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National Science Foundation and other 

interested Federal agencies, and also 

made available to other Parties and the 

public as required under the Protocol or 

otherwise requested. OFA notifies the 

public of document availability via the 

World Wide Web at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/compliance/international/ 

antarctica/index.html. The types of 

nongovernmental activities currently 

being carried out (e.g., ship-based tours, 

land-based tours, flights, and privately 

funded research expeditions) are 

typically unlikely to have impacts that 

are more than minor or transitory, thus 

an IEE is the typical level of 

environmental documentation 

submitted. For the 1997–1998 through 

2009–2010 austral summer seasons 

during the time the Rule has been in 

effect, all respondents submitted IEEs 

with the exception of one PERM. 

Paperwork reduction provisions in the 

Rule that are used by the operators 

include: (a) Incorporation of material in 

the environmental document by 

referring to it in the IEE, (b) inclusion 

of all proposed expeditions by one 

operator within one IEE; (c) use of one 

IEE to address expeditions being carried 

out by more than one operator; and (d) 

use of multi-year environmental 

documentation to address proposed 

expeditions for a period of up to five 

consecutive austral summer seasons. 

Coordination of Review of 

Information Received From Other 

Parties to the Treaty. The Rule also 

provides for the coordination of review 

of information received from other 

Parties and the public availability of 

that information including: (1) A 

description of national procedures for 

considering the environmental impacts 

of proposed activities; (2) an annual list 

of any IEEs and any decisions taken in 

consequence thereof; (3) significant 

information obtained and any action 

taken in consequence thereof with 

regard to monitoring from IEEs to CEEs; 

and (4) information in a final CEE. This 

provision fulfills the United States’ 

obligation to meet the requirements of 

Article 6 of Annex I to the Protocol. The 

Department of State is responsible for 

coordination of these reviews of drafts 

with interested Federal agencies, and for 

public availability of documents and 

information. This portion of the Rule 

does not impose paperwork 

requirements on any nongovernmental 

person subject to U.S. regulation. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 1,708 hours 

annually, or 78 hours per response. This 

hourly burden reflects annual 

submission of different levels of 

environmental documentation by an 

anticipated 22 respondents (e.g., U.S.- 

based nongovernmental operators). 

Burden means the total time, effort, or 

financial resources expended by persons 

to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose 

or provide information to or for a 

Federal agency. This includes the time 

needed to review instructions; develop, 

acquire, install, and utilize technology 

and systems for the purposes of 

collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements which have subsequently 

changed; train personnel to be able to 

respond to a collection of information; 

search data sources; complete and 

review the collection of information; 

and transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 22. 

Frequency of response: Annual. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

1,708 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$136,675. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $132,419 and an 

estimated cost of $4,256 for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

Are there changes in the estimates from 

the last approval? 

There is an increase of 45 hours in the 

total estimated respondent burden 

compared with that identified in the ICR 

currently approved by OMB. This 

increase is a result of a change in the 

type of environmental documentation 

EPA anticipates the respondents will 

submit. 

What is the next step in the process for 

this ICR? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the ICR as 

appropriate. The final ICR package will 

then be submitted to OMB for review 

and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: July 27, 2010. 

Susan E. Bromn, 

Director, Office of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2010–18801 Filed 7–29–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0178; FRL–8838–2] 

Spirotetramat; Receipt of Application 

for Emergency Exemption for Use on 

Dry Bulb Onions in Minnesota, 

Solicitation of Public Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has received a specific 

exemption request from the Minnesota 

Department of Agriculture to use the 

pesticide spirotetramat (CAS No. 

203313–25–1) to treat up to 275 acres of 

dry bulb onions to control thrips. The 

applicant sought the use of a chemical 

whose registration was recently 

cancelled. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before August 16, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0178, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001. 

• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public 

Docket (7502P), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket 

Facility’s normal hours of operation 

(8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays). 

Special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. The 

Docket Facility telephone number is 

(703) 305–5805. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2010– 

0178. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the docket 

without change and may be made 

available on-line at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 


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whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through regulations.gov or email. The regulations.gov website 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 e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

regulations.gov, your e-mail address 

will be automatically captured and 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the docket and made available 

on the Internet. If you submit an 

electronic comment, EPA recommends 

that you include your name and other 

contact information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD-ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

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. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the docket index available 

at http://www.regulations.gov. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either in the 

electronic docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPP 

Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S– 

4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 

2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The 

hours of operation of this Docket 

Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The Docket Facility telephone 

number is (703) 305–5805. 

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; e-mail 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. Potentially 

affected entities may include, but are 

not limited to: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 

111). 

• Animal production (NAICS code 

112). 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311). 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

code 32532). 

This listing is not intended to be 

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide 

for readers regarding entities likely to be 

affected by this action. Other types of 

entities not listed in this unit could also 

be affected. The North American 

Industrial Classification System 

(NAICS) codes have been provided to 

assist you and others in determining 

whether this action might apply to 

certain entities. If you have any 

questions regarding the applicability of 

this action to a particular entity, consult 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

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 e-mail. 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(s) 

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 Administrator, a 

Federal or State agency may be 

exempted from any provision of FIFRA 

if the Administrator determines that 

emergency conditions exist which 

require the exemption. The Minnesota 

Department of Agriculture requested the 

Administrator to issue a specific 

exemption for the use of spirotetramat 

on dry bulb onions to control thrips. 

Information in accordance with 40 CFR 

part 166 was submitted as part of this 

request and is available for review at 

www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 

Number 2010–0178. 

This is the first request from this 

applicant for this use. The rationale for 

emergency approval of the use in the 

application is that onion thrips are 

sucking insects which both directly 

damage the crop and also vector the 

plant disease Iris Yellow Spot Virus. 

The use of spirotetramat is necessary to 

ensure thrips control in areas 

experiencing thrips resistance to 

available alternatives and, in particular, 

where 6–8 seasonal applications of 

alternative pesticides are required to 

achieve adequate control. The 

application package for Minnesota is 

available for review at 

www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 

Number 2010–0178. 


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1 60 FR 19811 (April 22, 2003). 

The Applicant proposes to make no 

more than two applications of Movento 

(22.4% spirotetramat) on a maximum of 

275 acres of dry bulb onions between 

July and September in Minnesota. Total 

amount of pesticide to be used is 2,750 

fluid ounces of movento (44 lbs of 

spirotetramat). 

This notice does not constitute a 

decision by EPA on the application 

itself but provides an opportunity for 

public comment on the application. 

EPA has determined that publication of 

a notice of receipt of this application for 

a specific exemption is appropriate, 

taking into consideration that the 

registration of the spirotetramat product 

that is the subject of this emergency 

exemption request was recently 

cancelled as a result of the December 23, 

2009 decision of the U.S. District Court 

for the Southern District of New York 

vacating its registration on procedural 

grounds. The vacatur decision is 

available for review at 

www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 

Number 2010–0178. 

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 Minnesota Department 

of Agriculture. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: July 21, 2010. 

Lois Rossi, 

Director, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–18777 Filed 7–29–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9183–3] 

California State Motor Vehicle 

Pollution Control Standards; Withinthe-Scope Determination for 

Amendments to California’s Low 

Emission Vehicle Program; Notice of 

Decision 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of within-the-scope 

determination. 

SUMMARY: EPA is confirming that 

technical amendments promulgated by 

the California Air Resources Board 

(CARB) are within-the-scope of existing 

waivers of preemption for CARB’s Low 

Emission Vehicle (LEV II) program. 

These technical amendments were 

adopted by CARB in 2006, and include 

amendments to California’s evaporative 

emission test procedures, onboard 

refueling vapor recovery and spitback 

test procedures, exhaust emission test 

procedures, and vehicle emission 

control label requirements. These 

amendments align each of California’s 

test procedures and label requirements 

with its federal counterpart, in an effort 

to streamline and harmonize the 

California and federal programs. 

California believes these amendments 

will reduce manufacturer testing 

burdens and increase in-use 

compliance, without compromising the 

stringency of its numerical LEV II 

emission standards. 

DATES: Any objections to the findings in 

this notice regarding EPA’s 

determination, that California’s 

amendments are within-the-scope of 

previous waivers, must be filed by 

August 30, 2010. Upon receipt of a 

timely objection, EPA will consider 

scheduling a public hearing to 

reconsider these findings, which would 

be announced in a subsequent Federal 

Register notice. Otherwise, these 

findings will become final on September 

28, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Any objections to the 

within-the-scope findings in this 

Federal Register notice should be filed 

with Kristien Knapp at the address 

noted below. All documents relied upon 

in making this decision, including those 

submitted to EPA by CARB, are 

contained in the public docket. 

EPA has established a docket for this 

action under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2010–0238. Publicly available 

docket materials are available either 

electronically through 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Air and Radiation Docket in the EPA 

Headquarters Library, EPA West 

Building, Room 3334, located at 1301 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC. The Public Reading Room is open 

to the public on all federal government 

work days from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; 

generally, it is open Monday through 

Friday, excluding holidays. The 

telephone number for the Reading Room 

is (202) 566–1744. The Air and 

Radiation Docket and Information 

Center’s Web site is http://www.epa.gov/ 

oar/docket.html. The electronic mail (email) address for the Air and Radiation 

Docket is: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov, the 

telephone number is (202) 566–1742, 

and the fax number is (202) 566–9744. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through the federal 

government’s electronic public docket 

and comment system. You may access 

EPA dockets at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. After opening the 

www.regulations.gov Web site, enter 

EPA HQ–OAR–2010–0238 in the ‘‘Enter 

Keyword or ID’’ fill-in box to view 

documents in the record of CARB’s LEV 

II technical amendments within-thescope waiver request. Although a part of 

the official docket, the public docket 

does not include Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

EPA’s Office of Transportation and 

Air Quality also maintains a webpage 

that contains general information on its 

review of California waiver requests. 

Included on that page are links to 

several of the prior waiver Federal 

Register notices which are cited 

throughout today’s notice; the page can 

be accessed at http://www.epa.gov/otaq/ 

cafr.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristien Knapp, Compliance and 

Innovative Strategies Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue (6405J), NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. Telephone: 

(202) 343–9949. Fax: (202) 343–2800. Email: knapp.kristien@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

A. CARB’s 2006 Technical Amendments 

On April 30, 2007, CARB submitted a 

request to EPA for confirmation that 

CARB’s 2006 Technical Amendments to 

California’s LEV II program are withinthe-scope of previously granted waivers 

of preemption. CARB’s 2006 Technical 

Amendments generally include 

amendments to its evaporative emission 

test procedures, four-wheel drive 

dynamometer provisions, and vehicle 

label requirements. Each of these 

general areas amends previously 

promulgated—and waived— 

amendments to CARB’s LEV II program. 

CARB originally received a waiver of 

preemption for its LEV II program from 

EPA on April 22, 2003.1 The LEV II 

program itself exists as the result of a 

series of amendments to California’s 

older LEV I program. The LEV II 

program set stringent evaporative 

emission standards and test procedures 

beginning with the 2004 model year. 

California subsequently enacted two 

sets of ‘‘follow-up’’ amendments to its 

LEV II program. The first set of followup amendments established exhaust 

emission standards and test procedures 

for light-duty and medium-duty 

gasoline-fueled vehicles. The following 

set of follow-up amendments revised 


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