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Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

web site that enables subscribers to 

receive email notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please email 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on March 26, 2012. 

Dated: March 7, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6110 Filed 3–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0879; FRL–9341–4] 

Exposure Modeling Public Meeting; 

Notice of Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: An Exposure Modeling Public 

Meeting (EMPM) will be held for one 

day on March 20, 2012. This notice 

announces the location and time for the 

meeting and sets forth the tentative 

agenda topics. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

March 20, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Requests to participate in the meeting 

must be received on or before March 19, 

2012. 

To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON

CONTACT, preferably at least 5 days prior 

to the meeting, to give EPA as much 

time as possible to process your request. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), One 

Potomac Yard (South Building), Fourth 

Floor Conference Center (S–4370–80), 

2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 

22202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katrina White, Environmental Fate and 

Effects Division (7507P), Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: (703) 308–4536; fax 

number: (703) 305–6309; email address: 

white.katrina@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are required to 

conduct testing of chemical substances 

under the Toxic Substances Control Act, 

the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 

Act, or the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. 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? 

EPA has established a docket for this 

action under docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OPP–2009–0879. 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 Office of 

Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory 

Public Docket in Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., 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 Facility telephone 

number is (703) 305–5805. 

II. Background 

On a biannual interval, an EMPM will 

be held for presentation and discussion 

of current issues related to modeling 

pesticide fate, transport, and exposure 

of risk assessment in a regulatory 

context. Meeting dates and abstract 

requests are announced through the 

‘‘empmlist’’ forum on the LYRIS list 

server at: https://lists.epa.gov/read/ 

all_forums/. 

III. How can I request to participate in 

this meeting? 

You may submit a request to 

participate in this meeting to the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. Do not submit any information 

in your request that is considered 

Confidential Business Information. 

Requests to participate in the meeting, 

identified by docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OPP–2009–0879, must be received 

on or before March 19, 2012. 

IV. Tentative Topics for the Meeting 

• North American Free Trade 

Agreement Guidance for Calculating 

Degradation Kinetics in Environmental 

Media 

• Pesticide Root Zone Model— 

Ground Water (PRZM–GW) Update 

• Measuring and Estimating 

Concentrations in Drinking Water: A 

Historical Perspective 

• Improved Characterization of the 

Temporal and Spatial Variability of 

Potential Surface Water Drinking Water 

Exposure by Using Environmental and 

Historic Monitoring Databases 

• Estimating Upper Centrile Pesticide 

Concentrations and Sample Size 

Requirement 

• Estimation of Upper Percentiles of 

Chlorpyrifos Surface Water 

Concentration from Yearly Monitoring 

Program Data 

• Sampling Plans for Water Quality 

Assessment 

• Update on Development of Drinking 

Water Intake Watershed PCAs 

• Exposure Assessment for 

Pronamide Drinking Water Residues in 

California Central Coast Lettuce 

Production Areas 

• Hybrid PRZM: ‘‘Filling in the Gaps’’ 

in Field Sampling Data Using Realistic 

Simulation Modeling 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Degradation kinetics, Exposure 

assessment, Pesticide models, 

Pronamide, PRZM, Watershed PCAs. 

Dated: March 7, 2012. 

D.J. Brady, 

Director, Environmental Fate and Effects 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6051 Filed 3–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2012–0175; FRL–9647–2] 

Human Studies Review Board; 

Notification of a Public Webinar/ 

Teleconference 

AGENCY: U. S. Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Office of the Science 

Advisor announces a public Webinar/ 

teleconference of the HSRB to discuss 

its draft report from the HSRB meeting 

held January 26, 2012. 

DATES: The Webinar/teleconference will 

be held on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 


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from approximately 2 p.m. to 

approximately 4 p.m. Eastern Time. 

Comments may be submitted on or 

before Wednesday, March 21, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your written 

comments, identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–ORD–2012–0175, by one of 

the following methods: 

Internet: http://www.regulations.gov: 

Follow the Web site instructions for 

submitting comments. 

Email: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

Mail: Environmental Protection 

Agency, EPA Docket Center EPA/DC, 

ORD Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. 

Hand Delivery: The EPA/DC Public 

Reading Room is located in the EPA 

Headquarters Library, Room Number 

3334 in the EPA West Building, located 

at 1301 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. The Reading 

Room’s hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. 

to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday 

through Friday, excluding federal 

holidays. Please call (202) 566–1744 or 

email the ORD Docket at 

ord.docket@epa.gov for instructions. 

Updates to Public Reading Room access 

are available online at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2012– 

0175. The Agency’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the public docket without change and 

may be made available online at 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided, 

unless the comment includes 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information or other 

information the disclosure of which is 

restricted by statute. Do not submit 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or email. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means the EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to the EPA without 

going through http:// 

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, the EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comments and with 

any disk or CD–ROM you submit. If the 

EPA cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, the 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

members of the public who wish to 

receive further information about this 

Webinar/Teleconference should contact 

Jim Downing at telephone number (202) 

564–2468; fax (202) 564–2070; email 

address downing.jim@epa.gov or LuAnn Kleibacker on telephone number 

(202) 564–7189; fax: (202) 564–2070; 

email address kleibacker.luann@epa.gov; mailing address 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of the Science Advisor, Mail 

Code 8105R, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. General 

information concerning the HSRB can 

be found on the EPA Web site at 

http://www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Location: The meeting will take place 

via the Internet and telephone only. 

Access information can be found on the 

HSRB Web site: http://www.epa.gov/ 

osa/hsrb/ or by contacting the persons 

listed under the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

Notice. 

Meeting access: For detailed 

information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, please 

contact Lu-Ann Kleibacker at least ten 

business days prior to the meeting using 

the information under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT, so that 

appropriate arrangements can be made. 

Procedures for providing public input: 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written or oral 

comments for the HSRB to consider 

during the advisory process. Additional 

information concerning submission of 

relevant written or oral comments is 

provided in Section I, ‘‘Public Meeting,’’ 

under subsection D, ‘‘How May I 

Participate in this Meeting?’’ of this 

notice. 

I. Public Meeting 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. This action may, however, be 

of particular interest to persons who 

conduct or assess human studies, 

especially studies on substances 

regulated by the EPA, or to persons who 

are, or may be required to conduct 

testing of chemical substances under the 

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 

and Rodenticide Act. Since other 

entities may also be interested, the EPA 

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 Jim 

Downing or Lu-Ann Kleibacker listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. How can I access electronic copies of 

this document and other related 

information? 

You may use http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or you may access 

this Federal Register document via the 

EPA’s Internet site under the ‘‘Federal 

Register’’ listings at http:// 

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the http:// 

www.regulations.gov index. 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, 

will be publicly available only in hard 

copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically at http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the ORD Docket, EPA/DC Public 

Reading Room. The EPA/DC Public 

Reading Room is located in the EPA 

Headquarters Library, Room Number 

3334 in the EPA West Building, located 

at 1301 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; its hours of 

operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, 

excluding federal holidays. Please call 

(202) 566–1744, or email the ORD 

Docket at ord.docket@epa.gov for 

instructions. Updates regarding the 

Public Reading Room access are 

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

epahome/dockets.htm. 

C. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for the EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data used that 

support your views. 

4. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

alternatives. 

5. To ensure proper receipt by the 

EPA, be sure to identify the docket ID 

number assigned to this action in the 

subject line on the first page of your 

response. You may also provide the 

name, date and Federal Register 

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D. How may I participate in this 

meeting? 

You may participate by providing 

comments in this meeting by following 

the instructions in this section. To 

ensure proper receipt of your comments 

by the EPA, it is imperative that you 

identify Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2012–0175 in the subject line on the 

first page of your request. 

1. Oral comments. Requests to present 

oral comments will be accepted up to 

and including Wednesday, March 21, 

2012. To the extent that time permits, 

interested persons who have not preregistered may be permitted by the 

Chair of the HSRB to present oral 

comments during the meeting. Each 

individual or group wishing to make 

brief oral comments to the HSRB is 

strongly advised to submit their request 

(preferably via email) to Jim Downing or 

Lu-Ann Kleibacker under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT no later than 

noon, Eastern Time, Wednesday, March 

21, 2012, in order to be included on the 

meeting agenda and to provide 

sufficient time for the HSRB Chair and 

HSRB Designated Federal Official to 

review the meeting agenda to provide an 

appropriate public comment period. 

The request should identify the name of 

the individual making the presentation 

and the organization (if any) the 

individual will represent. Oral 

comments before the HSRB are 

generally limited to five minutes per 

individual or organization. Please note 

that this includes all individuals 

appearing either as part of, or on behalf 

of, an organization. While it is our 

intent to hear a full range of oral 

comments on the science and ethics 

issues under discussion, it is not our 

intent to permit organizations to expand 

the time limitations by having 

numerous individuals sign up 

separately to speak on their behalf. If 

additional time is available, further 

public comments may be possible. 

2. Written comments. Please submit 

written comments prior to the meeting. 

For the HSRB to have the best 

opportunity to review and consider your 

comments as it deliberates on its report, 

you should submit your comments at 

least five business days prior to the 

beginning of this teleconference. If you 

submit comments after this date, those 

comments will be provided to the Board 

members, but you should recognize that 

the Board members may not have 

adequate time to consider those 

comments prior to making a decision. 

Thus, if you plan to submit written 

comments, the Agency strongly 

encourages you to submit such 

comments no later than noon, Eastern 

Time, Wednesday, March 21, 2012. You 

should submit your comments using the 

instructions in Section I, under 

subsection C, ‘‘What Should I Consider 

as I Prepare My Comments for the 

EPA?’’ In addition, the EPA also 

requests that persons submitting 

comments directly to the docket also 

provide a copy of their comments to Jim 

Downing or Lu-Ann Kleibacker listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. There is no limit on the length 

of written comments for consideration 

by the HSRB. 

E. Background 

The HSRB is a Federal advisory 

committee operating in accordance with 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 5 

U.S.C. App. 2 Section 9. The HSRB 

provides advice, information, and 

recommendations to the EPA on issues 

related to scientific and ethical aspects 

of human subjects research. The major 

objectives of the HSRB are to provide 

advice and recommendations on: (1) 

Research proposals and protocols; (2) 

reports of completed research with 

human subjects; and (3) how to 

strengthen the EPA’s programs for 

protection of human subjects of 

research. The HSRB reports to the EPA 

Administrator through the EPA Science 

Advisor. 

1. Topics for Discussion. The HSRB 

will be reviewing its draft report from 

the January 26, 2012, HSRB meeting. 

The HSRB may also discuss planning 

for future HSRB meetings. Background 

on the January 26, 2012 HSRB meeting 

can be found at the HSRB Web site: 

http://www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb. The 

January 26, 2012 meeting draft report is 

now available. You may obtain 

electronic copies of this document, and 

certain other related documents that 

might be available electronically, from 

regulations.gov and the HSRB Web site 

at http://www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb. For 

questions on document availability or if 

you do not have Internet access, consult 

the persons listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION. 

2. Meeting minutes and reports. 

Minutes of the meeting, summarizing 

the matters discussed and 

recommendations, if any, made by the 

advisory committee regarding such 

matters, will be released within 90 

calendar days of the meeting. Such 

minutes will be available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/ and http:// 

www.regulations.gov. In addition, 

information regarding the HSRB final 

meeting report will be found at http:// 

www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb or from the 

persons listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: March 7, 2012. 

Lek Kadeli, 

Acting Assistant Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6202 Filed 3–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0961; FRL–9332–2] 

Results From Inert Ingredient Test 

Orders Issued Under EPA’s Endocrine 

Disruptor Screening Program: New 

Data Compensation Claims; Potential 

Disapproval of Inert Uses Pending 

Public Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In January and February of 

2010, EPA issued test orders (Data CallIns) to companies that manufacture or 

import any of the following nine 

chemicals currently used as inert 

ingredients in pesticide products: 

Acetone, isophorone, di-sec-octyl 

phthalate, toluene, methyl ethyl ketone, 

butyl benzyl phthalate, dibutyl 

phthalate, diethyl phthalate, and 

dimethyl phthalate. The test orders 

required recipients to submit specific 

screening data on hormonal effects 

under EPA’s Endocrine Disruptor 

Screening Program (EDSP) and the 

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

(FFDCA). In response to the test orders, 

companies have agreed to develop data 

and have asserted data compensation 

rights for two inert ingredients, acetone 

and isophorone. No companies are 

developing data for the remaining seven 

inert ingredients. For di-sec-octyl 

phthalate and toluene, EPA plans to 

issue new test orders as both chemicals 

meet the selection criteria for endocrine 

testing under the Safe Drinking Water 

Act (SDWA). EPA has no plans to issue 

further test orders for methyl ethyl 

ketone, butyl benzyl phthalate, dibutyl 

phthalate, diethyl phthalate, and 

dimethyl phthalate, but plans to no 

longer approve their use as inert 

ingredients in pesticide products. EPA 

is, however, offering an opportunity for 

interested parties to comment or commit 

to submitting the required data. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before May 14, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0961, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 


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