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Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. Anyone filing a motion 

to intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 5 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 

website 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. 

Comments: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 

August 28, 2018. 

Dated: August 23, 2018. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2018–0563; FRL–9982–36] 

General Dynamics Information 

Technology; Transfer of Data 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

pesticide related information submitted 

to EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) pursuant to the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, 

and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), including 

information that may have been claimed 

as Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) by the submitter, will be 

transferred to General Dynamics 

Information Technology in accordance 

with the CBI regulations. General 

Dynamics Information Technology has 

been awarded multiple contracts to 

perform work for OPP, and access to 

this information will enable General 

Dynamics Information Technology to 

fulfill the obligations of the contract. 

DATES: General Dynamics Information 

Technology will be given access to this 

information on or before September 4, 

2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Northern, Information 

Technology and Resources Management 

Division (7502P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 305–6478 email address: 

northern.william@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action applies to the public in 

general. As such, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be affected by this 

action. 

B. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

The docket for this action, identified 

by docket identification (ID) number 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2018–0563, is available 

at http://www.regulations.gov or at the 

Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory 

Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460–0001. The Public Reading Room 

is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the OPP 

Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review 

the visitor instructions and additional 

information about the docket available 

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

II. Contractor Requirements 

The Contractor shall provide progress 

reporting monitoring performance and 

finances associated with this task order. 

The Technical and Quality Assurance 

Progress Report shall provide a general 

outline of the effort, state the percentage 

of work completed for the Task Order 

during the reporting period, and relate 

it to the overall effort. 

This performance work statement 

(PWS) does not provide specific details 

on the types of solutions to be offered 

or the comprehensiveness of any 

specific solutions. However, the 

government requires the contractor to 

offer comprehensive solutions that (1) 

are based on an understanding of the 

current EPA IT infrastructure and the 

systems engineering, remote sensing 

and GIS environments, (2) provide the 

scope and breadth of remote sensing 

and Geographic Information System 

(GIS) services responsive to present and 

future needs of EPA, ORD, and partner 

user communities, (3) ensure an 

appropriate level of security based on 

government regulations, agency 

requirements, and industry best 

practices, and (4) meet performance 

levels or metrics associated with 

specific areas. 

The Contractor shall prepare a Quality 

Management Plan (QMP) describing the 

technical approach, organizational 

resources and management controls to 

be employed to meet the cost, 

performance and schedule requirements 

throughout task order execution. The 

contractor shall employ a program 

management structure to ensure the 

efficient execution of all tasks and 

subtasks, and the capability to report on 

the status of work performed. The 

contractor shall use a single point of 

contact (POC) for all matters regarding 

project administration and reporting. 

This contract will involve no 

subcontractors. 

OPP has determined that the contracts 

described in this document involve 

work that is being conducted in 

connection with FIFRA, in that 

pesticide chemicals will be the subject 

of certain evaluations to be made under 

this contract. These evaluations may be 

used in subsequent regulatory decisions 

under FIFRA. 

Some of this information may be 

entitled to confidential treatment. The 

information has been submitted to EPA 

under FIFRA sections 3, 4, 6, and 7 and 

under FFDCA sections 408 and 409. 

In accordance with the requirements 

of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3), the contracts with 

General Dynamics Information 

Technology prohibits use of the 

information for any purpose not 

specified in these contracts; prohibits 

disclosure of the information to a third 

party without prior written approval 

from the Agency; and requires that each 

official and employee of the contractor 

sign an agreement to protect the 

information from unauthorized release 

and to handle it in accordance with the 

FIFRA Information Security Manual. In 

addition, General Dynamics Information 

Technology is required to submit for 

EPA approval a security plan under 

which any CBI will be secured and 

protected against unauthorized release 

or compromise. No information will be 

provided to General Dynamics 

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requirements in this document have 

been fully satisfied. Records of 

information provided to General 

Dynamics Information Technology will 

be maintained by EPA Project Officers 

for these contracts. All information 

supplied to General Dynamics 

Information Technology by EPA for use 

in connection with these contracts will 

be returned to EPA when General 

Dynamics Information Technology has 

completed its work. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.; 21 U.S.C. 

301 et seq. 

Dated: August 14, 2018. 

Delores Barber, 

Director, Information Technology and 

Resources Management Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18753 Filed 8–28–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2018–0516; FRL–9981–64] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Extension of an 

Existing Collection (EPA ICR No. 

0586.14); Comment Request 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this 

document announces that EPA is 

planning to submit an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). The 

ICR, entitled: ‘‘TSCA Section 8(a) 

Preliminary Assessment Information 

Rule (PAIR)’’ and identified by EPA ICR 

No. 0586.14 and OMB Control No. 

2070–0054, represents the renewal of an 

existing ICR that is scheduled to expire 

on April 30, 2019. Before submitting the 

ICR to OMB for review and approval, 

EPA is soliciting comments on specific 

aspects of the proposed information 

collection that is summarized in this 

document. The ICR and accompanying 

material are available in the docket for 

public review and comment. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 29, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2018–0516, 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: Document Control Office 

(7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 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: For 

technical information contact: Andrea 

Mojica, Chemical Control Division 

(7405M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (202) 564–0599; email address: 

mojica.andrea@epa.gov. 

For general information contact: The 

TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422 

South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 

14620; telephone number: (202) 554– 

1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. What information is EPA particularly 

interested in? 

Pursuant to PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A) 

(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), EPA 

specifically solicits comments and 

information to enable it to: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility. 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimates of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

4. Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

II. What information collection activity 

or ICR does this action apply to? 

Title: TSCA Section 8(a) Preliminary 

Assessment Information Rule (PAIR). 

ICR number: EPA ICR No. 0586.14. 

OMB control number: OMB Control 

No. 2070–0054. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on April 30, 2019. 

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 for 

EPA’s regulations in title 40 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations (CFR), after 

appearing in the Federal Register when 

approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 

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: On June 22, 1982, EPA 

promulgated the generic section 8(a) 

PAIR (40 CFR part 712) under the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA). EPA 

uses PAIR to collect information to help 

identify, assess, and manage human 

health and environmental risks from 

chemical substances, mixtures and 

categories of chemical substances and 

mixtures. PAIR requires chemical 

manufacturers (including importers) to 

complete and submit standardized 

information about production, use, or 

exposure-related data to help evaluate 

the potential for human health and 

environmental risks caused by the 

manufacture of identified chemical 

substances or mixtures. The Frank R. 

Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st 

Century Act amending TSCA was 

enacted on June 22, 2016; however, the 

underlying authority for a Section 8(a) 

PAIR rule was not modified. While the 

Agency has not issued a Section 8(a) 

PAIR rule since 2006, given the new 

requirement under amended TSCA 

Section 6(b)(1) to prioritize chemicals 

for risk evaluation, it is possible that the 

Agency may start requesting section 8(a) 

reporting more frequently. 

EPA or other federal agencies (e.g., the 

agencies that are part of the Interagency 

Testing Committee (ITC) as authorized 

under TSCA section 4(e)) can identify 

chemicals for a TSCA section 8(a) PAIR 

expediated rulemaking that have a 

justifiable need for production, use, or 

exposure-related data. In instances, such 

as when EPA must reach a decision on 

whether testing of a chemical is 

necessary, the information that EPA 

receives from a PAIR report may 


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