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burden from the most recently approved 

ICR. The increase in respondent labor 

hour is caused by a change in 

assumption; in this ICR, we assume all 

existing sources will take some time 

each year to re-familiarize themselves 

with the rule requirements. There is also 

a small increase in the total O&M cost 

due to rounding of all calculated values 

to three significant digits. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01635 Filed 1–26–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2012–0525; FRL–9941– 

78–OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP 

for Chemical Manufacturing Area 

Sources 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘NESHAP for 

Chemical Manufacturing Area Sources 

(40 CFR part 63, subpart VVVVVV)’’ 

(EPA ICR No. 2323.06, OMB Control No. 

2060–0621) to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). This is a proposed 

extension of the ICR, which is currently 

approved through January 31, 2016. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register (80 

FR 32116) on June 5, 2015 during a 60- 

day comment period. This notice allows 

for an additional 30 days for public 

comments. A fuller description of the 

ICR is given below, including its 

estimated burden and cost to the public. 

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. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before February 26, 

2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OECA–2012–0525, to (1) EPA 

online using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to 

docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 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 public 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, Assistance, 

and Media Programs Division, Office of 

Compliance, Mail Code 2227A, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 

564–2970; fax number: (202) 564–0050; 

email address: yellin.patrick@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents which explain in 

detail the information that the EPA will 

be collecting are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 

EPA West, Room 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. 

Abstract: These standards apply to the 

area source NESHAP for chemical 

manufacturing (40 CFR part 63, subpart 

VVVVVV). There are nine area source 

categories in the chemical 

manufacturing sector: Agricultural 

Chemicals and Pesticides 

Manufacturing, Cyclic Crude and 

Intermediate Production, Industrial 

Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing, 

Industrial Organic Chemical 

Manufacturing, Inorganic Pigments 

Manufacturing, Miscellaneous Organic 

Chemical Manufacturing, Plastic 

Materials and Resins Manufacturing, 

Pharmaceutical Production, and 

Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing. The 

requirements apply to process vents, 

storage tanks, equipment leaks, 

wastewater systems, transfer operations, 

and heat exchange systems at affected 

sources in each area source category and 

are combined in one subpart. The 

standards are based on EPA’s 

determination of generally available 

control technology (GACT) or 

management practices for each area 

source category. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Chemical manufacturing area source 

facilities. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, subpart 

VVVVVV). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

498 (total). 

Frequency of response: Initially and 

semiannually. 

Total estimated burden: 9,590 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $2,220,000 (per 

year), includes $1,250,000 annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

adjustment decrease in the respondent 

burden and number of responses from 

the most recently approved ICR. The 

decrease occurred because the rule has 

been in effect for three years, and the 

burden associated with initial 

compliance (e.g. initial performance 

tests and notification reports) differ 

from the burden for ongoing compliance 

(e.g. submittal of semiannual reports). 

However, there is an adjustment 

increase in the total capital and O&M 

cost. This is primarily due to two 

reasons: (1) The previous ICR presented 

capital costs as annualized costs over 15 

years, rather than one-time costs; and (2) 

the total number of sources with O&M 

cost (i.e. maintain systems and 

monitors) has increased now that the 

rule is fully implemented. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01636 Filed 1–26–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0643; FRL–9941–32] 

Sulfoxaflor; Receipt of Application for 

Emergency Exemption, Solicitation of 

Public Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has received a specific 

exemption request from the Texas 

Department of Agriculture to use the 

insecticide sulfoxaflor (CAS No. 

946578–00–3) to treat up to 3,000,000 

acres of sorghum to control sugarcane 

aphid. The applicant proposes a use of 

a pesticide, sulfoxaflor, which is now 

considered to be unregistered under the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) owing to the 


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vacature of sulfoxaflor registrations by 

the United States District Court for the 

Central District of California. In 

accordance with 40 CFR 166.24, EPA is 

soliciting public comment before 

making a decision whether or not to 

grant the exemption. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 11, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0643, 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: 

Susan Lewis, Registration Division 

(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; main telephone 

number: (703) 305–7090; email address: 

RDFRNotices@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 

www.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. 

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 FIFRA (7 

U.S.C. 136p), at the discretion of the 

EPA Administrator, a Federal or State 

agency may be exempted from any 

provision of FIFRA if the EPA 

Administrator determines that 

emergency conditions exist which 

require the exemption. The Texas 

Department of Agriculture has requested 

the EPA Administrator to issue a repeat 

specific exemption for the use of 

sulfoxaflor on sorghum to control 

sugarcane aphid. Information in 

accordance with 40 CFR part 166 was 

submitted as part of this request. 

As part of this request, the applicant 

asserts that an emergency situation 

exists based on unusually high 

populations of sugarcane aphid 

(Melanaphis sacchari), which can cause 

direct plant death from aphid feeding as 

well as indirect damage and harvesting 

problems from the aphid honeydew 

residue in Texas sorghum fields. Based 

on information provided by the states in 

previous submissions, sugarcane aphid 

is either a new pest or new biotype of 

M. sacchari. Currently, there are no 

registered insecticides or any 

economically or environmentally 

feasible alternative control practices 

available to adequately control this nonroutine pest infestation. The state has 

asserted that without the use of 

sulfoxaflor, uncontrolled aphid 

infestations are likely to result in 

significant economic losses. 

The applicant proposes to make no 

more than two applications at a rate of 

0.75–1.5 ounces of product (0.023–0.047 

lb a.i.) per acre or a seasonal maximum 

application rate of 3.0 ounces of product 

(0.094 lb a.i.) per acre per year, resulting 

in the use of 70,314 gallons of product. 

A maximum of 3,000,000 acres of 

sorghum fields (grain and forage) may 

be treated in Texas. Applications would 

potentially be made through November 

30, 2016. 

This notice does not constitute a 

decision by EPA on the application 

itself. The regulations governing FIFRA 

section 18 do not expressly require 

publication of a notice of receipt of an 

application for a specific exemption 

proposing a use of a pesticide that has 

been subject to a judicial vacatur, 

however, EPA considers public notice 

appropriate in this instance. 

Accordingly, 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 Texas Department of 

Agriculture. 

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

Dated: January 15, 2016. 

Daniel J. Rosenblatt, 

Acting Director, Registration Division, Office 

of Pesticide Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0849; FRL–9941–48] 

Receipt of Application for Emergency 

Exemptions for Oxytetracycline and 

Streptomycin; Solicitation of Public 

Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 


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