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interview is expected to last 

approximately one hour in duration. 

Total estimated burden: 250 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b) 

Total estimated cost: $4,900 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: Not applicable. 

This is a new information collection. 

Dated: November 26, 2012. 

James E. Woolford, 

Director, Office of Superfund Remediation 

and Technology Innovation. 

[FR Doc. 2012–29981 Filed 12–11–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0539; FRL–9362–3] 

Pesticides; Draft Guidance for 

Pesticide Registrants on Antimicrobial 

Pesticide Products With Mold-Related 

Label Claims; Notice of Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Agency is announcing 

the availability of and seeking public 

comment on a draft Pesticide 

Registration Notice (PR Notice) titled 

‘‘Guidance on Antimicrobial Pesticide 

Products with Mold-Related Label 

Claims.’’ PR Notices are issued by EPA’s 

Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to 

inform pesticide registrants and other 

interested persons about important 

policies, procedures, and registrationrelated decisions, and serve to provide 

guidance to pesticide registrants and 

OPP personnel. This particular draft PR 

Notice, once final, will provide 

guidance to the registrant concerning 

product performance (efficacy) data and 

labeling for ‘‘mold-related’’ pesticide 

products. EPA believes that the label 

improvements described in this draft 

document, once final, will provide 

consumers better product information 

with which to make an informed choice 

in selecting mold-related products that 

best suit their needs and thereby help 

improve protection of public health. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 11, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0539, 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: Jeff 

Kempter, Antimicrobials Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 305–5448; fax number: (703) 308– 

6467; email address: 

kempter.carlton@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 required to submit 

data under the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 

or are required to register pesticides. 

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: 

• Producers of pesticide products 

(NAICS 32532). 

• Producers of antimicrobial 

pesticides (NAICS 32561). 

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 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. 

C. How can I get copies of this 

document and other related 

information? 

A copy of the draft PR notice is 

available in the docket, identified by 

docket identification (ID) number EPA– 

HQ–OPP–2010–0539. 

II. What guidance does this PR notice 

provide? 

This draft PR Notice, once final, will 

provide guidance to the registrant 

concerning product performance 

(efficacy) data and labeling for ‘‘moldrelated’’ pesticide products. Moldrelated pesticides are antimicrobial 

pesticides that bear a label claim to 

inhibit or destroy mold or mildew 

growth on hard, nonporous and porous 

surfaces in indoor environments 

(hereinafter referred to as ‘‘mold-related 

pesticides’’). ‘‘Fungicides’’ are 

antimicrobial pesticides that destroy 

fungi (including yeasts) and fungal 

spores pathogenic to humans. 

‘‘Fungistats’’ are antimicrobial 

pesticides intended for aesthetic or 

cosmetic purposes and only inhibit 

fungal growth. 

This guidance, once final, will 

explain when the Agency expects to 

require applicants or registrants to 

submit efficacy data in support of the 

registration of mold-related pesticides. 

In accordance with 40 CFR part 161, 

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EPA pursuant to FIFRA requires the 

submission of efficacy data for 

fungicides. EPA also requires the 

submission of efficacy data when any 

specific species of fungus is listed on 

the label of fungicides, or when 

‘‘residual’’ or ‘‘prevention’’ claims are 

made for fungicides. For fungistats, 

registrants must conduct efficacy 

studies but are not required under 40 

CFR part 161 to submit them to EPA 

except upon request. 

This guidance, once final, will also 

describe appropriate label language for 

fungicides and fungistats, and for 

products used for mold remediation, on 

nonporous and porous surfaces, for 

residual activity, for mold prevention, 

and in heating, ventilation, air 

conditioning and refrigeration systems. 

All of these recommended label changes 

are designed to improve protection of 

public health through proper use of 

mold-related pesticides. 

III. Do PR notices contain binding 

requirements? 

The PR Notice discussed in this 

notice is intended to provide guidance 

to EPA personnel and decisionmakers 

and to pesticide registrants. While the 

requirements in the statutes and Agency 

regulations are binding on EPA and the 

applicants, this PR Notice is not binding 

on either EPA or pesticide registrants, 

and EPA may depart from the guidance 

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. 

Authority: Sections 2 through 34 of FIFRA 

(7 U.S.C. 136–136y). 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: November 29, 2012. 

Steven Bradbury, 

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–30023 Filed 12–11–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2012–0892; FRL–9761–4] 

Human Studies Review Board; 

Notification of a Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Office of the Science 

Advisor announces a public meeting of 

the Human Studies Review Board to 

advise the Agency on the EPA scientific 

and ethical reviews of research with 

human subjects. 

DATES: This public meeting will be held 

on January 17, 2013, from 

approximately 1:00 p.m. to 

approximately 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time. 

Comments may be submitted on or 

before noon (Eastern Time) on 

Thursday, January 10, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your written 

comments, identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–ORD–2012–0892, by one of 

the following methods: 

Internet: http://www.regulations.gov: 

Follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments. 

Email: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

Mail: The EPA Docket Center EPA/ 

DC, ORD Docket, Mail code: 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

Hand Delivery: The EPA/DC Public 

Reading Room is located in the EPA 

Headquarters Library, Room Number 

3334 in the EPA West Building, at 1301 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. The hours of operation are 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, 

Monday through Friday, excluding 

federal holidays. Please call (202) 566– 

1744 or email the ORD Docket at 

ord.docket@epa.gov for instructions. 

Updates to Public Reading Room access 

are available on the Web site http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2012– 

0892. The Agency’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the public docket without change and 

may be made available online at 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided, 

unless the comment includes 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information or other 

information the disclosure of which is 

restricted by statute. Do not submit 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or email. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an email comment directly 

to the EPA without going through 

http://www.regulations.gov, your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, the EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

electronic storage media you submit. If 

the EPA cannot read your comment due 

to technical difficulties and cannot 

contact you for clarification, the EPA 

may not be able to consider your 

comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wishes to 

receive further information should 

contact Jim Downing at telephone 

number (202) 564–2468; fax: (202) 564– 

2070; email address: 

downing.jim@epa.gov or Lu-Ann 

Kleibacker on telephone number (202) 

564–7189; fax (202) 564–2070; email 

address kleibacker.lu-ann@epa.gov; 

mailing address Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of the Science 

Advisor, Mail code 8105R, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. General information 

concerning the EPA HSRB can be found 

on the EPA Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Location: The meeting will be held at 

the EPA Conference Center—Lobby 

Level, One Potomac Yard (South 

Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, 

Arlington, VA 22202. 

Meeting access: Seating at the meeting 

will be on a first-come basis. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact the persons listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT at least 

ten business days prior to the meeting 

using the information under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, so that 

appropriate arrangements can be made. 

Procedures for providing public input: 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written or oral 

comments for the HSRB to consider 

during the advisory process. Additional 

information concerning submission of 

relevant written or oral comments is 

provided in Section I, ‘‘Public Meeting’’ 

under subsection D. ‘‘How May I 

Participate in this Meeting?’’ of this 

notice. 

I. Public Meeting 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. This Notice may, however, 

be of particular interest to persons who 

conduct or assess human studies, 

especially studies on substances 

regulated by the EPA, or to persons who 

are, or may be required to conduct 

testing of chemical substances under the 

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

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