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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–9002–6] 

Environmental Impacts Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–7146 or http://www.epa.gov/ 

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements 

Filed 04/09/2012 through 04/13/2012 

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: http:// 

www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/ 

eisdata.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is 

seeking agencies to participate in its eNEPA Electronic EIS Submission Pilot. 

Participating agencies can fulfill all 

requirements for EIS filing, eliminating 

the need to submit paper copies to EPA 

headquarters, by filing documents 

online and providing feedback on the 

process. To get more information on 

participating in the pilot, please contact 

Justin Wright (wright.justin@epa.gov) or 

Dawn Roberts (roberts.dawn@epa.gov). 

EIS No. 20120103, Final EIS, USACE, 

00, Savannah Harbor Expansion 

Project, Navigation Improvements to 

the Federal Navigation Channel, 

Chatham County, GA and Jasper 

County, SC, Review Period Ends: 

05/21/2012, Contact: William Bailey 

912–652–5781. 

EIS No. 20120104, Draft EIS, NOAA, 

ME, Amendment 5 to the Atlantic 

Herring Fishery Management Plan, 

Implementation of Management 

Measures to Adjust the Fishery 

Management Program for Federally 

Managed Atlantic Herring Fishery, 

Gulf of Maine, Comment Period Ends: 

06/04/2012, Contact: Paul Howard 

978–465–3316. 

EIS No. 20120105, Final EIS, USFS, CA, 

Kirkwood Meadows Power Line 

Reliability Project, Proposal to 

Construct and Operate 34.5 kilovolt 

Power Line, Eldorado National Forest, 

Amador, Eldorado, and Alpine 

Counties, CA, Review Period Ends: 

05/21/2012, Contact: Susan A. 

Rodman 530–621–5298. 

EIS No. 20120106, Draft EIS, NOAA, 00, 

Amendment 14 to the Atlantic 

Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish 

Fishery Management Plan, 

Implementation, Comment Period 

Ends: 06/04/2012, Contact: Daniel S. 

Morris 978–281–9250. 

EIS No. 20120107, Final EIS, BLM, OR, 

John Day Basin Resource Management 

Plan, To Provide Direction for 

Managing Public Lands in Central and 

Eastern Oregon, Prineville District, 

Grant, Wheeler, Gilliam, Wasco, 

Sherman, Umatilla, Jefferson and 

Morrow Counties, OR, Review Period 

Ends: 05/21/2012, Contact: Monte 

Kuk 541–416–6700. 

EIS No. 20120108, Draft EIS, BLM, CA, 

Ocotillo Sol Project, Proposed 100- 

acre Solar Photovoltaic Generation 

Facility, Possible Issuance of a Rightof-Way Grant, Imperial County, CA, 

Comment Period Ends: 07/18/2012, 

Contact: Noel Ludwig 760–833–7104. 

EIS No. 20120109, Draft EIS, FHWA, 

OR, Salem River Crossing Project, 

Proposes to Build a Modified or New 

Crossing of the Willamette River in 

Salem, Funding, USACE Section 10 

and 404 Permits, Marion and Polk 

Counties, OR, Comment Period Ends: 

06/18/2012, Contact: Cindy Callahan 

503–399–5749. 

EIS No. 20120110, Final EIS, USFWS, 

CA, Sears Point Wetland and 

Watershed Restoration Project, To 

Restore Tidal Wetlands and 

Rehabilitate Diked Wetlands, Sonoma 

County, CA, Review Period Ends: 

05/21/2012, Contact: Don Brubaker 

707–769–4200. 

EIS No. 20120111, Draft EIS, USFS, AZ, 

Kaibab National Forest Land and 

Resource Management Plan, 

Implementation, Coconino, Yavapai, 

and Mojave Counties, AZ, Comment 

Period Ends: 07/18/2012, Contact: 

Ariel Leonard 928–635–8200. 

EIS No. 20120112, Draft EIS, USFS, AK, 

Greens Creek Mine Tailings Disposal 

Facility Expansion, USACE Section 

404 Permit, Admiralty National 

Monument, Tongass National Forest, 

Juneau, AK, Comment Period Ends: 

06/04/2012, Contact: Sarah 

Samuelson 907–789–6202. 

Amended Notices 

EIS No. 20120091, Second Draft 

Supplement, BLM, AK, National 

Petroleum Reserve—Alaska (NPR–A) 

Integrated Activity Plan, To 

Determine Appropriate Management 

BLM-Administrated Lands in the 

NPR–A, North Slope Borough, AK, 

Comment Period Ends: 05/29/2012, 

Contact: Jim Ducker 907–271–3130. 

Revision to FR Notice Published 3/30/ 

2012; Correction to Document Status 

from Second Draft Supplemental to 

Draft and Change Comment Period from 

05/29/2012 to 06/01/2012. 

EIS No. 20120098, Draft EIS, USAF, 00, 

F–35A Operational Basing, Beddown 

and Operation of F–35A Aircraft for 

the Combat Air Forces at One or More 

Locations throughout the Contiguous 

U.S. from 2015 through 2020, 

Comment Period Ends: 06/01/2012, 

Contact: Nicholas Germanos 757– 

764–5994. 

Revision to FR Notice Published 4/13/ 

2012; Change Comment Period Ends 

from 06/04/2012 to 06/01/2012. 

Dated: April 17, 2012. 

Cliff Rader, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9584 Filed 4–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0176; FRL–9343–9] 

Pesticides; Final Guidance on Material 

Safety Data Sheets as Pesticide 

Labeling; Request for Comment on 

Paperwork Burden 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Agency is announcing 

the availability of a Pesticide 

Registration Notice (PR Notice) entitled 

‘‘Pesticide Registration (PR) Notice 

2012–1: Material Safety Data Sheets as 

Pesticide Labeling.’’ This PR Notice was 

issued by the Agency on April 9, 2012. 

PR Notices are issued by the Office of 

Pesticide Programs (OPP) to inform 

pesticide registrants and other 

interested persons about important 

policies, procedures, and registration 

related decisions, and serve to provide 

guidance to pesticide registrants and 

OPP personnel. This particular PR 

Notice provides guidance to the 

registrant concerning the relationship 

between EPA-approved labels for 

pesticides registered under the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA), and the Material Safety 

Data Sheet (MSDS, also referred to as 

Safety Data Sheet or SDS), required by 

the Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA). It explains how 

registrants can ensure their FIFRA 

labeling and SDS’s comply with both 

agencies’ requirements. In addition, 

EPA is hereby soliciting public 

comment on the information collection 

activities and related burden estimates 

associated with the guidance provided 

in PR Notice 2012–1. 

DATES: Comments on the Agency’s 

information collection activities and 

related burden estimates must be 

received on or before June 19, 2012. 


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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0176, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: OPP Regulatory Public Docket 

(7502P), Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: OPP Regulatory 

Public Docket in Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 

S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. This 

docket facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The docket 

telephone number is (703) 305–5805. 

Such deliveries are only accepted 

during normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2012– 

0176. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the docket 

without change and may be made 

available on-line 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 regulations.gov or 

email. The 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 email comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

regulations.gov, your email address will 

be automatically captured and included 

as part of the comment that is placed in 

the 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. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the docket index available 

at http://www.regulations.gov. 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, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either in the 

electronic docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPP 

Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S– 

4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 

2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The 

hours of operation of this Docket 

Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The Docket Facility telephone 

number is (703) 305–5805. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Frances Lowe, Field and External 

Affairs Division (7506P), Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: (703) 305–5689; fax 

number: (703) 308–2962; email address: 

lowe.maryfrances@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. Although this action may be 

of particular interest to those persons 

who manufacture pesticides, State 

pesticide enforcement personnel and 

other people may also 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 information in this 

document, consult the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

EPA has established a Web site for 

Pesticide PR Notices issued by the 

Office of Pesticide Programs to inform 

pesticide registrants and other 

interested persons about important 

policies, procedures and regulatory 

decisions. Go to: http://www.epa.gov/ 

PR_Notices/index.htm. 

II. What guidance does this PR Notice 

provide? 

This final PR Notice provides 

guidance to the registrant concerning 

the Agency’s previous determination in 

PR Notice 92–4 that a Material Safety 

Data Sheet (MSDS) (also referred to as 

a Safety Data Sheet (SDS)) that 

accompanies a pesticide product is 

considered part of the pesticide’s 

labeling but may accompany a pesticide 

product without notification to or 

approval by the Agency, provided such 

labeling is consistent with the labeling 

requirements in 40 CFR part 156. The 

PR Notice is intended to update and 

clarify PR Notice 92–4. 

The Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA) requires SDS’s 

under its Hazard Communication 

Standard (HCS) (29 CFR 1910.1200) and 

is moving to align its HCS requirements 

with the Globally Harmonized System 

of Classification and Labeling of 

Chemicals (GHS). OSHA published its 

final rule on March 26, 2012 (77 FR 

17574–17896) and will begin to accept 

SDS’s that are prepared according to the 

final rule’s requirements on May 25, 

2012. EPA has not yet moved to amend 

its labeling regulations to be consistent 

with the GHS, which leads to 

differences between EPA’s current 

requirements and OSHA’s new 

requirements related to classification 

criteria, hazard statements, pictograms, 

and signal words. Commenters on 

OSHA’s proposed rule raised concerns 

about potential inconsistencies in the 

two agencies’ requirements. EPA and 

OSHA worked together to develop this 

guidance to address these commenters’ 

concerns. The PR Notice is intended to 

aid registrants in assuring that the SDS’s 

for their products not be considered 

inconsistent with the EPA-approved 

product labeling for pesticides 

registered under FIFRA by providing 

guidance on how a registrant may 

reconcile an SDS with its associated 

FIFRA labeling, as stated below. 

The Agency believes that generally 

explaining why the FIFRA label and the 

SDS contain different hazard 

communication will prevent users from 

being misled. To provide an adequate 

explanation so the labeling is not 

misleading, EPA recommends 

registrants include in their SDS’s the 

hazard information required on the 

FIFRA label and a brief explanation for 

differences between that information 

and the SDS hazard information, as 

outlined in the PR Notice. 

This guidance is effective 

immediately. 

III. Do PR Notices contain binding 

requirements? 

The PR Notice discussed in this 

document is intended to provide 

guidance to EPA personnel and decision 

makers and to pesticide registrants. 

While the requirements in the statutes 

and Agency regulations are binding on 

EPA and the applicants, this PR Notice 

is not binding on either EPA or 

pesticide registrants, and EPA may 

depart from the guidance where 

circumstances warrant and without 

prior notice. Likewise, pesticide 

registrants may assert that the guidance 


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is not appropriate generally or not 

applicable to a specific pesticide or 

situation. 

IV. Does this PR Notice contain an 

information collection subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act? 

This PR Notice provides guidance on 

what could be included in section 15 of 

the SDS in terms of draft explanatory 

text and the use of FIFRA hazard 

information as available on the EPAapproved label of a registered product. 

Although using the approach identified 

in the PR Notice is entirely optional, 

EPA recognizes that the approach 

involves an information collection 

activity covered by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et 

seq., and OMB’s regulations at 5 CFR 

part 1320. As such, EPA and OSHA will 

collaborate on a subsequent revision to 

OSHA’s ICR, identified under OMB 

Control No. 1218–0072, which 

addresses the information collection 

activities contained in the recent OSHA 

final rule revising HCS (77 FR 17574– 

17896). Before submitting such a 

revision to OMB for review and 

approval, EPA is hereby soliciting 

public comment on a supporting 

statement entitled ‘‘Supporting 

Statement for a Request to Revise a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection Request (ICR) under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act; Proposed 

Revision to OMB Control No. 1218– 

0072’’ and available in EPA Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0176. 

A. Request for Comment on PRA 

Activities 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

PRA, EPA is soliciting comments and 

information to enable it to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agencies, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

estimates of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

B. PRA Burden Statement 

Burden is defined in 5 CFR 1320.3(b). 

The annualized public burden for this 

collection of information, which 

involves the activities associated with 

the SDS preparer’s inclusion in section 

15 of the SDS of additional pesticide 

information from the EPA-approved 

labeling as described in EPA’s PR Notice 

2012–1, is estimated to average about 

1.4 hours per respondent, or 0.25 hours 

per SDS. The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of this estimate, which is 

only briefly summarized here: 

• Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 574. 

• Frequency of response: Once, and 

optional. 

• Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 5.4. 

• Estimated total annual burden 

hours: 258 hours averaged over the 3- 

year phase-in established by the OSHA 

final rule. 

• Estimated total annual burden 

costs: $17,028 averaged over the 3-year 

phase-in established by the OSHA final 

rule. 

C. Next Step Under the PRA 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the Supporting 

Statement as appropriate. The final ICR 

package will then be submitted to OMB 

for review and approval pursuant to 5 

CFR 1320.12 as a revision to the OSHA 

ICR that covers the information 

collection activities in the OSHA HCS, 

identified under OMB Control No. 

1218–0072. OSHA will issue another 

Federal Register notice 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. If you have any questions 

about this ICR or the approval process, 

please contact the technical person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides 

and pests, Pesticide drift, Spray drift. 

Dated: April 9, 2012. 

Steven Bradbury, 

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Public Information Collections 

Approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of public information 

collections approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission has received Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval for the following public 

information collection(s) pursuant to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501–3520). An agency may not 

conduct or sponsor a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number, 

and no person is required to respond to 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information, please contact 

Cathy Williams on (202) 418–2918 or 

via email to: cathy.williams@fcc.gov 

<mailto:cathy.williams@fcc.gov>. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0357. 

OMB Approval Date: February 9, 

2011. 

Expiration Date: February 28, 2014. 

Title: Recognized Private Operating 

Agency (RPOA), Section 63.701. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other for 

profit entities. 

Number of Respondents/Responses: 

10 respondents; 10 responses. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 2–5 

hours per response. 

Total Annual Burden: 35 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $17,650. 

Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. 

The statutory authority for this 

information collection is contained in 

Sections 4(i), 4(j), 201–205, 214 and 403 

of the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(j), 201–25, 214 

and 403. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

requests this collection of information to 

gather the information needed to 

recommend to the United States 

Department of State whether or not to 

designate persons requesting its 

Recognized Private Operating Agency 

(RPOA) status. 

The United States does not require 

anyone to obtain RPOA status but has 


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