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registration review docket (EPA–HQ– OPP–2008–0351) at http:// www.regulations.gov.

Malathion is a non-systemic, wide spectrum OP. It is used in the agricultural production of a wide variety of food/feed crops to control insects such as aphids, leafhoppers, and Japanese beetles. Malathion is also used in USDA’s Cotton Boll Weevil Eradication Program, Fruit Fly (Medfly)Control Program, and for mosquitoborne disease control. It is also registered for outdoor residential uses which include vegetable gardens, home orchards, and ornamentals. EPA has completed a draft biological evaluation to assess whether all registered uses of malathion may affect listed species and designated critical habitat. The draft malathion biological evaluation is viewable at: https://www.epa.gov/endangered-species/biologicalevaluation-chapters-malathion. Comments on the draft biological evaluation for malathion should be submitted to the malathion registration review docket (EPA–HQ–OPP–2009– 0317) at http://www.regulations.gov.

IV. Public Review and Comment Opportunity

Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.53(c), EPA is providing an opportunity, through this notice of availability, for interested parties to provide comments and input concerning the Agency’s draft biological evaluations for chlorpyrifos, diazinon, and malathion. Such comments and input could address, among other things, the Agency’s risk assessment methodologies and assumptions, as applied to these draft biological evaluations. The Agency will consider all comments received during the public comment period and make changes, as appropriate, to the draft biological evaluations. EPA will then issue final biological evaluations, explain any changes to the draft biological evaluations, and respond to comments. For those species and designated critical habitats where registered uses of the pesticides are ‘‘likely to adversely affect’’ species and/or habitat, USFWS and NMFS will utilize the analyses and data from the biological evaluations in their final Biological Opinions for each of the three chemicals. The final Biological Opinions for the three chemicals are currently scheduled for December 2017. In the Federal Register notice announcing the availability of the final biological evaluations, if the final biological evaluations indicate risks of concern, the Agency may provide a comment period for the public to submit suggestions for mitigating the risk identified in the final biological evaluations before developing proposed registration review decisions for chlorpyrifos, diazinon, and malathion.

1. Other related information. Additional information on endangered species risk assessment and the NAS report recommendations are available athttps://www.epa.gov/endangeredspecies/implementing-nas-reportrecommendations-ecological-riskassessment-endangered-and. Information on the Agency’s registration review program and its implementing regulation is available at https:// www.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation.

2. Information submission requirements. Anyone may submit data or information in response to this document. To be considered during a pesticide’s registration review, the submitted data or information must meet the following requirements:

• To ensure that EPA will consider data or information submitted, interested persons must submit the data or information during the comment period. The Agency may, at its discretion, consider data or information submitted at a later date.

• The data or information submitted must be presented in a legible and useable form. For example, an English translation must accompany any material that is not in English, and a written transcript must accompany any information submitted as an audiographic or videographic record. Written material may be submitted in paper or electronic form.

• Submitters must clearly identify the source of any submitted data or information.

• Submitters may request the Agency to reconsider data or information that the Agency rejected in a previous 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: March 28, 2016. Michael Goodis, Acting Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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**BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION**  **AGENCY**

**[FRL–9944–85–Region 1]**

**2016 Spring Joint Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission and the**  **Mid-Atlantic Northeast Visibility Union**

**AGENCY :**  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

**ACTION :**  Notice of meeting.

**SUMMARY :**  The United States Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the joint 2016 Spring Meeting of the Ozone TransportCommission (OTC) and the MidAtlantic Northeast Visibility Union (MANE–VU). The meeting agenda will include topics regarding reducing ground-level ozone precursors and matters relative to Regional Haze and visibility improvement in Federal Class I areas in a multi-pollutant context.

**DATES :**  The meeting will be held on June 3, 2016 starting at 9:15 a.m. and ending at 4:00 p.m.

**ADDRESSES :**  Palomar Philadelphia, 117 South 17th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, 215–563–5006.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :** 

For documents and press inquiries
contact: Ozone Transport Commission, 444 North Capitol Street NW., Suite 322, Washington, DC 20001; (202) 508–3840; email: ozone@otcair.org; Web site: http://www.otcair.org

. **SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 contain at section 184 provisions for the Control of Interstate Ozone Air Pollution. Section 184(a) establishes an Ozone Transport Region (OTR) comprised of the States of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, parts of Virginia and the District of Columbia. The purpose of the OTC is to deal with ground-level ozone formation, transport, and control within the OTR.

The Mid-Atlantic/Northeast Visibility Union (MANE–VU) was formed in 2001, in response to EPA’s issuance of the Regional Haze rule. MANE–VU’s members include: Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, the Penobscot Indian Nation, the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe along with EPA and Federal Land Managers.

Type of Meeting: Open. Agenda: Copies of the final agenda will be available from the OTC office (202) 508–3840; by email: ozone@


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otcair.org or via the OTC Web site at http://www.otcair.org

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Dated: March 28, 2016. H. Curtis Spalding, Regional Administrator, Region I.
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**BILLING CODE 6560–50–P**

**ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY** 

**[EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0099; FRL–9944–33]**

**Flubendiamide; Notice of Receipt of Request To Voluntarily Cancel a**  **Pesticide Product Registration**

**AGENCY :**  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  In accordance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of a request by the registrant to voluntarily cancel two flubendiamide end-use products. The request would delete the registrations of the flubendiamide products SYNAPSE WG Insecticide (EPA Reg. No. 264– 1026) and SYNAPSE 480 Insecticide (EPA Reg. No. 264–1107). EPA intends to grant this request, unless the registrant withdraws its request. If this request is granted, any sale or distribution of the products listed in this notice will not be permitted after the registration has been cancelled as described in the final order.

**DATES :**  Comments must be received on or before May 11, 2016.

**ADDRESSES :**  Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0099, 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 :**  Susan Lewis, Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; main telephone number: (703) 305–7090; email address: RDFRNotices@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, 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 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. Background on the Receipt of Request To Cancel Registration

This notice announces receipt by EPA of a request from Bayer CropScience LP, P.O. Box 12014, 2 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709–2014 to cancel two specific flubendiamide end-use product registrations as identified in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit III. Specifically, Bayer CropScience LP submitted written requests to voluntarily cancel SYNAPSE WG Insecticide (EPA Reg. No. 264– 1026) on December 12, 2014, and SYNAPSE 480 Insecticide (EPA Reg. No. 264–1107) on March 21, 2016. Bayer confirmed that neither formulation is commercially active. III. What action is the agency taking?

This notice announces receipt by EPA of a request from Bayer CropScience LP to cancel their registrations for two specific flubendiamide product registrations. The affected products and the registrant making the request are identified in Tables 1 and 2 of this unit. Unless the request is withdrawn by the registrant, EPA intends to issue an order cancelling the affected registration.



### TABLE 

### 1—F LUBENDIAMIDE 

### P RODUCT 

### R EGISTRATION 

### W ITH 

### P ENDING 

### R E



### QUEST FOR 

### C ANCELLATION

Registration No. Product name Company

264–1026 SYNAPSE WG Insecticide. Bayer CropScience LP. 264–1107 SYNAPSE 480 Insecticide. Bayer CropScience LP.

Table 2 of this unit includes the name and address of record for the registrant of the products listed in Table 1 of this unit. This number corresponds to the first part of the EPA registration numbers of the products listed in Table 1 of this unit.



### TABLE 

### 2—R EGISTRANT 

### R EQUESTING 

### V OLUNTARY 

### C ANCELLATION

EPA company No. Company name and address

264 ....... Bayer CropScience LP, P.O. Box 12014, 2 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709–2014.

IV. What is the agency’s authority for taking this action?

Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA (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 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

.

Section 6(f)(1)(B) of FIFRA (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))