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respond to, a collection of information, 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The OMB control 

numbers for EPA’s regulations in title 40 

of the Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR), after appearing in the Federal 

Register when approved, are listed in 40 

CFR part 9, 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: The U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (Customs) regulations 

at 19 CFR 12.112 require that an 

importer desiring to import a pesticide 

or device into the United States shall, 

prior to the shipment’s arrival in the 

United States, submit a Notice of Arrival 

(NOA) of Pesticides and Devices (EPA 

Form 3540–1) to EPA. Once EPA 

receives the NOA, EPA will determine 

the disposition of the shipment upon its 

arrival in the United States. Upon 

completing its review, the EPA response 

is sent to the importer of record or 

licensed customs broker, who must 

present the NOA to Customs upon 

arrival of the shipment at the port of 

entry. This is necessary to ensure that 

EPA is notified of the arrival of 

pesticides and pesticidal devices as 

required under FIFRA section 17(c), and 

that EPA has the ability to examine such 

shipments to determine compliance 

with FIFRA. Customs compares entry 

documents for the shipment with the 

NOA and notifies the EPA regional 

office of any discrepancies. 

Burden statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 0.43 hours per 

response. Burden is defined in 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

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 here: 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this ICR are 

pesticide importers, which includes 

many types of business entities ranging 

from Commercial and Institutional 

Building Construction (NAICS 236220) 

to Pesticide and Other Agricultural 

Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 

325300) and even Public 

Administration: Executive Offices 

(NAICS 921110). Other business and 

institutions that import pesticides 

include Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing 

and Hunting (Sector 11), Wholesale 

Trade, (Sector 42). The majority of 

responses come from businesses that fall 

under NAICS code 325300. 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 38,000. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

16,340 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$1,006,034. This is the estimated burden 

cost; there is no cost for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

III. Are there changes in the estimates 

from the last approval? 

There is an increase of 3,870 hours in 

the total estimated respondent burden 

compared with that identified in the ICR 

currently approved by OMB. This 

increase reflects EPA’s updating of 

burden estimates for this collection 

based upon historical information on 

the number of NOAs received by EPA. 

Based upon revised estimates, the 

number of NOAs received has increased 

from 35,000 to 38,000. The average 

burden hours per response will remain 

unchanged from the previous ICR 

renewal of 0.43 hours per response. This 

change is an adjustment. 

IV. What is the next step in the process 

for this ICR? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the ICR as 

appropriate. The final ICR package will 

then be submitted to OMB for review 

and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. EPA will issue another Federal 

Register document pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the 

submission of the ICR to OMB and the 

opportunity to submit additional 

comments to OMB. If you have any 

questions about this ICR or the approval 

process, please contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Dated: April 8, 2016. 

James Jones, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2016–08830 Filed 4–14–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9945–02–OA] 

Performance Partnership Grants 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This action adds the new 

multi-purpose categorical grant program 

for states and tribes, which was 

established by and funded through the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, 

to the list of the Environmental 

Protection Agency’s (EPA) 

environmental grant programs eligible 

for inclusion in Performance 

Partnership Grants (PPGs). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reynold Meni, Office of Congressional 

and Intergovernmental Relations, Office 

of the Administrator (Mail Code 1301), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 

564–3669; fax number: (202) 501–1540; 

email address: meni.reynold@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and 

Appropriations Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 

104–134) and the Department of 

Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 

Development, and Independent 

Agencies Appropriations Act of 1998 

(Pub. L. 105–65) authorize EPA to 

combine categorical grant funds 

appropriated in EPA’s State and Tribal 

Assistance Grant (STAG) account and 

award the funds as PPGs. Public Law 

104–134 states, in relevant part, that: 

‘‘the Administrator is authorized to 

make grants annually from funds 

appropriated under this heading, subject 

to such terms and conditions as the 

Administrator shall establish, to any 

State or federally recognized Indian 

tribe for multimedia or single media 

pollution prevention, control and 

abatement and related environmental 

activities at the request of the Governor 

or other appropriate State official or the 

tribe.’’ 

Public Law 105–65 amended the PPG 

authority by authorizing ‘‘interstate 

agencies, tribal consortia, and air 

pollution control agencies’’ to receive 

PPGs. Pursuant to the authority granted 

in Public Law 104–134 and Public Law 

105–65, EPA promulgated PPG 

regulations in January of 2001 as part of 

the Agency’s revision of 40 CFR part 35, 

the rules governing categorical 

environmental program grants. The 

regulation at 40 CFR 35.133(b) states 

that: ‘‘The Administrator may, in 

guidance or regulation, describe 

subsequent additions, deletions, or 

changes to the list of environmental 

programs eligible for inclusion in 

Performance Partnership Grants.’’ 

EPA is authorized under the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 

(Pub. L. 114–113), Title II of Division G 

to award $21 million in multi-purpose 

grants to states and tribes for 

implementation of environmental 


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programs and projects that complement 

existing environmental program grants, 

including interagency agreements. The 

conference report’s language clarifies 

that these funds will allow states and 

tribes to have the necessary flexibility to 

direct resources for the implementation 

of high priority activities, including the 

processing of permits, which 

complement programs under 

established environmental statutes. 

The multi-purpose categorical grant 

program is funded under EPA’s STAG 

appropriations account and, therefore, is 

eligible for inclusion in PPGs. This 

notice is made pursuant to 40 CFR 

35.133(b), to inform entities eligible to 

receive PPGs that the program listed 

above may be included in a PPG subject 

to any limitations herein defined. 

Hereafter, multi-purpose grants are 

eligible for inclusion in PPGs and may 

be included in a PPG at the request of 

the appropriate official of an eligible 

entity, subject to EPA’s regulations at 2 

CFR part 200 and 2 CFR part 1500 and 

40 CFR 35.001–35.138 and 35.500– 

35.538. The authority to issue this 

Federal Register notice has been 

delegated to the Deputy Associate 

Administrator for Intergovernmental 

Relations. 

Dated: April 11, 2016. 

Mark W. Rupp, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Intergovernmental Relations. 

[FR Doc. 2016–08798 Filed 4–14–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–9026–5] 

Environmental Impact Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–7146 or http://www2.epa.gov/nepa. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements (EISs) 

Filed 04/04/2016 Through 04/08/2016 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

Notice 

Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act 

requires that EPA make public its 

comments on EISs issued by other 

Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters 

on EISs are available at: https://

cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-public/

action/eis/search. 

EIS No. 20160076, Final, BLM, WY, 

Continental Divide Creston Natural 

Gas Development Project, Review 

Period Ends: 05/16/2016, Contact: 

Jennifer Fleuret 307–775–6329. 

EIS No. 20160077, Draft, BLM, UT, 

Enefit Utility Corridor Project, 

Comment Period Ends: 06/07/2016, 

Contact: Stephanie Howard 435–781– 

4469. 

EIS No. 20160078, Draft, USFWS, MN, 

Midwest Wind Energy Multi-Species 

Habitat Conservation Plan, Comment 

Period Ends: 07/14/2016, Contact: 

Rick Amidon 612–713–5164. 

EIS No. 20160079, Final, BLM, OR, 

Western Oregon Resource 

Management Plan, Review Period 

Ends: 05/16/2016, Contact: Mark 

Brown 503–808–6233. 

Dated: April 12, 2016. 

Dawn Roberts, 

Management Analyst, NEPA Compliance 

Division, Office of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2016–08786 Filed 4–14–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R05–OW–2016; FRL–9945–18–Region 

5] 

Change in Public Notice Procedures 

for EPA Region 5’s Proposed 

Establishment of TMDLs and Proposed 

Impaired Waters Listings Under 

Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of change in public 

notice procedures. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Region 5 is announcing a 

change to its procedures for issuing 

public notices seeking comment when 

the Region proposes to list impaired 

waters after disapproving or partially 

disapproving a state’s list of impaired 

waters (303(d) list) under Clean Water 

Act (CWA) Section 303(d), or the Region 

proposes to establish a total maximum 

daily load (TMDL) under CWA Section 

303(d). For any future proposed action 

to include waters on a state’s 303(d) list 

or establish a TMDL, EPA Region 5 will 

provide public notice on the 303(d)/

TMDL Program Web page (http://

www.epa.gov/tmdl/impaired-watersand-tmdls-region-5) rather than by 

publication in the Federal Register. 

DATES: This change in procedures will 

be effective on April 15, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Vilma Rivera-Carrero at (312) 886–7795 

or by email at rivera-carrero.vilma@

epa.gov; or Donna Keclik at (312) 886– 

6766 or by email at keclik.donna@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces a change in 

procedures by which EPA Region 5 

issues public notices seeking comment 

under 40 CFR 130.7(d)(2) for its 

proposed listing of impaired waters 

where the Region disapproves a state’s 

303(d) list, or proposes to establish 

TMDLs. 

Under Section 303(d)(1)(A) of the 

CWA, each state is required to identify 

and prioritize the waters within its 

boundaries for which technology-based 

effluent limitations and other required 

controls are not stringent enough to 

achieve the applicable water quality 

standards. See also 40 CFR 130.7(b)(1). 

Each state must submit biennially a 

303(d) list to the EPA Regional 

Administrator for review and approval. 

See 40 CFR 130.7(d)(1). Within 30 days 

of a state’s submission, EPA must 

approve or disapprove the state’s list. If 

EPA disapproves the state’s 303(d) list, 

it must identify the impaired waters that 

should be listed within 30 days from the 

date of disapproval. EPA regulations 

provide that the Regional Administrator 

must promptly issue a public notice 

seeking comment on EPA’s listing 

decision. After considering public 

comment and making appropriate 

revisions, the Region is required to 

transmit the list to the state. See 40 CFR 

130.7(d)(2). 

Under Section 303(d)(1)(C) of the 

CWA, each state is required to establish 

TMDLs for 303(d) listed waters. See also 

40 CFR 130.7(c)(1). After a state 

develops a TMDL, the state must submit 

the TMDL to EPA for review and 

approval. See 40 CFR 130.7(d)(1). 

Within 30 days of a state’s submission, 

EPA must approve or disapprove the 

state’s TMDL. If EPA disapproves the 

state’s TMDL, it must establish the 

TMDL within 30 days from the date of 

disapproval. EPA may also establish 

TMDLs in certain circumstances where 

the State has not previously submitted 

a TMDL for review. EPA regulations 

provide that the Regional Administrator 

must promptly issue a public notice 

seeking comment on EPA’s TMDL. After 

considering public comment and 

making appropriate revisions, the 

Region is required to transmit the TMDL 

to the state. See 40 CFR 130.7(d)(2). 

In the past, EPA Region 5 has issued 

public notices through publication in 

the Federal Register. In light of EPA’s 

quest for improvements in efficiency, 

EPA Region 5 intends to notify the 

public of listing and TMDL actions 

under 40 CFR 130.7(d)(2) by placing 

notices directly on the Regional Internet 

Page rather than by publication in the 

Federal Register. The Region believes 

that placing the notices on the 303(d)/ 

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