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control practices and technologies to 

reduce or eliminate PFAS in discharges. 

The EPA will use these characterization 

data to estimate current pollutant mass 

loads and achievable load reductions for 

available technologies for the industry 

and to determine if the ELGs warrant 

revision. Additional objectives of the 

questionnaire and sampling will be to 

confirm the current population of textile 

mills, confirm which mills still use 

PFAS in their processes, as well as 

gather facility-specific information and 

data relevant to generation and 

discharge of PFAS-containing 

wastewater by the industry. 

Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) may be collected. In accordance 

with 40 CFR part 2, subpart B, section 

2.203, the survey informs respondents 

of their right to claim information as 

confidential. Each survey provides 

instructions for claiming confidentiality 

and informs respondents of the terms 

and rules governing the protection of 

CBI under the Clean Water Act and 40 

CFR 2.203(b). Survey respondents are 

requested to mark any claimed 

confidential responses as CBI. EPA and 

its contractors will follow EAD’s 

existing procedures to protect data 

labeled as CBI. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Up to 

2,200 textile mills in the U.S. will 

receive the questionnaire and no more 

than 20 facilities will be asked to 

conduct specific wastewater sampling. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (Clean Water Act Section 

308) (citing authority). 

Estimated number of respondents: Up 

to 2,200 (total). 

Frequency of response: One-time data 

collection. 

Total estimated respondent burden: 

30,008 hours. Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated respondent cost: 

$1,339,982 one-time cost. 

Changes in Estimates: This is a new 

data collection request and is a one-time 

temporary increase to the agency’s 

burden. 

Deborah Nagle, 

Director, Office of Science and Technology, 

Office of Water. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26139 Filed 11–27–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0071; FRL–11556–01– 

OCSPP] 

Pesticide Experimental Use Permit; 

Receipt of Application; Comment 

Request (October 2023) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

receipt of an application 524–EUP–RRI. 

from Bayer U.S. Crop Science LLC 

requesting an experimental use permit 

(EUP) for the MON 95275, Stack 

Combinations with MON 94804 and 

Registered Insect-Protected Corn Traits 

and Controls. The Agency has 

determined that the permit may be of 

regional and national significance. 

Therefore, because of the potential 

significance, EPA is seeking comments 

on this application. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before December 28, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0071, 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

at https://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. Additional 

instructions on commenting and visiting 

the docket, along with more information 

about dockets generally, is available at 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anne Overstreet, Biopesticides and 

Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) 

(7511M), main telephone number: (202) 

566–2425, email address: 

BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov. The mailing 

address for each contact person is Office 

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

As part of the mailing address, include 

the contact person’s name, division, and 

mail code. The division to contact is 

listed at the end of each application 

summary. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. Although this action may be 

of particular interest to those persons 

who conduct or sponsor research on 

pesticides, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be affected by this 

action. 

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 preparing and submitting your 

comments, see the commenting tips at 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to 

achieve environmental justice, the fair 

treatment and meaningful involvement 

of any group, including minority and/or 

low-income populations, in the 

development, implementation, and 

enforcement of environmental laws, 

regulations, and policies. To help 

address potential environmental justice 

issues, the Agency seeks information on 

any groups or segments of the 

population who, as a result of their 

location, cultural practices, or other 

factors, may have atypical or 

disproportionately high and adverse 

human health impacts or environmental 

effects from exposure to the pesticide(s) 

discussed in this document, compared 

to the general population. 

II. What action is the Agency taking? 

Under section 5 of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. 136c, EPA can 

allow manufacturers to field test 

pesticides under development. 

Manufacturers are required to obtain an 

EUP before testing new pesticides or 

new uses of pesticides if they conduct 

experimental field tests on 10 acres or 

more of land or one acre or more of 

water. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 172.11(a), the 

Agency has determined that the 

following EUP application may be of 

regional and national significance, and 

therefore is seeking public comment on 

the EUP application: 


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Experimental Use Permit 

Experimental Use Permit Number: 

524–EUP–RRI. Docket ID Number: EPA– 

HQ–OPP–2023–0523. Submitter: Bayer 

U.S. Crop Science LLC, Regulatory 

Affairs Seeds & Traits, 700 Chesterfield 

Parkway, West Chesterfield, Missouri 

63017. Pesticide Chemical: MON 95275, 

Stack Combinations with MON 94804 

and Registered Insect-Protected Corn 

Traits and Controls. Summary of 

Request: Bayer CropScience LP is 

proposing to use 5.011 lbs. of active 

ingredient in 257,100 lbs. of formulated 

seeds over 4,285 acres from 2024 to 

2025 as a plant-incorporated protectant 

for field corn. Proposed testing will 

include the following states and U.S. 

territories: AL, AR, CA, CO, FL, GA, HI, 

IA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MI, MN, MO, MS, 

NC, NE, ND, OH, PA, PR, SC, SD, TN, 

TX, WA, and WI to generate data to 

fulfill the requirements for Section 3 

product registration under FIFRA. 

Contact: BPPD. 

Following the review of the 

application and any comments and data 

received in response to this solicitation, 

EPA will decide whether to issue or 

deny the EUP request, and if issued, the 

conditions under which it is to be 

conducted. Any issuance of an EUP will 

be announced in the Federal Register. 

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

Dated: November 14, 2023. 

Delores Barber, 

Director, Information Technology and 

Resources Management Division, Office of 

Program Support. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26093 Filed 11–27–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies 

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company 

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR part 

225), and all other applicable statutes 

and regulations to become a bank 

holding company and/or to acquire the 

assets or the ownership of, control of, or 

the power to vote shares of a bank or 

bank holding company and all of the 

banks and nonbanking companies 

owned by the bank holding company, 

including the companies listed below. 

The public portions of the 

applications listed below, as well as 

other related filings required by the 

Board, if any, are available for 

immediate inspection at the Federal 

Reserve Bank(s) indicated below and at 

the offices of the Board of Governors. 

This information may also be obtained 

on an expedited basis, upon request, by 

contacting the appropriate Federal 

Reserve Bank and from the Board’s 

Freedom of Information Office at 

https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/ 

request.htm. Interested persons may 

express their views in writing on the 

standards enumerated in the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). 

Comments regarding each of these 

applications must be received at the 

Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of 

the Board of Governors, Ann E. 

Misback, Secretary of the Board, 20th 

Street and Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20551–0001, not later 

than December 28, 2023. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of San 

Francisco: (Joseph Cuenco, Assistant 

Vice President) Formations, 

Transactions & Enforcement, 101 Market 

Street, San Francisco, California 94105. 

Comments can also be sent 

electronically to: 

sf.fisc.comments.applications@

sf.frb.org. 

1. Central Valley Community 

Bancorp, Fresno, California; to acquire 

Community West Bancshares, and 

thereby indirectly acquire Community 

West Bank National Association, both of 

Goleta, California. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System. 

Yao-Chin Chao, 

Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26200 Filed 11–27–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Change in Bank Control Notices; 

Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or 

Bank Holding Company 

The notificants listed below have 

applied under the Change in Bank 

Control Act (Act) (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and 

§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 

CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank 

or bank holding company. The factors 

that are considered in acting on the 

applications are set forth in paragraph 7 

of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). 

The public portions of the 

applications listed below, as well as 

other related filings required by the 

Board, if any, are available for 

immediate inspection at the Federal 

Reserve Bank(s) indicated below and at 

the offices of the Board of Governors. 

This information may also be obtained 

on an expedited basis, upon request, by 

contacting the appropriate Federal 

Reserve Bank and from the Board’s 

Freedom of Information Office at 

https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/ 

request.htm. Interested persons may 

express their views in writing on the 

standards enumerated in paragraph 7 of 

the Act. 

Comments regarding each of these 

applications must be received at the 

Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of 

the Board of Governors, Ann E. 

Misback, Secretary of the Board, 20th 

Street and Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20551–0001, not later 

than December 13, 2023. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 

(Colette A. Fried, Assistant Vice 

President) 230 South LaSalle Street, 

Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414. 

Comments can also be sent 

electronically to 

Comments.applications@chi.frb.org: 

1. JFG Control, LP, IPJ 2012 JFG Trust, 

as general partner, and Helen P. 

Johnson-Leipold, as trustee, all of 

Racine, Wisconsin; to join the Johnson 

Family Control Group, a group acting in 

concert, to acquire voting shares of 

Johnson Financial Group, Inc., and 

thereby indirectly acquire voting shares 

of Johnson Bank, both of Racine, 

Wisconsin. 

2. Kenneth F. Whitmore GST Exempt 

Marital Trust, Lynn Whitmore as trustee, 

Lynn Whitmore, Scott Whitmore, and 

Cynthia Alvarez, all of Clarinda, Iowa; 

to join the Whitmore Family Control 

Group, a group acting in concert, to 

retain voting shares of Whitmore 

Company and thereby indirectly retain 

voting shares of PCSB Bank, both of 

Clarinda, Iowa. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System. 

Yao-Chin Chao, 

Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26204 Filed 11–27–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Notice of Proposals To Engage in or 

To Acquire Companies Engaged in 

Permissible Nonbanking Activities 

The companies listed in this notice 

have given notice under section 4 of the 

Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 

1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation Y, (12 

CFR part 225) to engage de novo, or to 

acquire or control voting securities or 

assets of a company, including the 

companies listed below, that engages 

either directly or through a subsidiary or 

other company, in a nonbanking activity 

that is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation Y 

(12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has 

determined by Order to be closely 

related to banking and permissible for 

bank holding companies. Unless 


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