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review. However, submitters must 

explain why they believe the Agency 

should reconsider the data or 

information in the pesticide’s 

registration review. 

As provided in 40 CFR 155.58, the 

registration review docket for each 

pesticide case will remain publicly 

accessible through the duration of the 

registration review process; that is, until 

all actions required in the final decision 

on the registration review case have 

been completed. 

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

Dated: June 17, 2015. 

Neil G. Anderson, 

Acting Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0389; FRL–9929–01] 

Pesticides; Risk Management 

Approach To Identifying Options for 

Protecting the Monarch Butterfly; 

Notice of Availability and Public 

Comment Opportunity 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the 

availability of a document for public 

review and comment that describes the 

Agency’s management approach for 

understanding and identifying 

protections for the monarch butterfly. 

This document is the start of an 

approach for monarch butterfly 

protection and weed management 

which will depend upon (i) input from 

a diverse group of stakeholders to 

identify and integrate information with 

respect to influences on the population 

dynamics of the monarch butterfly and 

the milkweed plant; and, (ii) 

cooperation and collaboration from 

these diverse stakeholders to identify 

activities that will balance weed 

management needs across varied 

landscapes with conservation of the 

milkweed plant. EPA is soliciting public 

comment on which potential action or 

a combination of actions would be the 

most effective in reducing the impacts 

of herbicides on the monarch butterfly. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 24, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0389, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: To make special 

arrangements for hand delivery or 

delivery of boxed information, please 

follow the instructions at http://

www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. 

Additional instructions on 

commenting or visiting the docket, 

along with more information about 

dockets generally, is available at 

http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Khue Nguyen, Pesticide Re-Evaluation 

Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 347–0248; email address: 

nguyen.khue@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general, and may be of interest to a 

wide range of stakeholders including 

environmental, human health, 

farmworker, and agricultural advocates; 

the chemical industry; pesticide users; 

and members of the public interested in 

the sale, distribution, or use of 

pesticides. Since others also may be 

interested, the agency has not attempted 

to describe all the specific entities that 

may be affected by this action. 

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 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 preparing and submitting your 

comments, see the commenting tips at 

http://www.epa.gov/dockets/

comments.html. 

II. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

EPA is taking public comment on a 

document entitled, Risk Management 

Approach to Identifying Options for 

Protecting the Monarch Butterfly, a copy 

of which is available in the docket at 

http://www.regulations.gov under 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2015– 

0389. The document identifies the types 

of information that EPA believes may be 

important to have in order to identify 

appropriate actions to take under the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to protect 

monarch butterflies (including 

milkweed resources) while also 

enabling pesticide users to meet 

important weed management needs. 

EPA is initiating efforts focused 

specifically on the monarch butterfly for 

several reasons. 

First, the U.S. has been engaged in an 

effort with Canada and Mexico through 

the Canada/Mexico/U.S. Trilateral 

Committee for Wildlife and Ecosystem 

Conservation and Management, where 

the three partner nations have agreed to 

make natural resource conservation a 

priority. Consistent with its objective to 

conserve and manage natural resources 

across North America, the committee 

has recognized the monarch butterfly as 

an emblematic species shared by the 

three countries and renewed their 

collaborative effort to protect the species 

and its required resources. 

Secondly, in addition to the efforts of 

the Trilateral Committee, President 

Obama issued a memorandum on 

pollinator protection entitled, Creating a 

Federal Strategy to Promote the Health 

of Honey Bees and other Pollinators. 

The memorandum highlights the 

importance of the monarch butterfly and 

establishes a task force of Federal 

agencies to develop a strategy to 

conserve pollinators and the monarch 

butterfly in particular. The 

memorandum states that the task force 

is to develop a strategy that looks to 

developing partnerships with external 

stakeholders such as state, tribal and 

local governments, farmers, 

corporations, and non-governmental 

organizations to achieve the goal of 

protecting and conserving the monarch 

butterfly and its habitat. 

Finally, in February 2014, EPA’s 

Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) 

received a petition from the Natural 

Resources Defense Council (NRDC) 


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asking EPA to take actions to reduce the 

use of the herbicide glyphosate because 

NRDC believes that the widespread use 

of glyphosate has impacted the monarch 

butterfly by reducing the presence of the 

milkweed. While EPA has denied 

NRDC’s petition, EPA concludes that its 

ongoing efforts to protect bees, in 

conjunction now with this effort to 

protect the monarch butterfly, are in 

line with the objectives of the NRDC 

petition. 

In addition, together with several nongovernmental organizations, various 

agencies within the Federal government 

have been working collaboratively with 

the Monarch Joint Venture to develop 

and implement measures to protect 

monarch butterflies and their migration. 

The approach and objectives outlined in 

Risk Management Approach to 

Identifying Options for Protecting the 

Monarch Butterfly will support and 

complement the actions and objectives 

of the Trilateral Committee and the 

Presidential Memorandum on Pollinator 

Health. 

EPA is soliciting public comment on 

which potential action or a combination 

of actions would be the most effective 

in reducing the impacts of herbicides on 

the monarch butterfly. The agency is 

also requesting that any additional 

measures not discussed here be 

identified. 

Please note that the approach 

discussed in Risk Management 

Approach to Identifying Options for 

Protecting the Monarch Butterfly is 

intended to provide guidance to EPA 

personnel and decision-makers and to 

pesticide registrants. While the 

requirements in the statutes and Agency 

regulations are binding on EPA and the 

applicants, this guidance document is 

not binding on either EPA or pesticide 

registrants, and EPA may depart from 

the guidance where circumstances 

warrant and without prior notice. 

Likewise, pesticide registrants may 

assert that the guidance is not 

applicable to a specific pesticide or 

situation. 

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

Dated: June 16, 2015. 

Jack Housenger, 

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2015–15405 Filed 6–23–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0228 and 3060–0931] 

Information Collections Being 

Submitted for Review and Approval to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3520), the Federal Communication 

Commission (FCC or Commission) 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collections. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

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; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; 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 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 OMB 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 OMB 

control number. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted on or before July 24, 2015. 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 email 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and 

to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email 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: 3060–0228. 

Title: Section 80.59, Compulsory Ship 

Inspections and Ship Inspection 

Certificates, FCC Forms 806, 824, 827 

and 829. 

Form Numbers: FCC Forms 806, 824, 

827 and 829. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, not-for-profit institutions 

and state, local or tribal government. 

Number of Respondents: 1,310 

respondents; 1,310 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.084 

hours (5 minutes)-4 hours per response. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion, 

annual and every five year reporting 

requirements, recordkeeping 

requirement and third party disclosure 

requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 U.S.C. 4, 303, 309, 

332 and 362 of the Communications Act 

of 1934, as amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 5,445 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: The requirements 

contained in 47 CFR 80.59 of the 

Commission’s rules are necessary to 

implement the provisions of section 

362(b) of the Communications Act of 

934, as amended, which require the 

Commission to inspect the radio 

installation of large cargo ships and 

certain passenger ships at least once a 

year to ensure that the radio installation 

is in compliance with the requirements 

of the Communications Act. 

Further, section 80.59(d) states that 

the Commission may, upon a finding 


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