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ii. Follow directions. The Agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

iv. Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

v. If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

vi. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

alternatives. 

vii. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

viii. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

II. Background 

The Acta Group, 1203 Nineteenth St., 

NW. Washington DC 20036–2401, on 

behalf of Circle One Global, Inc., P.O. 

Box 28, Shellman, GA 39886–0028 

proposes to treat corn in Texas. The 

registrant plans to use the conditionally 

registered microbial pesticide 

containing Aspergillus flavus NRRL 

21882, at 0.01 percent (EPA Registration 

Number 75624–2). This pesticide is 

currently used on peanuts. 

III. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

Following the review of The Acta 

Group application and any comments 

and data received in response to this 

notice, EPA will decide whether to issue 

or deny the EUP request for this EUP 

program, and if issued, the conditions 

under which it is to be conducted. Any 

issuance of an EUP will be announced 

in the Federal Register. 

IV. What is the Agency’s Authority for 

Taking this Action? 

The Agency is authorized to take this 

action under FIFRA section 5. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Experimental use permits. 

Dated: February 28, 2007. 

Janet L. Andersen, 

Director, Biopesticides and Pollution 

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. E7–4170 Filed 3–8–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0119; FRL–8117–6] 

Experimental Use Permit; Receipt of 

Application 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt 

of an application 71693–EUP–R from 

Interregional Research Project Number 4 

(IR–4), on behalf of the Arizona Cotton 

Research and Protection Council, 

requesting an experimental use permit 

(EUP) for Aspergillus flavus AF36. The 

Agency has determined that the 

application may be of regional and 

national significance. Therefore, in 

accordance with 40 CFR 172.11(a), the 

Agency is soliciting comments on this 

application. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 9, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0119 by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001. 

• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public 

Docket (7502P), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S. 

Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. Deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 

4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays). Special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. The 

Docket telephone number is (703) 305–

5805. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–

0119. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the docket 

without change and may be made 

available on-line at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through regulations.gov or email. The Federal regulations.gov 

website is an ‘‘anonymous access’’

system, which means EPA will not 

know your identity or contact 

information unless you provide it in the 

body of your comment. If you send an 

e-mail comment directly to EPA without 

going through regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the docket 

and made available on the Internet. If 

you submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the docket index available 

in regulations.gov. To access the 

electronic docket, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, select ‘‘Advanced 

Search,’’ then ‘‘Docket Search.’’ Insert 

the docket ID number where indicated 

and select the ‘‘Submit’’ button. Follow 

the instructions on the regulations.gov 

web site to view the docket index or 

access available documents. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either in the 

electronic docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPP 

Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S–

4400, One Potomac Yard (South 

Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, 

Arlington, VA. The hours of operation 

of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. 

to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The Docket 

telephone number is (703) 305–5805. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shanaz Bacchus, Biopesticides and 

Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), 

Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 308–8097; e-mail address: 

bacchus.shanaz@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. This action may, however, be 

of interest to to those persons who are 

interested in agricultural biotechnology 

or may be required to conduct testing of 

pesticidal substances under the Federal 

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) 

or 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. 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 e-mail. 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 submitting comments, remember 

to: 

i. Identify the document by docket ID 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

ii. Follow directions. The Agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

iv. Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

v. If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

vi. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

alternatives. 

vii. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

viii. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

II. Background 

IR–4, Rutgers University, 500 College 

Road East, Suite 201W, Princeton, NJ 

08540, on behalf of the Arizona Cotton 

Research and Protection Council, 3721 

East Weir Avenue Phoenix, Arizona 

85040–2933 proposes to treat pistachio 

in California. The registrant plans to use 

the a conditionally registered microbial 

pesticide containing Aspergillus flavus 

AF36, at 0.0008 percent (EPA 

Registration Number 71693–1). This 

pesticide is currently used on cotton in 

California. 

III. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

Following the review of the IR–4 

application and any comments and data 

received in response to this notice, EPA 

will decide whether to issue or deny the 

EUP request for this EUP program, and 

if issued, the conditions under which it 

is to be conducted. Any issuance of an 

EUP will be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

IV. What is the Agency’s Authority for 

Taking this Action? 

The Agency is authorized to take this 

action under FIFRA section 5. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Experimental use permits. 

Dated: February 28, 2007. 

Janet L. Andersen, 

Director, Biopesticides and Pollution 

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. E7–4169 Filed 3–8–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2007–0019; FRL–8285–7] 

Draft National Coastal Condition 

Report III 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: Notice of availability is 

hereby given for a 60-day public 

comment period on the draft National 

Coastal Condition Report III describing 

the condition of the Nation’s coastal 

waters. Coastal waters are valuable from 

both an environmental and economic 

perspective. These waters are vulnerable 

to pollution from diverse sources. EPA 

expects this report will increase public 

awareness of the extent and seriousness 

of pollution and advance efforts to 

protect and restore coastal waters. EPA 

seeks public input concerning the 

information in the report, the 

availability of additional data, and the 

appropriateness of conclusions drawn 

from the information presented. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before May 8, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–

OW–2007–0019, by one of the following 

methods: 

www.regulations.gov: Follow on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

E-mail: ow.docket@epa.gov, 

Mail: EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Water Docket, 

Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

Hand Delivery: EPA/DC, Water 

Docket, Environmental Protection 

Agency, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20004. Such deliveries are only 

accepted during the Docket’s normal 

hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2007–

0019. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or e-mail. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an e-mail 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through www.regulations.gov your email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

Internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, EPA recommends that you 

include your name and other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 


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