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e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. EPA will consider the 

comments received and amend the ICR 

as appropriate. The final ICR package 

will then be submitted to OMB for 

review and approval. At that time, EPA 

will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: The EPA uses contractors to 

perform services throughout the nation 

in response to environmental 

emergencies involving the release, or 

threatened release, of oil, radioactive 

materials or hazardous chemicals that 

may potentially affect communities and 

the surrounding environment. 

Contractors responding to any of these 

types of incidents may be responsible 

for testing their employees for the use of 

marijuana, cocaine, opiates, 

amphetamines, phencyclidine (PCP), 

and any other controlled substances. 

The testing for drugs must be completed 

prior to contract employee performance 

in accordance with Title 5 CFR 

Administrative Personnel 731.104 

Appointments Subject to Investigation, 

732.201 Sensitivity Level Designations 

and Investigative Requirements, and 

736.102 Notice to Investigative Sources. 

The contractor shall maintain records 

associated with all drug tests. 

Form numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Private 

contractors. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Required to obtain a benefit per Title 5 

CFR Administrative Personnel 731.104 

Appointments Subject to Investigation, 

732.201 Sensitivity Level Designations 

and Investigative Requirements and 

736.102 Notice to Investigative Sources. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

450. 

Frequency of response: Annual. 

Total estimated burden: 1,013 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $102,870 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in estimates: There is no 

change in the hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. 

Dated: January 28, 2015. 

John R. Bashista, 

Director, Office of Acquisition Management. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2013–0820; 9922–59–OW] 

Notice of Withdrawal 

AGENCIES: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) and the Department of the 

Army, Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. 

Department of the Army (Army) are 

announcing the withdrawal of an 

interpretive document addressing the 

exemption from permitting provided 

under section 404(f)(1)(A) of the Clean 

Water Act (CWA). 

DATES: The interpretive rule is 

withdrawn as of January 29, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Damaris Christensen, Office of Water 

(4502–T), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number 202–564–2442; email address: 

Wetlands-HQ@epa.gov or Ms. Stacey 

Jensen, Regulatory Community of 

Practice (CECW–CO–R), U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, 441 G Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20314; telephone 

number 202–761–5856; email address: 

USACE_CWA_RULE@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 

25, 2014, the Agencies signed an, 

‘‘Interpretive Rule Regarding 

Applicability of the Exemption from 

Permitting under Section 404(f)(1)(A) of 

the Clean Water Act to Certain 

Agricultural Conservation Practices,’’ 

that addressed applicability of the 

permitting exemption provided under 

section 404(f)(1)(A) of the CWA to 

discharges of dredged or fill material 

associated with certain agricultural 

conservation practices. Congress 

subsequently directed the agencies to 

withdraw this interpretive rule. See, 

Consolidated and Further Continuing 

Appropriation Act, 2015, Division D, 

section 112, Public Law 113–235. On 

January 29, 2015, the agencies signed a 

memorandum withdrawing the 

interpretive rule and this action is 

effective immediately. The 

memorandum of understanding signed 

on March 25, 2014, by the U.S. EPA, the 

U.S. Department of the Army and the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

concerning the interpretive rule is also 

withdrawn. The memorandum 

withdrawing the interpretive rule is 

available on the EPA Web site at 

http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/guidance/

wetlands/agriculture.cfm and in the 

docket for this notice. 

Dated: January 29, 2015. 

Kenneth J. Kopocis, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Water, 

Environmental Protection Agency. 

Dated: January 29, 2015. 

Jo-Ellen Darcy, 

Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), 

Department of the Army. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02175 Filed 2–5–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–9019–4] 

Environmental Impact Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–7146 or http://www.epa.gov/

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements 

Filed 01/26/2015 Through 01/30/2015 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

Notice 

Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act 

requires that EPA make public its 

comments on EISs issued by other 

Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters 

on EISs are available at: http://

www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/

eisdata.html. 

EIS No. 20150027, Revised Final EIS, 

USFWS, AK, Arctic National Wildlife 

Refuge Revised Comprehensive 

Conservation Plan, Review Period Ends: 

03/09/2015, Contact: Stephanie Brady 

907–306–7448. 

Amended Notices 

EIS No. 20140311, Draft EIS, BLM, 00, 

Southeastern States Draft Resource 

Management Plan, Comment Period 

Ends: 03/16/2015, Contact: Gary 

Taylor 601–977–5413. 

Revision to FR Notice Published 10/ 

31/2014; Extending Comment Period 

from 1/29/2015 to 03/16/2015. 

EIS No. 20140371, Draft EIS, USACE, 

CA, South San Francisco Bay 

Shoreline Phase I, Comment Period 

Ends: 02/23/2015, Contact: William 

DeJager 415–503–6866. 

Revision to FR Notice Published 12/ 

19/2014; Extending the Comment Period 

from 02/02/2015 to 02/23/2015. 


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Dated: February 3, 2015. 

Cliff Rader, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02472 Filed 2–5–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0835; FRL–9921–96] 

Pesticide Experimental Use Permit; 

Receipt of Application; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

receipt of an application 88232–EUP–R 

from Southern Garden Citrus requesting 

an experimental use permit (EUP) for 

the SoD2 and SoD7 defensin proteins 

derived from spinach and inserted into 

citrus. The Agency has determined that 

the permit may be of regional and 

national significance. Therefore, 

because of the potential significance, 

EPA is seeking comments on this 

application. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 9, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0835, 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: 

Robert McNally, Biopesticides and 

Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), 

Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; main telephone 

number: (703) 305–7090; email address: 

BPPDFRNotices@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 conduct or sponsor research on 

pesticides, 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. 

3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to 

achieve environmental justice, the fair 

treatment and meaningful involvement 

of any group, including minority and/or 

low income populations, in the 

development, implementation, and 

enforcement of environmental laws, 

regulations, and policies. To help 

address potential environmental justice 

issues, the Agency seeks information on 

any groups or segments of the 

population who, as a result of their 

location, cultural practices, or other 

factors, may have atypical or 

disproportionately high and adverse 

human health impacts or environmental 

effects from exposure to the pesticide(s) 

discussed in this document, compared 

to the general population. 

II. What action is the Agency taking? 

Under section 5 of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. 136c, EPA can 

allow manufacturers to field test 

pesticides under development. 

Manufacturers are required to obtain an 

EUP before testing new pesticides or 

new uses of pesticides if they conduct 

experimental field tests on 10 acres or 

more of land or one acre or more of 

water. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 172.11(a), the 

Agency has determined that the 

following EUP application may be of 

regional and national significance, and 

therefore is seeking public comment on 

the EUP application: 

Submitter: Southern Garden Citrus, 

1820 Country Rd. 833, Clewiston, FL 

33440 (88232–EUP–R). 

Pesticide Chemicals: SoD2 and SoD7 

defensin proteins derived from spinach 

(Spinacia oleracea L.) inserted into 

citrus in order to confer disease 

resistance. 

Summary of Request: Southern 

Garden Citrus is requesting an 

experimental use permit (EUP) for the 

SoD2 and SoD7 defensin proteins 

derived from spinach (Spinacia oleracea 

L.) inserted into citrus in order to confer 

disease resistance. The purpose is to 

gather and evaluate samples collected in 

the field that will be used in analytical 

studies to produce data. Southern 

Garden Citrus’ proposed experimental 

program would begin on May 1, 2015, 

and would go until April 18, 2018; 

would take place on a total of 200 acres 

in Florida and Texas; and would use 

18.75 Kilogram (kg) (in Florida) and 

3.75 kg (in Texas) of active ingredient. 

The proposed testing will be conducted 

to generate agronomic, efficacy and 

regulatory data and information. 

Following the review of the 

application and any comments and data 

received in response to this solicitation, 

EPA will decide whether to issue or 

deny the EUP request, and if issued, the 

conditions under which it is to be 

conducted. Any issuance of an EUP will 

be announced in the Federal Register. 

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

Dated: January 27, 2015. 

Robert McNally, 

Director, Biopesticides and Pollution 

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02173 Filed 2–5–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0025; FRL–9921–95] 

Pesticide Experimental Use Permit; 

Receipt of Application; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 


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