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Section 304(a) criteria provide 

guidance to states and authorized tribes 

in adopting water quality standards that 

ultimately provide a basis for 

controlling discharges of pollutants. 

Under the Clean Water Act and its 

implementing regulations, states and 

authorized tribes are to adopt water 

quality criteria to protect designated 

uses (e.g., aquatic life, recreational use). 

The EPA water quality criteria 

recommendations are not regulations. 

Thus, the EPA recommended criteria do 

not constitute legally binding 

requirements. States and authorized 

tribes may adopt other scientifically 

defensible water quality criteria that 

differ from these recommendations. As 

part of the water quality standards 

triennial review process defined in 

section 303(c)(1) of the Clean Water Act, 

the states and authorized tribes are 

responsible for maintaining and revising 

water quality standards. Standards 

consist of designated uses, water quality 

criteria to protect those uses, a policy 

for antidegradation, and may include 

general policies for application and 

implementation. Section 303(c)(1) 

requires states and authorized tribes to 

review and modify, if appropriate, their 

water quality standards at least once 

every three years. Consistent with the 

EPA regulations at 40 CFR 131.11(a), 

protective criteria must be based on a 

sound scientific rationale and contain 

sufficient parameters or constituents to 

protect the designated uses. Criteria may 

be expressed in either narrative or 

numeric form. States and authorized 

tribes have four options when adopting 

water quality criteria for which EPA has 

published section 304(a) criteria. They 

may: (1) Establish numerical values 

based on recommended section 304(a) 

criteria; (2) Adopt section 304(a) criteria 

modified to reflect site-specific 

conditions; (3) Adopt criteria derived 

using other scientifically defensible 

methods; or (4) Establish narrative 

criteria where numeric criteria cannot 

be established or to supplement 

numeric criteria (40 CFR 131.11(b)). 

Dated: December 14, 2018. 

Anna J. Wildeman, 

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Water. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2018–0139; FRL–9988–13– 

OEI] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submitted to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Labeling Requirements for 

Certain Minimum Risk Pesticides 

Under FIFRA Section 25(b) (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted the 

following information collection request 

(ICR) to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA): ‘‘Labeling 

Requirements for Certain Minimum Risk 

Pesticides under FIFRA Section 25(b),’’ 

identified by EPA ICR No. 2475.03 and 

OMB Control No. 2070–0187. This is a 

request to renew the approval of an 

existing ICR. The ICR, which is 

available in the docket along with other 

related materials, provides a detailed 

explanation of the collection activities 

and the burden estimate that is only 

briefly summarized in this document. 

EPA received one comment in response 

to the previously provided public 

review opportunity issued in the 

Federal Register on May 30, 2018; 

however, the comment submitted to the 

docket did not pertain to this ICR. With 

this submission, EPA is providing an 

additional 30 days for public review and 

comment. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 22, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2018–0139 and 

OMB Control No. 2070–0187, to both 

EPA and OMB as follows: 

• To EPA online using http://

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method) or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460. 

• To OMB via email to oira_

submission@omb.eop.gov. Address 

comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the docket 

without change, including any personal 

information provided, unless the 

comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI), or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Do not submit 

electronically any information you 

consider to be CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ryne Yarger, Field and External Affairs 

Division (7506P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 605–1193; email address: 

yarger.ryne@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Docket: Supporting documents, 

including the ICR that explains in detail 

the information collection activities and 

the related burden and cost estimates 

that are summarized in this document, 

are available in the docket for this ICR. 

The docket can be viewed online at 

http://www.regulations.gov or in person 

at the EPA Docket Center, West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. 

The telephone number for the Docket 

Center is (202) 566–1744. For additional 

information about EPA’s public docket, 

visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on February 28, 

2019. Under OMB regulations, the 

Agency may continue to conduct or 

sponsor the collection of information 

while this submission is pending at 

OMB. Under PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et 

seq., an agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information, 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The OMB control 

numbers are displayed either by 

publication in the Federal Register or 

by other appropriate means, such as on 

the related collection instrument or 

form, if applicable. The display of OMB 

control numbers for certain EPA 

regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 

part 9. 

Abstract: This information collection 

request documents the PRA burden for 

the labeling requirements for certain 

minimum risk pesticide products 

exempt from Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 

registration under 40 CFR 152.25(f). 

Under 40 CFR 152.25(f), EPA has 

exempted from the requirement of 

FIFRA registration certain pesticide 

products if they are composed of 

specified ingredients and labeled 

accordingly. EPA created the exemption 

for minimum risk pesticides to 

eliminate the need for industry or 

business to expend significant resources 

to apply for and maintain regulated 

products that are deemed to be of 

minimum risk to human health and the 

environment. In addition, exempting 


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such products freed Agency resources to 

focus on evaluating formulations whose 

toxicity was less well characterized, or 

was of higher toxicity. 

In a 2015 Final Rule (80 FR 80653; 

December 28, 2015), the Agency 

reorganized the ingredients lists and 

added specific chemical identifiers to 

clarify to manufacturers, the public, and 

Federal, state, and tribal inspectors the 

specific chemical substances that are 

permitted in minimum risk pesticide 

products. EPA also modified the label 

requirements to require the use of 

specific label display names of 

ingredients and to require producer 

contact information on the label. The 

primary goal of this rulemaking was to 

clarify the conditions of exemption for 

minimum risk pesticides by clarifying 

the specific ingredients that are 

permitted in minimum risk pesticide 

products and to provide company 

contact information on the label. The 

previous version of this ICR covered the 

paperwork burdens associated with 

existing products updating their labels 

to comply with the new requirements 

during the 2015 Final Rule’s compliance 

period. EPA anticipates that those 

burdens have been realized, and is now 

accounting for the potential burden for 

new products coming into the market. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Individuals or entities engaged in 

activities related to the manufacturing of 

minimum risk pesticide products. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Required to obtain or retain a benefit 

(FIFRA sections 3 and 25; 40 CFR 

152.25(f)). 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 49. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total burden: 479 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Estimated total costs: $52,202 (per 

year), includes no annualized capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

Changes in the estimates: There is a 

decrease of 4,933.5 hours in the total 3- 

year estimated respondent burden 

compared with the ICR currently 

approved by OMB. This decrease 

reflects a reduction in the number of 

labels that need to be updated per year 

from 386 to 87. This change is 

considered an adjustment. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2018–0578; FRL–9985–69] 

Pesticide Product Registration; 

Receipt of Applications for New Active 

Ingredients 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has received applications 

to register pesticide products containing 

active ingredients not included in any 

currently registered pesticide products. 

Pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

(FIFRA), EPA is hereby providing notice 

of receipt and opportunity to comment 

on these applications. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 22, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by the Docket Identification 

(ID) Number and the File Symbol of 

interest as shown in the body of this 

document, by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

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. 

• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: To make special 

arrangements for hand delivery or 

delivery of boxed information, please 

follow the instructions at http://

www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. 

Additional instructions on 

commenting or visiting the docket, 

along with more information about 

dockets generally, is available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert McNally, Biopesticides and 

Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), 

Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460–0001; main telephone number: 

(703) 305–7090; email address: 

BPPDFRNotices@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. The following 

list of North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) codes is 

not intended to be exhaustive, but rather 

provides a guide to help readers 

determine whether this document 

applies to them. Potentially affected 

entities may include: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 111). 

• Animal production (NAICS code 

112). 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311). 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

code 32532). 

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 

http://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

comments.html. 

II. Registration Applications 

EPA has received applications to 

register pesticide products containing 

active ingredients not included in any 

currently registered pesticide products. 

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. 

III. New Active Ingredients 

1. File Symbol: 59639–EGE. Docket ID 

number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2018–0038. 

Applicant: Valent U.S.A. LLC, 1600 

Riviera Avenue, Suite 200, Walnut 

Creek, CA 94596. Product name: V– 

10417 FS Fungicide. Active ingredient: 

Fungicide—Ethaboxam at 7.07%, 

metalaxyl 1.89%, Inpyrfluxam at 4.71%. 

Proposed use: Seed treatment use on 

legume vegetable crop group 6, except 

cowpea and field pea. Contact: RD. 


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