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Center 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 OEI 

Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through 

www.regulations.gov. You may use 

www.regulations.gov to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, key in the appropriate docket 

identification number then select 

‘‘search’’. 

It is important to note that EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing online at www.regulations.gov 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, CBI, or 

other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information 

claimed as CBI and other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute 

is not included in the official public 

docket or in the electronic public 

docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted 

material, including copyrighted material 

contained in a public comment, will not 

be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. Although not all docket 

materials may be available 

electronically, you may still access any 

of the publicly available docket 

materials through the EPA Docket 

Center. 

B. How and to whom do I submit 

comments? 

You may submit comments as 

provided in the ADDRESSES section. 

Please ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. 

If you submit an electronic comment, 

EPA recommends that you include your 

name, mailing address, and an email 

address or other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. This 

ensures that you can be identified as the 

submitter of the comment and allows 

EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot 

read your comment due to technical 

difficulties or needs further information 

on the substance of your comment. Any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket, 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. 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. 

Use of the www.regulations.gov Web 

site to submit comments to EPA 

electronically is EPA’s preferred method 

for receiving comments. The electronic 

public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, which means EPA will 

not know your identity, email address, 

or other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

In contrast to EPA’s electronic public 

docket, EPA’s electronic mail (email) 

system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system. If you send an email comment 

directly to the Docket without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your 

email address is automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the official public 

docket, and made available in EPA’s 

electronic public docket. 

Dated: January 27, 2015. 

Lorie J. Schmidt, 

Associate General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02269 Filed 2–4–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0335; FRL–9921–86] 

Pesticide Emergency Exemptions; 

Agency Decisions and State and 

Federal Agency Crisis Declarations 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has granted or denied 

emergency exemptions under the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) for use of 

pesticides as listed in this notice. The 

exemptions or denials were granted 

during the period July 1, 2014 to 

September 30, 2014 to control 

unforeseen pest outbreaks. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Lewis, Registration Division 

(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; main telephone 

number: (703) 305–7090; email address: 

RDFRNotices@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are an agricultural 

producer, food manufacturer, or 

pesticide manufacturer. 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). 

If you have any questions regarding 

the applicability of this action to a 

particular entity, consult the person 

listed at the end of the emergency 

exemption or denial. 

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–2014–0335, 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), West William 

Jefferson Clinton 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 

EPA has granted or denied emergency 

exemptions to the following State and 

Federal agencies. The emergency 

exemptions may take the following 

form: Crisis, public health, quarantine, 

or specific. EPA has also listed denied 

emergency exemption requests in this 

notice. 

Under FIFRA section 18 (7 U.S.C. 

136p), EPA can authorize the use of a 

pesticide when emergency conditions 

exist. Authorizations (commonly called 

emergency exemptions) are granted to 

State and Federal agencies and are of 

four types: 

1. A ‘‘specific exemption’’ authorizes 

use of a pesticide against specific pests 

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State. Most emergency exemptions are 

specific exemptions. 

2. ‘‘Quarantine’’ and ‘‘public health’’ 

exemptions are emergency exemptions 

issued for quarantine or public health 

purposes. These are rarely requested. 

3. A ‘‘crisis exemption’’ is initiated by 

a State or Federal agency (and is 

confirmed by EPA) when there is 

insufficient time to request and obtain 

EPA permission for use of a pesticide in 

an emergency. 

EPA may deny an emergency 

exemption: If the State or Federal 

agency cannot demonstrate that an 

emergency exists, if the use poses 

unacceptable risks to the environment, 

or if EPA cannot reach a conclusion that 

the proposed pesticide use is likely to 

result in ‘‘a reasonable certainty of no 

harm’’ to human health, including 

exposure of residues of the pesticide to 

infants and children. 

If the emergency use of the pesticide 

on a food or feed commodity would 

result in pesticide chemical residues, 

EPA establishes a time-limited tolerance 

meeting the ‘‘reasonable certainty of no 

harm standard’’ of the Federal Food, 

Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). 

In this document: EPA identifies the 

State or Federal agency granted the 

exemption or denial, the type of 

exemption, the pesticide authorized and 

the pests, the crop or use for which 

authorized, and the duration of the 

exemption. EPA also gives the Federal 

Register citation for the time-limited 

tolerance, if any. 

III. Emergency Exemptions and Denials 

A. U.S. States and Territories 

Arkansas 

State Plant Board 

Specific Exemption: EPA authorized 

the use of sulfoxaflor on sorghum to 

control sugarcane aphid; July 2, 2014 to 

October 31, 2014. 

Colorado 

Department of Agriculture 

Specific Exemption: EPA authorized 

the use of potassium salt of hop beta 

acids in beehives to control varroa mite; 

August 25, 2014 to December 31, 2014. 

Florida 

Department of Agriculture and 

Consumer Services 

Specific Exemption: EPA authorized 

the use of clothianidin on immature (3 

to 5 years old) citrus trees to manage 

transmission of Huanglongbing (HLB) 

disease vectored by the Asian citrus 

psyllid; September 12, 2014 to October 

31, 2014. 

Specific Exemption: EPA authorized 

the use of sulfoxaflor on sorghum to 

control sugarcane aphid; September 24, 

2014 to December 31, 2014. 

Georgia 

Department of Agriculture 

Specific Exemption: EPA authorized 

the use of sulfoxaflor on sorghum to 

control sugarcane aphid; September 11, 

2014 to November 30, 2014. 

Idaho 

Department of Agriculture 

Crisis Exemption: On July 31, 2014, 

for use of hexythiazox on sugar beet to 

control two-spotted spider mites. This 

program ended on September 30, 2014. 

Missouri 

Department of Agriculture 

Specific Exemption: EPA authorized 

the use of sulfoxaflor on sorghum to 

control sugarcane aphid; September 11, 

2014 to November 30, 2014. 

New Jersey 

Department of Environmental Protection 

Specific Exemption: EPA authorized 

the use of bifenthrin on apple, peach, 

and nectarine to control the brown 

marmorated stinkbug; July 3, 2014 to 

October 15, 2014. 

Specific Exemption: EPA authorized 

the use of dinotefuran on pome and 

stone fruit to control the brown 

marmorated stinkbug; July 3, 2014 to 

October 15, 2014. 

Oregon 

Department of Agriculture 

Specific Exemption: EPA authorized 

the use of fipronil on turnip and 

rutabaga to control the cabbage maggot; 

July 7, 2014 to October 15, 2014. EPA 

authorized the use because available 

alternatives are not suitable or do not 

provide adequate control to avoid 

significant economic losses under the 

increasing pest populations with 

resistance development suspected. 

Since this use has been requested for 

more than 5 years and an application for 

registration has not yet been received by 

EPA, a Notice of Receipt with 

opportunity for public comment 

published in the Federal Register, as 

required by 40 CFR 166.24, on June 4, 

2014 (79 FR 32282) (FRL–9910–88) with 

public comment period closing on June 

19, 2014. 

Crisis Exemption: On July 31, 2014, 

for use of hexythiazox on sugar beet to 

control two-spotted spider mites. This 

program ended on September 30, 2014. 

Tennessee 

Department of Agriculture 

Specific Exemption: EPA authorized 

the use of sulfoxaflor on sorghum to 

control sugarcane aphid; August 18, 

2014 to October 31, 2014. 

Specific Exemption: EPA authorized 

the use of potassium salt of hop beta 

acids in beehives to control varroa mite; 

August 25, 2014 to December 31, 2014. 

Texas 

Department of Agriculture 

Denial: On July 18, 2014, EPA denied 

the use of a pesticide product 

containing the active ingredient 

propazine on cotton to control 

glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth. 

This request was denied because the 

Agency was unable to conclude that the 

proposed pesticide use is likely to result 

in ‘‘a reasonable certainty of no harm’’ 

to human health, including exposure of 

residues of the pesticide to infants and 

children as required under the Food 

Quality Protection Act (FQPA). 

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

Dated: January 30, 2015. 

Susan Lewis, 

Director, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. 

DATE & TIME: Thursday, February 12, 

2015 At 10:00 a.m. 

PLACE: 999 E Street NW., Washington, 

DC (Ninth Floor) 

STATUS: This Meeting Will Be Open To 

The Public. 

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: 

Correction and Approval of Minutes for 

January 15, 2015 

Draft Advisory Opinion 2014–20: Make 

Your Laws PAC, Inc. 

Draft Advisory Opinion 2014–21: 

Cambia Health Solutions, Inc. 

Audit Division Recommendation 

Memorandum on the Republican 

Party of Orange County (Federal) 

(RPOC) (A11–23) 

Audit Division Recommendation 

Memorandum on the Democratic 

Party of Wisconsin (DPW) (A12–04) 

Proposed Final Audit Report on the Joe 

Walsh for Congress Committee, Inc. 

(A13–01) 

Management and Administrative 

Matters 

Individuals who plan to attend and 

require special assistance, such as sign 


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