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rot (species of Heterobasidion annosum 

complex, including Heterobasidion 

irregulare) on conifers by treatment of 

freshly cut stumps. Contact: BPPD. 

2. File Symbol: 90866–E. Docket ID 

number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0458. 

Applicant: Spring Trading Company, 

10805 W. Timberwagon Cir., Spring, TX 

77380–4030 (on behalf of CH Biotech 

R&D Co. LTD, No. 121, Xian an Rd., 

Xianxi Township, Changhua County 

507, Taiwan (R.O.C.) 50741). Product 

name: CH Biotech R&D Co. Betaine. 

Active ingredient: Plant Growth 

Regulator—Methanaminium, 1-carboxyN, N, N-trimethyl-, inner salt (Betaine) 

at 98.5%. Proposed use: Plant growth 

regulator for amelioration of growth 

reduction caused by saline or sodic soils 

and environmental stress. Contact: 

BPPD. 

3. File Symbol: 90866–R. Docket ID 

number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0458. 

Applicant: Spring Trading Company, 

10805 W. Timberwagon Cir., Spring, TX 

77380–4030 (on behalf of CH Biotech 

R&D Co. LTD, No. 121, Xian an Rd., 

Xianxi Township, Changhua County 

507, Taiwan (R.O.C.) 50741). Product 

name: CH Biotech Betaine Technical. 

Active ingredient: Plant Growth 

Regulator—Methanaminium, 1-carboxyN, N, N-trimethyl-, inner salt (Betaine) 

at 98.5%. Proposed use: Manufacturinguse product. Contact: BPPD. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. 

Dated: July 24, 2015. 

John E. Leahy, Jr., 

Acting Director, Biopesticides and Pollution 

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2015–19263 Filed 8–4–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[9931–85–Region 10] 

Final Reissuance of a General NPDES 

Permit (GP) for Oil and Gas 

Exploration Facilities in the Federal 

Waters of Cook Inlet, Alaska 

AGENCY: Region 10, Environmental 

Protection Agency. 

ACTION: Final notice of reissuance of a 

general permit. 

SUMMARY: EPA is reissuing a National 

Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 

(NPDES) GP (AKG–28–5100) to cover 

Oil and Gas Exploration Facilities in the 

Federal Waters of Cook Inlet. EPA 

proposed the GP on March 22, 2013 for 

a 60 day comment period. Public 

Hearings were held the week of April 

29, 2013, in Kenai (April 29), Homer 

(April 30), and Anchorage (May 2). 

DATES: The effective date of this GP will 

be September 1, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the GP and 

Response to Comments are available 

through written requests submitted to 

EPA, Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, 

Suite 900, OWW–191, Seattle, WA 

98101. Electronic requests may be sent 

to: washington.audrey@epa.gov or 

godsey.cindi@epa.gov. For requests by 

phone, call Audrey Washington at (206) 

553–0523 or Cindi Godsey at (206) 553– 

1676. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

GP, Fact Sheet, Response to Comments 

and Ocean Discharge Criteria Evaluation 

may be found on the Region 10 Web site 

at http://yosemite.epa.gov/r10/

water.nsf/NPDES+Permits/

General+NPDES+Permits/#oilgas. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA 

prepared a Biological Evaluation for 

consultation with the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service and the National 

Marine Fisheries Service. EPA received 

concurrence from both Services on a 

Not Likely to Adversely Affect 

determination. 

Executive Order 12866: The Office of 

Management and Budget has exempted 

this action from the review 

requirements of Executive Order 12866 

pursuant to Section 6 of that order. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act: Under the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), 5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq., a Federal agency 

must prepare an initial regulatory 

flexibility analysis ‘‘for any proposed 

rule’’ for which the agency ‘‘is required 

by section 553 of the Administrative 

Procedure Act (APA), or any other law, 

to publish general notice of proposed 

rulemaking.’’ The RFA exempts from 

this requirement any rule that the 

issuing agency certifies ‘‘will not, if 

promulgated, have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities.’’ EPA has 

concluded that NPDES general permits 

are permits, not rulemakings, under the 

APA and thus not subject to APA 

rulemaking requirements or the RFA. 

Notwithstanding that general permits 

are not subject to the RFA, EPA has 

determined that this GP, as issued, will 

not have a significant economic impact 

on a substantial number of small 

entities. 

Dated: July 29, 2015. 

Daniel D. Opalski, 

Director, Office of Water & Watersheds, 

Region 10. 

[FR Doc. 2015–19255 Filed 8–4–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9931–41–OA] 

Notification of a Closed 

Teleconference of the Chartered 

Science Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency’s (EPA), Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office is announcing 

a teleconference of the Chartered SAB to 

conduct a review of a draft report of 

recommendations regarding the 

agency’s 2015 Scientific and 

Technological Achievement Awards 

(STAA). The Chartered SAB 

teleconference will be closed to the 

public. 

DATES: The Chartered SAB 

teleconference date is Thursday, 

September 10, 2015, from 2:00 p.m. to 

3:30 p.m. (Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The Chartered SAB closed 

teleconference will take place via 

telephone only. General information 

about the SAB may be found on the SAB 

Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Members of the public who wish to 

obtain further information regarding this 

announcement may contact Mr. Thomas 

Carpenter, Designated Federal Officer, 

by telephone: (202) 564–4885 or email 

at carpenter.thomas@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, 

and section (c)(6) of the Government in 

the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6), 

the EPA has determined that the 

chartered SAB quality review 

teleconference will be closed to the 

public. The purpose of the 

teleconference is for the chartered SAB 

to conduct a review of a draft SAB 

advisory report of recommendations 

regarding the agency’s 2015 STAA. The 

Chartered SAB teleconference will be 

closed to the public. 

Quality review is a key function of the 

chartered SAB. Draft reports prepared 

by SAB committees, panels, or work 

groups must be reviewed and approved 

by the chartered SAB before transmittal 

to the EPA Administrator. The chartered 

SAB makes a determination in a 

meeting consistent with FACA about all 

draft reports and determines whether 

the report is ready to be transmitted to 

the EPA Administrator. 

At the teleconference, the chartered 

SAB will conduct a review of draft 

report developed by an SAB committee 


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charged with developing 

recommendations regarding the 

agency’s 2015 STAA. (for more 

information, see http://yosemite.epa.

gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/02ad90b136f

c21ef85256eba00436459/3c60dba294ebf

58885257da2004d194f!Open

Document&Highlight=0,staa. 

The STAA awards are established to 

honor and recognize EPA employees 

who have made outstanding 

contributions in the advancement of 

science and technology through their 

research and development activities, as 

exhibited in publication of their results 

in peer reviewed journals. I have 

determined that the Chartered SAB 

quality review teleconference will be 

closed to the public because it is 

concerned with recommending 

employees deserving of awards. In 

making these draft recommendations, 

the EPA requires full and frank advice 

from the SAB. This advice will involve 

professional judgments on the relative 

merits of various employees and their 

respective work. Such personnel matters 

involve the discussion of information 

that is of a personal nature, the 

disclosure of which would be a clearly 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy and, therefore, is protected from 

disclosure by section (c)(6) of the 

Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). Minutes of the 

Chartered SAB teleconference will be 

certified by the chair and retained in the 

public record. 

Dated: July 29, 2015. 

Gina McCarthy, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2015–19257 Filed 8–4–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0022; FRL–9930–13] 

Pesticide Product Registration; 

Receipt of Applications for New Uses 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has received applications 

to register new uses for pesticide 

products containing currently registered 

active ingredients. Pursuant to the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is hereby 

providing notice of receipt and 

opportunity to comment on these 

applications. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 4, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by the docket identification 

(ID) number and the File Symbol of 

interest as shown in the body of this 

document, 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: 

Robert McNally, Director, Biopesticides 

and Pollution Prevention Division 

(BPPD) (7511P), main telephone 

number: (703) 305–7090, email address: 

BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov; or Susan 

Lewis, Director, Registration Division 

(RD) (7505P), main telephone number: 

(703) 305–7090, 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 

http://www.epa.gov/dockets/

comments.html. 

II. Registration Applications 

EPA has received applications to 

register new uses for pesticide products 

containing currently registered active 

ingredients. Pursuant to the provisions 

of FIFRA section 3(c)(4) (7 U.S.C. 

136a(c)(4)), EPA is hereby providing 

notice of receipt and opportunity to 

comment on these applications. Notice 

of receipt of these applications does not 

imply a decision by the Agency on these 

applications. 

EPA Registration Number: 86174–3. 

Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP– 

2010–0100. Applicant: SciReg, Inc., 

12733 Director’s Loop, Woodbridge, VA 

22192 (on behalf of bio-ferm GmbH, 

Technologiezentrum Tulln, Technopark 

1, Tulln, 3430, Austria). Active 

ingredients: Aureobasidium pullulans 

strains DSM 14940 and DSM 14941. 

Product type: Fungicide. Proposed use: 

Post-harvest application to citrus. 

Contact: BPPD. 

EPA Registration Numbers: 264–1137 

(technical); 264–1169 (end use); Docket 

ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0318. 

Applicant: Bayer CropScience, 2 T.W. 

Alexander Drive, RTP, NC 27709. Active 

ingredient: Fluoxastrobin. Product type: 

Fungicide. Proposed use: Soybean seed 

treatment. Contact: RD. 

EPA Registration Numbers: 62719– 

499 and 62719–611. Docket ID number: 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0188. Applicant: 

9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN 

46268. Active ingredient: Penoxasulam. 

Product type: Herbicide. Proposed use: 


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