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and the Tier I and Tier II Exemptions at 

40 CFR part 725, subpart G. 

B. What action is the agency taking? 

Effective October 1, 2013, due to the 

lack of authorized funding (i.e., a Fiscal 

Year 2014 Appropriations Bill or a 

Continuing Resolution), certain EPA 

functions were suspended. During the 

shutdown, no review work was 

performed on the TSCA section 5 

notifications received by EPA on or 

before October 1, 2013, and for which 

the review period had not yet expired as 

of October 1, 2013. Because of the 

shutdown, EPA is now extending, 

pursuant to TSCA sections 5(c) and 

26(c) and 40 CFR 720.75(c), the review 

periods of all TSCA section 5 

notifications received on or before 

October 1, 2013, and for which the 

review period has not yet expired as of 

October 1, 2013. 

There is a possibility that the 

chemical substances submitted for 

review in these TSCA section 5 

notifications may need to be regulated 

by EPA under TSCA. The Agency 

requires an extension of the review 

periods to complete its risk assessment, 

to examine its regulatory options, and to 

prepare the necessary documents, 

should regulatory action be required. 

Therefore, EPA has determined that 

good cause exists to extend, under 

TSCA section 5(c), the review period for 

each such TSCA section 5 notification. 

The duration of this extension period 

is equivalent to the duration of the 

shutdown, i.e., equivalent to the number 

of days accruing from October 1, 2013, 

and the date on which this shutdown 

terminated on October 16, 2013, and 

EPA operations resumed on October 17, 

2013, or a total of 16 days. Under TSCA 

section 5(c), the total extensions of the 

review period for an individual PMN 

shall in no event exceed 90 days. Thus, 

since the extension described in this 

notice is for less than 90 days, EPA 

reserves the right to issue additional 

extensions under TSCA section 5(c) in 

the future for good cause up to a total 

of 90 days. 

Because of these circumstances, EPA 

is taking the following actions and is 

requesting the assistance of notifiers as 

described in this unit: 

Category 1—TSCA section 5 notices 

and exemptions submitted to EPA on or 

after October 1, 2013, and before the 

date on which the affected operations 

resumed on October 17, 2013. During 

the shutdown, submissions made 

through e-PMN/CDX or other methods 

were not processed. Consequently, the 

review period for any TSCA section 5 

notice submitted during the shutdown 

did not begin until operations resumed 

on October 17, 2013. 

Category 2—TSCA section 5 

exemption notices scheduled to expire 

on or after October 1, 2013. For any 

exemption notices that have not been 

granted by EPA and for which the 

review period was scheduled to expire 

on or after October 1, 2013, EPA is 

hereby extending the notice review 

period by 16 days (the number of days 

equivalent to the duration of the 

shutdown). This additional time is 

required to ensure there is sufficient 

opportunity to determine that the 

chemical substances that are the subject 

of the exemption applications will not 

present an unreasonable risk. 

Category 3—TSCA section 5 PMNs, 

MCANs, and SNUNs scheduled to 

expire on or after October 1, 2013. For 

any PMN, MCAN, or SNUN for which 

the review period was scheduled to 

expire on or after October 1, 2013, EPA 

is hereby extending the notice review 

period by 16 days (the number of days 

equivalent to the duration of the 

shutdown). 

C. Congressional Review Act 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C. 801 et seq., generally provides 

that before the Agency can impose 

binding requirements like those 

contained in a rule, the Agency must 

submit a rule report, which includes a 

copy of the document, to each House of 

the Congress and to the Comptroller 

General of the United States. Although 

this document is not a rule, it is binding 

in the sense that the suspension of the 

review periods announced in this 

document are binding. EPA has 

submitted a report to the U.S. Senate, 

the U.S. House of Representatives, and 

the Comptroller General of the United 

States prior to publication of this 

document in the Federal Register. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Chemicals, 

Microbial Commercial Activity Notices, 

Microorganisms, Premanufacture 

Notices, Significant New Use Notices, 

Test Marketing Exemptions. 

Dated: October 21, 2013. 

Maria J. Doa, 

Director, Chemical Control Division, Office 

of Pollution Prevention and Toxics. 

[FR Doc. 2013–25386 Filed 10–25–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2013–0490; FRL–9902–06] 

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; 

Notice of Cancellation 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Agency is issuing this 

notice to cancel the 3-day meeting of the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory 

Panel (FIFRA SAP) to consider and 

review scientific uncertainties 

associated with corn rootworm 

resistance monitoring for Bt corn Plant 

Incorporated Protectants (PIPs) 

scheduled for October 30—November 1, 

2013. The meeting was announced in 

the Federal Register on August 9, 2013. 

The meeting will be rescheduled. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred 

Jenkins, DFO, Office of Science 

Coordination and Policy (7201M), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(202) 564–3327; fax number: (202) 564– 

8382; email address: jenkins.fred@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting was announced in the Federal 

Register on August 9, 2013 (78 FR 

48672, FRL–9394–3). This meeting will 

be rescheduled in the near future and 

announced in the Federal Register. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: October 23, 2013. 

David Dix, 

Director, Office of Science Coordination and 

Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2013–25572 Filed 10–24–13; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2013–0485; FRL–9902–08] 

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; 

Notice of Cancellation 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Agency is issuing this 

notice to cancel the 1-day meeting of the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory 

Panel (FIFRA SAP) to consider and 

review RNAi Technology as a Pesticide: 


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Problem Formulation for Human Health 

and Ecological Risk Assessment 

scheduled for October 29, 2013. The 

meeting was announced in the Federal 

Register of August 15, 2013. The 

meeting will be rescheduled. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sharlene Matten, DFO, Office of Science 

Coordination and Policy (7201M), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

202–564–0130; fax number: 202–564– 

8382; email address: Matten.sharlene@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting was announced in the Federal 

Register of August 15, 2013 (78 FR 

49750) (FRL–9393–3). The meeting will 

be rescheduled in the near future. EPA 

will announce the rescheduled meeting 

in the Federal Register. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: October 23, 2013. 

David Dix, 

Director, Office of Science Coordination and 

Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2013–25568 Filed 10–24–13; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission Under Delegated 

Authority 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burden and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3520), the Federal Communications 

Commission invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s). 

Comments are requested concerning: 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; ways to minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and ways to 

further reduce the information burden 

for small business concerns with fewer 

than 25 employees. The FCC may not 

conduct or sponsor a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

No person shall be subject to any 

penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that 

does not display a valid OMB control 

number. 

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) comments should be 

submitted on or before December 27, 

2013. If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting PRA comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the FCC contact listed below as 

soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your PRA comments 

to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 

Management and Budget, via fax at 202– 

395–5167 or via Internet at Nicholas_

A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and to Benish 

Shah, Federal Communications 

Commission, via the Internet at 

Benish.Shah@fcc.gov. To submit your 

PRA comments by email send them to: 

PRA@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Benish Shah, Office of Managing 

Director, (202) 418–7866. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1079. 

Title: Section 15.240, Radio 

Frequency Identification Equipment. 

Type of Review: Extension of 

currently approved. 

Form No.: N/A 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit and not-for-profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 10 

respondents; 20 responses. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 2 hour. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirements and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. 

Statutory authority for this information 

collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 

sections 154(i), 301, 302, 303(e), 303(f) 

and 303(r). 

Total Annual Burden: 200 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Cost: N/A. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this expiring information 

collection to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) after this 60 day 

comment period in order to obtain the 

three year clearance. The Commission is 

requesting an extension (no change in 

reporting and/or recordkeeping 

requirements) of this information 

collection. 

Section 15.240 requires each grantee 

of certification for Radio Frequency 

Identification (RFID) Equipment to 

register the location of the equipment/ 

devices its markets with the 

Commission. The information that the 

grantee must supply to the Commission 

when registering the device(s) shall 

include the name, address and other 

pertinent contact information of users, 

the geographic coordinates of the 

operating location, and the FCC 

identification number(s) of the 

equipment. The improved RFID 

equipment could benefit commercial 

shippers and have significant homeland 

security benefits by enabling the entire 

contents of shipping containers to be 

easily and immediately identified, and 

by allowing a determination of whether 

tampering with their contents has 

occurred during shipping. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of 

Managing Director. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Information Collections Being 

Reviewed by the Federal 

Communications Commission; 

Comments Requested 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burden and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3520), the Federal Communications 

Commission invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collections. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; ways to minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 


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