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1See Ch. 107, 19 stat. 377 (1872), Ch. 1093, 32 

Stat. 388 (1902), Ch, 418, 53 Stat. 1187 (1939), ch. 

832, 50 Stat. 844, 850 (1937), all as amended and 

supplemented. 

2See, Ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, as amended and 

supplemented. 

3See, Ch. 418, 53 Stat. 1187 (1939), as amended 

and supplemented. 

4See, e.g., Ch. 832, 50 Stat. 844, 850 (1937), as 

amended and supplemented. 

5See, e.g., Ch. 832, 50 Stat. 844, 850 (1937), as 

amended and supplemented. 

6See, 43 U.S.C. 485h(c). 

7See Act of December 22, 1944, Ch. 665, 58 Stat. 

887, as amended and supplemented. 

8See, 42 U.S.C. 7152(a)(1)(E). 

9See 44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq. 

Valley Project Authorizing Act of 1937.1

The Reclamation Act of 1902 

established the Federal reclamation 

program.2 The basic principle of the 

Reclamation Act of 1902 was that the 

United States, through the Secretary of 

the Interior, would build and operate 

irrigation works from the proceeds of 

public land sales in the sixteen arid 

Western states (a seventeenth was later 

added). The Reclamation Project Act of 

1939 expanded the purposes of the 

reclamation program and specified 

certain terms for contracts that the 

Secretary of the Interior enters into to 

furnish water and power.3 Congress 

enacted the Reclamation Laws for 

purposes that include enhancing 

navigation, protection from floods, 

reclaiming the arid lands in the Western 

United States, and for fish and wildlife.4

Congress intended the production of 

power would be a supplemental feature 

of the multi-purpose water projects 

authorized under the Reclamation 

Laws.5 No contract entered into by the 

United States for power may impair the 

efficiency of the project for irrigation 

purposes.6 Section 5 of the Flood 

Control Act of 1944 is read in pari 

materia with Reclamation Laws.7 In 

1977, the Department of Energy 

Organization Act transferred the power 

marketing functions of the Department 

of the Interior to Western.8 Pursuant to 

this authority, Western markets Federal 

hydropower. As part of Western’s 

marketing authority, Western needs to 

obtain information from interested 

entities who desire an allocation of 

Federal power. The Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 requires Western 

to obtain a clearance from OMB before 

collecting this information.9

II. This Process Determines the Format 

of the APD and Is Not a Call for 

Applications 

This public process and the 

associated Federal Register notice only 

determine the information that Western 

will collect from an entity desiring to 

apply for a Federal power allocation. 

This public process is a legal 

requirement that Western must comply 

with before Western can request 

information from potential preference 

customers. This public process is not 

the process whereby interested parties 

request an allocation of Federal power. 

The actual allocation of power is 

outside the scope of this proceeding. 

Please do not submit a request for 

Federal power in this process. At a later 

time, through a separate process, 

Western will issue a call for 

applications, as part of its projectspecific marketing plans. When Western 

issues a call for applications, the 

information Western proposes to collect 

is voluntary. Western will use the 

information collected, in conjunction 

with its project-specific marketing 

plans, to determine an entity’s eligibility 

and ultimately which entity will receive 

an allocation of Federal power. 

III. Invitation for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (1) Whether 

the extended collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated electronic, mechanical or 

other collection techniques or other 

forms of information technology. 

Dated: March 20, 2014. 

Mark A. Gabriel, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2014–07365 Filed 4–1–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0233; FRL–9908–77] 

Office of Pesticide Programs; Notice of 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA’s Office of Pesticide 

Programs, the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA), and the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service and the National 

Marine Fisheries Service (collectively, 

the Services), are holding a one day 

workshop to provide a forum for 

stakeholders to offer scientific and 

technical feedback on the interim 

approaches that were issued in 

November 2013 by the EPA, USDA, and 

the Services in response to the National 

Academy of Sciences (NAS) report 

entitled, ‘‘Assessing Risks to 

Endangered and Threatened Species 

from Pesticides’’. The workshop is an 

opportunity for stakeholders and 

agencies to continue their dialogue on 

the technical aspects of implementing 

the NAS recommendations, building 

upon public meetings held in November 

and December 2013 and the 

implementation of the enhanced 

stakeholder engagement process that 

was finalized in March 2013. The 

workshop is not designed to, or 

intended to be a decision-making forum; 

consensus will not be sought or 

developed at the meeting. This public 

meeting furthers the agencies’ goal of 

developing a consultation process for 

pesticide impacts on listed species that 

is efficient, inclusive, and transparent. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

April 22, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 

p.m. 

Requests to participate in the meeting 

must be received on or before April 15, 

2014. To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT, preferably at least 10 days 

prior to the meeting, to give EPA as 

much time as possible to process your 

request. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

Office of Pesticide Programs, One 

Potomac Yard, 2777 S. Crystal Drive, 

Arlington, Virginia 22202 in the 1st 

floor conference room. Webinar and 

teleconference information will be 

provided to participants requesting 

access via webinar and telephone. 

Requests to participate in the meeting, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0233, may 

be submitted to the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Catherine Eiden, Pesticide Reevaluation Division (7508P) and the 

Environmental Fate and Effects Division 

(7507P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 305–7887; fax number: (703) 308– 

8005; email address: eiden.catherine@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you develop, manufacture, 

formulate, sell, and/or apply pesticide 

products, and if you are interested in 

the potential impacts of pesticide use on 

listed species. 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) 

• Other stakeholders who have an 

interest in potential impacts of 

pesticides on listed species 

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–2014–0233, 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), EPA West 

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 

The workshop is an opportunity for 

stakeholders and agencies to continue 

their dialogue on the technical aspects 

of implementing the NAS 

recommendations, building upon public 

meetings held in November and 

December 2013 and the implementation 

of the enhanced stakeholder engagement 

process that was finalized in March 

2013. The workshop is not designed, or 

intended to be a decision-making forum; 

consensus will not be sought, or 

developed at the meeting. 

Stakeholders will be asked to provide 

scientific and technical information that 

could potentially be used by the 

agencies to inform various scientific 

determinations that will be made during 

the course of evaluation pesticides, 

including: 

1. Step 1, otherwise known as the 

‘‘May Affect’’ threshold identified by 

NAS; 

2. Systematic methods for 

implementing ‘‘Weight of Evidence’’ 

analysis that consider both quantitative 

and qualitative data; and 

3. The consideration of uncertainty in 

the scientific assessment process. 

While the focus of this public meeting 

is on the three topics noted in this unit, 

comments on all aspects of the materials 

previously provided to the public will 

be accepted. The agencies’ interim 

approach document entitled, 

‘‘Interagency Approach for 

Implementation of the National 

Academy of Sciences Report’’ 

(11/13/2013) and the presentation 

materials from the November 2013 

stakeholder workshop are available at 

the following Web site: http://

www.epa.gov/oppfead1/endanger/2013/

nas.html. 

In addition to the scientific and 

technical information presented by 

stakeholders, representatives from 

Federal agencies will join the dialogue 

to ask clarifying questions of the 

presenters and to respond to questions 

regarding the pesticide registration 

process and Endangered Species Act 

consultation. The agencies see this 

forum as an integral component of the 

stakeholder engagement process 

developed for pesticide consultations 

and contributes to the agencies’ 

commitment to adapt and refine the 

interim approaches as we progress 

through the initial consultations. 

III. How can I request to participate in 

this meeting? 

You may submit a request to 

participate in this meeting to the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. Do not submit any information 

in your request that is considered CBI. 

Requests to participate in the meeting, 

identified by docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OPP–2014–0233, must be received 

on or before April 15, 2014. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, FIFRA/

ESA consultations, Interim approaches, 

Pesticides, Threatened and endangered 

species. 

Dated: March 25, 2014. 

Michael Goodis, 

Acting Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2014–07102 Filed 4–1–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0137; FRL–9907–18] 

Notice of Receipt of Requests for 

Amendments To Delete Uses in Certain 

Pesticide Registrations 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is issuing 

a notice of receipt of request for 

amendments by registrants to delete 

uses in certain pesticide registrations. 

FIFRA provides that a registrant of a 

pesticide product may at any time 

request that any of its pesticide 

registrations be amended to delete one 

or more uses. FIFRA further provides 

that, before acting on the request, EPA 

must publish a notice of receipt of any 

request in the Federal Register. 

DATES: The deletions in Table 1 of Unit 

II, are effective May 2, 2014, because the 

registrants requested a waiver of the 

180-day comment period, unless the 

Agency receives a written withdrawal 

request on or before May 2, 2014. The 

Agency will consider a withdrawal 

request postmarked no later than May 2, 

2014. The deletions in Table 2 of Unit 

II, are effective September 29, 2014, 

unless the Agency receives a written 

withdrawal request on or before 

September 29, 2014. The Agency will 

consider a withdrawal request 

postmarked no later than September 29, 

2014. 

Users of these products who desire 

continued use on crops or sites being 

deleted should contact the applicable 

registrant in Table 1 of Unit II, before 

May 2, 2014, for the registrants that 

requested a waiver of the 180-day 

comment period. Users of these 

products who desire continued use on 

crops or sites being deleted should 

contact the applicable registrant in 

Table 2 of Unit II, before September 29, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your withdrawal 

request, identified by docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2014–0137, by one of the 

following methods: 

• 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.htm. 


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