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• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); and 

• Is not subject to requirements of 

Section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because 

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the Clean Air Act. 

In addition, the SIP is not approved 

to apply on any Indian reservation land 

or in any other area where EPA or an 

Indian tribe has demonstrated that a 

tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of 

Indian country, the rule does not have 

tribal implications and will not impose 

substantial direct costs on tribal 

governments or preempt tribal law as 

specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 

FR 67249, November 9, 2000). 

Executive Order 12898 (Federal 

Actions To Address Environmental 

Justice in Minority Populations and 

Low-Income Populations, 59 FR 7629, 

Feb. 16, 1994) directs Federal agencies 

to identify and address 

‘‘disproportionately high and adverse 

human health or environmental effects’’ 

of their actions on minority populations 

and low-income populations to the 

greatest extent practicable and 

permitted by law. EPA defines 

environmental justice (EJ) as ‘‘the fair 

treatment and meaningful involvement 

of all people regardless of race, color, 

national origin, or income with respect 

to the development, implementation, 

and enforcement of environmental laws, 

regulations, and policies.’’ EPA further 

defines the term fair treatment to mean 

that ‘‘no group of people should bear a 

disproportionate burden of 

environmental harms and risks, 

including those resulting from the 

negative environmental consequences of 

industrial, governmental, and 

commercial operations or programs and 

policies.’’ 

The Connecticut DEEP did not 

evaluate environmental justice 

considerations as part of its SIP 

submittal; the CAA and applicable 

implementing regulations neither 

prohibit nor require such an evaluation. 

EPA did not perform an EJ analysis and 

did not consider EJ in this action. Due 

to the nature of the action being taken 

here, this action is expected to have a 

neutral to positive impact on the air 

quality of the affected area. 

Consideration of EJ is not required as 

part of this action, and there is no 

information in the record inconsistent 

with the stated goal of E.O. 12898 of 

achieving environmental justice for 

people of color, low-income 

populations, and Indigenous peoples. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 

Incorporation by reference, 

Intergovernmental relations, Lead, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate 

matter, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Dated: February 23, 2024. 

David Cash, 

Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 180 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2024–0059; FRL–11682–01– 

OCSPP] 

Receipt of a Pesticide Petition Filed for 

Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or 

on Various Commodities (January 

2024) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of filing of petition and 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: This document announces the 

Agency’s receipt of an initial filing of a 

pesticide petition requesting the 

establishment or modification of 

regulations for residues of pesticide 

chemicals in or on various commodities. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 1, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2024–0059, 

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: 

Madison H. Le, Biopesticides and 

Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) 

(7511M), main telephone number: (202) 

566–1400, email address: BPPDFR

Notices@epa.gov; or Dan Rosenblatt, 

Registration Division (RD) (7505T), 

main telephone number: (202) 566– 

2875, 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). 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

code 32532). 

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 


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location, cultural practices, or other 

factors, may have atypical or 

disproportionately high and adverse 

human health impacts or environmental 

effects from exposure to the pesticides 

discussed in this document, compared 

to the general population. 

II. What action is the Agency taking? 

EPA is announcing receipt of a 

pesticide petition filed under section 

408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 

Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. 346a, 

requesting the establishment or 

modification of regulations in 40 CFR 

part 180 for residues of pesticide 

chemicals in or on various food 

commodities. The Agency is taking 

public comment on the request before 

responding to the petitioner. EPA is not 

proposing any particular action at this 

time. EPA has determined that the 

pesticide petition described in this 

document contains data or information 

prescribed in FFDCA section 408(d)(2), 

21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(2); however, EPA has 

not fully evaluated the sufficiency of the 

submitted data at this time or whether 

the data supports granting of the 

pesticide petition. After considering the 

public comments, EPA intends to 

evaluate whether and what action may 

be warranted. Additional data may be 

needed before EPA can make a final 

determination on this pesticide petition. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a 

summary of the petition that is the 

subject of this document, prepared by 

the petitioner, is included in a docket 

EPA has created for this rulemaking. 

The docket for this petition is available 

at https://www.regulations.gov. 

As specified in FFDCA section 

408(d)(3), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(3), EPA is 

publishing notice of the petition so that 

the public has an opportunity to 

comment on this request for the 

establishment or modification of 

regulations for residues of pesticides in 

or on food commodities. Further 

information on the petition may be 

obtained through the petition summary 

referenced in this unit. 

A. Amended Tolerances for Non-Inerts 

PP 2E9044. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2023– 

0079). Interregional Research Project #4 

(IR–4), North Carolina State University, 

1730 Varsity Drive, Venture IV, Suite 

210, Raleigh, NC 27606, requests, 

pursuant to section 408(d) of the 

FFDCA, 21 U.S.C. 346a(d), to amend 40 

CFR part 180 by withdrawing the 

existing tolerances for residues of the 

indoxacarb in or on the raw agricultural 

commodities: Bean, dry seed; bean, 

succulent; corn, field, grain; corn, pop, 

grain; corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with 

husk removed; cotton, undelinted seed; 

fruit, pome, except pear, group 11; fruit, 

stone, group 12; okra; pea, southern, 

seed; pear, oriental; turnip, greens; 

vegetable, brassica, leafy, group 5; 

vegetable, fruiting, group 8; and 

vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group 

4. Contact: RD. 

B. New Tolerance Exemptions for NonInerts (Except PIPS) 

PP 3F9074. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2023– 

0650). Indigo Ag, Inc., 500 Rutherford 

Ave., Charlestown, MA 02129, requests 

to establish an exemption from the 

requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR 

part 180 for residues of the fungicide 

Trichoderma hamatum strain 

SYM37537 in or on all food 

commodities. The petitioner believes no 

analytical method is needed because 

this petition requests an exemption from 

the requirement of a tolerance without 

numerical limitations. Contact: BPPD. 

C. Tolerance Exemptions for PIPS 

PP 3F9098. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2024– 

0052). J.R. Simplot Company, 5369 W 

Irving St., Boise, ID 83706, requests to 

extend a temporary exemption from the 

requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR 

part 174 for residues of the plantincorporated protectants (PIP) BLB2 and 

AMR3 proteins in or on potatoes. The 

petitioner believes no analytical method 

is needed because the protein 

concentrations of BLB2 and AMR3 

proteins are below the limit of 

detection. Contact: BPPD. 

D. New Tolerances for Non-Inerts 

PP 2E9044. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2023– 

0079). Interregional Research Project #4 

(IR–4), North Carolina State University, 

1730 Varsity Drive, Venture IV, Suite 

210, Raleigh, NC 27606, requests, 

pursuant to section 408(d) of the 

FFDCA, 21 U.S.C. 346a(d), to amend 40 

CFR part 180 by establishing tolerances 

for residues of indoxacarb in or on the 

raw agricultural commodities: Brassica, 

leafy greens, subgroup 4–16B at 12 parts 

per million (ppm); celtuce at 14 ppm; 

chickpea, dry seed at 0.2 ppm; coffee, 

green bean at 0.03 ppm; cottonseed 

subgroup 20C at 2 ppm; fennel, florence, 

fresh leaves and stalk at 14 ppm; field 

corn subgroup 15–22C at 0.02 ppm; 

fruit, pome, group 11–10, except pear at 

1 ppm; fruit, stone, group 12–12 at 1 

ppm; kohlrabi at 12 ppm; leaf petiole 

vegetable subgroup 22B at 14 ppm; leafy 

greens subgroup 4–16A at 14 ppm; pear, 

asian at 0.2 ppm; strawberry at 4 ppm; 

sunflower subgroup 20B at 1.5 ppm; 

sweet corn subgroup 15–22D at 0.02 

ppm; vegetable, brassica, head and stem, 

group 5–16 at 12 ppm; vegetable, 

legume, bean, edible podded, subgroup 

6–22A at 0.9 ppm; vegetable, legume, 

bean, succulent shelled, subgroup 6– 

22C at 0.9 ppm; vegetable, legume, bean, 

dried shelled, except soybean, subgroup 

6–22E at 0.2 ppm; and vegetable, 

fruiting, group 8–10 at 0.5 ppm. 

Adequate analytical methods for 

determining indoxacarb in/on 

appropriate raw agricultural 

commodities and processed 

commodities have been developed and 

validated. Contact: RD. 

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a. 

Dated: February 18, 2024. 

Delores Barber, 

Director, Information Technology and 

Resources Management Division, Office of 

Program Support. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 

45 CFR Parts 1621 and 1624 

Client Grievance Procedures and 

Prohibition Against Discrimination on 

the Basis of Disability: Request for 

Information 

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation. 

ACTION: Request for Information. 

SUMMARY: The Legal Services 

Corporation (LSC) is requesting public 

input on proposed revisions to 

regulations related to client grievance 

procedures and prohibition of 

discrimination based on disability, 

respectively. LSC is considering 

expanding the regulations’ scope to 

require grantees to establish grievance 

procedures for board members and 

ensure they are afforded disability 

protections. The main purpose of these 

proposals would be to give board 

members the same protections under the 

regulations as applicants for legal 

assistance, clients, and grantee 

employees. 

DATES: Comments due May 29, 2024. 

Listening sessions, all conducted via 

Zoom, all times Eastern: 

1. Wednesday, March 13, 2024, 10:30 

a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

2. Friday, March 22, 2024, 2:00 p.m.– 

4:00 p.m. 

3. Tuesday, April 3, 2024, 3:00 p.m.– 

5:00 p.m. 

4. Monday, April 15,2024, 1:00 p.m.– 

3:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: lscrulemaking@lsc.gov. 

Include ‘‘Parts 1621 & 1624’’ in the 

subject line of the message. 


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