UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WASHINGTON , D.C. 20460 OFFICE OF PREVENTION , PESTICIDES AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES Posting to FDMS Docket without a Federal Register Notice MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: Pos ting to EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0481 in Regulations .gov for Public Access TO:FROM : This memorandum authorizes the posting to EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0481 in Regulations .gov for public access. The Agency has reached agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity on a proposed settlement that would amend a 201 0 court order , which established a schedule to complete effects determinations for 75 chemica lson 11 species in the.San Francisco Bay Area . Currently , EPA has issued effects determinations for 59 of the 75 pesticides ,but for the remaining 16 pesticides , EPA and CBD agree that it would be more efficient and environmentally significan tto complete nationwide effects determinations on four pesticides than com pleting effects determinations that arelimited to the San Francisco Bay Area li sted spec ies.Under the proposed settlement , EPA would complete nationwide effects det erminations for atrazine , simazine , propazine and glyphosate . The agreement includes schedules for comp l etion of determinations and initiation of consultation for the four pesticides by 2020 , using and building on approaches consistent with the April 2013 National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report recommendat ions. This agreement represents the secon d set of chem icals , after the initial pilot chemicals (chlorpyrifos , diazinon , malathion , carbaryl , and methomyl) to be assessed on a nationwid e scale . The proposed stipu l ated settl ement agreement will be ope nfor public comment from June 23, 2015 to July8, 2015 . · Submit your comments ,i dentified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP
- 2009-0481 , through the following website: www . regulations.gov , following the on -line instructions for submi ttingcomments. EPA 's policy is that all comments · received will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available online 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 http: //www . regulations .gov. The http://www . requlations .gov Web site is an" anonymous access " system , which means EPA will not know your ide ntity or contac t informat ion unless you provide itin the body of your comment. If you submit a comment , EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information .If EPA cannot read your comment due

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http: //www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets/htm . Should you have any questions regarding this memorandum , please contact Donald Brady at 703-305-7695 ; email address : ESPP@epa.gov