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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 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

II. What action is the Agency taking? 

This notice announces receipt by the 

Agency of requests from Loveland to 

cancel certain pesticide product 

registrations. These affected 

registrations are listed in sequence by 

registration number in Table 1 of this 

Unit. Table 2 of this Unit includes the 

address of record for Loveland and the 

company number. This number 

corresponds to the first part of the EPA 

registration number of the products 

listed in Table 1 of this Unit. 

Unless the Agency determines that 

there are substantive comments that 

warrant further review of the requests or 

Loveland withdraws the requests, EPA 

intends to issue a final order in the 

Federal Register cancelling the affected 

registrations. 

TABLE 1—CHLORPYRIFOS PRODUCT REGISTRATIONS WITH PENDING REQUESTS FOR CANCELLATION

EPA registration No. Product name Company Active ingredients 

34704–857 ................... Warhawk .................... Loveland Products, Inc Chlorpyrifos. 

34704–1077 ................. Warhawk Clearform ... Loveland Products, Inc Chlorpyrifos. 

34704–1086 ................. Match-Up Insecticide .. Loveland Products, Inc Chlorpyrifos Bifenthrin. 

TABLE 2—REGISTRANT REQUESTING VOLUNTARY CANCELLATION

EPA company No. Company name and address 

34704 .............................................. Loveland Products, Inc., Agent name: Pyxis Regulatory Consulting, 4110 136th St. Ct. NW, Gig Harbor, 

WA 98332. 

III. What is the Agency’s authority for 

taking these actions? 

FIFRA section 6(f)(1) (7 U.S.C. 

136d(f)(1)) provides that a registrant of 

a pesticide product may at any time 

request that any of its pesticide 

registrations be cancelled or amended to 

terminate one or more registered uses. 

FIFRA further provides that, before 

acting on the request, EPA must publish 

a notice of receipt of any such request 

in the Federal Register. 

FIFRA section 6(f)(1)(B) (7 U.S.C. 

136d(f)(1)(B)) requires that before acting 

on a request for voluntary cancellation, 

EPA must provide a 30-day public 

comment period on the request for 

voluntary cancellation or use 

termination. In addition, FIFRA section 

6(f)(1)(C) (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)(C)) 

requires that EPA provide a 180-day 

comment period on a request for 

voluntary cancellation or termination of 

any minor agricultural use before 

granting the request, unless: 

1. The registrant requests a waiver of 

the comment period, or 

2. The EPA Administrator determines 

that continued use of the pesticide 

would pose an unreasonable adverse 

effect on the environment. 

Loveland has requested that EPA 

waive the 180-day comment period. 

Accordingly, EPA will provide a 30-day 

comment period on the proposed 

requests. 

IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of 

Request 

Registrants who choose to withdraw a 

request for cancellation or withdraw a 

request for a use termination should 

submit such withdrawal in writing to 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. If the products 

have been subject to a previous 

cancellation action, the effective date of 

cancellation and all other provisions of 

any earlier cancellation action are 

controlling. 

V. Provisions for Disposition of Existing 

Stocks 

Existing stocks are those stocks of 

registered pesticide products that are 

currently in the United States and that 

were packaged, labeled, and released for 

shipment prior to the effective date of 

the cancellation action. 

If the requests for voluntary 

cancellation are granted, the Agency 

intends to publish a final cancellation 

order in the Federal Register. In any 

order issued in response to these 

requests for cancellation of product 

registrations, EPA proposes to include 

the following provisions for the 

treatment of any existing stocks of the 

products listed in Table 1 of Unit II. 

All chlorpyrifos tolerances expired on 

February 28, 2022. See 87 FR 11222 

(Feb. 28, 2022). Therefore, any food or 

animal feed treated with chlorpyrifos 

after February 28, 2022, is considered 

adulterated and cannot be delivered into 

interstate commerce. Consequently, EPA 

plans to prohibit existing stocks of 

chlorpyrifos products identified in 

Table 1 for food uses. Use of the 

products identified in Table 1 is 

permitted on non-food use sites, as long 

as such use is consistent with the label. 

EPA proposes prohibiting all sale and 

distribution of existing stocks of the 

chlorpyrifos products identified in 

Table 1, except for export consistent 

with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) 

or for proper disposal in accordance 

with state regulations. 

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

Dated: August 22, 2023. 

Mary Elissa Reaves, 

Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18544 Filed 8–28–23; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[Docket Id: EPA–HQ–OPP–2022–0337; FRL– 

10497–03–OCSPP] 

Pesticides; Antimicrobial Product 

Efficacy Claims on Soft Surface 

Textiles in Non-Residential Settings; 

Guidance, Methods, and Response to 

Comments; Notice of Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is announcing the 

availability of revised guidance and 

methods for adding efficacy claims to 

antimicrobial products for use on soft 

surface textiles in non-residential 

settings. Revisions to the guidance 

document and associated methods were 

made based on the Agency’s 

consideration of public comments 


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received. Specifically, EPA is 

announcing the availability of a 

guidance document that describes 

efficacy testing for antimicrobial 

products to support claims for use on 

soft surface textiles in clinical and 

institutional (non-residential) settings 

and how to prepare an application for 

registration, a quantitative method for 

evaluating the efficacy of antimicrobial 

products on soft surface textiles against 

viruses, and a quantitative method for 

evaluating the efficacy of antimicrobial 

products on soft surface textiles against 

bacteria. The guidance does not address 

residential use sites, clothing, frequently 

laundered items, untreated wood, 

concrete and other hard porous 

materials, carpet or rugs, or the backing 

material/stuffing under the soft surface 

textile (e.g., beyond what can be visibly 

observed). 

DATES: This guidance is effective on 

August 29, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marc Carpenter, Microbiology 

Laboratory Branch (7503M), Biological 

and Economic Analysis Division, Office 

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Environmental 

Science Center, 701 Mapes Road, Ft. 

Meade, MD 20755–5350; telephone 

number: (410) 305–2927; email address: 

carpenter.marc@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general; although this action may be 

of particular interest to those persons 

who are or may be required to conduct 

testing of chemical substances under the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Since other 

entities may also be interested, the 

Agency has not attempted to describe all 

the specific entities that may be affected 

by this action. 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. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

A copy of the documents are available 

in the docket under docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2022–0337 at https://

www.regulations.gov. 

II. Background 

EPA received requests to develop test 

methods, guidance, and an associated 

registration process for antimicrobial 

products intended to treat bacterial and 

viral public health pathogens for use on 

soft surface textiles in non-residential 

settings. There is significant interest 

from stakeholders and the public in the 

availability of antimicrobial products 

with these public health claims, 

particularly in institutional, clinical, 

and health-care settings. 

EPA announced the availability and 

sought public comments on an interim 

guidance document and test methods 

(87 FR 78105, December 21, 2022 (FRL– 

10497–01–OCSPP)). EPA received 

approximately 160 public comments, 

including comments regarding claim 

nomenclature, clarifications to the 

methods and revisions to the guidance. 

After considering the public comments, 

EPA is releasing revised test methods 

and guidance document, as well as a 

response to comments document. 

The final guidance document and test 

methods describe efficacy testing for 

antimicrobial products to support 

claims for use on soft surface textiles in 

clinical and institutional (nonresidential) settings and how to prepare 

an application for registration, a 

quantitative method for evaluating the 

efficacy of antimicrobial products on 

soft surface textiles against viruses, and 

a quantitative method for evaluating the 

efficacy of antimicrobial products on 

soft surface textiles against bacteria. 

This guidance does not address 

residential use sites, clothing, frequently 

laundered items, untreated wood, 

concrete and other hard porous 

materials, carpet or rugs, or the backing 

material/stuffing under the soft surface 

textile (e.g., beyond what can be visibly 

observed). 

III. Do guidance documents contain 

binding requirements? 

As guidance, these documents are not 

binding on the Agency or any outside 

parties, and the Agency may depart 

from it where circumstances warrant 

and without prior notice. While EPA 

has made every effort to ensure the 

accuracy of the discussion in the 

guidance, the obligations of EPA and the 

regulated community are determined by 

statutes, regulations, or other legally 

binding documents. In the event of a 

conflict between the discussion in the 

guidance documents and any statute, 

regulation, or other legally binding 

document, the guidance documents will 

not be controlling. 

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

Dated: August 23, 2023. 

Michal Freedhoff, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18549 Filed 8–28–23; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[FR ID: 167038] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of a new matching 

program. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended 

(‘‘Privacy Act’’), this document 

announces a new computer matching 

program the Federal Communications 

Commission (‘‘FCC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’ 

or ‘‘Agency’’) and the Universal Service 

Administrative Company (USAC) will 

conduct with the Department of Health 

and Human Services, Centers for 

Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). 

The purpose of this matching program 

is to verify the eligibility of applicants 

to and subscribers of Lifeline, and the 

Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), 

both of which are administered by 

USAC under the direction of the FCC. 

More information about these programs 

is provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section below. 

DATES: Written comments are due on or 

before September 28, 2023. This 

computer matching program will 

commence on September 28, 2023, and 

will conclude 18 months after the 

effective date. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Elliot S. 

Tarloff, FCC, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, or to Privacy@

fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elliot S. Tarloff at 202–418–0886 or 

Privacy@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Lifeline program provides support for 

discounted broadband and voice 

services to low-income consumers. 

Lifeline is administered by the 

Universal Service Administrative 

Company (USAC) under FCC direction. 

Consumers qualify for Lifeline through 

proof of income or participation in a 

qualifying program, such as Medicaid, 

the Supplemental Nutritional 

Assistance Program (SNAP), Federal 

Public Housing Assistance, 

Supplemental Security Income (SSI), 

Veterans and Survivors Pension Benefit, 

or various Tribal-specific federal 

assistance programs. 

In the Consolidated Appropriations 

Act, 2021, Public Law 116–260, 134 

Stat. 1182, 2129–36 (2020), Congress 

created the Emergency Broadband 

Benefit Program, and directed use of the 

National Verifier to determine eligibility 

based on various criteria, including the 


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