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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 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 pesticides 

discussed in this document, compared 

to the general population. 

II. What action is the agency taking? 

EPA is announcing receipt of a 

pesticide petition filed under section 

408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 

Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. 346a, 

requesting the establishment or 

modification of regulations in 40 CFR 

part 174 or part 180 for residues of 

pesticide chemicals in or on various 

food commodities. The Agency is taking 

public comment on the request before 

responding to the petitioner. EPA is not 

proposing any particular action at this 

time. EPA has determined that the 

pesticide petition described in this 

document contains data or information 

prescribed in FFDCA section 408(d)(2); 

however, EPA has not fully evaluated 

the sufficiency of the submitted data at 

this time or whether the data supports 

granting of the pesticide petition. After 

considering the public comments, EPA 

intends to evaluate whether and what 

action may be warranted. Additional 

data may be needed before EPA can 

make a final determination on this 

pesticide petition. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a 

summary of the petition that is the 

subject of this document, prepared by 

the petitioner, is included in a docket 

EPA has created for this rulemaking. 

The docket for this petition is available 

on-line at http://www.regulations.gov. 

As specified in FFDCA section 

408(d)(3), (21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(3)), EPA is 

publishing notice of the petition so that 

the public has an opportunity to 

comment on this request for the 

establishment or modification of 

regulations for residues of pesticides in 

or on food commodities. Further 

information on the petition may be 

obtained through the petition summary 

referenced in this unit. 

Notice of the Agency’s receipt of the 

following petition was previously 

announced in the Federal Register of 

August 11, 2010 (75 FR 48667) (FRL– 

8840–6), however, the petition 

document was not made available in the 

docket. Therefore, EPA is republishing 

notice of the petition so that the public 

has an opportunity to comment on this 

request for the establishment or 

modification of regulations for residues 

of pesticides in or on food commodities. 

PP 0F7734. Syngenta Crop Protection, 

Inc., P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 

27410, proposes to establish a tolerance 

in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the 

insecticide thiamethoxam, (3-[(2-chloro5-thiazolyl) methyl]tetrahydro-5-methylN-nitro-4H-1,3,5-oxadiazin-4-imine) and 

its metabolite [N-(2-chloro-thiazol-5- 

ylmethyl)-N′-methyl-N′-nitroguanidine], 

in or on food commodities/feed 

commodities (other than those covered 

by a higher tolerance as a result of use 

on growing crops) in food/feed handling 

establishments at 0.01 part per million 

(ppm). Syngenta Crop Protection has 

submitted practical analytical 

methodology for detecting and 

measuring levels of thiamethoxam in or 

on raw agricultural commodities. This 

method is based on crop specific 

cleanup procedures and determination 

by liquid chromatography with either 

ultraviolet (UV) or mass spectrometry 

(MS) detections. The limit of detection 

(LOD) for each analyte of this method is 

1.25 nanogram (ng) injected for samples 

analyzed by UV and 0.25 ng injected for 

samples analyzed by MS, and the limit 

of quantification (LOQ) is 0.005 ppm for 

milk and juices, and 0.01 ppm for all 

other substrates. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Agricultural commodities, Feed 

additives, Food additives, Pesticides 

and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Dated: June 7, 2011. 

Lois Rossi, 

Director, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2011–15267 Filed 6–21–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 262 

[EPA–HQ–RCRA–2001–0032; FRL–9321–7] 

Hazardous Waste Manifest Printing 

Specifications Correction Rule 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing a minor 

change to the Resource Conservation 

and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous 

waste manifest regulations that affects 

those entities that print the hazardous 

waste manifest form in accordance with 

EPA’s specifications. Specifically, this 

action proposes to amend the current 

printing specification regulation to 

indicate that red ink, as well as other 

distinct colors, or other methods to 

distinguish the copy distribution 

notations from the rest of the printed 

form and data entries are permissible. 

This proposed change would afford 

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greater flexibility in complying with the 

Federal hazardous waste manifest 

printing specifications. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received by July 22, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

RCRA–2001–0032 by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: RCRA docket@EPA.gov and 

groce.bryan@epa.gov or 

lashier.rich@epa.gov. Attention Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–RCRA–2001–0032. 

• Fax: (202) 566–9744. Attention 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–RCRA–2001– 

0032. 

• Mail: RCRA Docket (28221T), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. Attention 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–RCRA–2001– 

0032. Please include a total of two 

copies of your comments. 

• Hand Delivery: Please deliver two 

copies to the EPA Docket Center, EPA 

West Building, Room 3334, 1301 

Connecticut Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the Docket’s normal hours of 

operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–RCRA–2001– 

0032. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and be made 

available online 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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public 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. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are within the http:// 

www.regulations.gov index. 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, 

will be publicly available only in hard 

copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the HQ–Docket Center, Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–RCRA–2001–0032, EPA West 

Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC. 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 RCRA Docket is (202) 

566–0270. A reasonable fee may be 

charged for copying docket materials. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more information on this rulemaking, 

contact Bryan Groce or Richard LaShier, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Resource Conservation and 

Recovery (MC: 5304P), 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; Phone for Bryan Groce: (703) 

308–8750, Phone for Richard LaShier: 

(703) 308- 8796; or e-mail: 

groce.bryan@epa.gov, or 

lashier.rich@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Why is EPA issuing this proposed 

rule? 

EPA is proposing a minor amendment 

that would change the Federal printing 

specifications applicable to those 

entities that print the hazardous waste 

manifest form. This proposed rule 

would change only the printing 

specification in 40 CFR 262.21(f)(4) that 

currently requires that certain copy 

distribution notations appearing in the 

margins of the form must be printed 

only in red ink. In the ‘‘Rules and 

Regulations’’ section of this Federal 

Register, EPA is making this change as 

a Direct Final rule without a prior 

proposed rule, because we view this as 

a non-controversial action and 

anticipate no adverse comment. We 

have explained our reasons for this 

proposed action in the preamble to the 

Direct Final rule. If we receive no 

adverse comment on this minor change 

we are publishing today, we will not 

take further action on this proposed 

rule. If, however, we receive adverse 

comment, we will publish a timely 

withdrawal in the Federal Register to 

notify the public that the regulatory 

amendment in the Direct Final rule will 

not take effect, and the reasons for such 

a withdrawal. If the Direct Final rule in 

the Rules and Regulations section of this 

Federal Register is withdrawn, all 

comments will be addressed in a 

subsequent final action on the proposed 

rule. We do not intend to institute a 

second comment period on this action. 

Any parties interested in commenting 

must do so at this time. 

The regulatory text for this proposal is 

identical to that for the Direct Final rule 

published in the Rules and Regulations 

section of this Federal Register. For 

further information, please see the 

information provided in the ADDRESSES

section of this Federal Register. 

II. Does this action apply to me? 

Entities potentially affected by this 

action are the hazardous waste manifest 

printers subject to 40 CFR 262.21(f) of 

the RCRA hazardous waste regulations. 

States are not affected by the changes to 

the printing specifications unless they 

should opt to print manifests. No states 

are currently printing these forms. 

III. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

For a complete discussion of all the 

administrative requirements applicable 

to this action, see the discussion in the 

‘‘Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews’’ section to the preamble for the 

Direct Final rule that is published in the 

Rules and Regulations section of this 

Federal Register. 

A. Regulatory Flexibility Act. 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) 

generally requires an agency to prepare 

a regulatory flexibility analysis of any 

rule subject to notice and comment 

rulemaking requirements under the 

Administrative Procedure Act or any 

other statute unless the agency certifies 

that the rule will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. Small entities 

include small businesses, small 

organizations, and small governmental 

jurisdictions. 

For purposes of assessing the impacts 

of today’s rule on small entities, a small 

entity is defined as: (1) A small business 

as defined by the Small Business 


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Administration’s (SBA) regulations at 13 

CFR 121.201; (2) a small governmental 

jurisdiction that is a government of a 

city, county, town, school district or 

special district with a population of less 

than 50,000; and (3) a small 

organization that is any not-for-profit 

enterprise which is independently 

owned and operated and is not 

dominant in its field. 

After considering the economic 

impacts of today’s Direct Final rule on 

small entities, I certify that this 

proposed rule will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. This action 

proposes only a minor change to the 

manifest printing specifications, and the 

effect of this proposed change would 

make it easier for printers to comply 

with the manifest printing specification 

by providing additional options. 

Therefore, this proposed rule would not 

impose any new burden or costs on 

printers or users of the manifest, 

including printers and users who are 

small entities as defined by the RFA. 

Since the rule would not have any 

significant adverse economic impact on 

small entities, the RFA does not require 

EPA to perform a regulatory flexibility 

analysis. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 262 

Environmental protection, Exports, 

Hazardous materials transportation, 

Hazardous waste, Imports, Labeling, 

Packaging and containers, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: June 15, 2011. 

Mathy Stanislaus, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste 

& Emergency Response. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of Federal Contract Compliance 

Programs 

41 CFR Parts 60–250 and 60–300 

RIN 1250–AA00 

Affirmative Action and 

Nondiscrimination Obligations of 

Contractors and Subcontractors 

Regarding Protected Veterans 

AGENCY: Office of Federal Contract 

Compliance Programs, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

and extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: On April 26, 2011, the Office 

of Federal Contract Compliance 

Programs (OFCCP) published a Federal 

Register notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). This NPRM proposes revising 

regulations implementing the 

affirmative action provisions of the 

Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment 

Assistance Act of 1974, as amended. 

This document extends the comment 

period for the proposed rule for fourteen 

(14) days. If you have already 

commented on the proposed rule you do 

not need to resubmit your comment. 

OFCCP will consider all comments 

received from the date of publication of 

the proposed rule through the close of 

the extended comment period. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

NPRM published on April 26, 2011 (76 

FR 23358), scheduled to close on 

June 27, 2011, is extended until 

July 11, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by RIN 1250–AA00, by any of 

the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: (202) 693–1304 (for comments 

of six pages or fewer). 

• Mail: Debra A. Carr, Director, 

Division of Policy, Planning, and 

Program Development, Office of Federal 

Contract Compliance Programs, Room 

C–3325, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20210. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Debra A. Carr, Director, Division of 

Policy, Planning, and Program 

Development, Office of Federal Contract 

Compliance Programs, Room C–3325, 

200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20210. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 

26, 2011, OFCCP published a proposed 

rule entitled ‘‘Affirmative Action and 

Nondiscrimination Obligations of 

Contractors and Subcontractors 

Regarding Protected Veterans’’ (76 FR 

23358). OFCCP was to receive 

comments on this NPRM on or before 

June 27, 2011. 

Various organizations submitted 

requests to extend the comment period 

by an additional sixty (60) days or more. 

We considered these requests and 

determined that it is appropriate to 

provide an additional 14-day period for 

comment on the proposed regulation. 

We are, therefore, extending the 

comment period until Monday, July 11, 

2011. 

Extension of Comment Period 

OFCCP determined that the public 

could use additional time to review the 

potential impact of the proposed 

requirements. Therefore, to allow the 

public sufficient time to review and 

comment on the NPRM, OFCCP is 

extending the comment period until 

July 11, 2011. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 17th day of 

June 2011. 

Patricia Shiu, 

Director, Office of Federal Contract 

Compliance Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2011–15646 Filed 6–21–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–45–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

44 CFR Part 67 

[Docket ID FEMA–2011–0002; Internal 

Agency Docket No. FEMA–B–1198] 

Proposed Flood Elevation 

Determinations 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: Comments are requested on 

the proposed Base (1% annual-chance) 

Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed 

BFE modifications for the communities 

listed in the table below. The purpose 

of this proposed rule is to seek general 

information and comment regarding the 

proposed regulatory flood elevations for 

the reach described by the downstream 

and upstream locations in the table 

below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are 

a part of the floodplain management 

measures that the community is 

required either to adopt or to show 

evidence of having in effect in order to 

qualify or remain qualified for 

participation in the National Flood 

Insurance Program (NFIP). In addition, 

these elevations, once finalized, will be 

used by insurance agents and others to 

calculate appropriate flood insurance 

premium rates for new buildings and 

the contents in those buildings. 

DATES: Comments are to be submitted 

on or before September 20, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: The corresponding 

preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map 

(FIRM) for the proposed BFEs for each 

community is available for inspection at 

the community’s map repository. The 

respective addresses are listed in the 

table below. 

You may submit comments, identified 

by Docket No. FEMA–B–1198, to Luis 

Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering 

Management Branch, Federal Insurance 

and Mitigation Administration, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 500 C 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, 


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