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) Regions are
proposing for public comment the draft
2026 National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) Pesticide
General Permit (PGP)—the draft 2026
PGP. The draft 2026 PGP covers point
source discharges from the application
of pesticides to waters of the United
States. Once finalized, the draft 2026
PGP will replace the existing permit, the
2021 PGP, which was issued for a fiveyear term in the Federal Register on
October 31, 2021, and expires October
31, 2026, at midnight. The draft 2026
PGP largely has the same conditions and
requirements as EPA’s previously issued
PGPs, and would authorize certain point
source discharges from the application
of pesticides to waters of the United
States in accordance with the terms and
conditions described therein. EPA
proposes to issue this permit for five (5)
years in all areas of the country where
EPA is the NPDES permitting authority.
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aspects of the draft 2026 PGP. This
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the draft 2026 PGP in general and seeks
comment as described in Section III.C of
this document. The Fact Sheet
accompanying the permit contains
supporting documentation. EPA
encourages the public to read the Fact
Sheet to better understand the draft
2026 PGP.
DATES: Written comments on the draft
2026 PGP must be received by January
12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OW–2023–0268, by any of the following
methods:
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-11568-01-OW]
Request for Nominations for the Environmental Financial Advisory
Board (EFAB)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Request for nominations of candidates to the Environmental
Financial Advisory Board.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites
nominations of qualified candidates to be considered for appointment to
the Environmental Financial Advisory Board (the Board or EFAB). The
Board provides advice to EPA on ways to lower the costs of, and
increase investments in, environmental and public health protection.
Appointments will be made by the Administrator and will be announced in
June 2024.
DATES: Nominations should be submitted in time to arrive no later than
December 31, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent via email to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants
further information concerning the nomination process may contact Tara
Johnson via telephone/voicemail at (202) 809-7368 or email to
[email protected]. General information concerning the EFAB is available at
www.epa.gov/waterfinancecenter/efab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The EFAB is an EPA advisory committee chartered under
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., app. 2, to provide
advice and recommendations to EPA on innovative approaches to financing
environmental programs, projects, and activities. The Board was
established in 1989 to provide advice and recommendations to EPA. Since
inception, the Board has advised the EPA on a wide-ranging set of
issues including but not limited to the following:
Creating incentives to increase private investment in the
provision of environmental services and removing or reducing
constraints on private involvement wherever possible;
Developing new and innovative environmental financing
approaches and supporting and encouraging the use of cost-effective
existing approaches;
Identifying approaches specifically targeted to small
community financing;
Assessing government strategies for implementing public-
private partnerships, including privatization, operations and
maintenance issues, and other alternative financing mechanisms;
Improving governmental principles of accounting and
disclosure standards to help improve the sustainability of
environmental programs;
Increasing the capacity of state and local governments to
carry out their respective environmental programs under current Federal
laws;
Increasing the total investment in environmental
protection and stewardship of public and private environmental
resources to help ease the environmental financing challenge facing our
nation; and
Developing innovative investment models and market-based
approaches that increase the long-term resiliency of infrastructure.
The Board's recent work has included:
Options for the development of the Greenhouse Gas
Reduction Fund authorized under the Inflation Reduction Act; and
Recommendations for catalyzing pollution prevention
finance, enhancing
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the agency's approach to encourage increased Opportunity Zone funds
investment alongside existing EPA funding tools, and improving the
availability of public and private sources of funding for stormwater
infrastructure.
The Board meets either in-person or virtually two times each
calendar year (two days per meeting) at different locations within the
continental United States. In addition to the bi-annual meetings,
additional virtual meetings may be held during the year to ensure
timely completion of the Board's work. Board members typically
contribute approximately 3 to 8 hours per month to the activities of
the Board. This includes participation on one or more of the Board's
active workgroups. Members serve on the Board without compensation;
however, Board members may receive travel and per diem allowances where
appropriate and in accordance with Federal travel regulations.
Members are appointed to represent the perspective of specific
organizations, associations, or groups of persons (Representative
members), or to provide their individual expertise (Special Government
Employee, or SGE, members). Candidates invited to serve as SGE members
will be asked to submit the ``Confidential Financial Disclosure Form
for Special Government Employees Serving on Federal Advisory Committees
at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency'' (EPA Form 3110-48). This
confidential form allows EPA to determine whether there is a statutory
conflict between that person's public responsibilities as an SGE member
and private interests and activities, or the appearance of a loss of
impartiality as defined by Federal regulation. The form may be viewed
at https://www.epa.gov/waterfinancecenter/efab, but this form should
not be submitted as part of a nomination.
Experience and Expertise Sought for the EFAB: The Board seeks to
maintain diverse representation across all workforce sectors (state/
local/tribal government, business (industry and finance), and nonprofit
organizations) and geographic regions of the United States. Nominees
should demonstrate experience in environmental finance and/or reducing
the cost of financing environmental protection in various environmental
media (e.g., air, energy, land, and water). Experience and expertise
sought include, but are not limited to, the following areas: commercial
banking; environmental and financial resiliency; environmental
financing including sector-specific experience; environmental justice;
environmental, social, and corporate governance; environmental equity
financing; Federal investments in environmental financing; green
banking; infrastructure financing; insurance markets; local utility
management and finance; public-public and public-private partnerships;
regulators; resource conservation; sustainable community partnerships;
and sustainable economies.
In accordance with Executive Order 14035 (June 25, 2021) and
consistent with law, EPA values and welcomes opportunities to increase
diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility on its Federal advisory
committees. EPA's Federal advisory committees strive to have a
workforce that reflects the diversity of the American people. Nominee
qualifications will be assessed under the mandates of the FACA, which
requires that committees be balanced in terms of the points of view
represented and the functions to be performed; for the Board, this
balance includes diversity across a broad range of constituencies,
sectors, and groups. In addition to this notice, other sources may be
utilized in the solicitation of nominees.
How to Submit Nominations: Any interested person or organization
may nominate qualified person(s) to be considered for appointment to
the EFAB. Individuals may self-nominate. Nominations should be
submitted via email to [email protected]. Nominations should include the
following information: Contact information for the person making the
nomination; contact information for the nominee (if different),
including full name and title, business mailing address, telephone, and
email address; the specific areas of experience or expertise of the
nominee; the nominee's curriculum vitae or resume; and a biographical
sketch of the nominee indicating current position and recent service on
other Federal advisory committees or national professional
organizations. A supporting letter of endorsement is encouraged, but
not required.
Evaluation Criteria: The following criteria will be used to
evaluate nominees: Residence in the United States; professional
knowledge of, and experience with, environmental financing activities;
senior-level experience that fills a gap in Board representation or
brings a new and relevant dimension to its deliberations; demonstrated
ability to work in a consensus-building process with a wide range of
representatives from diverse constituencies; and willingness to serve a
two or three-year term as an active and contributing member, with
possible reappointment to a second term.
Andrew D. Sawyers,
Director, Office of Wastewater Management, Office of Water.
[FR Doc. 2023-26096 Filed 11-27-23; 8:45 am]
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