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option of the state, tribe or local 

government in place of procedures 

available under existing programspecific authorization regulations. An 

application submitted under the subpart 

D procedures must show that the state, 

tribe or local government has sufficient 

legal authority to implement the 

electronic reporting components of the 

programs covered by the application 

and will use electronic document 

receiving systems that meet the 

applicable subpart D requirements. 

Once an authorized program has EPA’s 

approval to accept electronic documents 

under certain programs, CROMERR 

§ 3.1000(a)(4) requires that the program 

keep EPA apprised of any changes to 

laws, policies, or the electronic 

document receiving systems that have 

the potential to affect the program’s 

compliance with CROMERR § 3.2000. 

On March 16, 2016, the Rhode Island 

Department of Health (RI DOH) 

submitted an amended application 

titled Compliance Monitoring Data 

Portal for revision to its EPA-approved 

drinking water program under title 40 

CFR to allow new electronic reporting. 

EPA reviewed RI DOH’s request to 

revise its EPA-authorized program and, 

based on this review, EPA determined 

that the application met the standards 

for approval of authorized program 

revision/modification set out in 40 CFR 

part 3, subpart D. In accordance with 40 

CFR 3.1000(d), this notice of EPA’s 

decision to approve Rhode Island’s 

request to revise its Part 142—National 

Primary Drinking Water Regulations 

Implementation program to allow 

electronic reporting under 40 CFR part 

141 is being published in the Federal 

Register. 

RI DOH was notified of EPA’s 

determination to approve its application 

with respect to the authorized program 

listed above. 

Also, in today’s notice, EPA is 

informing interested persons that they 

may request a public hearing on EPA’s 

action to approve the State of Rhode 

Island’s request to revise its authorized 

public water system program under 40 

CFR part 142, in accordance with 40 

CFR 3.1000(f). Requests for a hearing 

must be submitted to EPA within 30 

days of publication of today’s Federal 

Register notice. Such requests should 

include the following information: 

(1) The name, address and telephone 

number of the individual, organization 

or other entity requesting a hearing; 

(2) A brief statement of the requesting 

person’s interest in EPA’s 

determination, a brief explanation as to 

why EPA should hold a hearing, and 

any other information that the 

requesting person wants EPA to 

consider when determining whether to 

grant the request; 

(3) The signature of the individual 

making the request, or, if the request is 

made on behalf of an organization or 

other entity, the signature of a 

responsible official of the organization 

or other entity. 

In the event a hearing is requested 

and granted, EPA will provide notice of 

the hearing in the Federal Register not 

less than 15 days prior to the scheduled 

hearing date. Frivolous or insubstantial 

requests for hearing may be denied by 

EPA. Following such a public hearing, 

EPA will review the record of the 

hearing and issue an order either 

affirming today’s determination or 

rescinding such determination. If no 

timely request for a hearing is received 

and granted, EPA’s approval of the State 

of Rhode Island’s request to revise its 

part 142—National Primary Drinking 

Water Regulations Implementation 

program to allow electronic reporting 

will become effective 30 days after 

today’s notice is published, pursuant to 

CROMERR section 3.1000(f)(4). 

Matthew Leopard, 

Director, Office of Information Collection. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL_9944–27–OEI] 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: 

Authorized Program Revision 

Approval, State of Alabama 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

approval of the State of Alabama’s 

request to revise/modify its General 

Pretreatment Regulations for Existing 

and New Sources of Pollution EPAauthorized program to allow electronic 

reporting. 

DATES: EPA’s approval is effective April 

26, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Seeh, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of 

Environmental Information, Mail Stop 

2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–1175, 

seeh.karen@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media 

Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) 

was published in the Federal Register 

(70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of 

title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR 

establishes electronic reporting as an 

acceptable regulatory alternative to 

paper reporting and establishes 

requirements to assure that electronic 

documents are as legally dependable as 

their paper counterparts. Subpart D of 

CROMERR requires that state, tribal or 

local government agencies that receive, 

or wish to begin receiving, electronic 

reports under their EPA-authorized 

programs must apply to EPA for a 

revision or modification of those 

programs and obtain EPA approval. 

Subpart D provides standards for such 

approvals based on consideration of the 

electronic document receiving systems 

that the state, tribe, or local government 

will use to implement the electronic 

reporting. Additionally, § 3.1000(b) 

through (e) of 40 CFR part 3, subpart D 

provides special procedures for program 

revisions and modifications to allow 

electronic reporting, to be used at the 

option of the state, tribe or local 

government in place of procedures 

available under existing programspecific authorization regulations. An 

application submitted under the subpart 

D procedures must show that the state, 

tribe or local government has sufficient 

legal authority to implement the 

electronic reporting components of the 

programs covered by the application 

and will use electronic document 

receiving systems that meet the 

applicable subpart D requirements. 

Once an authorized program has EPA’s 

approval to accept electronic documents 

under certain programs, CROMERR 

§ 3.1000(a)(4) requires that the program 

keep EPA apprised of any changes to 

laws, policies, or the electronic 

document receiving systems that have 

the potential to affect the program’s 

compliance with CROMERR § 3.2000. 

On October 14, 2014, the Alabama 

Department of Environmental 

Management (ADEM) submitted an 

amended application titled ‘‘Electronic 

Environmental Data Exchange Reporting 

System’’ for revision/modification to its 

EPA-approved pretreatment program 

under title 40 CFR to allow new 

electronic reporting. EPA reviewed 

ADEM’s request to revise/modify its 

EPA-authorized Part 403—General 

Pretreatment Regulations for Existing 

and New Sources of Pollution and, 

based on this review, EPA determined 

that the application met the standards 

for approval of authorized program 

revision/modification set out in 40 CFR 

part 3, subpart D. In accordance with 40 

CFR 3.1000(d), this notice of EPA’s 

decision to approve Alabama’s request 

to revise/modify its Part 403—General 

Pretreatment Regulations for Existing 

and New Sources of Pollution to allow 

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electronic reporting under 40 CFR parts 

403–471 is being published in the 

Federal Register. 

ADEM was notified of EPA’s 

determination to approve its application 

with respect to the authorized program 

listed above. 

Matthew Leopard, 

Director, Office of Information Collection. 

[FR Doc. 2016–09574 Filed 4–25–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0374; FRL–9944–96] 

Pesticide Experimental Use Permit; 

Receipt of Application; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

receipt of an application (88877–EUP–2) 

from the University of Kentucky’s 

Department of Entomology requesting 

an amendment and extension to an 

already existing experimental use 

permit (EUP) for Wolbachia pipientis, 

wAlbB Strain. EPA has determined that 

the permit may be of regional or 

national significance. Therefore, 

because of the potential significance, 

EPA is seeking comments on this 

application. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before May 26, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0374, 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: 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; main telephone 

number: (703) 305–7090; email address: 

BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov. 

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, EPA 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 

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

comments.html. 

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, EPA 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 discussed in this 

document, compared to the general 

population. 

II. What action is EPA 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), EPA 

has determined that the following EUP 

application may be of regional or 

national significance, and therefore is 

seeking public comment on the EUP 

application: 

Submitter: University of Kentucky, 

Department of Entomology, S–225 

Agricultural Science Center North, 

Lexington, KY 40546–0091, (88877– 

EUP–2). 

Pesticide Chemical: Wolbachia 

pipientis, wAlbB Strain. 

Summary of Request: The University 

of Kentucky’s Department of 

Entomology has proposed to continue to 

field test a new strain of Wolbachia 

pipientis (wAlbB Strain) to determine its 

pesticidal value for suppression and 

elimination of Aedes aegypti, a 

mosquito that vectors some human 

diseases, e.g., chikungunya, dengue, and 

Zika viruses. Under the currently 

approved EUP, the University of 

Kentucky is authorized to release and 

monitor 2,400,000 male Aedes aegypti 

WB1 Strain mosquitoes that contain the 

pesticidal active ingredient Wolbachia 

pipientis, wAlbB Strain (5.672 × 10¥5

ounce) in Fresno County, California in 

2015 and 2016 over 840 acres. The 

University of Kentucky has requested to 

amend and extend this EUP by adding 

sites in Orange County, California and 

Monroe County, Florida (Florida Keys) 

in 2016 and 2017 and by continuing 

testing in Fresno County, California in 

2017. Up to 12,000,000 additional male 

Aedes aegypti WB1 Strain mosquitoes 

containing Wolbachia pipientis, wAlbB 

Strain (28.36 × 10¥5 ounce) are 

proposed to be released and up to 748.3 

additional acres (includes point-source 

release and surveillance/monitoring 

acreage) will be involved in testing in 

2016 and 2017. The released male 

mosquitoes are expected to mate with 

indigenous female mosquitoes, causing 

conditional sterility and resulting in 

population decline and potential 

elimination. Adult and egg collection 

data from the treated areas will be 

compared to data from control sites to 

evaluate the effect of the pesticide on 

mosquito populations. (Note: Male 

mosquitoes, which the University of 

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