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on September 11, 2012, to review the 

draft ISA (77 FR 46755). Subsequently, 

on November 14, 2012, the CASAC 

panel provided a consensus letter for 

their review to the Administrator of the 

EPA (http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/

sabproduct.nsf/4620a620d0120f938525

72410080d786/60C2732674A5EEF3

85257AB6007274B9/$File/EPA-CASAC13-001+unsigned.pdf). 

EPA has considered comments by the 

CASAC panel and by the public in 

preparing this final ISA. 

Dated: January 24, 2013. 

Debra B. Walsh, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. 2013–03471 Filed 2–14–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2013–0067; FRL–9378–2] 

Kasugamycin; Receipt of Application 

for Emergency Exemption for Use on 

Apples in Michigan, Solicitation of 

Public Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has received a specific 

exemption request from the Michigan 

Department of Agriculture to use the 

pesticide kasugamycin (CAS No. 6980– 

18–3) to treat up to 10,000 acres of 

apples to control fire blight. The 

applicant proposes the use of a new 

chemical which has not been registered 

by EPA. EPA is soliciting public 

comment before making the decision 

whether or not to grant the exemption. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 4, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2013–0067, 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.htm. 

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: Keri 

Grinstead, Registration Division 

(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 308–8373; fax number: (703) 605– 

0781; email address: 

grinstead.keri@epa.gov. 

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 

www.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 

or section number. 

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. 

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 

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 the Agency taking? 

Under section 18 of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136p), at the 

discretion of the EPA Administrator, a 

Federal or State agency may be 

exempted from any provision of FIFRA 

if the EPA Administrator determines 

that emergency conditions exist which 

require the exemption. Michigan 

Department of Agriculture has requested 

the EPA Administrator to issue a 

specific exemption for the use of 

kasugamycin on apples to control fire 

blight. Information in accordance with 

40 CFR part 166 was submitted as part 

of this request. 

As part of this request, the applicant 

asserts that kasugamycin is needed to 

control streptomycin-resistant strains of 

Erwinia amylovora, the causal pathogen 

of fire blight, due to the lack of available 

alternatives and effective control 

practices; and significant economic 

losses will occur if this pest is not 

controlled. 

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The applicant proposes to make no 

more than three applications of 

Kasumin 2L on not more that 10,000 

acres of apples between April 1 and 

May 31, 2013, in Antrim, Berrien, Cass, 

Grand Traverse, Ionia, Kent, Leelanau, 

Montcalm, Newaygo, Oceana, Ottawa, 

and Van Buren counties. As currently 

proposed, the maximum amount of 

product to be applied would be 30,000 

gallons. 

This notice does not constitute a 

decision by EPA on the application 

itself. The regulations governing FIFRA 

section 18 requires publication of a 

notice of receipt of an application for a 

specific exemption proposing use of a 

new chemical (i.e., an active ingredient) 

which has not been registered by EPA. 

The notice provides an opportunity for 

public comment on the application. The 

Agency will review and consider all 

comments received during the comment 

period in determining whether to issue 

the specific exemption requested by the 

Michigan Department of Agriculture. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: February 8, 2013. 

Daniel J. Rosenblatt, 

Acting Director, Registration Division, Office 

of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2013–03592 Filed 2–14–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–1196; FRL–9781–1] 

Recent Postings of Broadly Applicable 

Alternative Test Methods 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

broadly applicable alternative test 

method approval decisions the EPA has 

made under and in support of New 

Source Performance Standards (NSPS) 

and the National Emission Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) 

under the Clean Air Act (CAA) in 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: An 

electronic copy of each alternative test 

method approval document is available 

on the EPA’s Web site at www.epa.gov/ 

ttn/emc/approalt.html. For questions 

about this notice, contact Ms. Lula H. 

Melton, Air Quality Assessment 

Division, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards (E143–02), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; 

telephone number: 919–541–2910; fax 

number: 919–541–0516; email address: 

melton.lula@epa.gov. For technical 

questions about individual alternative 

test method decisions, refer to the 

contact person identified in the 

individual approval documents. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this notice apply to me? 

This notice will be of interest to 

entities regulated under 40 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) parts 60, 61, 

and 63, state, local, and tribal agencies, 

and the EPA Regional Offices 

responsible for implementation and 

enforcement of regulations under 40 

CFR parts 60, 61, and 63. 

B. How can I get copies of this 

information? 

You may access copies of the broadly 

applicable alternative test method 

approval documents from the EPA’s 

Web site at www.epa.gov/ttn/emc/ 

approalt.html. 

II. Background 

Broadly applicable alternative test 

method approval decisions made by the 

EPA in 2012 under the NSPS, 40 CFR 

part 60 and the NESHAP, and 40 CFR 

parts 61 and 63 are identified in this 

notice (see Table 1). Source owners and 

operators may voluntarily use these 

broadly applicable alternative test 

methods subject to their specific 

applicability. Use of these broadly 

applicable alternative test methods does 

not change the applicable emission 

standards. 

As explained in a previous Federal 

Register notice published at 72 FR 4257 

(January 30, 2007) and found on the 

EPA’s Web site at www.epa.gov/ttn/ 

emc/approalt.html, the EPA 

Administrator has the authority to 

approve the use of alternative test 

methods to comply with requirements 

under 40 CFR parts 60, 61, and 63. This 

authority is found in sections 60.8(b)(3), 

61.13(h)(1)(ii), and 63.7(e)(2)(ii). In the 

past, we have performed thorough 

technical reviews of numerous requests 

for alternatives and modifications to test 

methods and procedures. Based on 

these reviews, we have often found that 

these changes or alternatives would be 

equally valid and appropriate to apply 

to other sources within a particular 

class, category, or subcategory. 

Consequently, we have concluded that, 

where a method modification or an 

alternative method is clearly broadly 

applicable to a class, category, or 

subcategory of sources, it is both more 

equitable and efficient to approve its use 

for all appropriate sources and 

situations at the same time. 

It is important to clarify that 

alternative methods are not mandatory 

but permissive. Sources are not required 

to employ such a method but may 

choose to do so in appropriate cases. 

Source owners or operators should 

review the specific broadly applicable 

alternative method approval decision on 

the EPA’s Web site at www.epa.gov/ttn/ 

emc/approalt.html before electing to 

employ it. As per 63.7(f)(5), by electing 

to use an alternative method for 40 CFR 

part 63 standards, the source owner or 

operator must continue to use the 

alternative method until approved 

otherwise. 

The criteria for approval and 

procedures for submission and review 

of broadly applicable alternative test 

methods are outlined at 72 FR 4257 

(January 30, 2007). We will continue to 

announce approvals for broadly 

applicable alternative test methods on 

the EPA’s Web site at www.epa.gov/ttn/ 

emc/approalt.html and annually 

publish a notice that summarizes 

approvals for broadly applicable 

alternative test methods. 

This notice comprises a summary of 

seven such approval documents added 

to our Technology Transfer Network 

from January 1, 2012, through December 

31, 2012. The alternative method 

decision letter/memo number, the 

reference method affected, sources 

allowed to use this alternative, and the 

modification or alternative method 

allowed are summarized in Table 1 of 

this notice. Please refer to the complete 

copies of these approval documents 

available from the EPA’s Web site at 

www.epa.gov/ttn/emc/approalt.html as 

Table 1 serves only as a brief summary 

of the broadly applicable alternative test 

methods. In addition to alternative 

decisions listed in Table 1, we received 

comments and updated Alternative-082, 

which was approved the previous year 

in 2011. This alternative approval letter 

can also be viewed at www.epa.gov/ttn/ 

emc/approalt.html. 

If you are aware of reasons why a 

particular alternative test method 

approval that we issued should not be 

broadly applicable, we request that you 

make us aware of the reasons in writing, 

and we will revisit the broad approval. 

Any objection to a broadly applicable 

alternative test method, as well as the 

resolution of that objection, will be 

announced on the EPA’s Web site at 

www.epa.gov/ttn/emc/approalt.html 

and in the subsequent Federal Register 

notice. If we decide to retract a broadly 

applicable test method, we would 

continue to grant case-by-case 

approvals, as appropriate, and would (as 

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