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Preliminary Effluent Guidelines
Program Plan 16
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
availability of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’s (EPA) Preliminary
Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 16
(Preliminary Plan 16) and solicits public
comment. The Clean Water Act (CWA)
requires the EPA to biennially publish
a plan for new and revised effluent
limitations guidelines and pretreatment
standards, after public review and
comment. Preliminary Plan 16 discusses
the EPA’s 2022 and 2023 annual
reviews of effluent guidelines and
pretreatment standards, presents its
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preliminary review of specific industrial
categories, and provides an update on
the analyses and tools that the EPA is
continuing to enhance to further
improve its annual review and biennial
planning process.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before January 17, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OW–2024–0158, 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 Water 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.—4:30 p.m., Monday—Friday
(except Federal Holidays).
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the Docket ID No. for this
action. 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 process for this action, see the
‘‘Public Participation’’ heading of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doruntinë Rexhepi, Engineering and
Analysis Division, Office of Water,
4303T, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 566–2532; email address:
rexhepi.doruntine@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Participation
Submit your comments, identified by
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2024–
0158, at https://www.regulations.gov
(our preferred method), or the other
methods identified in the ADDRESSES
section. Once submitted, comments
cannot be edited or removed from the
docket. The EPA may publish any
comment received to its public docket.
Do not submit to EPA’s docket at
https://www.regulations.gov any
information you consider to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI),
Proprietary Business Information (PBI),
or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Multimedia
submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be
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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 will generally not
consider comments or comment
contents located outside of the primary
submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or
other file sharing system). Please visit
https://www.epa.gov/dockets/
commenting-epa-dockets for additional
submission methods; the full EPA
public comment policy; information
about CBI, PBI, or multimedia
submissions; and general guidance on
making effective comments.
II. General Information
A. Supporting Documents
A key document providing additional
information is the Preliminary Effluent
Guidelines Program Plan 16 document.
Supporting documents providing
further details are also available for
review.
B. How can I get copies of these
documents and other related
information?
1. Docket. The EPA has established an
official public docket for this action
under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–
2024–0158. The official public docket is
the collection of materials that are
available for public viewing at the Water
Docket in the EPA Docket Center, (EPA/
DC) EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20004.
2. Electronic Access. You can access
this Federal Register document
electronically through the United States
Government online source for Federal
regulations at https://
www.regulations.gov.
3. Internet access. Copies of the
supporting documents are available at
https://www.epa.gov/eg/effluentguidelines-plan.
III. How Is This Document Organized
The outline of this document follows.
A. Legal Authority.
B. Request for Public Comments and
Information.
A. Legal Authority
This notice is published under the
authority of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. 1251,
et seq., and in particular sections 301(d),
304(b), 304(g), 304(m), 306, 307(b), and
308 of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(d),
1314(b), 1314(g), 1314(m), 1316,
1317(b), and 1318.
B. Request for Public Comments and
Information
The EPA invites comment on the
entirety of Preliminary Plan 16. In
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particular, the EPA invites comment on
the following topics (see Preliminary
Plan 16 for more information on these
topics):
1. The order weighted average
analysis including: the metrics used in
the analysis to evaluate the industrial
category rankings, the inclusion/
exclusion of pollutant toxicity in annual
review rankings, and results of the 2022
and 2023 annual rankings.
2. The findings of the preliminary
category reviews, specifically the
findings for Battery Manufacturing,
Centralized Waste Treatment, and Oil
and Gas Extraction Categories.
3. The preliminary category review
schedule and tools described to support
the EPA’s review of effluent guidelines.
4. The capabilities, performance, and
costs of treatment technologies for
industrial wastewater to support the
Agency’s technology reviews.
5. The announcement made within
Preliminary Plan 16 of the EPA’s intent
to prepare a generic ICR to support
effluent guidelines planning and
rulemakings.
6. The announcement made within
Preliminary Plan 16 of an online form
on the CWA methods website to request
new analytical methods for wastewater
and surface waters.
7. The announcements made within
Preliminary Plan 16 regarding new
studies.
Bruno Pigott,
Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator.
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Notice of Receipt of Requests to
Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide
Registrations
ACTION:
Notice.
In accordance with the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is issuing
a notice of receipt of requests by the
registrants to voluntarily cancel certain
pesticide registrations. EPA intends to
grant these requests at the close of the
comment period for this announcement
unless the Agency receives substantive
comments within the comment period
that would merit its further review of
the requests, or unless the registrants
withdraw their requests. If these
requests are granted, any sale,
distribution, or use of the products
listed in this notice will be permitted
after the registrations have been
cancelled only if such sale, distribution,
or use is consistent with the terms as
described in the final order.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before June 16, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2024–0092,
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:
Christopher Green, Registration Division
(7505T), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460–0001; telephone number: (202)
566–2707; email address:
green.christopher@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
This action is directed to the public
in general and may be of interest to a
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
AGENCY:
wide range of stakeholders including
environmental, human health, and
agricultural advocates; the chemical
industry; pesticide users; and members
of the public interested in the sale,
distribution, or use of pesticides.
B. What should I consider as I prepare
my comments for EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this
information to EPA through
regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark
the part or all of the information that
you claim to be CBI. For CBI
information in a disk or CD–ROM that
you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the
disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then
identify electronically within the disk or
CD–ROM the specific information that
is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that
includes information claimed as CBI, a
copy of the comment that does not
contain the information claimed as CBI
must be submitted for inclusion in the
public docket. Information so marked
will not be disclosed except in
accordance with procedures set forth in
40 CFR part 2.
2. Tips for preparing your comments.
When preparing and submitting your
comments, see the commenting tips at
https://www.epa.gov/dockets/
comments.html.
II. What action is the Agency taking?
This notice announces receipt by the
Agency of requests from registrants to
cancel certain pesticide products
registered under FIFRA section 3 (7
U.S.C. 136a) or 24(c) (7 U.S.C. 136v(c)).
The registrations are listed in sequence
by registration number (or company
number and 24(c) number) in Table 1 of
this unit.
Unless the Agency determines that
there are substantive comments that
warrant further review of the requests or
the registrants withdraw their requests,
EPA intends to issue an order in the
Federal Register canceling the affected
registrations.
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TABLE 1—REGISTRATIONS WITH PENDING REQUESTS FOR CANCELLATION
Registration No.
Company No.
10163–195 ........
69117–2 ............
10163
69117
Product name
Botran Technical .........................................................
Greyhound Insecticide ................................................
The registrant of 10163–195, has
requested to sell and distribute existing
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Dicloran (031301/99–30–9)—(95%).
Abamectin (122804/71751–41–2)—(2%).
Table 2 of this unit includes the name
and address of record for the registrants
of the products in Table 1 of this unit,
in sequence by EPA company number.
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This number corresponds to the first
part of the EPA registration number of
the products listed in this unit.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2024-0158; FRL-11254-01-OW]
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Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 16
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Preliminary Effluent Guidelines
Program Plan 16 (Preliminary Plan 16) and solicits public comment. The
Clean Water Act (CWA) requires the EPA to biennially publish a plan for
new and revised effluent limitations guidelines and pretreatment
standards, after public review and comment. Preliminary Plan 16
discusses the EPA's 2022 and 2023 annual reviews of effluent guidelines
and pretreatment standards, presents its preliminary review of specific
industrial categories, and provides an update on the analyses and tools
that the EPA is continuing to enhance to further improve its annual
review and biennial planning process.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 17, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OW-2024-0158, 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 Water 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.--4:30 p.m.,
Monday--Friday (except Federal Holidays).
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID
No. for this action. 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 process for this action, see the ``Public
Participation'' heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doruntin[euml] Rexhepi, Engineering
and Analysis Division, Office of Water, 4303T, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 566-2532; email address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Participation
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2024-
0158, at https://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or the
other methods identified in the ADDRESSES section. Once submitted,
comments cannot be edited or removed from the docket. The EPA may
publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit to
EPA's docket at https://www.regulations.gov any information you
consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI), Proprietary
Business Information (PBI), 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 will generally not consider comments or comment
contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web,
cloud, or other file sharing system). Please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets for additional submission methods; the
full EPA public comment policy; information about CBI, PBI, or
multimedia submissions; and general guidance on making effective
comments.
II. General Information
A. Supporting Documents
A key document providing additional information is the Preliminary
Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 16 document. Supporting documents
providing further details are also available for review.
B. How can I get copies of these documents and other related
information?
1. Docket. The EPA has established an official public docket for
this action under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2024-0158. The official
public docket is the collection of materials that are available for
public viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA Docket Center, (EPA/DC)
EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20004.
2. Electronic Access. You can access this Federal Register document
electronically through the United States Government online source for
Federal regulations at https://www.regulations.gov.
3. Internet access. Copies of the supporting documents are
available at https://www.epa.gov/eg/effluent-guidelines-plan.
III. How Is This Document Organized
The outline of this document follows.
A. Legal Authority.
B. Request for Public Comments and Information.
A. Legal Authority
This notice is published under the authority of the CWA, 33 U.S.C.
1251, et seq., and in particular sections 301(d), 304(b), 304(g),
304(m), 306, 307(b), and 308 of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(d), 1314(b),
1314(g), 1314(m), 1316, 1317(b), and 1318.
B. Request for Public Comments and Information
The EPA invites comment on the entirety of Preliminary Plan 16. In
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particular, the EPA invites comment on the following topics (see
Preliminary Plan 16 for more information on these topics):
1. The order weighted average analysis including: the metrics used
in the analysis to evaluate the industrial category rankings, the
inclusion/exclusion of pollutant toxicity in annual review rankings,
and results of the 2022 and 2023 annual rankings.
2. The findings of the preliminary category reviews, specifically
the findings for Battery Manufacturing, Centralized Waste Treatment,
and Oil and Gas Extraction Categories.
3. The preliminary category review schedule and tools described to
support the EPA's review of effluent guidelines.
4. The capabilities, performance, and costs of treatment
technologies for industrial wastewater to support the Agency's
technology reviews.
5. The announcement made within Preliminary Plan 16 of the EPA's
intent to prepare a generic ICR to support effluent guidelines planning
and rulemakings.
6. The announcement made within Preliminary Plan 16 of an online
form on the CWA methods website to request new analytical methods for
wastewater and surface waters.
7. The announcements made within Preliminary Plan 16 regarding new
studies.
Bruno Pigott,
Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator.
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