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IR604–8), (5) [TC1507] Bacillus 

thuringiensis Cry1F protein and the 

genetic material (plasmid insert 

PHI8999A) necessary for its production 

in corn event DAS– ;15;7–1, and (6) 

[MON810] Bacillus thuringiensis 

Cry1Ab delta-endotoxin and the genetic 

material necessary for its production 

(Vestor PV–ZMCT01) in event MON 810 

corn (OECD Unique Identifier: MON– 

;;81;–6). The focus of the EUP are the 

three breeding stacks: (1) MIR604 × 1507 

× 59122 × MON 810, (2) MIR604 × 

59122 × MON810, and (3) MIR604 

×1507. 0.0184 pounds (lbs.) of MON810 

Cry1Ab, 0.0585 (lbs.) of Bt11 Cry1Ab, 

5.513 (lbs.) of Cry34Ab1, 0.754 (lbs.) of 

Cry35Ab1, 0.123 (lbs.) of Vip3Aa20, 

0.147 (lbs.) of mCry3A, and 0.170 (lbs.) 

of Cry1F, are authorized on, 2,672 PIP 

acres. 664 acres of non-PIP and border 

row corn are also authorized. Two 

protocols will be conducted, including: 

Insect resistance management and 

efficacy/expression. The program is 

authorized only in the States of 

Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, 

Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, 

Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, 

Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New 

York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, 

Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, 

South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, 

Washington, and Wisconsin. The EUP is 

effective from March 3, 2011, to June 30, 

2012. One comment was received in 

response to the January 26, 2011, notice 

of receipt in the Federal Register, 76 FR 

4683, FRL–8856–2. One comment was 

received from an anonymous individual 

who objected in general terms to EPA 

granting this experimental use permit 

with Bacillus thuringiensis-based plantincorporated protectants claiming that 

insufficient safety testing has been 

required. The Agency understands that 

some individuals are opposed to all 

biotechnology based pesticide use. 

Pursuant to section 5 of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act, EPA may issue a permit for 

experimental use of a pesticide if the 

Agency determines that such 

experimental use may be conducted in 

such a manner as to not result in 

unreasonable adverse effects on the 

environment. EPA has conducted a 

comprehensive analysis of data and 

information related to the requested 

experimental uses and, based on that 

analysis, EPA has determined that the 

experimental uses, if conducted in 

accordance with the terms of the permit, 

will not result in unreasonable adverse 

effects on the environment. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136c. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Experimental use permits. 

Dated: April 24, 2012. 

Daniel J. Rosenblatt, 

Acting Director, Registration Division, Office 

of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10725 Filed 5–3–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9668–6] 

Notice of Proposed Administrative 

Settlement Pursuant to the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

122(h) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act, as 

amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 

9622(i), notice is hereby given of a 

proposed administrative settlement 

concerning the City Storage Superfund 

Site, located in Sulphur, Calcasieu 

Parish, Louisiana. 

The settlement requires the three (3) 

settling parties to pay a total of $145,000 

as payment of response costs to the 

Hazardous Substances Superfund plus 

$2,750.23 in calculated interest. The 

settlement includes a covenant not to 

sue pursuant to Section 107 of CERCLA, 

42, U.S.C. 9607. 

For thirty (30) days beginning on the 

date of publication of this notice, the 

Agency will receive written comments 

relating to this notice and will receive 

written comments relating to the 

settlement. The Agency will consider all 

comments received and may modify or 

withdraw its consent to the settlement 

if comments received disclose facts or 

considerations which indicate that the 

settlement is inappropriate, improper, 

or inadequate. The Agency’s response to 

any comments received will be available 

for public inspection at 1445 Ross 

Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before June 4, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement 

and additional background information 

relating to the settlement are available 

for public inspection at 1445 Ross 

Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733. A 

copy of the proposed settlement may be 

obtained from Lance Nixon at, 1445 

Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733 

or by calling (214) 665–2203. Comments 

should reference the City Storage 

Superfund Site, located in Sulphur, 

Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana and EPA 

Docket Number 06–07–09, and should 

be addressed to Lance Nixon at the 

address listed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gloria Moran, 1445 Ross Avenue, 

Dallas, Texas 75202–2733 or call (214) 

665–3139. 

Dated: April 19, 2012. 

Samuel Coleman, 

Acting Regional Administrator (6RA). 

[FR Doc. 2012–10807 Filed 5–3–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9668–5] 

Workshop on Using Mode of Action To 

Support the Development of a 

Multipollutant Science Assessment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Workshop. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 

workshop, organized by EPA’s National 

Center for Environmental Assessment 

(NCEA) within the Office of Research 

and Development, to explore the 

possible ways by which mode-of-action 

and toxicity pathways approaches may 

contribute to interpretation of 

cumulative human health risks of the 

criteria air pollutants. The workshop 

will be held on May 31, 2012, in 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

and will be open to attendance by 

interested public observers on a firstcome, first-served basis up to the limits 

of available space. 

DATES: The workshop will be held on 

May 31, 2012, beginning at 8:00 a.m. 

and ending at 5:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held 

in the auditorium of EPA’s main 

campus, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. 

An EPA contractor, ICF International, is 

providing logistical support for the 

workshop. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions regarding information, 

registration, and logistics for the 

workshop should be directed to 

Whitney Kihlstrom, ICF International, 

Conference Coordinator, 2222 East NC– 

54, Suite 480, Durham, North Carolina 

27713; telephone: 919–293–1646; 

facsimile: 919–293–1645; email: 

EPA_Multipollutant@icfi.com. 


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Questions regarding the scientific and 

technical aspects of the workshop 

should be directed to Dr. Beth Owens, 

telephone: 919–541–0600; facsimile: 

919–541–2895; email: 

owens.beth@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Summary of Information About the 

Workshop 

Sections 108 and 109 of the Clean Air 

Act require periodic review and, if 

appropriate, revisions of the National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS) and the air quality criteria on 

which they are based. As a part of this 

process, NCEA reviews and integrates 

scientific information from across 

scientific disciplines in drawing 

conclusions related to exposure and 

health impacts of each of the criteria air 

pollutants in the Integrated Science 

Assessment (ISA). EPA is planning the 

development of a companion 

assessment to the ISAs, the 

Multipollutant Science Assessment, 

whereby the health effects of exposure 

to a mixture of pollutants, principally 

the criteria air pollutants, may be 

systematically evaluated. To this end, 

EPA conducted a workshop in February 

2011, entitled Multipollutant Science 

and Risk Analysis: Addressing Multiple 

Pollutants in the NAAQS Review 

Process. One of the sessions focused on 

using mode-of-action and toxicity 

pathways approaches to interpret health 

evidence from toxicological and 

controlled human exposure studies of 

criteria air pollutants. NCEA is planning 

to further discuss issues related to the 

interpretation and organization of 

evidence used to characterize health 

effects resulting from exposure to realworld mixtures of air pollutants at the 

one-day workshop on May 31, 2012. 

The goal of the workshop is to explore 

the possible ways by which mode-ofaction and toxicity pathways 

approaches may contribute to 

interpretation of cumulative human 

health risks of the criteria air pollutants. 

Discussion points will include current 

EPA plans related to an approach in 

which experimental health results are 

organized around key events or 

biological pathways that are linked to 

endpoints and outcomes of interest. In 

addition, discussion will focus on the 

means by which information from 

epidemiologic panel studies can be 

integrated into this framework, as well 

as how mixtures have been evaluated in 

other media and by other groups. 

II. Workshop Information 

Members of the public may attend the 

workshop as observers. Space is limited, 

and reservations will be accepted on a 

first-come, first-served basis. 

Dated: April 20, 2012. 

Darrell A. Winner, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10805 Filed 5–3–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[CG Docket No. 06–181; DA 12–514] 

Notice of Need To File Updated 

Information for Some Closed 

Captioning Exemption Petitions 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Commission, via the Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau (Bureau) 

alerts certain entities that filed petitions 

for exemption from the Commission’s 

closed captioning rules prior to the 

passage of the Twenty-First Century 

Communications and Video 

Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA), of the 

need to either (1) affirm that the 

information provided in their 

previously submitted petition is still 

accurate and up-to-date, (2) update 

previously submitted petitions with the 

information indicated below, or (3) 

withdraw their previously submitted 

petitions. The intended action is to 

ensure that information provided in 

each petition is current and accurate. 

DATES: Effective May 4, 2012, Petitions 

subject to document DA 12–514 will be 

dismissed on July 5, 2012, without 

prejudice to filing a new petition for 

exemption, if not affirmed, updated, or 

withdrawn as set forth in document DA 

12–514. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Traci Randolph, Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau, at (202) 

418–0569 (voice), (202) 418–0537 

(TTY); email: Traci.Randolph@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s public 

notice, document DA 12–514, released 

April 2, 2012, in CG Docket No. 06–181. 

The full text of document DA 12–514 

and copies of any subsequently filed 

documents in this matter will be 

available for public inspection and 

copying during regular business hours 

at the FCC Reference Information 

Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., 

Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554. 

Document DA 12–514 and copies of 

subsequently filed documents in this 

matter may also be purchased from the 

Commission’s duplicating contractor, 

Best Copying and Printing, Inc. (BCPI), 

at Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., Room 

CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554. 

Customers may contact BCPI at its Web 

site: http://www.bcpiweb.com, or by 

calling (202) 488–5300. Document DA 

12–514 and the Appendix listing 

Unresolved Petitions for Individual 

Closed Captioning Exemptions can also 

be downloaded in Word or Portable 

Document Format (PDF) at: http:// 

www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/ 

economically-burdensome-exemptionclosed-captioning-requirements. 

Synopsis 

From October 2005 through August 

2006, the Commission received 

approximately 600 petitions for 

individual closed captioning 

exemptions under section 713(d)(3) of 

the Act. In 2006, the Commission’s 

Consumer and Governmental Affairs 

Bureau (Bureau) granted two of these 

petitions in the Anglers Order, 21 FCC 

Rcd 10094, and during the weeks that 

followed, granted an additional 303 

petitions in reliance on the reasoning of 

the Anglers Order. In 2006, the 

Commission received an Application for 

Review that challenged the exemptions 

granted in and those that relied on the 

Anglers Order. On October 20, 2011, the 

FCC granted the Application for Review, 

and in the Anglers Reversal MO&O, 

published at 76 FR 67376, November 1, 

2011; 76 FR 67377, November 1, 2011; 

and at 76 FR 67397, November 1, 2011, 

reversed these exemptions. The Anglers 

Reversal MO&O also set forth guidance 

on the information and documentation 

that closed captioning petitions should 

contain, along with standards that the 

Bureau should use to determine when a 

closed captioning exemption is 

warranted. 

At issue in document DA 12–514 are 

the unresolved petitions for exemption 

that are not subject to the Anglers 

Reversal MO&O, and that were filed 

before passage of the CVAA. Although 

some of these petitions were previously 

placed on public notice, no decision to 

grant or to deny was ever made 

regarding these petitions. The Bureau is 

now ready to apply the standards 

restored by the Anglers Reversal MO&O 

to resolve the claims for an exemption 

by these petitioners. However, the 

Bureau realizes that considerable time 

has passed since many of these petitions 

were first filed, and that various 

circumstances including, but not 

limited to, the financial status of the 

petitioners and the cost of captioning, 

may have changed. 


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