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if the EPA Administrator determines 

that emergency conditions exist which 

require the exemption. NASA has 

requested the EPA Administrator to 

issue a specific exemption for the use of 

OPA in the International Space Station 

IATCS coolant to control aerobic/

microaerophilic water bacteria. 

Information in accordance with 40 CFR 

part 166 was submitted as part of this 

request. 

As part of this request, the applicant 

asserts that OPA is the most effective 

biocide which meets the requisite 

criteria including: The need for safe, 

non-intrusive implementation and 

operation in a functioning system; the 

ability to control existing planktonic 

and biofilm residing micro-organisms; a 

negligible impact on system-wetted 

materials of construction; and a 

negligible reactivity with existing 

coolant additives. Non-use of OPA in 

the requested manner would leave 

NASA’s International Space Station 

without an adequate long-term solution 

for controlling the micro-organisms in 

the coolant systems. 

The Applicant proposes to make no 

more than one application of OPA/loop 

in the International Space Station 

IATCS coolant including the U.S. 

Laboratory, the Japanese Experiment 

Module, the Columbus and the Node 3 

with a total volume not to exceed 829 

L with a maximum of 984 cm3 OPA 

resin. 

This notice does not constitute a 

decision by EPA on the application 

itself. The regulations governing FIFRA 

section 18 require publication of a 

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. 

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 National Aeronautics 

and Space Administration. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. 

Dated: October 6, 2014. 

Daniel J. Rosenblatt, 

Acting Director, Registration Division, Office 

of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24351 Filed 10–14–14; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9917–94–OGC] 

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air 

Act Citizen Suit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed consent 

decree; request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended 

(‘‘CAA’’ or the ‘‘Act’’), notice is hereby 

given of a proposed consent decree to 

address a lawsuit filed by the State of 

Wyoming in the United States District 

Court for the District of Wyoming: 

Wyoming v. McCarthy, Civil Action No. 

2:14–cv–00042–NDF (D.Wyo.). On 

February 25, 2014, Plaintiff filed a 

complaint which alleged that Gina 

McCarthy, in her official capacity as 

Administrator of the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(‘‘EPA’’), failed to perform a 

nondiscretionary duty to approve, 

disapprove, approve in part and 

disapprove in part, or conditionally 

approve Wyoming’s nonattainment new 

source review state implementation 

plan (‘‘NNSR SIP’’) within one year of 

the date it was deemed complete by 

operation of law. The proposed consent 

decree would establish a deadline for 

EPA to take this action. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed consent decree must be 

received by November 14, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OGC–2014–0752, online at 

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method); by email to 

oei.docket@epa.gov; by mail to EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; or by 

hand delivery or courier to EPA Docket 

Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. Comments on a disk or CD– 

ROM should be formatted in Word or 

ASCII file, avoiding the use of special 

characters and any form of encryption, 

and may be mailed to the mailing 

address above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephanie L. Hogan, Air and Radiation 

Law Office (2344A), Office of General 

Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 

564–3244; fax number: (202) 564–5603; 

email address: 

hogan.stephanie@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Consent Decree 

The proposed consent decree would 

resolve a lawsuit filed by the State of 

Wyoming seeking to compel the 

Administrator to take action under CAA 

sections 110(k). Under the terms of the 

proposed consent decree, EPA would 

agree to sign a notice by no later than 

December 12, 2014, to approve, 

disapprove, approve in part and 

disapprove in part, or conditionally 

approve the NNSR SIP. Under the terms 

of the proposed consent decree, EPA 

will deliver notice of the action to the 

Office of the Federal Register for review 

and publication within 15 days of 

signature. In addition, the proposed 

consent decree indicates that the State 

of Wyoming does not seek payment of 

the costs of litigation. 

For a period of thirty (30) days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, the Agency will accept written 

comments relating to the proposed 

consent decree from persons who are 

not named as parties or intervenors to 

the litigation in question. EPA or the 

Department of Justice may withdraw or 

withhold consent to the proposed 

consent decree if the comments disclose 

facts or considerations that indicate that 

such consent is inappropriate, 

improper, inadequate, or inconsistent 

with the requirements of the Act. Unless 

EPA or the Department of Justice 

determines that consent to this consent 

decree should be withdrawn, the terms 

of the consent decree will be affirmed. 

II. Additional Information About 

Commenting on the Proposed Consent 

Decree 

A. How can I get a copy of the consent 

decree? 

The official public docket for this 

action (identified by EPA–HQ–OGC– 

2014–0752) contains a copy of the 

proposed consent decree. The official 

public docket is available for public 

viewing at the Office of Environmental 

Information (OEI) Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the OEI 

Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through 


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www.regulations.gov. You may use 

www.regulations.gov to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, key in the appropriate docket 

identification number then select 

‘‘search’’. 

It is important to note that EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing online at www.regulations.gov 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, 

confidential business information (CBI), 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information 

claimed as CBI and other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute 

is not included in the official public 

docket or in the electronic public 

docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted 

material, including copyrighted material 

contained in a public comment, will not 

be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. Although not all docket 

materials may be available 

electronically, you may still access any 

of the publicly available docket 

materials through the EPA Docket 

Center. 

B. How and to whom do I submit 

comments? 

You may submit comments as 

provided in the ADDRESSES section. 

Please ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. 

If you submit an electronic comment, 

EPA recommends that you include your 

name, mailing address, and an email 

address or other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD ROM you submit. This 

ensures that you can be identified as the 

submitter of the comment and allows 

EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot 

read your comment due to technical 

difficulties or needs further information 

on the substance of your comment. Any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket, 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. 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. 

Use of the www.regulations.gov Web 

site to submit comments to EPA 

electronically is EPA’s preferred method 

for receiving comments. The electronic 

public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, which means EPA will 

not know your identity, email address, 

or other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

In contrast to EPA’s electronic public 

docket, EPA’s electronic mail (email) 

system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system. If you send an email comment 

directly to the Docket without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your 

email address is automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the official public 

docket, and made available in EPA’s 

electronic public docket. 

Dated: October 2, 2014. 

Lorie J. Schmidt, 

Associate General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24472 Filed 10–14–14; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0748; FRL–9917–58] 

Agricultural Pesticide Spray Drift 

Reduction Technologies Voluntary 

Program 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA’s Office of Pesticides 

Programs (OPP) is announcing a 

voluntary program to document the 

effectiveness of agricultural pesticide 

spray application technologies on 

reducing pesticide spray drift. Under 

the Drift Reduction Technology (DRT) 

Program, agricultural equipment 

manufacturers would conduct (or make 

arrangements for a testing facility to 

conduct) studies to determine the 

percent drift reduction according to a 

verification protocol. Once completed, 

the manufacturer would submit the 

study to EPA for review and evaluation. 

As verified, these reductions could then 

be quantitatively credited in the 

environmental risk assessments used to 

develop the drift reduction measures 

appearing on the label of the pesticide 

product. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay 

Ellenberger, Field and External Affairs 

Division (7506P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 305–7099; email address: 

ellenberger.jay@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 a pesticide 

application equipment manufacturer, 

chemical manufacturer, pesticide 

registrant, university researcher, or have 

an interest in reducing spray drift. 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). 

• Producers of pesticide products 

(NAICS code 32532). 

• Research and development in the 

physical, engineering, and life sciences 

(NAICS code 541710). 

• Colleges, universities, and 

professional schools (NAICS code 

611310). 

B. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

The docket for this action, identified 

by docket identification (ID) number 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0748, is available 

at http://www.regulations.gov or at the 

Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory 

Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 

20460–0001. The Public Reading Room 

is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the OPP 

Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review 

the visitor instructions and additional 

information about the docket available 

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

II. Background 

A. What is the Drift Reduction 

Technology Program? 

Since 2006, EPA has worked 

collaboratively with other government 

agencies, industry, and academia to 

develop a verification protocol for 

quantitating the percent drift reduction 

for a particular application technology. 

With this notice, EPA is announcing a 

voluntary program based on this 

verification protocol to promote the use 

of technologies that have demonstrated 

their effectiveness in reducing the drift 

of agricultural pesticide spray 

application technologies. The benefits of 

this voluntary program include reduced 

loss of pesticide from site of application, 


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