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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 submitting comments, remember 

to: 

i. Identify the document by docket ID 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

ii. Follow directions. The Agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

iv. Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

v. If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

vi. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

alternatives. 

vii. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

viii. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to 

achieve environmental justice, the fair 

treatment and meaningful involvement 

of any group, including minority and/or 

low income populations, in the 

development, implementation, and 

enforcement of environmental laws, 

regulations, and policies. To help 

address potential environmental justice 

issues, the Agency seeks information on 

any groups or segments of the 

population who, as a result of their 

location, cultural practices, or other 

factors, may have atypical or 

disproportionately high and adverse 

human health impacts or environmental 

effects from exposure to the pesticides 

discussed in this document, compared 

to the general population. 

II. What action is the agency taking? 

Under section 18 of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136p), at the 

discretion of the Administrator, a 

Federal or State agency may be 

exempted from any provision of FIFRA 

if the Administrator determines that 

emergency conditions exist which 

require the exemption. The Texas 

Department of Agriculture (TDA) has 

requested the Administrator to issue a 

specific exemption for the use of 

dinotefuran on rice to control rice stink 

bug (Oebalus pugnax). Information in 

accordance with 40 CFR part 166 was 

submitted as part of this request. 

As part of this request, the applicant 

asserts that the main impact of rice stink 

bug in this case is not yield loss, but 

rather quality loss in the harvested rice. 

Its feeding activity causes grain to 

develop a pattern of light yellow to 

black spot, commonly known as ‘‘peck’’ 

rice. The presence of peck grains lowers 

the grade (milling quality) and market 

value of the grain. According to the TDA 

request, the populations of rice stink 

bug have been increasing in rice 

growing areas. Reasons given for this 

increase include loss of efficacy in the 

few registered insecticides (lamdacyhlothrin; methyl parathion; gammacyhalothrin; zeta-cypermethrin; and 

carbaryl) and the increasing prevalence 

of harvesting a second (ratoon) rice crop 

in Texas. A second crop allows greater 

numbers of stink bugs to survive and 

reproduce than would be possible when 

only a single crop is harvested. TDA 

estimates that use of dinotefuran would 

significantly reduce pest related control 

costs and rice quality losses, saving the 

Texas rice industry $1.54 million 

annually. 

The Applicant proposes to make no 

more than two applications per acre per 

season applied by air at a rate of 7.5 to 

10.5 oz. of product per acre (0.09375 to 

0.131 pounds of a.i./acre). A 7-day preharvest interval is required. A maximum 

of 150,000 acres of rice will be treated 

between June 7 to October 15, 2011. 

This notice does not constitute a 

decision by EPA on the application 

itself. The regulations governing section 

18 of FIFRA require publication of a 

notice of receipt of an application for a 

specific exemption proposing a use 

which has been requested in 3 or more 

previous years, and a petition for 

tolerance has not yet been submitted to 

the Agency. 

The notice provides an opportunity 

for public comment on the application. 

The Agency, will review and consider 

all comments received during the 

comment period in determining 

whether to issue the specific exemption 

requested by the Texas Department of 

Agriculture. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: February 18, 2011. 

Daniel J. Rosenblatt, 

Acting Director, Registration Division, Office 

of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4533 Filed 3–1–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0179; FRL–8864–7] 

Kasugamycin; Receipt of Application 

for Emergency Exemption for Use on 

Apples in Michigan, Solicitation of 

Public Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has received a specific 

exemption request from the Michigan 

Department of Agriculture to use the 

pesticide kasugamycin (CAS No. 6980– 

18–3) to treat up to 10,000 acres of 

apples to control fire blight. The 

applicant proposes the use of a new 

chemical which has not been registered 

by the EPA. EPA is soliciting public 

comments before making the decision 

whether or not to grant the exemption. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 17, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0179, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001. 

• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public 

Docket (7502P), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket 

Facility’s normal hours of operation 

(8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays). 

Special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. The 

Docket Facility’s telephone number is 

(703) 305–5805. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2010– 

0179. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the docket 

without change and may be made 

available on-line at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through regulations.gov or email. The regulations.gov Web site is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 


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means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

regulations.gov, your e-mail address 

will be automatically captured and 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the 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. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the docket index available 

at http://www.regulations.gov. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either in the 

electronic docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPP 

Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S– 

4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 

2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The 

hours of operation of this Docket 

Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The Docket Facility’s 

telephone number is (703) 305–5805. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keri 

Grinstead, Registration Division 

(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 308–8373; fax number: (703) 605– 

0781; e-mail address: 

grinstead.keri@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 an agricultural 

producer, food manufacturer, or 

pesticide manufacturer. Potentially 

affected entities may include, but are 

not limited to: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 111). 

• Animal production (NAICS code 

112). 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311). 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

code 32532). 

This listing is not intended to be 

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide 

for readers regarding entities likely to be 

affected by this action. Other types of 

entities not listed in this unit could also 

be affected. The North American 

Industrial Classification System 

(NAICS) codes have been provided to 

assist you and others in determining 

whether this action might apply to 

certain entities. If you have any 

questions regarding the applicability of 

this action to a particular entity, consult 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

B. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. 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 submitting comments, remember 

to: 

i. Identify the document by docket ID 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

ii. Follow directions. The Agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

iv. Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

v. If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

vi. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

alternatives. 

vii. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

viii. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to 

achieve environmental justice, the fair 

treatment and meaningful involvement 

of any group, including minority and/or 

low income populations, in the 

development, implementation, and 

enforcement of environmental laws, 

regulations, and policies. To help 

address potential environmental justice 

issues, the Agency seeks information on 

any groups or segments of the 

population who, as a result of their 

location, cultural practices, or other 

factors, may have atypical or 

disproportionately high and adverse 

human health impacts or environmental 

effects from exposure to the pesticide 

discussed in this document, compared 

to the general population. 

II. What action is the agency taking? 

Under section 18 of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136p), at the 

discretion of the Administrator, a 

Federal or state agency may be 

exempted from any provision of FIFRA 

if the Administrator determines that 

emergency conditions exist that require 

the exemption. Michigan Department of 

Agriculture has requested the 

Administrator to issue a specific 

exemption for the use of kasugamycin 

on apples to control fire blight. 

Information in accordance with 40 CFR 

part 166 was submitted as part of this 

request. 

As part of this request, the applicant 

asserts that kasugamycin is needed to 

control streptomycin-resistant strains of 

Erwinia amylovora, the causal pathogen 

of fire blight, due to the lack of available 

alternatives and effective control 

practices. Without the use of 

kasugamycin and if weather conditions 

are present that favor a fire blight 

disease epidemic, it is likely that 

Michigan’s apple growers could suffer 

50 percent yield losses in 2011. 

The Applicant proposes to make no 

more than three applications of 

Kasumin 2L on not more than 10,000 

acres of apples between April 20 and 

May 31, 2011, in Berrien, Cass, Grand 

Traverse, Ionia, Kent, Montcalm, 

Newaygo, Oceana, Ottawa, and Van 

Buren counties. As currently proposed, 

the maximum amount of product to be 

applied would be 15,000 gallons. 

This notice does not constitute a 

decision by EPA on the application 

itself. The regulations governing section 

18 of FIFRA require publication of a 


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notice of receipt of an application for a 

specific exemption proposing use of a 

new chemical (i.e., an active ingredient) 

which has not been registered by EPA. 

This notice provides an opportunity for 

public comment on the application. 

The Agency will review and consider 

all comments received during the 

comment period in determining 

whether to issue the specific exemption 

requested by the Michigan Department 

of Agriculture. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: February 16, 2011. 

Lois Rossi, 

Director, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4369 Filed 3–1–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9274–7] 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Notification of a Public Meeting of the 

Chartered Science Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office announces a public 

meeting of the Chartered SAB to 

consider a draft report commenting on 

the President’s requested FY 2012 

budget for EPA research and to discuss 

SAB plans to provide advice on Office 

of Research and Development (ORD) 

strategic research directions. 

DATES: The public meeting will be held 

on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 from 1 p.m. 

to 5:30 p.m. and Wednesday, March 23, 

2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Eastern 

Daylight Time). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Umstead Hotel, Cary, North 

Carolina. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wants further 

information concerning the meeting 

may contact Dr. Angela Nugent, 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA 

Science Advisory Board (1400R), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; via telephone/ 

voice mail (202) 564–2218, fax (202) 

565–2098; or e-mail at 

nugent.angela@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the SAB can be 

found on the EPA Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The SAB was 

established pursuant to the 

Environmental Research, Development, 

and Demonstration Authorization Act 

(ERDAA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, to 

provide independent scientific and 

technical advice to the Administrator on 

the technical basis for Agency positions 

and regulations. The SAB is a Federal 

Advisory Committee chartered under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. Pursuant to 

FACA and EPA policy, notice is hereby 

given that the SAB will hold a public 

meeting to consider a draft report on the 

President’s requested FY 2012 budget 

for research and to discuss SAB plans to 

provide advice on ORD strategic 

research directions. The SAB will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. 

As announced in the Federal Register 

(76 FR 7198–7199), an SAB Research 

Budget Work Group met on March 3–4, 

2011 to review the President’s requested 

Fiscal Year 2012 research budget for 

EPA. The chartered SAB will discuss 

the work group’s draft report and reach 

agreement on comments to provide the 

EPA Administrator and the Congress on 

the adequacy of the President’s 

requested research budget for the next 

fiscal year in light of EPA’s research 

needs. 

Since the last meeting of the chartered 

SAB on September 22–22, 2010 (75 FR 

52940–52941), ORD has restructured its 

research program into six major program 

areas: Air, Climate, and Energy; Safe 

and Sustainable Water Resources; 

Sustainable and Healthy Communities; 

Chemical Safety and Sustainability; 

Human Health Risk Assessment; and 

Homeland Security. The chartered SAB 

will receive an update on 

implementation of these new program 

areas and initiate discussions with ORD 

and representatives of ORD’s Board of 

Scientific Councilors about plans to 

review ORD’s new strategic research 

directions. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: A 

meeting agenda and other materials for 

the meeting will be placed on the SAB 

Web site at http://epa.gov/sab. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written or oral 

information for consideration on the 

topics included in this advisory activity. 

Oral Statements: To be placed on the 

public speaker list for the March 22–23, 

2011 meeting, interested parties should 

notify Dr. Angela Nugent, DFO, by email no later than March 15, 2011. 

Individuals making oral statements will 

be limited to five minutes per speaker. 

Written Statements: Written statements 

for the March 22–23, 2011 meeting 

should be received in the SAB Staff 

Office by March 15, 2011, so that the 

information may be made available to 

the SAB for its consideration prior to 

this meeting. Written statements should 

be supplied to the DFO in the following 

formats: one hard copy with original 

signature and one electronic copy via email (acceptable file format: Adobe 

Acrobat PDF, MS Word, WordPerfect, 

MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in 

IBM–PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format). 

Submitters are asked to provide 

electronic versions of each document 

submitted with and without signatures, 

because the SAB Staff Office does not 

publish documents with signatures on 

its Web sites. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Dr. Nugent at 

the phone number or e-mail address 

noted above, preferably at least ten days 

prior to the meeting, to give EPA as 

much time as possible to process your 

request. 

Dated: February 23, 2011. 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4639 Filed 3–1–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0909; FRL–8859–4] 

Pesticide Reregistration Performance 

Measures and Goals 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

progress in meeting its performance 

measures and goals for pesticide 

reregistration during fiscal years 2009 

and 2010. The Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 

requires EPA to publish information 

about EPA’s annual achievements in 

this area. This notice discusses the 

integration of tolerance reassessment 

with the reregistration process, and 

describes the status of various 

regulatory activities associated with 

reregistration and tolerance 

reassessment. The notice gives the total 

numbers of products reregistered and 

products registered under the ‘‘fasttrack’’ provisions of FIFRA. 


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