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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0643; FRL–11635–01– 

OCSPP] 

Pesticides; Request for Stakeholder 

Input on the Proposed Design of 

Assistance Agreements for a National 

Farmworker Training and Education 

Program; Notice of Availability and 

Opportunity for Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the 

availability of a Request for Information 

(RFI) that seeks public comment to 

inform the design of its National 

Farmworker Training and Education 

Program (NFTEP). The NFTEP will be a 

series of assistance agreements to 

conduct pesticide safety trainings for 

farmworkers and farmworker 

communities, create pesticide safety 

educational and training materials, and 

develop innovative outreach and 

delivery strategies. The Pesticide 

Registration Improvement Act of 2022 

(PRIA 5) included set-asides of up to 

$7.5 million in total for fiscal years 

2023–2027 to fund the NFTEP. PRIA 5 

also requires EPA to seek input from 

persons who conduct farmworker 

education and training to inform the 

program’s Notices of Funding 

Opportunities (NOFOs), formerly called 

Requests for Applications (RFAs). EPA 

has previously solicited input on its 

PRIA-funded worker protection 

activities, including cooperative 

agreements, through the Pesticide 

Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC), 

which includes representatives of 

farmworker-serving organizations. 

DATES: Submit your comments on or 

before March 25, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0643, 

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 or visiting 

the docket, along with more information 

about dockets generally, is available at 

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Isabel Gross, Office of Chemical Safety 

and Pollution Prevention, Pesticide Reevaluation Division (7508M), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460–0001; telephone number: (202) 

566–1741; email address: gross.isabel@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Executive Summary 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This notice is directed to the general 

public and may be of specific interest to 

entities that conduct education and 

training of farmworkers (e.g., 

governmental and non-governmental 

organizations, non-profit organizations, 

community-based organizations, labor 

organizations, academic institutions, 

research institutions, community health 

centers and clinics, public health 

administration and environmental 

health administration programs, and 

private sector entities). Because others 

may also be interested in this notice, the 

EPA has not attempted to describe all 

entities that may be interested in the 

subject. 

B. What is the Agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

The Pesticide Registration 

Improvement Act of 2022 (referred to as 

PRIA 5), Public Law 117–328, amended 

the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

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

et seq., to include up to $7,500,000 of 

set-aside funds in total for a Farmworker 

Training Program. Funds are for fiscal 

years 2023 through 2027. 

Under PRIA section 703(a)(1)(G)(i), 

the NFTEP should provide assistance 

agreements to facilitate training and 

education for farmworkers and 

farmworker communities on pesticide 

safety, rights related to pesticide safety, 

and the Worker Protection Standard; to 

develop educational and training 

materials; and to develop and test 

innovative outreach and delivery 

strategies to better reach farmworkers 

and farmworker communities with these 

trainings and materials. 

PRIA section 703(a)(1)(G)(iii), 

specifies that only community-based 

nonprofit farmworker organizations are 

eligible to receive this funding. Section 

703(a)(1)(G)(ii) of PRIA 5 further states 

that, in order to be eligible to receive 

this funding, the community-based 

nonprofit farmworker organizations 

must also have experience providing 

training and education services for 

farmworkers or pesticide handlers, or 

experience developing informational 

materials for farmworkers or pesticide 

handlers. 

C. Why is EPA taking this action? 

The purpose of the RFI is to solicit 

additional feedback from a broad array 

of individuals and organizations with 

applicable knowledge and expertise. 

Additional public input, including 

environmental justice perspectives, will 

help the Agency refine the NOFOs and 

more effectively address the 

disproportionate impact of pesticide 

illness and injury on farmworker 

communities. This action satisfies PRIA 

section 703(a)(1)(K)(iv) which requires 

that EPA seek, in an open and 

transparent manner that does not 

provide a competitive advantage to any 

person or persons, input from persons 

who conduct farmworker education and 

training. 

D. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments? 

1. Submitting CBI 

Do not submit CBI to EPA through 

https://www.regulations.gov or email. If 

you wish to include CBI in your 

comment, please follow the applicable 

instructions at https://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets/commenting-epa-dockets#rules 

and clearly mark the part or all of the 

information that you claim to be 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 marked as CBI 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 Tips for Effective 

Comments at https://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets/commenting-epa-dockets. 

II. Background 

EPA previously solicited feedback on 

its PRIA-funded worker protection 

activities, including cooperative 

agreements, from the Pesticide Programs 

Dialogue Committee (PPDC), a Federal 

Advisory Committee group. The PPDC’s 

Farmworker and Clinician Workgroup 

met monthly for most of a year and 

included representatives of many 

different stakeholders, such as 

community-based farmworker nonprofit 

organizations, community-based 

organizations that serve Indian Tribes, 

university extension programs, industry, 

State regulators, farm bureaus, other 

federal agencies, and current EPA 

grantees. The workgroup formulated a 

series of recommendations, which the 

full PPDC then adopted and sent for 

EPA’s consideration. The 

recommendations can be found at 

https://www.epa.gov/system/files/ 

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farmworker-and-clinician-trainingworkgroup-recommendations.pdf. These 

recommendations were supported by 

anecdotes shared by members from two 

additional Federal Advisory 

Committees, the National 

Environmental Justice Advisory Council 

(NEJAC) and the Children’s Health 

Protection Advisory Committee 

(CHPAC). EPA has incorporated these 

recommendations into the program 

design elements laid out in the RFI. The 

RFI, which is available in the docket, 

seeks additional feedback to build upon 

those recommendations. 

III. Request for Public Comment 

A. What feedback does EPA hope to 

gain from the public comments? 

In the RFI, the Agency has proposed 

elements of program designs and 

activities to be funded under the 

NFTEP; it has also posed a series of 

related questions, though commenters 

may address aspects of the program not 

discussed in the questions. Generally, 

EPA is interested in comments about 

how to meaningfully involve 

farmworker communities in the NFTEP 

assistance agreements, farmworker 

communities’ specific language and 

training needs, successful outreach and 

delivery strategies, and priority areas for 

assistance agreements. For the specific 

elements of the proposed program 

designs, please consult the RFI 

document available in the docket. EPA’s 

questions are as follows: 

• How can EPA support meaningful, 

consistent involvement of farmworker 

communities in the design and 

implementation of these programs, 

understanding that they face many 

barriers to involvement? 

• Are there others who could be 

considered part of farmworker 

communities who are not captured in 

the ‘‘Definitions’’ section of the RFI? 

• What are the barriers to applying for 

and successfully managing these 

agreements, for the organizations 

described in the ‘‘Eligibility’’ section of 

the RFI? 

• What specific languages (besides 

Spanish) should these agreements 

prioritize for trainings, materials 

development, and translations? 

• How can EPA support translations 

that are both technically accurate and 

appropriate to farmworker communities’ 

literacy levels and cultural context? 

• What trainings are needed to 

reinforce and supplement the required 

annual WPS pesticide safety trainings 

for workers and handlers? 

• What educational gaps exist for 

pesticide handlers (see the 

‘‘Definitions’’ section of the RFI), 

specifically, who may be considered 

part of farmworker communities but 

have additional responsibilities under 

the WPS? 

• What are examples of successful 

outreach strategies to ensure that 

farmworker communities have access to 

pesticide safety information and 

trainings? 

• Should EPA select awards based in 

part on geographic areas and crops (use 

sites)? 

B. What is the request for information? 

In addition to soliciting comment on 

the questions posed in Unit III.A. of this 

document, EPA is seeking stakeholder 

input on the RFI document. EPA is 

interested in comments about how to 

meaningfully involve farmworker 

communities in the NFTEP assistance 

agreements, farmworker communities’ 

specific language and training needs, 

successful outreach and delivery 

strategies, and priority areas for 

assistance agreements. 

EPA encourages all potentially 

interested parties, including 

individuals, governmental and nongovernmental organizations, non-profit 

organizations, community-based 

organizations, labor organizations, 

academic institutions, research 

institutions, community health centers 

and clinics, public health 

administration and environmental 

health administration programs, and 

private sector entities to comment on 

the RFI and to answer any of the 

questions posed. To the extent possible, 

the Agency asks commenters to please 

cite any public data related to or that 

supports the responses, and to the 

extent permissible, describe any 

supporting data that is not publicly 

available. 

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

Dated: January 19, 2024. 

Michal Freedhoff, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

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COMMISSION 

[WC Docket No. 23–1; DA 24–50; FR ID 

198062] 

Next Meetings of the North American 

Numbering Council 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Commission released a public notice 

announcing two meetings of the North 

American Numbering Council (NANC). 

DATES: March 1, 2024 and June 25, 2024. 

The meeting on March 1, 2024, will 

come to order at 10:00 a.m. ET and the 

meeting on June 25, 2024, will come to 

order at 2:00 p.m. ET. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be 

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Meeting Room of the Federal 

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internet at http://www.fcc.gov/live. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

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0646. More information about the 

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Tuesday, June 25 at 2:00 p.m. ET in 

person in the Commission Meeting 

Room of the Federal Communications 

Commission, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC and via the internet at 

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access, and all guests must check in 

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the main entrance on L Street. 

Attendees will not be required to have 

an appointment but must otherwise 

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the meetings will be available to the 

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captioning will be provided online for 

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Requests for such accommodations 

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Please allow at least five days’ advance 

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Members of the public may submit 

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