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received by EPA, the date of 

commencement provided by the 

submitter in the NOC, a notation of the 

type of amendment (e.g., amendment to 

generic name, specific name, technical 

contact information, etc.) and chemical 

substance identity. 

TABLE II—NOCS APPROVED * FROM 11/01/2023 TO 11/30/2023 

Case No. Received date Commencement 

date 

If amendment, 

type of 

amendment 

Chemical substance 

P–16–0313 11/15/2023 11/02/2023 N (S) Tar acids (shale oil), C6–9 fraction, alkylphenols, low-boiling. 

P–18–0158 11/28/2023 11/01/2023 N (G) Sulfonium, triphenyl-, salt with 2,3-bis(substituted) 5- 

sulfocarbopolycyclic-2,3-carboxylate derivative (1:1). 

P–20–0054 11/07/2023 10/07/2020 N (S) Nitrile Hydratase. 

P–20–0178A 11/29/2023 08/02/2023 Amended Generic Chemical Name (G) Carbopolycyclic alkenyl, 2-carboxylic acid, 2- 

[[[[[(isocyanatophenyl)alkyl] carbocycle]-amino]carbonyl]oxy]ethyl ester. 

P–21–0042 11/28/2023 11/01/2023 N (G) Sulfonium, tricarbocyclic-, 2-heteroatom-substituted-4- 

(alkyl)carbomonocyclic carboxylate (1:1). 

P–21–0131 11/28/2023 11/01/2023 N (G) Sulfonium, tricarbocyclic-, 2-(4-alkoxyhalocarbomonocyclic)-alpha, 

alpha, beta, beta-polyhalopolyhydro-4,7-methano-1,3-heteropolycyclic5-alkanesulfonate (1:1). 

P–22–0018 11/20/2023 11/03/2023 N (G) Substituted polyalkylenepoly, reaction products with substituted 

heteromonocycle substituted heteromonocycle polyalkylene derivs. 

P–22–0022 11/14/2023 11/04/2023 N (G) Aryl-substituted-heterocyclic-polyamine, reaction products with polyethylene glycol alkyl-ether, and nitrogen and alkyl-substituted benzene. 

P–23–0013 11/17/2023 11/15/2023 N (S) Phenol, polymer with 4,4′-bis(chloromethyl)-1,1′-biphenyl. 

In Table III of this unit, EPA provides 

the following information (to the extent 

such information is not subject to a CBI 

claim) on the test information that has 

been received during this time period: 

The EPA case number assigned to the 

test information; the date the test 

information was received by EPA, the 

type of test information submitted, and 

chemical substance identity. 

TABLE III—TEST INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM 11/01/2023 TO 11/30/2023 

Case No. Received date Type of test information Chemical substance 

L–23–0173 ..... 11/22/2023 Algal Toxicity (OECD Test Guideline 201) (G) Cis-Alkenoic Acid. 

P–16–0543 ..... 11/21/2023 Exposure Monitoring Report ....................... (G) Halogenophosphoric acid metal salt. 

P–23–0017 ..... 11/29/2023 Human Repeated Insult Patch Testing ...... (G) Hydrolyzed collagen, polymer with aromatic 

isocyanate, n-triethoxysylil-alkanamine, pectic polysaccharide and poly alkyl alcohol. 

If you are interested in information 

that is not included in these tables, you 

may contact EPA’s technical 

information contact or general 

information contact as described under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT to 

access additional non-CBI information 

that may be available. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. 

Dated: December 18, 2023. 

Pamela Myrick, 

Director, Project Management and Operations 

Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28240 Filed 12–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0476; FRL–11412–01– 

OCSPP] 

Pesticide Registration Notice 2023–2; 

Establishment of the Vector Expedited 

Review Voucher (VERV) Program; 

Notice of Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is announcing the 

availability of Pesticide Registration 

Notice (PR Notice) 2023–2, entitled 

‘‘Establishment of the Vector Expedited 

Review Voucher (VERV) Program.’’ PR 

Notices are issued by the Office of 

Pesticide Programs (OPP) to inform 

pesticide registrants and other 

interested persons about important 

program policies, procedures, and 

registration related decisions, and serve 

to provide guidance to pesticide 

registrants and OPP personnel. This PR 

Notice establishes and describes the 

new VERV Program. The 

implementation of the VERV Program 

will incentivize the development of new 

insecticides to control and prevent the 

spread of vector-borne disease. 

DATES: PR Notice 2023–2 is effective 

upon signature. Since the revised form 

is already approved and in use, all older 

versions of the form will not be 

accepted. 

ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0476, is 

available online at https://

www.regulations.gov. Additional 

instructions for visiting the docket, 

along with more information about 

dockets generally, is available at https:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Jennings, Office of Pesticide 

Programs (7501M), Environmental 


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Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: (706) 355–8574; 

email address: jennings.susan@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general, although this PR Notice may 

be of particular interest to those persons 

who may seek a pesticide registration 

under the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

(FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. Since other 

entities may also be interested or 

affected based on future activities, the 

Agency has not attempted to describe all 

the specific entities that this PR Notice 

may apply to. 

II. What is the Agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

FIFRA section 4(k)(7), 7 U.S.C. 136a– 

1(k)(7), as established in an amendment 

to FIFRA contained in the Pesticide 

Registration Improvement Act of 2022 

(PRIA 5). 

III. What guidance does this PR Notice 

provide? 

As outlined in FIFRA section 4(k)(7), 

the Agency must establish the VERV 

Program by December 29, 2023, to 

incentivize development of new 

insecticides to control the spread of 

vector-borne disease to protect public 

health from mosquito born illnesses by 

granting vouchers for successfully 

registered products. If granted, the 

voucher may be redeemed to shorten the 

decision review time for a future 

pesticide application falling under 

certain specified PRIA categories. To 

achieve this, EPA is issuing PR Notice 

2023–2 to establish the new VERV 

Program by providing guidance on 

applicable requirements and procedures 

for registrants to apply for, track, and 

redeem vouchers under the VERV 

Program. 

Specifically, the Agency has amended 

the current form used for pesticide 

registration applications by adding 

optional fields to allow pesticide 

registrants to apply for the voucher 

program and to redeem previously 

granted vouchers for expediated review. 

An optional check box was added to the 

registration form for both the initial 

voucher application and the application 

for which expedited review is sought. 

Registration applicants may also attach 

an explanation for their voucher 

request, that includes a description of 

the insecticide and public health 

impacts with other required 

information, electronically or by paper 

with the registration form. The Agency 

will review the voucher application and 

award the voucher if the application 

meets the requirements of FIFRA 

section 4(k)(7). If a voucher is granted, 

an applicant may redeem the voucher 

by choosing the expedited review 

option on the amended registration 

form. 

In addition, as specified in EPA 

regulations at 40 CFR 152.119(c), 

applicant-submitted information, 

including that provided on EPA Form 

No. 8570–1, entitled ‘‘Application for 

Pesticide Registration/Amendment,’’ 

will, on request, be made available to 

the public for inspection after a 

pesticide product is registered. EPA has 

previously determined that none of the 

information that applicants provide on 

EPA Form No. 8570–1 is confidential 

business information (CBI) or otherwise 

protected under FIFRA. As such, the 

Agency is able to release the form in 

response to a request under the Freedom 

of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552 

and EPA implementing regulations at 40 

CFR 2.100. 

IV. Do PR Notices impose binding 

requirements? 

The PR Notice discussed in this 

document is intended to provide 

guidance to EPA personnel and 

decisionmakers and to pesticide 

registrants. While requirements in 

statutes and Agency regulations are 

binding on EPA and pesticide 

registrants, the PR Notice does not 

impose new binding requirements on 

either EPA or pesticide registrants, and 

EPA may depart from the guidance 

presented in the PR Notice where 

circumstances warrant and without 

prior notice. Likewise, pesticide 

registrants may assert that the guidance 

is not appropriate generally or not 

applicable to a specific pesticide or 

situation. 

V. Is the revised form approved under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)? 

According to the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq., an agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

that requires approval under the PRA, 

unless it has been approved by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) and displays a currently valid 

OMB control number. This PR Notice 

does not create any paperwork burdens 

that require additional approval by 

OMB under the PRA because the 

information collection activities 

associated with EPA Form No. 8570–1 

and the activities described in this PR 

Notice are already approved by OMB 

under OMB Control No. 2070–0226. The 

approved activities and related 

instruments are contained in the 

Information Collection Requests (ICR), 

entitled ‘‘Consolidated Pesticide 

Registration Submission Portal’’, 

identified as EPA ICR No. 2624.02 and 

approved under OMB Control No. 2070– 

0226. 

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

Dated: December 18, 2023. 

Michal Freedhoff, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28211 Filed 12–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL OP–OFA–102] 

Environmental Impact Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information 202– 

564–5632 or https://www.epa.gov/nepa. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements (EIS) 

Filed December 11, 2023 10 a.m. EST 

Through December 18, 2023 10 a.m. 

EST 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

Notice 

Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act 

requires that EPA make public its 

comments on EISs issued by other 

Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters 

on EISs are available at: https:// 

cdxapps.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-II/public/ 

action/eis/search. 

EIS No. 20230179, Third Draft 

Supplemental, USACE, CA, American 

River Common Features, 2016 Flood 

Risk Management Project, 

Sacramento, California Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Subsequent Environmental Impact 

Report XIV, Comment Period Ends: 

02/05/2024, Contact: Guy Romine 

916–496–4646. 

EIS No. 20230180, Draft, NRCS, WI, 

Coon Creek Watershed, Comment 

Period Ends: 02/20/2024, Contact: 

Joshua Odekirk 262–470–2064. 

EIS No. 20230181, Draft, NRCS, WI, 

West Fork Kickapoo Watershed, 

Comment Period Ends: 02/20/2024, 

Contact: Joshua Odekirk 262–470– 

2064. 

Amended Notice: EIS No. 20230175, 

Draft, Caltrans, CA, Last Chance 

Grade Permanent Restoration Project 

Draft Environmental Impact Report/ 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation, 

Comment Period Ends: 02/13/2024, 

Contact: Steve Croteau 707–572–7149. 


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