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search data sources; complete and 

review the collection of information; 

and transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

NPDES permittees designated by the 

EPA region or State with permitting 

responsibility and laboratories doing 

chemical/microbiological analysis and 

whole-effluent toxicity testing for these 

major dischargers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

6,589. 

Frequency of Response: Annual. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

41,511. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$2,461,426, includes $1,251,910 

annualized capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 5,840 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This decrease reflects EPA’s 

granting a waiver for four States to use 

their laboratory certification program as 

a substitute for the DMR–QA program. 

This resulted in a reduction in the 

average number of participants from 

7,516 to 6,589. The maintenance and 

operational cost has increased by 

$11,770 due to increased costs for 

obtaining proficiency testing samples. 

Dated: October 13, 2010. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26455 Filed 10–19–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0842; FRL–8849–1] 

Methamidophos Registration Review 

Final Decision; Notice of Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of EPA’s final registration 

review decision for the pesticide, 

methamidophos, case 0043. Registration 

review is EPA’s periodic review of 

pesticide registrations to ensure that 

each pesticide continues to satisfy the 

statutory standard for registration, that 

is, that the pesticide can perform its 

intended function without causing 

unreasonable adverse effects on human 

health or the environment. Through this 

program, EPA is ensuring that each 

pesticide’s registration is based on 

current scientific and other knowledge, 

including its effects on human health 

and the environment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

pesticide specific information, contact: 

K. Avivah Jakob, Pesticide Reevaluation Division (7508P), Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460– 

0001; telephone number: (703) 305– 

1328; fax number: (703) 308–8090; email address: jakob.kathryn@epa.gov. 

For general information on the 

registration review program, contact: 

Kevin Costello, Pesticide Re-evaluation 

Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 305–5026; fax number: 

(703) 308–8090; e-mail address: 

costello.kevin @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, farm 

worker, 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. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the 

pesticide specific contact 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 identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0842. 

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 

A. What action is the agency taking? 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58(c), this 

notice announces the availability of 

EPA’s final registration review decision 

for methamidophos, case 0043. 

Methamidophos is a restricted use 

organophosphate insecticide, that as of 

2009 was registered for use on potato, 

cotton, tomato, and alfalfa grown for 

seed. However, in 2009, the sole 

methamidophos registrant, Bayer 

CropScience, informed the Agency that 

they were requesting to voluntarily 

cancel all of their remaining 

methamidophos product registrations. 

Following publication of a Federal 

Register notice announcing receipt of 

those requests and the completion of the 

corresponding public comment period, 

the Agency issued the product 

cancellation order on September 23, 

2009, for all methamidophos product 

registrations. Details of the cancellation 

dates can be found in the 

Methamidophos Registration Review 

Decision document. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.57, a 

registration review decision is the 

Agency’s determination whether a 

pesticide meets, or does not meet, the 

standard for registration in FIFRA. EPA 

has considered methamidophos in light 

of the FIFRA standard for registration 

and has concluded the methamidophos 

registration review. No further action is 

needed as all registrations of 

methamidophos have been cancelled. 

The Methamidophos Final Decision 

document in the docket describes the 

Agency’s rationale for issuing a 

registration review final decision for 

this pesticide. 

In addition to the final registration 

review decision document, the 

registration review docket for 

methamidophos also includes other 

relevant documents related to the 

registration review of this case. The 

proposed registration review decision 

was posted to the docket and the public 

was invited to submit any comments or 

new information. During the 60-day 

comment period, no public comments 

were received. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58(c), the 

registration review case docket for 

methamidophos will remain open until 

all actions required in the final decision 

have been completed. 

Background on the registration review 

program is provided at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/ 

registration_review. Links to earlier 

documents related to the registration 

review of this pesticide are provided at: 

http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/ 

registration_review/methamidophos/ 

index.htm. 

B. What is the agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

Section 3(g) of FIFRA and 40 CFR part 

155, subpart C, provide authority for 

this action. 


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List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Registration review, Pesticides and 

pests, methamidophos. 

Dated: October 14, 2010. 

Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., 

Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26453 Filed 10–19–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9215–6] 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Request for Nominations of Experts To 

Serve on the Clean Air Scientific 

Advisory Committee (CASAC) Air 

Monitoring and Methods 

Subcommittee (AMMS) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office is requesting 

public nominations of experts to serve 

on the Clean Air Scientific Advisory 

Committee (CASAC) Air Monitoring and 

Methods Subcommittee (AMMS). 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by November 10, 2010, per 

instructions below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding this Notice and 

Request for Nominations may contact 

Dr. Holly Stallworth, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), SAB Staff Office, by 

telephone/voice mail at (202) 564–2073; 

by fax at (202) 565–2098 or via e-mail 

at stallworth.holly@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the CASAC can 

be found on the EPA CASAC Web site 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The Clean Air Scientific 

Advisory Committee (CASAC) was 

established under section 109(d)(2) of 

the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) (42 

U.S.C. 7409) as an independent 

scientific advisory committee. CASAC 

provides advice, information and 

recommendations on the scientific and 

technical aspects of air quality criteria 

and national ambient air quality 

standards (NAAQS) under sections 108 

and 109 of the Act. 

Section 109(d)(1) of the CAA requires 

that the Agency periodically review and 

revise, as appropriate, the air quality 

criteria and the National Ambient Air 

Quality Standard (NAAQS) for the six 

‘‘criteria’’ air pollutants. EPA’s Office of 

Air Quality Planning and Standards 

(OAQPS) requests independent review 

and advice from CASAC on the 

following subjects: 

• Oxides of Nitrogen (NOX)-Sulfur 

Oxides (SOX) Monitoring and Network 

Design—A review of candidate methods 

for assessing levels of N and S 

deposition; specifically constituents 

such as particulate sulfate, total 

oxidized nitrogen (NOy), sulfur dioxide 

(SO2), and ammonia gas and ammonia 

ion combined (NHX) in the assessment 

of an Atmospheric Acidification 

Potential Index, and the potential 

network design for a monitoring system 

in support of a secondary NOX/SOX

NAAQS. 

• Photochemical Assessment 

Monitoring Stations (PAMS): Network 

Re-engineering—Advice on potential 

revisions to the technical and regulatory 

aspects of the PAMS program; including 

changes to required measurements and 

associated network design requirements 

and a review of appropriate technology, 

sampling frequency, and overall 

program objectives in the context of the 

most recently revised ozone NAAQS 

and changes to atmospheric chemistry 

that have occurred over the past 10–15 

years in the most significantly impacted 

areas. 

• Network Design Guidance 

Development for Near-road Ambient Air 

Monitoring Requirements: Multipollutant Focus—Review of the progress 

of a pilot monitoring study including 

site selection, planned measurements, 

and timeline; review of EPA’s Near-road 

Network Design Technical Assistance 

Document (first Draft) including 

assessment of procedures for identifying 

maximum site location(s) including 

dispersion modeling and evaluation of 

potential biasing factors and 

recommended measurements for nearroad compliance network; and a review 

of the role of alternative technology 

such as passive measurement in 

compliance and research monitoring 

studies. 

• Methods for Volatile Organic 

Compounds (VOCs)—Advice on 

potential improvements to TO–15 with 

particular emphasis on improving the 

characterization of acrolein; review 

method revisions for canister cleaning 

procedures, preparation of calibration 

standards, performance testing 

protocols, and subsequent changes to air 

quality system reporting procedures; 

advice on improvements for TO–13A 

methodology for compounds such as 

naphthalene, other polyaromatic 

hydrocarbons (PAHs) and branched 

PAHs; and advice on role of new 

technology in characterizing volatile 

and semi-volatile compounds on a realtime or near real-time basis. 

In response to OAQPS request, the 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office is 

requesting public nominations of 

scientific and technical experts to form 

a new subcommittee of the CASAC to 

provide advice on the four advisory 

topics as described above. This 

subcommittee, the CASAC Air 

Monitoring and Methods Subcommittee 

(AAMS) may in the future address 

additional monitoring and methods 

issues related to other criteria pollutants 

and hazardous air pollutants. The 

AMMS will provide independent advice 

to the Administrator through the 

CASAC, a chartered Federal Advisory 

Committee, under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), as amended (5 

U.S.C. App.). The AMMS will comply 

with the provisions of FACA and all 

appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural 

policies. 

Request for Nominations: The SAB 

Staff Office is seeking nominations of 

recognized, national experts in one or 

more of the following disciplines: 

Atmospheric sciences, dispersion 

modeling, atmospheric chemistry, 

ecosystem modeling, aquatic chemistry, 

environmental science and engineering, 

risk assessment, and statistical analysis. 

In particular, we seek nominees with 

knowledge of ambient air monitoring 

methods for criteria pollutants and air 

toxics, ambient air network design, 

environmental data analysis, quality 

assurance, dispersion modeling, 

emission inventories for point and 

mobile sources, source apportionment 

techniques, atmospheric chemistry, 

meteorology, and assessment of 

ecosystem impacts. 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations: Any interested person or 

organization may nominate individuals 

qualified in the area of science as 

described above to be considered for 

appointment to augment the Council for 

this review. Candidates also may 

nominate themselves. Nominations 

should be submitted in electronic 

format (which is preferred over hard 

copy) following the instructions for 

‘‘Nominating Experts to Advisory Panels 

and Ad Hoc Committees Being Formed’’ 

http://www.epa.gov/sab provided on the 

SAB Web site. The form can be accessed 

through the ‘‘Nomination of Experts’’ 

link on the blue navigational bar on the 

SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ 

casac. To receive full consideration, 

nominations should include all of the 

information requested, and should be 

submitted in time to arrive no later than 

November 10, 2010. EPA values and 

welcomes diversity. In an effort to 

obtain nominations of diverse 


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