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plan under which any CBI will be 

secured and protected against 

unauthorized release or compromise. No 

information will be provided to Access 

Interpreting until the requirements in 

this document have been fully satisfied. 

Records of information provided to 

Access Interpreting will be maintained 

by EPA Project Officers for this contract. 

All information supplied to Access 

Interpreting by EPA for use in 

connection with this contract will be 

returned to EPA when Access 

Interpreting has completed its work. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Business 

and industry, Government contract, 

Government property, Security 

measures. 

Dated: January 30, 2013. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Information Technology and 

Resources Management Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2013–03330 Filed 2–12–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2012; FRL–9378–3] 

Pollinator Summit: Status of Ongoing 

Collaborative Efforts To Protect 

Pollinators; Notice of Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Chemical Safety 

and Pollution Prevention, in 

conjunction with the United States 

Department of Agriculture, will 

facilitate a public meeting with parties 

engaged in activities to reduce potential 

acute exposure of honey bees and 

pollinators to pesticides. Invited 

presenters will provide briefings on 

current activities in three key areas 

related to improving seed treatment 

techniques; reducing the generation of 

dust that occurs during planting 

operations; and raising awareness of 

current best management practices that 

are available to mitigate potential acute 

pesticide exposure to pollinators. 

Pollinators are an important component 

of agricultural production, critical to 

food and ecosystems, and must be 

protected so that they can continue to 

play this important role. The intended 

outcome of this meeting is to share 

information and look for areas of 

collaboration to lessen the unintended 

impacts of pesticides on pollinators 

during coming and future growing 

seasons. This meeting complements 

EPA’s ongoing work through the 

Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee 

(PPDC) to support and take action to 

improve pollinator health. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

March 5, 2013 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 

p.m. e.s.t. 

To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON

CONTACT, preferably at least 10 days 

prior to the meeting, to give EPA as 

much time as possible to process your 

request. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), 

First Floor Conference Center, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA 22202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Clock-Rust, Environmental Fate 

and Effects Division, (7507P), Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: (703) 308–2718; fax 

number: (703) 305–6309 email address: 

clock-rust.mary@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 engaged in 

activities to reduce potential exposure 

of honey bees and pollinators to 

pesticides. This action is directed to the 

public in general, and may be of 

particular interest to, but is not limited 

to the following entities: Agricultural 

workers and farmers; beekeepers; 

pesticide industry and trade 

associations; environmental, consumer, 

and farm worker groups; animal welfare 

organizations; pesticide users and 

growers; pest consultants, state, local 

and tribal governments and academia. If 

you have questions regarding the 

applicability of this action to a 

particular entity, consult the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. How can I request to participate in 

this meeting? 

This meeting is open to the public 

and seating is limited. Please use the 

following email address to make a 

reservation for seating: 

Pollinator_summit@epa.gov. Persons 

interested in attending the meeting 

remotely should contact the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT to obtain details to access the 

webinar of this meeting. Comments may 

be made during the public comment 

session of the meeting; invited 

presenters will provide briefings and 

information on their current activities. 

II. Background 

EPA is convening a public meeting to 

facilitate the exchange of information 

among parties engaged in various 

activities related to improving the safety 

of pollinators around agricultural crops. 

While there are several factors affecting 

honey bee health, pesticides are among 

these variables; and, new research is 

rapidly becoming available on practices 

and technology aimed at reducing 

exposure of pollinators to pesticides. 

Specifically, this summit will focus on 

the pesticide treated seed, including the 

technology of seed treatment and the 

management of dust that can be 

associated with planting treated seed 

and which may lead to pesticide 

exposure to bees. The public meeting 

will also include best management 

techniques associated with commercial 

agriculture and bees. This summit 

complements EPA’s on-going work with 

the PPDC Workgroup on Pollinator 

Protection, which is addressing 

pesticide labeling, best management 

practices, enforcement, communication 

and education. This public summit is 

being held to increase the awareness 

among the participants and the public of 

the rapidly changing understanding of, 

and response to protecting pollinators at 

agricultural crops. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: February 7, 2013. 

Steven Bradbury, 

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2013–03332 Filed 2–12–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2013–0026; FRL–9378–5] 

Pesticide Products; Registration 

Applications for a New Active 

Ingredient 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has received applications 

to register pesticide products containing 

an active ingredient not included in any 

currently registered pesticide products. 

Pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

(FIFRA), EPA is hereby providing notice 

of receipt and opportunity to comment 

on these applications. 

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