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5:00pm–5:15pm Closing 

[FR Doc. 2014–06539 Filed 3–25–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[EL14–22–000, EL14–23–000, EL14–24–000, 

et al.] 

Notice of Institution of Section 206 

Proceedings and Refund Effective Date 

California Independent System Operator Corporation ....................................................................................... Docket No. EL14–22–000 

ISO New England, Inc .......................................................................................................................................... Docket No. EL14–23–000 

PJM Interconnection, LLC .................................................................................................................................... Docket No. EL14–24–000 

Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc .............................................................................................. Docket No. EL14–25–000 

New York Independent System Operator, Inc .................................................................................................... Docket No. EL14–26–000 

Southwest Power Pool, Inc .................................................................................................................................. Docket No. EL14–27–000 

On March 20, 2014, the Commission 

issued an order in Docket Nos. EL14– 

22–000, et al., pursuant to section 206 

of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 

U.S.C. 824e (2012), instituting an 

investigation into the justness and 

reasonableness of independent system 

operators’ (ISOs) and regional 

transmission organizations’ (RTOs) dayahead scheduling practices. California 

Independent System Operator 

Corporation, et al., 146 FERC ¶ 61,202 

(2014). 

The refund effective date in Docket 

Nos. EL14–22–000, et al., established 

pursuant to section 206(b) of the FPA, 

will be the date of issuance of the order 

establishing those proceedings. 

Dated: March 20, 2014. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–06690 Filed 3–25–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0219; FRL–9907–92] 

Pesticides; Consideration of 

Volatilization in Pesticide Risk 

Assessment: Notice of Availability and 

Request for Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the 

availability of several draft guidance 

documents for public comment. These 

documents detail EPA’s approach in 

developing a pesticide volatilization 

screening methodology for human 

health. Once final, these guidance 

documents will be posted on EPA’s Web 

site, to promote consistent risk 

assessment practices and provide 

transparency for pesticide registrants 

and other interested stakeholders. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before May 27, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0219, 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: 

Charles Smith, Health Effects Division 

(7507P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 305–0291; email address: 

smith.charles@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. What is the Agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

Pesticides are regulated under both 

the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. 136 

et. seq., and section 408 of the Federal 

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 

21 U.S.C. 346a. 

B. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are a producer of 

pesticide products (NAICS code 32532), 

importers of such products, or any 

person or company who seeks to obtain 

a tolerance for such a pesticide. The 

North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) code is 

not intended to be exhaustive, but rather 

provides a guide to help readers 

determine whether this document 

applies to them. Other types of entities 

not listed could also be affected. 

C. 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 submitting comments, remember 

to: 

i. Identify the document by docket ID 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

ii. Follow directions. The Agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

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iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

iv. Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

v. If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

vi. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

alternatives. 

vii. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

viii. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

D. What action is the Agency taking? 

Volatilization of a pesticide can be 

characterized as the physical movement 

of the vapor phase of a pesticide 

through the air after an application has 

occurred from the target site to any nonor off-target site. This does not include 

pesticide movements by spray drift, 

erosion, migration, or windblown soil 

particles after application. Volatilization 

is dependent on a number of physical 

and chemical properties, weather 

conditions, and other factors. Once offtarget, pesticide volatilization can result 

in inhalation exposure to people, such 

as bystanders. 

EPA has developed a guidance 

document describing EPA’s approach in 

developing a volatilization screening 

methodology for human health. The 

‘‘Human Health Bystander Screening 

Level Analysis: Volatilization of 

Conventional Pesticides’’ document 

(and its appendices) describes the 

development of the screening tool, the 

guiding principles behind the screening 

tool, the various inputs utilized in the 

screening tool, and the results of the 

screening analysis that EPA has recently 

completed using this methodology. 

These documents are available in the 

docket for this action using the docket 

ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0219 

(Refs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5). These policies 

will promote consistency within EPA, 

as well as with other Federal agencies 

and international regulatory partners 

that consider volatilization for 

pesticides. 

II. Consideration of Volatilization in 

Human Health Risk Assessment 

Over many years, EPA has been 

actively engaged in evaluating possible 

exposures associated with air borne, offtarget movement of pesticides. EPA has 

worked to develop and refine its 

methodologies for assessing bystander 

inhalation exposures resulting from 

volatilization of fumigants as well as to 

spray drift from the application of 

conventional pesticides in agricultural 

settings. Recently, EPA published a 

notice for comment in the Federal 

Register of January 29, 2014 (79 FR 

4691) (FRL–9903–12) two draft 

guidance documents describing how 

EPA plans to evaluate off-site spray drift 

for ecological and human health risk 

assessments. These documents are 

available at regulations.gov using the 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2013– 

0676. 

To account for volatilization from 

non-fumigant uses, EPA has been 

adapting the approaches developed for 

conducting risk assessments for the 

fumigants in assessing potential 

bystander inhalation risk. Notable 

milestones in this effort include the 

2009 FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel 

(SAP) review of issues related to 

volatilization of conventional pesticides 

(Ref. 6) and the 2013 chlorpyrifos 

preliminary volatility assessment (Ref. 

7). 

These adaptations have resulted in a 

Volatilization Screening Tool that 

provides a consistent and health 

protective framework to assess the 

potential inhalation bystander risks 

resulting from volatilization of 

conventional pesticides. A 

Volatilization Screening Tool Guidance 

Document (Ref. 2) was produced to 

support the screening tool. To estimate 

potential bystander inhalation risks, the 

screening tool uses: 

• A number of physical and chemical 

properties to predict flux (i.e., the rate 

at which a chemical volatilizes off of a 

treated field). 

• The AERSCREEN model (Ref. 8) to 

estimate air concentrations at different 

distances from a treated field. 

• Chemical-specific human health 

toxicological data. 

Four of the draft documents (Refs. 1, 

2, 3, and 4) provide details on the 

volatilization screening methodology 

including the development of the 

screening tool, the guiding principles 

behind the screening tool, and the 

various inputs used in the screening 

tool. To demonstrate the application of 

this methodology, two documents (Refs. 

1 and 5) present the results of the 

screening analysis that EPA completed 

using this methodology which 

examined all of the conventional 

pesticides being evaluated in the 

Registration Review process. It is 

important to note that ‘‘failing’’ the 

screening analysis does not necessarily 

mean that the pesticide poses a risk of 

concern due to volatilization. Rather, 

due to the purposely conservative 

nature of the screening analysis, failing 

the screen is merely a trigger for the 

Agency to further investigate the 

question of exposure from volatilization 

of the pesticide. 

III. References 

As indicated under ADDRESSES, a 

docket has been established for this 

notice under docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OPP–2014–0219. The following is a 

listing of the documents that are 

specifically referenced in this action. 

The docket includes these documents 

and other information considered by 

EPA, including documents that are 

referenced within the documents that 

are included in the docket, even if the 

referenced document is not physically 

located in the docket. For assistance in 

locating these other documents, please 

consult the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

1. EPA. Human Health Bystander 

Screening Level Analysis: Volatilization 

of Conventional Pesticides (Draft dated 

3/1/2014). 

2. EPA. Appendix A: Volatilization 

Screening Tool Guidance Document 

(Draft dated 3/1/2014). 

3. EPA. Appendix B: Inhalation 

Equivalent Concentration Calculations 

for the Registration Review Chemical 

Analysis (Draft dated 3/1/2014). 

4. EPA. Appendix C: Data Entry 

Sheets for the Registration Review 

Chemical Volatilization Screening 

Analysis (Draft dated 3/1/2014). 

5. EPA. Appendix D: Registration 

Review Chemical Volatilization 

Screening Analysis Results (Draft dated 

3/1/2014). 

6. FIFRA SAP. December 1–4, 2009: 

Scientific Issues Associated with Field 

Volatilization of Conventional 

Pesticides. Available at http://

www.epa.gov/scipoly/sap/meetings/

2009/120109meeting.html (accessed 2/

24/2014), or in the docket at 

regulations.gov using the document ID 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0687). 

7. EPA. Chlorpyrifos Preliminary 

Evaluation of the Potential Risks from 

Volatilization: Available in the docket at 

regulations.gov using the document ID 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0850– 

0114). 

8. EPA. Technology Transfer Network 

Support Center for Regulatory 

Atmospheric Modeling: Preferred/

recommended Models. Available at 

http://www.epa.gov/ttn/scram/

dispersion_prefrec.htm (accessed 2/26/

2014). 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides 

and pests. 


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Dated: March 18, 2014. 

Marty Monell, 

Acting, Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2014–06545 Filed 3–25–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2013–0676; FRL–9908–29] 

Pesticides; Consideration of Spray 

Drift in Pesticide Risk Assessment: 

Extension of Comment Period 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: EPA issued a notice in the 

Federal Register of January 29, 2014, 

concerning the availability of two draft 

guidance documents for public 

comment. This document extends the 

comment period for 30 days, from 

March 31, 2014 to April 30, 2014. The 

comment period is being extended to 

provide additional time for commenters 

to prepare their responses. 

DATES: Comments, identified by docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2013–0676, must be received on or 

before April 30, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed 

instructions as provided under 

ADDRESSES in the Federal Register 

document of January 29, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

the ecological risk assessment guidance 

document, Faruque Khan, 

Environmental Fate and Effects 

Division, (7507P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 305–6127; email address: 

khan.faruque@epa.gov. 

For the human health risk assessment 

guidance document, Jeff Dawson, Health 

Effects Division, (7509P), same address; 

telephone number: (703) 305–7329; 

email address: dawson.jeff.@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document extends the public comment 

period established in the Federal 

Register notice of January 29, 2014 (79 

FR 4691; FRL–9903–12), which 

requested comment on two draft 

guidance documents. The extension was 

requested by the National Agricultural 

Aviation Association, the Agricultural 

Retailers Association, and CropLife 

America. EPA is hereby extending the 

comment period, which was set to end 

on March 31, 2014, to April 30, 2014. 

To submit comments, or access the 

docket, please follow the detailed 

instructions as provided under 

ADDRESSES in the January 29, 2014 

Federal Register document. If you have 

questions, consult the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: March 19, 2014. 

Marty Monell, 

Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0207; FRL–9907–35] 

Product Cancellation Order for Certain 

Pesticide Registrations 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

order for the cancellations, voluntarily 

requested by the registrants and 

accepted by the Agency, of the products 

listed in Table 1 of Unit II., pursuant to 

the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This 

cancellation order follows a January 22, 

2014 Federal Register notice of receipt 

of requests from the registrants listed in 

Table 2 of Unit II. to voluntarily cancel 

these product registrations. In the 

January 22, 2014 Federal Register 

notice, EPA indicated that it would 

issue an order implementing the 

cancellations, if appropriate according 

to the terms of the requests, unless the 

Agency received substantive comments 

within the 30-day comment period that 

would merit its further review of these 

requests, or unless the registrants 

withdrew their requests. The Agency 

received one comment on the January 

22, 2014 Federal Register notice which 

is addressed in Unit III., the registrants 

did not withdraw their requests, and 

cancellation is appropriate according to 

the terms of the requests. Accordingly, 

EPA hereby issues this cancellation 

order granting the requested 

cancellations. Any distribution, sale, or 

use of the products subject to this 

cancellation order is permitted only in 

accordance with the terms of this order, 

including any existing stocks 

provisions. 

DATES: The cancellations are effective 

April 1, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kaitlin Keller, Pesticide Re-Evaluation 

Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 308–8172; email address: 

keller.kaitlin@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general, and may be of interest to a 

wide range of stakeholders including 

environmental, human health, and 

agricultural advocates; the chemical 

industry; pesticide users; and members 

of the public interested in the sale, 

distribution, or use of pesticides. Since 

others also may be interested, the 

Agency has not attempted to describe all 

the specific entities that may be affected 

by this action. 

B. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

The docket for this action, identified 

by docket identification (ID) number 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0207 is available 

at http://www.regulations.gov or at the 

Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory 

Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 

20460–0001. The Public Reading Room 

is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the OPP 

Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review 

the visitor instructions and additional 

information about the docket available 

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

II. What action is the Agency taking? 

This notice announces the 

cancellation, as requested by registrants, 

of products registered under FIFRA 

section 3. These registrations are listed 

in sequence by registration number in 

Table 1. 

TABLE 1—PRODUCT CANCELLATIONS

EPA 

Registration 

number 

Product name Chemical 

name 

2517–61 ...... Sergeant’s 

Dual Action 

Flea & Tick 

Collar (With 

DPhenothrin).

Propoxur, 

MGK 264, 

Phenothrin. 


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