Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 229 / Friday, November 27, 2020 / Notices 76071 

Dated: November 20, 2020. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–26186 Filed 11–25–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2020–0585; FRL–10017–03] 

Glyphosate Registration Review; Draft 

Endangered Species Act Biological 

Evaluations; Notice of Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of the Environmental 

Protection Agency’s (EPA or the 

Agency) draft biological evaluation (BE) 

for the registration review of the 

pesticide glyphosate and opens a public 

comment period on this document. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 26, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2020–0585, 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

at 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. To make special 

arrangements for hand delivery or 

delivery of boxed information, please 

follow the instructions at http://

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

Due to the public health concerns 

related to COVID–19, the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is 

closed to visitors with limited 

exceptions. The staff continues to 

provide remote customer service via 

email, phone, and webform. For the 

latest status information on EPA/DC 

services and docket access, visit https:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tracy Perry, Pesticide Re-evaluation 

Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 308–0128; email address: 

perry.tracy@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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 

wide range of stakeholders including 

environmental, human health, farm 

worker, and agricultural advocates; the 

chemical industry; pesticide users; and 

members of the public interested in the 

sale, distribution, or use of pesticides 

and/or the potential impacts of pesticide 

use on threatened or endangered (listed) 

species and designated critical habitat. 

Since others also may be interested, the 

Agency has not attempted to describe all 

the specific entities that may be affected 

by this action. 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 

regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark 

the part or all 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 pesticides 

discussed in this document, compared 

to the general population. 

II. What action is the Agency taking? 

A. Authority 

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) 

requires federal agencies, such as EPA, 

to ensure that their actions are not likely 

to jeopardize the continued existence of 

species listed as threatened or 

endangered under the ESA or destroy or 

adversely modify the designated critical 

habitat of such species. The final 

registration review determination of 

reevaluating a pesticide under the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) constitutes an 

EPA ‘‘action’’ under the ESA. If EPA 

determines a pesticide may affect a 

listed species or its designated critical 

habitat, EPA must initiate informal or 

formal consultation with the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service and/or the 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

(collectively referred to as the Services), 

as appropriate. EPA initiates formal 

consultation with the Services through 

the conduct and transmittal of a 

biological evaluations (BE) with its 

findings. 

B. Background 

The schedule for conducting the 

atrazine and simazine BEs was 

negotiated as part of a partial settlement 

agreement pursuant to a joint 

stipulation filed on October 18, 2019 

and entered by the court on October 22, 

2019, in Center for Biological Diversity 

et al. v. EPA et al. (N.D. Ca) (3:11–cv– 

00293). EPA stated in this settlement 

that it would also include the herbicides 

propazine and glyphosate in this group 

of effects determinations. The Agency 

has completed a comprehensive, 

nationwide draft BE for the use of 

glyphosate relative to the potential 

effects on listed species and their 

designated critical habitats. 

The glyphosate BE follows the 

Revised Method for National Level 

Listed Species Biological Evaluations of 

Conventional Pesticides (see docket ID 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2019–0185– 

0084 at www.regulations.gov). EPA 

utilized the Revised Method for the first 

time when conducting the methomyl 

and carbaryl draft BEs, which were 

posted for public comment on March 

17, 2020 (85 FR 15168). EPA is currently 

evaluating public comments received 

and will take them into consideration 

for the final BEs for these pesticides. 

Comments received on carbaryl and 

methomyl that are applicable to the 

broader BE methodology will also be 

incorporated into the final BE for 

glyphosate as applicable. 

After reviewing comments received 

during the public comment period on 

the glyphosate draft BE, EPA will issue 

a final BE and a response to public 

comments document. If EPA determines 

that glyphosate may affect listed species 

and/or their designated critical habitats, 

EPA will initiate consultation with the 


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Services. Based on the BE, the Services 

will then develop a Biological Opinion 

for glyphosate. 

C. Public Comments Sought 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.53(c) and 

consistent with the enhanced 

stakeholder engagement practices (see 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2012– 

0442), EPA is providing an opportunity, 

through this notice of availability, for 

interested parties to provide comments 

and input concerning the Agency’s draft 

BE for glyphosate. Such comments 

could address, among other things, the 

application of the Agency’s revised risk 

assessment methodologies to and 

assumptions for this draft BE. 

The file size of the glyphosate draft 

BE exceeds the docket system’s file size 

limitation, therefore it is not posted to 

this BE docket. Instead, the BE is posted 

on EPA’s endangered species web page 

(see web link provided in the Table 

below). Commenters are instructed to 

post comments on the BE to this BE 

docket (EPA–HQ–OPP–2020–0585) in 

www.regulations.gov, as indicated in the 

Table below. 

TABLE—PESTICIDE DOCKET ID NUMBER FOR POSTING COMMENTS ON THE GLYPHOSATE DRAFT BE AND LINK TO THE

DRAFT BE 

Document Pesticide docket ID No. 

for public comments Link to the draft BE 

Glyphosate BE .......... EPA–HQ–OPP–2020–0585 ...... https://www.epa.gov/endangered-species/draft-national-level-listed-species-biologicalevaluation-glyphosate. 

1. Other related information. 

Additional information on endangered 

species risk assessment and the National 

Academy of Sciences report 

recommendations are available at 

https://www.epa.gov/endangeredspecies/implementing-nas-reportrecommendations-risk-assessmentmethodology-endangered. Information 

on the Agency’s registration review 

program and its implementing 

regulation is available at https://

www.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation. 

2. Information submission 

requirements. Anyone may submit data 

or information in response to this 

document. To be considered during a 

pesticide’s registration review, the 

submitted data or information must 

meet the following requirements: 

• To ensure that EPA will consider 

data or information submitted, 

interested persons must submit the data 

or information during the comment 

period. The Agency may, at its 

discretion, consider data or information 

submitted later. 

• The data or information submitted 

must be presented in a legible and 

useable form. For example, an English 

translation must accompany any 

material that is not in English and a 

written transcript must accompany any 

information submitted as an audio 

graphic or video graphic record. Written 

material may be submitted in paper or 

electronic form. 

• Submitters must clearly identify the 

source of any submitted data or 

information. 

• Submitters may request the Agency 

to reconsider data or information that 

the Agency rejected in a previous 

review. However, submitters must 

explain why they believe the Agency 

should reconsider the data or 

information in the pesticide’s 

registration review. 

As provided in 40 CFR 155.58, the 

registration review docket for each 

pesticide case will remain publicly 

accessible through the duration of the 

registration review process; that is, until 

all actions required in the final decision 

on the registration review case have 

been completed. 

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

Dated: November 18, 2020. 

Alexandra Dapolito Dunn, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2020–26184 Filed 11–25–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2018–0436; FRL–10017– 

15] 

Di-isononyl Phthalate (DINP); Draft 

Scope of the Risk Evaluation To Be 

Conducted Under the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA); Notice 

of Availability and Request for 

Comments 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is announcing the 

availability of and soliciting public 

comment on the draft scope document 

for the risk evaluation to be conducted 

for di-isononyl phthalate (DINP) (1,2- 

benzene-dicarboxylic acid, 1,2- 

diisononyl ester, and 1,2- 

benzenedicarboxylic acid, di-C8–10- 

branched alkyl esters, C9-rich; Chemical 

Abstracts Service Registry Number 

(CASRN) 28553–12–0 and CASRN 

68515–48–0) a category of chemical 

substances for which EPA received a 

manufacturer request for risk 

evaluation. The draft scope document 

for this category of chemical substances 

includes the conditions of use, hazards, 

exposures, and the potentially exposed 

or susceptible subpopulations EPA 

plans to consider in conducting the risk 

evaluation for this category of chemical 

substances. EPA is also asking the 

public to provide additional data or 

information that could be useful to the 

Agency in finalizing the scope of the 

risk evaluations; comments may be 

submitted to this docket. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 11, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2018–0436, 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

at 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. To make special 

arrangements for hand delivery or 

delivery of boxed information, please 

follow the instructions at http:// 

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

Due to the public health concerns 

related to COVID–19, the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is 

closed to visitors with limited 

exceptions. The staff continues to 

provide remote customer service via 

email, phone, and webform. For the 

latest status information on EPA/DC 

services and docket access, visit https:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information contact: Collin 

Beachum, Existing Chemical Risk 

Assessment Division (Mailcode E205– 

02), Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, 


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