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(5) The hearing record shall be left 

open until the deadline for receipt of 

comments, specified at the beginning of 

this Notice, to allow any person enough 

time to submit additional written 

statements or to present views or 

evidence tending to rebut or support 

testimony presented at the public 

hearing; 

(6) Hearing testimony may be 

provided orally or in written format. 

Commenters providing verbal comments 

are encouraged to provide written 

comments to ensure accuracy of the 

record and for use of EPA and other 

interested persons. Persons wishing to 

make verbal comments supporting their 

written statements are encouraged to 

give a summary of their points rather 

than reading lengthy written comments 

verbatim into the record. 

All comments related to the draft 

Geotechnical General Permit and Fact 

Sheet received by EPA Region 10 by the 

deadline for receipt of comments, or 

presented at the public hearing, will be 

considered by EPA before taking final 

action on the General Permit. 

Document Viewing Locations. The 

draft Geotechnical General Permit and 

Fact Sheet may also be viewed at the 

following locations: 

(1) EPA Region 10 Library, Park Place 

Building, 1200 6th Avenue, Suite 900, 

Seattle, WA 98101; (206) 553–1289. 

(2) EPA Region 10, Alaska Operations 

Office, 222 W 7th Avenue, #19, Room 

537, Anchorage, AK 99513; (907) 271– 

5083. 

(3) DEC Anchorage office, 555 

Cordova Street, Anchorage, AK 99501; 

(907) 269–7235. 

(4) Z. J. Loussac Public Library, 3600 

Denali Street, Anchorage, AK 99503; 

(907) 343–2975. 

(5) North Slope Borough School 

District Library/Media Center, Pouch 

169, 829 Aivak Street, Barrow, AK 

99723; (907) 852–5311. 

EPA’s current administrative record 

for the draft Geotechnical General 

Permit is available for review at the EPA 

Region 10 Office, Park Place Building, 

1200 6th Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, 

WA 98101, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 

p.m., Monday through Friday. Contact 

Erin Seyfried at seyfried.erin@epa.gov or 

(206) 553–1448. 

Oil Spill Requirements. Section 311 of 

the Act, 33 U.S.C. 1321, prohibits the 

discharge of oil and hazardous materials 

in harmful quantities. Discharges 

authorized under the Geotechnical 

General Permit are excluded from the 

provisions of CWA Section 311, 33 

U.S.C. 1321. However, the Geotechnical 

General Permit will not preclude the 

institution of legal action, or relieve the 

permittees from any responsibilities, 

liabilities, or penalties for other 

unauthorized discharges of oil and 

hazardous materials, which are covered 

by Section 311. 

Endangered Species Act. Section 7 of 

the Endangered Species Act (ESA), 16 

U.S.C. 1531–1544, requires federal 

agencies to consult with the National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(USFWS) if their actions have the 

potential to either beneficially or 

adversely affect any threatened or 

endangered species. In accordance with 

ESA requirements, EPA has initiated 

consultation with NMFS and USFWS, 

and has prepared a Biological 

Evaluation (BE) for the Geotechnical 

General Permit, which concludes that 

the General Permit is not likely to 

adversely affect any threatened or 

endangered species or their designated 

critical habitat areas. The BE has been 

submitted to NMFS and USFWS for 

review and concurrence during the 

public comment period. EPA will obtain 

a determination from NMFS and 

USFWS prior to issuing the 

Geotechnical General Permit. 

Essential Fish Habitat. The 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

requires EPA to consult with NMFS 

when a proposed permit action has the 

potential to adversely affect Essential 

Fish Habitat (EFH). An EFH Assessment 

has been prepared for the Geotechnical 

General Permit. 

Coastal Zone Management Act. As of 

July 1, 2011, there is no longer a Coastal 

Zone Management Act (CZMA) program 

in Alaska. Consequently, federal 

agencies are no longer required to 

provide the State of Alaska with CZMA 

consistency determinations. 

Executive Order 12866. The Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

exempts this action from the review 

requirements of Executive Order 12866 

pursuant to Section 6 of that order. 

Paperwork Reduction Act. EPA has 

reviewed the requirements imposed on 

regulated facilities in the Geotechnical 

General Permit and finds them 

consistent with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1980, 44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act. Under the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), 5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq., a federal agency must 

prepare an initial regulatory flexibility 

analysis ‘‘for any proposed rule’’ for 

which the agency ‘‘is required by 

section 553 of the Administrative 

Procedure Act (APA), or any other law, 

to publish general notice of proposed 

rulemaking.’’ The RFA exempts from 

this requirement any rule that the 

issuing agency certifies ‘‘will not, if 

promulgated, have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities.’’ EPA has 

concluded that NPDES general permits 

are permits, not rulemakings, under the 

APA and thus not subject to APA 

rulemaking requirements or the FRA. 

Notwithstanding that general permits 

are not subject to the RFA, EPA has 

determined that the Geotechnical 

General Permit will not have a 

significant impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. This 

determination is based on the fact that 

the regulated companies are not 

classified as small businesses under the 

Small Business Administration 

regulations established at 49 FR 5023 et 

seq. (February 9, 1984). These facilities 

are classified as Major Group 13—Oil as 

Gas Extraction SIC 1311 Crude 

Petroleum and Natural Gas. 

Authority: This action is taken under the 

authority of Section 402 of the Clean Water 

Act as amended, 42 U.S.C. 1342. I hereby 

provide public notice of the draft 

Geotechnical General Permit in accordance 

with 40 CFR 124.10. 

Dated: November 14, 2013. 

Daniel D. Opalski 

Director, Office of Water and Watersheds, 

Region 10. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2013–0703; FRL–9902–97] 

Pesticide Product Registration; 

Receipt of an Application for a New 

Active Ingredient 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has received an 

application to register a pesticide 

product containing an active ingredient 

not included in any previously 

registered pesticide product. Pursuant to 

the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is hereby 

providing notice of receipt and 

opportunity to comment on the 

application. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before December 23, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2013–0703, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

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information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), (28221T), 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: 

Robert McNally, Biopesticides and 

Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), 

Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 305–7090; email address: 

BPPDFRNotices@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 an agricultural 

producer, food manufacturer, or 

pesticide manufacturer. The following 

list of North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) codes is 

not intended to be exhaustive, but rather 

provides a guide to help readers 

determine whether this document 

applies to them. Potentially affected 

entities may include: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 111). 

• Animal production (NAICS code 

112). 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311). 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

code 32532). 

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 email. 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. Registration Application 

EPA has received an application to 

register a pesticide product containing 

an active ingredient not included in any 

previously registered pesticide product. 

Pursuant to the provisions of FIFRA 

section 3(c)(4), EPA is hereby providing 

notice of receipt and opportunity to 

comment on the application. Notice of 

receipt of the application does not 

imply a decision by the Agency on the 

application. 

File Symbol: 68467–EN. Applicant: 

Dow AgroSciences LLC, 9330 Zionsville 

Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46268. Product 

name: DAS–81419–2 Soybean. Active 

ingredients: Bacillus thuringiensis 

Cry1Ac protein expressed in soybean 

and Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1F protein 

expressed in soybean. Proposed 

classification/Use: Plant-incorporated 

Protectant (PIP). 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pest. 

Dated: November 8, 2013. 

Robert McNally, 

Director, Biopesticides and Pollution 

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2013–28129 Filed 11–21–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE 

UNITED STATES 

[Public Notice: 2014–6009] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request 

AGENCY: Export-Import Bank of the 

United States. 

ACTION: Submission for OMB review and 

comments request. 

Form Title: EIB 14–01 Small Business 

Exporter Survey. 

SUMMARY: The Export-Import Bank of 

the United States (Ex-Im Bank), as a part 

of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal Agencies to comment on the 

proposed information collection, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. 

The small business exporter survey 

seeks to obtain feedback from customers 

on trade credit insurance policy 

purchases made in a Fiscal Year. This 

survey will help Ex-Im Bank better 

understand small business customers’ 

perspectives on the bank’s products, the 

level of service provided, and how ExIm Bank’s assistance impacts their small 

business. The objective is to identify 

possible service improvements and 

better understand small business 

owners’ experiences working with ExIm Bank. 

The survey can be reviewed at: 

https://www.surveymonkey.com/ 

s/SBCustomerSurvey. 

DATES: Comments should be received on 

or before January 21, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted electronically on 

WWW.REGULATIONS.GOV or by mail 

to Stephanie Thum, Export-Import Bank 

of the United States, 811 Vermont Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20571. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Titles and Form Number: EIB 14–01 

Small Business Exporter Survey. 

OMB Number: 3048–XXXX. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Need and Use: The information 

requested enables Ex-Im Bank to 

identify possible service improvements 

to the benefit of small business 

exporters. 

The number of respondents: 1,808. 

Estimated time per respondents: 10 

minutes. 

The frequency of response: Annually. 

Annual hour burden: 301.3 total 

hours. 

Government Expenses 

Reviewing time per response: 5 

minutes. 


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