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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 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. Oregon 

Department of Agriculture has requested 

the EPA Administrator to issue specific 

exemptions for the use of fipronil on 

turnip and rutabaga to control the 

cabbage maggot. Information in 

accordance with 40 CFR part 166 was 

submitted as part of these requests. 

As part of these requests, the 

applicant asserts that an emergency 

situation exists based upon three 

factors: 

1. A severe increase in cabbage 

maggot populations; 

2. Apparent increasing resistance of 

the maggot to the registered alternative; 

and 

3. Phytotoxicity of the registered 

alternative to emerging seedlings. 

The applicant states that significant 

economic losses will be suffered 

without adequate control of the cabbage 

maggot in turnip and rutabaga 

production. The applicant indicates that 

fipronil has been shown to provide 

excellent crop safety, and overall 

provides better control than the 

registered alternative. 

The Applicant proposes to make no 

more than one application at 4.16 fluid 

oz. of product per acre, to a maximum 

of 600 acres of rutabagas and turnips, for 

use of up to a potential maximum of 

19.5 gallons of product. Applications 

would potentially be made through 

September 30, 2014, in the Oregon 

counties of Clackimas, Marion, 

Multnomah, and Umatilla. 

This notice does not constitute a 

decision by EPA on the applications 

themselves. The regulations governing 

FIFRA section 18 require publication of 

a notice of receipt of an application for 

a specific exemption proposing a use 

which is supported by the InterRegional Project Number 4 (IR–4) 

program and has been requested in 5 or 

more previous years, and a petition for 

tolerance has not yet been submitted to 

the Agency. 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 

exemptions requested by the Oregon 

Department of Agriculture. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: May 22, 2014. 

Lois Rossi, 

Director, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2014–12918 Filed 6–3–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[[FRL–9911–74–Region 6] 

Notice of Decision To Issue Clean Air 

Act Greenhouse Gas PSD Permit for 

the ExxonMobil Chemical Company 

Baytown Olefins Plant 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Final Agency Action. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

EPA Region 6 issued a final permit 

decision for a Clean Air Act Greenhouse 

Gas (GHG) Prevention of Significant 

Deterioration (PSD) permit (PSD–TX– 

102982–GHG) for the ExxonMobil 

Chemical Company (ExxonMobil) to 

authorize a construction project at 

ExxonMobil’s existing Baytown Olefins 

Plant (BOP). 

DATES: EPA Region 6 issued a final PSD 

permit decision to ExxonMobil for the 

BOP on May 14, 2014. The PSD permit 

for the BOP became final and effective 

on May 14, 2014. Pursuant to section 

307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 

7607(b)(1), judicial review of this final 

permit decision, to the extent it is 

available, may be sought by filing a 

petition for review in the United States 

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by 

August 4, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Documents relevant to the 

above-referenced permit are available 

for public inspection during normal 

business hours at the following address: 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 

1200, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Aimee Wilson, Air Permits Section 

(6PD–R), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region 6, (214) 665–7596, 

wilson.aimee@epa.gov. Key portions of 

the administrative record for this 

decision (including the final permit, all 

public comments, EPA’s responses to 

the public comments, and additional 

supporting information) are available 

through a link at Region 6’s Web site, 

http://yosemite.epa.gov/r6/Apermit.nsf/

AirP. Anyone who wishes to review the 

EPA Environmental Appeals Board 

(EAB or the Board) decision described 

below or documents in the Board’s 

electronic docket for its decision related 

to this matter can obtain them at 

http://www.epa.gov/eab/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA 

Region 6 issued its final permit decision 

to ExxonMobil authorizing construction 

of a major modification at the 

ExxonMobil BOP, PSD Permit No. PSD– 

TX–102982–GHG, on May 14, 2014. 

EPA Region 6 initially issued a final 


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PSD permit decision to ExxonMobil on 

November 25, 2013. A commenter filed 

a petition for review of the Region’s 

November 25, 2013, permit decision for 

the ExxonMobil BOP with the Board. 

On May 14, 2014, the Board issued an 

order denying review. See In re 

ExxonMobil Chemical Company 

(Baytown Olefins Plant), PSD Appeal 

No. 13–11, slip op. at 35 (EAB May 14, 

2014), 16 E.A.D. l. Following denial of 

review, pursuant to 40 CFR 124.19(l)(2), 

EPA Region 6 issued a final permit 

decision to ExxonMobil on May 14, 

2014. All conditions of the BOP GHG 

PSD permit, Permit No. PSD–TX– 

102982–GHG, became final and effective 

on May 14, 2014. 

Dated: May 23, 2014. 

Wren Stenger, 

Director, Multimedia Planning and Permitting 

Division, EPA Region 6. 

[FR Doc. 2014–12930 Filed 6–3–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB) 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Teleconference. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

teleconference call of the State Energy 

Advisory Board (STEAB). The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463; 86 Stat. 770) requires that public 

notice of these meetings be announced 

in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, June 19, 2014 from 

3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (EDT). To receive 

the call-in number and passcode, please 

contact the Board’s Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO) at the address or phone 

number listed below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

Hughes, STEAB Designated Federal 

Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence 

Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20585. 

Phone number: 202–320–9703, and 

email: Julie.Hughes@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: To make 

recommendations to the Assistant 

Secretary for the Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

regarding goals and objectives, 

programmatic and administrative 

policies, and to otherwise carry out the 

Board’s responsibilities as designated in 

the State Energy Efficiency Programs 

Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101– 

440). 

Tentative Agenda: Receive STEAB 

Task Force updates, review of feedback 

from DOE and EERE with regards to the 

recently submitted Lab 

recommendation, discuss potential 

engagement with EERE staff on relevant 

issues related to Task Force work or the 

Engagement Plan, and look at next-steps 

and action items as a lead-in to the 

August meeting. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. Written statements 

may be filed with the Board either 

before or after the meeting. Members of 

the public who wish to make oral 

statements pertaining to agenda items 

should contact Julie Hughes at the 

address or telephone number listed 

above. Requests to make oral comments 

must be received five days prior to the 

meeting; reasonable provision will be 

made to include requested topic(s) on 

the agenda. The Chair of the Board is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 60 days on the STEAB 

Web site at: www.steab.org. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on May 29, 

2014. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0278; FRL–9911–16] 

Registration Review Proposed and 

Proposed Interim Decisions; Notice of 

Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of EPA’s proposed 

registration review decisions and opens 

a public comment period on the 

proposed and proposed interim 

decisions. Registration review is EPA’s 

periodic review of pesticide 

registrations to ensure that each 

pesticide continues to satisfy the 

statutory standard for registration, that 

is, that the pesticide can perform its 

intended function without unreasonable 

adverse effects on human health or the 

environment. Through this program, 

EPA is ensuring that each pesticide’s 

registration is based on current 

scientific and other knowledge, 

including its effects on human health 

and the environment. This document 

also announces the registration review 

case closure for the pesticide amitrole 

(case 0095) and the availability of the 

amitrole case closure document. The 

cancellation of all amitrole product 

registrations became effective on April 

11, 2014. This case closure for amitrole 

is being announced herein with no 

comment period. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before August 4, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by the docket identification 

(ID) number for the specific pesticide of 

interest provided in the table in Unit 

II.A., 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.html. 

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: For 

pesticide specific information, contact: 

The Chemical Review Manager for the 

pesticide of interest identified in the 

table in Unit II.A. 

For general information on the 

registration review program, contact: 

Richard Dumas, Pesticide Re-Evaluation 

Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 308–8015; email address: 

dumas.richard@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general, and may be of interest to a 

wide range of stakeholders including 

environmental, human health, farm 

worker, and agricultural advocates; the 

chemical industry; pesticide users; and 

members of the public interested in the 

sale, distribution, or use of pesticides. 

Since others also may be interested, the 

Agency has not attempted to describe all 


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