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This notice does not constitute a 

decision by EPA on the application 

itself. The regulations governing section 

18 of FIFRA require publication of a 

notice of receipt of an application for a 

specific exemption proposing a use 

which is supported by the IR–4 program 

and has been requested in 5 or more 

previous years, and a petition for 

tolerance has not yet been submitted to 

the Agency. The notice provides an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

application, in accordance with 

requirements set forth at 40 CFR 

166.24(a)(7)). 

The Agency, will review and consider 

all comments received during the 

comment period in determining 

whether to issue the specific exemption 

requested by the Oregon Department of 

Agriculture. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: January 9, 2012. 

Lois Rossi, 

Director, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–811 Filed 1–17–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9618–8] 

Meetings of the Small Communities 

Advisory Subcommittee and the Local 

Government Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Small Communities 

Advisory Subcommittee (SCAS) will 

meet via teleconference on Monday, 

February 6, 2012, 1 p.m.–2 p.m. (ET). 

The Subcommittee will discuss 

sustainable communities, drinking 

water regulations and other issues and 

recommendations to the Administrator 

regarding environmental issues affecting 

small communities. This is an open 

meeting and all interested persons are 

invited to participate. The 

Subcommittee will hear comments from 

the public between 1:40 p.m.–2 p.m. on 

Monday, February 6, 2012. Individuals 

or organizations wishing to address the 

Committee will be allowed a maximum 

of five minutes to present their point of 

view. Also, written comments should be 

submitted electronically to 

davis.catherinem@epa.gov. Please 

contact the Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO) at the number listed below to 

schedule a time on the agenda. Time 

will be allotted on a first-come firstserve basis, and the total period for 

comments may be extended if the 

number of requests for appearances 

requires it. 

The Local Government Advisory 

Committee (LGAC) will meet via 

teleconference on Monday, February 6, 

2012, 2 p.m.–3 p.m. (ET). The 

Committee will discuss the 

recommendations of the LGAC 

Workgroups and the SCAS. This is an 

open meeting and all interested persons 

are invited to participate. The 

Committee will hear comments from the 

public between 2:40 p.m.–3 p.m. (ET) 

on Monday, February 6, 2012. 

Individuals or organizations wishing to 

address the Committee will be allowed 

a maximum of five minutes to present 

their point of view. Also, written 

comments should be submitted 

electronically to eargle.frances@epa.gov. 

Please contact the Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO) at the number listed 

below to schedule a time on the agenda. 

Time will be allotted on a first-come 

first-serve basis, and the total period for 

comments may be extended if the 

number of requests for appearances 

requires it. 

Dates and Addresses: The Small 

Communities Advisory Subcommittee 

meeting will be held by teleconference 

on Monday, February 6, 2012, 1 p.m.– 

2 p.m. (ET). The Local Government 

Advisory Committee meeting will be 

held by teleconference on Monday, 

February 6, 2012, 2 p.m.–3 p.m. (ET). 

Meeting summaries will be available 

after the meetings online at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ocir/scas and can be 

obtained by written request to the DFO. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cathy Davis, Designated Federal Officer 

for the Small Communities Advisory 

Subcommittee (SCAS) at (202) 564–2703 

or email at davis.catherinem@epa.gov. 

For the Local Government Advisory 

Committee (LGAC) contact Frances 

Eargle at (202) 564–3115 or email at 

eargle.frances@epa.gov. 

Information on Services for Those 

with Disabilities: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Frances 

Eargle at (202) 564–3115 or 

eargle.frances@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

request it 10 days prior to the meeting, 

to give EPA as much time as possible to 

process your request. 

Dated: January 9, 2011. 

Frances Eargle, 

Designated Federal Officer, Local Government 

Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2012–813 Filed 1–17–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0689; FRL–9332–6] 

Pesticide Experimental Use Permit; 

Receipt of Application; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

receipt of an EUP for the PlantIncorporated Protectants (PIPs) Bacillus 

thuringiensis Cry proteins Cry1Ab, 

Cry2Ae, Vip3Aa19, and full-length 

Cry1Ab in event T304–40, GHB119, 

COT102, and COT67B cotton plants, 

respectively; and the PIP Bacillus 

thuringiensis combined trait 

cotton,T304–40 X GHB119 X COT102 X 

COT67B; and the combined trait cotton 

necessary for their production. The 

Agency has determined that the permit 

may be of regional and national 

significance. Therefore, in accordance 

with 40 CFR 172.11(a), the Agency is 

soliciting comments on this application. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 17, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0689, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001. 

• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public 

Docket (7502P), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Rm. 

S–4400, One Potomac Yard (South 

Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, 

VA. Deliveries are only accepted during 

the Docket Facility’s normal hours of 

operation (8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays). Special arrangements should 

be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. The Docket Facility 

telephone number is (703) 305–5805. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2011– 

0689. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the docket 


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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: 

Denise Greenway, Biopesticides and 

Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), 

Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 308–8263; email address: 

greenway.denise@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. This action may, however, be 

of interest to those persons who are 

interested in agricultural biotechnology 

or may be required to conduct testing of 

pesticidal substances under the Federal 

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 

or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 

and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Since 

other entities 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 applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

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 email. 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? 

Under Section 5 of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. 136c, EPA can 

allow manufacturers to field test 

pesticides under development. 

Manufacturers are required to obtain an 

EUP before testing new pesticides or 

new uses of pesticides if they conduct 

experimental field tests on 10 acres or 

more of land or one acre or more of 

water. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 172.11(a), the 

Agency has determined that the 

following EUP application may be of 

regional and national significance, and 

therefore is seeking public comment on 

the EUP application: 

Submitter: Bayer CropScience, (264– 

EUP–RUT). 

Pesticide Chemical: PlantIncorporated Protectant Combined Trait 

Bacillus thuringiensis Cotton T304–40 

(Produces Cry1Ab Protein) X GHB119 

(Produces Cry2Ae Protein) X COT102 

(Produces Vip3Aa19 Protein) X COT67B 

(Produces Full-length Cry1Ab Protein), 

and the Combined Trait Cotton 

necessary for their production, along 

with the individual events T304–40, 

GHB119, COT102, and COT67B. 

Summary of Request: Bayer 

CropScience is proposing an 

experimental program to allow 

plantings for the evaluation of these 

cotton plant lines between October 1, 

2011 and June 1, 2013. Testing the 

efficacy of insect resistance transgenes 

and agronomic performance, as well as 

the production of sample material for 

regulatory studies, is intended. The 

applicant requests to conduct testing in 

the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico and in 


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12 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, 

California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, 

Mississippi, North Carolina, South 

Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Testing 

is proposed to be conducted on a total 

of 12,210 acres, of which 2,035 acres 

will be planted to test PIP materials and 

10,175 acres to test non-PIP materials. 

The proposed experimental program 

requires up to 0.04 pound of Cry1Ab 

protein, up to 0.17 pound of Cry2Ae 

protein, up to 0.08 pound of Vip3Aa19 

protein, and up to 0.26 pound of fulllength Cry1Ab protein. The company is 

researching the potential for Bacillus 

thuringiensis proteins produced by the 

inserted genetic material in these cotton 

PIPs for control of the lepidopteran 

larvae cotton pests cotton bollworm 

(Helicoverpa zea), tobacco budworm 

(Heliothis virescens), pink bollworm 

(Pectinophora gossypiella), fall 

armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda), and 

beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua). 

A copy of the application and any 

information submitted is available for 

public review in the docket established 

for this EUP application as described 

under ADDRESSES. 

Following the review of the 

application and any comments and data 

received in response to this solicitation, 

EPA will decide whether to issue or 

deny the EUP request, and if issued, the 

conditions under which it is to be 

conducted. Any issuance of an EUP will 

be announced in the Federal Register. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Experimental use permits. 

Dated: January 9, 2012. 

W. Michael McDavit, 

Acting Director, Biopesticides and Pollution 

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–837 Filed 1–17–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FARM CREDIT SYSTEM INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

Board Meeting 

AGENCY: Farm Credit System Insurance 

Corporation Board; Regular Meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

regular meeting of the Farm Credit 

System Insurance Corporation Board 

(Board). 

DATE AND TIME: The meeting of the Board 

will be held at the offices of the Farm 

Credit Administration in McLean, 

Virginia, on January 19, 2012, from 9 

a.m. until such time as the Board 

concludes its business. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale 

L. Aultman, Secretary to the Farm 

Credit System Insurance Corporation 

Board, (703) 883–4009, TTY (703) 883– 

4056. 

ADDRESSES: Farm Credit System 

Insurance Corporation, 1501 Farm 

Credit Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting of the Board will be open to the 

public (limited space available). In order 

to increase the accessibility to Board 

meetings, persons requiring assistance 

should make arrangements in advance. 

The matters to be considered at the 

meeting are: 

Open Session 

A. Approval of Minutes 

• December 8, 2011 

B. New Business 

• Report on Investment Portfolio 

• Review of Insurance Premium Rates 

• Overview of Communications Crisis 

Plan with Porter Novelli 

Dated: January 12, 2012. 

Dale L. Aultman, 

Secretary, Farm Credit System Insurance 

Corporation Board. 

[FR Doc. 2012–864 Filed 1–17–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6710–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Information Collection Being 

Submitted for Review and Approval to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission (FCC), as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

burdens, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995. An agency may not 

conduct or sponsor a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid control number. No 

person shall be subject to any penalty 

for failing to comply with a collection 

of information subject to the PRA that 

does not display a valid control number. 

Comments are requested concerning (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and (e) ways to 

further reduce the information 

collection burden on small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid control 

number. No person shall be subject to 

any penalty for failing to comply with 

a collection of information subject to the 

PRA that does not display a valid Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

control number. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted on or before February 17, 

2012. If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the contacts below as soon as 

possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via fax (202) 

395–5167, or via email 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and 

to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email 

PRA@fcc.gov <mailto:PRA@fcc.gov> and 

to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. Include in 

the comments the OMB control number 

as shown in the ‘‘SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION’’ section below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. To view a 

copy of this information collection 

request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go 

to the Web page <http:// 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain>, 

(2) look for the section of the Web page 

called ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3) 

click on the downward-pointing arrow 

in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the 

‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4) 

select ‘‘Federal Communications 

Commission’’ from the list of agencies 

presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, 

(5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the 

right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (6) 

when the list of FCC ICRs currently 

under review appears, look for the OMB 

control number of this ICR and then 

click on the ICR Reference Number. A 

copy of the FCC submission to OMB 

will be displayed. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0573. 

Title: Application for Franchise 

Authority Consent to Assignment or 


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