Pesticides; Petition Seeking Rulemaking for Registration of Neonicotinoid Insecticides and Other Systemic Insecticides; Notice of Availability and Request for Comment; Extension of Comment Period, 2222-2223 [2024-00518]

Download as PDF 2222 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 9 / Friday, January 12, 2024 / Notices of the Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214, or 385.206) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests may be considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the proceeding. eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing requirements, interventions, protests, service, and qualifying facilities filings can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/ docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For other information, call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. The Commission’s Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners, environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@ ferc.gov. Dated: January 4, 2024. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary. The filings are accessible in the Commission’s eLibrary system (https:// elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/ fercgensearch.asp) by querying the docket number. eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing requirements, interventions, protests, service, and qualifying facilities filings can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/ docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For other information, call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. The Commission’s Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners, environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@ ferc.gov. Dated: January 4, 2024. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. 2024–00577 Filed 1–11–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P [FR Doc. 2024–00578 Filed 1–11–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [FRL OP–OFA–105] Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability Combined Notice of Filings Take notice that the Commission has received the following Natural Gas Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Filings Instituting Proceedings Docket Numbers: RP24–300–000. Applicants: LA Storage, LLC. Description: 4(d) Rate Filing: Filing of Negotiated Rate, Conforming IW Agreements to be effective 1/5/2024. Filed Date: 1/3/24. Accession Number: 20240103–5161. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 1/16/24. Any person desiring to intervene, to protest, or to answer a complaint in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211, 214, or 206 of the Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214, or 385.206) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests may be considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the proceeding. VerDate Sep<11>2014 00:38 Jan 12, 2024 Jkt 262001 Responsible Agency: Office of Federal Activities, General Information 202– 564–5632 or https://www.epa.gov/nepa. Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) Filed December 29, 2023 10 a.m. EST Through January 8, 2024 10 a.m. EST Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. Notice Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act requires that EPA make public its comments on EISs issued by other Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters on EISs are available at: https:// cdxapps.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-II/public/ action/eis/search. EIS No. 20240001, Draft, BLM, NV, Rough Hat Clark Solar Project Draft EIS and Resource Management Plan, Comment Period Ends: 04/11/2024, Contact: Whitney Wirthlin 725–249– 3318. EIS No. 20240002, Draft, BOEM, NY, New York Bight, Comment Period PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Ends: 02/26/2024, Contact: Jill Lewandowski 703–787–1703. EIS No. 20240003, Draft, APHIS, CA, California Wildlife Damage Management Joint EIR–EIS, Comment Period Ends: 03/12/2024, Contact: Jeff Flores, State Director 916–979–2675. Dated: January 8, 2024. Julie Smith, Acting Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. 2024–00533 Filed 1–11–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0428; FRL–11111–02– OCSPP] Pesticides; Petition Seeking Rulemaking for Registration of Neonicotinoid Insecticides and Other Systemic Insecticides; Notice of Availability and Request for Comment; Extension of Comment Period Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period. AGENCY: In the Federal Register of November 24, 2023, EPA announced the availability of and solicited comment on a petition received from the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and the American Bird Conservancy (ABC) requesting that the Agency initiate a rulemaking for neonicotinoid insecticides and other systemic insecticides. This document extends the comment period, which was scheduled to end on January 23, 2024, to March 25, 2024. DATES: The comment period for the document published in the Federal Register of November 24, 2023, at 88 FR 82286 (FRL–11111–01–OCSPP) is extended. Comments must be received on or before March 25, 2024. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0428, through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Additional instructions on commenting and visiting the docket, along with more information about dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caleb Hawkins, Office of Pesticide SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\12JAN1.SGM 12JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 9 / Friday, January 12, 2024 / Notices Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001; main telephone number: (202) 566–1430; email address: Hawkins.caleb@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To give stakeholders additional time to review materials and prepare comments, EPA is hereby extending the comment period established in the Federal Register document of November 24, 2023, at 88 FR 82286 (FRL–11111–01–OCSPP) from January 23, 2024, to March 25, 2024. More information on the action can be found in the Federal Register of November 24, 2023. To submit comments or access the docket, please follow the detailed instructions provided under ADDRESSES. If you have questions, consult the technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. Dated: January 8, 2024. Michal Freedhoff, Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. [FR Doc. 2024–00518 Filed 1–11–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OAR–2014–0128; FRL–5788–04– OAR] Release of Policy Assessment for the Review of the Secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Oxides of Nitrogen, Oxides of Sulfur and Particulate Matter Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of availability. AGENCY: On or about January 12, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will make available the document, Policy Assessment for the Review of the Secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Oxides of Nitrogen, Oxides of Sulfur and Particulate Matter (PA, EPA–452/ R–24–003). This document was prepared as part of the current review of the secondary national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for Oxides of Nitrogen (NOX), Oxides of Sulfur (SOX), and Particulate Matter (PM). The PA serves to ‘‘bridge the gap’’ between the currently available scientific and technical information and the judgments required of the Administrator in determining whether to retain or revise the existing secondary NO2, SO2 and PM NAAQS. The secondary NAAQS for oxides of nitrogen, oxides of khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 00:38 Jan 12, 2024 Jkt 262001 sulfur, and particulate matter are set to protect the public welfare from known or anticipated effects of these pollutants in the ambient air. DATES: This document will be available on or about January 12, 2024. ADDRESSES: This document will be available on the EPA’s website at https://www.epa.gov/naaqs/nitrogendioxide-no2-and-sulfur-dioxide-so2secondary-air-quality-standards. The document will be accessible under ‘‘Policy Assessments’’ from the current review. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ginger Tennant, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, (Mail Code C504–06), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, P.O. Box 12055, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number: 919–541–4072, or email: tennant.ginger@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Two sections of the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act) govern the establishment and revision of the NAAQS. Section 108 directs the Administrator to identify and list certain air pollutants and then issue ‘‘air quality criteria’’ for those pollutants. The air quality criteria are to ‘‘accurately reflect the latest scientific knowledge useful in indicating the kind and extent of all identifiable effects on public health or welfare which may be expected from the presence of such pollutant in the ambient air . . .’’ (CAA section 108(a)(2)). Under section 109 of the Act, the EPA is then to establish primary (health-based) and secondary (welfare-based) NAAQS for each pollutant for which the EPA has issued air quality criteria. Section 109(d)(1) of the Act requires periodic review and, if appropriate, revision of existing air quality criteria. Revised air quality criteria are to reflect advances in scientific knowledge on the effects of the pollutant on public health and welfare. Under the same provision, the EPA is also to periodically review and, if appropriate, revise the NAAQS, based on the revised air quality criteria. The Act additionally requires appointment of an independent scientific review committee that is to periodically review the existing air quality criteria and NAAQS and to recommend any new standards and revisions of existing criteria and standards as may be appropriate (CAA section 109(d)(2)(A)–(B)). Since the early 1980s, the requirement for an independent scientific review committee has been fulfilled by the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC). The EPA’s overall plan for this review is presented in the Integrated Review PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 2223 Plan for the Secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ecological Effects of Oxides of Nitrogen, Oxides of Sulfur and Particulate Matter (IRP).1 As described in the IRP, the EPA has prepared the Integrated Science Assessment (ISA) for Oxides of Nitrogen, Oxides of Sulfur and Particulate Matter Ecological Criteria (U.S. EPA, 2020), drafts of which were released in March 2017 and June 2018 for public comment and review by the CASAC.2 A draft of the PA was also reviewed by the CASAC (88 FR 17572, March 23, 2023; 88 FR 45414, July 17, 2023). The final PA reflects consideration of the advice and comments from the CASAC on the draft PA, as well as public comments. The PA serves to ‘‘bridge the gap’’ between the scientific and technical information in the 2020 ISA and any air quality, exposure, and risk analyses available in this review, and the judgments required of the Administrator in determining whether to retain or revise the existing secondary ambient air quality standards for NO2, SO2 and PM. The final PA document will be available on EPA’s website at https://www.epa.gov/naaqs/ nitrogen-dioxideno2-and-sulfur-dioxideso2-secondaryair-quality-standards. The document briefly described here does not represent and should not be construed to represent any final EPA policy, viewpoint, or determination. Dated: January 3, 2024. Erika N. Sasser, Director, Health and Environmental Impacts Division. [FR Doc. 2024–00168 Filed 1–11–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [OMB 3060–0952; FR ID 196204] Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. AGENCY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal SUMMARY: 1 The IRP is available at https://www.epa.gov/ naaqs/nitrogen-dioxide-no2-and-sulfur-dioxide-so2secondary-standards-planning-documents-current. 2 The ISA is available at: https://www.epa.gov/ naaqs/nitrogen-dioxide-no2-and-sulfur-dioxide-so2secondary-air-quality-standards-integrated. E:\FR\FM\12JAN1.SGM 12JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 9 (Friday, January 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2222-2223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00518]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0428; FRL-11111-02-OCSPP]


Pesticides; Petition Seeking Rulemaking for Registration of 
Neonicotinoid Insecticides and Other Systemic Insecticides; Notice of 
Availability and Request for Comment; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: In the Federal Register of November 24, 2023, EPA announced 
the availability of and solicited comment on a petition received from 
the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and the 
American Bird Conservancy (ABC) requesting that the Agency initiate a 
rulemaking for neonicotinoid insecticides and other systemic 
insecticides. This document extends the comment period, which was 
scheduled to end on January 23, 2024, to March 25, 2024.

DATES: The comment period for the document published in the Federal 
Register of November 24, 2023, at 88 FR 82286 (FRL-11111-01-OCSPP) is 
extended. Comments must be received on or before March 25, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0428, through the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions 
for submitting comments. Do not submit electronically any information 
you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Additional 
instructions on commenting and visiting the docket, along with more 
information about dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caleb Hawkins, Office of Pesticide

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Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; main telephone number: (202) 566-1430; email 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To give stakeholders additional time to 
review materials and prepare comments, EPA is hereby extending the 
comment period established in the Federal Register document of November 
24, 2023, at 88 FR 82286 (FRL-11111-01-OCSPP) from January 23, 2024, to 
March 25, 2024. More information on the action can be found in the 
Federal Register of November 24, 2023.
    To submit comments or access the docket, please follow the detailed 
instructions provided under ADDRESSES. If you have questions, consult 
the technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: January 8, 2024.
Michal Freedhoff,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2024-00518 Filed 1-11-24; 8:45 am]
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