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TABLE 1—DESIGNATED EPA POINT OF CONTACTS FOR THE CERTIFICATION PLANS—Continued 

EPA region Certification plan EPA point of contact POC phone Email 

Region 6 ................................ ADA ......................................

LDAF 

NMDA 

ODAFF 

TXDA 

Eric Nystrom ........................ (214) 665–6752 nystrom.eric@epa.gov. 

Region 7 ................................ KDA ......................................

MODA 

PBPN 

SSN 

Shawn Hackett ..................... (913) 551–7774 hackett.shawn@epa.gov. 

Region 8 ................................ CRST–WEEC .......................

MTDA 

TAT/NRD 

UDAF 

Kevin Martin ......................... (303) 312–6085 martin.kevin@epa.gov. 

Region 9 ................................ Guam-EPA ........................... Katy Wilcoxen ...................... (415) 947–4205 wilcoxen.katy@epa.gov. 

Region 10 .............................. ISDA ..................................... Bethany Plewe ..................... (208) 378–5753 plewe.bethany@epa.gov. 

II. What is the Agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

Section 11 of the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7. 

U.S.C. 136 et seq., requires certifying 

authorities to have an EPA-approved 

certification plan to certify applicators 

of RUPs. The Certification of Pesticide 

Applicators (CPA) regulation at 40 CFR 

part 171 was amended in 2017 (Ref. 1). 

As a result, federal, state, territory, and 

tribal certifying authorities with existing 

certification plans were required to 

revise their existing certification plans 

to conform with the updated federal 

standards for the certification of 

applicators of RUPs and submit their 

revisions to EPA by March 2020 for EPA 

review and approval. The CPA 

regulation specifies that the existing 

certification plans remain in place until 

the revised plans are approved by EPA 

on or before the regulatory deadline 

established in 40 CFR 171.5. The 

Agency has since issued a final rule 

extending the original deadline for 

certification plans to comply with the 

updated federal standards under the 

2017 CPA rule to November 4, 2023 

(Ref. 2). 

III. What action is the Agency taking? 

This action gives notice that the 

following 26 certifying authorities’ 

certification plans submitted to the 

Agency meet or exceed the standards of 

40 CFR part 171: ADA, CRST–WEEC, 

CUDPR, FDACS, Guam–EPA, IDA, 

ISDA, KDA, LDAF, MDAR, ME BPC, 

MODA, MTDA, NMDA, ODA, ODAFF, 

PBPN, PDA, SSN, TAT/NRD, TNDA, 

TXDA, UDAF, VDACS, WDATCP, and 

WE. EPA hereby gives notice that the 26 

amended certification plans for 

certifying applicators of RUPs listed in 

this document are now approved or 

conditionally approved plans; the 

certifying authorities may certify RUP 

applicators and continue with 

implementation of the certification 

plans as outlined in the approved plans. 

With this announcement, EPA has 

approved or conditionally approved 67 

out of the 68 federal, state, territory, and 

tribal certification plans submitted to 

the Agency prior to the November 2023 

regulatory deadline. The 26 plans listed 

in this batched notice represents the 

fifth notification announcing the 

approval of the federal, state, territory, 

and tribal certification plans that have 

gone through the review and approval 

process. EPA also provides information 

regarding the reviews and approvals of 

these certification plans, and where 

copies of these approved plans are 

available, on its website at https://

www.epa.gov/pesticide-worker-safety/ 

certification-standards-pesticideapplicators. 

One remaining plan, which is a 

Tribal-EPA memorandum of agreement 

(MOA) with the Shoshone-Bannock 

Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation 

(SBT), will not be finalized by the 

November 4, 2023 deadline. After the 

November 2023, deadline, the existing 

MOA will no longer be valid. By 

default, the Tribe’s jurisdiction will be 

covered by the EPA Plan for the Federal 

Certification of Applicators of Restricted 

Use Pesticides within Indian Country 

(EPA Plan) (Ref. 3) until the MOA is 

approved. Alternatively, if the Tribe 

responds in writing that it wants to opt 

out of the EPA Plan in the interim, they 

may do so. The Tribe, in any case, may 

continue to work with EPA to finalize 

their MOA. EPA will notify the Tribe 

that they may not continue to issue new 

or renew certifications under its existing 

MOA until the modified plan is 

approved. EPA will work with the Tribe 

on transitioning to the EPA Plan 

pending the approval of their MOA, 

including establishing a transition phase 

for existing applicators to get certified 

under the EPA Plan. 

III. References 

The following is a list of documents 

that are related to the issuance of this 

Notice. For assistance in locating these 

other documents, please consult the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

1. EPA. Pesticides; Certification of Pesticide 

Applicators; Final Rule. Federal 

Register. 82 FR 952, January 4, 2017 

(FRL–9956–70). 

2. EPA. Pesticides; Certification of Pesticide 

Applicators; Further Extension to 

Expiration Date of Certification Plans; 

Final Rule. Federal Register. 87 FR 

50953, August 19, 2022 (FRL–9134.1– 

04–OCSPP). 

3. EPA. Notice of Approval Status; EPA Plan 

for the Federal Certification of 

Applicators Within Indian Country. 

Federal Register. 88 FR 68604, October 

4, 2023 (FRL–7661–04–OCSPP). 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136–136y. 

Dated: November 3, 2023. 

Mary Elissa Reaves, 

Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OA–2023–0030, FRL–11537–01– 

OA] 

Notice of Meeting of the EPA 

Children’s Health Protection Advisory 

Committee (CHPAC) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

notice is hereby given that the next 


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1 40 CFR 1500.1. 

2 40 CFR 1501.4. 

3 88 FR 49924. 

4 42 U.S.C. 4336c. 

meeting of the Children’s Health 

Protection Advisory Committee 

(CHPAC) will be held virtually and inperson on December 13 and 14, 2023 at 

the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Headquarters located at 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20460. The CHPAC 

advises the EPA on science, regulations 

and other issues relating to children’s 

environmental health. 

DATES: Meeting dates are December 13, 

2023, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and 

December 14, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. to 

3:30 p.m. (EST). 

ADDRESSES: 

Virtual Public Meeting: You must 

register online to receive the webcast 

meeting link and audio teleconference 

information. Please follow the 

registration instructions that will be 

announced on the CHPAC website at: 

https://www.epa.gov/children/chpac by 

December 1, 2023. 

Written Comments: Submit written 

comments, identified by docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ– 

OA–2023–0030, through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Comments should be submitted on or 

before December 7, 2023. Anyone 

submitting written comments after this 

date should contact Amelia Nguyen, 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. Do not electronically submit 

any information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI; 

broadly defined as proprietary 

information, considered confidential to 

the submitter, the release of which 

would cause substantial business injury 

to the owner) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Additional information on commenting 

or visiting the docket, along with more 

information about dockets generally, is 

available at https://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Special Accommodations: For 

information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, and to 

request accommodation for a disability, 

please contact Amelia Nguyen, listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amelia Nguyen, Office of Children’s 

Health Protection, U.S. EPA, MC 1107T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 564–4268, 

or nguyen.amelia@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meetings of the CHPAC are open to the 

public. An agenda will be posted to 

https://www.epa.gov/children/chpac. 

Amelia Nguyen, 

Biologist, Office of Children’s Health 

Protection. 

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EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE 

UNITED STATES 

Adoption of Department of Energy 

Categorical Exclusion Under the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

AGENCY: Export-Import Bank of the 

United States 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Export-Import Bank of 

the United States (EXIM) has identified 

a categorical exclusion (CE) established 

by the Department of Energy (DOE) that 

covers categories of actions that EXIM 

proposes to take. This notice identifies 

the DOE CE and EXIM’s categories of 

proposed actions for which it intends to 

use DOE’s CE and describes the 

consultation between the agencies. 

DATES: The CE identified below is 

available for EXIM to use for its 

proposed actions effective November 9, 

2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Condren (VP Policy Analysis), 

Scott.Condren@exim.gov, (202)565– 

3777; Tiffin Caverly (VP Engineering & 

Environment), Tiffin.Caverly@exim.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

NEPA and CEs 

The National Environmental Policy 

Act, 42 U.S.C. 4321–4347, (NEPA) 

requires Federal agencies to interpret 

and administer Federal policies, 

regulations, and laws in accordance 

with NEPA’s policies and to consider 

environmental values in their decision 

making. 

Federal agencies are required to 

provide a detailed statement on 

proposals for major Federal actions 

significantly affecting the quality of the 

human environment.1 NEPA also 

created the Council of Environmental 

Quality (CEQ) as the body responsible 

for implementing NEPA. 

Categorical exclusions (CEs) can be 

used when there is a determination the 

proposed type of action would not have 

a significant effect on the human 

environment; this option eliminates the 

need for an environmental assessment 

(EA) or more detailed environmental 

impact statement (EIS).2

CEQ considers CEs ‘‘an important 

mechanism to promote efficiency in the 

NEPA process’’ and recognizes an 

agency’s ability to ‘‘identify and 

substantiate categories of actions that 

normally do not have a significant effect 

on the human environment.’’ 3

Section 109 of NEPA, enacted as part 

of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, 

allows a Federal agency to ‘‘adopt’’ or 

use another agency’s CEs for a category 

of proposed agency actions.4 To use 

another agency’s CEs under section 109, 

an agency must identify the relevant 

CEs listed in another agency’s 

(‘‘establishing agency’’) NEPA 

procedures that cover its category of 

proposed actions or related actions; 

consult with the establishing agency to 

ensure that the proposed adoption of the 

CE to a category of actions is 

appropriate; identify to the public the 

CE that the agency plans to use for its 

proposed actions; and document 

adoption of the CE. EXIM has prepared 

this notice to meet these statutory 

requirements. 

Program Background 

As the official export credit agency of 

the United States, ‘‘the mission of the 

Export-Import Bank of the United States 

is to support the creation of American 

jobs by facilitating the export of U.S. 

goods and services.’’ The Export-Import 

Bank of the United States (EXIM) steps 

in when the private sector does not 

provide financing for American 

businesses. The Bank’s actions have 

historically helped support these firms 

in competing with foreign businesses 

overseas. The Make More in America 

(MMIA) initiative applies EXIM’s 

authorities for medium and long-term 

(MLT) loans, loan guarantees, and 

insurance to export-oriented domestic 

projects. In doing so, MMIA allows 

EXIM to support American business 

during the whole export lifecycle. The 

purpose of such loans remains 

unchanged: to support U.S. 

employment. As EXIM usually lends to 

projects outside the United States, 

NEPA has not often been applicable 

because environmental effects are 

located entirely outside the jurisdiction 

of the United States. In the new MMIA 

initiative which focuses on domestic 

lending, borrowing and adopting CEs 

from another agency will speed up the 

processing time of deals and conserve 

staff resources. Faster processing times 

in this initiative will greatly facilitate 


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