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Dated: August 7, 2018. 

Pamela Myrick, 

Director, Information Management Division, 

Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17451 Filed 8–13–18; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0628; FRL–9981–33– 

OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; 

Experimental Use Permits (EUPs) for 

Pesticides (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted the 

following information collection request 

(ICR) to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA): Experimental Use 

Permits (EUPs) for Pesticides (EPA ICR 

No. 0276.16 and OMB Control No. 

2070–0040). This is a request to renew 

the approval of an existing ICR, which 

is currently approved through August 

31, 2018. EPA did not receive any 

comments in response to the previously 

provided public review opportunity 

issued in the Federal Register of 

December 11, 2017. With this 

submission to OMB, EPA is providing 

an additional 30 days for public review 

and comment. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 13, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0628, to 

both EPA and OMB as follows: 

• To EPA online using http://

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method) or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460, and 

• To OMB via email to oira_

submission@omb.eop.gov. Address 

comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI), or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Connie Hernandez, Field and External 

Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide 

Programs (7560P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 305–5190; email address: 

hernandez.connie@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Docket: Supporting documents, 

including the ICR that explains in detail 

the information collection activities and 

the related burden and cost estimates 

that are summarized in this document, 

are available in the docket for this ICR. 

The docket can be viewed online at 

http://www.regulations.gov or in person 

at the EPA Docket Center, West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. 

The telephone number for the Docket 

Center is (202) 566–1744. For additional 

information about EPA’s public docket, 

visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on August 31, 2018. 

Under OMB regulations, an agency may 

continue to conduct or sponsor the 

collection of information while this 

submission is pending at OMB. Under 

PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., an Agency 

may not conduct or sponsor, and a 

person is not required to respond to, a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. The OMB control numbers are 

displayed either by publication in the 

Federal Register or by other appropriate 

means, such as on the related collection 

instrument or form, if applicable. The 

display of OMB control numbers for 

certain EPA regulations is consolidated 

in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: The information collection 

covered by this ICR provides EPA with 

the data necessary to determine whether 

to issue an EUP under section 5 of the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). FIFRA 

requires that before a pesticide product 

may be distributed or sold in the U.S., 

it must be registered by EPA. However, 

FIFRA section 5 authorizes EPA to issue 

an EUP to allow pesticide companies to 

temporarily ship pesticide products for 

experimental use for the purpose of 

gathering data necessary to support the 

application for registration of a pesticide 

product. The EUP application must be 

submitted in order to obtain a permit. 

Form Numbers: EPA Form 8570–17: 

Application for an Experimental Use 

Permit to Ship and Use a Pesticide for 

Experimental Purposes Only. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Entities potentially affected by this ICR 

are engaged in pesticide, fertilizer, and 

other agricultural chemical 

manufacturing. The NAICS for 

respondents under the ICR include: 

325320 (Pesticide and other Agricultural 

Chemical Manufacturing). 

Respondent’s Obligation To Respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR 172). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 31 

(total). 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Total Estimated Burden: 567 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total Estimated Cost: $37,497 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 11 hours in the total annual 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with that identified in the ICR currently 

approved by OMB. This increase reflects 

EPA’s adjustment based on a slight 

increase in EUP submissions by 

program participants. This change is an 

adjustment. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[9981–84–OEI] 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: 

Authorized Program Revision 

Approval, State of Indiana 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

approval of the State of Indiana’s 

request to revise its National Primary 

Drinking Water Regulations 

Implementation EPA-authorized 

program to allow electronic reporting. 

DATES: EPA approves the authorized 

program revision for the State of 

Indiana’s National Primary Drinking 

Water Regulations Implementation as of 

September 13, 2018, if no timely request 

for a public hearing is received and 

accepted by the Agency. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Devon Martin, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of 

Environmental Information, Mail Stop 

2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–2603, 

martin.devon@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media 

Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) 

was published in the Federal Register 

(70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of 


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title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR 

establishes electronic reporting as an 

acceptable regulatory alternative to 

paper reporting and establishes 

requirements to assure that electronic 

documents are as legally dependable as 

their paper counterparts. Subpart D of 

CROMERR requires that state, tribal or 

local government agencies that receive, 

or wish to begin receiving, electronic 

reports under their EPA-authorized 

programs must apply to EPA for a 

revision or modification of those 

programs and obtain EPA approval. 

Subpart D provides standards for such 

approvals based on consideration of the 

electronic document receiving systems 

that the state, tribe, or local government 

will use to implement the electronic 

reporting. Additionally, § 3.1000(b) 

through (e) of 40 CFR part 3, subpart D 

provides special procedures for program 

revisions and modifications to allow 

electronic reporting, to be used at the 

option of the state, tribe or local 

government in place of procedures 

available under existing programspecific authorization regulations. An 

application submitted under the subpart 

D procedures must show that the state, 

tribe or local government has sufficient 

legal authority to implement the 

electronic reporting components of the 

programs covered by the application 

and will use electronic document 

receiving systems that meet the 

applicable subpart D requirements. 

On July 18, 2018, the Indiana 

Department of Environmental 

Management (IDEM) submitted an 

application titled Compliance 

Monitoring Data Portal for revision to its 

EPA-approved drinking water program 

under title 40 CFR to allow new 

electronic reporting. EPA reviewed 

IDEM’s request to revise its EPAauthorized program and, based on this 

review, EPA determined that the 

application met the standards for 

approval of authorized program revision 

set out in 40 CFR part 3, subpart D. In 

accordance with 40 CFR 3.1000(d), this 

notice of EPA’s decision to approve 

Indiana’s request to revise its Part 142 

— National Primary Drinking Water 

Regulations Implementation program to 

allow electronic reporting under 40 CFR 

part 141 is being published in the 

Federal Register. 

IDEM was notified of EPA’s 

determination to approve its application 

with respect to the authorized program 

listed above. 

Also, in today’s notice, EPA is 

informing interested persons that they 

may request a public hearing on EPA’s 

action to approve the State of Indiana’s 

request to revise its authorized National 

Primary Drinking Water Regulations 

Implementation program under 40 CFR 

part 142, in accordance with 40 CFR 

3.1000(f), to allow for electronic 

reporting. Requests for a hearing must 

be submitted to EPA within 30 days of 

publication of today’s Federal Register 

notice. Such requests should include 

the following information: (1) The 

name, address and telephone number of 

the individual, organization or other 

entity requesting a hearing; (2) A brief 

statement of the requesting person’s 

interest in EPA’s determination, a brief 

explanation as to why EPA should hold 

a hearing, and any other information 

that the requesting person wants EPA to 

consider when determining whether to 

grant the request; (3) The signature of 

the individual making the request, or, if 

the request is made on behalf of an 

organization or other entity, the 

signature of a responsible official of the 

organization or other entity. 

In the event a hearing is requested 

and granted, EPA will provide notice of 

the hearing in the Federal Register not 

less than 15 days prior to the scheduled 

hearing date. Frivolous or insubstantial 

requests for hearing may be denied by 

EPA. Following such a public hearing, 

EPA will review the record of the 

hearing and issue an order either 

affirming today’s determination or 

rescinding such determination. If no 

timely request for a hearing is received 

and granted, EPA’s approval of the State 

of Indiana’s request to revise its part 

142—National Primary Drinking Water 

Regulations Implementation program to 

allow electronic reporting will become 

effective 30 days after today’s notice is 

published, pursuant to CROMERR 

section 3.1000(f)(4). 

Matthew Leopard, 

Director, Office of Information Management. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17442 Filed 8–13–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R10–CERCLA–10–2017–0170; FRL– 

9980–22—Region 10] 

Proposed CERCLA Administrative 

Cost Recovery Settlement; Absorbent 

Technologies Site, Albany, Oregon 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

122(i) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

(CERCLA) notice is hereby given of a 

proposed administrative settlement for 

recovery of response costs incurred for 

the Absorbent Technologies Site located 

in Albany, Oregon. The settling parties 

are River City Environmental, Inc. 

(River City), David L. Ellis, Pamela L. 

Ellis, and Farouk Al-Hadi. The proposed 

settlement requires the settling parties 

to pay a total of $187,500 to the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Hazardous Substance Superfund. Of 

that amount, River City will pay 

$75,000, and Mr. Ellis, Ms. Ellis, and 

Mr. Al-Hadi will jointly pay $112,500. 

Upon payment of those sums, the 

settling parties will be released from 

their obligations for payments to EPA 

for costs EPA incurred at the Site prior 

to the effective date of the proposed 

settlement. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 13, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R10– 

CERCLA–10–2017–0170, to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or withdrawn. EPA may publish 

any comment received to its public 

docket. Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. EPA will generally not consider 

comments or comment contents located 

outside of the primary submission (i.e. 

on the web, cloud, or other file sharing 

system). For additional submission 

methods, the full EPA public comment 

policy, information about CBI or 

multimedia submissions, and general 

guidance on making effective 

comments, please visit http://

www2.epa.gov/dockets/commentingepa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

proposed settlement is available for 

public inspection at the U.S. EPA 

Region 10 office located at 805 SW 

Broadway, Suite 500, in Portland, 

Oregon. Contact Tom Townsend, EPA 

Management Analyst, at (503) 326–2763 

or townsend.tom@epa.gov to arrange a 

viewing of the proposed settlement. A 

copy of the proposed settlement may 

also be obtained by contacting Richard 

Mednick, EPA Associate Regional 

Counsel, at (206) 553–1797 or 

mednick.richard@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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