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consists of emissions data and other 

information that have been determined 

to be private. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 71 hours per 

response. Burden means the total time, 

effort, or financial resources expended 

by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

or disclose or provide information to or 

for a Federal agency. This includes the 

time needed to review instructions; 

develop, acquire, install, and utilize 

technology and systems for the purpose 

of collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining, information, and 

disclosing and providing information. 

All existing ways will have to adjust to 

comply with any previously applicable 

instructions and requirements that have 

subsequently changed; train personnel 

to be able to respond to a collection of 

information; search data sources; 

complete and review the collection of 

information; and transmit or otherwise 

disclose the information. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Portland cement plants. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

118. 

Frequency of Response: Initially and 

semiannually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

17,666. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$2,766,659, which includes $1,827,645 

in labor costs, $55,194 in capital/startup 

costs, and $883,820 in operation and 

maintenance (O&M) costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

increase in the number of affected 

facilities, or the number of responses 

compared to the previous ICR. There is, 

however, an increase in the estimated 

hours, and labor burden cost as 

currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved Burdens. This 

change in burden has occurred because 

this renewal ICR is being combined with 

EPA ICR number 2307.02, which 

resulted in an increase in burden hours 

and cost. 

The combining of this ICR with ICR 

number 2307.02 also resulted in an 

increase in capital/startup vs. O&M 

costs. 

Dated: May 31, 2011. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2011–14195 Filed 6–7–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0476; FRL–8875–2] 

Sulfoxaflor; Receipt of Application for 

Emergency Exemption, Solicitation of 

Public Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has received specific 

exemption requests from the Arkansas 

State Plant Board (ASPB), the Louisiana 

Department of Agriculture and Forestry 

(LDAF), the Mississippi Department of 

Agriculture (MDA), and the Tennessee 

Department of Agriculture (TDA) to use 

the pesticide sulfoxaflor (CAS Reg. No. 

946578–00–3) on cotton to control the 

tarnished plant bug (TPB), (Lygus 

lineolaris) (Palisot de Beauvois), on up 

to 387,000 acres in Arkansas, 230,000 

acres in Louisiana, 467,500 acres in 

Mississippi, and 325,000 acres in 

Tennessee. The applicant proposes the 

use of a new chemical which has not 

been registered by the EPA. EPA is 

soliciting public comment before 

making the decision whether or not to 

grant the exemption. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before June 23, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0476, 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– 

0476. 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 e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

regulations.gov, your e-mail 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: 

Libby Pemberton, Registration Division 

(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 308–9364; e-mail address: 

pemberton.libby@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 


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pesticide manufacturer. Potentially 

affected entities may include, but are 

not limited to: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 111). 

• Animal production (NAICS code 

112). 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311). 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

code 32532). 

This listing is not intended to be 

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide 

for readers regarding entities likely to be 

affected by this action. Other types of 

entities not listed in this unit could also 

be affected. The North American 

Industrial Classification System 

(NAICS) codes have been provided to 

assist you and others in determining 

whether this action might apply to 

certain entities. 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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. 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 pesticide 

discussed in this document, compared 

to the general population. 

II. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

Under section 18 of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136p), at the 

discretion of the Administrator, a 

Federal or State agency may be 

exempted from any provision of FIFRA 

if the Administrator determines that 

emergency conditions exist which 

require the exemption. The ASPB, the 

LDAF, the MDA, and the TDA have 

requested the Administrator to issue 

specific exemptions for the use of 

sulfoxaflor on cotton to control the TPB, 

(Lygus lineolaris) (Palisot de Beauvois). 

Information in accordance with 40 CFR 

part 166 was submitted as part of these 

requests. 

As part of these requests, the 

Applicants assert that non-chemical 

tactics only suppress populations of 

TPB and there are not effective standalone practices. Numerous insecticides 

are registered for use on cotton to 

control TPB. The Applicants state that 

varying levels of resistance have been 

documented to nearly every class of 

those compounds. The Applicants 

propose to apply no more than a total 

of 8.5 oz of the unregistered product, 

Transform WG, (0.266 lb AI of 

sulfoxaflor) per acre per year. Up to 

387,000 acres in Arkansas, 230,000 

acres in Louisiana, 467,500 acres in 

Mississippi, and 325,000 acres in 

Tennessee may be treated. The 

Applicants state that direct yield losses 

from this pest will range from 1–7.5%. 

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 use of a new 

chemical (i.e., an active ingredient) 

which has not been registered by EPA. 

The Agency, will review and consider 

all comments received during the 

comment period in determining 

whether to issue the specific 

exemptions requested by the ASPB, the 

LDAF, the MDA, and the TDA. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: May 26, 2011. 

Lois Rossi, 

Director, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2011–14188 Filed 6–7–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0479; FRL–9317–1] 

Proposed Approval of the Central 

Characterization Project’s RemoteHandled Transuranic Waste 

Characterization Program at Bettis 

Atomic Power Laboratory 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; opening 

of public comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or the Agency) is 

announcing the availability of, and 

soliciting public comments for 45 days 

on, the proposed approval of the 

radioactive remote-handled (RH) 

transuranic (TRU) waste 

characterization program implemented 

by the Central Characterization Project 

(CCP) at Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory 

(BAPL) in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. 

This waste is intended for disposal at 

the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in 

New Mexico. 

In accordance with the WIPP 

Compliance Criteria, EPA evaluated the 

characterization of RH TRU debris waste 

from BAPL–CCP during a series of four 

inspections, most recently conducted on 

April 12–13, 2011. By evaluating the 

waste characterization systems and 

processes for RH waste that the U.S. 

Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) 

Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO) program 

developed, EPA verified whether DOE 

could adequately characterize RH TRU 

debris waste, consistent with the 


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