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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; or Charles 

Smith, Registration Division (RD) 

(7505T), main telephone number: (202) 

566–2427, email address: 

RDFRNotices@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? 

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). 

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. 

II. Registration Applications 

EPA has received applications to 

register pesticide products containing 

active ingredients not included in any 

currently registered pesticide products. 

Pursuant to the provisions of FIFRA 

section 3(c)(4) (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(4)), EPA 

is hereby providing notice of receipt and 

opportunity to comment on these 

applications. Notice of receipt of these 

applications does not imply a decision 

by the Agency on these applications. 

For actions being evaluated under EPA’s 

public participation process for 

registration actions, there will be an 

additional opportunity for public 

comment on the proposed decisions. 

Please see EPA’s public participation 

website for additional information on 

this process (https://www.epa.gov/ 

pesticide-registration/publicparticipation-process-registrationactions). 

New Active Ingredients 

File Symbols: 70506–AGN and 70506– 

AGR. Docket ID number: EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2023–0459. Applicant: UPL NA, 

Inc., 630 Freedom Business Center, 

Suite 402, King of Prussia, PA 19406. 

Product names: UPL Glufosinate-Pammonium Technical and KFD–581–01 

Herbicide Product. Active ingredient: 

Herbicide—L-Glufosinate Ammonium at 

92.46% (UPL Glufosinate-P-ammonium 

Technical) and 23.86% (KFD–581–01 

Herbicide Product). Proposed uses: 

Almond, hulls; beet, sugar, molasses; 

beet, sugar, roots; bushberry subgroup 

13B; canola, meal; canola, seed; cattle, 

fat; cattle, meat; cattle, meat byproducts; 

corn, field forage; corn, field, grain; 

corn, field, stover; corn, sweet, forage; 

corn, sweet, kernels plus cob with husks 

removed; corn, sweet, stover; cotton, gin 

byproducts; cotton, undelinted seed; 

egg; citrus fruit, crop group 10–10; pome 

fruit, crop group 11–10; stone fruit, crop 

group 12–12; goat, fat; goat, meat; goat, 

meat byproducts; grain aspirated 

fractions; grape; hog, fat; hog, meat; hog, 

meat byproducts; horse, fat; horse, meat; 

horse, meat byproducts; milk; tree nut, 

crop group 14–12; olive; potato; potato, 

chips; potato granules/flakes; poultry, 

fat; poultry, meat; poultry, meat 

byproducts; sheep, fat; sheep, meat; 

sheep, meat byproducts; soybean; 

soybean, hulls. Contact: RD. 

File Symbols: 7969–UOI, 7969–UOO, 

and 7969–LNN. Docket ID number: 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2020–0250. Applicant: 

BASF Corporation Agricultural 

Solutions, 26 Davis Drive; P.O. Box 

13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 

27709. Product names: L-Glufosinateammonium Technical Product, LGlufosinate-ammonium ManufacturingUse Product and BASF L-Glufosinateammonium 211. Active ingredient: 

Herbicide—L-Glufosinate-ammonium at 

89.6% L-Glufosinate-ammonium 

Technical Product); 50% (L-Glufosinateammonium Manufacturing-Use 

Product); and 18.7% (BASF LGlufosinate-ammonium 211). Proposed 

uses: Canola; corn, field; corn, sweet; 

cotton; and soybean. Contact: RD. 

File Symbol: 92643–R. Docket ID 

number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0542. 

Applicant: Verily Life Sciences, LLC. 

269 East Grand Avenue, South San 

Francisco, CA 94080. Product name: 

DAB Males. Active ingredient: 

Wolbachia pipientis wAlbB strain 

contained in live adult Aedes aegypti 

males. Proposed use: Microbial 

Insecticide. Contact: BPPD. 

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

Dated: November 13, 2023. 

Delores Barber, 

Director, Information Technology and 

Resources Management Division, Office of 

Program Support. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2023–0287; FRL–11530–01– 

OW] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; Textile 

Mills Industry Data Collection 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

Textile Mills Industry Data Collection’’ 

(EPA ICR No. 2798.01, OMB Control No. 

2040–NEW) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). 

Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public 

comments on specific aspects of the 

proposed information collection as 

described below. This is a request for 

approval of a new collection. This 

notice allows for 60 days for public 

comments. 


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DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before January 29, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2023–0287, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to OW-Docket@

epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460. 

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: Dr. 

Paul Shriner, Engineering and Analysis 

Division, Office of Science and 

Technology, (4303T), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 202–566–1076; 

email address: Shriner.Paul@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

request for approval of a new collection. 

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. 

This notice allows 60 days for public 

comments. Supporting documents, 

which explain in detail the information 

that the EPA will be collecting, are 

available in the public docket for this 

ICR. The docket can be viewed online 

at www.regulations.gov or in person at 

the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 

Room 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. 

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

the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq), EPA is 

soliciting comments and information to 

enable it to: (i) 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; (ii) evaluate the 

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (iv) 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. EPA will consider the 

comments received and amend the ICR 

as appropriate. The final ICR package 

will then be submitted to OMB for 

review and approval. At that time, EPA 

will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: Under the Clean Water Act 

(CWA), the EPA develops effluent 

limitations guidelines (ELGs) to limit 

pollutants discharged from industrial 

point source categories. The EPA 

initially promulgated the Textiles Mills 

ELGs in 1974 (39 FR 24736, July 5, 

1974) and amended the regulations in 

1977 (42 FR 26979, May 26, 1977) and 

1982 (47 FR 38810, September 2, 1982). 

Textiles mills receive and prepare 

fibers, transforming these materials into 

yarn, thread or webbing. Other mills 

convert yarns and webbing into fabric or 

related products and finish these 

materials. Many textile mills produce a 

final consumer product such as thread, 

yarn, fabric, hosiery, sheets, towels, and 

carpet. The current regulation covers 

wastewater discharges from textile mills 

which perform one or more of the 

following operations and discharge 

process wastewater directly to surface 

waters or indirectly to surface waters 

through publicly owned treatment 

works (POTWs): wool scouring, wool 

finishing, yarn and unfinished fabric 

manufacturing, woven fabric finishing, 

knit fabric finishing, carpet finishing, 

and nonwoven textile products of wool, 

cotton, synthetics, or blends of such 

fabrics. 

In the Preliminary Study of the 

Textiles Industry (July 1996), the EPA 

presented an industry profile of 

establishments engaged in the 

manufacture of textile products. 

Approximately 35 to 50 percent were 

engaged in wet processing (dyeing, 

finishing, printing and coating), and at 

least 90 percent of these facilities 

discharge their process wastewater to 

POTWs. When compared with 1980 

data, the industry in 1993 averaged 22 

percent less water per pound of fiber 

processed as a result of water 

conservation programs implemented by 

textile facilities. 

In the Preliminary Effluent Guidelines 

Program Plan 15 (86 FR 51155, 

September 2021), based on information 

and data the EPA collected for the 

Preliminary Multi-Industry Per- and 

Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) 

Study, the EPA determined that PFAS 

have been and continue to be used by 

textile and carpet manufacturers, a 

subset of facilities regulated under the 

Textile Mills ELGs. The EPA’s review of 

PFAS use and discharge by the textile 

mills point source category is largely 

based on publicly available information 

and literature. Based on a small number 

of sample results, EPA determined that 

PFAS, including legacy long-chain 

PFAS, are present in wastewater 

discharges from some textile mills to 

POTWs. Most textile mills are not 

monitoring for PFAS, nor are they 

required to do so. Therefore, the EPA 

expects that textile mills may be 

discharging PFAS to POTWs or surface 

waters even when the textile mill no 

longer uses PFAS in their process. 

As announced in the Effluent 

Guidelines Program Plan 15 (88 FR 

6258, January 31, 2023), the EPA is 

continuing to evaluate the available data 

on types and concentrations of PFAS in 

wastewater discharged from textile 

mills. As indicated above there is 

limited publicly available data on textile 

mills, including potential use and 

discharge of PFAS, fluoropolymers, and 

fluorotelomers. The EPA has also 

reviewed information on textile mills 

from Environmental Compliance 

History Online (ECHO), the Integrated 

Compliance Information System (ICIS), 

as well as data collected from several 

state environmental agencies. However, 

very few of these data sources include 

PFAS monitoring data. None of these 

data sources define a complete 

population of textile mills in the United 

States, nor do they provide detailed 

information on specific facility 

operations including any recent phase 

out of PFAS usage. 

Therefore, a questionnaire for the 

textile mills industry is necessary for 

the EPA to determine if the current 

regulations remain appropriate and, if 

warranted, to develop and propose new 

regulations. If new regulations are 

deemed to be warranted, the 

questionnaire is essential for the EPA to 

complete the detailed technical analysis 

necessary for the rulemaking. The EPA 

has identified and compiled mailing 

addresses for approximately 2,200 

textile manufacturing facilities in the 

United States. A subsequent wastewater 

sampling program will require a subset 

of approximately 20 textile 

manufacturing facilities that completed 

the questionnaire to also collect 

wastewater samples and submit them to 

an EPA-contracted laboratory. 

Wastewater sampling data are critical 

for characterizing the wastewater 

generated and discharged by textile 

manufacturing facilities, as well as 

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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. 

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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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